Hemant Dhome is back to script writing with ‘Poshter Girl’
Known for his wonderful timing for comedy, Hemant Dhome has succeeded in inviting the attention of audience, while performing on stage and also in front of the camera. But, not many people are aware of his identity as a scriptwriter. Hemant has already written script of films like ‘Satrangi Re’(2012) and ‘Kshanbhar Vishranti’ (2010), in the past. But, he had maintained a low profile as a writer.
Now, Hemant is back to script writing after a gap of 3 years, with new Marathi film ‘Poshter Girl’, which was launched recently, with muhurat . Luckily for Hemant, he has found the support of a big names like Pushpank Gawde & Hadi Ali Abraar , who were behind the production of ‘hit Marathi film ‘Poshter Boyz’. In fact, Hemant was so impressed by the film ‘Poshter Boyz’ that he wrote the script of a new script and suitably titled it as ‘Poshter Girl’. He then discussed about it with his wife Kshitee and later with friend Pushpank and Hadi Ali Abraar, who liked it.
Later, they engaged Poshter Boyz director, Sameer Patil for this project. But, the best thing to happen to this project was that Viacom18, who were till now into distribution and marketing of films, have themselves decided to produce this Marathi film for the first time. And, that’s a big news for Hemant Dhome. Amitraj is the music director of this film.
MarathiMovieWorld spoke to Hemant, to know more about this film. According to Hemant, through this film, he wanted to pay respect to women. “In this film ‘Poshter Girl’ Sonalee Kulkarni plays the central character and the story of this film revolves around her. I don’t want to disclose much about this rural based film; but, I can only say that behind this successful woman in this film, there are many men. I am myself playing one of the characters in this film, along with Aniket Vishwasrao, Jitendra Joshi, Hrishikesh Joshi, Siddharth Menon, Sandeep Pathak, Akshay Tanksale and others.” he said.
Finally, ‘Highway’ to declare open on 28th August
At present, the Mumbai-Pune expressway is under repairs, due to heavy landslide, as a result of which, commuters are facing hardships, due to heavy traffic jams. But, one failed to understand, what was the technical problem in the opening of Marathi film ‘Highway – Ek Selfie Aarpar’ on 24th July 2015. Its opening was postponed . But now finally, this ‘Highway’ will be declared open on 28th August 2015; perhaps, before the Mumbai Pune Expressway will be fully operational.
One is compelled to believe, the real reason for postponement could have been Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ which was released during Eid on 17th July 2015 and was expected to do good business. But makers of Highway gave a reason of ‘technical glitch’ for postponement of release. Now producer Vinay Ganu has categorically announced that their problems have been addressed successfully and their movie will release on 28th August 2015, positively.
Highway is produced under the banners Aarbhat Kalakruti and Karpus Films and is directed by ‘Deool’ fame Umesh Kulkarni. Writer-Actor Girish Kulkarni is playing prominent role and has been ably supported by Renuka Shahane, Mukta Barve, Sunil Barve, Huma Qureshi, Tisca Chopra, Satish Alekar, Kishor Kadam, Chhaya Kadam, Nagraj Manjule, Nandkishore Choughule, Vidhyadhar Joshi and others.
‘Tu Hi Re’ music launch had a fragrance of a talcum powder
The occasion was music release of the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Tu Hi Re’ directed by Sanjay Jadhav. Time was 7.30 pm on Monday 3rd August and the location was ‘The Club’, Andheri. But, for the next one hour the invitees and media persons were only made to watch continuously, the A.V. of the first look and a specially made advertisement, where the leading lady of the film Saie Tamhankar was seen sprinkling the popular Talcum powder brand. With the repeated run of the ad, it gave a feeling , as if the fragrance of the talcum powder, had spread across the hall.
With the chief guest Sachin Pilgaonkar arriving late, the function was delayed; but, thanks to the brilliant anchoring by Pushkar Shrotri , who made the tired audience happy, with his timely pranks, on the film and people involved in it, especially those connected with the music of this film. After all, it was their day. But, the music was played so loud that it gave a feeling of a disco. Those who gave live performance, by singing the songs from this film, were Adarsh Shinde, Bela Shende, Urmila Dhangar,Vaishali Samant & Sayali Pankaj.
