Viraj all set to release his next film ‘Babanchi Shala’

Director R.Viraj, who made films like ‘Shyamche Vadil’, ‘Sangharsh’ and last year’s ‘Vajlach Pahije Game Ki Shinema’ , is all set to release his next Marathi film ‘Babanchi Shala’, which is based on a sensible story. The film is based on Neela Satyanarayan’s story, which about a prisoner Mahipat Ghorpade undergoing jail sentence and it’s effect on his family. It revolves around few important characters, Mahipat, his daughter Sonali, Jailor Shrikant Jamdade and social worker Neeta Satam.
‘Babanchi Shala’ has already won awards at various film festivals , prior to its release in theatres and has invited attention of many film lovers. The film stars Sayaji Shinde in the lead role, along with Shashank Shende, Aishwarya Narkar, Kamlesh sawant, Chaya kadam, Aarti More, Kartik Chavan, Umesh Bolke, Milind Adhikari and child artiste Gauri Deshpande. Usha Naik, Uday Tikekar,Dr.Vilas Ujavane & Sharad Bhutadia will be seen in special appearance in this film.
Produced by Vilas mane & Umesh Nathani, the film has music by Soham Pathak and Neela Satyanarayan. Screenplay & dialogues by Parag Kulkarni, cinematography by Ankush Birajdar and editing Nilesh Navnath Gavand are other credits of this film.
‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’ promises musical entertainment

Ashish Wagh is a big name in Film Corporate sector, having distributed about 300 films. Now, with the help of Utpal Acharya and Ommvir Mahadik, who are producers of this film, Ashish is making his debut as a director, through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’. On Monday evening, he released the music of his film, unveiling the video of all the five songs, which were shown to the media and other invitees, including Bollywood director Umesh Shukla( ‘OMG’ fame).
Lead pair of the film Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Prarthana Behere, anchored the show, by introducing all the concerned people behind every song as well as artistes and makers of the film. And, they really did a good job. All the five songs in this film promise musical entertainment , through this film, which is a tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, as there is one song ‘Jagadamb…’ which is all praise for the Great Maratha King. The film is also due for release on 19th February 2016, i.e. Shiv Jayanti day. There is also a romantic song picturised on lead pair in picturesque Mauritius. Watching all these songs, it gives an impression that the film has been made on a grand scale, with no compromise on colourful costumes, wonderful art work and beautiful locations.
Lyrics by Omkar Mangesh Datt, Guru Thakur & Pranit Kulkarni, the music of the songs has been composed by Pankaj Padghan & V.Harikrishna. Sayali Pankaj, Adarsh Shinde & Rohit Raut have rendered their voices for the songs. Sound by Anmol Bhave, DOP Balajee Ranga, choreographers Feroze A Khan, Subhash Nakashe art by Mahesh Salgaonkar & costumes by Salma Sultana Mansuri are the other credits. The other important artistes of this film are, Mohan Joshi. Pradeep Velankar, Vijay Andalkar, Prasad Javade, Uma Sardeshmukh, Anuja Sathe, kanchan Pagare, Sumukhi Pendse & Uday Nene.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar all praise for Marathi film ‘Police Line’

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has once again come forward to promote a Marathi film ‘Police Line – Ek Purna Satya’ , which has lyrics penned by his elder brother Nitin Tendulkar. Sachin while addressing the group of Policemen, during promotion of this film, has praised this film, for showing the bravery acts and hardships faced by Policemen in their day to day life. “I was really moved, after watching this film, DVD of which was sent to me by my elder brother.” he said.
It may be recalled, that in 2013, when Raju Paresekar released the music of his previous film ‘Sat Na Gat’, Sachin was personally present to release the music CD of this film, besides felicitating brave women, for their achievements in different fields. This time, he has preferred to promote his brother’s film, in this way, which is also good, for film’s promotion.
‘Police Line’ produced by Vaishali pawar & Rupali pawar, is directed by Raju Parsekar and stars Santosh Juvekar, Sayali Sanjeev , Nisha Parulekar, Nutan Jayant, Jayweant wadkar, Pradeep Kabre, Vijay Kadam, Swapnil Rajshekhar in lead roles. The film is all set to release on 5th February 2016.
Cricket to come alive through ‘Well Done Bhalya’

