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Cricket to come alive through ‘Well Done Bhalya’

Nandkumar Solkar, Child Artiste
Child Artiste Nandkumar Solkar in Marathi Movie ‘Well Done Bhalya’

The game of cricket plays a very important role in offering sports entertainment, in our country. The popularity of this game was clearly indicated, when there were grand celebrations by the lovers of this game, when the Indian Cricket team won the  Cricket world cup twice i. e. in 1983 and 2011.

Set on the backdrop of this crazy game, producers K. Chaitali, Amol Kale and director Nitin Kamble are offering a new Marathi film ‘ Well Done  Bhalya’ , which revolves around an Adivasi boy, for whom cricket is just a passion and he can not live without this game.

The film stars Ramesh Deo,  Sanjay Narvekar,  Alka Kubal, Mitalee Jagtap,  Ganesh Yadav, Sharad Ponkshe, Sanjay Khapre, Anshuman Vichare and others. Child artiste Nandkumar Solkar plays the central role of Bhalya, in this film.

Music by Trupti Chavan and DOP I Giridhar & Sher Singh Rajput are other credits  of this film, which will be released soon.

Is Murli Sharma emerging as the new Villain in Marathi films ?

Murli Sharma, Actor, Villain Roles in Marathi films
Actor Murli Sharma

After his marriage to well known actress Ashwini Kalsekar, Murli Sharma is taking keen interest in Marathi language. Till now, we have watched his performance in Marathi films like ‘Ajintha’ and ‘Vijay Aso’. In ‘Poshter Boyz’ he played a cameo along with his wife Ashwini. In his acting career of past 13 years, Murli has performed in about 75 to 80 Hindi, Marathi & South films. But now, he has found a very big role of a main villain, in Sanjay Jadhav’s film ‘Guru’. And, Murli has highly impressed the Marathi film lovers, with his performance and proficiency in Marathi language.

When MarathiMovieWorld.com  spoke to him recently, after watching his performance in this film, he thanked Sanjay Jadhav, for considering him suitable, to play this dangerous character of Mansing. Murli was also all praise for Ankush Choudhari, for being so friendly with him, during the course of shooting. “All Marathi artistes are very talented and I really enjoyed working with all of them.” he said. By the way, Murli will also be seen in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ghantaa’, which is also a very good film, according to him.

‘Ek Albela’ first look gives a glimpse of Bhagwan dada’s life

We are all aware that forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ek Albela’ is a biopic on the life of popular actor Bhagwan Dada. And, the highlight of this film is that well known Bollywood actress Vidya Balan is making her debut in Marathi through this film, playing the role of Geeta Bali. So, obviously, few original songs have to be retained in this film too and the first look of this film, does make this clear. However, it remains to be seen, whether Vidya has her dialogues in Marathi, because the character she is playing is of a Hindi actress.

Now, we also understand that ‘Janiva‘ and ‘Lord of Shingnapur‘ actress Vaibhavi Shandilya is playing the role of Muslim girlfriend of Bhagwan Dada. Going through the first look of this film, it is also observed that some of the scenes are in black n white, to give a realistic look. But, it is also interesting to see, how music director Santosh Mulekar has composed the music of this film, as his music will be compared with the original music of C.Ramachandra. However, producer Monish Babre and Director Shekhar Sartandel are not compromising on perfect set design, for which they have engaged the best art director Baban Adagale, who had designed sets for films like ‘Ramleela’ and ‘Dabang’. They have also engaged the best make up man Vaidhyadhar Bhatte. And, make up for Mangesh Desai noticed in the first look, clearly indicates his perfection. Now, let us wait and see, how this film is promoted, in days to come.

‘Ganvesh’ gets ready with promotion with release of teaser

Mukta Barve In Ganvesh Movie Pictures
Mukta Barve In ‘Ganvesh’ Marathi Movie

Produced by Vijayate Entertainment, forthcoming Marathi Film ‘Ganvesh’ directed by Cameraman turned director Atul Jagdale, is getting ready for release. Recently, as part of its promotion, the teaser of this film was released, on the occasion of India’s Republic day. The three lead artistes of this film, Mukta Barve, Kishore Kadam & Smita Tambe made official announcement of the same, at Swatantryaveer Savarkar  Memorial, at Shivaji Park, Mumbai.