After Pushkar Shrotri interacted with all the three music directors Amitraj, Pankaj Padghan , Shashank Powar and lyricist Guru Thakur, he invited director Sanjay Jadhav and lead artistes of the film Swapnil Joshi, Tejaswini Pandit, Saie Tamhankar & Sushant Shelar one by one, to narrate their individual experiences about the film. But, it was Tejaswini Pandit, who is playing a glam girl in this film, invited all the attention. She looked gorgeous, in her decent pink costume, perhaps, specially designed for the occasion. The music CD of the film was then released at the hands of Sachin Pilgaonkar, who surprisingly did not give any speech. The CD contains five songs. The hosts also announced a Dreamflower Girl contest, till the release of film.And, the winner will get a chance, in the next film of Sanjay Jadhav.
Among those dignitaries present on the occasion were Producers of this film Mrudula Padval Oza,Shital Manere, Ashish Wagh, Utpal Acharya,Sanjay Ghodawat, Hindustan Unilever Executive Nandan Sundaram , besides other celebrity guests, like Nishikant kamat, Gajendra Ahire, Swapna Waghmare, Mrinal Kulkarni, Subodh Bhave, Girija Oak, Priya Bapat, Bavesh Janavlekar – Deputy Business Head at Zee Talkies and the artistes of TV serial ‘Duniyadari’. ‘Tu Hi Re’ is all set to release on 4th September 2015. So, the countdown has begun.
चित्रपुष्प मराठी चित्रपट महोत्सव २०१५
पुण्यात येत्या ७ तारखेपासून, एन के इंटरप्राईजेस प्रस्तुत अनघा इवेन्ट्स च्या वतीने चित्रपुष्प मराठी चित्रपट महोत्सवाचे आयोजन करण्यात आले आहे. या चित्रपट महोत्सवात प्रदर्शित झालेले आणि येणाऱ्या काळात प्रदर्शित होणारे चित्रपट दाखवण्यात येतील .या मध्ये अगबाई अरेच्चा२, युद्ध , ढोल ताशे, म्हैस , सत ना गत हे पाच प्रदर्शित झालेले आणि भविष्यात प्रदर्शित होणारे बाबांची शाळा , ७ रोशन व्हिला, वाक्या, तिचा उंबरटा, वन टू थ्री फोर हे चित्रपट दाखविण्यात येणार आहे. विशेष म्हणजे या चित्रपटांच्या संदर्भातील कलाकार,दिग्दर्शक,निर्माते ,संगीतकार आणि तंत्रज्ञ यांच्या समवेत चित्रपट जाणून घेण्याची संधी प्रेक्षकांना उपलब्ध होईल.
या चित्रपट महोत्सवात चित्रपट सृष्टीतील अनेक दिग्गज मान्यवरांना आमंत्रित करण्यात आले आहे . प्रदर्शित आणि येणाऱ्या काळात प्रदर्शित होणाऱ्या अश्या दोन्ही विभागाकरिता पुरस्कार चित्रपटाना प्रदान करण्यात येईल. दिनांक ७, ८ आणि ९ ऑगस्ट २०१५ या तीन दिवसा मध्ये हा मराठी चित्रपट महोत्सव आर्काइव्ह थेटर ,लॉ कॉलेज रोड पुणे येथे प्रेक्षकांसाठी सकाळी १० ते रात्री ९ पर्यंत सुरु असणार आहे .
प्रवेशिका खालील ठिकाणांवरून मिळतील.
१) अखिल भारतीय मराठी चित्रपट महामंडळ, पुणे
२) सिद्धांत मिडिया अँन्ड पब्लिसिटी, पुणे
३) पर्पल, पुणे
४) नेक्स्ट जेनरेशन न्यूज, पुणे
५) इन ऑरबीट मॉल पुणे
‘Phuntroo’ – Marathi’s first science fiction launched with muhurat
Known for his hit Marathi film ‘Shala’. Film maker Sujay Dahake is now making Marathi’s first science fiction film, suitably titled ‘Phuntroo’. The new look of leading lady of the film , Ketaki Mategaonkar has already flashed on the social networking sites, receiving good response from her fans.
Now, the film was launched officially with muhurat performed by producer Krishika Lulla, who is making her debut as a producer for the first time in Marathi, after giving a successful Bollywood hit ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ recently. Ajay Thakur is the co producer of this film. The film will be directed by Sujay Dahake, who has himself written the story of this film.
