Five films lined up for release coming Friday
Five Marathi films have announced their release coming Friday, i.e.19th February 2016. And the names of these films are, ‘Vighnaharta Mahaganapati’, ‘Sangharshayatra’, ‘Mr.& Mrs. Sadachari’ ‘Ek Hotee Rani’ and ‘7 Roshan Villa’. All the four films are of different genre and have recognized artistes in the star cast.
‘Vighnaharta Mahaganapati’ is set on the backdrop of 315 year old history of Lord Ganapati, from Taramumbari village in Deogad taluka. The film stars Alka Kubal Athalye, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Priya Marathe, Sharad Ponkshe and others. This film is Directed by Rajesh Chavan . ‘Sangharshayatra’ is a biopic on popular BJP leader Late Gopinath Munde, with popular artistes like Sharad kelkar, Shruti Marathe, Dipti Bhagwat and others. This film is directed by Sakar Raut.
‘7 Roshan Villa’ directed by Abhijit Prabhakar Bhosale and starring Prasad Oak and Tejaswini Pandit in the lead role, is a suspense filled thriller. This film was to be released last year; but has found year 2016 as the right time for its release. One more film ‘Ek Hotee Rani’ has promised an unusual love story, with Aniket Vishwasrao & Minal Ghorpade in the lead. This film is directed by Prasad Tarkar. Finally, ‘Mr.& Mrs. Sadachari‘, which is a remake of a Kannada film, is a typical south style of film, with all the relevant masala like music, action and romance, to meet the requirement of a commercial entertaining film. Directed by Distributor turned director Ashish Wagh, the film stars Vaibhav Tatwawdi and Prarthana Behere in the lead roles.
So, let us wait till Friday, to see, which film bags maximum cinema halls and more importantly, which film invites maximum audience at ticket windows.
“I always love to be a student and learn new things” – Yogini Chouk
Renowned Marathi stage, television and film actress Yogini Chouk, despite her busy schedule, has joined her theatre group’s ( Theatre of Relevance) workshop at Oras, Sindhudurg , to motivate local students, who are being trained by expert theatre personality and founder of Theatre of Relevance, in theatre art Manjul Bharadwaj .
Manjul Bharadwaj is presently training the students from Agricultural College in Sindhudurg, along with his group members, Komal Khamkar, Ashwini Nadedkar and Sayali Pawaskar. These students are preparing a play on “Farmers suicide and challenges of Agriculture in modern India.”, which will be staged during the “Sindhu Agro Fest” to be held from 17-20 Feb.2016 and organised by Sindhudurg Zila Krushi Pratishthan.
While speaking about Mr. Manjul Bharadwaj, Yogini says,” ‘Theatre of Relevance’ has given me new way of learning & Manjul Bharadwaj , who is a renowned name in the world, has shown me this new path of knowledge. I always love to be a student and learn new things. ”
Tejaswini Pandit to play a strong female protagonist
By educating a girl child, we feel that enough has been done, for the progress of women in our country. But, in spite of advancement of women in every sector; still they have to shoulder responsibility at home front, even if they are working women. But, forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ticha Umbartha’ throws light on this important issue, showing the conflict on this debatable point.
Based on the story of well Known journalist Jayant Pawar ‘s Marathi drama, ‘Majha Ghar’, renowned action director of Bollywood Mr. Ravi Diwan has produced this film, which is directed by Pradeep Ghonsikar. Highlight of ‘Ticha Umbartha‘ film is that talented and beautiful actress Tejaswini Pandit is playing the central character of a female protagonist in this film, which also has popular Marathi TV stars Chinmay Mandlekar and Suyash Tilak in lead roles. The other important artistes of this film are, Jyoti Chandekar, Harsha Khandeparkar, Shital Shukla, Tulika Nikam, Bharat Sharma, Jayant Patekar, Abhinay Patekar and child artiste Aditi Sawant.
For Tejaswini Pandit, this is a big opportunity, to invite the attention of the audience to this issue and at the same time , to be eligible for popular awards for best actress. So much has been the strength of this role, according to the makers of this film. Even otherwise, the month of February seems to be lucky for her. Her two films are releasing this month.
