Ultra Jhakaas OTT offer Combo of Crime & Comedy
During the last week of May 2024, Ultra Jhakaas Marathi OTT platform are offering a combo of Crime and Horror for their viewers. Abhyuham ( Sambhram) is a Crime and Suspense filled South Film dubbed in Marathi and the other will be a hilarious Hollywood comedy ‘Tiger Robbers’( Choricha Mamla’ also dubbed in Marathi .
The Crime thriller ‘Sambhram’ revolves around Jayant, who after coming to know that his father has been falsely implicated in a case, tries to find the evidences to get him released from jail. The other film ‘Choricha Mamla’ shows the efforts of a woman who hires an agency to search her pet tigress who has been kidnapped. According to Mr. Sushilkumar Agrawal CEO of Ultra Media & entertainment, both these films will be well accepted by the viewers of Ultra Jhakaas OTT.
Jaywant Dalvi’s ‘Purush’ will be presented as Web Series on Planet Marathi
Planet Marathi OTT platform known for offering bold subjects on their channel will now be offering new web series ‘Purush’, which his based on Jaywant Dalvi‘s sensational hit Marathi play ‘Purush’. This subject is about the dominance of male in this society and their outlook towards the females.
Presented by Akshay Bardapurkar, produced by Abhijit Panse, Shrirang Godbole, Prasanna Ajrekar an directed by Abhijit Panse, this web series stars Sachin Khedekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande in lead roles. According to Abijit Panse, this series will make you think, how a woman is treated by a man for his sexual pleasures and the reaction of woman on this injustice.
Planet Marathi chief Akshay Bardapurkar feels that after the success of their web series ‘Raanbazaar’ which received acclaims from reputed film makers like Shyam Benegal, Amol Palekar and N. Chandra, our director Abhijit Panse has now become the best director not only in Marathi but one of the finest directors in our country.
Rohan Mapuskar’s first Marathi film
After working as a casting director for Marathi and Hindi films for the past 17 years, Rohan Mapuskar is now directing his first Marathi film. Recently, he completed shooting of this film at Shrivardhan. Making official announcement about this project, Rohan said that it was his dream to make a Marathi film which will be close and relatable to everyone across the world.
Speaking about his project, he says, “After absorbing lots of ups and downs, struggles and sacrifices, my dream of making a film has finally turned into reality. The universe has presented me with this beautiful opportunity to step into and direct. I have earned a lot of love and respect for being a Casting Director in the last 17 years. These 17 years have shaped me and paved my path as a Director. This film is my baby and I will make sure not to leave any stone unturned to make it a memorable one.”
He further adds “This film has thrown every possible challenge at me and that has terribly excited me to seek and grow up as a Director. I am grateful to the universe for helping me sail through this shooting journey safely with lots of love and care.”
Riteish Deshmukh to present new season of Big Boss Marathi
Colors Marathi and Jio Cinema together are all set to present the new season of Bigg Boss Marathi after a gap of two years, to make their fans happy. And popular Marathi and Bollywood star Riteish Deshmukh will present this new season. An official announcement through a video has been made on social media by the channel.
The video shows the Eye of Big Boss along with Stylish Marathi hero Riteish Deshmukh as programme presenter, which is a big surprise for the viewers. Preparations are on for creating the new big lavish house set for the participants, who are being selected. The makers of this big show have promised extra entertainment and fun in this new seaso
Bhushan Pradhan scores boundary on Ultra Jhakaas OTT
Known for his fitness smart looks and solid performance in Marathi film industry, Bhushan Pradhan has scored a boundary of films on Ultra Jhakaas Marathi OTT platform. Till recently, Ultra Jhakaas have released Bhushan’s films like ‘Unn Savali’, ‘Fake Marriage’ and ‘Lagnakallol’. And now, on 17th May 2024 his latest film ‘Rangeet’ has been released with World Digital premiere on this platform.
It may be recalled that Bhushan’s characters like Pranay in ‘Unn Savali’, Mihir in ‘Fake Marriage’ and Atharva in ‘Lagnakallol‘ had impressed the OTT audience. Now, his latest character of Siddharth in ‘Rangeet’ is also well accepted. In all these four films he played variety of characters. Speaking about the success of his films, Bhushan says, “I am glad that my characters are well accepted by audience in all age group.”
‘Balumamachya Navan Changbhala’ to have a new look
For the past five years ‘Balumamachya Navan Changbhala’ serial on Colors Marathi presented Balumama in different forms during his childhood, young days and in his advancing age. And these stories received very good response from home viewers. Now, the makers of this serial will present all such stories of Balumama connected with his past, which were not yet known to the people.
