‘पिंडदान’ लवकरच प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला!!
मराठी चित्रपटात अलीकडे सातत्याने वेगवेगळे विषय नाविन्यपूर्ण मांडणीतून आपणास पाहायला मिळत आहेत , अशीच एक वेगळी कथा ‘पिंडदान‘ ह्या आगामी चित्रपटात आपल्याला पाहायला मिळणार आहे. चित्रपटाच्या नावावरून चित्रपट गंभीर असल्यासारखे वाटते पण ह्या चित्रपटात एक सुंदर प्रेमकथा आहे जी पिंडदानाच्या निमित्ताने उलगडत जाते. ह्या चित्रपटात सध्याचा आघाडीचा लाडका अभिनेता ‘सिद्धार्थ चांदेकर’ मुख्य भूनिकेत असून त्याच्या बरोबर ‘मानवा नाईक’ हि अभिनेत्री दिसणार आहे. या दोघांची जोडी प्रथमच आपल्याला मोठ्या पडद्यावर पाहायला मिळणार आहे.
फॅशन इंडस्ट्रीतील अनेक वर्षांच्या अनुभवानंतर प्रशांत पाटील पिंडदानाच्या माध्यमातून आपल्या दिग्दर्शकीय कारकीर्दीचा प्रारंभ करत आहे. चित्रपटातली गीते वैभव जोशी आणि मंदार चोळकर ह्यांनी लिहिली असून सागर धोटे याने ती संगीतबद्ध केली आहेत. चित्रपटाची कथा पटकथा संवाद हे अविनाश घोडके यांनी लिहिले आहेत. फॅशन फोटोग्राफीमध्ये विशेष ग्लॅमर आणि प्रसिद्ध असलेला बंटी देशपांडे याने चित्रपटाचे छायाचित्रीकरण केले आहे.
उदय पिक्चर्स निर्मित आणि सारथी एंटरटेन्मेंटची प्रस्तुती असलेला ‘पिंडदान‘ हा चित्रपट लवकरच प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस येणार आहे.
Film maker Bharat Gaikwad feels, Prashant is at his best in ‘Bho Bho’
When a dog bites a man it does not become a news; but when a man bites a dog, it certainly becomes a news. That’s what Journalism is all about. But, what if a Pet dog is alleged of Killing his female owner? This is the one liner of the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Bho Bho‘.
After finalizing the script of his film ‘Bho Bho‘ , film maker Bharat Gaikwad was in search of a suitable actor, to perfectly fit into the role of Detective Vyankatesh Bhonde. But, when his friend suggested him the name of Prashant Damle, he immediately agreed and That’s how Prashant turned Vyankatesh Bhonde .
Recently, the director and two main artistes of this film, found some time together and met the press representatives, to speak about their individual experiences, after the official trailer of the film was unveiled. It was an interesting chat with three of them, which revealed that they had a big team of artistes, mainly from Marathi stage, which had very good understanding with each other, during the course of entire shooting. And, that made the work of director more easier.
Since the film revolves around dogs, was it difficult for Bharat to manage all the permissions? And, Bharat explained, “Initially, I was not aware that so many NOC’s would be required. I had to approach total 3 times separately for acquiring permission from the Protection of Animal Society’s Chennai office. Had to explain them about every scene and only then received those permissions. All locations in my film are new and I am sure, the Marathi film lovers are going to love this film, for its unique subject,” concluded Bharat.
Present on this occasion were Prashant Damle and Sanjay Mone, who are both playing detectives. Actually, it is the character of Sanjay, who engages Vyankatesh Bhonde on an assignment. The other artistes of this film are Subodh Bhave, Sharad Ponkshe, Ashwini Ekbote, Saurabh Gokhale, Anuja Sathe, Kishore Chougule, Rajan Bhise, Shailesh Datar, Madhav Abhyankar, Pradeep Patvardhan, Vandana Vaknis and others, thus making a strong team of all talented stage artistes. The film is all set to release on 22nd April 2016.
Is Adinath Kothare following his father’s footsteps
Mahesh Kothare began his acting career as a child artiste. He acted in both Marathi as well as Hindi films. He directed his first Marathi film ‘Dhumdhadaka‘ , when he was 31 years old. This is what his son Adinath is doing today. Incidentally, like his father, Adinath too has performed as a child artiste. He too acted in Hindi as well as Marathi films. After acting in films, Adinath who is now 31 years old, is all set to direct his debut Marathi film‘Paani’ and the work on the script of this film is presently going on.