Pooja Sawant survives, despite major fire during her event
The occasion was celebration on the occasion of ‘make in India’ event Maharashtra Rajani, at Mumbai’s Girgaon chaupati. It all happened, all of a sudden, as if it was a shooting for an action film. Big ‘B’ Amitabh Bachchan had just finished his event and popular Marathi actress Pooja Sawant stepped in to perform the popular Lavani ‘Mala Jaoo Dya Na Ghari…’ along with a group of dancers.
Though people seated in the front rows, including VIPs like chief minister of Maharashtra and delegates of different countries could see the fire spreading under the stage, actress Pooja Sawant and her group kept on going. Perhaps, they might have thought that it was artificially created smoke, which we usually see during such events. But, it was only when the security people went close to the stage shouting and asking them to leave the stage, they realized some trouble and left the podium.
There were many others, including actor Shreyas Talpade , Anchor Vivek Oberoi and 500 performers, including children, who were immediately shifted to a safer place. Though, it was a quick rescue operation, with no injuries, reported, Pooja is yet to recover from the shock.
Prasad Oak to direct an independent project ‘Kaccha Limbu’
As an actor, Prasad oak has acted in about 70 films besides doing same number of TV serials and Marathi dramas. Few years ago, he had also directed a Marathi film ‘Haay Kaay Naay kaay’ along with his friend Pushkar Shrotri. Now, he has found an independent project that too from his close friend and television serial director Mandar Devsthali, who has turned a producer with this new film titled ‘Kachha Limbu’. One more surprise in this film, will Ravi Jadhav, who will be performing as an actor.
The lead stars of this film are Sachin Khedekar, Sonali Kulkarni( Sr.), Ravi Jadhav, Manmeet Pem & Anant Mahadevan. Screenplay & dialogues of this film are written by Chinmay Mandlekar, while music will be provided by Rahul Ranade. For Prasad, this is a good opportunity to prove himself as a director.
‘Ek Hotee Rani’ promises an unusual Love Story
We have heard many bedtime stories from our grandparents, during our childhood. And, most of them, used to be about a King and his queen. Perhaps, inspired by such stories, Yogesh Nivrutti Bhalerao is presenting a Marathi film suitably titled ‘Ek Hotee Rani’, which is directed by Prasad Tarkar. The film is now ready for release on 19th February 2016.
Mr. Bhalerao has promised that his film will offer an unusual love story, between Salil and Rani, who meet each other under strange circumstances. And, how far their friendship takes them, is what the film’s story is about. In this film Aniket Vishwasrao plays the lead role, opposite Minal Ghorpade. The other important artistes of this film are, Kishori Ambiye, Usha Nadkarni, Uday Tikekar, Ashwini Ekbote, Kamlakar Satpute, Arun Kadam, Megha Dhade, Gayatri Deshmukh & Neha Thakur. With music by Salil Amrute & DOP Sitaram Sandhiri, the film has been shot at picturesque Goa.
First look of ‘Sangharsh Yatra’ promises a realistic biopic
Biopics of famous personalities from Maharashtra, have always received good response from Marathi film lovers. Best examples are films like ‘Dr.Prakash Baba Amte‘ & ‘Lokmanya‘. Actually, much depends on the research and hard work put in by the film maker, to present the important happenings in the lives of such people, in a realistic way. But, what is more important is the selection of artistes, as they should be acceptable by the audience.
Till now, we were not aware, as to how the lead actor Sharad Kelkar looks, while portraying the character of late Gopinath Munde. But, with the unveiling of the first look of ‘Sangharsh Yatra‘, we are all convinced that the prosthetic make up done by Mr. Pradeep Premgirikar for actor Sharad Kelkar, does make him look like the late dynamic leader of Maharashtra. Sharad has not only resembled him, with this special make up on his face, but he has also convincingly used the body language and style of the dialogue delivery of the leader.
We also had the glimpse of other important characters played by Shruti Marathe & Dipti Bhagwat, in this first look and they too are expected to give their best. Speaking about the delay in releasing this film, after announcement of its scheduled release, last month, the makers of the film, have jokingly put it, “ Mr. Munde was always in a habit of arriving late, for functions and meetings. Therefore, we felt that his film should also be released behind scheduled date.”
