Kishore Kadam narrates a beautiful poem for the film ‘Braveheart’
Poetry has always played an important role in Marathi literature. In many Marathi films in the past, we have seen reference of important happenings in the film’s story through poems. Even in Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan is known for narrating poems. In the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Braveheart‘ well known poet and actor Kishore Kadam also known as Saumitra, has narrated one such poem in his own voice, which is a tribute to film’s brave hero Nikhil.
The meaningful poem is written lyricist Shrikant Bojewar, who has also written the screenplay and dialogues of ‘Braveheart‘ film. Produced by Sachhidanand Karkhanis and Santosh Mokashi, the film is directed by Dasbabu. Popular stage and TV actor Sangram Samel is making his debut through this film.The other important roles in ‘Braveheart‘ film are played by Arun Nalawade, Dhanashree Kadgaonkar, Ila Bhate, Dr. Vilas Ujavane, Kishore Pradhan, Late Sulbha Deshpande, Abhay Kulkarni, Vijay Chavan, Kshama Ninave, Swamikumar Banavlikar & Master Atharv Talvelkar.
Music of Bhushan Pradhan-Sanskruti Balgude film ‘Shivya’ launched
After becoming popular on small screen through their serial ‘Pinjara‘, Bhushan Pradhan and Sanskruti Balgude had worked in a film ‘Nivdung‘. But, now they are returning with a humor filled film ‘Shivya‘, which is all set to release on 21st April 2017. The film has two songs. The title song is rendered by Aniruddha Joshi on the music of Shrirang Urhekar, while the romantic song has been rendered by singer Javed Ali and Sonali Dutta on the music of Manoj Tikaria.
On Monday evening, music of ‘Shivya‘ film was launched in presence of lead pair and team members of the film including young producers- Dhwani Sakar Raut, Nilesh Zope, Mihir Karkare, Aashay Palekar & director Sakar Raut. Teaser of the film was also launched on this occasion. Besides Bhushan Pradhan and Sanskruti Balgude, the film also stars Piyush Ranade, Vidyadhar Joshi, Uday Sabnis, Shubhangi Latkar.
Madhura Velankar and Rujuta Deshmukh to conduct Drama workshop between 17-29th April 2017
Summer vacation is the right time to exploit the hidden talent in children. And, if there is any workshop which would entertain them, it is Drama workshop. Marathi actresses Madhura Velankar and Rujuta Deshmukh have come forward to conduct one such Drama workshop for children between 17th and 29th April 2017. It will be held at Sathye College, which is a hub for cultural activities.
Both Madhura Velankar and Rujuta Deshmukh have been associated with acting field for the past 18 years and they conducted their first such workshop in the 2015, which received overwhelming response. At that time, they had to take an extra batch. Now, keeping this demand in mind, this time, their workshop will be split into three sessions. Besides Madhura and Rujuta, Madhura Velankar‘s mother Rajani Velankar and renowned choreographer Deepali Vichare will also be associated in conducting this workshop.
Fakta Marathi channel to celebrate ‘Fool to April Fool’ Dhamaka
April Fools’ Day , which is also called All Fools’ Day, is celebrated every year on April 1, when people play practical jokes or spread hoaxes. The jokes and the victims who are fooled are called April fools. Keeping this humour in mind, Fakta Marathi channel will be celebrating the week starting from 1st April to 7th April 2017, with the theme ‘Fool to April Fool’ Dhamaka.
During this period, every day at 11 am entertaining films will be presented for the fun loving home viewers. The names of these films are, ‘Topi Ghal Re’, ‘Galli Te Dilhi’, ‘Ena Meena Dika’, ‘Sali Ne Kela Ghotala’, ‘Buundalbaaz’, ‘Dum Dum Diga Diga’ & ‘Dhumakul’. The presenters are confident that this timely offering through these selected films, would entertain their channel viewers.
