‘Dry Day’ music launched in presence of Vishal Bharadwaj
Anand Sagar production House Pvt. Ltd. Presented and Pandurang Jadhav directed Marathi film ‘Dry Day‘ is getting ready for release. Recently, music of this film was launched at Kohinoor Hotel, Andheri, at the hands of well Known music director and Bollywood film maker Vishal Bharadwaj. Produced by Sanjay Patil with music by Ashwin Srinivasan, the two songs of this film, rendered by popular singers like Jonita Gandhi & Ash King and Vishal Dadlani were released on this occasion.
The songs of ‘Dry Day‘ film are expected to popularize among young generation. The film’s story which revolves around youngsters is written by director Pandurang Jadhav himself, with screenplay and dialogues by Nitin Dixit. DOP Nagraj Divakar has captured the film through his camera. With editing by Amit Kumar, the film stars Rutwik Kendre, Kailash Waghmare, Yogesh Madhav Sohoni, Parth Ghadge, Chinmay Kambli, Monalisa Bagal, Aayli D, Arun Nalawade & Jayaram Nair.
‘Halal’ to finally release on 29th September
Having captured the audience at National and International level, much before its official release, Marathi film ‘Halal‘ highlighting the social issues of Muslim women over the issue of marriage and Divorce, is finally releasing on 29th September 2017. Official announcement to this effect has been made by the makers of this film Amol Kagne Films and National award winning director Shivaji Lotan Patil. Written by Rajan Khan, the screenplay and dialogues of this film are written by Nishant Dhapse.
Prior to this Amol Kagne had produced a film ‘31st October’, while Shivaji Lotan Patil had won National Award for his previous Marathi film ‘Dhag‘. Vijay Gatlewar has composed the music of this film, while cinematography is by Ramani Ranjandas. The film’ Halal‘ stars Chinmay Mandlekar, Pritam Kagne, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Vijay Chavan, Chhaya Kadam, Amol Kagne, Vimal Mhatre & Sanjay Sugaonkar. Popular Singer Adarsh Shinde has rendered his voice for the songs in ‘ Halal‘ film. Now, it remains to be seen, how this film on a social subject will be accepted by Marathi film lovers.
Makers of ‘Boyz’ release ‘Lagnalu’ song
Subject on teenagers and their first crush has always worked well in Marathi films. Lalasaheb Shinde & Rajendra Shinde of Supreme Motion Pictures Pvt.Ltd, are getting ready to release their film ‘Boyz‘ on this subject. The film will be released on 8th September 2017, but the song titled ‘Lagnalu‘ from this film has been released on social networking sites.
The song has been picturised on teenagers Parth Bhalerao, Sumant Shinde & Pratik Lad, with Ritika Shrotri also part of this song. The story of ‘Boyz’ film revolves around these teenagers, who step into college to experience a different world in their lives. Highlight of this film is that it will be presented by singer-music director and film maker Avadhoot Gupte.
Swaroop Bhalwankar’s new romantic video album
In Marathi entertainment industry more and more newcomers are impressing music lovers with their skills in music and singing. One such name is Swaroop Bhalwankar. With the right atmosphere at home, helped Swaroop to groom as singer and music composer. Swaroop received name and fame through popular TV programme ‘Sa Re Ga Ma‘ followed by ‘World Antakshari‘ , when he represented India. Thereafter, there was no stopping for him.
Swaroop Bhalwankar found his first break in Bollywood through the film ‘Rishta‘. And thereafter, he launched his own albums besides singing for Marathi and Hindi films. His popular albums include names like ‘Tula Lagali Kunachi Hichaki‘ & ‘Mala Lagin Karaycha‘. Instead of remaining in the routine music profession, Swaroop Bhalwankar has tried to attempt something different to offer a platform for newcomers.
On the occasion of his 25th birthday recently, he launched his own Youtube channel ‘swaroop bhalwankar official‘ and at the same time launched his new romantic album ‘Gulabi Rimzim‘. Swaroop is confident that his new album will be welcomed by music lovers.
Ankush Chaudhari turns Brand Ambassador of Pro Kabaddi
The game of Kabaddi has its roots in Maharashtra. And, therefore for the ongoing new season of Pro Kabaddi the organisers of the team U Mumba and Puneri Paltan have rightly chosen popular Marathi film actor Ankush Chaudhari as their brand ambassador. Ankush himself was very excited about this offer and readily agreed for the same. The game of Kabaddi has already gained lot of importance, because of the direct TV telecast of these international level competition.
