Gashmeer Mahajani is fortunate to shoot at maximum foreign locations
Shooting at foreign locations is not new to Bollywood stars. But, when you find a Marathi actor who has shot at maximum foreign locations, it certainly becomes a news. And, the name of this Marathi actor is Gashmeer Mahajani. Gashmeer shot into fame with his debut Marathi film ‘Carry On Maratha‘ and soon grabbed roles in many Marathi films. During the past two years, four of his films were released. Out of these four films, Gashmeer Mahajani had an opportunity to shoot at foreign locations for his film ‘One way Ticket‘.
With ‘One way Ticket‘ Gashmeer Mahajani toured places like Italy Spain & France. And now, while shooting for Mahesh Manjrekar‘s film ‘Rubik’s Cube‘ he had an opportunity to shoot at beautiful location at Piran in Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland. And, at every place he has stayed at least for eight days. Isn’t that a big achievement for a Marathi star like him ? The places he liked the most were the beach of Piran and city of Bard in Italy.
Hrithik Roshan announces ‘Hrudayantar’ release date
We have often seen involvement of Bollywood stars during the promotion of Marathi films, to invite the attention of Marathi film lovers. Either they give clap of the muhurat shot or release the music of the film. Now, Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan announced the release date of Bollywood fashion designer Vikram Phadnis Marathi film ‘Hrudayantar’ recently. It may be recalled that another Superstar Shahrukh Khan had given the muhurat clap of ‘Hrudayantar’ film.
Hrithik Roshan made announcement of the release date of this film as 9th June 2017, on social networking site, stating that he was proud to be associated with this film. The film stars Mukta Barve, Subodh Bhave and Sonali Khare in the lead roles. The film ‘Hrudayantar’ is jointly produced by Vikram Phadnis Productions and Young Berry Entertainment of Pratap Sarnaik and his son Purvesh Sarnaik and is directed by Vikram Phadnis himself.
‘Sangharshayatra’ and ‘Saha Gun’ released on Friday 14th
If any Marathi film is releasing on a bank holiday, it has certain advantages, as you get the next two days as week end holidays. 14th April is a bank holiday and therefore we find two simultaneous releases in the form of ‘Sangahrshayatra‘ and ‘Saha Gun‘. Both these films have different subjects. While ‘Sangharshayatra‘ is a biopic on late Gopinath Munde, the popular politician; ‘Saha Gun‘ deals with a sensitive subject of high expectations of Parents from their children, while they are in school.
In ‘Sangharshayatra‘ we find many popular faces from Hindi and Marathi television like Sharad Kelkar, Shruti Marathe, Girish Pardeshi, Dipti Bhagwat are playing important characters with Saharad playing the role of Late Gopinath Munde, while ‘Saha Gun‘ presents ‘Killa‘ fame Archit Deodhar and Amruta Subhash playing the Son and Mother duo for the second time and their characters are the most important characters in this film. Sunil Barve and Atul Todankar are also part of this film. ‘Sangharshayatra‘ is directed by Sakar Raut, while ‘Saha Gun‘ is directed by Kiran Sabaji Gawade.
Now, it remains to be seen which film succeeds in attracting the audience to the cinema halls.
Music of Arun Nalawade directed film ‘Tatva’ launched
As an actor Arun Nalawade has already established himself on small as well as big screen. All his Marathi films had very good content, be it in films like ‘Shwaas‘, ‘Tahan‘, ‘Majhi Shala‘ or latest released film ‘Braveheart‘. Now, Mr. Arun Nalawade has directed a Marathi film ‘Tatwa’ which is due for release on 26th May 2017.
Produced by Dr. Sharayu Pazare, the music of this film was launched recently by Legendary singer Anuradha Paudwal.While speaking on the occasion, Singer Anuradha Paudwal said that along with a beautiful storyline, the songs have added a lot of colour to the movie. She wished the film a great success. “Yearning for newer experiences, each one of us should develop our individuality. This is the message that Dr. Sharayu Pazare has sincerely tried to spread,” she added.
The film stars Sanjay Shejwal and Gauri Konge as the lead pair. Along with them we have Arun Nalawade, Dr. Sharayu Pazare, Devendra Dodke, Dr. Sarita Gharde, Vikrant Borkar, Sheetal Raut, Nutan Dhavne, Sadanand Borkar, Kamalakar Borkar, Manjusha Joshi and child artiste Gauri. ‘Tatva’ has been shot at Chandrapur.
17th SKD Film festival to present 11 best Marathi films
Sanskruti Kala Darpan Gaurav Rajani, which is in its 17th year, have announced the list of their final 11 films, which will compete with each other at their Film Festival scheduled on 18th and 19th April 2017 at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi. This 17th SKD Film festival will open with National award winning Marathi film ‘Dashakriya‘ followed by films like ‘Ghuma‘, ‘Kaasav‘, ‘Naatee‘, ‘Khel‘, ‘Machivarla Budha‘, ‘Ventilator‘, ‘Half Ticket‘ & ‘Vazandar‘.
All the above mentioned films will be screened with special ticket rates of Rs. 50/- for the film lovers. During the screening of these films, the artistes of these films will also be present, which will give an opportunity to the audience to meet them personally. Rest of the three films also selected, namely, ‘Guru‘, ‘Poshter Girl‘ & ‘Kiran Kulkarni V/s Kiran Kulkarni‘, will not be screened for technical reasons. The 11 films shortlisted, have been selected from 47 films. Mr. Chandrashekhar Sandve and Ms. Archana Nevrekar the heads of SKD have already announced a prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh to the winner in this category.
