स्टाईलिश ‘गुरु’ २२ जानेवारीला प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस
मराठी सिनेमासृष्टीत दर वर्षी नवीन नवीन विषयांवर आणि वेग वेगळे प्रयोग होताना आपल्याला दिसतायेत. त्यातील अनेक सिनेमांना प्रेक्षेकांची चांगली पसंती मिळतीये. शिवाय मराठी तिकीट बारीवर सुपरहिट सिनेमांची सख्या सुद्धा वाढतीये.
दुनियादारी, प्यारवाली लव्हस्टोरी, तू ही रे यांसारखे रोमँटिक सिनेमे देणारे संजय जाधव ह्या वर्षाची सुरवात आपल्या ‘गुरु‘ ह्या सिनेमाने करत आहेत. अंकुश चौधरीची मुख्य भूमिका असलेला हा सिनेमा अॅक्शन, रोमँटिक, ड्रामा असणार आहे . नुकताच या सिनेमाचा ट्रेलर प्रदर्शित करण्यात आला. इरॉस इंटरनॅशनल, बॅगपायपर सोडा आणि ड्रीमिंग ट्वेंटी फोर सेव्हन यांनी मिळून सिनेमाची निर्मिती केली आहे. दुनियादारी नंतर, डबल सीट, दगडी चाळ अश्या सिनेमांतून , प्रेक्षेकांमध्ये स्टाईल आयकॉन म्हणून विषेश प्रसिद्ध असलेला अंकुश चौधरीची गुरूच्या ट्रेलरमधून आपली वेगळी ‘स्टाईल’ असल्याचे दिसून येते आहे.
अगदी साउथ तडका अॅक्शन सिक्वेन्स आपल्याला ह्यात दिसतो. अंकुश सोबतचा उर्मिला कानेटकर हीचा मँगोडॉली लूक ही आपल्याला यातून पाहायला मिळतो आहे. येत्या २२ जानेवारीला गुरु हा सिनेमा महाराष्ट्रासह सर्वत्र प्रदर्शित होणार आहे. एंटरटेनमेंटचं कमप्लीट पॅकेज असलेला हा सिनेमा प्रेक्षकांचे निखळ मनोरंजन करून, सर्वाधिक कमाई करत लोकप्रिय होईल अशी आशा करूया .
Lifetime Achievement award for Sarla Yevlekar
Veteran Marathi and Hindi film actress Sarla Yevlekar, was conferred with Life Time achievement award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Marathi Sanskrutik karya Trust, yesterday evening in Mumbai. The award was presented to her by Mr. Kiran Shantaram and Maharashtra Cultural Minister Mr. Vinod Tawde, in presence of many dignitaries from the Marathi film industry and special invitees.
Overwhelmed by this gesture, Sarla Yevlekar thanked the organisers, for selecting her for this award. She also thanked the cultural minister, for his presence and Mr. Kiran Shantaram, for personally presenting this award to her. She talked about her memories and association with late film maker V.Shantaram, father of Mr. Kiran Shantaram. Incidentally, Sarla Yevlekar was part of V.Shantaram’s film ‘Pinjara’.
Dadasaheb Phalke Trust which is headed by Ad. Mohanrao Pingale & Deepali Syed had organised this award event, which is in its third year. Apart from giving awards to the artistes and film makers, they also felicitate technicians and workers in Marathi film industry. The best film award went to ‘Candle March’. Ankush Choudhari and Sumeet Raghavan shared the best actor’s award, while Sonali Kulkarni ( Sr.) received the best actress award. Paresh Mokashi was awarded the best director’s trophy.
Among the other award winners in other categories were, Makarand Anaspure, Varsha Usgaonkar, Prarthana Behere, Aroh Velankar, Pushkar Shrotri, Usha Naik , Sharad kelkar Janhavi Prabhu Arora, Shrikant Bojewar, Guru Thakur, Ajay Atul, Prasad Bhende, Umesh Jadhav & others. The ‘Shramashreya’ awards were presented to Arun Pillai, Balu Kamble, Madhukar Choughule, Vilas Salokhe & Spot Dada Bbalasaheb. Youngsters Siddharth Chandekar & Mrunmayee Deshpande anchored the show, in which besides the awards, some skits and dance items were also presented by Marathi celebrities. Swapni Joshi & Sachit Patil promoted their forthcoming film on this occasion, while Rakesh Bapat & Vaidehi Parshurami performed a dance together, to promote their forthcoming film.
Sad demise of Well Known Marathi poet Mangesh Padgaonkar
Well Known poet from Maharashtra, Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar is no more. He passed away at his Mumbai residence, after a brief illness. Born on 10-March 1929, in Vengurla, Sindhudurg District in Maharashtra Mr. Padgaonkar later came to Mumbai and studied his Master of Arts degree in Marathi and Sanskrit from the University of Mumbai. He taught Marathi at Ruia College for some years. He married Yashoda Padgaonkar and had three children.
