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‘Shubham Karoti Kalyanam’ set for release soon

Marathi movie 'Shubham Karoti Kalyanam'
Marathi movie ‘Shubham Karoti Kalyanam’

Shubham Karoti Kalyanam‘ is a Sanskrik Shloka, which begins with salutation to the Light of the Lamp. It is a traditional practice to utter this shloka in Marathi schools, as a prayer before beginning their school classes. Now, set on the backdrop of little children, a new Marathi film with this name being produced by Deepa Bhalerao and directed by Shailendrasingh Rajput will be released soon.

The story of ‘Shubham Karoti Kalyanam‘ film revolves around a boy who has set his goal in life, attempting something different to fulfil his dream. He works hard for the same. Luckily, he finds good company and therefore the film will be offering a timely message to inspire the new generation.

The film stars Ashwini Ekbote, Siya Patil, Naresh Bidkar, Arvind Koli, Harinder Singh Rana along with child artistes Tejal Bhalerao, Siddhesh Lingayat, Vinay Shirsat, Tanmay Mhatre, Saniya Patil, Shravani Medhekar, Rahul Mulik, Marnovi Oak, Sujal Gaikwad and Aakash Shirsat.

Sonalee Kulkarni presents herself in a new hairstyle for the film ‘Hampi’

Marathi movie 'Hampi'
Actress Sonalee Kulkarni new look Marathi movie ‘Hampi’

Every actress is keen on presenting herself in a new look for every film. Some of them are lucky to find suitable roles to present themselves in different get ups. ‘Natarang‘ fame Sonalee Kulkarni has been lucky to find variety of roles through her films like ‘Natarang‘, ‘Ajintha‘, ‘Poshter Girl‘, ‘Mitwa‘, ‘Classmates‘ and so on. Now, for her forthcoming film ‘Hampi‘ directed by Prakash Kunte, she has a totally different look with a new hair cut.

The story of ‘Hampi‘ film is penned by Aditi Moghe and Sonalee’s new look is captured in his camera by cinematographer Amalendu Choudhary. Sonalee Kulkarni herself is also happy with this new look and has reacted stating that never before she had such a short hair cut before. But, she had to do it as the director wanted her character of Isha to resemble a tomboy style. In ‘Hampi’ film along with Sonalee Kulkarni the other lead artistes are Prajakta Mali, Priyadarshan Jadhav & Lalit Prabhakar. The film will be released on 3rd November 2017 all over Maharashtra.

Marathi stars promote ‘Geet Ramayan’ with a new look

Geet Ramayan Music program
Soniya Parchure, Sunil Barve, Ramesh Deo & others ‘Geet Ramayan

We are all aware of the presentation of ‘Geet Ramayan‘ penned by poet G.D.Madgulkar through the mesmerising voice of Late Sudhir Phadke popularly known as Babuji. Recently actor turned producer Sunil Barve’s Subak in association with legend Ramesh Deo’s Ramesh Deo Productions gave a new look to this ‘Geet Ramayan‘ through dance performances combined with beautiful lyrics and songs. And, it was very well received by the large audience present at the Shanmukhanand Hall, Mumbai.

Speaking on the occasion, Sunil Barve thanked Mr. Ramesh Deo for supporting the idea of presenting this unusual show. Mr. Ramesh Deo said that it was necessary to add songs and dances to invite the attention of the new generation, to understand this great epic. He was all praise for Sonia Parchure, who presented the most important sequence Jatayu dance. He also announced that in future this show will be presented at different places on public demand. In fact, the idea of presenting ‘Geet Ramayan‘ in this form was of Sonia Parchure and her husband Atul Parchure anchored the show and Kamlesh Bhadkamkar provided the music. Ajit Parab, Hrishikesh Ranade, Vibhavari Apte & Shamika Bhide also presented the original songs of Sudhir Phadke.

Besides Ramesh Deo and Sunil Barve, other dignitaries like Abhinay Deo, Ajinkya Deo, Seema Deo, Sachin Khedekar, Anand Ingale, Pushkar Shrotri were also present.

