Marathi film ‘Kaul’ was shot with the team of only 10 people
Marathi film makers have been trying new experiments while shooting their films. Now, will you believe that Writer – director Aadish Keluskar shot his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Kaul‘ with only 10 people, including the artistes? But, this is true. Prior to finding the producer, Aadish shot his film, with minimum people by borrowing money from his mother. The members of this team were, he himself, his executive producer, his assistant, Sound designer and his assistant, Cinematographer and his four artistes.
While his shooting was going on Aadish showed ‘rough cut’ of the scenes picturised by him to producer Chintu Singh and impressed him to turn producer of this film. Thereafter, a separate team took charge of the post production work. ‘Kaul‘ has been shot in picturesque Konkan and is now ready for release on 18th November 2016.
‘Kshitij’ team celebrate Children’s day with underprivileged children
Now days, the Promotion of the film is very important . Today, Marathi film makers are using different methods to popularise their film, prior to its release. Some film makers use this platform of promotion, to create social awareness. The makers of Marathi film ‘Kshitij‘ who have already selected a subject, to spread the importance of education among the underprivileged children, celebrated the children’s day in a unique way.
The leader of the ‘Kshitij‘ team led by director Manoj Kadam visited a group of underprivileged children from Thane , who attend a school sponsored by a voluntary agency which is affiliated to Thane Municipal Corporation. The lead child artistes of this film Vaishnavi Tangade distributed notebooks to these children and also cut a cake to celebrate the occasion with these children. Other lead artistes of the film Upendra Limaye, Kanchan Jadhav, Sambhaji Tangade, cinematographer Sagar Mhadolkar were also present on this occasion.
Star Pravah to present a romantic comedy ‘Aamhi Dogha Raja Rani’
Having presented new programmes in the form of game show ‘Vikta Ka Uttar‘ and new serials on different subjects like ‘Ga Sahajani‘ and ‘Nakushi‘, Star Pravah Channel is now all set to offer a romantic comedy ‘Aamhi Dogha Raja Rani‘ from 14th November 2016. This serial will be telecast at prime time 9.30 pm between Monday to Saturday.
Produced by Sangeeta Rakesh Sarang for Cams Club the serial stars Mandar Kulkarni and Deepti Lele in the lead, along with Milind Phatak, Vinay Yedekar, Maithili Warang, Sulekha Talwalkar & Shital Shukla. Written by Vijay Patwardhan, Sameer Chougule & Abhijit Pendharkar, this serial is directed by Sanchit Vartak.
Now, a Marathi film on Chhota Rajan
Films on the lives of underworld Dons Haji Mastan, Manya Surve, Arun Gavali have always received good response. Best example was last year’s release ‘Dagadi Chawl‘, which was a super hit. The makers of this film have also announced sequel of the same now. But, in the meanwhile, Bharat Sunanda written and directed film ‘Rajan‘ has been announced, which will be on the life of another underworld Don Chhota Rajan.
Produced by Mudita Films & Anusaya Films and presented by Rhythm Movie the film will cover how a person’s ambition to do something big lands him on the wrong path. Though the film ‘Rajan‘ has been announced, the suspense about the actor playing the role of Rajan is still not disclosed. There is just guessing work by many film enthusiasts. After all, he has to be a versatile actor.
Subodh Bhave turns writer
Having proved his ability in the field of acting and direction, well Known Marathi stage television and film actor Subodh Bhave has now turned a writer. Now, his book ‘Ghei Chhand‘ will be officially published in Mumbai on 9th November and on 12th November 2016 in Pune. Recently, during a Diwali morning special programme of chit chat with him, Subodh Bhave made announcement about his book.
In this book, Subodh has described about his journey as an actor right from his performance on stage in drama ‘Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali‘ to his directing the cinematic version of the same play. Subodh feels that this particular period in his life has been very important, as he has gained a lot of experience. And therefore, he felt that it should be properly documented in the form of this book. The book has been published by Rasik Sahitya and Grafat together and will cost Rs. 400/-. However, interested readers can book a copy before 12th November 2016, at a special price of Rs. 300/- only. Those booking it in advance, will also get DVD’s of Subodh’s films ‘Balgandharva‘, ‘Lokmanya‘ and ‘Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali‘ free along with this copy.
Marathi film ‘Kshitij’ to highlight the importance of education
Cinema is the best medium to highlight the social issues. Some sensible film makers have always invited the attention of audience towards many such social problems. Now, Media Film Craft Company and Navroj Prasala Productions along with Karishma Mhadolkar will be presenting one such Marathi film ‘Kshitij‘ which will be directed by Manoj Kadam. According to the makers, the film will offer entertainment besides making the audience aware of the importance of education social values.
