शिवानी रांगोळे ‘&’ तिची ‘जरा हटके’ भूमिका
गेल्या वर्षाभरात मराठी चित्रपटसृष्टीत अनेक नवीन चेहरे पहायला मिळतायेत, इरॉस इंटरनॅशनल च्या क्रीशिका लुल्ला प्रस्तुत ‘& जरा हटके‘ या चित्रपटात अशीच एक नविन अवखळ आणि तितकीच चुलबुली अभिनेत्री शिवानी रांगोळे आपल्याला दिसणार आहे. शिवानीने ह्या आधी केलेल्या चित्रपटांपेक्षा आगामी ‘& जरा हटके‘ ह्या चित्रपटातील तिची भूमिका जरा वेगळी आणि मध्यवर्ती असून, ती आपल्या भूमिकेबद्धल खूप उत्सुक असल्याचे सांगते.
मुळात आंतरमहाविद्यालयीन नाट्य आणि एकांकिका स्पर्धेतून तिने अभिनयाचे धडे गिरवले आहेत. अनेक नाट्यस्पर्धेतून स्वतःला सिद्ध करणाऱ्या शिवानीने सर्वप्रथम ‘शेजारी शेजारी पक्के शेजारी‘ या मालिकेतून छोट्या पडद्यावर आपल्या अभिनयाची झलक दाखवली होती. शिवानी रांगोळे सोबत मृणाल कुलकर्णी, बंगाली अभिनेता इंद्रनील सेनगुप्ता, सिद्धार्थ मेनन हे कलाकारही आपल्याला या सिनेमात पाहता येणार आहेत. नात्यांमधले बदलते स्वरूप दाखवणारा हा सिनेमा २२ जुलैला प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येणार आहे.
Shubham More to make his grand acting debut in Marathi & Hindi films
We have seen many child actors first making their acting debut in Hindi and then switching over to Marathi films, or vice versa. But, in the case of little Shubham More, he is fortunate to make his debut as a child actor in Hindi as well as Marathi films simultaneously. Shubham More has been selected to play the childhood character of Shahrukh Khan in his most awaited film ‘Raees’ and he has already enjoyed shooting for this film. One fine day, Shahrukh had also visited the sets of his film and appreciated his work.
In the meanwhile, Shubham had also acted in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Half Ticket‘ produced by Video Palace and directed by Sameet Kakkad. This film is now due for release on 22nd July 2016 and Shubham is all excited about his debut and at the same time is also eagerly waiting for the release of ‘Raees‘. Wishing Shubham a grand success.
‘Dholkichya Talavar’ fame Richa Agnihotri gets invite from Kannada channel Udaya
Richa Agnihotri who entertained the dance lovers with her wonderful performance in reality show ‘Dholkichya Talavar‘ on Colors channel, has now been invited as a celebrity dancer , by Kannada channel ‘Udaya‘ to perform in their reality show ‘Kick‘. So, this will give an opportunity to Maharashtrian Richa to reach out to Kannada audience, displaying her talent.
This programme will be judged by Kannada Superstar Rajkumar’s son Shiv Rajkumar, as chief judge. Many celebrities from Kannada film and television will be participants in this show. Richa herself is very excited to take part in this show and feels that she will get to learn new things, including Kannada language, through this show. Incidentally, Richa Agnihotri who is a great admirer of Madhuri Dixit, is also getting offers from Marathi films, but at present, she wants to focus on this ‘Kick‘ show.
Richa , who is presently studying in K.J Somaiya College in Mumbai, is originally from Thane. She took the lessons of Kathak and singing from her mother Vaishnavi Agnihotri. Presently , she is taking advance Kathak training from Dr.Manjiri Deo . Richa has also won the Miss Thane contest and has also done a commercial ad for Amul.
Marathi Film makers make way for ‘Sultan’
We are all aware that our Marathi films are growing vertically, horizontally and diagonally. And the quality of Marathi films has improved, besides going worldwide and increasing the number of productions. In the recent past, we also witnessed 4 to 5 Marathi films released on the same day. And, still some of the films are doing well. Marathi film ‘Sairat’ also did good business and proved that a Marathi film could be a highest grosser film in Maharashtra.