The game of cricket plays a very important role in offering sports entertainment, in our country. The popularity of this game was clearly indicated, when there were grand celebrations by the lovers of this game, when the Indian Cricket team won the Cricket world cup twice i. e. in 1983 and 2011.
Set on the backdrop of this crazy game, producers K. Chaitali, Amol Kale and director Nitin Kamble are offering a new Marathi film ‘ Well Done Bhalya’ , which revolves around an Adivasi boy, for whom cricket is just a passion and he can not live without this game.
The film stars Ramesh Deo, Sanjay Narvekar, Alka Kubal, Mitalee Jagtap, Ganesh Yadav, Sharad Ponkshe, Sanjay Khapre, Anshuman Vichare and others. Child artiste Nandkumar Solkar plays the central role of Bhalya, in this film.
Music by Trupti Chavan and DOP I Giridhar & Sher Singh Rajput are other credits of this film, which will be released soon.
Is Murli Sharma emerging as the new Villain in Marathi films ?

After his marriage to well known actress Ashwini Kalsekar, Murli Sharma is taking keen interest in Marathi language. Till now, we have watched his performance in Marathi films like ‘Ajintha’ and ‘Vijay Aso’. In ‘Poshter Boyz’ he played a cameo along with his wife Ashwini. In his acting career of past 13 years, Murli has performed in about 75 to 80 Hindi, Marathi & South films. But now, he has found a very big role of a main villain, in Sanjay Jadhav’s film ‘Guru’. And, Murli has highly impressed the Marathi film lovers, with his performance and proficiency in Marathi language.
When MarathiMovieWorld.com spoke to him recently, after watching his performance in this film, he thanked Sanjay Jadhav, for considering him suitable, to play this dangerous character of Mansing. Murli was also all praise for Ankush Choudhari, for being so friendly with him, during the course of shooting. “All Marathi artistes are very talented and I really enjoyed working with all of them.” he said. By the way, Murli will also be seen in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ghantaa’, which is also a very good film, according to him.
‘Ek Albela’ first look gives a glimpse of Bhagwan dada’s life
We are all aware that forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ek Albela’ is a biopic on the life of popular actor Bhagwan Dada. And, the highlight of this film is that well known Bollywood actress Vidya Balan is making her debut in Marathi through this film, playing the role of Geeta Bali. So, obviously, few original songs have to be retained in this film too and the first look of this film, does make this clear. However, it remains to be seen, whether Vidya has her dialogues in Marathi, because the character she is playing is of a Hindi actress.
Now, we also understand that ‘Janiva‘ and ‘Lord of Shingnapur‘ actress Vaibhavi Shandilya is playing the role of Muslim girlfriend of Bhagwan Dada. Going through the first look of this film, it is also observed that some of the scenes are in black n white, to give a realistic look. But, it is also interesting to see, how music director Santosh Mulekar has composed the music of this film, as his music will be compared with the original music of C.Ramachandra. However, producer Monish Babre and Director Shekhar Sartandel are not compromising on perfect set design, for which they have engaged the best art director Baban Adagale, who had designed sets for films like ‘Ramleela’ and ‘Dabang’. They have also engaged the best make up man Vaidhyadhar Bhatte. And, make up for Mangesh Desai noticed in the first look, clearly indicates his perfection. Now, let us wait and see, how this film is promoted, in days to come.
‘Ganvesh’ gets ready with promotion with release of teaser