‘Sairat’ fame Aakash Thosar gets ready with his second film
Aakash Thosar, who attained popularity after release of his debut film ‘Sairat‘ is now getting ready with his second Marathi film ‘F.U.‘ s release on 2nd June 2017. Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, the film’s teaser poster was released recently by Bollywood star Salman Khan. The poster of the film clearly indicates that it is a style film of the popular hero for the youth.
According to the makers of ‘F.U.’ film, the next poster of the film will be released on social networking sites on 14th April 2017 at 11.35 am. Now, it remains to be seen, whether Aakash Thosar will be seen in his new look on this poster. Even otherwise, this film has raised high expectations from the Marathi film lovers. By the way, there are other artistes in the film, but the focus is only on Aakash Thosar.
‘Kaay Jhala Kalana’ film launched with muhurat
Love stories have always appealed Marathi film lovers. But, to present love stories, one needs special skills to keep the audience engaged. Now, producer Pankaj Gupta and director Suchita Shabbir are offering a love story through their Marathi film ‘Kaay Jhala Kalana‘, which was launched with muhurat recently. The makers of ‘Kaay Jhala Kalana‘ film promise a gripping love story with a message for the young generation.
The director herself has written the story of ‘Kaay Jhala Kalana‘ film, with screenplay Kiran Kulkarni & Pallavi Karkera. Dialogues are penned by Rahul More, while lyrics are by Madhuri Ashirghade & Valay Mulgund. Music is by Pankaj Padghan with prominent singers like Aadarsh Shinde, Urmila Dhangar, Sayali Pankaj, Rohit Raut, Rupali Moghe and Saurabh Salunke rendering their voices for the songs, for this musical love story. The film stars Arun Nalawade, Sanjay Khapre, Vandana Vaknis, Girija Prabhu, Kalpana Jagtap, Swapnil Kale, Shraddha Surve and Hemali Karekar.
Cinematography by Suresh Deshmane and editing by Rajesh Rao are other credits of the film.
‘Gopya’ promises entertainment with a relevant message
Today, Marathi films are focused more on sending across a relevant message, besides offering entertainment. Ganesh Film & Entertainment’s film ‘Gopya‘ also promises the same. Recently, music launch and first look of this forthcoming Marathi film was held in Mumbai, in presence of artistes and technical team of the film. The film ‘Gopya‘ is produced by a team of Amol Bhalerao, Nitin Pagare and Raj Paithankar and co-produced by Sarjerao Mote, Atulraje Gayali , Dhanaji Gaikwad & Subhash Jagadhne and directed by Raj Paithankar, who has also written the story and lyrics of this film.
After introducing the people behind making ‘Gopya‘ film, the big group of artistes comprising of Madhavi Juvekar, Kamlesh Sawant, Manisha Paithankar, Aditya Paithankar, Rajesh Bhosle, Prakash Dhotre, Amir Tadwalkar, Manasi Murudkar and Ajit Jadhav were also introduced. The film also stars Uday Sabnis, Jaywant Wadkar, Ajay Jadhav, Sameer Vijayan. Few songs from this film were also shown to the invitees. Kiran-Raj have composed the songs on the lyrics of Yogesh Sabnis.
The film’s Cinematography is by Aniket K while Art Direction is by Devdatt Raut and Nandu Moharkar. Chetan is the choreographer, Sonu Paithankar has designed the sound for the film while Vishal Kotkar has edited the film.
Now, Marathi International Film Festival in Sweden
Marathi films have gone worldwide. We have seen Marathi entertainment awards held in different parts of the world. So, don’t be surprised if Marathi film festivals are held in Sweden. Yes, Sweden Film Association and Winson World are organizing Marathi International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden between 20th and 24th April 2017, when 20 films will be screened.
The festival will open with the Premiere of Anant Mahadevean’s film ‘Dr.Rakhmabai‘, followed by films like ‘Harischandrachi Factory‘, ‘Astu‘, ‘Ek Hazarachi Note‘, ‘Fandry‘, ‘Ek Albela‘, ‘Vazandar‘, ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal‘, ‘Natee Khel‘, ‘Natasamrat‘, ‘Half Ticket‘, ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali‘, ‘Kasav‘, ‘Dr. Prakash Baba Amte‘, ‘Mala Aai Vhaychay‘, ‘Sanhita‘, ‘Rama Madhav‘, ‘The Silence‘ and ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’.
‘Dashakriya’, ‘Kasav’ & ‘Ventilator’ bag National awards
Marathi film ‘Kasav‘ produced by Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar and Mohan Agashe has won Golden Lotus National award for best film at 64th National awards declared on Friday, while Priyanka Chopra‘s first Marathi film ‘Ventilator‘ as a Producer has bagged three national awards. In the regional film category awards, film ‘Dashakriya‘ was declared the best Marathi film. The director of the film ‘Ventilator‘ Mr. Rajesh Mapuskar has won the award for Best direction, Rameshwar Bhagat won the award for best editing, while Alok De won the Best Sound design award, bringing a big smile on the face of their celebrity producer. The technical team in the presence of director Rajesh Mapuskar celebrated this happy occasion, by cutting the Victory cake late in the evening.
It may be recalled that this film had many well known artistes from Marathi film, television and Drama field to bring humour into this emotion filled film on a thought provoking subject. Highlight of the film was return of Ashutosh Gowarikar as an actor in ‘Ventilator‘ film, playing an important role. Well Known Bollywood artiste Boman Irani was seen in a special appearance , while Priyanka Chopra was also seen in a guest appearance. The film had received good response from Marathi film lovers and now these three National awards are sure to raise the morale of the entire team.