Why Marathi TV stars are not successful Film stars ?
Over the years, we have seen many popular television artistes making their debut in Marathi films. But, they don’t achieve much success on big screen, especially when they play lead roles. What could be the reason ? MarathiMovieWorld did speak to few home viewers of their serials and their reply was very simple. Most of them don’t watch Marathi films in theatre. But, some of them do watch Marathi plays and therefore, when a popular Marathi TV artiste performs in a new or revived Marathi play, he is keenly watched by his fans.
Some actors like Nana Patekar, Ashok Saraf, Late Laxmikant Berde, Late Kashinath Ghanekar and few others, who found their entry into films directly from their stage experience, while few like Sachin Pilgaonkar and Mahesh Kothare already had their strong background as child artistes in Hindi and Marathi films.
But today, we find many TV artistes being preferred by Marathi film makers, perhaps to cash on their popularity. And, the best examples are, ‘Duheri‘ fame Sanket Pathak, who is making his debut in ‘Dostigiri‘, ‘Tujhyat Jeev Rangala‘ fame Hardik Joshi, who is making his debut in ‘Journey Premachi‘ and ‘Pudhcha Paul‘ fame Sangram Samel, who is all set to make his debut in the film ‘Braveheart‘.
In the past, we had seen popular young male TV artistes like Santosh Juvekar, Bhushan Pradhan, Vaibhav Tatwawdi and few others making their entry into Marathi films. But, in the roles of a solo hero, they couldn’t attain much success. Shashank Ketkar made his debut through the film ‘One way Ticket‘ playing a parallel hero, but the film flopped. There is an exception like Swwapnil Joshi; but he was already a popular star on Hindi television too. So, all eyes now, on the film debut of Hardik, Sanket and Sangram.
Amruta Subhash – Archit Deodhar to return with Mother-son roles through ‘6 Gun’
Three years ago we saw a sensible Marathi film Killa ( The Fort) directed by Avinash Arun. The film revolved around an 11-year-old child played by Archit Deodhar who faces a difficult time coping with the death of his father and transfer of his working Mother ( Amruta Subhash) to other place. The film was selected for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Crystal Bear by the Children’s Jury in the Generation Plus Selection.
Now, Amruta Subhash and Archit Deodhar are returning through another film ‘6 Guun’ , where they will be playing the roles of Mother and son respectively. The film is all set to release on 14th April 2017. The poster of this film was launched on social media recently, clearly indicating that this film is set on the backdrop of education. The film also stars versatile actor Sunil Barve in lead role. Produced by Ujwala Gawde, the film is directed by debutant Kiran Gawde.
“You need a father with ‘Braveheart’ to make a film on the true story of his departed son”- Atul Parchure
A Narrator plays an important role in a film, especially if the film is based on a true story or a biopic. Many prominent actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Late Om Puri in Hindi and Sachin Khedekar in Marathi have played this role, while narrating the gist of the film, at the beginning of a film. Latest addition to this list is actor Atul Parchure. Atul Parchure has played a narrator for forthcoming Marathi film ‘Braveheart‘, which is a tragic true story of a youngster, who showed the way to live life till his last breath.
Produced by Sacchidanand Karkhanis and Santosh Mokashi and directed by Dasbabu , the film is an inspiring true story of Nikhil Karkhanis son of producer Sacchidanand Karkhanis, who fought against all the odds to fight his dangerous ailment, to live a life, so that every new day he saw , could be useful to others, by sharing his knowledge.
On Friday afternoon, the makers and artistes of this film ‘Braveheart‘ interacted with the press, when Marathi Movie World spoke to Atul Parchure, the narrator of this film. He was more than happy to speak about the film. ” I really admire the ‘Braveheart’ of producer Sacchidanand Karkhanis, to make a film on his departed son Nikhil’s brave fight to live a purposeful life, in spite of his serious spinal ailment; so that his story should inspire others. I was myself very much moved, when I was approached to be a narrator of this film. I am sure, this film would be appreciated by film lovers. Comedy should not be the only criteria of entertainment. The film’s gripping subject can also offer a good entertainment of keeping the audience engaged,” said Atul.