The film’s subject throws light on the neglected areas of the administration, like Corruption, unemployment & poverty. The director has tried to present this film in a humorous way, with the help of  music and good performances by talented artistes, who are part of this film. Tejas Ghatge has written the script of this film, while music is composed by Nihar Shembekar. Popular singers like Nandesh Umap and Urmila Dhangar have rendered their voices for the songs in this film, penned by Guru Thakur, who is also performing in this film.

The other artistes of ‘Ganvesh‘ movie are, Dilip Prabhavalkar,  Sharad Ponkshe, Nagesh Bhosale,  Jayant Savarkar, Ganesh Yadav, Suhas Palshikar & others.

Popular TV stars come together in the film ‘Ticha Umbartha’

Suyash Tilak Tejswini Pandit In Ticha Umbartha Pictures
Suyash Tilak and Tejswini Pandit in marathi movie ‘Ticha Umbartha’

Chinmay Mandlekar, Suyash Tilak and Tejaswini Pandit , are part of different ongoing Marathi TV serials and programmes. All three of them will now be seen together in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ticha Umbartha’, which is due for release on 26th February 2016.

Ticha Umbartha‘ is produced by popular action director of Bollywood , Ravi Diwan and is directed by Pradeep Ghonsikar. Two companies, namely STN Networks Pvt.Ltd. and Pickle Entertainment are distributor’s of this film.The other artistes of this film are Jyoti Chandekar, Sheetal Shukla, Harsha Khandeparkar, Tulika Prakash Nikam, Bharat Sharma, Jayant Patekar, child star Aditi Sawant and others.

Cinematography by Yogesh Jani, art by Nitin Desai and music by Shreyas- Preet are the other credits of the film.

‘पसंत आहे मुलगी’ मालिकेतून रेशम प्रशांत आणि अभिषेक देशमुख ही फ्रेश जोडी प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस

Pasant Ahe Mulagi Marathi TV Serial
Abhishek Deshmukh and Resham Prashant In ‘Pasant Aahe Mulagi’

लग्नाच्या गाठी स्वर्गातच जुळतात पण खाली त्या गाठी जुळवण्यासाठी अनेकजण आधार घेतात ते जन्मपत्रिकेचा आणि पंचागांचा. मुला मुलीच्या राशींपासून ते त्यांच्या कुंडलीत असणा-या ग्रहांची आणि गुणांची तपासणी करूनच लग्नाची ही बोलणी पुढे सरकते. परंतु ज्यांचं लग्न होणार आहे त्या दोघांची मने जुळलेली असतील तर मग पत्रिका जुळण्याची गरज खरंच उरते का ? पत्रिकेतील ग्रह एखाद्याच्या नात्याचं भविष्य ठरवू शकतात का ? या प्रश्नांवरच आधारित एक नवी मालिका ‘पसंत आहे मुलगी ’ झी मराठी ह्या वाहिनीवर २५ जानेवारीपासून दाखल झाली असून सोमवार ते शनिवार रात्री ८.०० वा. ही प्रसारित होणार आहे.

पसंत आहे मुलगी ’ या मालिकेतून उर्मी आणि वासूच्या भूमिकेतून रेशम प्रशांत आणि अभिषेक देशमुख ही फ्रेश जोडी प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस येत आहे. याशिवाय मालिकेत डॉ. गिरीश ओक, मेघना वैद्य, पद्मनाभ बिंड, केतकी सराफ, नम्रता कदम यांच्याही महत्त्वाच्या भूमिका आहेत. नितीन वैद्य आणि निनाद वैद्य यांच्या दशमी क्रिएशन्सची निर्मिती, समीर विद्वांस यांची संकल्पना असलेल्या या मालिकेचे दिग्दर्शन राजू सावंत यांनी केलं आहे.

 

‘Cheater’ first look poster unveiled

Vaibhav Tatwawadi Actor In Cheater Marathi Movie
Vaibhav Tatwawadi In ‘Cheater’ Movie

Film maker Ajay Phansekar, who has shot 70% of his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Cheater’ in Mauritius, recently completed the last schedule of his shooting in Pune. Now, he is getting ready to release his film on 1st April 2016. As part of his film’s first promotion, he recently released the first look poster of his film, starring Vaibhav Tatwawadi in lead role. The film also stars Hrishikesh Joshi, Pooja Sawant, Aasavari Joshi,Suhas Joshi and others.

