‘Laal Ishq’ promotion begins with a bang
If it is a Sanjay Leela Bhansali Film, it has to begin its promotion in a big way, no matter, it’s a Marathi film. So, ‘Laal Ishq ..Gupit Aahe Sakshila‘ First poster was out, in presence of entire team of the film, except Producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Perhaps, he wants to present himself to Marathi media, during the music launch of the film. But the co producer of the film Shabina Khan and director Swapna Waghmare were present along with the entire star cast of the film.
Dressed up in designer clothes, both Swwapnil Joshi and Anjana Sukhani gave a glimpse of their get- up in this film. Co-producer Shabina Khan , who has designed the clothes for many Bollywood films, is also the costume designer of this film. And, her work was also clearly displayed, with the black dresses sported by the lead pair. Music of this film is by AmitRaj , while the film also stars popular TV artistes like Kamlesh Sawant, Piyush Ranade, Sameedha Guru, besides other artistes like Jaywant Wadkar, Priya Berde, Milind Gavali, Uday Nene, Yashashri Masurkar & Farzil Perdiwala.
Bharat Jadhav returns with ‘Ek Kutub Teen Minar’
Well known Marathi actor Bharat Jadhav who had more than 25 releases between the year 2001 and 2010, had slowed down with his progress during the past five years. We have not even seen any hit film from him, though he has been doing well on stage and television. In the recent past, his films like ‘Shasan‘, ‘Aga bai Arechha-2‘, & ‘Chintamani‘, also did not do well. Five years ago i.e. sometime in 2011, we had seen the muhurat of his film ‘Ek Kutub Teen Minar’. The same film, is now releasing on 15th April 2016. So, Bharat has high hopes from this film, for his survival in this Marathi film industry.
‘Ek Kutub Teen Minar‘ is produced by Manoj Yadav & Anil Singh, under the banner of Big talkies and directed by Sunil Kamble, with story-screenplay and dialogues written by Ashok Kambli. Besides Bharat Jadhav playing the lead role in this film, the film also stars Vijay Chavan, Vijay Kadam, Sanchit Yadav, Poornima Vavhal, Amruta Deshmukh, Gauri Kendre, Rasika Dhamankar, Chandu kamble, Priyanka Mungekar, Nitin Paregaonkar & others. Music by Vilas Gurav and DOP Raja Phadatare are other credits of the film.
Ajay-Atul, Rinku-Akash invite all the attention during music release of ‘Sairat’
Zee Studios launched the music of their much awaited film ‘Sairat’ recently, in presence of film’s music directors Ajay-Atul, director of the film Nagraj Manjule and lead stars of the film Rinku Rajguru & Akash Thosar. Mr. Nikil Sane & Mr. Nittin keni, the producers of the film, were also present.
Initially, Ajay and Atul explained the importance of music in this film and also thanked the producers, for recording the symphonic Orchestra at Sony Studios, Hollywood, to give better sound effect, in film’s background music. Videos of all the four songs, offering variety, were also shown to the media representatives and special invitees, besides the first look of this film.
When the lead pair of the film Rinku Rajguru & Akash Thosar were called on the dais, they received big applause from the audience, waiting eagerly to have a glimpse of them. The teenagers sporting smile on their faces, then faced the electronic media, to answer their expected questions. But, they looked confident, as expected by the director Nagraj Manjule. Rinku in particular, was surrounded by all media representatives, as the young actress has just won the national award, for her performance in this film.
In short, ‘Sairat’ belongs to Ajay Atul and Akash- Rinku, for their fine efforts. But, one should not forget the hard work put in by writer director Nagraj Manjule.
Forthcoming Marathi films begin their promotion on auspicious Gudhi Padwa day
Two forthcoming Marathi films have always been in the news, during their making. But, now both these films have started their promotion, during the auspicious Gudhi Padwa festival. The two films are, ‘Ek Albela’ which is a biopic on late Bhagwan Dada and ‘Laal Ishq’ which is a debut Marathi film of Bollywood film producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
The team members of ‘Ek Albela’’, namely Mangesh Desai, Tejaswi Patil, director Shekhar Sartandel and executive producer Kunal Shetye, after hoisting the Gudhi , performed the dance in the style of Late Bhagwan dada, by paying tributes to him. The film also stars Vidya balan, who is playing the role of Geeta Bali in this film. The film’s teaser has already received several likes on social networking sites.
The two leading artistes of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Marathi film ‘Laal Ishq’, namely, Swapnil Joshi and Anjana Sukhani also began promotion of their film, by hoisting the Gudhi in the office of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The Bollywood actress performed the pooja , dressed up in typical Maharashtrian saree, in presence of Swapnil Joshi, who was explaining her rituals. This film will be released on 27th May 2016.
Rajashree Landge to perform in cinematic version ‘Tee Phulrani’
Known for her roles in Marathi films ‘Gadhvacha Lagna‘ and recently released film ‘Citizen‘, dashing Marathi actress has been selected to play the central role in the cinematic version of Late Pu.La.Deshpande’s popular Marathi play ‘Tee Phulrani‘. Announcement of the name of Rajashree Landge was a big surprise, as there was strong rumour that Aditi Sarangdhar would play this role. But, Rajashree’s selection has now been confirmed. Her co star in this film in the role of Professor will be Subodh Bhave.
‘Tee Phulrani‘ will be directed by experienced film director Amol Shetge. Recently, a new trend has set in to convert some of the popular Marathi plays into films and the best examples were films like ‘Katyar kaljaat Ghusli‘ and ‘Natsamrat‘. Now, it remains to be seen, how Amol Shetge would succeed in presenting this cinematic version. Luckily, he has a talented actor Subodh Bhave with him; but, all eyes will be on Rajshree Landge .
