Veteran actor Janardan Parab is no more
Well known character artiste of Hindi and Marathi films and renowned Marathi stage artist Janardan Parab, is no more. He passed away today morning. He is survived by his film maker son Sarvesh Parab, daughter in law and grand children. He was active with his acting assignments for the past forty years and was last seen during the music release function of Kiran Nakti’s film ‘Cindrella‘, where he even gave speech, appealing all to watch this film in theatres.
Some of his best Marathi plays were ‘Avadhya‘, ‘Hamidabaichi Kothi‘ & ‘Kaka Kishacha‘. He had also worked very hard to promote Malvani language dramas. Besides performing in various Marathi and Hindi films, he had also directed a Marathi film ‘Kulaswamini Tuljabhavani‘. His one scene with Nana Patekar in Hindi film ‘Krantiveer‘ is still fresh in our memory. May his soul rest in peace.
Software Engineer turns Producer of multi-starrer Marathi film ‘One Way Ticket’
Komal Ramakant Unawane is a software engineer. But, her passion for films and events made her move towards this tinsel world. Last year, through her own brand ‘Mekbrand’, she co -sponsored Manali Jagtap’s fashion show, in aid of Umeed a charity organization. She also turned a co-producer when in September 2015 Marathi film ‘One Way Ticket‘ was launched in a big way. This film was earlier to be produced and directed by Bollywood film maker Kamal Nathani. But, now we find that Komal Unawane is the producer of ‘One Way Ticket‘ and the film is directed by veteran Amol Shetge.
Komal was well dressed up for the occasion, like a celebrity, during the first look launch of this film on Wednesday evening. She was first introduced to media persons, as the young producer of the film, by co producer Suresh Pai and director Amol Shetge. The film stars Sachit Patil, Gashmeer Mahajani, Amruta Khanvilkar, Sashank Ketkar & Neha Mahajan. While speaking about her entry into this field, Komal said that she always wanted to do something in this film industry. And, when she discussed about it, with her family members, she received support from them. “I had already travelled on cruise to Europe and hence, when I saw the script of this film, I was highly impressed and agreed to be the producer. It was a good team work and I am sure, Marathi film lovers are going to enjoy this film” she concluded. The film will be released all over Maharashtra on 10th June 2016.
‘Devyani’ lead actress finds a surprise gift, on the eve of her birthday
Celebrating birthdays of artistes on the sets of their film or TV serial, is a common practice. But, sometimes, it comes in the form of surprise, on the eve of artiste’s birthday. The lead actress Siddhi Karkhanis of the popular TV show ‘Devyani‘, was given surprise, when she visited the sets of her daily soap. The entire crew had planned a surprise birthday party for the talented actress, on the eve of her birthday. Siddhi was not only surprised by the impromptu birthday party, but also with the unique gift she received from the entire team.
Apart from the cake the entire team gifted Siddhi lots of lady finger (Bhendi) much to the surprise of Siddhi. Talking about the unique gift Director Karthik Kainde said, “Siddhi loves Bhindi sabzi and in a month she gets variety of the same sabzi for almost 15 days. She not only cooks and eats it herself but also feeds the entire crew with it. So, while discussing with the team as to what to buy for her, the entire team came up with the unique idea of gifting her Bhendi.”
Reacting on this surprise gift, Siddhi Karkhanis said, “The entire team is like a family to me and it was very sweet of them to celebrate my birthday .. The icing on the cake was gifting me Bhindi. Now, I will make sure I make that sabzi and feed them.”
Bollywood artistes join Priyadarshan & Prajakta in their film ‘Dhingana’
In the recent past, we have seen many Bollywood personalities forming part of Marathi films. And now, to add to that list will be popular Bollywood artistes Raza Murad, Shahbaaz Khan, Avtaar Gill and Kunika. All of them will be seen in Sameer Sadanand Patil’s forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dhingana’ directed by Chandrakant Dudhgaonkar. The film is at present in the post production stage.
All these Bollywood artistes will form the star cast of the film headed ‘TimePass-2‘ fame actor Priyadarshan Jadhav and Comedy Queen of small screen Prajakta Hanamghar. The other lead artistes of this film are, Anshuman Vichare & Swapnil Rajshekhar. Story of this film has been scripted by Hemant Edlabadkar, which music is provided by Shashank Powar and AmitRaj. According to the makers of this film, this will be a musical entertainment. Now, it remains to be seen, whether Priyadarshan will be able to generate Time Pass entertainment, in the company of Prajakta.
Makarand Mane & Mahesh Kale impress at National Awards
Film maker Makarand Mane is a happy man. His debut Marathi film ‘Ringan-The Quest‘ has been declared ‘Best Marathi Film‘ at the 63rd National film awards, announced on Monday. Another Marathi film personality and classical singer, Mahesh Kale has also impressed, by winning the Best Singer’s National award, for the popular Marathi film ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali‘.
Another award comes to ‘Daaravtha‘ a short film Starring Nishant Bhavsar, Nandita Patkar and Anurag Worlikar. The director of this film Nishant Roy Bombarde has won the best debut director’s award. Film maker Nagraj Manjule has also one more feather in his cap. This year, one artiste from his film ‘Sairat‘, Rinku Rajguru bagged the Special appreciation National award, for her performance in this film. ‘Lai Bhari‘ fame Marathi actress Tanvi Azmi bagged the best supporting actress National award , for her performance in the film ‘Bajirao Mastani‘.
