Fakta Marathi channel to present Ashok Saraf Film Festival
Known for his perfect timing for comedy, actor Ashok Saraf has entertained Marathi and Hindi film lovers for almost more than four decades. Apart from comedy, he has also performed negative and variety of character roles till date. Fakta Marathi channel, which has been offering variety to home viewers, will be presenting Film festival of Ashok Saraf films next week.
From Monday 22nd May 2017, they will be presenting one film of this comedy King Ashok Saraf daily at prime time 7 pm. The films which will be shown between 22nd and 27th May , daily at 7 pm. The names of these films are, ‘ Aamchyasarkhe Aamhich’,’Aabaa Zindabad’,’Gammat Jammat’,’ Galli Te Delhi’,’Bhannat Bhanu’,’ & ‘Most Wanted’.
‘Tatava’ ready for release on 26th May
Marathi films in general are known for handling varied topics and besides the subject there is In freshness in the content of many such films. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Tatva’ which is now ready for release on 26th May 2017, will be handling an important social issue. Produced by Dr. Sharayu Pazare under the banner of ‘Sharayu Art Productions ‘Tatva’, is directed by Veteran actor turned director Arun Nalawade.
The story of ‘Tatva’ is the combination of love and art. The story is based on the life of Shilpa belonging to the Paatharvat community. Shilpa’s family makes a living by selling stone grinders and toys. At an unexpected moment Likhit enters her life. How Shilpa overcomes the various obstacles of cast related issues? This is what the film is all about. A new pair comprising of Sanjay Shejwal and Gauri Konge will make their debut in ‘Tatva’. The other artistes of this film are Arun Nalawde, Dr. Sharayu Pazhare, Devendra Dhodke, Dr. Sarita Gharde, Vikrant Borkar, Nutan Dhavne, Sheetal Raut, Sadanand Borkar, Kamlakar Borkar, Manjusha Joshi and child artiste Gauri.
Senior cinematographer Imtiaz Bargir has handled the Cinematography and the editing is done by B. Mhanteshwar and Rohan Sarode. Sadanand Borkar has done the art direction, while the music is provided by by music director duo Atul Joshi and Prashant Phasge.
New form of ‘Ti Phulrani’ to celebrate 100th show
Late P.L Deshpande’s famous play ‘Ti Phulrani’ was the most popular play in Marathi, when it was launched. Since then, many renowned actresses like Bhakti Barve, Priya Tendulkar, Sukanya Kulkarni & Amruta Subhash have played the lead character of Phulrani in this play. Now, the same play was been revived last year, with a new look by writer- director Rajesh Deshpande , who presented popular actress Hemangi Kavi in the lead role. Along with her , in the role of Professor is played by Dr. Girish Oak. The other artistes of this play are Meenakshi Joshi, Rasika Dhamankar, Nitin Narkar, Pranjal Damle, Vijay Patvardhan, Niranjan Javir, Harish Tandale, Disha Danade, Sunil Jadhav & Anjali Maydeo,
Produced by Dhananjay Chalke for Ashtagandh Entertainment & Presented by Endonis Enterprises, the play has successfully completed 99 shows, with houseful boardsNow, the 100th show will be staged on Sunday 21st May 2017 at 3.45 pm i9n Dinanath Natyagruha in a big way, by inviting many reputed personalities. The artistes of this play will be felicitated on this occasion. Costumes by Mahesh Sherla, make up by Uday Tangadi, light effects Bhushan Desai and music by Nishad Golambari are the other credits of this play.
Actress Reema Lagoo is no more
Renowned stage, television and film actress, who performed in all these three acting fields in Hindi and Marathi is no more. She passed away during midnight hours, due to severe cardiac arrest. She was 59. Reema Lagoo was admitted to Kokilaben Ambani Hospital after she suffered chest pain, but before the treatment could begin, she suffered severe cardiac arrest.
