‘Aakrandan’ gets recognition as festival film
More and more Marathi films are getting the recognition as various Film Festival, for their skilful presentation of social issues. Now, latest addition to this category is new Marathi film ‘Aakrandan’. This film presented by Vivek Pandit and produced by Govind Aaher has found its entry at the Delhi International Film festival, which begins in the first week of December 2015. The presence of many talented versatile artistes from Marathi film industry, in this film, has invited the attention of many film lovers.
Written & Directed by Shashikant Deshpande, the film has already been dubbed Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Chinese languages. Based on the injustice on women and fight against the same, the film stars Sharad Ponkshe, Upendra Limaye, Ganesh Yadav, Bal Smita, Pradeep Velankar, Uday Tikekar, Tejashree Pradhan, Pallavi Wagh in lead roles. Director of Photography Damodar Naidu and editing by Manoj Sankla are the other credits.
New Marathi film ‘&’ promises emotional family drama
Emotional family dramas in films, has always been a tradition of Marathi films, over the years. But, the success of such films, always depended on its presentation. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘&’ which is based on this subject, is directed by Prakash Kunte, who recently gave a hit film like ‘Coffee Aani Barach Kahi’. This time, for his film ‘&’, he has tied up with Ravi Jadhav Films and that’s a big news. By the way, ‘&’ is produced by Eros International
The film is a touching tale of a family caught in the whirlpool of emotions; a dilemma to choose between the mind and the heart. The title of the film also defines connection between the countless emotions of individuals and how it affects their life. The cast of the film comprise of Mrinal Kulkarni, Siddharth Menon, Shivani Rangole and Indraneil Sengupta, who is making his debut into Marathi films. The film will go on the floors shortly.
Famous Eye surgeon Dr. Tatyarao Lahane to play an important role in ‘Shalee’
Known for presenting realistic stories, Marathi films have gone worldwide . In the past, many Marathi film makers have used real life characters from their respective profession, to give a realistic look to their film. Now, director Atul Satam will be presenting famous Eye Surgeon Dr. Tatyarao Lahane , through his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Shalee’ , which is based on ‘Shari’ , the story written by late Shankar Patil. Along with Dr. Tatyarao Lahane, Alka Kubal Athalye will also be seen in special appearance.
‘Shali’ which is due for release on 27th November 2015, has been shot at picturesque Konkan locations, displaying the traditional culture and rituals of the local place. The film stars Chetana Bhatt, Vijay Gokhale, Sanjivani Jadhav, Digambar Naik, Jaywant Wadkar, Shivkanta Sutar, Ganesh mane, Abhay Khadapkar , child artiste Sahil Gaokar in lead roles, along with some local artistes. Surendra Singh is the cinematographer of this film.
‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusli’ premiere held on 1st day of Diwali morning
The first day of Diwali morning plays a very important for Maharashtrian families. On this auspicious day, all the members, after taking bath before sunrise, greet each other, sharing sweets, to celebrate the festival of lights. Taking the advantage of this auspicious occasion, the makers of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali’ decided to have the premiere of their film, in the first day morning of the festival.
It is understood that all the artistes and technicians associated with this film, will be present for this premiere show. It will be a real Diwali treat for the special audience, who will be attending this show, as the film is based on the hit Marathi play, with the same name, based on Indian classical music. The film stars Shankar Mahadevan, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Subodh Bhave, Amruta Khanvilkar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Sakshi Tanwar, Pushkar Shrotri and others.
New film ‘Kaul Manacha’ launched with blessings of Sonali Bendre
The presence of popular actress Sonali Bendre, as a chief guest for the muhurat of new Marathi film ‘Kaul Manacha’, added a special flavour. She was all praise for Makeup man turned producer Rajesh Patil, who is making this film. Besides Sonali, the president of Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal Mr. Vijay Patkar was also present as a special guest for the occasion. Also present were artistes and technical team members of the film.
