Sandeep Kulkarni returns with an unusual role in ‘Krutant’
For the past 25 years he has been in the field of acting in films after his debut through Shyam Benegal’s Hindi film ‘Mammo’. Since then, Sandeep Kulkarni has portrayed variety of roles in Hindi and Marathi films. His film ‘Dombivali Fast’ directed by Nishikant Kamat released in 2005 won National award. As an actor, Sandeep has experienced all the three mediums of acting through stage, television and films.
His last two films ‘Ajinkya’ and ‘Premsutra’ were released five years ago. And since then we had not heard about his films, though one of his films ‘Dombivali Return’ directed by Mahendra Teredesai was screened at film festivals. Now, Sandeep is returning with forthcoming Marathi film ‘Krutant’ in which he plays an unusual lead role, which according to the makers is ideally suited for his comeback. Written and directed by Datta Bhandare, the film also stars Suyog Gorhe, Vidya Karanjikar, Sayali Patil & Vaishnavi Patwardhan. DOP – Vijay Mishra and music by Vijay Narayan Gavande are the other credits of this film, which is based on today’s new lifestyle of the people.
सशक्त भारतीय महिलांच्या व्हिडीयोमध्ये सई, अमृता, मिथिला!
फिल्म इंडस्ट्रीतल्या सूत्रांनूसार, युएन वुमन्स ही आंतरराष्ट्रीय पातळीवर काम करणारी संस्था आहे. संस्थेच्या भारतीय शाखेतून भारतीय महिलांना आणि मुलींना प्रेरीत करणा-या व्हिडीयोमध्ये समाजातील वेगवेगळ्या स्तरातल्या नक्की कोणत्या महिलांना स्थान मिळावे, ह्यावर रिसर्च करण्यात आला. आणि त्यात सई ताम्हणकर, अमृता खानविलकर, मिथिला पालकर यांची निवड करण्यात आली. ही नक्कीच एक महत्वाची गोष्ट आहे.
स्त्री-पुरूष समानतेसाठी कार्यरत असलेल्या ‘युएन वुमन इंडिया’ व्दारे मुली आणि महिलांना प्रेरणा देण्यासाठी मुझे हक है हा म्युझिक व्हिडीयो लाँच झाला आहे. ह्या व्हिडीयोमध्ये वेगवेगळ्या क्षेत्रातल्या सशक्त महिलांना चित्रीत करण्यात आले आहे. ऐश्वर्या राय बच्चन, मिताली राज, सानिया मिर्झा, आशा भोसले, गौरी सावंत, डॉ. सईदा हमिद ह्या सशक्त महिलांसोबतच ह्या व्हिडीयोमध्ये अभिनेत्री सई ताम्हणकरलाही स्थान मिळालंय.
First song recorded for the film ‘Salman Society’
The makers of the forthcoming Marathi film, ‘Salman Society‘ recorded the first song of their film ‘Party Dananali ….‘ composed by Shreyas Angane and crooned by Nagesh Morvekar (Gavthi fame). The song features popular child actors including Pushkar Lonarkar, Vinayak Potdar, Shubham More, Prajakta Jagtap, Devaki Bhondave and Actor Gaurav More. This film is Directed by Kailash Pawar and produced by Dasharath Rajendra Yadav, Rekha Surendra Jagtap, Sampatrao Patil and Shantaram Bhondave under the banner Prajakta Enterprises.
‘Salman Society‘ runs with the tagline ‘Padhega India To Badhega India‘ and focuses on the issue of child education. The makers have planned an extensive shoot schedule of ‘Salman Society‘ in Mumbai. The film which is currently on floors, will be releasing all over Maharashtra sometime in December this year.
Sanjay Khapre finds a challenging role of a teacher in ‘Be Eke Be’
Having established himself as a versatile actor in Marathi and Hindi, actor Sanjay Khapre has found another challenging role in the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Be Eke Be’. Sanjay plays the character of Madhav Guruji in this film which presents the existing situation in the field of education. Actually, director Sanchit Jadhav was looking for a adaptable actor to play the important role of a school teacher and actor Sanjay Khapre seemed to be his perfect choice.