Reema Lagoo began her acting career on Marathi stage and later shifted to films, making her debut in 1980’s through Hindi films like ‘Aakrosh‘ and ‘Kalyug‘. Later, she found middle aged mother’s roles in many Hindi films. She became favourite of Rajashree Films, after she played Salman Khan’s mother. Later, she played mother of many Bollywood actor and actresses. Reema won four filmfare awards. Reema attained popularity on small screen among home viewers through her performance in the film ‘Tu Tu Main Main’.
She will be cremated at Oshivara crematorium today afternoon.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar bats on the sets of ‘Chala Hava Yeu Dya’
Be it on the field or off the field, any telecast on television on master blaster Sachin Tendulkar receives good audience support. We are all aware that many Bollywood personalities have preferred the Marathi entertainment programme ‘Chala Hava Yeu Dya‘ ( CHYD) for promoting their films. So now, it’s the turn of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar , who is busy promoting his forthcoming film ‘Sachin – a Billion Dreams‘. Bharatratna Sachin Tendulkar was personally present to interact with the favourite artistes of ‘Chala Hava Yeu Dya’ recently and the telecast of this entertaining interaction will be in this popular programme on Zee Marathi channel on 22nd and 23rd May 2017 .
According to makers of this show, Sachin Tendulkar had come for this show, along with his wife Anjali, brothers Nitin Tendulkar, Ajit Tendulkar, sister Savita Tendulkar, friends Atul Ranade, Jagadish Chavan & Ajit Bhure. Speaking on this occasion Sachin said, “Sachin – A Billion Dreams’ was another big innings in his life and added that he has dedicated it to his parents“. ‘Sachin – A Billion Dreams’ film presents his journey in the form of biopic, i.e. from Sahitya Sahavas to Shivaji Park, Shardashram High School and then up to the time he received Bharat Ratna honour. There is no doubt that it will be a real treat to watch his successful journey through this film, but before that it will be equally interesting to watch what he has to say about this film, in this programme.
Choreographer Ahmed Khan gives clap for Action packed Marathi film ‘Rocky’
Now days, new Marathi film makers are coming forward to produce and direct Marathi films, to offer variety. Seven Seas and Dream weaver Productions are now offering an action packed Marathi film titled ‘Rocky‘, produced by Manesh Desai, Nitin Shilkar, Prashant Tripathi & Himanshu Asher and directed by Adnan Shaikh. Recently, muhurat of this film was performed in presence of Bollywood Producer, director, choreographer Ahmed Khan, who gave the muhurat clap.
According to the makers, ‘Rocky‘ film will offer the package of Romance, family drama and action and will present fresh faces in the form of Sandeep Salve and Akshaya Hindalkar. Along with this pair will be renowned artistes like Ashok Shinde, Yatin Karyekar, Kranti Redkar, Ganesh Yadav, Vineet Sharma, Swapnil Rajshekhar & Deepti Bhagwat. Highlight of this film is that Bollywood actor Rahul Dev will be making his debut in Marathi. Cinematography by Farookh Khan and music by Sameer Saptiskar & Wasim Sadani are other credits.
Fakta Marathi to present Alka Kubal week
Alka Kubal is the most popular actress in Marathi film industry having performed variety of characters starting from sister, daughter in law & sister in law and so on for almost four decades now. So, to salute this renowned actress, Fakta Marathi Channel have organized ‘Alka Kubal Special‘ film fest this week, i.e. from 15th May to 20th May, 2017.It may be recalled that Alka Kubal has worked with all top actors of 80s and 90’s and has given a super hit film ‘Maherchi Saadi‘ in 1991, which made a record business of more than Rs. 6 Crore.
During this period, daily at 11.30 am her films will be shown to the home viewers. The names of these films are, ‘Bundalbaaz‘,’ Nashibvaan‘, ‘Savitabano‘, ‘Lagin Majhya Khandobacha‘, & ‘Mohini‘. Alka already has a big fan following all over Maharashtra and therefore, this film fest offered by the channel will be a great treat to the home viewers, especially the housewives.