Mukta Dabholkar launches trailer of ‘Aart’
Mukta Dabholkar is carrying forward the work undertaken by her departed father i.e. fighting superstition in India. No wonder, she was invited as chief guest to launch the trailer of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Aart‘, Produced by Dilip Shah, written & directed by Rajendra Sali, the film throws light on the Caste Panchayat system, which is still practiced in some parts of the country.
Speaking on the occasion, the writer-director of ‘Aart‘ film said, “Daily we read stories about injustice on women at different places in rural Maharashtra on this issue. Therefore, instead of opting for a commercial film, I decided to make a film on this sensitive issue.” Expressing her views on this subject, Mukta Dabholkar said, “Caste Panchayat does not only exist in Adivasi and illiterate people; but it also exists among the so called higher castes. Our organisation (ANS) has been fighting against the decisions by such Caste Panchayat. And, therefore, the subject dealt by the makers of this film, is very timely, as there is already pressure on Maharashtra Government to enforce a law against the rulings of such Caste Panchayats.”
‘Aart‘ film is all set to release on 20th May 2016 and the makers of the film have already planned a special screening of the film for Parliamentarians, to make them think seriously about the implementation of the law to stop injustice on helpless people. The film stars Shital Salunke, Ganesh Yadav, Jairaj Nair, Santosh Mayekar, Ajit Sawant, Ajit Bhagat and others. Lyrics and music by Suresh Ghaywat and cinematography by Manish Patel are other credits.
Music released for Marathi film ‘Made in Maharashtra’
We have heard about a popular brand ‘Made in India'; but now, we understand that there will be film with the title ‘Made in Maharashtra’. Produced by Shree Siddhivinayak Prasanna Creations the film will be presented by Jee media & Entertainment and A. R. Creations.
Directed by Nitesh Pawar, the music of this film was released recently at Dadar, Mumbai, in presence of artistes of the film, producers & director. Shri Satish Padve, trustee of Shree Siddhivinayak Mandir Trust was the chief guest on the occasion.
The film stars Bhau Kadam, Arun nalawade, Jitu Goswami, Priya Gamre, Pravin Garje, Shital Gaikwad and others. Music by Vilas Gurav, lyrics by Deepak Anjewar and DOP Hemant Salve are other credits. There are five songs in this film, rendered by popular singers in Marathi .
Veteran actor Janardan Parab is no more
Well known character artiste of Hindi and Marathi films and renowned Marathi stage artist Janardan Parab, is no more. He passed away today morning. He is survived by his film maker son Sarvesh Parab, daughter in law and grand children. He was active with his acting assignments for the past forty years and was last seen during the music release function of Kiran Nakti’s film ‘Cindrella‘, where he even gave speech, appealing all to watch this film in theatres.
Some of his best Marathi plays were ‘Avadhya‘, ‘Hamidabaichi Kothi‘ & ‘Kaka Kishacha‘. He had also worked very hard to promote Malvani language dramas. Besides performing in various Marathi and Hindi films, he had also directed a Marathi film ‘Kulaswamini Tuljabhavani‘. His one scene with Nana Patekar in Hindi film ‘Krantiveer‘ is still fresh in our memory. May his soul rest in peace.
Software Engineer turns Producer of multi-starrer Marathi film ‘One Way Ticket’
Komal Ramakant Unawane is a software engineer. But, her passion for films and events made her move towards this tinsel world. Last year, through her own brand ‘Mekbrand’, she co -sponsored Manali Jagtap’s fashion show, in aid of Umeed a charity organization. She also turned a co-producer when in September 2015 Marathi film ‘One Way Ticket‘ was launched in a big way. This film was earlier to be produced and directed by Bollywood film maker Kamal Nathani. But, now we find that Komal Unawane is the producer of ‘One Way Ticket‘ and the film is directed by veteran Amol Shetge.
Komal was well dressed up for the occasion, like a celebrity, during the first look launch of this film on Wednesday evening. She was first introduced to media persons, as the young producer of the film, by co producer Suresh Pai and director Amol Shetge. The film stars Sachit Patil, Gashmeer Mahajani, Amruta Khanvilkar, Sashank Ketkar & Neha Mahajan. While speaking about her entry into this field, Komal said that she always wanted to do something in this film industry. And, when she discussed about it, with her family members, she received support from them. “I had already travelled on cruise to Europe and hence, when I saw the script of this film, I was highly impressed and agreed to be the producer. It was a good team work and I am sure, Marathi film lovers are going to enjoy this film” she concluded. The film will be released all over Maharashtra on 10th June 2016.
‘Devyani’ lead actress finds a surprise gift, on the eve of her birthday
Celebrating birthdays of artistes on the sets of their film or TV serial, is a common practice. But, sometimes, it comes in the form of surprise, on the eve of artiste’s birthday. The lead actress Siddhi Karkhanis of the popular TV show ‘Devyani‘, was given surprise, when she visited the sets of her daily soap. The entire crew had planned a surprise birthday party for the talented actress, on the eve of her birthday. Siddhi was not only surprised by the impromptu birthday party, but also with the unique gift she received from the entire team.
Apart from the cake the entire team gifted Siddhi lots of lady finger (Bhendi) much to the surprise of Siddhi. Talking about the unique gift Director Karthik Kainde said, “Siddhi loves Bhindi sabzi and in a month she gets variety of the same sabzi for almost 15 days. She not only cooks and eats it herself but also feeds the entire crew with it. So, while discussing with the team as to what to buy for her, the entire team came up with the unique idea of gifting her Bhendi.”
Reacting on this surprise gift, Siddhi Karkhanis said, “The entire team is like a family to me and it was very sweet of them to celebrate my birthday .. The icing on the cake was gifting me Bhindi. Now, I will make sure I make that sabzi and feed them.”