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‘Rinku Rajguru’ to return with new Marathi film ‘Kaagar’

Marathi Film 'Kaagar'
Rinku Rajguru, Marathi Film ‘Kaagar

Rinku Rajguru who won the hearts of Marathi film lovers with her memorable debut through super hit film ‘Sairat is returning with her new film, title of which has been announced as ‘Kaagar‘. The first poster with the name of the film in a creative style of font was released recently on social networking sites. And the colour of this poster indicates a lot and the viewers may have their own perception about it.

Speaking about the different colours used in the poster of the film, director Makarand Mane says, “When the first poster of the film is released, lot of things have to be kept in mind. It should indicate what the film is about. When I explained the theme of the film to Font designer Chaitanya Sant, he created the right design.” Chaitanya had also created design for Makarand’s National award winning film ‘Ringan‘. Producers of ‘Kaagar‘ Sudhir Kolte and Vikas Hande have yet to announce the names of other lead artistes of this film, besides Rinku Rajguru. So, the suspense still hangs, who will play male lead opposite Rinku Rajguru in this film.

‘Deva’ promises good music

Marathi movie 'Deva'
Marathi movie ‘Deva

Music has always played an important role in the success of Marathi films. Keeping this in mind makers of forthcoming Marathi ‘Deva‘ have focussed on this aspect and promise to offer good music. This film has been in the news for different reasons. Initially, the new hair style of lead star Ankush Chaudhari had created a buzz and later his pairing with actress Spruha Joshi in this film had also pleased the fans of both these artistes.

Recently, a song ‘Jaradshi Jarashi…‘ from this film picturised on Ankush Chaudhari and Spruha Joshi was released by well known lyricist Guru Thakur, which has also received good response from youngsters. The song is written by Guru Thakur himself has been rendered by singer Harshavardhan Wavare. Music is composed by Amitraj. In short, the makers of ‘Deva‘ film are unveiling the musical songs of this film one after the other, to give surprise to music lovers. Directed by Murali Nallappa the film is all set to release on 22nd December 2017

‘लव्ह लग्न लोचा’ ही मालिका सोमवारपासून नव्या वेळेत

Saksham Kulkarni, Sameeha Sule in serial 'Love Lagna Locha'
Saksham Kulkarni, Sameeha Sule in serial ‘Love Lagna Locha’

सध्या सोमवार ते शनिवार रात्री ८:३० वाजता झी युवा ह्या वाहिनी वर प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येते असलेली मलिका ‘लव्ह लग्न लोचा ‘ ही उद्या, १८ डिसेंबर पासून नविन वेळेवर म्हणजे रात्री ९ वाजता दिसणार आहे.

सध्या या मालिकेत प्रेक्षकांचं आवडतं जोडपं म्हणजेच विनय (सक्षम कुलकर्णी) आणि आकांक्षा (समीहा सुळे) चे फायनली लग्न होणार आहे. त्याचबरोबर प्रेक्षकांना राघवाची मा साहेबाना भेटण्याची इच्छा होती त्या मा साहेब म्हणजेच अभिनेत्री शुभांगी लाटकर यांची एंट्री होणार आहे. या मालिकेतील प्रत्येक कलाकारांच्या   अभिनयाला प्रेक्षक मनापासून दाद मिळत असल्याचे समजते।

“I guarantee that ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa’ will be a super hit film” – Rohit Shetty

'Ye Re Ye Re Paisa' Marathi Movie music launch
‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa’ Marathi Movie music launch

Known for his ‘Golmaal’ series , Rohit Shetty has offered a new kind of humor to Hindi cinema and the audience have appreciated all his films, be it comedy or action. So, when the music of forthcoming humor filled film ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa’ was launched in a big way, the makers of this film and presenters Zee Studios could not think of anyone else than Rohit Shetty, to be the chief guest. Accompanied by his favorite actor Shreyas Talpade,  Rohit walked towards the dais to join director Sanjay Jadhav in the introductory session of the event. He later released the music CD of this film.


In his short speech he was all praise for the trailer of this film and said, “I guarantee that ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa’ will be a super hit film.” When asked about his connection with Marathi artistes and Marathi language, Rohit reacted, “I love Marathi films and Marathi culture and my wife is a Maharashtrian. That’s the big connection.  I like Marathi artistes, because they have no ego about their talent. I had very good connect with Siddharth, who is in this film, as he worked in my film ‘Golmaal’ Part 1. “ Talking about Marathi films, he said that he had seen ‘Duniyadari’ three times.

