Pushkar, Mrunal & Virajas come together to offer ‘Ti and Ti’
Pushkar Jog who made a grand debut as an actor through his home production ‘Zabardast’ directed by Mahesh Kothare, later directed his own Marathi film ‘Mission Possible’. Pushkar is now ready to play the role of a producer, under the banner of his Goosebump Entertainment. Recently, he launched the teaser poster of his new Marathi film ‘Ti and Ti’ in which he plays the lead role opposite two top actresses of Marathi film industry, Sonalee Kulkarni, and Prarthana Behere.
Another big news is that this film will be directed by actress turned director Mrunal Kulkarni, who had earlier directed films like ‘Rama Madhav’ and ‘Prem Mhanje Prem Mhanje Prem Asta‘. The story of this film is written by Mrunal’s son Virajas Kulkarni and this will be a Romcom, the favorite subject of actor turned producer Pushkar Jog. According to Pushkar, his film will have a rich classy look and will be at par with a Bollywood film. Incidentally, most portion of this film was shot in London. Other details of this film will be disclosed soon.
कविता राम यांची फ्युजन सॉंगमधून डॉ बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांना आदरांजली.
गायिका कविता राम यांनी फ्युजन सॉंगच्या माध्यमातून नवा प्रयोग केलाय. कविता यांनी ह्या आधी अनेक हिंदी मालिकांसाठी तसेच मराठी सिनेमांसाठी पार्श्वगायन केले आहे. त्यांनी गायलेली सुमधुर गीते आजही प्रेक्षक गुणगुणतात. कविता यांनी नुकतंच युट्यूबवर डॉ बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांना ट्रिब्यूट करणाऱ्या वेगवेगळ्या पाच गाण्यांचे फ्युजन सॉंग्स अपलोड केले आहेत. ही पाचही गाणी कविता राम यांनी गायली आहेत. कविता यांनी गायलेली ही गाणी मुळात उत्तरा केळकर, आनंद शिंदे, शाहीर विठ्ठल उमप यांनी गायली आहेत. जुन्या गाण्यांना नव्या रूपात म्हणजेच फ्युजनच्या रूपात सादर करून कविता यांनी डॉ बाबासाहेब आंबेडकरांना अनोखी आदरांजली दिली आहे. कविता यांनी केलेल्या या नव्या फ्युजनच्या सादरीकरणाबद्दल आनंद शिंदे यांनी त्यांचे कौतुक केले आहे.
Mobile Phone shop employee finds lead role in Marathi film ‘Vantass’
During the past 2 -3 years we have noticed many love stories in Marathi films set on the backdrop of rural Maharashtra. And therefore, there has been rising demand for new artistes belonging to such areas with rural accent. Producer Amol Baburao Lavate and director Dnyaneshwar Yadavrao Umak who are making a Marathi film ‘Vantass‘ were also in search of one such hero for their film, to meet the requirement of their rural based script of the film.
Their search for the hero ended when they found their right choice in young Akshay Mahulkar from Daryapur . Akshay Mahulkar , an employee in a mobile shop fitted into all the requirements of the film’s lead character of Bungya. In this film Akshay Mahulkar will be seen in romantic scenes with actress Heena Panchal. For Akshay Mahulkar , this role was like winning a lottery prize, as his financial condition was not so good. On many occasions, he didn’t even had money to reach the shooting locations from his place. The film ‘Vantass‘ is now all set for release on 4th May all over Maharashtra.
Marathi actor Santosh Juvekar to star Opposite Deepika Padukone
Popular Marathi Television and film actor Santosh Juvekar has bagged a lead role in Vishal Bharadwaj‘s next Hindi film ‘Rani‘ and that to opposite Bollywood’s top actress Deepika Padukone. The news was disclosed by a Marathi TV channel ABP Majha today. In this film Santosh Juvekar will play a Policeman and Deepika Padukone will play his wife. It is understood that Vishal Bharadwaj had shortlisted two actors for this role based on their auditions and both of them happened to be from Marathi film industry; namely Santosh Juvekar and Jitendra Joshi.
Finally, the choice of Santosh Juvekar was confirmed by the film maker and the news spread quickly among the well wishers of Santosh Juvekar, who has a big fan following, after performing as an angry young man in recent Marathi films. For the past few months, Santosh Juvekar has been very active to help the Thane Traffic Police in their mission to spread awareness among people about observing Traffic rules. So, this role of a Policeman will surely boost his morale.
The film also stars another top actor from Bollywood and he is Irrfan Khan. But, due to the ongoing treatment of Irrfan Khan due to his ailment, the shooting of this film will begin after some time. For Santosh Juvekar this is a big achievement and we at Marathi Movie World wish him all the best.
18th Sanskruti Kaladarpan Film Fest to begin with ‘Copy’
Marathi film ‘Copy‘ which has already created a buzz at different film festivals, prior to its official release, will be the opening film at the 18th Sanskruti Kaladarpan Film Festival, which is scheduled to begin soon. Earlier, this film was selected at Asian Film Festival and has received nomination for the best debut film in the 55th Maharashtra State Film awards. ‘Copy‘ was also in the semi finalist stage at the prestigious Los Angeles Cine Festival.