Mr. Padgaonkar started writing poems from the age of 14. ‘Tuz pahile tav pahile, he pushpa rudayatale’ was his first poem. He had written poems for more than 70 years . His songs ‘Ashi Pakhare yeti’, ‘Shukratara mand Vara ..’ ‘Sang Sang Bholanath’, ‘Bhatukalichya Khelamadhali’ , ‘Ya Janmawar’ , ‘Dolyanmadhale aasoo Pusati’, ‘Ya Jaganyawar Shatada Prem Karawe’ and his poem ‘Salaam’ were most popular. He has penned lyrics for many Marathi films and his lyrics were last heard in Marathi film ‘Coffee Aani Barach kahi’ film, released earlier this year.
Padgaonkar has 40 publications to his credit. Padgaonkar had translated the works of Mirabai and published a book ‘Mira’ in 1965. He has also translated works of Kabir and Surdas in Marathi along with Shakesphere’s plays The Tempest, Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet. These translations have been included in the Shakespeare Memorial at British town of Stratford, upon Avon. The only other Indian author whose poems are included in the memorial is Rabindranath Tagore. His latest translations of Bible: The New Testament was published in 2008.
Recently Padgaonkar also published his experiences of poetry writing in the book “Shodh Kavitecha”. He was recipient of Padmabhooshan award,Sahitya Academy award and the Maharashtra Bhooshan award. His funeral will take place at 3pm at Sion crematorium. MarathiMovieworld prays for his soul to rest in peace.
Amruta Khanvilkar
प्रेम म्हणजे प्रेम म्हणजे प्रेम असतं….. ❤ #MangeshPadgaokar #RIP
— Amruta Khanvilkar (@miamruta) December 30, 2015
Subodh Bhave
Aaj Marathi sahityatla ek Moti Nikhalala…Mangesh Padgaonkar sir. Tumchya Kavita tumhala Amchya manat Kayam jivant thevtil
Dr. Mohan Agashe felicitated at Third Eye Asian Film Fest
We are all aware that the 14th Third eye Asian Film Festival is in progress. On Tuesday evening the Asian Film Foundation & P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy jointly felicitated veteran actor Dr.Mohan Agashe , for his performance in the film ‘Astu’. It may be recalled that Dr. Agashe had recently won the Filmfare award, for his performance in the same film. Even otherwise, ‘Astu’ had won many popular awards in the recent past.
Speaking on the occasion Dr. Agashe said that those who studied the language of cinema in depth, are able to understand language of this media very well. On this occasion Mr. Dilip Bapat from Baburao Painter Film Society, Kolhapur was also conferred upon an award in memory of late Satyajit Ray. Mr. Bapat was overwhelmed with this gesture from the hosts. He announced that he was dedicating his award to his wife and close associates.
‘Chahato Mi Tula’ – Another love story offering New pair
We have seen stories of young lovers in films like ‘Time Pass’ and ‘Urfi’. Now, another love story of young lovers is being offered by Kavisha Productions through their new film ‘Chahato Mee Tula’, which is all set to release on 15th January 2016. Through this film, a fresh pair is being introduced, who are shown tasting their love at first sight.Newcomers Meghan Jadhav and Mitila Mirajkar play the young pair in this film. And, it remains to be seen, how their chemistry works, when the film is released.
This film is presented by Bharat Shah, while it is produced , written and directed by Vishal Puwar. The other technical areas have been managed by cinematographer C.Jagan, choreographer Raju- Shabana & music director Milind More. The other lead characters in the film are portrayed by Prasad Oak, Shruti Marathe, Sulekha Talwalkar, Vidyadhar Joshi, Bharat Ganeshpure & Ananda karekar.
Anand Abhyankar remembered on his third death anniversary
Well Known Marathi stage ,TV and Film actor Anand Abhyankar is no more. 3 years ago he died in a road accident, on Mumbai Pune Expressway on 23rd December 2012, while returning from shooting in Pune. Now, his family members remember him, every year, by hosting an event titled ‘AnandRang’ in his memory, to felicitate a technician or a worker from our Marathi film industry.
This year being the third anniversary, the beneficiary of the award was Mohammed Chacha, who has served this industry for more than forty years, doing multiple services, such as Spot Boy, Tea boy and other miscellaneous duties. He also suggested home remedies for different ailments. Mohammed Chacha has been associated with film maker Sanjay Jadhav’s unit for the past several years. On Sunday 26th December 2015, the award was presented to him at the hands of actress Sukanya Kulkarni-Mone, in presence of Anand’s mother Ashadevi,wife Anjali and daughter Sanika. Few celebrities like Sharad Ponkshe, Ashwini Ekbote and others were also present at the event.
Anand always encouraged the people behind the screen, behind the stage and on the sets, who put in hard work in making the play, serial and film a success. Mohammed Chacha is also one of them. While speaking on the occasion, he recalled his experience with Mr. Abhyankar and praised him for his terrific sense of humour.
During his acting career, Mr. Abhyankar had performed variety of roles on stage, television and films. His performance in comedy show ‘Fu Bai Fu’ and his portrayal of head of the family Dinanath Shastri in TVserial ‘Asambhav’ are still fresh in the memory of home viewers.