Highlight of this film is ‘Jhakri’ form of dance and two songs rendered by popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam, on the music of Abhijit Narvekar. The other songs  are rendered by popular Marathi singers Avadhoot Gupte, Urmila Dhangar & Anandi Joshi. The film’s story, screenplay and dialogues are written by Ajay himself, with camera handled by B.Laxman.

Cheater Marathi Movie Poster Vaibhav Tatwawadi
‘Cheater’ Marathi Movie Poster

It’s time for Girish Kulkarni to prove his ability as director

Jaundyana Balasaheb Marathi movie, Girish Kulkarni
Jaundyana Balasaheb Marathi movie

We have already seen what Girish Kulkarni can do, as an actor and writer in Marathi. With his friend Umesh Kulkarni, he has also produced memorable Marathi films. Now, Girish will be seen in a new role of director in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Jaundya na Balasaheb‘ ,shooting of which is complete and the film’s post production work began on the auspicious Sankranti day.

Jaundya na Balasaheb‘ is also debut film of Music director duo Ajay Atul, as producers. This being their own film, much is expected from the music of this film, which is a socio- political film. Moreover, other big names are also associated with this film, comprising of Poonam Shende, Umesh Kulkarni, Pashant Pethe , Anumati and Vijay Ganu.

Besides Girish Kulkarni, other lead artistes of the film are Mohan Joshi, Reema, Dilip Prabhavalkar , Sai Tamhankar and others. The film will be released soon.

The Trailer of ‘Poshter Girl’ unveiled

Poshter Girl Movie, Sonalee Kulkarni
Sonalee Kulkarni In ‘Poshter Girl’ Movie

Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Poshter Girl’ has been creating a buzz on social networking media. On Thursday , the official trailer of this film was unveiled in presence of media persons and entire star cast of the film. The centre of attraction was lead actress Sonalee Kulkarni, who is playing title role in ‘Poshter Girl‘. From the trailer, it clearly indicates that the film offers a social message, through its fun filled story, which is written by actor Hemant Dhome, who is also part of this film.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Ajit Andhare COO of Viacom18 Motion Pictures said, “After doing many Bollywood films, we would like to explore the Marathi Film industry, which is growing , with subject oriented films. Therefore, we wish to pass a timely positive social message, through humor filled story. “ Actress Sonalee Kulkarni expressed her happiness, for getting an opportunity to play this important role. The other lead actors of the ‘Poshter Girl‘ are Hemant Dhome, Aniket Vishwasrao, Hrishikesh Joshi, Jeetendra Joshi, , Sandeep Phatak, AkshayTanksale & Siddharth Menon.The film is directed by ‘Poshter Boyz fame director Sameer Patil.

Milind Gawali’s dream will come true on 29th January

Milind Gawali Marathi Actor Picture
Actor Milind Gawali

He has been in the acting field since 1984. As a child artist, he  began his acting career with the film ‘Hum Bachhe Hindustan Ke’, followed by a memorable roles  in ‘Saraswatichandra’ fame director Govind Saraiya’s film ‘Waqt Se Pahele’ and B.R.Ishara’s film ‘Anumati’. Later, when he appeared in Hindi serial ‘Campus’, Milind Gawali earned name and fame as an actor. Later, he appeared in several Hindi and Marathi serials, connecting well with the home viewers.

While doing TV serials, Milind Gawali was also flooded with offers from Marathi films and he began with V.K.Naik’s ‘Khel Nashibache’, followed by ‘Suun Ladaki Sasarchi’ for the same film maker. Then, it was Satish Randive’s ‘Nilambari’ and Mahesh Manjrekar’s ‘Aai’. He also performed in Priyadarashan’s Malyalam film ‘Aryan’. His roles in films like ‘Maratha Batalion’, ‘Devki’ & ‘Vitthal Vitthal’ turned out to be hit. Later, he performed in about 40 rural based films, becoming a popular hero in Western Maharashtra. Many of his films were women oriented, thus becoming favourite of many female audience.

But, after performing in so many films, Milind’s dream was to produce his own film. And, when he found a suitable script, he went ahead by directing it himself, using all his experience in this field. Now, his film ‘Athang’ also on a woman oriented subject is ready and is all set to release on 29th January 2016, when Milind will see his dream come true. Milind Gawali himself is playing an important role of a doctor with other known artistes like Smita Shewale, Tanvi Hegde, Pooja Nayak, Mausumi Hadkar and others. MarathiMovieWorld.com wishes him all the best.