‘Copy‘ film, which is produced by Ganesh Ramchandra Patil and directed by Hemant Dhabade is set on the backdrop of mismanagement in education department in handling schools in villages. The village school shown in this film, represents all such schools scattered all over India in different villages. This being a universal subject handled in the film, it has received very good response from the film critics all over the world. The big star cast of this film comprises of Anshuman Vichare, Jagannath Nivangune, Kamlesh Sawant, Milind Shinde, Anil Nagarkar, Rahul Belapurkar, Ashutosh Wadkar, Neeta Donde, Poonam Rane, Shraddha Sawant, Pratiksha Sable, Vidya Bhagwat and others. Camera by Santaneo Terzio and music by Rohan-Rohan are the other credits.
‘Redu’ receives nine nominations for State Film Awards
Marathi film ‘Redu‘ which was selected for screening at prestigious film festivals has also received Arvindan Award from Kerala’s Chalat Chitra Academy. And now, this film has received 9 nominations at the State Film awards, including one declared award in best make up section for Shrikant Desai. The film ‘Redu‘ has also been shortlisted among the ten best films to be eligible for consideration of state award.
Director of this film Sagar Vanjhari is more than happy with this response for his film. “I am glad that my debut film ‘Redu’ has been considered for state awards with so many nominations and this makes me feel extremely pleased with this gesture,” he said. Another debutant Naval Kishore Sarda who has produced this film said that for a long time it was his wish to produce a film and with ‘Redu‘ that wish has not only been fulfilled but his dream for making a good quality film has also come true, with these nine nominations for the film.
Marathi film ‘Sorry’ shot at 45 locations in 7 states
Every Marathi film released now days has something special to offer. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Sorry’ also promises something unique. Besides good story, performances, presentation, the film has been shot at 45 different locations spread across seven states in India. And these locations also include Jama Masjid, Basilica De Bom Jesus Church Goa, Buddha temple, Dharmashala, Vaijyanath Shiva Temple & Golden temple Amritsar. The film has been produced by Dattatray Gosavi and directed by Yogesh Gosavi.
According to the makes of this film, the story of this film, which revolves around a drama writer, will send a strong message to those who think nothing but work. The artists of this film comprise of Saurabh Chirmulla, Sulakshana Rai, Samruddhi Pache, Pooja Meshram, Mahi Kapoor, Chandrakant Bamne & Dr.Sanjivkumar Patil. The cinematography of this film is by Harshad Mujumdar, while music is by Srirang Dhavale.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar watches Marathi film ‘Mantra’ and appreciates it
Renowned spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is an authority , when someone talks today about spirituality. Recently, makers of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Mantra‘ showed their film to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar arranging a special show for him and his disciples in Bangalore. And the spiritual Guru saw this film from start to finish, which itself was a big compliment for the makers of this film, as never before the Guru had watched a film in one sitting. In the past he found time to see few Hindi films in parts. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar not only praised the film but also applauded the music director Vishwajeet Joshi for his music in this film.
The show was a sort of ‘Customer Acceptance Testing’, the practice adopted in IT sector. Since the makers of this film belong to IT industry, they thought of using this method. ‘Mantra‘ was also shown in Goa Film Bazar and Pune Film festival, where it received appreciation from the audience. The film has also been shown to Madhur Bhandarkar, Sharman Joshi and Rajdutt. Now, ready for release on 13th April 2018, this film stars Manoj Joshi, Deepti Devi, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Siddheshwar Zadbuke, Sunil Abhyankar, Dhiresh Joshi, Rajesh Katkar, Saurabh Gogate, Shubhankar Ekbote, Sujay Jadhav, Vrushali Katkar & Anuradha Marathe in lead roles.
Santosh Manjrekar is back with ‘Bedhadak’
The renowned film director Santosh Manjrekar who directed a super hit Marathi film ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy’ and another action film ‘Surajya‘ is now back with his next film ‘Bedhadak’, which is now set for release on 1st June 2018. The title poster of this film was first released in January 2018 and recently the teaser poster of this film showing a strong arm with boxing gloves, which reminds us of Bollywood’s Sunny Deol’s famous dialogue. The tagline of the film ‘Samanya Swapnancha Asamanya Pathlag’ is also seen on this teaser poster.
This film is produced by Mandar Govind Tawre under the banner of Raahi Films and presents a new face in the form of a Boxer played by Girish Taawre. The film promises action-filled entertainment during the end of summer vacation and also stars Ashok Samarth, Ganesh Yadav, Sushrut Mankani, Anant Jog, Namrata Gaikwad, Sneha Raikar & Poonam Phanse. Suresh Deshmane is the cinematographer of this film.
Big opportunity for actor Suvrat Joshi in ‘Shikari’
Popular Marathi TV serial ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’ brought into light a talented actor Suvrat Joshi along with few others, who were part of this serial. Today, we find him in the role of TV anchor in another popular Dance Reality show Dance Maharashtra Dance. And now, he is all set to grab the attention of Marathi film lovers, as he has found a big opportunity to prove his mettle on big screen in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Shikari’. Fortunately for him, this film is presented by Mahesh Waman Manjrekar and directed by renowned film director Viju Mane and is all set to release on 20th April 2018 all over Maharashtra.
Suvrat plays lead role in this film opposite actress Neha Khan, who makes her debut in Marathi. Mrunmayee Deshpande also plays another lead role in this film, in the company of other versatile artistes like Kashmira Shah, Prasad Oak, Siddharth Jadhav, Bhalchandra kadam, Vaibhav Mangale, Bharat Ganeshpure. Recently in a press conference in Mumbai , details of this film were disclosed to the media. Suvrat who has studied his acting from NSD was the centre of attraction during this function, which was also attended by all the artistes along with producer Vijay Patil of Aryan Global Entertainment . According to makers of this film, this film will be a tribute to late film maker dada Kondke, as it presents a comedy with a message.