Actually, in the new episodes viewers will get to see Balu Mama’s journey with his Guru Muley Maharaj when the villagers of Akkol village invite them to their village. At this place Balumama turns emotional in his advancing age and recollects some of his past experiences. And that’s how the new stories in the forthcoming episodes will be seen with a new look.
Child artiste Samarth Patil who had played Balumama during his childhood days, will make his comeback through this serial. Versatile artiste Prakash Dhotre will also play the lead role of Balumama. The new form of this serial is available from 20th May from 7.30 pm onwards on Colors Marathi channel.
Marathi Film ‘Malhar’ poster released with announcement
Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Malhar’ is all set for release on 31st May 2024. Besides Marathi, this film will also be released in Hindi. Recently, poster of this film was officially released when the release date of the film was also declared. This film presents three different stories, which are set on the backdrop of rural Kutch region in Gujarat.
Produced by Praful Pasad and directed by Vishal Kumbhar, this film stars Anjali Patil, Sharib Hashmi, Hrishi Saxena, Child artiste Srinivas Pokale along with Vinayak Poddar, Mohammed Samad, Akshat Acharya & Ravi Jhankal in lead roles. Speaking about his film, director Vishal Kumbhar said, “This film is set on the backdrop of a village and deals with subjects related to this village. Every character has his or her own tale. For the audience, this will be a new experiment. But, I m sure the audience will appreciate this film.”
multi-starrer ‘Juna Furniture’ will be the biggest attraction on 26th April
Only few days a ago the teaser launch function of the film ‘Juna Furniture’ was held in Shivaji Park. And everybody came to know about the presence of Mahesh Manjrekar in the lead role in this film. Now, the Poster of this film has been released on social media, in which we notice other artistes like Medha Manjrekar, Upendra Limaye, Bhushan Pradhan, Anusha Dandekar and Sachin Khedekar prominently seen besides Mahesh Manjrekar. The poster also shows the Court of law, Judge and some documents clearly indicating that the film is based on a legal battle.
The other artistes of this multi starrer film are Samir Dharmadhikari, Dr. Girish Oak, Vijay Nikam, Santosh Mijgar, Alka Parab, and Sharad Pokshe in important roles. This film will also present Shivaji Satam and Omkar Bhojane in special appearance. The story- screenplay and dialogues of this film are written by Mahesh Manjrekar besides directing this film. Yatin Jadhav has produced this film. According to Mahesh waman Manjrekar, this film has tried to show how strong is old furniture. The film shows the fight of a senior citizen for justice. There are many senior citizens who face injustice in their lives and this goes unnoticed. “I appeal to all the youngsters to watch this film along with their parents,” he added.
Trailer of ‘Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke’ launched by Raj Thackeray
‘Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke’ a biopic on the life of legendary Singer and Music director Sudhir Phadke is now all set to release on 1st May. Recently, the trailer of this film, was launched by MNS Chief Mr. Raj Thaceray in presence of artistes on this film and invites. During this ceremony the songs of this film based on ‘Geetramayan’ were played .
The film will not only present the songs of Sudhir Phadke through this film but also those of other singers, who were closely associated with him. There will be total 27 songs in this film, which will be a real treat to music lovers. Presented by Saurabh Gadgil, , Produced by Saurabh Gadgil and Yogesh Deshpande and written and directed by Yogesh Deshpande, this film stars Sunil Barve, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Sagar Talashikar, Milind Phatak, Aadish Vaidya, Sukhada Khandkekar , Apurva Modak, Avinash Narkar, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Sabnis, Chinmay Patvardhan, Nikhil Raut, Vibhavari Deshpande, Dhiresh Joshi and Paritosh Pradhan in lead roles.
Dubbed South Film ‘Jailer’ to be premiered on Ultra Jhakaas Marathi
Based on reforming the criminals in Jail, South Indian Film ‘Jailer’ which is dubbed in Marathi, will now be premiered on Ultra Jhakaas Marathi OTT platform on 19th April 2024. Jailer Shantaram submits a proposal to the Government by selecting five criminals undergoing Jail sentence and taking them to a remote place and make them work as farmers to make that place green.
The Government accepts this unusual proposal on a condition that if these criminals commit a crime during this period, the Jailer will be required to resign from his job and will be sentenced to jail. The Kailer accepts this challenge . Now, whether the Jailer succeeds in his plan, the audience will come to know, after watching this film. But, one thing is sure that story of this film reminds us of V.Shantaram’s hit film of yesteryears ‘Do Ankhen Barah Haath’.