Samidha Guru is happy with her progress
She has already won State award 2014 for best actress for her brilliant performance in the film ‘Kapuskondyachi Goshta’. At present she is performing in popular TV serial ‘Kamla’. And now, she will open with the first episode of DD- Sahyadri’s serial ‘Chitrakathi’ which is based on different stories and directed by Vaibhav Chinchalkar. MarathiMovieWorld.com spoke to Sameedha Guru recently, to know about her new assignments and she seemed to happy with her present progress.
Sameedha who had also won MarathiMovieWorld.com best actress award for her performance in the play ‘Get Well Soon’ last year, is an extremely talented actress. No wonder, this actress, who has performed in many TV serials like ‘Avaghachi Sansar’, ‘Soniyacha Umbartha’, ‘Ya Valnavar’, ‘Devyani’, ‘Tujhvin Sakhya Re’, ‘Gandha Phulancha Gela Sangun’ has been doing her best in ongoing serial ‘Kamla’. Recently, we also saw her in the film ‘Panhala’. But, Sameedha deserves more challenging roles, in Marathi films, having won the state award for best actress last year. We understand that she is doing a big banner Marathi film, starring Swapnil Joshi, with whom she has already worked on stage in ‘Get Well Soon’. And, we are sure, she would do her best.
Nana’s natter entertains audience during first look of ‘Natsamrat’
Jitendra Joshi, Nikhil Sane, Medha Manjrekar, Mahesh Manjrekar, VIshwas Joshi, VIkram GOkhale, Nana Patkar, Sunil Barve, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Neha Pendse
Last year, well known actor made his presence felt, when he played the role of Dr.Prakash Baba Amte’ in the film on the life of a great social activist. This year, he was already in the news, for his initiative to help the families of poor farmers in Maharashtra, through his NAAM foundation. But, more than that, the news about his playing the lead role of Appa Belwalkar, in the cinematic version of V.V. Shirwadkar’s famous play ‘Natasamraat’. This film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar is complete now; and will be released on 1st January 2016, which also happens to be Nana Patekar.
On Wednesday evening the makers of Natasamraat and the presenters of this film Zee Studios revealed the first look of this film, in a big way, in presence of entire star cast of the film, media and special invites. After releasing the first look, which was very impressive, a talk show was arranged by anchor Jitendra Joshi, when he invited the three pillars of this film, director Mahesh Manjrekar, lead actor Nana Patekar and veteran actor Vikram Gokhale, who is playing an important role in the film, which has been created by the director, taking the cinematic liberties.
Speaking on the occasion, Mahesh Manjrekar made it very clear that he didn’t want to present the story in the original form, as noticed in the play and hence took the liberty of adding additional important characters for artistes like Vikram Gokhale, Jitendra Joshi, Sandeep Pathak and few others. Vikram Gokhale, who spoke very few words, said that he liked the performance of Dr.Shreeram Lagoo playing this character on stage; but felt that Nana had also done a very good job, in his own way.
However, the hero of the day was Nana Patekar, who narrated his experience of working with Mahesh Manjrekar as director. He narrated several such happenings, which generated instant laughter from the audience present at the function. Mahesh tried to explain his side; but when Nana is around, it is very difficult for others to defend themselves. But, it was all in good spirit, as Nana even did not allow the anchor to answer all his questions. Instead of taking more time, he instead allowed others like Medha Manjreakar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Sandeep Pathak, Sunil Barve, Neha Pendse and others to speak. But, before that, he was all praise for the director , his wife Medha, who played his wife Kaveri in the film and Neha Pendse, who played his family member in the film.
Among the other dignitaries who were present on the occasion were, producer Vishwas Joshi, Mr. Nitin Kini & Nikhil sane from Zee Group, Suhas Joshi, Rajesh Deshpande, Kiran Yadnyopavit, Jaywant Wadkar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Bharat Dabholkar and Cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar , who was a surprise guest, to wish the team of ‘Natasamraat’.
Partu’ is a true story of my father’s Uncle – Nitin Adsul
Nitin Adsul has been living in USA for the past several years; but he has been watching all Marathi films. Knowing about the good response received by Marathi films, based on good scripts, for a long time, he was thinking about making a Marathi film, on the true story happening in the life of his father’s uncle, a farmer from a village in Nagar district, in Maharashtra. Since, Mr. Adsul who lives in Washington DC and a co founder of East West Films; he narrated this true story to his partners and they all agreed to make a Marathi film on this universal subject. And, that’s how Partu’ was shot in Rajasthan and Maharashtra, at the end of last year and beginning of this year.