Among the artistes, present on the occasion were Arun Nalawade, (who plays the role of Nikhil’s father), Sangram Samel ( who is making his debut in film) his wife actress Pallavi Patil, Ila Bhate, Abhay Kulkarni , producers Sacchidanand Karkhanis, Santosh Mokashi, director Dasbabu, lyricist Shrikant Bojewar and others. Acress Dhanashri Kadgaonkar could not make it, as she was busy shooting for her ongoing serial in Kolhapur. The film is all set for release on 7th April 2017.
Writer Ashish Ningurkar stands tall with ‘Rairand’
Till last year, besides managing his job, young Ashish Ningurkar worked as a freelance Journalist and was regularly seen at various press shows and film functions. This brought him closer to some of the film makers, who encouraged him to write lyrics for their films. But, that was not enough for Ashish Ningurkar. He even made some short films, with interesting subjects. Finally, he wrote a script of the film ‘Rairand‘, besides writing lyrics and playing an important role in it.
Soon, the shooting of the film ‘Rairand‘ began and now the film is being shown at various international film festivals. At the 4th Noida International film fest, this film won the Special Excellence Award, while in Indian World Film Festival at Hyderabad the film bagged Special Festival mention Award. In the forthcoming Nashik International Film festival, this film has found its entry with ‘Official selection’ and on this happy occasion, the film released its promo officially on 23rd March 2017.
Produced by Suresh Shetty and directed by Ramesh Popat Nanaware, the film stars Anant Jog, Ranjit Kamble, Shyamkumar Shrivastav, Ashish Ningurkar, Karan Kadam, Anand Wagh, Ajit Pawar, Pravin Bhabal, Sunil Jain, Suresh Dabhade, Rekha Nirmal, Gorakh Pathare, Zakir Khan, Nana Shinde, Santosh Choradia and Anurag Ningurkar. Music of this film is by Vikas.
‘तू माझा सांगाती’ मालिकेत ऋजुता देशमुख साकारणार आवलीची भूमिका
संसार आणि अध्यात्म यांचा सुयोग्य मेळ साधत, मनामनाला भक्तीचा संदेश देणारे संत म्हणजे विठुरायाचे भक्तश्रेष्ठ – संत तुकाराम. तुकोबांच्या अभंगवाणीने प्रत्येक मराठी मनात अभंग स्थान मिळवलं आहे. याच संतश्रेष्ठाचा जीवनप्रवास कलर्स मराठीवरील ‘तू माझा सांगाती ‘ मालिकेत रेखाटण्यात येत आहे. आठशेहून अधिक भागांचा टप्पा यशस्वीपणे पार केलेली ही मालिका आता भक्तीच्या परमोच्च बिंदूवर येऊन ठेपली आहे. संत तुकारामाची भूमिका वठवणाऱ्या चिन्मय मांडलेकर वर तसेच या भूमिकेवर अवघ्या महाराष्ट्राने भरभरून प्रेम केले म्हणूनच हि मालिका इतके भाग पूर्ण करू शकली यात शंका नाही. आता या मालिकेद्वारे कलर्स मराठीवर ऋजुता देशमुखची खूप वर्षांनंतर एन्ट्री होणार आहे. ऋजुता या मालिकेमध्ये आवलीची भूमिका साकारणार आहे.
‘तू माझा सांगाती ‘ या मालिकेमध्ये आवलीची भूमिका करणे तसे आव्हानात्मक आहे. तुकाराम हे स्वभावाने अगदी साधे, विठोबाच्या भक्तीमध्ये स्वत:ला झोकून टाकलेले असे आणि अगदी त्याविरुध्द आवली… “आवली हि स्वभवाने स्पष्टव्यक्ती तसेच व्यवहारी अशी होती अश्याप्रकारची भूमिका निभावण हे खरच खूप आव्हानात्मक आहे पण मी या भूमिकेला पूर्णपणे न्याय देण्याचा प्रयत्न करणार आहे “, असे ऋजुता देशमुख म्हणाली. ऋजुता ‘सावर रे’ या मालिकेनंतर तब्बल तीन वर्षांनंतर छोट्या पडद्यावर पुन्हा येत आहे. त्यामुळे प्रेक्षकांना आपल्या लाडक्या ऋजुताला एका नव्या आणि वेगळ्याच भूमिकेत बघायला नक्कीच आवडेल यात शंका नाही.
