Savvy Woman Empowerment award for Sai Tamhankar
The prestigious Savvy Woman Empowerment Award, which is usually given to Page- 3 and Bollywood celebrities has been conferred on Marathi’s popular actress Sai Tamhankar for this year. And, this is a big news for Marathi film industry. Sai received the ‘Outstanding Contribution in Films‘ award in this award function. Sai is the first actress from Marathi film industry to receive this honour. It may be recalled that during her career in this film industry for about ten years, Sai has performed in 50 films and has also won many awards.
Offer her reaction on this award Sai says, “I am very happy and consider myself privileged. I am an independent woman and take all the decisions on my own.I am really thankful to Savvy for selecting me for this award. Such awards only boost my morale and give me energy to perform still better. This is just a beginning . Now, I will perform better and better to make my family and fans feel proud of me.”
Now, Sai Tamhankar is all set to entertain the audience with her upcoming Bollywood movie ‘LOVE SONIA‘. Sai has already left for the screening of this film at the Indian Film Festival in London.
After ‘Ringan’ Makarand Mane gets ready with his next film ‘Youngraad’
National Award Winning Director, Makrand Mane, known for presenting an issue based film ‘Ringan‘ is now coming up with yet another film ‘Youngraad‘ on a different subject. The trailer of this film was released on Monday afternoon.
Produced jointly by Vitthal Patil (Vitthal Patil Producation), Gautam Gupta, Gaurav Gupta (Future Works Media Ltd.), and Madhu Mentena ( Phantom Films ), ‘Youngraad‘ stars four young actors in the lead, Chaitanya Deore, Saurabh Padvi, Shiv Wagh & Jeevan Karalkar. The film also features renowned actors like Sharad Kelkar, Savita Prabbhune, Shireen Patil, Monika Chaudhari, Shashank Shende, Vitthal Patil and Shantanu Gangane.
‘Youngraad‘ is actually a slang used to define vagrant boys in Nashik, the Dakshin Kashi of India. The story of this film which revolves around four friends, has been penned by Makarand himself , who is also the screenplay writer along with Shashank Shende and Aziz Madari. Young Hriday Gattani and Gandhaar Arethe music composers for this film, with lyrics penned by Kshitij Patwardhan, Datta Patil and Maghlub Poonawala. The four songs in this film have been rendered by Shankar Mahadevan , Divya Kumar, Shasha Tirupati and Hriday Gattani. The film will hit the big screen on 6th July 2018.
Yuvati Music to offer an independent Music app for music lovers
Yuvati Music Company which was launched two years ago with the video music album ‘Bavari saad‘ presentation . Now, Yuvati Music which is well established in music world celebrated its 2nd anniversary recently with a small programme which saw the presence of some known faces and also newcomers along with media persons. For the past two years Mr.Pramod Waghmare In charge of this company has encouraged many new comers in the music world.
Now, this company which will focus on unplugged music and every week they will offer an independent music app for the music lovers. Through this app the music lovers will be able to listen to unlimited music. Moreover there will be plenty of option open in this app, to enable music lovers to select the music of their choice. Among the songs which have received popularity through this music company are the songs of Rahul Saxena, Piyush Bhirud, Komal Dhande & Vijay Gatlewar.
13st July 2018 will be the release date of ‘Ipitar’
Stories of films set on the backdrop of college life and the memorable moments experienced by the collegians, takes the audience down memory lane, if the screenplay of the film is very effective. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ipitar’ written & produced by Kiran Berad and directed by Datta Tarde promises a similar theme to entertain the audience. According to the director, this film represents every individual, who has experienced an unforgettable college life.
Ipitar presents the story of three youngsters Parshya, Bobya & Arthingya. The official poster of this film was released recently, arising curiosity about the college life of these three youngsters in the lead role, which will end only on 13th July 2018, when the film releases in theatres. The film stars Bharat Ganeshpure, Milind Shinde, Prakash Dhotre, Jayesh Chavan, Vijay Gite, Ganesh Khade, Nikita Sukhdeo,Vrunda Bal & Suhas Dudhade.
‘Dostigiri’ release to coincide with Friendship day
Launch of film’s poster suggests a lot about that film. Poster of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dostigiri‘, which was launched recently, also indicated how important is friendship in a person’s life. Your friendship during school and college days certainly has a special place in your heart. So, based on this subject will the film ‘Dostigiri‘ which has announced its release on 24th August 2018, which coincides with the friendship day .
Produced by Santosh Mankar and directed by Vijay Shinde this film stars Sanket Pathak, Akshay Waghmare, Vijay Gite, Pooja Mule & Pooja Jaiswal in lead roles. The story, screenplay and dialogues of this film are written by Manoj Wadkar , who has paid attention on the growth of friendship and its strong boding during college days. Speaking about his script, the writer says, “ Watching this strong friendship among five friends during their college days, will remind all about their own experience.I have used some of the real happenni9ngs during my college life.“
Sai tamhankar & Amruta Khanvilkar attend Bollywood’s Iftar Party
The high profile Iftar party thrown by a Politician Baba Siddiqui every year is a subject of discussion in Bollywood and Page 3. Getting an invitation for this party is considered as a status symbol, as only selected celebrities are invited for this big event. This year, two popular Marathi actresses Sai Tamhankar & Amruta Khanvilkar had received invitation for this event and both of them did oblige with their physical presence.
According to the Bollywood sources, till now no Marathi actress had attended this event and therefore both Sai and Amruta stand tall with this invite. Moreover, their presence on the red carpet also clearly indicated how popular they are in Bollywood too. Incidentally, both Sai and Amruta have performed in Bollywood films and therefore they have multiple well wishers . Both actresses seemed to have a good time at this event.
