‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’ will have the south look with action and romance
Whether in Hindi or Marathi, every filmmaker while making his debut in direction, tries to play safe, with the remake of a popular south film. And, well known distributor of films, Mr. Ashish Wagh is no exception. Ashish opted for 2014 hit Kannada Film ‘Mr. & Mrs. Ramachari’, to make his debut film in Marathi, as a director. So, he named it as ‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’ in Marathi, which is now all set to release on 19th February 2016.
After watching the first look of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Sadachari’, we are convinced that it will have that typical south look, with romance , action, breakup and reunion at the end. Moreover, song n dance picturisation, with colourful costumes, hundreds of dancers and beautiful locations will be highlight of this film. Above all, to make the character of lead hero more powerful, there has to be a good villain. So, to counter the dynamic brave hero, he has opted for Vijay Andalkar , to play the negative role opposite him.
The film stars Prarthana Behere; so the glamour part has been taken care of, with her inclusion. Now, it remains to be seen, how this south Indian style, action based romantic musical film, will be accepted by Marathi film lovers? By the way, there are 3 to 4 more Marathi films, also to be released on the same day, along with this film.
Sujay Dahake returns full prepared with his science fiction ‘Phuntroo’
A talented film maker that he is, Sujay Dahake after coming into limelight with his debut film ‘Shala’ in 2011, had attempted an unusual film ‘Ajoba’ in 2014. However, his second film, received poor response from media and audience. Instead of feeling dejected , Sujay has bounced back with full preparation with first science fiction film in Marathi, ‘Phuntroo’. Today morning, he released the trailer of his dream project, which has certainly raised high expectations from this film.
While addressing the media, after releasing the trailer, Sujay did remind everybody about the bad experience he had, after making ‘Ajoba’, but with a smile on his face, he promised a unique theme, through this science fiction, presented through ‘Phuntroo’. “Right from the day one, I started writing script for this film, I had Ketaki Mategaonkar in mind, to play the lead character in this film. The selection of all other artistes was done by me personally, after watching the their performance in Marathi plays .And, they are all talented artistes. It was hard work, but display of excellent team work by the artistes and technical team, enabled me to complete this film, successfully,” he added. Producer of the film Krishika Lulla was also present on the occasion.
‘Phuntroo’, which is presented by Eros International, is all set to release on 11th March 2016. The film stars Ketaki Mategaonkar, Madan Devdhar, Shivraj Waichal, Shivani Rangole, Ruthuraj Shinde, Anshumanm Joshi & Rohit Nikam. The story of the film is set on the backdrop of an engineering campus, unfolding mystery about the experiment undertaken by one of the students. The other highlights of this film are, costumes designed by Banni Sethi , suitable makeup by Vinod Sarodhe, camera cranked by female DOP Archana Borhade and music by trio comprising of Hrishikesh Datar, Jasraj Joshi and Saurav Bhalerao .
Yogesh Raut seeks crowdfunding for his Marathi horror film ‘Episode 13′
‘Wishberry’ is a new risk-free way to raise funds for your ideas and bring them to life. It draws on the power of the people, to back your ideas. Not for financial return and definitely not for charity. But, to be a part of a community that brings your ideas to life. Yogesh Raut, Director and Writer of the hit television series, ‘Mano Ya Na Mano’, is making the first ever found footage Marathi Horror Film called ‘Episode 13′. At present, he is in the process of completing the post production work of this film. And, very soon, he is going ‘Live’ on ‘Wishberry’ to raise Rs. 15 lakhs and have exciting rewards for their funders.
According to him, For the first time ever, the Marathi film lovers will face a real scare, through his film. ‘Episode 13′ is based on real footage shot by a 4-member crew of a News Channel TV Show, which is investigating a family in a village in Maharashtra, who have allegedly locked themselves inside their home, for the past 8 years. Vijay himself is a trained actor from Whistling Woods International and has been trained under the guidance of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. So, let us hope something unique from this filmmaker.
Marathi film makers are opening doors for TV artistes
The journey of most of the talented artistes in the acting field, has been from stage to television and finally the feature films. The best examples are artistes like Vikram Gokhale, Nana Patekar, Reema Lagoo, Usha Nadkarni, Shivaji Satam, Ramesh Bhatkar, Amruta Subhash, Sunil Barve, Subodh Bhave, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Siddharth Chandekar and so on. But, now days, some of the artistes directly get into television and films, through modeling , auditions or various reality shows, held to select the best acting talents. And, if you have to be into films, you have to be an all rounder, with acting plus dance skills. Therefore, female artistes in particular are equipping themselves, by learning different forms of dances, besides acting.