Besides being a science fiction, the film will also present a love story, supported by music. Along with Ketaki, the other artistes of the film are Mandar Deodhar, Shivraj waichal, Shivani rangole, Ruturaj Shinde, Anshuman Joshi and Rohit Nikam.
Mahesh Rajmane’s ‘Unmatta’ will be a Sci-Fi horror film
Some filmmakers are passionate about making horror films. Pune based Mahesh Rajmane is one of them. Last year Mahesh made an action packed adventure n horror film ‘Mukkam Post Dhanori’ with all new comers. Now, he is busy in the making of another Sci Fi genre action horror film titled ‘Unmatta’, which in Sanskrit means intoxicated, insane or crazy.
MarathiMovieWorld spoke to Mahesh Rajmane, who was more than happy to talk about his forthcoming film. “In fact sci-fi horror is a genre, which is rarely seen in Indian Cinema. My film is not futuristic , its subject is scientific. In terms of action, we are choreographing very high quality of action sequences, which involve martial arts like Judo and Wing Chun. We are sure to bring high quality martial arts in Marathi films, for the first time. In short, ‘Unmatta’ falls under philosophical horror category, a genre crafted by Masters like HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe.” he said.
Speaking about his passion for films with such a subject, Mahesh said, “I had seen the film ‘Alien’ by Ridley Scott during my college days and was highly influenced by it. It was this film, which made me fall for science fiction horrors. But, my drive to actually work on a Sci- Fi horror genre initiated almost one and half year ago, when I had very detailed horror experience, in my dream. Since then, I had been working on this script. It took almost a year of writing and re-writing, to be convinced that this script can now be actually converted into a movie. I then discussed the script with our team and they really liked it. That’s how ‘Unmatta’ was born. The film will be subtitled in English , as we wish to reach wider audience, across India.”
So, ‘Unmatta’ will be a science fiction movie, that’s what we understand. Primary Language of this film will be Marathi, though the makers are also going to shoot this film in Hindi too. The film will be targeted at youth, and the work on screenplay is already over. At present Mahesh is busy with special effects work , since there will be lot of work in this area; but at the same time he is busy with fight choreography scenes. He is also busy with auditions and is also looking for co producers, as the present budget is tight. According to Mahesh, his lead characters (a female and a male) should be extremely fit and able to do difficult fight sequences. In all, there will be five main characters (2 female and 3 male), all of whom should be college students in the age group of 18 to 25 yrs age. So, those deserving talented artistes may try their luck.
Prabhat Chitra Mandal celebrate 47th Anniversary
“When a Marathi film is screened by us, before its formal release, it goes on to receive critical acclaims film fests and critics.Best examples are films like, ‘Shwaas’ & ‘Harishchandrachi Factory”, Santosh Pathare, secretary Prabhat Chitra Mandal, was claiming, during the first ever screening of an unreleased Marathi film ‘Chuk bhul Dyawi Ghyawi’. Initially, Kiran Shantaram, President of Prabhat Chitra Mandal welcomed the director and artists . Prabhat Chitra Mandal is one of the oldest Film Societies of India and the screening of ‘Chuk Bhul Dhyavhi Ghyavhi’ was part of the celebration of their 47th anniversary at Y B Chavan auditorium in Mumbai.
Before the start of the screening, director Viju Mane, who is in the limelight these days for his short film Ek Hota Kau being part of ‘Bioscope’, was reluctant to talk and said “I won’t say anything now, because my film will talk.” He was all praise for Makarand Anaspure, one of the leading artists in the film and said, “Makarand is one of the very few marathi artists, who follow international cinema passionately and contrary to his screen image, he’s a serious person off-screen. I was always fascinated with road movies. And when I decided to make this one, a lot of research went into the project. I have tried to address the problem of indiscriminately increasing number of divorces in Maharashtra’s premium cities through entertainment.”
Mrunmayee Deshpande who also is part of the film, was candid in admitting her role being small and commented, “As ‘pickle’ enhances the taste of food in a Maharashtrian ‘Thali’, same is my role, though small but important.” Makarand Anaspure enthusiastically said that , he enjoyed being part of this movie. “Viju gave me full freedom, to design my role in this film. I have purposefully moved away from my trademark Marathwada dialect and have adopted a rural dialect of Western Maharashtra.”