Raj Paithankar’s ‘Gopya’ to release soon
Till now, we have seen many Marathi films highlighting the problems of children during their childhood. Right from ‘Ha Majha Marg Ekala‘ in 1962 till ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi‘ and ‘Killa‘ we have seen children oriented Marathi films with sensible subjects. Now, Producers Amol Bhalerao, Nitin Pagare and Raj Paithankar under the banner of Ganesh Filmas and Entertainment will be presenting one more child oriented subject film with the title ‘Gopya‘, which is directed by Raj Paithankar.
‘Gopya‘ film revolves around a child Gopi, whose father is addicted to alcohol and mother working as a labourer to meet the requirements of her son’s education. . It is the story of Mother’s struggle to offer education to her beloved son. Aditya Paithankar plays the child artiste Gopi, while the other two lead artistes of the film are, Madhavi Juvekar, Kamalesh Sawant along with Manisha Paithankar, Manasi Murudkar, Uday Sabnis, Ajay Jadhav, Sameer Vijayan, Rajesh Bhosale, Prakash Dhotre, Amir Tadwalkar, Niwas More and Jaywant Wadkar. Music by Kiran Raj and cinematography by Aniket K are the other credits.
Vivek Wagh to present a documentary on living legend Vikram Gokhale
Popular veteran Marathi actor and living legend Vikram Gokhale, who has been in the field of acting for almost 50 years now, belongs to a family, which has a long tradition of 100 years in this field. Vikram Gokhale’s Grandmother Kamlabai was the first child artiste, while his father was a renowned actor on Marathi stage and Marathi films. Himself a learned and disciplined actor, Vikram Gokhale has established himself as one of the top respected actors in Marathi film industry today.
Having performed in three different languages, Marathi Hindi and Gujarati , Vikram Gokhale‘s popularity has spread across the country. Besides acting, he was actively involved with social work. Along with his father, he worked towards welfare and rehab of injured soldiers. Now, to present his work before the people Themes Unlimited and Indian Film Studio are shooting a documentary film, which is suitably titled ‘Vikram- An Institution‘. Indeed Vikram Gokhale is an institution in himself. And therefore, Vivek Wagh is directing this informative film, script of which is written by Shekhar Dhavlikar.
Many known personalities close to Vikram Gokhale will be narrating their experience with him. Vikram Gokhale himself will recollect his old memories through this film. Produced by Yogesh Soman, Ashish Wagh & Utpal Acharya, ‘Vikram- An Institution‘ film will be released soon.
Actor Arun Nalawade dons director’s hat
Every actor wishes that one day he should don director’s hat. Even otherwise, in every director, there is an actor. In Marathi, some big names like Sachin Pilgaonkar, Mahesh Kothare, Mahesh Manjrekar have been playing dual role of actor- director. While some of them begin their new innings early, but in case of others, it takes a long time. We have been watching actor Arun Nalawade perform variety of roles on small as well as big screen. He has also bagged awards for his performances.
Now, Arun Nalawade will be seen in a new role of a film director. He will be directing Sharayu Art Productions’ new Marathi film ‘Tatwaa’, besides playing an important role in it. Produced by Dr.Sharayu Pazare, the subject of this film speaks about social disparity, while narrating story of the journey of a deserving girl from Patharwat community. In the film, Arun Nalawade plays the role of a Sculptor, who trains this young girl in sculpture. The film stars young pair of Gouri Konge and Sanjay Shejwal together.
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Why Marathi TV stars are not successful Film stars ?
Over the years, we have seen many popular television artistes making their debut in Marathi films. But, they don’t achieve much success on big screen, especially when they play lead roles. What could be the reason ? MarathiMovieWorld did speak to few home viewers of their serials and their reply was very simple. Most of them don’t watch Marathi films in theatre. But, some of them do watch Marathi plays and therefore, when a popular Marathi TV artiste performs in a new or revived Marathi play, he is keenly watched by his fans.
Some actors like Nana Patekar, Ashok Saraf, Late Laxmikant Berde, Late Kashinath Ghanekar and few others, who found their entry into films directly from their stage experience, while few like Sachin Pilgaonkar and Mahesh Kothare already had their strong background as child artistes in Hindi and Marathi films.