However, the general observation for the past few years is that our Marathi film makers have given scope to many television artistes. Right from Sai Tamhankar, Tejaswini Pandit, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Abhijit Khandkekar, Siddharth Chandekar, Aniket Vishwasrao, Santosh Juvekar, Aditi Sarangdhar, Mukta Barve, Umesh kamat, Priya Bapat to Spruha Joshi and so on; everybody found suitable roles in Marathi films.
In the recent past, Mrunal Dusanis also found roles in Marathi films, after her successful career on television. Suyash Tilak has also found roles in films and so have Bhushan Pradhan and Sankruti Balgude, the popular pair of ‘Pinjra’. Very recently, we saw Vaibhav Tatwawadi finding good offers from Marathi films. ‘Swapnanchya Palikadle’ TV actress Gauri Nalavade made a successful debut through ‘Friends’ that too opposite Swapnil Joshi. And now, popular Marathi TV actress Priya Marathe’s two films ‘Vighnaharta Mahaganapati’ and ‘1234’ are ready for release shortly. Isn’t that a good news for our television artistes?
New Marathi film ‘Jalsa’ launched with muhurat
Actor, producer director Ashutosh Raj is making a Marathi film titled ‘Jalsa’. Recently, the film was launched with muhurat, followed by shooting. Ashutosh who has written the story of the film , along with Abhiram Bhadkamkar. Incidentally, Abhiram is a creative director of this film, which also stars popular comedian Bharat Ganeshpure. The other star cast of the film, besides Ashutosh and Bharat , comprise of Nikhil Wairagar, Girija Joshi, Shital Ahirrao,Sonali Vinod, Sagar Karande, Abhijit Chavan, Arun Kadam & Ankur Vadhave.
The story of this film is about two youngsters Amar & Prem from Pune from rich family, who are keen on taking up acting as their career, much against the wish of their parents. But, their maternal uncle encourages and helps them. Their journey on way to this glittering field, is all that the film will present, through its humour filled screenplay. The film will be released soon, after completion of shooting and post production work.
Who will prove ‘Vazandar’? Priya or Sai ?
After being ignored by film maker Sanjay Jadhav, for his film ‘Guru’, Sai Tamhankar has joined the camp of national award winning filmmaker Sachin Kundalkar. It may be recalled that she was part of Sanjay Jadhav’s films, since ‘Duniyadari’ , followed by ‘Pyarwali Love Story’ and ‘Tu Hi Re’. But, the last two films, didn’t do well.
Sai has now completed shooting of his film ‘Vajandar’ which also has Priya Bapat in parallel role. Presently, the post production work of this film is going on and the film will be released soon. Priya, who had already worked with Sachin Kundalkar before, in his film ‘Happy Journey’ is still riding with the success of this film, besides two other successful films, ‘Lokmanya’ and ‘Time Pass-2’.
However, same is not the case with Sai Tamhankar. Except for ‘Classmates’ which was a multi starrer and released early last year, none of her films received success. So, she desperately needs a hit film, to stay in the race. But, we understand that Priya has worked very hard, to give her best in ‘Vazandar’. She had also put on additional weight, to meet the requirement of her role. And, now, she is back to normal. Anyway, it will be a good competition to watch between the two actresses in the same film.
Happy days are here, for Aniket Vishwasrao
Aniket Vishwasrao, who began his acting career with a film ‘Let the Wind Blow – Hava Ane De’ with an important role of Arjun a boy, later made his debut in Marathi films through ‘Lapoon Chhapoon’ in 2007. But, he came into limelight through TV serial ‘Kalat Nakalat’. Aniket did perform in Marathi plays, but he focused his attention on Marathi films. Some of his films, with prominent roles are, ‘Rangee Berangee’,‘Fakta Ladh Mhana’ , ‘Dhamak’, ‘Yeda’,’No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahe’, ‘Poshter Boyz’ and so on. But, in films like ‘Dhamak’,’Bhakarkhadi 7 Kms’ he proved his ability to play solo lead hero. One wondered, as to why, he is not being offered such roles?
Last year, we had not heard much about him. But, it seems that this new year is lucky for him. His two films, namely ‘Poshter Girl’ and ‘Ek Hotee Rani’ are all set to release one after the other from coming Friday onwards. In ‘Poshter Girl’ he plays one of the five proposers to leading lady Sonalee Kulkarni, for marriage, while in ‘Ek Hotee Rani’ he plays a solo hero opposite Meenal Ghorpade. While ‘Poshter Girl’ is a film on woman oriented subject, with a social message, ‘Ek Hotee Rani’ is a romantic film, with a different love story, shot at beautiful locations of Goa.