तेंव्हा बघायला विसरू नका ‘तू माझा सांगाती ‘ सोमवार ते शनिवार संध्याकाळी ७.३० वा. कलर्स मराठीवर.
Sukhwinder Singh renders a Marathi song during the muhurat of film ‘Raja’
Besides its good content, Marathi films have also received recognition for their pleasant songs. Singer Sukhwinder Singh, who has created a distinct image for himself in Hindi film industry with his style of singing, had a song picturized on him for a Marathi film in the past. And now, for the muhurat of the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Raja‘ he rendered a song celebrating the occasion with great enthusiasm. Made under the Banner of ‘Satyasai Multimedia Pvt. Ltd‘, the film is produced by Pravin Kakad and Co-produced by Naresh Sakhre.
On this occasion, Member of Parliament Dr. Pritam Munde, Dr. Ajinkya D.Y.Patil (Chairman D.Y.Patil Group), Pravin Darade (Secretary to the Chief Minister), Additional Director General Surendra Pande, Dr. H. Khorakhiwala (Chairman Wockhardt Group), Additional Police Commissioner Pratap Dighavkar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner Ranjit Dhakne, Industrialist Gaurav Khade, Pravin Talreja and Dilip Patil, were present.
The wordings of the song rendered by Sukhwinder Singh are, ‘Raatbhar…. Gaavbhar….. Hovu De Bobhaata Jan Jan Janan Janan Vaajavu Jannaata‘. Sukhwinder Singh himself will be dancing to this number and the dance has been choreographed by Santosh Bhangre. The film ‘Raja‘ is based on the life of a pop singer. The story and the script is written by director Shashikant Deshpande, dialogues are by Milind Inamdar and Shashikant Deshpande. The songs, penned by Valay Mulgundh, are set to music by Pankaj Padghan. The star cast of the film comprises of Saurdeep Kumar, Swarada Joshi, Nishita Purandare, Sharad Ponkshe, Jaiwant Wadkar, Surekha Kudchi, Vineet Bonde and Pauras Deshpande have acted in this film. Cinematography is by Damodar Naidu.
गुढी पाडव्याच्या निमित्तावर सुरु होणार ‘गणपती बाप्पा मोरया’ या मालिकेचे दुसरे पर्व
कलर्स मराठीवर प्रसारीत होणाऱ्या ‘गणपती बाप्पा मोरया‘ ह्या मालिकेने गेल्या दीड वर्षात प्रेक्षकांना चांगलीच भुरळ घातली आहे. आता हि मालिका एक वेगळं वळण घेते आहे. ब्रम्हवर्तात योगसाधनेसाठी गेलेला गणेश कित्येक वर्षांनी चैत्र शुध्द प्रतिपदा म्हणजेच गुढीपाडव्याच्या मुहूर्तावर आपल्या घरी परतणार आहे. कारण गणपती बाप्पा मोरया ह्या मालिकेचे दुसरं पर्व सुरु होणार आहे. मालिकेमध्ये गणपती बाप्पा मोठा झाला असून, त्याच्याबरोबर रिद्धी – सिद्धीचे आगमन देखील या मालिकेत होणार आहे. मोठ्या गणेशाची भूमिका आदिश वैद्य साकारणार आहे.
गणपती बाप्पा म्हणजे महाराष्ट्राचं लाडकं दैवत. कोणाला त्याच्या देवत्वाची प्रचिती येते तर कोणाला दिव्यत्वाची, दुष्टांच्या अहंकारचं निर्दालन देखील करतो. गणेशाची अशी कित्येक रूपं आपल्याला ह्या मालिकेत वेगवेगळ्या कथानकांच्या माध्यमातून पहायला मिळाली. आता लवकरच मोठ्या गणेशाचं कैलासावर आगमन होणार आहे. आगमनानंतर प्रेक्षकांना गणेशाच्या आयुष्यातील आणखी एक वेगळी बाजू बघायला मिळणार आहे, आणि ती म्हणजे गणेशाचं प्रापंचिक जीवन.
