‘Koti’ creates a buzz at Film Festivals
Known for their extraordinary content, Marathi films have already won the hearts of film lovers all over the world. Now, one such film which has garnered appreciation in many national and international film festivals is OMS Arts’ Marathi film ‘Koti’, which is set to release soon.
Barring a few exceptions, such a story on transgenders has not come in Marathi films and ‘Koti’ has made a mark with this unusual subject. Child actor Adnyesh Mudshingkar , Divesh Medge, actor Sanjay Kulkarni, and actress Vinita Kale have played important roles in this film . Om arts Productions Dr. Santosh Pote and Dr. Sunita Pote have produced this film directed by Suhas Bhosle, who recently garnered appreciation for his film on sand trafficking mafia called ‘Reti’.
‘Koti’ has already won many awards including Indian Film Festival of India (IFFI) in the Indian Panorama category, and received a huge response after the Indian Government sent its entry. The film has also won Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Jury award, Sanskruti Kaladarpan Puraskar Award for Special Attention Film Award, along with four other awards in the same Puraskars, and five awards at Kolhapur Film Festival.
The script of the film is by Rajesh Durge, the DOP is Bharat R Parthsarathi , music by Manoj Negi & Baban Adgale, along with background music & lyrics by Sanjay Navgire. This different ‘genre’ of film s all set to release soon.
‘Sairat’ crosses 55 Cr. mark and still going strong
Marathi film ‘Sairat‘ has set a new record of Rs.55 Crore business in its 3rd week run all over Maharashtra.and, this is certainly a big achievement for Marathi cinema. To celebrate this occasion, Zee Studios and film maker Nagraj Manjule had invited the special guests, all the artistes of the film and media persons on Saturday evening.
After announcing the figure about the business done during the past 17 days, Zee Studios spokesperson Kapil Ingole called upon director of the film Nagraj Manjule to the dais, to speak a few words on this occasion and he did oblige, thanking the people from Maharashtra and other places, wherever the film was shown, for their overwhelming response. “I was confident that the film would be appreciated; but, never thought that it would make such a big business.” he said. Mr. Manjule also thanked Mr. Nikhil Sane and Mr. Nitin Kini from Zee Studios for their timely support and also music directors Ajay Atul for providing superb music. Finally, he called all his main artistes and asked them to say few words and all of them obliged through their short speeches for a minute.
This was a big event for the artistes, who are from a village in Solapur. But, they were all simple dressed, giving an impression that they still believed in simple living and the glamour world of Mumbai had no effect on them. Among those, who came to wish the makers of this film and artistes , were director Ravi Jadhav, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Amruta Khanvilkar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Sanjay Jadhav, Ankush Choudhari, Atul Kulkarni, Priya Aditya Sarpotdar Nanubhai Jaisinghani, Sachin Kundalkar , N.Chandra, Priya Marathe and others. Many more were expected to come. But, had not turned up till 11 pm.
After the function, there was a talk about Zee Studio’s next film. When we asked one of the Zee representative, he said, there was still time to think about their next film. But, he did give a hint that they may present Ajay Atul’s own production ‘Jaoo Dya Na Balasaheb’.
‘Laal Ishq’ is also banking on its music
Music plays a very important role in Marathi films, besides its content. Most of the hit Marathi films had good music. Keeping this in mind, Film maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has also paid attention on this aspect, in his debut Marathi film ‘Laal Ishq Gupit Aahe Saakshila‘. Few days ago, this film’s first song ‘Chand Matala…‘ on the music of Amitraj was released , along with the first look of the film. And now, the second song ‘Chimni Chimni…‘ of this film in the voice of Adarsh Shinde has also been released. This song also contains the voice of Swapnil Joshi and other artistes in the film Piyush Ranade, Sneha Chavan, Jaywant Wadkar, Aarti Kelkar, Kasturi Wavare and Amitraj.
According to the director of this film Swapna Waghmare Joshi , this 2nd song was picturised in one take, as all the artistes, on whom this song was picturised , had rehearsed very hard with the choreographer, before picturisation of this song. By the way, ‘Laal Ishq‘ is all set to release on 27th May 2016.
Javed Jaffrey sings Rap song for Marathi film ‘Youth’
Known for his perfect timing for comedy and his dancing skills, Javed Jaffrey has entertained Bollywood film lovers for past several years. Now, he has turned a Rap singer through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Youth‘. Javed has rendered a Marathi rap song in this film, which will be released all over Maharashtra on 20th May 2016. With the wordings ‘Band Kar Raag Dokyat Geli Aag..’ this meaningful song is targeted at young audience.
Javed agreed to sing this Rap song, as he felt that the young generation should be made aware of the much needed change in today’s political environment. The film ‘Youth‘ is by youngsters and for youngsters, with a timely subject and is directed by Rakesh Kudalkar, for Victory Films. The film stars young artistes like Neha Mahajan, Akshay Waghmare, Meera Joshi, Akshay Mhatre, Ketaki Kulkarni, Shashank Jadhav along with Vikram Gokhale & Satish Pulekar.
Neelima Lonari’s film ‘Bernie’ to release on 17th June
Having made films like ‘Chinu’ and ‘Saam Dam Dand Bhed’, film maker Neelima Lonari is all set to release her next Marathi film ‘Bernie‘ on 17th June, all over Maharashtra. Set on the backdrop of Goa, the film is inspired by the novel ‘Jogin’ written by Prof. Subhash Bhende . Bernie is the name of a beautiful young collegian played Tejaswini Lonari, who is the daughter of a retired army man owner of a big farmhouse and a Kind hearted Portuguese mother.