‘Partu’ is now all set to release on coming Friday and Nitin is eager to know the response of the audience to his debut Marathi film. The story ‘Partu’ revolves around a small boy, who is lost in Maharashtra and is offered shelter by a poor farmer and his family. The farmer tries to search his family in Rajasthan, but in vain. So, he brings up this boy along with his two children and prospers in his Agri business. He also finds a bride for this boy and gets him married. It is an interesting tale of a farmer, who hasn’t given up hopes, to search the biological parents of this boy. Finally, when he finds them, it is interesting to see, what this young boy does.
“I am sure, this story will appeal to audience from different parts of the world, besides the Indian audience. But, my target audience is from Maharashtra and Rajasthan. After all, it is a true story, which happened in the life of my Father’s uncle, living in Nagar district and has a connect with a boy from Rajasthan,” he concluded.
‘Urfi’ actress Mitali Mayekar is the talk of the town
She is beautiful fresh face in Marathi films, besides being a talented actress. Her on screen presence in the film ‘Urfi’ and prior to that her appearance in the song promos of the film, on Marathi music television channels, had spread the word of mouth praise among youngsters. No wonder, ‘Urfi’ is drawing good crowds in theatres in Mumbai and other towns of Maharashtra including Thane. And, we have the news that yesterday, i.e. on the fourth day of the film’s release Mitali, who lives in Thane, had gone to see the response to her film, at Viviana Mall and was shocked to see a full house show.
MarathiMovieworld.com spoke to director of the film Vikram Pradhan, who said that he made the selection of Mitali from among 1800 candidates from all over Maharashtra, who had given their auditions. Mitali had worked in few Marathi serials as a child artiste as also in Bollywood film ‘Billoo Barber’, as Irrfan Khan’s daughter. Now, with the release of ‘Urfi’, Mitali has proved that her selection was right. In just 5 days, she has great fan following. Don’t be surprised to find her lifting Fresh face of the Year award in forthcoming Marathi film award functions. MarathiMovieWorld.com, wishes her a bright future.
Umesh Kulkarni continues with his good work of encouraging new short film makers
After the success of previous three editions of his ‘Shoot a short’ workshop on short film making, Umesh Kulkarni has announced the fourth edition of this workshop, which is to be held between10th December to 13th December 2015 at NFAI, Kothrud, Pune. The enthusiasm shown by the participants & continuous enquiries from the people, has encouraged Umesh to arrange the workshop for the fourth time.
Three time National Award recipient director Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and film academician Samar Nakhate will be conducting this workshop. And, the workshop will primarily be held in Marathi Language. Therefore for Prospective Marathi film makers, this is a golden opportunity to learn something worthwhile, from these experts.
Passionate about short films, as an independent form of storytelling, Umesh Kulkarni says that despite the easy access to technology and resources available to upcoming filmmakers, there aren’t good content driven short films, being made in India. “By providing the right inputs through this workshop, I believe, enthusiast participants can develop a better perspective and understanding of the medium of short filmmaking. Short films and feature films are as different as short stories and novels, hence should not be compared on the same level”, he added.
At the workshop, aspects such as basic concepts of film making, fundamentals of Production of Short Film, Translating Idea into a Script, Pre-Production, Production and Post Production, working with Actors / Non Actors, Crew Management and Scope for Shorts at Short Film Festivals will be dealt with. After the workshop, participants will be asked to submit scripts of their short films out of which 4 will be selected and produced by Aroh Velankar’s “Rangartha Productions”. The workshop is open for people above 18 years of age.
It may be recalled that besides producing feature films like Valu, Vihir, Deool and Highway , Umesh has eight short films to his credit. More importantly, Umesh Kulkarni has also kept his passion for short films alive. And therefore, to keep the short films movement growing, he has also started a short film club in Pune. The workshop will be conducted in the National Film Archive of India, Kothrud on 10, 11, 12 & 13th of December 2015.
For further information contact – 020-25433549, +91 9167677801, +91 8149630510
अभिनय कट्ट्याच्या किरण नाकतीचे सिने-दिग्दर्शनात पदार्पण
जवळपास पाच वर्षांपूर्वी एक चळवळ म्हणून सुरु केलेल्या ‘अभिनय कट्टा’ या कलेच्या बिजांकूराचा आज वटवृक्ष झाला आहे तो फक्त मायेनं अन आस्थेनं सिंचन करत राहिलेल्या कट्ट्याच्या सुत्राधारांमुळे म्हणजेच किरण नाकती यांच्यामुळे.
येथे दर रविवार न चुकता कलाकारांसाठी हक्काचं व्यासपीठ नि रसिक प्रेक्षकांसाठी उत्तमोत्तम कलाविष्काराची मेजवानी सादर होते . ज्यात ठाणेकरांसमवेत संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रातील रसिका रविवारची एक सुखद संध्याकाळ अनुभवतात.