This year, the best Indian film national award went to ‘Bahubali- The Beginning‘, while the best actor and best actress went to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan & Kangana Ranaut, for their performances in the films ‘Piku‘ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns‘ respectively.
‘Halal’ is inviting all the attention for its subject
Now days, women oriented subjects in Marathi films are inviting attention of the film lovers. And, if they are based on realistic subjects, the critics also acclaim such films. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Halal’ has already won the best screenplay award at Pune International film festival. The film also received good response at Aurangabad International film festival, where it was screened, recently. The film will now be screened at Sanskruti Kaladarpan Film festival, having been shortlisted among 11 films, for the final round.
Directed by National award winning film director Shivaji Lotan Patil, the film deals with the theme of loyalty, love and the institution of marriage, which is deemed to be pious by society. It is also a story of human emotions, which depicts the trials and tribulations the women in our society have to go through. Starring Chinmay Mandlekar, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Pritam Kagne, Vijay Chavan, Chhaya Kadam, & Vimal Mhatre. Produced by Amol Kagne and Laxman Kagne the script of the film is written by Nishant Dhapse. DOP is Ramani Ranjandas, editing by Nilesh Gavand & Music by Vijay Gatlewar are the other credits
‘Bus Stop’ shooting progresses
Now days, Marathi films are in search of English names for their film’s title. ‘Poshter Girl’,’Mumbai Time’, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’, ‘Friends’, ‘Lost & Found’ & ’ Cheater’ are the names of some of the films, released recently and few of them to be released soon. Now, there is one more addition to these titles, in the form of ‘Bus Stop’.
Producers Shreyash Jadhav , Poonam Shende, Mr. Gajendra Patil & Mr.Asso Nihlani are busy completing their film ‘Bus Stop’ which is written and directed by Sameer Hemant Joshi, whose last film was ‘Mamachya gavala Jaoo Ya’ . This multi starrer film stars young artistes like Aniket Vishwasrao, Pooja Sawant, Amruta Khanvilkar , Siddharth Chandekar , Hemant Dhome , Akshay Waghmare , Rasika Sunil , Suyog Gorhe & Madhura Deshpande.The film is likely to release this year.
Vaidehi Parshurami steals the show during ‘Vrundavan’ media meet
Six years ago, as a teenager, she made her debut opposite Adinath Kothare, in the film ‘Ved Lavi Jeeva‘. But, the film wasn’t distributed properly. Then, three years ago, she played a role in Mahesh Manjrekar’s film ‘Kokanastha‘. But, even this film didn’t do well. But, now Vaidehi Parshurami is well prepared to make her presence felt, through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Vrundavan‘ in the lead role, opposite Raqesh Bapat. The film also stars Pooja Sawant in a parallel role.
On Friday evening, the makers of ‘Vrundavan‘ had arranged a media meet, to introduce the stars of the film, as well as the music team, comprising of music director Amitraj, singer Avadhoot Gupte and others. Trailer of the film, along with two songs from the film, which have already become hits, on Marathi music channels. And, all these scenes, the actress who invited all the attention, was Vaidehi Parshurami.
Specially dressed for the occasion, with her designer outfit, she looked gorgeous, sporting constant smile on her face. She was accompanied by her mother. It may be recalled that Vaidehi has done her post graduation with kathak and is at presently studying her law. Her film ‘Vrundavan‘ is all set to release on 8th April 2016. And, this time, she is all prepared to display her talent.
Teaser of ‘Ganvesh’ receives good response
Vijayate Entertainment’s Marathi film ‘Ganvesh’ is now all set to release. The teaser of this film, released on social networking sites has been receiving good response. And, this clearly indicates that the film has good talented artistes, besides a touching tale of a school boy, who gets selected to give a speech during the Independence day programme at his school. But, the child is asked to compulsorily wear a new school uniform, on this occasion.
The struggle of the poor parents of this child, who work in a brick manufacturing unit, is shown in the film. There are two more important characters in the film, comprising of a veteran minister and a lady police officer, played by Dilip Prabhavalkar & Mukta Barve. Kishore Kadam and Smita Tambe play the parents of the little schoolboy , while the role of the schoolboy is played by child artiste Tanmay Mande. So, after ‘Partu’, Kishore Kadam and Smita Tambe will be seen once again portraying the role of poor parents. The other artistes of the film are, Nagesh Bhosle, Guru Thakur & Ganesh Yadav.
The promotion of this film has just begun, with Kishore Kadam, Smita Tambe & producer director Atul Jagdale interacting with the students of Balmohan Vidyamandir School on Tuesday afternoon. The school has already produced many good sportsperson and artistes .
Singer turned music director Shaan releases music of ‘Reti’
Popular Bollywood singer Shaan has always been part of Marathi songs. But, with the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Reti‘, he has also turned a music director. In absence of lead actor Chinmay Mandlekar, it was Shaan, who was the centre of attraction, during music release of this film and he also released the music. The other important artistes of this film, namely Kishore Kadam, Gayatri Soham, were however present for this function, along with producer Pramod Gore, director Suhas Bhosale, writer Deven Kapadnis & lyricist Sanjay Krishnaji Patil.
Shaan has provided music of this film, along with Roshan Balu & Gaurav Dasgupta. The other artistes of this film are, Shashank Shende, Suhas Palshikar, Deepak Karanjikar, Mausami Tondvalkar, Bhagyashree Rane and others. ‘Reti‘ as the title suggests, will expose the sand mafias in Maharashtra. The film is all set release on 8th April 2016.