All the lead artistes in the film namely Mrunal Kulkarni Sanjay Narvekar , Siddharth JadhavTejaswini Pandit & Umesh Kamat were introduced by anchor Poorvi Bhave, by asking them individual questions and all of them praised  Cinematographer turned director Sanjay Jadhav for his friendly style of working. Shreyas Talpade, who had come as a special invitee narrated an incidence, how producer Amey Khopkar had helped him to find roles in films,  during his days of struggle.

From the first look, it appears that ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa’ is a mad comedy, full of misunderstandings and set on the backdrop of demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupee notes. This multi starrer film  revolves around five individuals, Aditya, Sunny, Bubly, Anna & Janhavi played by Umesh Kamat, Sidhharth Jadhav, Tejaswini Pandit, Sanjay Narvekar & Mrunal Kulkarni respectively, who try to reach respective ends in their life personally and professionally. But, all five of them get into trouble with each other. It’s a good subject suited for a comedy; but it remains to be seen, how the Marathi audience would respond at ticket windows on 5th January 2018, when the film will be released in theatres. However, when Rohit Shetty has assured the film a grand success it means a lot.

The film is presented by Zee Studios, Produced by Om Prakash Bhatt, Swati Khopkar, Sujay Shankarwar, Rajesh Banga and is directed by Sanjay Jadhav. Story by Sanjay Jadhav, dialogues by Arwind Jagtap, cinematography by Pushpank Gawde, and music by Amitraj & Pankaj Padghan are the other credits. 

Priya and Abhay promote their film ‘Gachchi’ through a song

Marathi movie 'Gachchi'
Abhay Mahajan & Priya Bapat, Marathi movie ‘Gachchi’

Every film maker tries something different to promote his film. Now, producers of film ‘Gachchi‘ Vidhi Kasliwal and Nitin Vaidya along with director Nachiket Samant have launched a song rendered by lead pair Priya Bapat and Abhay Mahajan. The video of this specially shot song has been receiving good response from viewers on social networking sites. This song penned by Omkar Kuilkarni has been composed by music directors Avinash-Vishwajeet.

Both Priya and Abhay seemed to have enjoyed singing this song, which is evident from their enthusiasm noticed in the video. According to the makers of ‘Gachchi‘ film, this song will connect with all those who love to spend time on their terrace. But, they also feel that this song will also create attraction about the terrace in the minds of people, who have never experienced the pleasures of terrace. Incidentally, this film has been shot on the backdrop of terrace.

‘Prabho Shivaji Raja’ will be an animation film on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Marathi Film 'Prabho Shivaji Raja'
Marathi film ‘Prabho Shivaji Raja’

People in Maharashtra have received great inspiration from the Great Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj .Many feature films in the past have received very good response, including the TV serial on Shivaji Maharaj. So, why not an animated film? This is what Infinity Visuals and Maffack arts thought and with the help of Ganaraj Associates they will be presenting their animated film Prabho Shivaji Raja‘, which will be a tribute the great warrior of India.

Directed by Nilesh Muley, this animated film is written by Samir Mulye and the screenplay and some dialogues are penned by renowned historian Ninad Bedekar. Many names from the Marathi film industry are connected with this project and prominent among them are Sachin Khedekar and Sudesh Bhosale, who have played narrators. Well Known playback singers like Shankar Mahadevan, Nandesh Umap, Udesh Umap, Swapnil Bandodkar & Shrirang Bhave have rendered their voices for the songs in ‘Prabho Shivaji Raja‘ film. Highlight of the film ‘Prabho Shivaji Raja‘ is that actors Umesh Kamat and Dharmendra Gohil have given their voice for Shivaji Maharaj. Lyrics by Prakash Rane and music by Bharat Balawally are the other credits. This 100 minute long animated film will be released on 12th January 2018.

‘Runji’ fame Pallavi Patil to return on small screen with ‘Baapmanus’

Ravindra Mankani, Pooja Pawar in Marathi Serial 'Baapmanus'
Ravindra Mankani, Pooja Pawar in Marathi Serial ‘Baapmanus’

Forthcoming Marathi serial ‘Baapmanus’ on Zee Yuva has been creating a buzz on social networking sites. Thanks to the efforts made by actor Suyash Tilak, who is also part of this serial in an important role. Another highlight of this serial is return of ‘Runji’ serial fame Pallavi Patil who will also be seen in a lead role. It may be recalled that Pallavi had won the hearts of thousands of home viewers earlier, playing the title role of Runji. The talented actress will now be returning to small screen, with another challenging role, to prove her mettle.

