New Marathi channel ‘Zee Yuva’ to entertain young audience
More than 50 % of the audience in Maharashtra comprise of youngsters. But, there are not many programmes of their interest. Keeping this in mind, Zee Group will be introducing a new channel ‘Zee Yuva’ to meet the requirements of young audience. The new channel has promised all new subjects, which have not been dealt so far on Marathi television.
Mr. Bavesh Janavlekar Business head of Zee Yuva & Zee Talkies is very excited to offer something new to today’s young generation. He has expressed his confidence in the audience, who have so far appreciated the programmes on their group channels like Zee Marathi, Zee talkies & Zee Studios. With the competition already faced from rival channels like Star Pravah, Colors & others, now Zee Marathi is also expected to receive competition from their own group channel, which is exclusively for youngsters.
‘Chaurya’ will be India’s first film in accessible format
Marathi film makers have always been in the forefront right from the days of late Dadasaheb Phalke. In the recent past, we saw tremendous progress made by our Marathi film makers attempting something new, which were introduced for the first time in Indian cinema. Now, producers Nilesh Navalakha,Vivek Kajaria, Ashwini Patil and director Sameer Asha Patil will be offering their forthcoming Marathi film ‘Chaurya‘ in accessible format, for the first time in India. Accessible format will enable the visually and hearing impaired to enjoy the film more.
On Monday evening music of this film was released in presence of producers, director, music director Mayuresh Kelkar, lyricist Shamrao Dhamankar, Vishnu Thore, Sameer Asha Patil, artistes Milind Shinde, Ganesh Yadav, Digvijay Rohidas, newcomer Tirtha Murbadkar & Shruti Kulkarni. Lead actor Kishore Kadam could not make it for this event, as he was bust shooting for his another film. Visually impaired girls from a special school, along with their principal released the music of this film.
The film ‘Chaurya‘ which is supposed to be a suspense filled thriller is set on the backdrop of Shani Shingnapur; but has also been shot at Chambal .Posters of the film ‘Chaurya‘, with the artistes wearing masks of popular Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan , Sridevi, Amrish Puri & Rajnikant were prominently displayed at the venue. When the makers were asked, about the possibility of these artistes objecting to their photos on the posters of the film, Producer Nilesh Navalakha stated that there was nothing wrong in it, as the artistes of this film are just wearing their masks. To know the reason, you will have to see this film. The film is all set to release on 5th August 2016.
सुलतान झळकणार ‘चला हवा येऊ द्या’ मध्ये
लोकप्रिय कार्यक्रम ‘चला हवा येऊ द्या‘ ची हवा आता केवळ मराठी मनोरंजनसृष्टीपुरती मर्यादित राहिली नाहीये. यात सहभागी झालेल्या कलाकारांची आणि त्यांच्या कलाकृतीची हमखास चर्चा होणार हे ठरलेलं आहे. या कार्यक्रमाची हीच लोकप्रियता बघून यात आता बॉलिवुडची मंडळीही हजेरी लावत आहेत. आजवर या कार्यक्रमात शाहरूख खान, रितेश देशमुख, सोनम कपूर सारख्या अनेक लोकप्रिय हिंदी स्टार्सने हजेरी लावत या कार्यक्रमाला चार चांद लावले आणि या यादीत आता आणखी एका नावाचा समावेश झाला आहे. बॉलीवुडचा सुपरस्टार सलमान खानही या कार्यक्रमात सहभागी झाला निमित्त होतं त्याच्या सुलतान या आगामी प्रदर्शित होणा-या चित्रपटाचं. येत्या सोमवारी आणि मंगळवारी म्हणजेच ४ आणि ५ जुलैला रात्री ९.३० वा. सलमान खान सोबत थुकरटवाडीतील मंडळींनी केलेली धम्माल बघायला मिळणार आहे.
या कार्यक्रमाचं सर्वात मोठं आकर्षण ठरणार आहे ते सलमानचं मराठमोळं रूप. या पूर्ण कार्यक्रमात सलमानने जास्तीत जास्त मराठीतच बोललाय. यावेळी कलाकारांच्या विनंतीवरून सलमानने झिंगाट आणि शांताबाई या गाण्यावर अगदी मराठमोळा ठेकाही धरला.
‘Lost and Found’ all set to release on 29th July
Marathi film makers are keen on presenting new subjects and one such subject is being presented by writer- director Ruturaj Dhalgade, through his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Lost and Found‘. With the depression rate on the rise, all over the world, he has offered a story on how loneliness disturbs a person’s life. Through this film, he has offered a solution on what could be done to find solution to this problem. Actually, the story of this film, which is a love story, begins from loneliness of both the individuals played by Siddharth Chandekar and Spruha Joshi, the lead pair.