Produced by Vijayate Entertainment, forthcoming Marathi Film ‘Ganvesh’ directed by Cameraman turned director Atul Jagdale, is getting ready for release. Recently, as part of its promotion, the teaser of this film was released, on the occasion of India’s Republic day. The three lead artistes of this film, Mukta Barve, Kishore Kadam & Smita Tambe made official announcement of the same, at Swatantryaveer Savarkar Memorial, at Shivaji Park, Mumbai.
The film’s subject throws light on the neglected areas of the administration, like Corruption, unemployment & poverty. The director has tried to present this film in a humorous way, with the help of music and good performances by talented artistes, who are part of this film. Tejas Ghatge has written the script of this film, while music is composed by Nihar Shembekar. Popular singers like Nandesh Umap and Urmila Dhangar have rendered their voices for the songs in this film, penned by Guru Thakur, who is also performing in this film.
The other artistes of ‘Ganvesh‘ movie are, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Sharad Ponkshe, Nagesh Bhosale, Jayant Savarkar, Ganesh Yadav, Suhas Palshikar & others.
Popular TV stars come together in the film ‘Ticha Umbartha’

Chinmay Mandlekar, Suyash Tilak and Tejaswini Pandit , are part of different ongoing Marathi TV serials and programmes. All three of them will now be seen together in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ticha Umbartha’, which is due for release on 26th February 2016.
‘Ticha Umbartha‘ is produced by popular action director of Bollywood , Ravi Diwan and is directed by Pradeep Ghonsikar. Two companies, namely STN Networks Pvt.Ltd. and Pickle Entertainment are distributor’s of this film.The other artistes of this film are Jyoti Chandekar, Sheetal Shukla, Harsha Khandeparkar, Tulika Prakash Nikam, Bharat Sharma, Jayant Patekar, child star Aditi Sawant and others.
Cinematography by Yogesh Jani, art by Nitin Desai and music by Shreyas- Preet are the other credits of the film.
‘पसंत आहे मुलगी’ मालिकेतून रेशम प्रशांत आणि अभिषेक देशमुख ही फ्रेश जोडी प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस

लग्नाच्या गाठी स्वर्गातच जुळतात पण खाली त्या गाठी जुळवण्यासाठी अनेकजण आधार घेतात ते जन्मपत्रिकेचा आणि पंचागांचा. मुला मुलीच्या राशींपासून ते त्यांच्या कुंडलीत असणा-या ग्रहांची आणि गुणांची तपासणी करूनच लग्नाची ही बोलणी पुढे सरकते. परंतु ज्यांचं लग्न होणार आहे त्या दोघांची मने जुळलेली असतील तर मग पत्रिका जुळण्याची गरज खरंच उरते का ? पत्रिकेतील ग्रह एखाद्याच्या नात्याचं भविष्य ठरवू शकतात का ? या प्रश्नांवरच आधारित एक नवी मालिका ‘पसंत आहे मुलगी ’ झी मराठी ह्या वाहिनीवर २५ जानेवारीपासून दाखल झाली असून सोमवार ते शनिवार रात्री ८.०० वा. ही प्रसारित होणार आहे.
‘पसंत आहे मुलगी ’ या मालिकेतून उर्मी आणि वासूच्या भूमिकेतून रेशम प्रशांत आणि अभिषेक देशमुख ही फ्रेश जोडी प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस येत आहे. याशिवाय मालिकेत डॉ. गिरीश ओक, मेघना वैद्य, पद्मनाभ बिंड, केतकी सराफ, नम्रता कदम यांच्याही महत्त्वाच्या भूमिका आहेत. नितीन वैद्य आणि निनाद वैद्य यांच्या दशमी क्रिएशन्सची निर्मिती, समीर विद्वांस यांची संकल्पना असलेल्या या मालिकेचे दिग्दर्शन राजू सावंत यांनी केलं आहे.
‘Cheater’ first look poster unveiled

Film maker Ajay Phansekar, who has shot 70% of his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Cheater’ in Mauritius, recently completed the last schedule of his shooting in Pune. Now, he is getting ready to release his film on 1st April 2016. As part of his film’s first promotion, he recently released the first look poster of his film, starring Vaibhav Tatwawadi in lead role. The film also stars Hrishikesh Joshi, Pooja Sawant, Aasavari Joshi,Suhas Joshi and others.
Highlight of this film is ‘Jhakri’ form of dance and two songs rendered by popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam, on the music of Abhijit Narvekar. The other songs are rendered by popular Marathi singers Avadhoot Gupte, Urmila Dhangar & Anandi Joshi. The film’s story, screenplay and dialogues are written by Ajay himself, with camera handled by B.Laxman.

