Style icon Ankush Choudhary’s first look of ‘Guru’ unveiled
After the success of ‘Dagadi Chawl‘, Ankush Choudhary has become the new style icon of Marathi film industry. Now, he looks more confident of shouldering the responsibility of a film, as a solo hero. And, to begin the new year, he has a suitable role to play in his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Guru’, directed by Sanjay Jadhav and produced by Eros International, Dreaming Twenty Four Seven and Bagpiper Soda.
No wonder, we have seen the commercial ads of Bagpiper Soda, presenting Ankush Choudhary along with his leading lady Urmila Kanitkar Kothare and actor Sayaji Shinde. The makers of this film, unveiled the special poster designed by Publicity designer Sachin Gurav and also the first look of ‘Guru’ presenting a song picturised on Ankush, displaying different styles of sunglasses, while singing, dancing and fighting, on the music of Amitraj. Singer Adarsh Shinde has rendered the voice for him, with lyrics by Sachin Pathak.
Director Sanjay Jadhav was the happiest man today, to notice a good attendance of media persons, for this event. This also gives him an indication of Ankush Choudhary’s popularity. The film is all set to release on 22nd January 2016.
Shruti Marathe to begin her new year with a bang
Though she has been able to gain popularity as an actress on small screen, Shruti Marathe is still trying hard to establish herself as a lead actress, in Marathi films. She did receive lead roles in few films including ‘Tujhi Majhi Love Story’; but these films didn’t do well at ticket windows. But, her performance was noticed in films like ‘Rama Madhav’, ‘Taptapadi’ and latest released film ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2’.
With few days left for the opening of new year, Shruti Marathe is looking forward to release of her two films ‘Sangharshayatra’ and ‘Bandh Nylonche’, in which she has prominent roles to play. While in ‘Sangharshayatra’, she plays the role of Pankaja Munde , the young dynamic leader and daughter of late BJP leader late Gopinath Munde, in ‘Bandh Nylonche’ she plays opposite Subodh Bhave , which is also equally important role, as she has to react more, instead of delivering her dialogues, which are very limited to her share. But, Shruti is happy with these two roles and is eagerly waiting for the release of these two films.
‘Mohar’ decides to take on ‘Natsamrat’ on 1st January 2016
Only two days ago the makers of Marathi film ‘Mohar’ had announced that their film would be released on Christmas day, i.e. 25th December 2015. But, immediately the following day, they decided against it. In fact, 25th December was a good day for their film’s release, as it was a bank holiday and no other film is releasing that day. Even last Friday, there was no Marathi film released. But, as noticed in the recent past, our Marathi film makers, instead prefer to compete with other Marathi films. Much awaited Marathi film ‘Natasamrat’ has already announced its grand release on 1st January 2016. So, it remains to be seen, what are the chances of this film, to invite crowds at ticket windows. Surprisingly, makers of ‘Mohar’ haven’t done much of promotion, prior to its release. But, may be , they would like to focus on the few days left now, prior to its release.
Anyway, the film highlights a social issue and stars Prasad Oak, Aditi Sarangdhar , Sayaji Shinde, Vijay Arjun, Hemalata Bane, Vijay kadam & Manasi Naik. Choreography by Deepali Vichare, music by Milind More and camera work by Raja Phadtare are other credits . Made under the banner of V.G.Enterprises, by producers Chandrakant Pawar & Gautam Satdive, the film is directed by Vijay Patkar.
‘Bajirao Mastani’ has a touch of Marathi flavor
If you exclude the three main lead artistes of Friday release film ‘Bajirao Mastani’, you will find that the other prominent roles in this film are performed by our own artistes from Marathi film industry. Topping the list is veteran actor and film maker Mahesh Manjrekar, who will be seen in the role of King Shahu Maharaj. Among others, who are also playing prominent roles are Vaibhav Tatvawdi, who will be seen as Chimaji Appa, the brother of Bajirao, while Anuja Sathe-Gokale & Sukhada Khandkekar will be seen as Bajirao’s two sisters Bhiubai & Anubai respectively.