But today, we find many TV artistes being preferred by Marathi film makers, perhaps to cash on their popularity. And, the best examples are, ‘Duheri‘ fame Sanket Pathak, who is making his debut in ‘Dostigiri‘, ‘Tujhyat Jeev Rangala‘ fame Hardik Joshi, who is making his debut in ‘Journey Premachi‘ and ‘Pudhcha Paul‘ fame Sangram Samel, who is all set to make his debut in the film ‘Braveheart‘.
In the past, we had seen popular young male TV artistes like Santosh Juvekar, Bhushan Pradhan, Vaibhav Tatwawdi and few others making their entry into Marathi films. But, in the roles of a solo hero, they couldn’t attain much success. Shashank Ketkar made his debut through the film ‘One way Ticket‘ playing a parallel hero, but the film flopped. There is an exception like Swwapnil Joshi; but he was already a popular star on Hindi television too. So, all eyes now, on the film debut of Hardik, Sanket and Sangram.
Amruta Subhash – Archit Deodhar to return with Mother-son roles through ‘6 Gun’
Three years ago we saw a sensible Marathi film Killa ( The Fort) directed by Avinash Arun. The film revolved around an 11-year-old child played by Archit Deodhar who faces a difficult time coping with the death of his father and transfer of his working Mother ( Amruta Subhash) to other place. The film was selected for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Crystal Bear by the Children’s Jury in the Generation Plus Selection.
Now, Amruta Subhash and Archit Deodhar are returning through another film ‘6 Guun’ , where they will be playing the roles of Mother and son respectively. The film is all set to release on 14th April 2017. The poster of this film was launched on social media recently, clearly indicating that this film is set on the backdrop of education. The film also stars versatile actor Sunil Barve in lead role. Produced by Ujwala Gawde, the film is directed by debutant Kiran Gawde.
“You need a father with ‘Braveheart’ to make a film on the true story of his departed son”- Atul Parchure
A Narrator plays an important role in a film, especially if the film is based on a true story or a biopic. Many prominent actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Late Om Puri in Hindi and Sachin Khedekar in Marathi have played this role, while narrating the gist of the film, at the beginning of a film. Latest addition to this list is actor Atul Parchure. Atul Parchure has played a narrator for forthcoming Marathi film ‘Braveheart‘, which is a tragic true story of a youngster, who showed the way to live life till his last breath.
Produced by Sacchidanand Karkhanis and Santosh Mokashi and directed by Dasbabu , the film is an inspiring true story of Nikhil Karkhanis son of producer Sacchidanand Karkhanis, who fought against all the odds to fight his dangerous ailment, to live a life, so that every new day he saw , could be useful to others, by sharing his knowledge.
On Friday afternoon, the makers and artistes of this film ‘Braveheart‘ interacted with the press, when Marathi Movie World spoke to Atul Parchure, the narrator of this film. He was more than happy to speak about the film. ” I really admire the ‘Braveheart’ of producer Sacchidanand Karkhanis, to make a film on his departed son Nikhil’s brave fight to live a purposeful life, in spite of his serious spinal ailment; so that his story should inspire others. I was myself very much moved, when I was approached to be a narrator of this film. I am sure, this film would be appreciated by film lovers. Comedy should not be the only criteria of entertainment. The film’s gripping subject can also offer a good entertainment of keeping the audience engaged,” said Atul.
Among the artistes, present on the occasion were Arun Nalawade, (who plays the role of Nikhil’s father), Sangram Samel ( who is making his debut in film) his wife actress Pallavi Patil, Ila Bhate, Abhay Kulkarni , producers Sacchidanand Karkhanis, Santosh Mokashi, director Dasbabu, lyricist Shrikant Bojewar and others. Acress Dhanashri Kadgaonkar could not make it, as she was busy shooting for her ongoing serial in Kolhapur. The film is all set for release on 7th April 2017.