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‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusli’ bags maximum MMW awards

MMW Awards

Marathi Movie World.com have announced their viewer’s choice awards for the year 2015. Marathi film ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali’ has bagged maximum awards in different categories. Besides bagging the Best film award, the film has also won the best Singer award for Shankar Mahadevan, followed by best music , best Marketed film and best Promo award.

In the drama section, ‘Don’t Worry Be happy’ bagged the best play award, while Gashmeer Mahajani and Rutuja Shinde were declared best Fresh faces.

Complete List of Winners as below:
Best film of 2015
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali
Best marketed  of 2015
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali
Best promo 
Katyar Ghusali Kaljat
Best Publicity Design
Deool Band
Fresh face Male of 2015
Gashmeer Mahajani
Rutuja Shinde
Best Actress of the year 2015
Mukta Barve
Best Actor of the year 2015
Anuksh Choudhari
Best Music Composer of the year
Shankar -Ehsan- Loy ( Katyar Ghusali Kaljat)
Best singer of the year
Shankar Mahadevan
Janhavi Prabhu Arora

Best play of the Year 
Dont Worry Be Happy
Best actor
Umesh Kamat
Best actress
Spruha Joshi

 

Ashwini Ekbote’s sudden demise shocks Marathi Entertainment Industry

Ashwini Ekbote
Ashwini Ekbote

Known for her memorable roles on Marathi stage, television and films, well Known actress Ashwini Ekbote breathed her last also while performing a show at Pune’s Bharat Natya Mandir today evening. Her sudden demise came as a shocking news for the entire Marathi entertainment industry. An actress par excellence, Ashwini was known for her sincerity and commitments .She used to be very punctual, when it was reporting on the sets.

Her Marathi plays ‘Eka Kshanaat’ and ‘Tya Tighanchi Goshta’ displayed her potential as a complete actress. Her talent was also noticed on small and big screens, whether it was her performance in TV serials like ‘Radha Hi Bavari’, ‘Kashyala Udyachi Baat’, ‘Duheri ( Ongoing serial in which she played the role of Jyoti) or roles in films like ‘Debu’, ‘Mahaguru’, ‘Bavare Prem he’, ‘Taptapadi’ and last released film ‘BhoBho’. She had also performed in Hindi film ‘Ek Pal Pyar Ka’.

MarathiMovieWorld had carried an exclusive interview of Ashwini, after the inaugural show of her suspense filled play ‘Eka Kshanaat’. May her soul rest in peace.

अजय देवगण म्हणतोय ‘चला हवा येऊ द्या’

Ajay Devgan Kajol Devgan Shivaay
Ajay Devgan and Kajol for promotion ‘Shivaay’

बॉलिवुडचा अॅक्शन हिरो आणि संवेदनशील अभिनेता अजय देवगण आपल्या ‘शिवाय‘ या चित्रपटाच्या प्रमोशन साठी ‘चला हवा येऊ द्या‘च्या मंचावर आला होता. अजय देवगण या कार्यक्रमात काजोलसह सहभागी झाला होता. त्यांच्यासोबतीने संगीतकार मिथुनसुद्धा उपस्थित होते.‘चला हवा येऊ द्या’च्या मंचाद्वारे आजवर अनेक मराठी नाटक चित्रपटांना प्रसिद्धीचं हक्काचं व्यासपीठ मिळालं आहे. या कार्यक्रमाची लोकप्रियता पाहून बॉलीवूड मधील अनेक सुपरस्टार्सनी ह्या कार्यक्रमात हजेरी लावली आहे.

चला हवा येऊ द्या’ च्या या भागात थुकरटवाडीच्या मंडळीनी या दोघांसोबत भरपूर धम्माल करत विविध हास्यरंग उधळले. अजय देवगण यांच्या तुफान लोकप्रिय झालेल्या ‘सिंघम‘ चित्रपटाला आपल्या स्टाईलमध्ये सादर करत या मंडळीनी एकच धम्माल उडवून दिली. यावेळी कलाकारांचा अतरंगीपणा बघून अजय आणि काजोल दोघांचीही हसून हसून पुरेवाट लागली. या भागाचं वैशिष्ट्य म्हणजे यात काजोलने मराठी भाषेत संवाद साधला. अजयनेही मराठी बोलण्याचा प्रयत्न केला ज्याला उपस्थित प्रेक्षकांनी दाद दिली.