But, the day they have selected for release now, is 19th February 2016; which also happens to be the release date of four other films, namely, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’, ‘Vighnaharta Mahaganapati’, ‘Ek Hotee Rani’ & ‘7 Roshan Villa’. And, all of them are different types of films. So, we will have to wait and see, which film will be ahead in the race?
‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’ will have the south look with action and romance
Whether in Hindi or Marathi, every filmmaker while making his debut in direction, tries to play safe, with the remake of a popular south film. And, well known distributor of films, Mr. Ashish Wagh is no exception. Ashish opted for 2014 hit Kannada Film ‘Mr. & Mrs. Ramachari’, to make his debut film in Marathi, as a director. So, he named it as ‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’ in Marathi, which is now all set to release on 19th February 2016.
After watching the first look of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Sadachari’, we are convinced that it will have that typical south look, with romance , action, breakup and reunion at the end. Moreover, song n dance picturisation, with colourful costumes, hundreds of dancers and beautiful locations will be highlight of this film. Above all, to make the character of lead hero more powerful, there has to be a good villain. So, to counter the dynamic brave hero, he has opted for Vijay Andalkar , to play the negative role opposite him.
The film stars Prarthana Behere; so the glamour part has been taken care of, with her inclusion. Now, it remains to be seen, how this south Indian style, action based romantic musical film, will be accepted by Marathi film lovers? By the way, there are 3 to 4 more Marathi films, also to be released on the same day, along with this film.
Sujay Dahake returns full prepared with his science fiction ‘Phuntroo’
A talented film maker that he is, Sujay Dahake after coming into limelight with his debut film ‘Shala’ in 2011, had attempted an unusual film ‘Ajoba’ in 2014. However, his second film, received poor response from media and audience. Instead of feeling dejected , Sujay has bounced back with full preparation with first science fiction film in Marathi, ‘Phuntroo’. Today morning, he released the trailer of his dream project, which has certainly raised high expectations from this film.
While addressing the media, after releasing the trailer, Sujay did remind everybody about the bad experience he had, after making ‘Ajoba’, but with a smile on his face, he promised a unique theme, through this science fiction, presented through ‘Phuntroo’. “Right from the day one, I started writing script for this film, I had Ketaki Mategaonkar in mind, to play the lead character in this film. The selection of all other artistes was done by me personally, after watching the their performance in Marathi plays .And, they are all talented artistes. It was hard work, but display of excellent team work by the artistes and technical team, enabled me to complete this film, successfully,” he added. Producer of the film Krishika Lulla was also present on the occasion.
‘Phuntroo’, which is presented by Eros International, is all set to release on 11th March 2016. The film stars Ketaki Mategaonkar, Madan Devdhar, Shivraj Waichal, Shivani Rangole, Ruthuraj Shinde, Anshumanm Joshi & Rohit Nikam. The story of the film is set on the backdrop of an engineering campus, unfolding mystery about the experiment undertaken by one of the students. The other highlights of this film are, costumes designed by Banni Sethi , suitable makeup by Vinod Sarodhe, camera cranked by female DOP Archana Borhade and music by trio comprising of Hrishikesh Datar, Jasraj Joshi and Saurav Bhalerao .
Yogesh Raut seeks crowdfunding for his Marathi horror film ‘Episode 13′
‘Wishberry’ is a new risk-free way to raise funds for your ideas and bring them to life. It draws on the power of the people, to back your ideas. Not for financial return and definitely not for charity. But, to be a part of a community that brings your ideas to life. Yogesh Raut, Director and Writer of the hit television series, ‘Mano Ya Na Mano’, is making the first ever found footage Marathi Horror Film called ‘Episode 13′. At present, he is in the process of completing the post production work of this film. And, very soon, he is going ‘Live’ on ‘Wishberry’ to raise Rs. 15 lakhs and have exciting rewards for their funders.
According to him, For the first time ever, the Marathi film lovers will face a real scare, through his film. ‘Episode 13′ is based on real footage shot by a 4-member crew of a News Channel TV Show, which is investigating a family in a village in Maharashtra, who have allegedly locked themselves inside their home, for the past 8 years. Vijay himself is a trained actor from Whistling Woods International and has been trained under the guidance of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. So, let us hope something unique from this filmmaker.