Sanjay Khapre has also reacted positively on his role, which is not only challenging but also inspire the audience. Along with Sanjay the other artistes of this film are, Jaywant Wadkar, Sanchit Yadav, Purnima Vhaval- Yadav, Santosh Ambre, Atul Merchande, Arun Nalawade and others. Story and screenplay of the film is penned by Director Sanchit Yadav himself, while the dialogues are written by Abhijit Kulkarni. Cinematography by Atul Jagdale and music by Vilas Gurav are the other credits of this film.
‘Youngraad’ music launched by singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan
Every film maker wants a famous personality to be present for an event related to his film’s promotion, be it film’s muhurat or music launch. And national award winning film maker Makarand Mane is no exception. Now, getting ready to release his film ‘Youngraad‘ on 6th July, he invited popular singer and music composer Shankar Mahadevan as chief guest to launch the music of his film recently. Besides Makarand and producers Vitthal patil, Gautam Gupta, the music directors of this film Hriday Gattani and Gandhaar were also present on this occasion.
“I enjoyed singing the narrative song in the film. Music composer duo has done a tremendous job. ‘Youngraad’ Film’s music is a perfect team work, and I sure this film and music will be a huge success,” Shankar Mahadevan said after the releasing the music.
The film stars four young actors in the lead, Chaitanya Deore, Saurabh Padvi, Shiv Wagh & Jeevan Karalkar. It also features leading actors including Sharad Kelkar, Savita Prabbhune, Shireen Patil, Monika Chaudhari, Shashank Shende, Vitthal Patil and Shantanu Gangane.
Rajesh Shringarpure to play a Sports Coach with a difference in ‘Gotya’
Having played the role of an Atheletics Coach in the film ‘Manya -The Wonder Boy’ and a kabbadi Coach in the film ‘Ekata-The Power’ , actor Rajesh Shringarpure will now be making a hat trick by playing the role of a Sports Coach once again in the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Gotya’, which is set for release on 6th July 2018. The release of this sports based film is well timed, as the Football fever in presently on, with the England Cricket series also on the way.
According to Rajesh, though he has performed the roles of a Coach in previous two films, this role is totally different. “Not many are aware that the game of Marbles, which is seen as a pastime sport in India among children, it is played all over the world. Biggest advantage of this game is that it not only the game of physical fitness but also improves concentration. Even I used to play marbles during my childhood. And therefore, the script of this film took me down memory lane.” he added.
Besides Rajesh, the title role of Gotya is played by Hrishikesh Wankhede. The other important artistes in this film are, Sayaji Shinde, Anand Ingale, Kamlakar Satpute, Surekha Kudchi, Hemangi Rao, Shard Sankhla, Shashank Darne & Pournima Ahire. Music by Avadhoot Gupte and camera by Bashalal Sayed are other credits.
Music of ’31 Divas’ launched
The title of the film ’31 Divas’ has already raised a lot of curiosity among Marathi film lovers. And now, with launch of this film’s music of this film composed by Chinar Mahesh has also confirmed that it will be musical film. The makers of this film B.S. Babu and director Ashsih Bhelkar decided to release only three out of four songs from this film, as according to them the fourth song is at a turning point of the film’s story and hence they want the audience to watch it only while watching this film. This is also one way to keep the audience guessing about the theme of this film.
Though 31 Divas is the debut of director Ashish Bhelkar, he has had the experience of working as assistant director to reputed film makers like Madhur Bhandarkar, Prabhudeva & Remo D’souza. And therefore, there are big expectations from him. ’31 Divas’ stars popular TV stars Shashank ketkar and Mayuri Deshmukh together for the first time along with Reena Agarwal, Vivek Lagu, Suhita Thatte, Asha Shelar, Arun Bhadsavle & Nitin Jadhav. The film will be released all over Maharashtra on 20th July 2018.
