Vaishali Samant to be part of inaugural ‘Unplugged Marathi Live’ music series
Versatile Singer Vaishali Samant will be part of the inaugural show ‘Unplugged Marathi Live‘ musical show which will travel across Maharashtra through series of shows to follow. The inaugural show will be held at Yashwant Natya Mandir Matunga at 8:00 pm on 2nd June 2017. The purpose of this music series is to take popular singers to different parts of Maharashtra, so that the audience from these areas get an opportunity to watch them perform live.
During the Vaishali Samant show, the audience will witness some added attraction in the form of her friends Lyricist Ashwini Shende, singer Jaydeep Bagwadkar and director Kedar Shinde, who will also be part of this show. Another highlight of this show is presentation by music director Avinash Vishwajeet , who will give a glimpse of what they have planned through the series. Well Known music director Kamlesh Bhadkamkar has organized this inaugural show, with the help of Hansa Events.
Multi Starrer ‘Bus Stop’ to release on 21st July 2017
Young Marathi film producer and Marathi Rap singer Shreyas Jadhav who offered films like ‘Online Binline‘ and ‘Baghtos Kaay Mujara Kar‘ in the past, is now all set to offer his next Multi starrer Marathi film ‘Bus Stop‘. Made under the banner of Ganraj Associates and directed by Hemant Joshi, the film stars Amruta Khanvilkar, Aniket Vishwasrao, Hemant Dhome, Siddharth Chandekar, Pooja Sawant, Rasika Sunil, Akshay Waghmare, Madhura Deshpande, Suyog Gore, Avinash Narkar, Sanjay Mone, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar & Vidyadhar Joshi in lead roles.
‘Bus Stop‘ film also has strong support from Poonam Shende, Gajendra Patil, Aasu Nihlani in this production. The film’s cinematography has been captured by last year’s National award winning cinematographer Abhijit Abde. Music is composed by popular music trio Jasraj –Hrishikesh & Saurabh. The film is all set to release on 21st July 2017.
International standard Balewadi stadium booked for shooting of Marathi film
Many a times, shooting at real locations helps create impact of the film’s theme on the audience. Forthcoming untitled Marathi film made under the banner of Radhe Motion Pictures and directed by Milind Shinde has booked International standard Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium at Balewadi, Pune, for the shooting of their film. The film is based on sports and is a story of a young sportsman, who is denied Shiv Chhatrapati award in spite of his best performance in Athletics, goes back to his village and trains three young petty thieves into athletics , to make them national level athletes.
Incidentally, this is the first Marathi film based on sports which is being shot at Balewadi. The entire Balewadi stadium had the feel of national level competition, during the shooting. Earlier, Hindi Film ‘Dangal‘ was shot here. Actually, the makers of this film were in search of Synthetic track of athletics and they found the same at Balewadi, which has huge campus. Director Milind Shinde was highly impressed with the arrangements and shooting schedule of this film.
National award winning film ‘Ringan’ to release on 30th June
Many sensible Marathi films, in spite of winning prestigious awards cannot be released for want of distributors. Prominent among them are films like ‘Kasav’, ‘Dashkriya’ & ‘Halal’. Few days ago, one more film was also in this list. It was ‘Ringan’. Luckily, this film has now found a distributor and it will be released on 30th June 2017. Official announcement top this effect has been made by the makers of this film.
‘Ringan’ presents a sensible story of father and son, who undertake a journey in search of happiness and love. Prior to its release, this film has already won various awards in different categories at the national and state level. The film has also made its presence felt at different international film festivals held in Cannes, London & Toronto. Presented by landmark Films and produced by Roll Motion Pictures, the film is directed by Makarand Mane. Presenter of this film Vidhi Kasliwal is confident that the subject of this film would appeal to Marathi film lovers.
Song on Two Thousand Rupee Note picturised for the film ‘Prema’
After demonetization the newly introduced two Thousand Rupee note was in big news. Now, in our Marathi Film industry too, this two thousand rupee note has tempted Producer Ramesh Gurram and director Sadanand Eppakayal to make a Marathi film ‘Prema‘, shooting of which is presently in progress.
Recently, a song titled ‘Mee Gulabi Note Don Hazarachi….‘ From this film was picturised on actress Manasi Naik, who was specially dressed in Pink Saree to match with the colour of new Two thousand rupee note. The songs of ‘Prema‘ film have been penned by Shekhar Anande, who has also composed the music of this film. Popular singers like Avadhoot Gupte, Swapnil Bandodkar and Reshma Sonavne have lent their voices for the songs in this film.
The makers of ‘Prema‘ film are confident that this particular song picturised on Manasi Naik will be well accepted by the Marathi audience, in the same way, as they welcomed the new Two Thousand rupee note.
Award winning Marathi film ‘Dashakriya’ receives good response at Cannes Film Fest
Marathi film ‘Dashakriya‘ which recently won three National awards and various other popular awards, created a new record recently. At the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, the film was screened at Grey-4 auditorium, where it received very good response. The special show was organised by Maharashtra Government, when the team of ‘Dashakriya‘ film was also present. The next show of this film has also been organised.