So, obviously one question comes to our mind, as to why Marathi film makers make way for some Bollywood films, especially those of big Bollywood stars ? Actually, some of the Hindi film makers have already appreciated the strength of Marathi films, openly stating that the Marathi films possess good content. We also saw some big Bollywood film makers entering Marathi film industry, as producers; but they haven’t succeeded much. During the past one year, we have seen many Marathi films competing with some big banner Hindi films, by doing better business in Maharashtra. It may also be kept in mind that 60% of business of Bollywood films comes from Maharashtra. This was admitted by one renowned producer and distributor of Marathi films.
However, with all these advantages, none of the Marathi film makers dared to release their film, during the ongoing week. Being a holiday and week end, it would have certainly helped any Marathi film. But, that did not happen. Instead, we find lots of Marathi films now lined up for release from 22nd July onwards, with 5th August going to witness simultaneous releases, as very next week another big banner Hindi film is releasing. This is certainly not good, for the growth of Marathi films.
Mangesh & Leena to perform in the second innings of ‘Ke Dil Abhi Bhara Nahi’
We are all aware that versatile artistes Vikram Gokhale and Reema Lagoo performed in the popular Marathi play ‘Ke Dil Abhi Bhara Nahi’ in the recent past. The play directed by Mangesh Kadam was written by Shekhar Dhavlikar. After 74 shows of this play were performed, Mr. Vikram Gokhale could not continue further, as his doctor had advised him not to deliver louder dialogues on health reasons.
So, the same play will now be performed by ‘Goshta Tashi Gamtichi’ pair Mangesh kadam and Leena Bhagwat. So, they will begin the second innings of this play soon. The play is based on the lives of a retired couple and their emotional feelings. The play highlights the usual concern of the retired man about his pension and meeting day to day expenses. But, it also throws light on the need of understanding each other’s emotional feelings. Along with Mangesh and Leena, the play also stars Chandrashekhar Kulkarni and Bageshree Joshirao. The first show of this revived play will be held on 16th July 2016.
‘चौक द रियालिटी’ या सिनेमाचा मुहूर्त संपन्न
गाव असो कि शहर कित्येक उलढालीचा जणू माहेर. मात्र काही ठिकाणी हाच चौक गुन्हेगार बनविण्याची आणि बनण्याची शाळा होऊन बसल्याच दिसत. अश्या संवेदनशील विषयावर भाष्य करणारा, चिंतामणी निर्मित ‘चौक द रियालिटी’ या नवीन मराठी चित्रपटाचा मुहूर्त नुकताच पुण्यात पार पडला.
आजच्या वाढत्या गुन्हेगारीच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर युवा वर्गाला संबोधित करण्यासाठी संदेश भोंडवे आणि नरेश भोंडवे यांनी चित्रपटाची निर्मिती करत आहेत . ‘चौक द रियालिटी’ चित्रपटाची कथा,पटकथा आणि संवाद भरत महाडिक यांनी लिहिले असून दिग्दर्शनही भरत महाडिक हेच करणार आहेत. चित्रपटात नवोदित कलाकार राज शेटे, राजू उघडे, संतोष शिंदे, अमित देवकर हे मुख्य भूमिकेत आहेत. या चित्रपटाच्या चित्रिकरणास लवकर सुरुवात करण्यात येणार आहे.
Nominations for ‘MMW Awards 2016′
Year 2015 saw variety of Marathi films dealing with various issues, besides the traditional comedy films. Among these films we saw some biopics, some period films and also realistic social films on the backdrop of rural areas in Maharashtra. What was good thing about these films was that they offered new subjects with improvisation in technical aspects, which took Marathi cinema worldwide, with participation at international film festivals.
It was very difficult to shortlist the films for nominations; but we have done our best to select them, to enable our viewers to decide their choice for popular awards, in different categories. Apart from different sections in films category, we have also decided to offer awards for best Marathi play and Best Marathi TV serial. Viewers can select their choice in each category only once, by signing in at the MMW awards section.