Star Sports channel and Online Hotstar are already airing the matches. With Ankush promoting this big event, this 5th season of Pro Kabaddi has added more enthusiasm among the sports lovers in Maharashtra. The competition has already begun from 28th July 2017 and Ankush Chaudhari is enjoying every moment of his team’s matches. His selection as Brand Ambassador to promote this game, also indicates his rising popularity in the state of Maharashtra.
Suchitra Bandekar returns to Marathi theatre after 20 years
A true stage artiste cannot remain away from theatre for a long time, however busy he or she may be in films or with television assignments. Suchitra Bandekar who had performed on Marathi stage about 20 years ago. It so happened that after she performed in famous Marathi play ‘Varyavarchi Varat’, she became popular with the famous Hindi TV serial ‘Hum Panch’ and thereafter there was no stopping for her in films and on television. Suchitra also performed in popular hit films like ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy’ ( Marathi) and ‘Singham’ (Hindi).
The real life Home Minister of Popular TV programme presenter Aadesh Bandekar, Suchitra will now be seen in forthcoming Marathi play ‘Kutte Kaminey’ which will be directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni. Written by Dr. Vivek Bele, the play will soon be launched with its inaugural show. Speaking about her comeback to stage, Suchitra says that for the past several years, she couldn’t find time for acting, as she was very busy managing their own home production. But now, she is happy that she has found an opportunity to offer something to the Marathi theatre audience, through this new play, in which she plays an important role. The play will be launched with its inaugural show in second week of August 2017.
Gashmeer Mahajani and Spruha Joshi starrer ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi’ trailer launched
Presented by Torque Pharma and Filmy Keeda Productions upcoming Marathi film ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi‘ has fresh on screen pair of Gashmeer Mahajani and Spruha Joshi. Recently trailer of this movie was launched in Mumbai. The event was graced by the producers of the film P. S. Chhatwal, Reecha Sinha and Ravi Singh, along with the director Sameer Vidwans, Artists of the film – Spruha Joshi, Gashmeer Mahajani, Vijay Nikam, Seema Deshmukh, Master Arash Godbole.
The film ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi‘ is produced by Filmy Keeda Productions and directed by Sameer Vidwans. Besides Gashmeer Mahajani and Spruha Joshi leading the film’s cast, the film also stars Nirmiti Sawant, Mangal Kenkare, Kamlesh Sawant, Satish Alekar, Dr. Sahil Koparde & Vinod Lavekar in important roles. In this film we can see how youth always neglect their problems by saying ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi‘ & those small problems became big with the negligence is shown in the film. Audience will surely get solution of their own problems in the film.
The story of ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi‘ film is conceived by Producer Ravi Singh, whereas Kaustubh Savarkar created magic with screenplay and dialogues. Music composed by Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj. Lyrics penned by Guru Thakur and Vaibhav Joshi.
‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi‘ is all set for release on 11th August 2017 all over Maharashtra.
१७ कलावंतांचा ‘चित्रकर्मी पुरस्कार’ देवून सन्मान
अखिल भारतीय मराठी चित्रपट महामंडळाच्या वतीने नेत्रदिपक ‘चित्रकर्मी‘ पुरस्कार नुकताच बालगंधर्व रंगमंदिर येथे पार पडला. या सोहळ्यात पुण्यातील चित्रपट क्षेत्रात उल्लेखनीय कामगिरी केलेल्या कलाकार व तंत्रज्ञांना हा पुरस्कार देवून त्यांनी दिलेल्या चित्रपटसृष्टीच्या योगदानाबद्दल त्यांना सन्मानित करून गौरविण्यात आले.
यावेळी एकूण १७ ‘चित्रकर्मी‘ पुरस्कार या वेळी प्रदान करण्यात आले. यात निर्माता- सुभाष परदेशी, दिग्दर्शक – कांचन नायक, लेखक – श्रीनिवास भणगे, छायाचित्रण – चारुदत्त दुखंडे, संगीत – प्रभाकर जोग, कला – शाम भूतकर, रंगभूषा – विक्रम गायकवाड, अभिनेता – राहुल सोलापूरकर, अभिनेत्री – ललिता देसाई, नृत्य – नंदकिशोर कपोते, संकलन – गिरीष ओक, चित्रपटगृह – अरविंद चाफळकर, चित्रपट समिक्षा – अरुणा अंतरकर या सन्माननियांना सन्मानचिन्ह, १० हजार रुपयांचा धनादेश, एक पुस्तक असे पुरस्काराचे स्वरूप होते. अभिनेते मनोज जोशी, दिग्दर्शक राजेश मापुस्कर, सुमित्रा भावे या राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार प्राप्त करणाऱ्या कलावंत व तंत्रज्ञांचा विशेष सन्मानचिन्ह देवून गौरव करण्यात आला.