The film presents director Bhimrao Mude, who is independently directing his debut film. The film’s story is written by Bhimrao himself, along with Shweta Pendse. Rohan-Rohan will be composing the music of this film, with Nitin Ghag to handle cinematography. Big news about this film is that Beauty queen Amruta Patki, will be making her comeback into Marathi films, after making her debut in ‘Satya Savitri Aani Satyavan’, few years ago. She is playing the lead role in this film , along with Rajesh Shringarpure, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Vijay Gokhale, Vijay Chavhan, Jaywant Wadkar, kamlesh Sawant, Shweta Pendse, Maushumi Tondwalkar, Varsha Dandale and many child artistes.
Nirmiti Sawant returns to Big screen with ‘Bai Go Bai’
From ‘Bindhaast’ to ‘Gangunbai Non Matric’ ( The film) versatile actress Nirmiti Sawant has presented variety of characters, entertaining the Marathi film audience, for the past 16 years through her 16 films. Now, her forthcoming Marathi film ‘Bai Go Bai’ is all set to release on 4th December 2015. Recently, the music release of this film, was held in Mumbai, in presence of team members and invitees.
Produced by Pradeep Patil & Naresh Thakur , the film is directed by Vijay Pagare, who is making his debut as a director through this film. Earlier, he had assisted Kedar Shinde in his two projects. Film’s music is by Vijay Gatlewar. Incidentally, Vijay Gatlewar was the winner of 2006 TV reality show ‘Sa Re Ga Ma’ as a singer. While speaking on the occasion, Nirmiti Sawant expressed satisfaction of doing this film and hoped that the film will be appreciated by the Marathi film audience.
Besides Nirmiti Sawant, the other artistes of this film are, Vijay Patkar, Nayan Jadhav, Shashikant Kerkar, Sheetal Phatak, Jaywant Bhalekar and others.
‘Guru’ will be a big attraction for the New year
Past happenings of Marathi films released during past 5 to 6 years, show that films released during the first month of the new year, have always been hits. Best examples are films like ‘Zenda’, ‘ Natarang’, ‘Shala’, ‘Balak Palak’, ‘Time Pass’ & ‘Classmates’. Now, director Sanjay Jadhav is also getting ready to release his film ‘Guru’, which is presented by Eros International , during January 2016. So, after Diwali Dhamaka, we hope to see new year bash too, with ‘Guru‘ declaring its release during January 2016.
For the year 2015 , Sanjay Jadhav didn’t have a good time, as both his films ‘Pyaarwali Love Story’ and ‘Tu Hi Re’ not achieving expected success. So, for Sanjay, it is very necessary to begin the new year with a bang, as he has two more big projects, to handle during 2016. Luckily, for ‘Guru’ he has his ‘Duniyadari’ lucky star Ankush Choudhary, who is presently in great form, with two successive hits, in the form of ‘Double Seat’ and ‘Dagadi Chawl’. Ankush too wants to make it a hat trick with this film, as a successful solo hero. By the way, ‘Guru’ stars Ankush along with Urmila Kanetkar.
Significance of Marathi Rangabhoomi Din
Over the years, Marathi dramas have played a very important role in the lives of many prominent artistes from Maharashtra. And, therefore, Marathi Rangabhoomi Din, also has a special significance. 5th November is celebrated as Marathi Rangabhoomi Din, making all of us realize the efforts put in by all the former artistes, to get recognition to this finest performing art. During the olden days, music based plays gained a lot of importance, as the characters used music based songs to communicate with each other. It may be recalled that in 1943, Vishnudas Bhave’s musical drama ‘Sita Swayamvar’ was first performed on stage, making it a historic moment for many drama lovers. 172 years have passed since then and today, Marathi stage has reached a stage, where many shows of popular plays, drawing house full audience, who are willing to pay Rs.300/- per ticket.
Today, we also find many old dramas being revived. Some of the popular plays of yesteryear’s, like ‘Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali’ and ‘Natasamraat’ are given cinematic look, with big stars in Marathi, part of these films. Some of the plays are also getting invitation from places like UK and USA, to perform there. And, that’s a big achievement. Well known poet and playwright William Shakespeare has lot of influence on some of the Marathi playwrights and the Marathi theatre audience have welcomed their ideas of presenting such subjects in Marathi, very efficiently, without losing the Marathi touch in the presentation.