The other artistes of ‘Lost and Found‘ film comprise of Mangesh Desai, Tejasvi Patil, Dr.Mohan Agashe and others. Actress Spruha Joshi has herself written the lyrics of the songs in this film, along with Dr.Rahul Deshpande, with the music provided by Shubhankar. Ramesh Bhosale is the cinematographer of this film, while editing work is done by Jitendra Dongre.
‘Disco Sannya’ music and trailer launched
The music and trailer of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Disco Sannya‘ was launched recently in Mumbai. Made under the banner of Vakav Films , the film is Produced by music director duo of Sachin Purohit and Abhijeet Kawthalkar and directed by debutant Niyaz Mujawar . The film stars National Award winner Parth Bhalerao, who will be seen in his first solo lead in a Marathi film. The film is all set to release on August 5, 2016
This film , which is a social drama also stars Sanjay Khapre in an important lead role. The film ‘Disco Sannya‘ features three songs and a promotional song, which all feature traditional Marathi beats. Highlight of this film is a song ‘Chingabunga‘ sung by the 13 year old Reeshab Purohit and Adarsh Shinde, as well as, ‘Ala bagha Disco Sannya‘, the promotional song of the film, sung by the evergreen Avdhoot Gupte. All the songs in the movie are composed by music directors turned producers Sachin Purohit and Abhijeet Kawthalkar.
Other artistes of the film are, Chitra Khare, Gauri Konge, Suhas Shirsat and Umesh Jagtap. Director of Photography – Sandeep Patil, editing Milind Damle & Choreography by Bhoumik Shah are other credits.
National award winning film ‘Astu’ to re-release on 15th July
The much talked about Marathi film ‘Astu‘ which had won more than 27 national and international awards, is finally releasing on 15th July 2016, all over Maharashtra. Actually, the film was released in only one theatre in Pune, sometime back. But, now it will have a big release to reach more audiences and that’s why the film is being re-released, as announced by the producer Sheela Rao.
The story of ‘Astu‘ film is about a Sanskrit scholar Chakrapani Shastri, who suffers from Alzheimers disease and he lives in his own world far way from the present and then begins the turmoil of the family, which has to look after him. The relationship between the father and his daughter is the theme of the film and it has been essayed very beautifully in the film. The film stars veteran Dr. Mohan Agashe, Amruta Subhash, Iravati Harshe, Devika Daftardar, and Milind Soman among others. Written and directed by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhthankar , the music of this film is by Dhananjay Kharwandikar and Saket Kanetkar .
The performance of the crippled protagonist Appa played by Dr.Mohan Agashe has already been appreciated all over and the performance of the Mahta’s wife played by Amruta Subhash has also won the National Award . The film is jointly Produced by Sheela Rao and Dr. Mohan Agashe.
Riteish Deshmukh to make his debut on Marathi Television
After making his grand debut in Marathi films through ‘Lai Bhari‘ popular Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh is all set to make his debut on Marathi television in a big way. Riteish will play host of a new Quiz show ‘Vikta Ka Uttar‘ on Star Pravah . To participate in ‘Vikta Ka Uttar‘, first question will be on-air from 2nd July onwards.
Incidentally, his own production ‘Mauli‘, which is a sequel to ‘Lai Bhari‘ is progressing soon. In the coming month two of his films are also due for release. One of them is ‘Great Grand Masti‘ and the other being ‘Banjo‘ directed by Ravi Jadhav. In all, the second half of 2016, will prove to be lucky for Riteish Deshmukh. Even otherwise, with Riteish hosting the show, there will be high expectations from this show. By the way, Riteish himself is very much excited about his television show. With this show, Star Pravah will be competing with other Marathi channels, to raise their viewership, during prime time.
बालगंधर्वचा वर्धापन दिन ठरला अविस्मरणीय
बालगंधर्व परिवाराच्या वतीने दरवर्षी बालगंधर्व रंगमंदिराचा वर्धापन दिन साजरा करण्यात येतो. वर्धापन दिनाचे अवचित्य साधून विविध कला क्षेत्रातील मान्यवरांना पुरस्कार देण्यात आले. तसेच या वर्षीचा जीवन गौरव पुरस्कार श्री. राघवेंद्र (आण्णा) कडकोळ यांना प्रदान करण्यात आला. हा पुरस्कार प्रदान करताना व्यासपिठावर माजी खासदार रणजित सिंह मोहिते पाटील, बालगंधर्व परिवाराचे अध्यक्ष मेघराज राजेभोसले, अभिनेत्री वर्षा उसगांवकर, अभिनेता सुशांत शेलार, अभिनेत्री संस्कृती बालगुडे, चंदुकाका सराफ अँड सन्स प्रा. लि. चे अतुल शहा, सुरेश देशमुख, स्थायी समितीचे अध्यक्ष बाळासाहेब बोडके, उल्हासदादा पवार व इतर मान्यवर उपस्थित होते.
