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Marathi film ‘Barayan’ to release on Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand

Marathi film Barayan
Marathi film ‘Barayan

Posters of the films indicate a lot about the film’s subject. Recently Producer Daivata Patil and director Deepak Patil launched the poster of their film ‘Barayan‘ raising curiosity among the Marathi film lovers. One thing is sure that it has to convey something about education and youth. In the recent past we have seen many such Marathi films successfully managing to convey the theme through their posters, which invite the attention of audience.

The poster of ‘Barayan‘ film also makes everyone think about the artistes of this film, which is not disclosed. But, the number 12 on the poster certainly suggests that it will be released on 12th. So, makers of this film have announced the release date of this film on 12th January 2018. Moreover, it is being released on National Youth day, which is also birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the idol of many youths in India.

Tributes paid by Google Doodle to Chitrapati V.Shantaram on his 116th Birth Anniversary

V Shantaram
V Shantaram

Legendary V. Shantaram had created his own place offering many sensible films on social issues. Incidentally, his production Company Rajkamal Kalamandir has completed 75 years. So, to pay him tributes on the occasion of his 116th Birth anniversary on 18th November 2017 , V.Shantaram Motion Pictures Foundation President Mr. Kiran Shantaram, with the help of Google Doodle have introduced a link ‘A Colossus of Indian Cinema‘ on their website to present a Virtual Exhibition on his life journey.

V Shantaram google doodle image
V Shantaram google doodle image

So, the film lovers will be able to view everything they wanted to know about the legendary actor- filmmaker and his films. The scripting and presentation of this exhibition has been made by Film Scholar and Documentary film maker Sanjit Narvekar. Another gift offered to film lovers on this occasion is the Online edition Hindi and Marathi version of V. Shantaram‘ the autobiography of V.Shantaram in e book form will also be released by Book Ganga

Marathi film ‘Ghat’ is about the friendship of Manya & Papya

Yash Kulkarni in Marathi movie 'Ghat' still
Yash Kulkarni in Marathi movie ‘Ghat‘ still

Every 14th November, people should seriously think whether the proper upbringing of every child is ensured? Today, we find that due to circumstances, many children are deprived of their childhood freedom and are required to do something to earn for their family. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ghat‘ presents the story of two such children Manya & Pappya, who are close friends. Directed by Raj Gorde, this film is set to release on 15th December 2017.

Yash Kulkarni, who appeared in popular films like ‘Avtarachi Goshta‘ and ‘Ranjan‘ will be playing the character of Manya, while the role of his close friend Pappya is played by Dattatray Dharme. The other important artistes of  ‘Ghat‘ film are, Mitali Jagtap, Umesh Jagtap & Riya Gavli. The film’s music has been composed by Rohit Nagbhide, while the cinematography is by Amol Gole. National award winner Mahavir Sabannavar has done the sound designing of this film and editing is by Sagar Vanjari.

कलर्स मराठीवर ‘घाडगे & सून’चे एक तासाचे विशेष भाग

Marathi serial  'Ghadge & Suun'
Chinmay Udgirkar and Bhagyashree Limaye, Marathi serial ‘Ghadge & Suun

घाडगे & सून‘ मालिकेमध्ये गेल्या बऱ्याच आठवड्यांपासून अक्षयचा कियाराला शोधण्यासाठी सुरु असलेली धडपड आता संपली आहे. कियारा आणि अक्षयची भेट झाली असून अमृता आणि अक्षय कियाराबद्द्लच सत्य घाडगे परिवारापासून लपवत आहेत. अमृताला ही लपवाछपवी मनापासून पटत नसली तरी देखील ती अक्षय आणि कियाराच्या प्रेमासाठी तसेच अक्षयसोबत सुरु झालेल्या नव्या मैत्रीच्या नात्यासाठी हे सगळ करण्यासाठी तयार झाली आहे. पण, अक्षयचा कियाराला स्वत:च्या आयुष्यामध्ये आणण्यासाठी सुरु असलेला प्रयत्न जर माईना कळला तर ? असे आणि अनेक प्रश्न प्रेक्षकांच्या मनात आहेत.