Swanand Kirkire finds ‘pride of place’ on the poster of film ‘Chumbak’
Well Known lyricist of Marathi and Hindi films, Swanand Kirkire has found his place on the first poster of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Chumbak’ presented by popular Bollywood personality Akshay Kumar. Surprisingly, Swanand is playing the lead role in this film and this is also his debut in acting. Swanand plays the character of Prasanna who suffers from Dyslexia and lives in a small village in Solapur. In the recently held New York Film Festival of Indian films, Swanand Kirkire had received nomination in best actor’s category, which itself is a big achievement for him.
About his selection in this film, director Sandeep Modi says that the name of Swanand Kirkire was suggested to him by the writer of this film Saurabh Bhave and producer Naren Kumar, who felt that Swanand’s face displays that innocence of a child. Speaking about his role, Swanand says, “When this team approached me, I thought it must be for the purpose of music, but when they told me their intention, I was shocked. But, after listening to the script and respecting their confidence in my selection, I decided to do this film.” Alongwith Swanand Kirkire another actor playing important role is Sangram Desai from Kolhapur. ‘Chumbak’ will release all over Maharashtra on 27th July 2018.
New Marathi film ‘Sorry’ set for release on 6th July
When one has to be apologetic about an act which hurts someone, the most commonly used word in all languages besides English is ‘Sorry‘. Now, a Marathi film with this title is all set for release on 6th July 2018. Produced and directed by Yogesh Gosavi the film presents the story of Saurabh – a young playwright and the dramatic happenings taking place in his life. The ‘Sorry’ film has been shot in seven different states at 45 locations, which include some historical places of India.
Speaking about his film’s subject Yogesh Gosavi says, “This film presents one such youngster who is workaholic and represents today’s young generation. Though the two leading artistes are newcomers, they have performed extremely well.” The film stars Saurabh Chirmulla, Sulakshana Roy, Samruddhi Pache, Pooja Meshram, Mahi Kapoor, Chandrakant Bamne & Dr.Sanjeevkumar Patil . Music by Shrirang Dhavle and cinematography by Harshad Mujumdar are the other credits.
‘मामला चोरीचा’ हे नाटक पुन्हा एकदा नव्या रुपात.
लेखक वसंत सबनीस यांनी लिहीलेले स्वतंत्र सामाजिक विनोदी नाटक पुन्हा एकदा रंगमंचावर नव्या रुपात प्रेक्षकांना पहायला मिळणार आहे. तब्बल ३२ वर्षानंतर “मामला चोरीचा” हे नाटक पुन्हा एकदा नव्या रुपात रंगभूमीवर येत आहे. श्री साई प्रोडक्शन व स्पंदन निर्मीत केलेल्या या नाटकाचे दिग्दर्शन मंगलदास माने यांनी केले आहे. येत्या रविवारी, दिनांक 24 जून रोजी सातारा रोडवरील आण्णाभाऊ साठे नाट्यगृहात हा प्रयोग रंगणार आहे.
“मामला चोरीचा” या नाटकाचा पहिला प्रयोग दिनांक ६ मे १९८५ रोजी बालगंधर्व नाट्यमंदिर, पुणे येथे झाला होता. दामू केंकरे दिग्दर्शित या नाटकामध्ये शरद तळवळकर, आश्विनी देसाई यांनी भुमिका साकारल्या होत्या. तर यावेळी आदर्श गायकवाड, सागर पवार, संजय देवळे, केतकी लांडे, ऐश्वर्या कुलकर्णी, संजय चव्हाण आणि विद्या भागवत हे कलाकार असणार आहेत.
दिग्दर्शक मंगलदास माने म्हणाले, “पिढ्यानपिढ्या बदलल्या तरी कुटुंबातील आई ही आईच असते. आजच्या पिढीमध्ये आईची भूमिका बदलत चालली आहे. आईने आपल्या मुलांना किती सवलत द्यावी की धाकात ठेवावे हा विचार समाज करीत आहे.”