‘Kshitij‘ stars National film award winning actor Upendra Limaye in the lead role. Recently, the trailer and promotional song of this film was launched in Mumbai, in presence of all the artistes of this film. During this event the child artistes of this film Vaishnavi Tangade presented this song along with other child artistes. The promotional song of this film has been penned by Guru Thakur with the music provided by Shailendra Barve. Yogesh Rajguru is the the cinematographer of this film, while Resul Pookutty is the sound designer. Beside Upendra Limaye and Vaishnavi Tangade, the film also stars Manoj Joshi, Vidyadhar Joshi, Sanjay Mone, Kanchan Jadhav, Rajkumar Tangade, Prakash Dhotre and others.
Richa Agnihotri does her photo shoot with a difference
‘Dholkichya Talavar’ fame dancing actress Richa Agnihotri is in the news today. After ‘Dholkichya Talavar’, Richa earned name and f’ame through another reality show ‘Kick’ in South. With this popularity , Richa who is an exponent of Kathak , has done her unique photo shoot with a difference. Shot by photographer Nandu Dhurandhar, Richa presented a theme of five elements of universe.
As we are all aware that these five elements have both the perishable and non perishable part just like the human body. And, If we look deep into it, we realise how these five elements are attached to our lives. With this unique theme photo shoot Richa has set a new trend in Marathi . The costume and style of this theme were by Abhijit Thakur. Miss Thane 2014 Richa is now promoting herself in a right way, to get the recognition from film industry.
Riteish & Genelia Deshmukh launch their film ‘Faster Fene’ with muhurat
B. R. Bhagwat’s famous cartoon book character ‘Faster Fene’ has already popularized among Marathi readers. Now, after producing ‘Lai Bhari‘ Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh are returning to Marathi film production with their new film ‘Faster Fene’, which was launched recently with the muhurat. ‘Ghanta‘ fame actor Amey Wagh will be playing the lead character in this film, while the film will be directed by ‘Classmates‘ fame director Aditya Sarpotdar.
It may be recalled that Riteish made his acting debut in Marathi through his own film ‘Lai Bhari’ directed by Nishikant Kamat, but for his production debut in Marathi, he had opted for Ravi Jadhav as director. However, now it’s time for young Aditya Sarpotdar to direct his film. The screenplay of this film is written by Kshitij Patwardhan. Now, it remains to be seen, how this new combination is going to work for the film’s success.
Real life couple celebrate ‘Padwa’ on small screen
There are many occasions, where the real life couple are required to perform traditional ceremonies on screen, as the script of the serial or film demands it. In the past, real life couples like Ramesh Deo- Seema, Umesh Kamat & Priya Bapat, Adinath Kothare and Urmila Kanetkar have played couples on screen and they have done full justice to their respective characters.
But, there is another real life couple in the form of Avinash Narkar and Aishwarya Narkar , who are also performing their husband and wife roles on small screen very convincingly. Both Avinash and Aishwarya are part of the ongoing serial ‘Lek Majhi Ladaki‘ very convincingly. Recently, on the sets of this serial, they also performed Padwa, to celebrate their on screen Diwali and they just looked ‘made for each other‘. Even otherwise, both Avinash and Aishwarya are doing very well, in all the three mediums of Marathi entertainment and have also produced a film. Wishing both of them a very happy Padwa and prosperous Diwali.
Bollywood stars Raveena Tandon and Sohail launch the music of ‘Bhay’
The grand music launch of 5G International presented and Sachin Katarnawre produced Marathi film ‘Bhay‘ , was held in presence of popular Bollywood stars Raveena Tandon and Sohail Khan recently. On this occasion, the Trailer of this film and songs were screened. Actors Raveena Tandon and Sohail Khan praised the makers of this film Marathi and expressed that this film would definitely be a new experience for the film lovers.
While praising all the artistes of ‘Bhay‘ , Raveena Tandon also expressed her wish to act in Marathi films. The big news about this film disclosed on this occasion was, it will also be released in three other languages, Tamil, Telugu and Arabic, besides Marathi . Rahul Bhathankar has directed this film besides editing it.
‘Bhay‘ has three songs of different genres and have been picturized in a different style. The songs would take the viewers on a small journey on a cruise, with beautiful visuals of helipads and skyscrapers of Dubai besides famous beaches. Lyrics by Shekhar Astitva and music by Vikram Montrose released by Zee Music, are the other credits .
The film stars Abhijit Khandkekar, Satish Rajwade, Uday Tikekar, Smita Gondkar, Sanskruti Balgude, Vinit Sharma, Siddharth Bodke, Shekhar Shukla, Dhananjay Mandrekar & Nupur Dhudwadkar. Story, screenplay and dialogues are by Nitin Vijay Supekar while Rajesh Rathore is the cinematographer of this film.