‘Vakya’ all set to release on 13th October

'Vakya' Marathi Moviestill
‘Vakya’ Marathi Movie-still

Nomads are known as a group of communities who travel from place to place for their livelihood. Though very poor and deprived they are still not facilitated with any constitutional safeguard and concern. The government of India in early 2006 has set up a commission for the development of these communities, so as to bring them to mainstream. But, 10 years have passed and not much has been done yet. To highlight this issue director Deepak Kadam has directed a Marathi film ‘Vakya’ , which is all set to release on 13th October 2017.

The film’s story is based on the life of Potraja who wants to come out of the old traditions and blind faith practiced by this community. So, ‘Vakya’ presents his struggle to reform. Highlight of this film is that the role of Potraja is portrayed by Rajdutt, veteran award winning film director and the other important character of Ghumya is played by Abhijit Kulkarni. Besides these two artistes, the other performers in this film are, Kishori Shahane, Prema Kiran, Ganesh Yadav & Priyanka Dnyanalaxmi. Music by Dev Ashish and cinematography by Trilok Choudhari are the other credits.

Bhushan, Pallavi together in ‘Tu Tithe Asave’

'Tu Tithe Asave-' movie launch
‘Tu Tithe Asave-‘ movie launch

Bhushan Pradhan and Pallavi Patil have already established themselves individually in Marathi film industry. Now, these two youngsters will be seen together in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Tu Tithe Asave’ , which was launched with muhurat recently. Produced by Ganesh Patil and directed by Santosh Gaikwad, the shooting of this film will begin shortly.
According to the makers of this film, the story of this film will inspire the audience to face all hurdles in life with positive attitude. In short, this film will be presenting a different subject. Besides Bhushan Pradhan and Pallavi Patil, the film also stars Mohan Joshi, Arun Nalawade, Vijay Patkar, Jaywant Wadkar,Sameer Dharmadhikari, Sunil Tawde & Master Tejas Patil . Story of the film is written by Ashish Deepak, while music is by Dinesh Arjuna. Bashalal Sayyed is the cinematographer of this film.

New Marathi film ‘Thapadya’ launched with muhurat

Marathi film 'Thapadya' music Launch
Marathi film ‘Thapadya’ music Launch

Producers Bhausaheb Bhoir and Sharad Mhaske with director Ajit Shirole launched their new Marathi film ‘Thapadya‘ in presence of Mr. Ajitdada Pawar, former deputy CM of Maharashtra. Speaking on the occasion the producer said that through his Manasi productions he wanted to give opportunity to newcomers, who had no experience of big screen.

Newcomers in ‘Thapadya’ film Abhinay Sawant, Manasi Musale and Sonali Gaikwad were felicitated by chief guest Mr. Ajitdada Pawar. Also present on the occasion were President of Akhil Bharatiya Natya Parishad Mr.Mohan Joshi, Natya Nirmata President Prasad Kambli & Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahasangh President Mr. Meghraj Raje Bhosale. Finally, lead actress Manasi Musale presented a Lavani to entertain the invitees.

सर्जाचा चेहराच उलघडणार वाड्यातील रहस्य

Akshar Kothari as Sarja in Marathi serial 'Chahul 2'
Akshar Kothari as Sarja in Marathi serial Chahul 2

खरी शांभवी म्हणजेच राणी वाड्यामध्ये पोहचली असून खोटी शांभवी तिला सर्जापासून दूर ठेवण्याचे बरेच प्रयत्न करत आहे ‘चाहूल २ या मालिकेमध्ये. सर्जाला सत्य पटवून देण्यात राणीला अजूनही यश मिळाले नाही तसेच सर्जाला राणी अजूनही शांभवीच्या तावडीतून सोडवू शकलेली नाही. या सगळ्यामध्ये वाड्यात अजून एक विचित्र गोष्ट घडली आहे ती म्हणजे सर्जा सारखाच दिसणारा दुसऱ्या व्यक्तीचा देखील वाड्याशी संबंध आहे हे सर्जाच्या लक्षात आले आहे ज्याचे नाव साहेबराव आहे.