गणपतीच्या आयुष्यात रिद्धी आणि सिद्धीचं आगमन कसं होतं त्या दोघींचे स्वभाव कसे आहेत ? त्याचे गणपतीच्या आयुष्यावर कसे पडसाद उमटतील ? अन्नपूर्णा, आदिमाता म्हणजे पार्वती.. आता सासूबाईच्या नव्या भूमिकेत कशी वावरेल ? हे सगळे बघणे रंजक ठरणार आहे.
तेंव्हा बघायला विसरू नका ‘गणपती बाप्पा मोरया‘ २८ मार्च सोम ते शनि रात्री ८.३० वा. फक्त कलर्स मराठीवर.
Sanjay Mone plays wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed in ‘Shoor Aamhi Sardar’
We have seen veteran actor Sanjay Mone, performing variety of roles in his acting career. Originally a stage actor, Sanjay later found many roles in TV serials. Now, he is also seen in many Marathi films. Basically, known for his comedy, Sanjay is now being offered different types of roles. And, his latest role has been that of wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Shoor Aamhi Sardar‘, which is all set to release on 21st April 2017.
The film ‘Shoor Aamhi Sardar‘ has been set on the backdrop of three youngsters coming together to fight terrorism. Written by Australia based Marathi writer Ganesh Loke, the film ‘Shoor Aamhi Sardar‘ is directed by Prakash Jadhav. In this film, Sanjay Mone has special make up to give him the look of a terrorist leader. Sanjay Mone was himself surprised to see his new look in the mirror and couldn’t believe that his new look resembled a terrorist leader. The film also stars Shantanu Moghe, Bharat Ganeshpure, Sayaji Shinde and writer Producer Ganesh Loke himself.
Marathi film ‘Rashtra’ to present leaders like Raju Shetty & Ramdas Athavale
In the recent past, Marathi films have made tremendous progress, with realistic subjects. This has encouraged many Bollywood personalities and Politicians to make special appearance in Marathi films. Some of them have also produced films. Now, two politicians from Maharashtra, namely Dalit leader and M.P. Ramdas Athavale and Swabhiman Shetkari Sanghatna founder Raju Shetty will also be seen forthcoming Marathi film ‘Rashtra‘, shooting of which was held recently, at Raigad fort.
Both the politicians will be playing their real life characters in ‘Rashtra‘ film, which is being directed by Inderpal Singh, who has also written the script of this film. The director has earlier directed some Punjabi films. The film’s story is about the fight against caste politics and injustice on common man. Now, it remains to be seen, how the portrayal of these two leaders in the film’s team, would help in inviting the attention of film lovers.
Actress Seema Deo conferred with Zee Chitra Gaurav Lifetime achievement award
Veteran Marathi film actress Seema Deo, was recently conferred with Zee Chitra Gaurav Lifetime Achievement award, for her contribution to Marathi film industry. The award was presented to her by senior Marathi actress Sulochana, in presence of film maker Jabbar Patel, her sons Ajinkya Deo and Abhinay Deo. Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Seema Deo expressed her gratitude to the audience for appreciating all her films and thanked the organizers for considering her name for this prestigious award. “Receiving this award from Sulochana Didi was also something special.” she said.
It may be recalled that Seema Deo impressed her admirers through Marathi as well as Hindi films, with her acting performance. Her films like ‘Jagachya Pathivar’, ‘Molkarin’, ‘Pathlag’, ‘Vardakshina’, ‘Saraswatichandra’, & ‘Anand’ need a special mention. She is still fit enough to perform and few years ago we saw her in 2010 film ‘Jetaa‘, when she displayed her acting skills, in presence of her husband. Her son Ajinkya Deo was also part of this film.
This year film ‘Sairat‘ bagged maximum Zee Chitra gaurav awards in different categories, including best film and direction. However, the best actor and best actress awards were bagged by Girish Kulkarni and Iravati Harshe for their performance in the films ‘Jaoo Dya Na Balasaheb’ and ‘Kasav’ respectively.