अमृताचे मामा मनोहर घाडगे सदन मध्ये आपले बस्थान बसवणार आहेत, मामाचा असं करण्यामागचा हेतू अमृताला आणि अक्षयला कळला नाही. कियारा नुकतीच अक्षयला भेटली असून आता अक्षयसमोर अजून एक अडचण समोर आली आहे आणि ती म्हणजे कियाराच्या आयुष्यात आता अर्जुन नावाच्या मुलाचा स्थळ तिच्या वडीलांनी आणलं असून अक्षय कसं कियाराला परत मिळवेल ? अर्जुनच्या येण्याने मालिकेला कुठलं नवं वळण मिळेल ? या सगळ्या गुंत्यामधून नात्यांना एक वेगळीच रंगत येणार आहे. हे जाणून घेण्यासाठी पहा ‘घाडगे & सून‘ १३ नोव्हेंबर ते २३ नोव्हेंबर पर्यंत कलर्स मराठीवर.

Arun Nalawade & Shashank Shende to come face to face in ‘Happy Birthday’

Marathi movie 'Happy Birthday'
Arun Nalawade and Shashank Shende , Marathi movie ‘Happy Birthday’

What do you expect when two experienced and popular artistes come face to face on screen ? In the past, we have seen such combinations through films like ‘Pinjara‘, ‘Sarkarnama‘, ‘Valu‘, ‘Deool‘, ‘Natasamrat‘ and many other films. With the presence of such versatile artistes, the director takes up the challenge to extract the best out of them, to present the best war of words between them. Now, in the forthcoming Marathi film, ‘Happy Birthday‘ the Marathi film lovers will witness one such pair in the form of ‘Shwaas‘ fame Arun Nalawade & ‘Ringan‘ fame Shashank Shende. Incidentally, both their films won National awards and therefore there are big expectations from their forthcoming film.

Happy Birthday‘ presents the story of a sixteen year old boy suffering from Thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder. Produced by Dilip Kolte , this film is directed by Narayan Gondal, who has presented his vision, giving cinematic form to this story. The film is all set to release on 24th November 2017.

Amruta Fadnavis is back as a singer in Marathi with ‘Pari Hoon Main’

Amruta Fadnavis Singer Image
Amruta Fadnavis Singer

Amruta Fadnavis, who made her debut as a singer in Marathi films through the film ‘Sangharshayatra‘, is back as a singer in Marathi, through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Pari Hoon Main‘. The song titled ‘Chandana Bilori Kalya…’ penned by Abhishek Khankar has been composed by music director Samir Saptiskar. According to the lyricist and music director, this lullaby style song which was recorded recently, needed the kind of voice and Amruta’s voice fitted into this requirement. Amruta Fadnavis too is full praise for this song and is confident that the audience would appreciate it.

According to the producers Dr.Rajendra Pratap Singh, Sheela Rajendra Singh and director Rohit Shilwant, this song presents the emotional bonding between mother and her daughter. The film stars Nandu Madhav, Devika Daftardar, Shruti Nigde, Flora Saini in lead roles. Bhavik Patel is the executive producer of this film, while Bhushan Savle is Project head.

Ajay Naik’s ‘Hostel Days’ to present Prarthana along with Aroh & Virajas

Marathi Movie Hostal Days
Aroh Velankar & Prarthana Behere, Marathi Movie Hostal Days

Having performed with popular actors like Swwapnil Joshi, Vaibhav Tatwavdi & Santosh Juvekar, gorgeous Marathi actress Prarthana Behere is all set to share the big screen with two young actors ‘Rege‘ fame Aroh Velankar and actress Mrunal Kulkarni‘s son Virajas Kulkarni. The name of their film is ‘Hostel Days‘, which is all set to release on 29th December 2017. Directed by Ajay Naik, the film will also present Akshay Tanksale and Sanjay Jadhav in pivotal roles. This film is set on the backdrop of hostel life during early 90s, when there were no mobile phones. So, you can imagine, how they must have communicated with each other.