येत्या २४ आणि २५ ऑक्टोबरला रात्री ९.३० वा. झी मराठीवरुन प्रसारित होणार आहे.

Anup Jalota launches poster of Marathi film ‘Family 420′

Family 420 Marathi movie
Singer Anup Jalota launch poster of Marathi movie ‘Family 420′

Inviting popular Bollywood personalities for the poster and music launch of their films, has set a new trend in Marathi film industry. In the recent past, we have seen many such Bollywood personalities showing their presence for at such events. Now, the makers of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Family 420‘ had invited well known singer Anup Jalota to launch the poster of their film, that too in Nagpur.

Clearly suggesting through its title, the film ‘Family 420‘ will be a comedy produced by Dev Raaj under the banner of Lavanya Productions & Creations and will be directed by Santosh Gaikwad. Highlight of the film is the presence of two popular Bollywood comedians Asrani and Sunil Pal in this film, along with Upasana Singh, Vijay Patkar, Vijay Kadam, Swapnil Rajshekhar, Ashish Newalkar, Harshada Patil, Sukanya Kulkarni, Geeta Nikharge and others.

Popular singers in Marathi like Avadhoot Gupte, Vaishali Made, Bela Shende, Sudesh Bhosale & Neha Rajpal have rendered their voices for the songs in this film, on the music of Sushil Pendhari. The film will be released soon.

Priyanka Chopra’s Marathi film ‘Ventilator’ all set to release on 4th November

Ventilator Marathi movie
Sukanya Kulkarni, Usha Nadkarni, Ashutosh Gowariker, Jitendra joshi, Rajesh Mapuskar & others at trailer launch of Marathi movie ‘Ventilator

Priyanka Chopra’s debut Marathi production ‘Ventilator‘ may be called a debut Marathi film for director Rajesh Mapuskar and is also a comeback Marathi film for Ashutosh Gowarikar after almost 18 long years. The film also stars another Bollywood personality Boman Irani, who is making his debut in Marathi, through this film, with a small role. The official trailer of this film was released recently at a function in Mumbai.

The film’s story revolves around Kamerkar Family, which unites in their ancestral village to celebrate the festival of Ganpati. This time, with three days to go for the festival, a doyen of the family, and most loved Gaju kaka, goes into a coma. He is put on life support with the ventilator and the confusion follows.

Speaking about her association with this film, producer Priyanka Chopra said, “From the minute I heard the script, I knew I wanted to make this film. It’s one single moment that defines the rest of the film. It is funny, ironical and a deeply moving tale that will leave you laughing and crying. I am very lucky to have such a talented collection of actors coming together for my debut Marathi production“.

Writer director Rajesh Mapuskar reacts, “It’s a wonderful feeling when people love and connect with your work . Once again, I’m very eager to see their reaction to the Ventilator trailer.” Produced by Purple Pebble Pictures and presented by Zee Studios, ‘Ventilator‘, is scheduled to release on November 4, 2016.

Swwapnil and Subodh interchange surnames to promote their film ‘Fugay’

Fugay Marathi Film
Marathi movie ‘Fugay’

Swapna Waghmare Joshi is back again as a director. This time she is presenting a so called unique romantic backstory,’Fugay‘. For the first time Swwapnil Joshi, the favourite actor of the director, will be seen with Subodh Bhave in this film. Recently, the teaser poster of this film was launched digitally which quickly received good response from the fans of this duo.

Presented by Inder Raj Kapoor and produced by Arjun Singgh Baran, Kartik Nishandar and Anuradha Joshi under the banners STV Networks, GSEAMS and MAAY Productions the film has raised a lot of curiosity about the interchanging of surnames by the lead actors on the digital poster. There is a possibility that these could be their character names in the film ‘Fugay‘. One way, this is a good way of promoting the film and raising curiosity among the prospective audience.

‘Nivdung’ all set to release on 21st October

Bhushan Pradhan and Sanskruti Balgude
Bhushan Pradhan and Sanskruti Balgude in Marathi movie ‘Nivdung

The hit pair of small screen Bhushan Pradhan and Sanskruti Balgude, who entertained home viewers through their serial ‘Pinjara‘, will now be seen together in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Nivdung‘, which is also based on a social subject on today’s youth. The film is all set to release on 21st October 2016. Sara Shravan, who was also part of their popular serial ‘Pinjara‘, will also be seen along with them, in equally important role.