The story of this film revolves around Bernie, who at a particular situation, is required to leave her house, to fulfil the wish of her ailing father. It is her struggle in life to face the tough situation, is what the story of ‘Bernie’ is all about. Besides Tejaswini Lonari, the other important artists of this film are, Bhushan Patil, Girish Pardeshi, Rajan Tamhane, Savita Malpekar, Kiran Khoje, Sumukhi Pendse, Mousami Tondvalkar, Chaitrali Dongre, Radhika Deshpande and others. Cinematography by Sameer Athlye and music by Amitraj are other credits of the film.
‘Disco Sannya’ getting ready to release in June 2016
A forthcoming Marathi film titled ‘Disco Sannya’ from Vakav Films, is now ready for screening. According to the sources, the film is set to release during June 2016.
‘Disco Sanya’ is the first production by Vakav Films. The title of this film has already raised curiosity among Marathi film lovers, as the promotional song of the film has been rendered by eminent singer Avadhoot Gupte. Mr. Sachin Purohit and Mr. Abhijeet Kawthalkar have produced the film with Niyaj Mujawar as Director of the film. The lyrics by Niyaz Mujawar have been set to lilting tunes by Abhijit Kawthalkar and Sachin Purohit. Eminent singers Adarsh Shinde, Nandesh Umap, Rishabh Purohit and Shabab Sabari have rendered these songs.
The Story and Screenplay have been penned by Niyaz Mujawar, Sachin Purohit and Abhijit Kawthalkar with dialogues by Niyaz Mujawar. Sandeep Patil is DOP, Bhowmik Shah has choreographed the film and Siddhartha Tatuskar is the Art Director. Costumes have been designed by Ms. Purti Kulkarni and Make up by Mr. Santosh Gilbile.
A total secrecy has been maintained by the filmmakers, about the story as well as the cast of the film, for the time being. However, one thing is sure that there has been a huge curiosity in the minds of the viewers about what is ‘Disco Sannya’ in reality?
‘Ekk Albela’ getting ready to release on 24th June 2016
We are all aware that ‘Ekk Albela’ is a biopic on popular actor of 50s Bhagwan dada alias Bhagwan Abaji Palav , whose film ‘Ek Albela’ became a super hit film. The songs from this film, are still on the lips of Hindi film music lovers. Now, it remains to be seen how actor Mangesh Desai, who has portrayed the role of Bhagwan dada, succeeds in capturing the attention of Marathi film lovers.
When the film’s promotion begins, every filmmaker has different ideas and it all depends, how it is done. Mangalmurti films, which had presented hit Marathi film ;’Dagadi Chawl‘ after some Bollywood films, recently launched the titles of this film in a unique way. This film presented by Manglmurti films, is directed by Shekhar Sartandel and produced by Kimaya motion pictures. Highlight of this film is that popular Bollywood actress Vidya Balan is making her debut in Marathi films, through this film, playing the role of Geeta Bali. The film also has young charming Marathi film actress Vaibhavi Shandilya in an important role.
When Amruta Khanvilkar met Sonalee at Spain…
We have heard the stories of artistes in Bollywood meeting at foreign locations, even if they are not shooting for the same film. But, in Marathi film industry this happened perhaps for the first time. It so happened that Amruta Khanvilkar was shooting for her forthcoming Marathi film ‘One Way Ticket‘, which was being shot on a cruise at foreign locations like Italy, France and Spain. When the cruise reached Spain, Amruta was shooting a Barcelona. When the shooting was going on, she found a surprise visitor in the form of beautiful Sonalee Kulkarni Actually, Sonalee was on a personal visit there and when she heard about Amruta shooting there, she could not resist the temptation of meeting her and giving her a surprise.
When Sonalee joined Amruta and the team of ‘One way Ticket’, all of them had great time together having lots of fun. This is the first Marathi film shot on a cruise and that too in Europe. The film is produced by Makebrand’s Komal Unavane ,co produced by Krishnanu Moty and Suresh Pai and directed by Amol Shetge. Besides Amruta Khanvilkar in the lead, the film also stars Sachit Patil, Gashmeer Mahajani, Shashank Ketkar & Neha Mahajan in lead roles. The film is scheduled for release on 10th June 2016.
New Film ‘106 Hutatma Chowk’ announced
The formation of Maharashtra state has completed 46 years. On the occasion of Maharashtra Day, three days ago, a new historical Marathi film with the title ‘106 Hutatma Chawk – Samyukta Maharashtra Jhalach Pahije’ was launched .Vishal Inamdar will be directing this film, shooting of which begins soon. Popular Bollywood actor Jeetendra , who was the special guest on this occasion, made official announcement about launch of this film.
According to the makers, this film will be rich in all respects, be it story, screenplay music, costumes and direction. Big names will form star cast of this film. The story of this film is written by Kaustubh Savarkar and the film is being made under the banner of Shree Swami Samarth Pictures.The film will be ready for release by May 2017.
Fox Star Studios to distribute Marathi film ‘Half Ticket’
Marathi films have gone worldwide, because of their strong content and quality presentation style. No wonder, the industry is also getting noticed by international studios.Now, the big news is that Fox Star Studios India is making its debut in the Marathi Film industry.
Fox Star Studios, India are all set to distribute forthcoming Marathi film ‘Half Ticket‘, which is directed by Samit Kakkad and produced by Nanubhai Jaisinghani. The third poster of of this film was released recently, which depicts the iconic Mumbai double decker buses.
Produced by Video Palace, the film presents the story of two children living in the slums of Mumbai. ‘Half Ticket‘ film has been shot on the streets of Mumbai to show the realistic lifestyle of such people.
‘Half Ticket‘ is scheduled for release in July 2016.