यावेळी अभिनेत्री वर्षा उसगावकर, पूजा पवार, तेजस्विनी लोणारी, गिरीजा प्रभू, सुवर्णा काळे, अमित कल्याणकर अशा अनेक कलाकारांनी बहारदार नृत्य सादर केले. यावेळी प्रमुख पाहुणे म्हणून रामदास फुटाणे, ज्योती चांदेकर, सुहासिनी देशपांडे, जयमाला इनामदार, महामंडळाचे अध्यक्ष मेघराज राजेभोसले महामंडळाचे संचालक व पदाधिकारी उपस्थित होते.
सुप्रिया विनोद यांना आली आशा काळेंची आठवण
एक सीन शूट करताना अभिनेत्री सुप्रिया विनोद यांनी आशाताईंच्या अभिनयाला सलाम केला. जुन्या काळातल्या मराठी चित्रपटांमध्ये आशाकाळे हे भारदस्त नाव. त्यांचा अभिनय आजहीप्रेक्षकांच्या स्मरणात आहे. स्टार प्रवाहच्या ‘गोठ‘ या मालिकेच्या सेटवर आशाताईंची आठवण आली.
सुप्रिया म्हणतात, ‘तुळशीला हात जोडण्याचा सीन केला ‘गोठ‘मध्ये. आशाताई काळेंचीआठवण आली. अशा प्रसंगात पूर्णकन्व्हिक्शनने काम करण्यात त्या सर्वोत्तम. तसं जमेलच असं नाही. पण एक प्रामाणिकप्रयत्न… त्यांना सलाम!‘
स्टार प्रवाहवरील ‘गोठ‘ या मालिकेत ‘कांचन’ याभूमिकेचं वर्णन सुप्रिया करतात, “मालिकेत भूमिका करण्याचा एक मोठा फायदा असतो. खूप वेगवेगळ्या छटा साकार करायला मिळतात. चित्रपट किंवा नाटक आपल्याला जास्तीत जास्त तीन तास एक भूमिका रंगवायची संधी देतात. ‘गोठ ‘ मलिकेने मला कांचन म्हणून जगायची सुंदर संधी दिली आहे. खूपअन्तर्मुख, दबलेली,साध्या साध्या आनंदांपासूनही वंचित, मानसिकदृष्टया दुर्बल…एक वेगळी सुंदर भूमिका …खूप छटा असलेली“. त्यांची भूमिका आणि आशा काळेयांच्या गाजलेल्या भूमिकांमध्ये हेच साम्य आहे.
गश्मीर महाजनीच्या डान्स स्टुडियोच्या वार्षिक समारंभाला रसिकांचा उत्स्फुर्त प्रतिसाद
अभिनेता गश्मीर महाजनीच्या ‘जीआरएम डान्स स्टुडियो’च्या डान्स स्टुडियो सुरू केला. यंदा त्याच्या डान्स स्टुडियोला १७ वर्ष पूर्ण झाली आहेत. शुक्रवारी ह्या डान्स स्टुडियोचा वार्षिक समारंभ झाला. ज्याला स्टुडियोच्या विद्यार्थ्यांसह पूणेकरांचा चांगलाचा प्रतिसाद लाभला.
यशवंतराव नाट्यगृहात आयोजित होणारा हा वार्षिक समारंभ भव्य आणि लॅविश करण्यावर त्याचा भर दिसून येत होता. कथ्थक पासून ते बॉलीवूड डान्स नंबर आणि हिपहॉपपर्यंत सर्व डान्स प्रकार ह्या कार्यक्रमात पाहायला मिळाले. ह्या समारंभात ‘टॉलीवूड डान्स एक्ट’ आणि गश्मिरचा डान्स परफॉर्मन्स हे मुख्य आकर्षण ठरले.
वार्षिक समारंभाच्या सुरूवातीला जीआरएम डान्स स्टुडियोने सीमेवर लढणा-या जवानांना, अमरनाथ यात्रेत बळी पडलेल्या यात्रेकरूंना आणि शहिदांना आदरांजली वाहिली. कार्यक्रमाला स्पृहा जोशी, समीर विव्दंस, सीमा देशमुख, सतीश आळेकर, असे मराठी फिल्मइंडस्ट्रीतले अनेक कलाकार उपस्थित होते. अभिनेत्री गिरीजा ओकने कार्यक्रमाचे सूत्रसंचालन केले आणि गश्मिर सोबत छोटासा परफॉर्मन्सही केला.