पुरस्कार वितरण समारंभाच्या आधी नांदी व नाट्यसंगीत, तसेच तबला, पखवाज, सरोद यांची जुगलबंदी व बालगंधर्वांचे शिल्प साकारण्यात आले. त्यावेळी व्यासपिठावर महापौर प्रशांत जगताप व मेघराज राजेभोसले उपस्थित होते. पुरस्कार वितरण समारंभानंतर “रंग एकपात्रीचे” हा एकपात्री कलाकारांचा कार्यक्रम सादर करण्यात आला. त्यानंतर पुण्यातील कलाकारांनी कॉमेडी एक्सप्रेस पुणे फास्ट नावाचा कॉमेडी शो सादर केला. अभिनेते दिग्दर्शक महेश मांजरेकर आणि राहुल रानडे यांच्या रंगलेल्या दिलखुलास गप्पांमध्ये सिने – नाटयसृष्टीच्या समस्या, आव्हाने यावर देखील चर्चा करण्यात आली. यावेळी मेधा मांजरेकर देखील आवर्जून उपस्थित होत्या. सायंकाळी प्रा. नितीन बालगुडे पाटील यांचे व्याख्यान झाले आणि रात्री संगीत रजनी (हिंदी गाण्यांचा) हा कार्यक्रम संपन्न झाला. महिलांसाठी लावणी शो, आयपीएस अधिकारी विश्वास नांगरे पाटील यांची प्रकट मुलाखत, ज्येष्ठ साहित्यिक विश्वास पाटील यांच्याशी मुक्त संवाद, कॉमेडी एक्सप्रेस पुणे फास्ट आणि ज्येष्ठ अभिनेते, दिग्दर्शक महेश मांजरेकर यांच्या दिलखुलास मुलाखतीने बालगंधर्व रंगमंदिराचा 49 वा वर्धापन अविस्मरणीय ठरला.
“I saw original ‘Albela’ about 25 times” – Mangesh Desai
Every actor has his wish to perform some day with top bollywood actress. When Mangesh Desai began his acting career, he aspired to work with Madhuri Dixit, being a big fan of hers. Few years ago, when he saw the film ‘Parinita‘, he thought the same about Vidya Balan. And, his desire became strong, when he saw her film ‘Kahani‘. And his casting for the Marathi film ‘Ekk Albela‘ saw his dream come true. Mangesh Desai was cast opposite Vidya Balan , to play the character of Bhagwan Dada, on whose life the film was being made.
“When I received the offer for this film, I kept aside all other work, and started studying Bhagwan dada’s life. During this preparation time, I saw original film ‘Albela’ about 25 times. My preparation which started before the beginning of shooting, continued even during the course of shooting. I really worked very hard for every scene. After completing shooting for the day, I used to inquire about the next day’s scene and used to prepare for the same, even if I reached home late,” says Mangesh. During the press show, while commenting on his performance, director Shekhar Sartandel , was all praise for him. Why only the director, all those who saw this film, have been praising his performance.
David Dhawan unveils music of Marathi film ‘Taleem’
Now days, we find many Marathi film makers inviting Bollywood personalities as special attraction, during music launch of their films. Latest attraction being Bollywood film maker David Dhavan. He was recently invited by the makers of Marathi film ‘Taleem‘, to unveil music of the film. Present on the grand occasion were the producers of the film Sudarshan Lakshman Ingale, Sanjay Mulay, Jaiaditya Giri, director Nitin Madhukar Rokade, actors Abhijeet Shwetchandra, Vaishali Dabhade, Vishnu Joshilkar, Prashant Mohite, the lyricist Mandar Cholkar , music director Prafull Karlekar, cinematographer Farooque Khan, Singer Aanadi Joshi, Ronkani Gupta, Tarannum Malik, Swapnil Godbole, Abhirup besides prominent celebrities from both the Marathi as well as Bollywood industries in large numbers.
After winning accolades by editing several Hindi films, now Nitin Madhukar Rokade is all set to turn a director with this film ‘Taleem‘, which will present the pros and cons of the Wrestling sports, which is popular in Maharashtra. ‘Taleem‘ is now all set for release all over Maharashtra on July 15, 2016. Incidentally, Salman Khan‘s film ‘Sultan‘ set on the backdrop of the same sport, is releasing a week before the release of ‘Taleem‘. But, looking at the present progress of Marathi films, a lot is expected from ‘Taleem‘.
‘Taleem‘ has five songs on the music by Praful Karlekar. The film stars Abhijeet Shwetchandra, Vaishali Dabhade, Mitali Jagtap, Vishnu Joshilkar, Prashant Mohite, Yashpal Sarnath, Arjun and Chaya Kadam. While Nitin Rokade has written the story & screenplay besides directing and editing the film. Dialogues have been penned by Sikander Sayyed, Abhijeet Kulkarni and Nitin Rokade while Farouque Khan is the cinematographer of the film.