Prakash Kunte’s new film’s shooting begins at Hampi
Known as UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hampi, located in Karnataka, has its own historical importance. Popular Marathi film director Prakash Kunte ( ‘Coffee aani Barach Kahi‘ and ‘& Jara Hatke‘ fame) has selected this place, to begin shooting of his next untitled Marathi film. Produced by Yogesh Nivrutti Bhalero for Swaroop Samarth Entertainment, the film’s story has some relevance with this historical place in Karnataka.
The story of this film revolves around an emotional journey of a young girl. The film stars four talented artistes like Sonalee Kulkarni, Prajakta Mali, Priyadarshan Jadhav and Lalit Prabhakar. Amlendu Choudhari is the cinematographer of this film. Speaking about his new film, director Prakash Kunte has expressed his confidence that Marathi audience would appreciate his film, for its new subject.
Bollywood actress Sonali now in Marathi
Marathi girl Sonali Raut, who became popular after winning the Kingfisher Calendar Girl contest, later joined Bollywood, performing in films like ‘The X Pose‘ and ‘Great Grand Masti‘ also appeared in TV reality shows Big Boss and ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa‘ to remain in limelight. A song ‘Lipstick Lagake‘ picturised on her in the film ‘Great Grand Masti‘ had become very popular.
Now, Sonali Raut is all set to make her debut in Marathi films. She will perform an item number in the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Hero‘ and the same will be picturised soon. Now, it remains to be seen, whether this new Sonali Raut will be able to capture the attention of Marathi audience. It may be recalled that in the past, Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre had also performed an item song in Kedar Shinde‘s film, which had become very popular.
‘Braveheart’ selected at the Third Eye Asian Festival
Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Braveheart – Jidd Jagnyachi‘ has been selected at the prestigious 15th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, Mumbai which is scheduled between 15-22 Dec, 2016. This film will be screened in section – ‘New Marathi Cinema‘. Produced by Mr. Sachidanand Karkhanis and Santosh Mokashi and directed by Dasbabu , the film ‘Braveheart – Jidd Jagnyachi’ is a true inspiring story of a youngster. The film also marks debut of young stage and TV actor Sangram Samel. This is also veteran actress Sulbha Deshpande’s last film, as she passed away after completing shooting of this film.
Prior to ‘Braveheart – Jidd Jagnyachi‘ film, director Dasbabu had directed popular television serials like ‘Ladhaa‘, ‘Hey Bandh Reshmache‘, ‘Ek Dhagaa Sukhacha‘ and a sensible film like ‘Tahaan‘. Award winning writer Shrikant Bojewar has written the screenplay and dialogues of this film, besides writing lyrics, while music is composed by Arnab Chatterjee. Background music is by Amar Mohile, while executive producer is Shyamrao Pawar.
Besides Sangram Samel, who plays title role, ‘Braveheart – Jidd Jagnyachi’ film also stars TV star Dhanashree Kadgaonkar, Arun Nalawade, Kishore Pradhan, Atul Parchure, Dr.Vilas Ujawane, Ila Bhate, Vijay Chavan, Kshama Ninave, Abhay Kulkarni, Swamikumar Banavali, Master Atharva Talvekar and Late Sulbha Deshpande. The film will be released soon.
Milind Gawali to direct South Star in Marathi
South Indian Film star Thakur Anoop Singh will be making his debut in Marathi films. Recently, he also rendered a song ‘Dhina Dhin Dhana..‘ in his voice for a Marathi film directed by Popular Marathi actor Milind Gawali. Thakur Anoop Singh is playing a lead role in this untitled film, which is produced by Shreyas Kamble and Rajendra Kamble under the banner of Global Media Corporation.
Prior to this film, actor turned director Milind Gawali had directed a film ‘Athang‘, while Thakur Anoop Singh , who was earlier a Pilot by profession, had worked in Hindi serials like ‘Mahabharat‘ and ‘Kahani Chandrakanta Ki’. Thakur Anoop Singh is also a body builder, having won Mr. World in World Body Building competition. His forthcoming films will be ‘Singham 3‘ and Puri Jagannath’s south film. But, at present his debut in Marathi has generated a lot of interest among the film audience, as this film is expected to be an action film.
First Marathi Silent thriller on Zee Talkies
Zee Talkies channel has always tried to offer something different from time to time to entertain the home viewers. Now, their next offering will be First Marathi silent thriller ‘Tathastu‘. With no dialogues in the film, the makers of this film are very confident that the film’s story, presentation style, performances of artistes like Sandeep Pathak and Madhavi Nimkar and direction will be the USP of this film.
‘Tathastu‘ will be telecast by Zee Talkies on Saturday 3rd December 2016 at 10 pm , with repeat show next day, i.e. Sunday 4th December 2016 also at 10 pm. Will this film offer a new experience for Marathi home viewers ? Let us wait and see.