सर्जाला वाड्यातील एका पेटी मध्ये साहेबरावचा फोटो मिळतो आणि त्याला प्रश्न पडतो कि हा माणूस हुबेहूब माझ्यासारखाच दिसतो पण हा कोण आहे हे त्याला माहिती नसते. साहेबराव आणि सर्जा यांच्या राहणीमानात, त्यांच्या कपड्यात आणि बोलण्याच्या पद्धतीत फरक असला तरी या दोघांचे चेहरे मात्र सारखेच आहेत. साहेबराव वाड्यामध्ये का राहत नाही ? सुरेखा काय लपवत आहे ? हे शोधण्याचा निर्धार करतो. वाड्यामध्ये राणी म्हणजेच खऱ्या शांभवीला देखील साहेबराव बद्दल कळते आणि त्याच्या बद्दलची माहिती मिळत असताना असे देखील कळते कि, त्याने सुरेखा हि आपली पहिली पत्नी असताना दुसऱ्या बाईला घरात आणले होते. हे सगळे जाणून घेण्यासाठी बघा ‘चाहूल २कलर्स मराठीवर सोम ते शनि रात्री १०.३० वा.

‘Chhand Priticha’ music launched in Mumbai

Marathi film 'Chhand Priticha'
Avadhoot Gupte, Suvarna Kale, Subodh Bhave & others at music launch of Marathi film ‘Chhand Priticha’

Producer Chandrakant Jadhav and writer-director N.Relekar recently launched the music of their much awaited Marathi film ‘Chhand Priticha‘ in Mumbai. On this occasion lead artistes of this film Subodh Bhave, Suvarna Kale, Harsh Kulkarni and music director of the film Pravin Kunvar were present.

The colourful event began with a skit presented by Vikas Samudre and Jaywant Bhalekar , when the first romantic song of ‘Chhand Priticha‘ film ‘Ala Aabhaal Bharun…‘ was launched. This was followed by a Lavani rendered by singers Bela Shende and Vaishali Samant. Dancing actress Suvarna Kale also presented a lavani, to invite the attention of the invitees. There are total eight songs in this film and this entertaining musical film is all set to release on 10th November 2017.

It will be ‘Whatsup Lagna’ on screen for Vaibhav & Prarthana Behere

Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Prarthana Behere in movie 'Whatsup Lagna'
Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Prarthana Behere in movie ‘Whatsup Lagna’

With the success of the film ‘Coffee Aani Barach Kahi’, the lead pair of this film Vaibhav Tatwavdi and Prarthana Behere also attained lots of popularity. Now, this successful pair is returning back with their new film Whats up Lagnawhich will release next year on Valentines day. Through this film two big names are also coming together for the first time and they are Vishwas Joshi, producer of  successful Natasamrat and Nanubhai Jaisinghani, the presenter of hit film ‘Duniyadari’.

Influenced by the Bollywood film makers , these two film makers have also announced the release date of their film much in advance, i.e. four months in advance and that too on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra. Highlight of this film is that Producer Vishwas Joshi also makes his debut in direction through this film. According to makers of  ‘Whatsup Lagna’, the entire shooting of this film is over and the post production work which is in progress, will also be over soon.

Amruta Fadnavis returns with a thriller song in Marathi film

Amruta Devendra Fadnavis, recording song in studio
Amruta Devendra Fadnavis, recording song in studio

After making her debut as a singer two years ago through Marathi film ‘Sangharshayatra’, Investment banker turned singer Amruta Fadnavis will be returning with another song titled ‘Pathlaag…’ for the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Daav’.  Amruta has rendered this song on the music of  ‘Aashiqui-2′ fame Jeet Ganguly. Recently, this song was recorded in Mumbai. Reacting about her experience, Amruta Fadnavis said that she really enjoyed singing this song for a thriller film on the music of Jeet Ganguly.

This will be the title song of this film, penned by Mandar Cholkar. Produced by Nitin Upadhyay under the banner of Oddball Motion Pictures, this film’s story and screenplay is by Kanishk Verma , while dialogues are written by Yogesh Markande. Mangesh Dhakade has provided background music suited to this horror mixed thriller film. According to the director, this song as well as the film will offer a different experience to the Marathi film lovers.