Now, it remains to be seen, which film will help Aniket to progress further in his acting career. Marathi Movie World wishes him all the best, for both his films.
Viraj all set to release his next film ‘Babanchi Shala’
Director R.Viraj, who made films like ‘Shyamche Vadil’, ‘Sangharsh’ and last year’s ‘Vajlach Pahije Game Ki Shinema’ , is all set to release his next Marathi film ‘Babanchi Shala’, which is based on a sensible story. The film is based on Neela Satyanarayan’s story, which about a prisoner Mahipat Ghorpade undergoing jail sentence and it’s effect on his family. It revolves around few important characters, Mahipat, his daughter Sonali, Jailor Shrikant Jamdade and social worker Neeta Satam.
‘Babanchi Shala’ has already won awards at various film festivals , prior to its release in theatres and has invited attention of many film lovers. The film stars Sayaji Shinde in the lead role, along with Shashank Shende, Aishwarya Narkar, Kamlesh sawant, Chaya kadam, Aarti More, Kartik Chavan, Umesh Bolke, Milind Adhikari and child artiste Gauri Deshpande. Usha Naik, Uday Tikekar,Dr.Vilas Ujavane & Sharad Bhutadia will be seen in special appearance in this film.
Produced by Vilas mane & Umesh Nathani, the film has music by Soham Pathak and Neela Satyanarayan. Screenplay & dialogues by Parag Kulkarni, cinematography by Ankush Birajdar and editing Nilesh Navnath Gavand are other credits of this film.
‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’ promises musical entertainment
Ashish Wagh is a big name in Film Corporate sector, having distributed about 300 films. Now, with the help of Utpal Acharya and Ommvir Mahadik, who are producers of this film, Ashish is making his debut as a director, through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’. On Monday evening, he released the music of his film, unveiling the video of all the five songs, which were shown to the media and other invitees, including Bollywood director Umesh Shukla( ‘OMG’ fame).
Lead pair of the film Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Prarthana Behere, anchored the show, by introducing all the concerned people behind every song as well as artistes and makers of the film. And, they really did a good job. All the five songs in this film promise musical entertainment , through this film, which is a tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, as there is one song ‘Jagadamb…’ which is all praise for the Great Maratha King. The film is also due for release on 19th February 2016, i.e. Shiv Jayanti day. There is also a romantic song picturised on lead pair in picturesque Mauritius. Watching all these songs, it gives an impression that the film has been made on a grand scale, with no compromise on colourful costumes, wonderful art work and beautiful locations.
Lyrics by Omkar Mangesh Datt, Guru Thakur & Pranit Kulkarni, the music of the songs has been composed by Pankaj Padghan & V.Harikrishna. Sayali Pankaj, Adarsh Shinde & Rohit Raut have rendered their voices for the songs. Sound by Anmol Bhave, DOP Balajee Ranga, choreographers Feroze A Khan, Subhash Nakashe art by Mahesh Salgaonkar & costumes by Salma Sultana Mansuri are the other credits. The other important artistes of this film are, Mohan Joshi. Pradeep Velankar, Vijay Andalkar, Prasad Javade, Uma Sardeshmukh, Anuja Sathe, kanchan Pagare, Sumukhi Pendse & Uday Nene.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar all praise for Marathi film ‘Police Line’
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has once again come forward to promote a Marathi film ‘Police Line – Ek Purna Satya’ , which has lyrics penned by his elder brother Nitin Tendulkar. Sachin while addressing the group of Policemen, during promotion of this film, has praised this film, for showing the bravery acts and hardships faced by Policemen in their day to day life. “I was really moved, after watching this film, DVD of which was sent to me by my elder brother.” he said.
It may be recalled, that in 2013, when Raju Paresekar released the music of his previous film ‘Sat Na Gat’, Sachin was personally present to release the music CD of this film, besides felicitating brave women, for their achievements in different fields. This time, he has preferred to promote his brother’s film, in this way, which is also good, for film’s promotion.
‘Police Line’ produced by Vaishali pawar & Rupali pawar, is directed by Raju Parsekar and stars Santosh Juvekar, Sayali Sanjeev , Nisha Parulekar, Nutan Jayant, Jayweant wadkar, Pradeep Kabre, Vijay Kadam, Swapnil Rajshekhar in lead roles. The film is all set to release on 5th February 2016.