‘Athang’ is a dream project of Milind Gawali
Every actor has an ambition to produce and direct his own film one day. Popular Marathi actor Milind Gawali , known for his rural based films, has performed in about 100 films. Now, he is all excited to release his own film ‘Athang’. Milind will play three different roles through his dream project. He has not only performed in this film; but has produced and directed it.
Through ‘Athang’, Milind has presented the story of a talented orphan girl Shilpa and her struggle in life. One fine day, she gets a Rose in gift and her life changes. Actually, this is a complicated tale; but Milind claims that he has tried to give justice to this story. The main artistes in the film are, Tanvi Hegde, Smita Shewale, Milind Gavali, Amit Dolawat, Pooja Nayak, Bhooshan Ghadi, Mouisami hadkar, Shital Gaikwad & child artiste Karishma Patade.
Music by Pandit Sharang Dev and Cinematography by Aniket K. Are other credits of the film.
Theatre workshop for Children in Navi Mumbai
Theatre of Relevance – Children’s Theatre will be conducting a workshop ‘Chala Kheluya Natak’ for the children , in the age group of 6 and 15 years, in Navi Mumbai, from 28th to 31st December 2015. Last month, they had conducted, one such workshop successfully at Dombivali. The training in this workshop will enable the children to develop their natural skills in acting. This will comprise of Removing stage fear, introduction to acting, actual performance in a play, Voice modulation, personality development, dance, writing and direction.
This workshop will be conducted by International Theatre artist Ashwini Nandedkar, her associate Sayali Pawaskar and ‘Honar Suun Mi Hya Gharchi’ TV serial fame Komal Khamkar. The venue of the workshop will be Jeshta Nagarik Hall( Senior Citizens hall) Sea Woods, Sector 48,Gaimukh Chouk Police Station,Sea Woods,Navi Mumbai.The timings for these days will be 10 am to 1 pm.
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Gauri Nigudkar is back to Marathi with something special
Eleven years ago, as a teenager, she performed in national award winning Marathi film ‘Uttarayan’. Surprisingly, she played the young Neena Kulkarni’s role in this film; while Sharad Kelkar, who played young Shivaji Satam in this film, was her hero in few scenes in the flashback of this film. Gauri later completed her masters’ degree in science and got busy with offers from Hindi television. Two years ago, she did a film ‘Sanshaykallol’ opposite today’s leading Marathi hero Ankush Choudhari and had made her intentions clear that she would do Marathi films, provided there was a good role.
In between Gauri got married; but had not said ‘no’ to acting. Last year, when director Shankh Rajadhyaksha had an offer to direct a suspense filled thriller, inspired by a true story, he only thought of Gauri, to play the lead role of Kavya Dixit . And, Gauri immediately said ‘yes’ to this offer, after hearing the story of this film. The film suitably titled ‘702 Dixits’ is now ready for release and Gauri is eagerly waiting for the film’s release, scheduled for 15th January 2016.
The return of Gauri to Marathi cinema, is at the most appropriate time, when Marathi cinema is going for a big change, with ‘out of the box’ scripts, attempted by new film makers. The maker of ‘702 Dixits’, Shankh Rajadhyaksha is from editing field and this being his debut film, as a director, he seems to have worked very hard, in presenting this interesting story, so as to keep the audience engaged to their seats for 2 hours. Even Gauri feels that the director has done an excellent job. If this film does good business, it will certainly benefit Gauri to find still better roles in Marathi. She already has a big fan following, as a TV actress on Hindi television.
‘702 Dixits’ to unveil mystery on 15th January 2016
Sometimes a sensational news happens next door. But, people don’t take such news seriously, unless such news affects their own family. ‘9 Star Entertainment’ through their forthcoming Marathi film ‘702 Dixits’ , have picked one such news story and developed it in a different way, to give a cinematic form, to make it a mystery filled thriller. Not many films are made on such subjects in Marathi and therefore, ‘702 Dixits’ has certainly raised the hopes of the regular Marathi viewers, towards this film. And, the manner in which the film has been presented, was evident from the impressive first look of the film, unveiled on Tuesday evening along with music release of this film.
Films of such type do not have many songs and hence going with the tradition of suspense films, producers Rohit Jail, Prashant Umbrani and director Shankh Rajadhyaksha have kept only three songs in this film, on the music of Shubhankar. But, background music plays important part in this film. According to director Shankh Rajadhyaksha, ( well known editor, having edited Mrunal Kulkarni’s film ‘Prem Mhanje Prem Asata’) he has given more importance to selection of artistes suited to the characters, as he wanted to present a realistic film. So, the film which is a thriller, filled with suspense, will unveil the mystery on 15th January 2016.
The film stars Gauri Nigudkar the Hindi TV actress, along with Pallavi Patil( ‘Classmates’ fame), Vijay Aandalkar( ‘Dhol Tashe’ fame), Shrirang Deshmukh, Ruchi Jail, Jaywant Wadkar & Vikram Gokhale. On this occasion, singer Nimisha Deb rendered few lines of the song from this film.