Suresh & Padma Wadkar sing together for the first time in a film
‘Pathshala’ fame director Milind Ukey recently launched his forthcoming Marathi film with muhurat and recording the first song ‘Rajana Sajana… ‘ in the voices of celebrity couple Suresh & Padma Wadkar . Highlight of this song is that the couple is singing together for the first time in a Marathi film. The romantic song was recorded in Mumbai’s Ajiwasan Studios on the music of Ravi Tripathi.
Reacting on this memorable event, Suresh Wadkar stated that after a very long time he had recorded a romantic song.” Recording this song in the company of Padma and music director Ravi was more like a happy moment among family members, as Ravi is also my student,” he said.
Produced by Sandeep Ingale and Inayat Sharma and story written by Prakash Bhagwat, the film’s title is yet to be decided and even the star cast of the film hasn’t been disclosed yet. But, other popular singers like Anand Shinde, Avadhoot Gupte, Vaishali Made will also be rendering their voice for other songs in the film. Besides the song recorded during the muhurat, there will be five more songs in this film.
Teaser Poster of the film ‘Boyz’ launched
The name of the film ‘Boyz’ itself indicates that it will be the film on teenage children. So, after making films like ‘Aajoba’ and ‘Coffee Aani Barach Kahi’ Producers Lalasaheb Shinde & Rajesndra Shinde are bringing this Marathi film titled ‘Boyz’, which presents the humor filled happenings in the lives of three teenage children. Recently, trailer of this film was launched in a big way in Mumbai.
Even at this stage, the makers of this film have not disclosed the names of the three youngsters appearing on the poster of this film. Highlight of this film is a song rendered by singer Sunidhi Chouhan which is picturised on Bollywood actress Sunny Leone, on the choreography of Ganesh Acharya. Renowned film maker singer and music director Avadhoot Gupte will be presenting this film, which is directed by debutant Vishal Deorukhkar, who had earlier worked as assistant director.
The film which stars Santosh Juvekar, Zakir Hussain, Shilpa Tulaskar, Sharvari Jemnis, & Vaibhav Mangle, is scheduled for release in August 2017.
‘अंड्या चा फंडा’ या सिनेमाचा नुकताच ट्रेलर लाँच
लहानपणीचे दिवस प्रत्येकालाच आठवतात, त्यावेळच्या आठवणींबरोबर बालमित्र हे सुद्धा जिव्हाळ्याचा विषय असतो. अश्याच दोन जिवलग मिंत्रांच्या मैत्रीवर आधारित असलेला, अध्यास क्रिएशन निर्मिती आणि संतोष शेट्टी दिग्दर्शित ‘अंड्या चा फंडा’ या आगामी मराठी चित्रपटाचा ट्रेलर नुकताच लाँच करण्यात आला. कार्यक्रमाला प्रमुख उपस्थिती होती ती सी.आय.डी. ह्या प्रसिद्ध मालिकेतील संपूर्ण टीमसोबतच शिवाजी साटम, दयानंद शेट्टी आणि नरेंद्र गुप्ता या कलाकारांची.
प्रशांत पुजारी आणि इंदिरा विश्वनाथ शेट्टी यांनी त्याची सहनिर्मिती केली आहे. सी.आय.डी. आणि आहट यांसारख्या मालिकेचे कथालेखन करणारे संतोष शेट्टी हे या सिनेमाद्वारे प्रथमच दिग्दर्शनात पदार्पण करताय . अनेक वर्ष सिनेसृष्टीपासून दूर राहिलेली अभिनेत्री दीपा चौधरीदेखील या ट्रेलरमध्ये दिसून येते. विशेष म्हणजे यात तिची प्रमुख भूमिका असून, या चित्रपटामार्फत ती पुन्हा एकदा सिनेसृष्टीत कमबॅक करणार आहे.
अथर्व बेडेकर, शुभम परब आणि मृणाल जाधव या तीन बालकलाकारांच्या अभिनयाची जुगलबंदी आपणस पाहायला मिळणार आहे . दिग्दर्शक संतोष शेट्टी यांची कथा असलेल्या या सिनेमाची पटकथा आणि संवाद अंबर हडप, गणेश पंडित आणि श्रीपाद जोशी यांनी लिहिली आहे. लवकरच प्रदर्शित होत असलेल्या या सिनेमात दिपा चौधरी, सुशांत शेलार आणि अरुण नलावडे यांची देखील प्रमुख भूमिका असणार आहे.
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.