Lalit Prabhakar & Neha Mahajan together in ‘TTMM’
Lalit Prabhakar became heartthrob of many young girls in Maharashtra, when he reached popularity heights through his last TV serial ‘Julun Yeti Reshimgathi‘. At the same time, we saw the rise of one talented Marathi actress Neha Mahajan on big screen. Now, both these artistes will be seen together in forthcoming Marathi film ‘TTMM‘, which has a unique title.
The film ‘TTMM‘ is produced by Dr. Santosh Savane under the banner of Vaishali Entertainment . Directed by Kuldeep Jadhav the shooting of this film is now complete. Music director Pankaj Padghan has composed the music of ‘TTMM‘ film, while the story, screenplay and dialogues are written by Tejpal Wagh. Mayur Hardas is the cinematographer, editor and executive producer of this film, while Tejas and Gaurav Gogavale are the choreographers. The other artistes of the film are, Vidyadhar Joshi, Savita Prabhune, Satish Pulekar, Seema Deshmukh, Sagar Karande, Bharat Ganeshpure and others.
‘Bhootkaal’ music launched in presence of Bhushan Pradhan
Music of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Bhootkaal‘ was launched recently in presence of lead actor Bhushan Pradhan , technical team of the film and other invitees. Directed by writer and 3 D Image technology expert Anil Waghmare , this film is based on a horror theme and has been shot at new locations picturesque Konkan. Presented by Sairaj Media, the film will bank more on special effects and music. Bollywood’s rising music director Siddharth Agarwal has composed the music of this film, with songs rendered by well known singers Javed Ali, Bela Shende and upcoming singer Siddharth Shankar Mahadevan.
For the first time talented actress Hemangi Kavi has been paired along with actor Bhushan Pradhan in ‘Bhootkaal’ film. The other artistes of this film are, Shashikant Gandhe, Kiran Navalkar, Namrata Jadhav, Sanket Lavande, Ashok Pavade, Ramesh Gaikwad & Swati Bhaburvade. In Marathi, we have yet to see a horror film turning hit. But, the makers of this film seem to be confident about their film’s success.
Separate section for Marathi films in Third Eye Asian Film Fest
The 15th Third Eye Asian Film Festival which is scheduled between 15th and 22nd December 2016 in Mumbai, will have separate section for Marathi films, to enable Marathi film lovers to watch some good Marathi films. In the main section there will be films from different countries like Iran, Nepal, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, Vietnam and Lebanon besides India. There will also be competition for short films in this festival.
Five films will be shown daily during this festival and the festival will be inaugurated by Governor of Uttar Pradesh Mr. Ram Naik at the Mini Theatre of Ravindra Natya Mandir. On this occasion, noted Film maker Mr. Govind Nihalani will be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award, while the Satyajit Ray Memorial award will be presented to Mr. Satish Jakatdar of Aashay Film Club, Pune.
The Online registration for this festival has already begun and the application form can be downloaded from the official website of the hosts www.affmumbai.org. The delegate registration will begin on 10th December onwards at Ravindra Natya mandir, Mumbai between 1 pm and 7 pm.
Atul Kulkarni & Ashok Samarth to play lead roles in a realistic Hindi film ‘Aasra’
Atul Kulkarni and Ashok Samarth are well Known Marathi stars, who have played lead roles in Marathi films. Both of them have also performed prominent character roles in Hindi films. Now, both of them will be seen together in lead roles along with popular Bollywood actor Raghuveer Yadav in forthcoming Hindi film ‘Aasra‘, which is scheduled to release on 2nd December 2016. The film also stars another Marathi film actor Sunil Pal and versatile actor Omkardas Manikpuri.
The film is produced by Sadanand Shetty and is directed by Raj Sagar, who has also written screenplay of this film. The story of this film by M.K. Shankar, is set on the backdrop of slums, highlighting how the people living here have been deprived of basic necessities. According to the makers, this is a true story. Director Raj Sagar has therefore shot the film at real locations. Music by Abdesh Goswami, cinematography by B. Mahanteshwar and dialogues by Vishuddh Anand Sharma are the other credits.
‘Ventilator’ earns 11 Crore in 11 days
‘Ventilator‘ is the only Marathi film, which was not affected by demonetization of higher denomination currency notes. In fact, the film made earnings of 11 Crore in 11 days, which is to be highly appreciated. But, the makers should thank the audience, who used online booking, net banking and plastic money to book their tickets for this film. This clearly indicated that Marathi film lovers had the will to watch this film during this period of crisis and the alternate methods showed them the way.
The good response received from the audience has certainly increased the confidence of the makers of ‘Ventilator‘ film and the happiest person is producer Dr.Madhu Chopra. Reacting to this good news director Rajesh Mapuskar said that he was overwhelmed by the audience response. Mr. Nikhil Sane of Zee Studios also welcomed the alternative methods used by audience to book their tickets in the current scenario.
‘Ventilator‘ which was released on 4th November 2016, is presently being shown through 4165 shows daily through 257 cinema houses. Till date the director of the film and the artistes have personally paid visit to cinema houses in Thane, Nashik, Dombivali, Pune and Alibaug and interacted with enthusiastic audience.