Nominations for Feature Film Section as below:
Best Film of The Year 2015:
Classmates,
Dagadi Chawl,
Lokmanya,
Nilkanth Master,
Sandook,
Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali
Best Marketed Film of 2015:
Baaji,
Coffee aani barach kahi,
Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali ,
Lokmanya,
Mitwa,
Rajwade & Sons
Best Promo of the film 2015:
Baji,
Coffee aani Barach Kahi,
Sandook,
Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali,
Rajwade & Sons
Best Publicity Design 2015:
Baji,
Cofee aani Barach kahi,
Deool Band,
Runh,
Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali
Best Actor 2015:
Subodh Bhave (Lokmanya),
Sumeet Raghavan (Sandook),
Ankush Chaudhari (Double Seat),
Best Actress 2015:
Narayani Shastri (Runh),
Prarthana Behere (Coffee ani barach kahi),
Mukta Barve (Double Seat)
Best Music Album 2015:
Mumbai Pune Mumbai 2,
Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali,
Nilkanth Master,
Mitwa,
Classmates
Best Singer Male:
Ajay Gogawale (Kaunase des chala from Nilkanth Master)
Sonu nigam (Swapna chalun aale from Classmates)
Shankar Mahadevan-(Sur niragas ho from Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali)
Jasraj Joshi (Kiti sangayachay mala from Double Seat)
Harsh Wavre (Dhaga Dhaga from Dagadi Chawl)
Best Singer Female:
Sasha Tirupati (Rang he nave nave from Coffee ani barach kahi )
Ketaki Mategaonkar (Sunya Sunya from Timepass 2)
Nandini Srikar (Samje Na from Ruhn)
Janhavi Prabhu Arora (Sawar re manaa from Mitwa)
Anandi Joshi (Dhaga Dhaga from Dagadi Chawl)
Marathi film ‘Adults Only’ to be shot on iPhone
We had heard about some short films being shot on mobile phones. But, now a Marathi film will be shot on iPhone 6. Film maker Milind Kawade, who has been experimenting new things through his films, is all set to shoot his next film ‘Adults Only’ on iPhone 6. The film is being produced by Amit Dhupe under the banner of his Seven Horse Entertainment. Ajay Thakur who produced films like ‘Taani’ and ‘Phuntroo’, will be creative producer of this film.
Director Milind Kawade whose film ‘1234’ is due for release soon, will begin the shooting of this new film soon. Speaking about the film, he said that the team of this film had done research on the subject of this film for the past six months and it will be a new subject, never before attempted in Marathi. “To present this unique subject, we thought that there was no need to use expensive cameras, as the script itself is strong enough, to capture the attention of audience.” he added.
‘& Jara hatke’ trailer promises fresh subject
Produced by creative film maker Ravi Jadhav and presented by Eros Entertainment, forthcoming Marathi film ‘& Jara hatke‘ had already generated a lot of curiosity about the subject of this film, among Marathi film lovers. Yesterday afternoon, when the trailer of this film was released, in presence of entire star cast and media persons, certain things became very clear and one of them was that it promises a fresh subject, penned by Mitali Joshi and directed by Prakash Kunte, who had earlier given us a hit film like ‘Coffee Aani Barach Kahi‘.
Before the release of film’s trailer and a song, the young pair of this film Siddharth Menon and Shivani Rangole, introduced themselves, with the names of their respective characters. They then called upon the lead senior pair of this film Indraneil Sengupta & Mrunal Kulkarni, who are playing their respective single parents in the film. In the film the single parents meet each other after a gap of 20 years and their closeness turns into love. They want to live together and hence ask their children for permission to do so. Both the children, who are teenagers also meet each other and the film’s story takes a different turn, which we will come to know, only after watching ‘& Jara hatke‘ film. But, the selection of artistes, seemed to be most appropriate. Now, it remains to be seen, how this fresh subject would appeal to the Marathi film audience.
Suhas Joshi, Sonali Anand, Spruha Joshi & Sandesh Kulkarni are the other important artistes in this film. Music by Aditya Bedekar & lyrics by Mahesh Kangane are other credits of the film. The film is all set to release on 22nd July 2016.
‘YZ’ will present Mukta Barve, Sai Tamhankar & Parna Pethe together
We have seen two popular Marathi actresses coming together. But, forthcoming Marathi film ‘YZ‘ will present popular actress Mukta Barve not only with Sai Tamhankar; but also with ‘Rama Madhav‘ fame Parna Pethe. All three of them will be seen together, for the first time. Director Sameer Vidwans has succeeded in bringing three of them together, to present female versions of his male dominated film. Though Sagar Deshmukh and Akshay Tanksale play the lead male roles, the three actresses have equally important characters.
According to the director, all three of them have different types of roles , which will be appreciated by Marathi film lovers. While Mukta is playing an ultra modern girl, Sai is playing a totally contrast character of a simple girl. The character of Parna is playing a modern girl, learning Sanskrit language. Produced by Sanjay Chhabriya and Anish Jog, the film ‘YZ‘ is all set to release on 12th August 2016.