Made under the banner of Meena Shameem Films has been produced and directed by Munnawar Shameem Bhagat and also stars Astad Kale ( ‘Saraswati‘ serial fame), Prajakta Dighe and Shekhar Phadke. The film has been shot been shot extensively at the real locations of Kakdi near Shirdi. While tackling the serious subject of drought, director Munnawar Bhagat has also interspersed the film with a love story . Megha Sampat has choreographed three different numbers in the film.

Marathi film ‘Valan’ launched with song recording

Music launch of Marathi movie ‘Valan’
Music launch of Marathi movie ‘Valan’

Looking at the way the Marathi film industry is moving, many Bollywood personalities have already stepped in to produce Marathi films. Now, producers Suman Patel and Anil Dube under their banner of Mudra Entertainment Pvt.Ltd. recently launched their new Marathi film ‘Valan‘, with the recording of a song at M square Studios, Goregaon, in the voice of Janhavi Prabhu Arora, on the music of Nitin Hiravkar.

Not much is known about the story of ‘Valan‘ film, but the film is set on the backdrop of college happenings which are so important in bringing the changes in the lives of youngsters, which could be good or bad. It is for the students to accept what is good for them. According to the producers, they will be showing the changing path in the lives of these students, in order to create awareness among such students. They have also claimed that the story of this film will be different from what has been presented by other films so far.

Directed by Shiva Tripathi, the film stars Mohan Joshi, Varsha Usgaonkar, Ruturaj Phadke, Pankaj Vishnu, Jaimini Rajkanojia in important roles. Kumar Bhagat will handle the camera work.

Swwapnil’s return to small screen is helping him to regain popularity

Swapnil Joshi
Swapnil Joshi at Kon Hoeel Marathi Corerdpati Season 3

Swwapnil Joshi was at the top of popularity chart among the Marathi artistes, after his serial ‘Eka Lagnachi Doosari Goshta‘ was aired four years ago. Prior to that he had already been part of Hindi and Marathi television.

As far as his career in films is concerned, he received good response for his films ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai‘( 2010),  ‘Duniyadari‘(2013), ‘Mangalashtaka Once More‘(2013), ‘Mitwa‘(2015) and ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2‘(2015). But, at the same time, his films ‘Pyarwali Love Story‘, ‘Welcome Zindagi‘, ‘Tu Hi Re‘ and ‘Lal Ishq‘ didn’t do well during past two years. In the meanwhile, Swwapnil had also switched over to Marathi stage, playing the lead role in ‘Get Well Soon‘, which also received good audience response . But, that was not enough for him to stay on top of the popularity among the Marathi artistes. And, who doesn’t want to remain popular ?

Perhaps, realizing this, Swwapnil must have decided to take up this good offer of show host of a big reality show from a big production house, ‘Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati‘ on Colors Marathi. And, he seems to have taken a wise decision, as this Quiz show has been receiving very good response with Swwapnil Joshi making every pair of participant very comfortable in his presence. In short, his return to small screen, is helping him to regain his popularity. An artiste can’t remain popular in the long run, just on the basis of performance in films, he or she have to balance it well between small and big screen in order to attract the larger section of the society.

Vikram Gokhale releases first Marathi EDM song album

Actor Vikram Gokhale
Actor Vikram Gokhale at release of first Marathi EDM song album

Power Bridge Entertainment Asia (P) Ltd have released their Indo China Venture’s first Marathi EDM song recently, at the hands of veteran Marathi actor Vikram Gokhale. Present on the occasion were Marathi Chitrapat mahamandal President Meghraj Bhosale, Producers Anjela, Tejas Bhalerao, Rajaram Kore of HR Zoom, director Rahul Zende , actor-singer Vaibhav Londhe , actress Saisha Pathak and others.

Speaking on the occasion chief guest Mr. Vikram Gokhale appreciated the efforts of this Indo China Company. He also appealed to them to highlight Indo China friendship through the films to be produced by them. He also emphasized the importance of songs and music in such films and added that the culture of both the countries was almost the same and will help both the countries to build good relations with each other.

Vikram Gokhale
Actor Vikram Gokhale & others at release of first Marathi EDM song album

Producer Tejas Bhalerao assured that Marathi artistes will have ample opportunity through his production company and said that their first Marathi electronic dance Music video album will be appreciated by all. Mukesh Gaikwad was the anchor of this show.