On the occasion of Marathi Rangabhoomi Din, Marathi Movie World pays sincere tributes to all those great actors and presenters, who have kept Marathi Rangabhoomi live till date. And, we are sure, The show will go on , for many more years.
‘कवडसा’चे प्रभावी मानसशास्त्रीय सादरीकरण
निर्मोही क्रिएशंस प्रस्तुत, माणूस लिखित, पंकज मिठभाकरे दिग्दर्शित कवडसा हे प्रायोगिक मराठी नाटक रंगभुमीवर अवतरतंय. परक्या, लांबच्या माणसांच्या बाबतीत संशय पिशाच्च मानगुटीवर बसलं तर जोर लावून काढता येतं, आपल्या जवळच्या माणसांविषयी संशय मनात फेर धरायला लागला की मग जे होतं ते आपल्याला कवडसा या नाटकात बघायला मिळते.
संशयग्रस्तता मुख्यतः प्रेमीजनात मोठया प्रमाणावर दिसून येते, सर्वात जवळचं सगळं भावविश्व व्यापलेल्या नात्यात किंचितसा सुद्धा दुरावा मनाला सहन होत नाही, आमचं दोघांच जे घट्ट भावविश्व आहे ते फक्त दोघांचच आहे, होतं आणि राहील असा विश्वास प्रेमीजनाच्या मनात निर्माण होतो, दोन घट्ट मैत्रीणींमध्ये देखील एक मैत्रीण जरा इतर मुलींमध्ये मिसळायला लागली की दुस दुसर्या मैत्रीणीला त्रास होतो, जेव्हा आणखी कुणाबरोबर तरी असाच एकजिन्सीपणा पार्टनर ने अनुभवलाय किंवा अनुभवतोय हे कळतं तेव्हा मग संशयाला सुरुवात होते.
प्रवीण चौगुले, किशोरी पाठक, प्रसाद कुलकर्णी आणि अमोल पाठक अभिनीत या नाटकाला दिग्दर्शकाने दिलेल्या मानसशास्त्रीय सादरीकरणामुळे ते अधिक प्रभावी झाले आहे. प्रकाशयोजना संतोष लोखंडे ह्यांनी केली आहे तर संगीत निखिल लांजेकर, वेशभूषा मेघना मिठभाकरे, रंगभूषा- पंकजा पेशवे आणि नेपथ्य प्रवीण चौगुले ह्यांचे आहे.
निर्मात्यांच्या मते, प्रेक्षकांनी या नाटकातून स्वतःकडे, आपल्या मानसिक प्रश्नांकडे आणि मानसिक आजारी व्यक्तींच्या प्रवासाकडे जाणीवपूर्वक पहावे हाच नाटकाचा मुख्य उद्देश.
Mrunmayee Deshpande to direct two Marathi films
Well Known Marathi stage TV and Film actress Mrunmayee Deshpande will turn director of two film projects. The announcement was made during the first look of Mrunmayee’s forthcoming film ‘Anuraag’, which is being presented by her, besides acting in this film. This film is directed by renowned Eye Surgeon Dr.Ambarish Darak and Mrunmayee has already taken lessons of direction in this film, under the leadership of Dr. Darak and well known cinematographer Suresh Deshmane, who is the technical director of this film.
Shot at beautiful locations of Leh –Ladakh, 18,500 feet above sea level; the film stars Mrunmayee along with Dharmendra Gohil( ‘Aga Bai Arechha’ fame). The film is scheduled for release on 21st January 2016. But, more than this film, everybody was eager to know about the special announcement to be made on the occasion. And, Show anchor Abhijeet Khandkekar invited Mrunmayee to reveal the secret. The first film to be directed by her will be ‘Athrava Unta’ and the name of the other film also to be directed by her , will be announced during an event, to be held shortly. So, ‘Mrunmayee Deshpande Creations‘, will be a new banner, which will be watched with keen interest in days to come.