Being presented by Shree Parshwa Productions and Twenty four Studios ‘Hostel Days‘ is produced by Subhash Bora, Chandan Gehlot and Harvinder Singh of Shree Parshwa Productions in association with Ajay Naik Productions. Speaking about his film, multi talented Ajay Naik says, “Hostel life has always had a special place in the memory of all those who have lived in a Hostel. And for those who couldn’t experience the Hostel Life ever, there has always been a fascination for it. The days spent in hostel always makes one nostalgic, while reminiscing those golden days of life“.

Marathi film ‘Dhingana’ to present four Bollywood Villains

Raza Murad, Avtaar Gill, Shahbaaz khan, Kunika
Raza Murad, Avtaar Gill, Shahbaaz khan, Kunika

Bollywood Villains or Vamps appearing in Marathi films in cameo roles is not new to Marathi films. But, their appearing together in a group is new to Marathi films.  Director Chandrakant Dudhgaonkar has tried this experiment in his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dhingana’ where we will find four such Villains coming together. They are Avtaar Gill, Raza Murad,Shahbaaz Khan & Kunika. They will all be playing negative characters in ‘Dhingana’ which is all set to release on 8th December 2017.

Selecting these four artistes from Hindi in his Marathi film was the need of the script, feels producer Sameer Sadanand Patil. And hence, when director Chandrakant approached all four of them, they immediately said ‘yes’ to this offer.  Avtaar, Raza Murad, Shahbaaz & Kunika are playing the characters Mohananna, Anjanmama, Raja Bhaiya & Karishma respectively, who run a chit fund company. The film’s story is set on the backdrop of present realistic situation and has a social message. Priyadarshan Jadhav and Prajakta Hanamghar are playing lead roles in this fil. Camera by R.Girdharan and music by Amitraj & Shashank Powar are the other credits.

 

‘Redu’ does a hat trick of participation at International Film festivals

Shashank Shende in Marathi Movie 'Redu'
Shashank Shende in Marathi Movie ‘Redu’

Director Sagar Vanjari’s film ‘Redu’ is in the news .This film has done a hat trick of participation at international film festivals. The film was first selected for screening at IFFI in Indian Panorama, followed by selection in Cairo and Kolkatta international film festivals. Produced by Naval Sarda  under the banner of Naval Films, the film stars Shashank shende, Chhaya Kadam, Gauri Konge, Vinam Bhabal, Mrunmayee Supal  in lead roles.

Both producer and director are making their debut through this film. But, they are confident that their film will be well accepted by the Marathi film lovers. The selection of their film at three international film festivals is itself a big achievement for them. In Kolkatta International film festival, ‘Redu’ is the only Marathi film selected for screening, while at Cairo International film festival in Egypt, this is the only Indian film selected for screening. Music by Vijay Narayan Gavande and cinematography by Mangesh Gadekar are the other credits of this film.

‘Chalu Dya Tumcha’ music and trailer launched

Marathi movie 'Chalu Dya Tumcha'
Trailer launch of Marathi movie ‘Chalu Dya Tumcha

Comedy films in Marathi are always considered to be the ‘Tonic’ for the audience, who prefer entertainment, entertainment and only entertainment. Over the years, this formula has never failed, provided there is right treatment given in the screenplay. Now, director Rajesh Balkrishna Jadhav promises one such comedy film ‘Chalu Dya Tumcha‘ , which is produced by Pravin Madhukar Tayde, Vishal Vasant Vahurwagh and Amol Vasu. Recently, the music launch and trailer release ceremony of this film was held at Andheri, Mumbai in presence of the artistes, technicians, music team and special invitees.

There are four songs of different styles in ‘Chalu Dya Tumcha‘ film, composed by music directors Madhu Bhosale & Anurag-Chinmay. According to the makers of this film, they have presented a story to inspire the audience to look at life with a positive attitude. The director of the film has himself written the story and screenplay of ‘Chalu Dya Tumcha‘ film, while Sambhaji Sawant has written the dialogues. The film stars Milind Gunaji, Vijay Kadam, Sandeep Phatak, Nisha Parulekar, Megha Ghadge, Ajay Jadhav, Umesh Mitkari, Vaishali Chandorkar, Sudhir Sinha, Dipjyoti Naik, Kamal Aadib in lead roles along with guest artistes like Vijay Patkar , Jairaj Nair and others.