Besides Pallavi and Suyash, this serial also stars versatile artistes like Ravindra Mankani, Pooja Pawar, Ajay Purkar, Sangram Samel, Sanjay Kulkarni, Shivraj Valvekar, & Namrata Awte in lead roles. Along with them there are other artistes like Abhijit Shwetchandra, Aishwarya Tupe, Abhilasha Patil, Anand Prabhu, Shruti Atre, Jyoti Patil, Amol Deshmukh and child artiste Maithili Patwardhan. Set on the backdrop of Kolhapur, the serial will present the journey of a simple man who influences every person in the family and also those coming in contact with him, with his principles and behaviour.The serial will begin soon on Zee Yuva channel from Monday to Saturday at 8.30 pm.

 

Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Spandan’ to highlight family values

Spandan Movie, Prasanna Pawar, Vaishali Shah
Spandan Movie, Prasanna Pawar, Vaishali Shah

To practice family values, the proper upbringing of a person during childhood is very important. As you sow, so shall you reap.  Based on this philosophy, producers Shailesh Kulkarni, Dattatray Nalawade and Phadtare Group and writer director Shailesh Kulkarni will be presenting their new Marathi film ‘Spandan-What is relationship?’, which is all set to release on 15th December 2017.

Due to increase in use of social network now days, family members have lost contact and interactions with each other. And, this is the central theme of this film, which tells the story of three generations.  Along with Mohan Joshi, Avinash Narkar, Sagar Karande , the film will present  new artistes Prasanna Pawar, Vaishali Shah and Shailesh Kulkarni. A special guest appearance is made by write r& poet Sandeep Khare. Cinematography is by Prashant Sonawane, NIshant Bhagwat , music by Anamik Chauhan and editing is by Ajit Bherde are the other credits.

‘Ghaat’ brings Umesh & Mitalee together for the first time

'Ghaat' movie, Mitalee Jagtap, Umesh Jagtap
‘Ghaat’ movie, Mitalee Jagtap, Umesh Jagtap

Umesh Jagtap and Mitalee Jagtap have always remained away from limelight in spite of performing on stage, television and films . Both of them have portrayed variety of roles in these three mediums of acting . Mitalee has also won National award for her performance in the film Babu Band Bajaa. At the same time, Umesh has also established himself as an actor to be reckoned for all types of roles. Now, both these talented artistes will be seen together in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ghaat’ which is all set to release on 15th December 2017.

 While Mitalee plays the role of Vimal, Umesh plays the negative character of Jaggu, which are different from the roles they have played till now.  Speaking about his role in this film, Umesh said that it was his privilege to play this type of negative role of an irresponsible husband of a woman who works hard to educate her child and provide shelter to the family. Mitalee too is highly impressed by her character in this film. The film also stars two child artistes Yash Kulkarni and Dattatray Dharme in important  roles. Riya Gavli is also performing in this film. Written and directed by Raj Gorde, the cinematography of this film is by Amol Gole.

TV star Dhanashree Kadgaonkar to play lead role in the film ‘Chithhi’

Dhanashree Kadgaonkar Acress
Dhanashree Kadgaonkar Acress

Popular TV star Dhanashree Kadgaonkar who has made a strong impact on home viewers with variety of roles played in different Marathi TV serials, including the negative role in ongoing serial ‘Tujhyat Jeev Rangala’, is all set to play lead role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Chithhi’. Produced by Vishal Dange and directed by Vaibhav Kaluram Dange, this  film is all set to release in January 2018.Recently, the teaser poster of this film was launched on social media.

 The film presents the story penned by Swarda Burse and Sujay Jadhav which talks about a letter written by a youngster to his girlfriend, which doesn’t reach her. So, where this letter goes, has been humorously presented through the screenplay of this film. Dhanashree who plays the girl next door type of character in this film, is playing this lead role opposite newcomer Shubhankar Ekbote. Speaking about this film, Dhanashree said that this role was offered to her by writer Swarda Burse, who asked her to give audition for this role  and was selected on the basis of it. “It was a pleasure working with director Vaibhav Dange and other artistes of this film,” she said.