Produced by Kalpana Vilas Kothari and written by Sanjay Krushnaji Patil and directed by Sandip Patil ‘Dashakriya‘ film stars Dilip Prabhavalkar, Manoj Joshi, Aditi Deshpande, Milind Shinde, Milind Phatak, Uma Sardeshmukh, Asha Shelar, Nandkishore Chougule, Santosh Mayekar, Umesh Mitkari, Prashant Tapasvi, Anil Rabade, Umesh Bolke, Sanskruti Rangnekar, child artistes Arya Aadhav, Vinayak Ghadigaonkar and about 150 other child artistes who are making their debut through this film. Music by Amitraj and cinematography by Mahesh Aney are the other credits of this film.
Sachin Tendulkar to take on new opponents on a different wicket
We are all aware of the records created by Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar on cricket field. Even after his retirement from cricket, his popularity hasn’t diminished a bit. Now, his biographical film ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams‘ written and directed by James Erskine and produced by Ravi Bhagchandka and Carnival Motion Pictures under 200 Not Out Productions is ready for release on 26th May 2017. The film is based on the life of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. And hence, there is no doubt that majority of Maharashtrian people will be attracted towards this film. Sachin Tendulkar himself has promoted this film on Marathi television and through other sources. And, the Marathi version of this film is also being released, besides four other languages.
But, another news is that four Marathi films are also releasing on this day. The names of these films are, ‘Tatva‘, ‘Oli Ki Suki‘,’Khopa‘ and ‘Karaar‘. On Tuesday, PRO of the film ‘Khopa‘ issued a press note that the film had postponed its release. But, very next day he confirmed that the film would be released on the scheduled date. The other three films have issued their advertisements in Thursday newspapers confirming their release on 26th May, but there is no indication of show timings.
Now, it remains to be seen, how Sachin Tendulkar will take on these new opponents in the form of these four Marathi films, on a different wicket. But, critics feel that the makers of these four Marathi films should have respected Sachin’s film, the way they respect popular Bollywood big banner films, by not opting to release their films on such days. By the way, two English and two Hindi films are also releasing on 26th May. Even otherwise, Marathi films are not finding audience these days. The IPL cricket has also affected the sale of cinema tickets for both Marathi as well Hindi films. So, will have to wait for the actual results, after this week end.
‘Pari Hoon Main’ film launched with muhurat
Now days, there is a new trend of having Hindi titles for Marathi films. ‘Pyar Wali Love Story‘, ‘Tu Hi Re‘, ‘Ishqwala Love‘ to name a few of them. Now, Dr.Rajendra Pratap Singh and director Rohit Shilwant will be offering their new Marathi film with the title ‘Pari Hoon Main’. The film presents passion filled journey of a middle class family to achieve their goal. The film maker is confident that the subject of this film will be well accepted by Marathi film lovers.
Recently muhurat of this film was performed in presence of producer and wife Sheela Rajendra Singh ( who also own Yogayatan Group) in presence of cast and crew of ‘Pari Hoon Main’ film. The story of ‘Pari Hoon Main’ film is by Irawati Karnik and the film stars Nandu Madhav, Devika Daftardar, Shruti Nigade & Flora Saini in lead roles. Cinematography by Rohan Madkaikar, music by Sameer Saptiskar and editing by Ritekesh Mamdapur are the other credits of the film.
Now, Rapper Shreyas Jadhav presents ‘Fakat Party’ to his fans
Known for his popular Rap numbers ‘Aamhi Puneri‘ and ‘Veer Marathe‘ Rapper King JD alias Shreyas Jadhav has come out with a party song in Marathi, which is suitably titled ‘Fakat Party‘. So, after Honey Singh, Raftar, Badshah, who have brought Pop music from western countries, it is now the turn of Shreyas Jadhav to entertain his fans, who are rising in large numbers.
This party song has been offered by Everest Entertainment & Ganraj Productions on the music of Harsh, Karan Aditya and direction and choreography by Sujit Kumar. About 100 glamorous models are part of this song, including some foreigners. In short, this Marathi rap song will have a look of any Hindi or English rap song, which will also present posh cars to give a different look to this party song. In short, Shreyas Jadhav is all set to rock through this song.
‘Dhondi’ will be a timely film highlighting issues of farmers
Till now, many Marathi films have dealt with the issue of farmer’s suicides in Maharashtra. But, there has been no solution to this serious issue. Some films have blamed the administration. But, that has not helped to stop the suicides of farmers. Now, producers Shivajirao Jadhav, Santosh Sutar and Nikhil Nangude under the banner of Soil Events and Entertainment are presenting a Marathi film ‘Dhondi‘ which will actually focus on the living conditions of the farmers and show the way to those living in cities, to bring such farmers into mainstream.
Director Monish Uddhav Pawar feels that is a farmer gets the right price for his crop, he would not attempt suicide. He is also confident that his film would help prevent many farmers from committing suicides. The film stars National award winning actor Vivek Chabukswar along with Sayaji Shinde, Pooja Pawar, Kishore Chougule, Raghavendra Kadkol, Suhasini Deshpande, Usha Naik and late Vinay Apte. By the way, this will be the last released film of Vinay Apte and hence the film will be a tribute to this late actor. Music by Kiran Raj and cinematography by Dinesh Satankar are the other credits. The film ‘Dhondi‘ is all set to release on 9th June 2017 and will be a timely film highlighting issues of farmers.