अभिनय कट्टा व कृपासिंधु पिक्चर्स यांच्या संयुक्त विद्यमाने साकारलेल्या आणि ओम श्री संकल्प फिल्म प्रॉडक्शन्सची प्रस्तुती असलेल्या ‘सिंड्रेला’ या आगामी सिनेमात जास्तीत जास्त कलाकार हे अभिनय कट्ट्याचे आहेत. यावेळी कट्ट्याचे हे विद्यार्थी फक्त पडद्यावरील कलाकार म्हणूनच नव्हे तर पडद्यामागेही यशस्वी भूमिका सांभाळताना दिसतील.
जवळपास पाच वर्षांपूर्वी एक चळवळ म्हणून सुरु केलेल्या ‘अभिनय कट्टा’ या कलेच्या बिजांकूराचा आज वटवृक्ष झाला आहे तो फक्त मायेनं अन आस्थेनं सिंचन करत राहिलेल्या कट्ट्याच्या सुत्राधारांमुळे म्हणजेच किरण नाकती यांच्यामुळे.
येथे दर रविवार न चुकता कलाकारांसाठी हक्काचं व्यासपीठ नि रसिक प्रेक्षकांसाठी उत्तमोत्तम कलाविष्काराची मेजवानी सादर होते . ज्यात ठाणेकरांसमवेत संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रातील रसिका रविवारची एक सुखद संध्याकाळ अनुभवतात.
अभिनय कट्टा व कृपासिंधु पिक्चर्स यांच्या संयुक्त विद्यमाने साकारलेल्या आणि ओम श्री संकल्प फिल्म प्रॉडक्शन्सची प्रस्तुती असलेल्या ‘सिंड्रेला’ या आगामी सिनेमात जास्तीत जास्त कलाकार हे अभिनय कट्ट्याचे आहेत. यावेळी कट्ट्याचे हे विद्यार्थी फक्त पडद्यावरील कलाकार म्हणूनच नव्हे तर पडद्यामागेही यशस्वी भूमिका सांभाळताना दिसतील.
“सिंड्रेला” या वैशिष्ठ्यपूर्ण सिनेमाचे शिल्पकार हे किरण नाकती आहेत. सदर सिनेमाची कथा आदित्य हळबे व किरण नाकती यांनी लिहिली असून पटकथा, संवाद व दिग्दर्शक या तिन्ही बाजूही त्यांनी अतिशय उत्कृष्ट पद्धतीने सांभाळल्या आहेत.
“सिंड्रेला” या सिनेमाच्या नावातच या सिनेमाचे वेगळेपण दडलेले आहे. या सिनेमाच्या माध्यमातून भावा-बहिणीच्या अनोख्या नात्याची कथा या सिनेमात पहायला मिळणार आहे.
सिनेसृष्टीत पदार्पण करणाऱ्या रुपेश बने आणि यशस्वी वेंगुर्लेकर या बालकलाकारांनी आपल्या अभिनयाची चुणूक दाखवली असून त्यांचा हा पहिलाच सिनेमा आहे. सुप्रसिद्ध कॅमेरामन राजा फडतरे यांच्या नजरेतून या सिनेमाचे चित्रीकरण करण्यात आले असून आशिष म्हात्रे यांनी उत्कृष्टरित्या या सिनेमाचे संकलन केले आहे. येत्या ४ डिसेंबरपासून संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रात प्रदर्शित होणार आहे.
“सिंड्रेला” या वैशिष्ठ्यपूर्ण सिनेमाचे शिल्पकार हे किरण नाकती आहेत. सदर सिनेमाची कथा आदित्य हळबे व किरण नाकती यांनी लिहिली असून पटकथा, संवाद व दिग्दर्शक या तिन्ही बाजूही त्यांनी अतिशय उत्कृष्ट पद्धतीने सांभाळल्या आहेत.
“सिंड्रेला” या सिनेमाच्या नावातच या सिनेमाचे वेगळेपण दडलेले आहे. या सिनेमाच्या माध्यमातून भावा-बहिणीच्या अनोख्या नात्याची कथा या सिनेमात पहायला मिळणार आहे.
सिनेसृष्टीत पदार्पण करणाऱ्या रुपेश बने आणि यशस्वी वेंगुर्लेकर या बालकलाकारांनी आपल्या अभिनयाची चुणूक दाखवली असून त्यांचा हा पहिलाच सिनेमा आहे. सुप्रसिद्ध कॅमेरामन राजा फडतरे यांच्या नजरेतून या सिनेमाचे चित्रीकरण करण्यात आले असून आशिष म्हात्रे यांनी उत्कृष्टरित्या या सिनेमाचे संकलन केले आहे. येत्या ४ डिसेंबरपासून संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रात प्रदर्शित होणार आहे.