The film is still in the process of giving finishing touches to its technical side and the makers will announce its official release date very soon.
Bhushan Patil goes on district wise campaign for ‘Olakh’
Promotion of Marathi films at district places other than Mumbai, Thane and Pune in Maharashtra is very important. Makers of Marathi film ‘Olakh‘ have perhaps realized this, as the lead actor of the film and six pack holder young actor Bhushan Patil has been campaigning heavily, at such places. Last week he covered five district places, covering about 17 to 18 colleges and interacted with nearly 2 lakh students . And, he has been receiving very good response from students. Incidentally, Bhushan is from a village in Dhule district of Maharashtra.
The film is targeted at youth and presents a subject, which would appeal to them. Along with Bhushan, the film also stars talented Khushboo Tawde in the lead role. Presented by Lehar Entertainment, the film is produced by Harshadeep Sasan , co produced by Sheetal Rajaveer and is directed by Jameel Khan. Veteran actress Alka Kubal also plays a prominent role in this film.
Mahesh Manjrekar unveils the music of ‘3:56 Killari’
Actor- film maker Mahesh Manjrekar recently released music of Marathi film ‘3:56 Killari’. In presence of the entire team of the film, except Jackie Shroff and Sai Tamhankar , who were absent. The film is Produced by Girish Sathe, Directed by Deepak Bhagwat and Vijay Mishra and stars Jackie Shroff, Sai Tamhankar, child actress Gauri Ingawale, Anurag Sharma, Pankaj Vishnu, Shrikant Moghe, Rama Joshi & others. The film is made under the banner of DG’s Entertainment.
Based on the backdrop of devastating earthquake that struck village Killari off Latur district, the film narrates the stories of many innocent people , who were victims of this natural calamity. Actually, the story of the film revolves around a girl who dies in this earthquake and is reborn again in a nearby village. In this strange happening, the girl remembers herself by her old name and goes to find her previous identity. Sai Tamhankar and Jackie Shroff help her to trace her identity
Written by Deepak Bhagwat, DOP of this film is Vijay Mishra, with Music and Background music provided by Chinar Mahesh.
Subodh Bhave pays tributes to Lokmanya Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak is considered as pioneer of India’s independence movement. He was the first one to reach out to people at the grass root level, awakening among them the need for freedom movement. His famous words ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’ are still fresh in the memory of Indians. To commemorate his 159th birth anniversary scheduled on 1st August, , Lokmanya Seva Sangh Vile Parle, along with C M Joshi Dilasaa Kendra, had designed a programme ,which comprised of discussions with the people associated with recently released Marathi film ‘Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush’.
Pradeep Bhide and Avadhoot Paralkar held the reins of the discussion, with Subodh Bhave (who has played the role of Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the film), Kaustubh Savarkar (writer of the film ), took part in the discussion. Answering a question, about how difficult it was to select a subject of Lokmanya, Subodh Bhave replied, that it was a difficult decision, as he was not prepared to play Tilak, initially. “In fact, my knowledge about Tilak was as limited as everyone around. But, one day, my actor friend Sharad Ponkshe, gifted me a book on Lokmanya. It was so fascinating, that I completed it start to finish and my whole perspective changed. Even otherwise, I wanted to do something about the subject and coincidentally Om Raut offered me this role. And after his detailed narration, made me rethink about my reluctance, as he was very sure of, what he was getting into.” said Subodh.
When asked about insertions and deletions of incidents from Tilak’s life in the film, Kaustubh Savarkar also admitted about his limited knowledge on this subject. “We wanted to present Tilak’s thoughts, through this film and did not want it to be a biopic. Again, we incorporated a dialect, which could appeal to all and settled for an amalgamation of language pattern of that era and today’s time.” he reminisced. Incidentally Kaustubh’s father, veteran actor Jayant Savarkar, was also present at the event. Pradeep Bhide too, shared his views on Tilak and narrated couple of incidents which brought tears to his eyes. A lady in audience shared an incident from Tilak’s life and she happened to be Lokmanya’s fifth generation grand-daughter.
Subodh Bhave finally concluded, “Tilak’s larger than life, his zeal to fight Britishers, his intellect and self-belief and nationalistic views right from his younger days , is remarkable. He can easily be termed as ‘India’s first Dabang’.”