Bollywood Superstar Akshay Kumar all set to present his Marathi film ‘Chumbak’
Known for his non conventional and content driven cinema as an Actor & Producer, Bollywood legend Akshay Kumar is now all set to present his Marathi film ‘Chumbak‘, which is all set to release all over Maharashtra on 27th July 2018. Having been conferred with the prestigious National award and ‘Padma Shri‘, the popular bollywood personality was moved by the subject , which resulted into a film called ‘Chumbak‘ which will now be offered by him to Marathi film lovers.
Breaking this news on his social media, Akshay Kumar shared a video saying, “Came across something very honest and pure…it has been stuck in my head like Chumbak, thought of sharing it with you all. हे पहा, मला तुमचा फक्त एक मिनिट हवा आहे“. ( I just need a minute of yours ).
The film stars National Award winning lyricist &writer, singer , actor Swanand Kirkire in the lead role in ‘Chumbak‘ , which also stars new finds Sahil Jadhav and Sangram Desai in key roles. ‘Chumbak‘, is directed by National Award winner Sandeep Modi, who has co-written this film with Saurabh Bhave and is produced by Naren Kumar.
Sagar Deshmukh to play title role in P.L Deshpande’s biopic ‘Bhai- Vyakti Ki Valli’
Known for his literary contributions deeply rooted in Marathi language, late P.L Deshpande will always be remembered also for his humour filled speeches. From 8th November 2018 his birth centenary year will be observed all over the world. To celebrate this occasion three film production companies namely, Mahesh Manjrekar Movies, Phalke’s factory – a film management Company and The Great Maratha Entertainment Company will be offering a biopic ‘Bhai- Vyakti Ki Valli‘ on this legendary actor- writer , which will be directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. Sagar Deshmukh, whom we saw in the lead role in the Marathi film ‘YZ‘ 2 years ago, will be playing the title role in this film and Iravati Harshe will play his wife’s role.
An official announcement about ‘Bhai- Vyakti Ki Valli’ film was made in Mumbai yesterday evening, when MNS Chief Mr. Raj Thackeray gave the muhurat clap. Speaking on this occasion the well known cartoonist turned politician said, ” I expect this to be a grand film, almost of the level of Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’ .I have seen this film ‘Gandhi’ 150 times, while I was a student of Sir. JJ School of Art.So much I liked this film. And, I am confident that the director in Mahesh Manjrekar will give the best treatment to this film.” Incidentally, Mr. Raj Thackeray will also be holding his exhibition of cartoons on the life of Late P.L Deshpande next year, to pay him tributes on his birth centenary.
According to Mahesh Manjrekar, the film will be released on 4th January 2019 to coincide with P.L Deshpande’s birth centenary year events. Besides P.L.Deshpande and Sunita Deshpande, this film will also present other important characters like Jawaharlal Nehru, Balasaheb Thackeray, Baba Amte, Bhimsen Joshi, Durga Bhagwat,Vasantrao Deshpande & Kumar Gandharva and these characters will be played by versatile artistes.
‘Zing Premachi’ – Emotion filled love stories
Emotion filled love stories have always been a success formula of Marathi films, provided they offer good music. Makers of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Zing Premachi’ are promising one such film. Produced by Vijaykumar Sapkal under the banner Vijay Usha and this love story is being directed by Shahid Khan for Viewfinder Production. Shahid Khan is an eminent writer in Bollywood and he is debuting as a director through this Marathi film. He has written the story, screenplay and dialogues of this film.
Since ‘Zing Premachi’ film is a musical love story, the music is composed by Mahesh-Rakesh and lyrics are by Vijay Gamre and Shahid Khan. There are five songs with different genres out of which a Sufi song is expected to receive good response during the upcoming Ramzan Eid. Another highlight of this film is that the Songs are picturised at the wonder of the world Taj Mahal and the famous Red Fort. Sandesh Gaur and Sheetal Tiwari are debuting in Marathi through this film. Ranjeet Jog, Smita Pawar, Mohaq Kansara, Mrulalini Jamble, Amol Chaudhary, Anil More, Ratan Somvare, Jairam Shahu, Vipul Deshpande, Popatrao Chavan, Dipjyoti Naik, Smruti Patkar and Ganesh Yadav will be seen in other important roles.
Adinath Kothare worked very hard before launching his Marathi Film ‘Paani’
For the past four years he was working on the script of his new Marathi film, visiting many drought affected areas of Maharashtra to study the situation. And last month he began shooting of his Marathi Film ‘Paani’ . Thanks to Priyanka Chopra for coming forward to produce this film, which will be her fourth Marathi film as a producer through her Purple Pebble Pictures. Earlier this production had produced two Marathi films ‘Ventilator’ & ‘Kaay Re Rascala’ with third Marathi film ‘Firebrand’ ready for release. ‘Paani’ will be their fourth production to be directed by Adinath Kothare.
Indeed, Adinath had worked very hard on this project along with his friend Nitin Dixit. Now, shooting of this film on a topical subject is in progress. Adinath himself is playing lead role in this film, along with Subodh Bhave, Rucha Vaidya, Kishore Kadam, Girish Joshi and Rajit Kapoor. With a lot of awareness already created by actor Aamir Khan and his team, visiting various drought affected places in Maharashtra to encourage the villagers adopt water conservation methods, the subject of this film is very timely, as it is also based on the success story of a social activist behind development of the village Nagderwadi. This will also be the debut of Adinath Kothare as director.