Resul Pookutty records on-location background music for Marathi film ‘Kshitij’
Oscars award winner famous Indian film sound designer Resul Pookutty recently experimented something new for Marathi films. Resul recently recorded On- location background music for Marathi film ‘Kshitij’. The shooting of this film was recently held in a village Nanaj in Jamkhed Taluka place, where the makers were shooting a devotional bhajan. So, this experiment of recording on location sound was attempted by Resul Pookutty.
Later, speaking about this experiment in Marathi films, the award winning sound designer said, “There are many changes taking place in films during the past few years, due to technological developments. But, the changes were noticed in sound effects only during the past two years. Generally, sound effects were used in post production stage. But, in Marathi cinema, we have tried this On Location sound recording, for more perfection, to give a realistic look to the film, which you will notice in the film ‘Kshitij’. “ he said.
‘Kshitij’ is produced by Navroz Prasala & Karishma Mahadolkar and directed by Manoj kadam. The film stars Upendra Limaye, Manoj Joshi, Kanchan Jadhav, Sanjay Mone, child artiste Apurva Mandrupkar in lead roles along with other new artistes. This film will ready for release in the coming year.
‘Double Seat’ turns favourite at Zee-MFK awards
Every year Zee talkies have their separate awards function in the form of ‘Maharashtracha favourite Kon?’ with the voting open for shortlisted Marathi films and their artistes & other technical experts. This year too, there was overwhelming response from the viewers, who casted their votes, for their favourites. And, this year ‘Double Seat’ bagged maximum awards in different sections of this Viewer’s choice awards. The awards were presented to the winners, at an event held in Mumbai, recently.
However, the best film award went to ‘Dr.Prakash Baba Amte’ a sensible film made on a social subject. The best direction award went to Paresh Mokashi for the film ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’. Needless to add that Ankush Choudhary and Mukta Barve were adjudged the favourite actor and actress respectively . The favourite supporting actor and actress awards went to Vaibhav Mangale and Sai Tamhankar. The main attraction of the event was the presence of Nana Patekar and Makarand Anaspure, who were felicitated by Zee talkies, for their efforts to help the families of poor farmers, in drought hit places in Maharashtra. A cheque amounting to Rs. 5 Lakh was presented to their NAAM Foundation. Some entertaining programmes were also presented by popular Marathi artistes, on this occasion. Siddharth Chandekar and Vaibhav Tatwavdi anchored the show.
Telecast of this event will be shown on 20 the December 2015 at 7 pm on Zee talkies channel.
‘Partu’ promises ‘out of the box’ content
Marathi films are known for their offering variety of content. Keeping with the trend, forthcoming Marathi film ‘Partu’ also promises ‘out of the box’ content. Made under the banner of Hollywood’s ‘East West Films’ and written and directed by Nitin Adsul , an Indian settled in USA, the film has already raised lot of curiosity about its subject, which is based on a real life story.
Though the artistes of this film are from Marathi film industry and Bollywood, the technical support comes from highly qualified international technical persons. The film has been shot in Rajasthan and Maharashtra; but the cinematography and background music of this film, are expected to make a big difference. The film stars Kishore Kadam, Smita Tambe, Saurabh Gokhale, Gayatri Deshmukh, Anshuman Vichare, Navani Parihar, Raja Bundela, Ravi Bharatiya and child artiste Yash Pande , around whose character, the film revolves.
Music by Shashank Powar, background music by Hollywood’s Greg Sims, editing by Rajesh Rao and cinematography by Sanjay Khanjode are other credits.
Nana Patekar, Sonali Kulkarni bag Marathi Filmfare awards
The beautiful black lady is now in the hands of many Marathi film award winners. Only difference was that during this Filmfare awards for Marathi films, the traditional musical instruments of Maharashtra, the Dhol -tashe , Lejhim and Tutari, were played in the background music , to honour the award winners. So, one thing is clear that Filmfare have started recognising the strength and progress of Marathi films, during the past few years.
Several celebrities from Bollywood were also present on the occasion. Prominent among them were, Vidya Balan, Urmila Matondkar, Tabu, Athiya shetty, Varun Dhavan & Suraj Pancholi.Among the top celebrities in Marathi were Ramesh Deo, Mahesh Manjrekar, Riteish Deshmukh, Sonali Kulkarni, Mrinal Kulkarni, Mahesh Kothare & others.
Films like ‘Lai Bhari’,’ Rege’,’ Elizabeth Ekadashi’ & ‘Fandry’ shared most of the awards, while ‘ Prakash Baba Amte- The real hero’ bagged the Filmfare award for the best film, besides bagging the best actor( Nana Patekar) and Best actress( Sonali Kulkani) awards. The award for the best popular actor award went to Riteish Deshmukh for his debut in Marathi through super hit Marathi film ‘Lai Bhari’.
The first award for Film fare Lifetime achievement, went to veteran actor Ramesh Deo, who at the age of 86 years, is still active with his acting assignments.