So, can we say that Adinath is following his father’s footsteps ? For the past one year, Adinath has toured many drought affected places in Maharashtra, to study the situation. At some of the places, he also saw some watershed management projects and was inspired to make a film on this subject. At present his project is in the pipeline and the details will be finalized soon.
‘Laal Ishq’ promotion begins with a bang
If it is a Sanjay Leela Bhansali Film, it has to begin its promotion in a big way, no matter, it’s a Marathi film. So, ‘Laal Ishq ..Gupit Aahe Sakshila‘ First poster was out, in presence of entire team of the film, except Producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Perhaps, he wants to present himself to Marathi media, during the music launch of the film. But the co producer of the film Shabina Khan and director Swapna Waghmare were present along with the entire star cast of the film.
Dressed up in designer clothes, both Swwapnil Joshi and Anjana Sukhani gave a glimpse of their get- up in this film. Co-producer Shabina Khan , who has designed the clothes for many Bollywood films, is also the costume designer of this film. And, her work was also clearly displayed, with the black dresses sported by the lead pair. Music of this film is by AmitRaj , while the film also stars popular TV artistes like Kamlesh Sawant, Piyush Ranade, Sameedha Guru, besides other artistes like Jaywant Wadkar, Priya Berde, Milind Gavali, Uday Nene, Yashashri Masurkar & Farzil Perdiwala.
Bharat Jadhav returns with ‘Ek Kutub Teen Minar’
Well known Marathi actor Bharat Jadhav who had more than 25 releases between the year 2001 and 2010, had slowed down with his progress during the past five years. We have not even seen any hit film from him, though he has been doing well on stage and television. In the recent past, his films like ‘Shasan‘, ‘Aga bai Arechha-2‘, & ‘Chintamani‘, also did not do well. Five years ago i.e. sometime in 2011, we had seen the muhurat of his film ‘Ek Kutub Teen Minar’. The same film, is now releasing on 15th April 2016. So, Bharat has high hopes from this film, for his survival in this Marathi film industry.
‘Ek Kutub Teen Minar‘ is produced by Manoj Yadav & Anil Singh, under the banner of Big talkies and directed by Sunil Kamble, with story-screenplay and dialogues written by Ashok Kambli. Besides Bharat Jadhav playing the lead role in this film, the film also stars Vijay Chavan, Vijay Kadam, Sanchit Yadav, Poornima Vavhal, Amruta Deshmukh, Gauri Kendre, Rasika Dhamankar, Chandu kamble, Priyanka Mungekar, Nitin Paregaonkar & others. Music by Vilas Gurav and DOP Raja Phadatare are other credits of the film.
Ajay-Atul, Rinku-Akash invite all the attention during music release of ‘Sairat’
Zee Studios launched the music of their much awaited film ‘Sairat’ recently, in presence of film’s music directors Ajay-Atul, director of the film Nagraj Manjule and lead stars of the film Rinku Rajguru & Akash Thosar. Mr. Nikil Sane & Mr. Nittin keni, the producers of the film, were also present.
Initially, Ajay and Atul explained the importance of music in this film and also thanked the producers, for recording the symphonic Orchestra at Sony Studios, Hollywood, to give better sound effect, in film’s background music. Videos of all the four songs, offering variety, were also shown to the media representatives and special invitees, besides the first look of this film.
When the lead pair of the film Rinku Rajguru & Akash Thosar were called on the dais, they received big applause from the audience, waiting eagerly to have a glimpse of them. The teenagers sporting smile on their faces, then faced the electronic media, to answer their expected questions. But, they looked confident, as expected by the director Nagraj Manjule. Rinku in particular, was surrounded by all media representatives, as the young actress has just won the national award, for her performance in this film.
In short, ‘Sairat’ belongs to Ajay Atul and Akash- Rinku, for their fine efforts. But, one should not forget the hard work put in by writer director Nagraj Manjule.