Vikram Gokhale sets a new record of shooting non- stop for 15 hours
As an actor Vikram Gokhale has always invited attention of the audience, be it stage, television or films. His mere presence in the film, gives a special status to the film. While shooting, he gets so much involved in his work that many a times he forgets about time. Recently, while shooting for his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Khopa‘ he tirelessly worked non-stop for 15 hours . According to film’s director Dr.Sudhir Nikam, ever since Mr. Gokhale has been signed for this role, he has been taking a lot of interest in his character. “Sometimes, he gets so much engrossed in his work that he forgets about the time spent on stets,” says the director.
In ‘Khopa‘ film Vikram Gokhale plays the challenging role of a grandfather, who offers shelter to an orphan child and showers all the love and affection on him, treating him as his own grandson. The story of this emotion filled film revolves around this child. Produced by Jalinder Bhujbal, the film also stars Sankarshan Karhade, Aishwarya Tupe, Yatin Karyekar, Rooplaxmi Chougule, Bharat Ganeshpure, Asha Tare, Siddheshwar Zadbuke, Jalinder Bhujbal, Dr.Sudhir Nikam, Vidya Bhagwat, Ketan Pawar, Rishikesh Bam and others. Cinematography by Sameer Bhaskar and music by A.V.Prafulchandra are other credits. The highlight of the film is that for the first time maximum use of VFX has been done in this film.
चाहूलचे सर्जेराव पोहचले लोणावळ्याला
कलर्स मराठी वरील ‘चाहूल‘ मालिकेतील सर्जेराव म्हणजेच प्रेक्षकांहा लाडका अभिनेता अक्षर कोठारी याने आपल्या busy दिवसांमधून वेळ काढला. पण, हि संधी अक्षरला मिळाली. चाहूल मालिकेच शूटच्या दरम्यान त्याला अचानक कळाल कि आजचा दिवस संपला आहे आणि आता सगळे घरी जाऊ शकता. त्यामुळे अक्षर कोठारीने थेट लोणावळ्याला जायचा प्लान केला. खोपोलीमधील आदिवासी पाड्यातील आदिवासींना देखील भेटला, त्यांच्या बरोबर जेवला.
अक्षर म्हणाला,”सध्या मी बऱ्याच कामांमध्ये व्यस्त आहे त्यामुळे मला स्वत: साठी वेळ काढणे जमत नाही. पण त्यादिवशी packup लवकर झाले त्यामुळे मी लगेच निर्णय घेतला आणि बाहेर पडलो. मला मध्यंतरी स्लीप डिस्कचा त्रास झाला होता त्यामुळे मी गाडी चालवू शकत नव्हतो. पण, आता तो त्रास बराच कमी झाला आहे त्यामुळे मी एकटाच मस्त drive करत गेलो. खूप मज्जा आली, पण मी मानसी ला नक्कीच मिस केलं “.
Prabhat Chitra Mandal Film Fest to open with ‘Kaasav’
Prabhat Chitra Mandal in association with Thane Art Guild (TAG) and with the support of Cinematic Cinevision will be presenting a festival of Indian Films, which will be held from 15th May to 19th May 2017. The venue of the festival will be Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute Auditorium, Matunga. Feature Films, documentaries and short films, which have won National award this year and which have been part of various international film festival, will be shown at this festival.
The festival titled Chitrabharati will open with National award winner Marathi film ‘Kaasav‘, directed by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar. The five day festival will also present other Marathi films like ‘Lathe Joshi‘ directed by Mangesh Joshi and ‘Ek Albela‘ directed by Shekhar Sartandel. On this occasion, the host will also felicitate those who have won National awards. Those interested in watching films at this festival are requested to contact Prabhat Chitramandal office at Sharda Cinema Bldg, Dadar.