Forthcoming Marathi films begin their promotion on auspicious Gudhi Padwa day
Two forthcoming Marathi films have always been in the news, during their making. But, now both these films have started their promotion, during the auspicious Gudhi Padwa festival. The two films are, ‘Ek Albela’ which is a biopic on late Bhagwan Dada and ‘Laal Ishq’ which is a debut Marathi film of Bollywood film producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
The team members of ‘Ek Albela’’, namely Mangesh Desai, Tejaswi Patil, director Shekhar Sartandel and executive producer Kunal Shetye, after hoisting the Gudhi , performed the dance in the style of Late Bhagwan dada, by paying tributes to him. The film also stars Vidya balan, who is playing the role of Geeta Bali in this film. The film’s teaser has already received several likes on social networking sites.
The two leading artistes of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Marathi film ‘Laal Ishq’, namely, Swapnil Joshi and Anjana Sukhani also began promotion of their film, by hoisting the Gudhi in the office of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The Bollywood actress performed the pooja , dressed up in typical Maharashtrian saree, in presence of Swapnil Joshi, who was explaining her rituals. This film will be released on 27th May 2016.
Rajashree Landge to perform in cinematic version ‘Tee Phulrani’
Known for her roles in Marathi films ‘Gadhvacha Lagna‘ and recently released film ‘Citizen‘, dashing Marathi actress has been selected to play the central role in the cinematic version of Late Pu.La.Deshpande’s popular Marathi play ‘Tee Phulrani‘. Announcement of the name of Rajashree Landge was a big surprise, as there was strong rumour that Aditi Sarangdhar would play this role. But, Rajashree’s selection has now been confirmed. Her co star in this film in the role of Professor will be Subodh Bhave.
‘Tee Phulrani‘ will be directed by experienced film director Amol Shetge. Recently, a new trend has set in to convert some of the popular Marathi plays into films and the best examples were films like ‘Katyar kaljaat Ghusli‘ and ‘Natsamrat‘. Now, it remains to be seen, how Amol Shetge would succeed in presenting this cinematic version. Luckily, he has a talented actor Subodh Bhave with him; but, all eyes will be on Rajshree Landge .
Mukta Dabholkar launches trailer of ‘Aart’
Mukta Dabholkar is carrying forward the work undertaken by her departed father i.e. fighting superstition in India. No wonder, she was invited as chief guest to launch the trailer of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Aart‘, Produced by Dilip Shah, written & directed by Rajendra Sali, the film throws light on the Caste Panchayat system, which is still practiced in some parts of the country.
Speaking on the occasion, the writer-director of ‘Aart‘ film said, “Daily we read stories about injustice on women at different places in rural Maharashtra on this issue. Therefore, instead of opting for a commercial film, I decided to make a film on this sensitive issue.” Expressing her views on this subject, Mukta Dabholkar said, “Caste Panchayat does not only exist in Adivasi and illiterate people; but it also exists among the so called higher castes. Our organisation (ANS) has been fighting against the decisions by such Caste Panchayat. And, therefore, the subject dealt by the makers of this film, is very timely, as there is already pressure on Maharashtra Government to enforce a law against the rulings of such Caste Panchayats.”
‘Aart‘ film is all set to release on 20th May 2016 and the makers of the film have already planned a special screening of the film for Parliamentarians, to make them think seriously about the implementation of the law to stop injustice on helpless people. The film stars Shital Salunke, Ganesh Yadav, Jairaj Nair, Santosh Mayekar, Ajit Sawant, Ajit Bhagat and others. Lyrics and music by Suresh Ghaywat and cinematography by Manish Patel are other credits.
Music released for Marathi film ‘Made in Maharashtra’
We have heard about a popular brand ‘Made in India'; but now, we understand that there will be film with the title ‘Made in Maharashtra’. Produced by Shree Siddhivinayak Prasanna Creations the film will be presented by Jee media & Entertainment and A. R. Creations.
Directed by Nitesh Pawar, the music of this film was released recently at Dadar, Mumbai, in presence of artistes of the film, producers & director. Shri Satish Padve, trustee of Shree Siddhivinayak Mandir Trust was the chief guest on the occasion.
The film stars Bhau Kadam, Arun nalawade, Jitu Goswami, Priya Gamre, Pravin Garje, Shital Gaikwad and others. Music by Vilas Gurav, lyrics by Deepak Anjewar and DOP Hemant Salve are other credits. There are five songs in this film, rendered by popular singers in Marathi .