The other Marathi artistes, who are also playing important roles in this film are, Ganesh Yadav, Yatin Karyekar & Tanvi Azmi. And, this is not enough, as the list does not end here. If you look at other areas such as production and technical, behind the screen, there are many Marathi artistes, giving this film a Marathi flavor. Their names are, Ashwini Paranjape , Rohan Madkaikar, Sanket Pawar Sunit Sawant , Chetan Devlekar, Shobha Sant, Asish Tandel, , Yatin Bhave, Sandeep Mane Sanjeev Naik & Prasad Sutar, Jayesh Sakharkhane, Chaitanya Sant, Aishwarya Thakre & Rohan Rege. And, all of them have put in lot of efforts during making of this period film and at the post production stage.Even otherwise, online graphic promotion of this film, has been very special.
Film maker Samruddhi Porey has a moment of pride
After receiving overwhelming response for her Marathi film ‘Dr.Prakash Baba Amte- The real hero’, the biopic on social worker and Magsaysay Award winner from Maharashtra, filmmaker Samruddhi Porey shot the hindi version of this film titled ‘Hemalkasa’, with the same lead pair of Nana Patekar and Sonali Kulkarni. And, the good news is that this film has entered the final round of Oscars competition.
It may be recalled that when ‘Court’ was India’s official entry for the foreign language category, ‘Hemalkasa’ was admitted in the open category, along with three more regional language films, namely ‘Nachomiya Kum Pasar( Konkani), ‘Jalam( Malyalam) & ‘Rangi Tarang( Kannada). And, now the news has reached us that ‘Hemalkasa’ is the only film Indian film which has been admitted in the final round for the 88th Academy awards. This will make the film eligible for the competition to receive nomination in the best film, best actor and best actress category.
But, all this was possible because of the hard work put in by Samruddhi Porey in Los Angeles , for the past 3- 4 months, going through all the stages of formalities to show the film to the members of Jury. Now, all eyes on this film, to see,
whether it receives nominations in the three categories mentioned above, when the final list will be declared on 14th January 2016.
From Marathi to Hindi is a big leap for Reena Valsangkar
A former Air Hostess, Reena Valsangkar, came into acting profession by chance. Being a good dancer, Reena was offered a role of Kamla in the second lead, by Nitin Desai, in his film ‘Ajintha’ later, in the same year 2012 she performed a prominent role of a lady police officer along with Aamir Khan in the film ‘Talash’. She has also performed on Marathi stage, in Avinash Kharshikar’s play ‘Majhi Baiko Majhi Mehuni’.
Today, Reena is a much sought after actress on Hindi television. She is playing the important character of Dr. Aarti Mestri in detective TV serial Agent Raghav, which has Sharad Kelkar in the lead role. Besides this serial, she also performing in Anup Jalota & Sanjana Thakur’s musical drama ‘Krishnapriya’. Now, Reena Valsangkar Agarwal, she is trying to balance very well, between Marathi and Hindi projects, being a professional actress. Good thing about her is that she is eager to work in Marathi, provided there are good offers.
Jitendra Joshi all praise for Kiran Karmarkar
The occasion was unveiling the first look of ‘Shasan’, Gajendra Ahire’s forthcoming film on Maharashtra’s political situation. But, the director was no where to be seen. Producer Shekhar Pathak, who is from the stage background, who was present at the function, was the first to appear on the dais, to speak about the film and the artistes. And, he almost narrated the details of all the characters played by six prominent artistes; namely Bharat Jadhav, Makarand Anaspure, Siddharth Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manva Naik & Aditi Bhagwat, who were present during this event.
Though each one of them, praised the dynamic director and his ability to present films on social subjects; Jitendra Joshi was all praise for actor Kiran karmarkar, who is also part of this film; and could not attend the function due to his shooting commitments. “Kiran has limited role in this film; but in every scene, he has been part of; he has given excellent performance,” he said.
There are many senior artistes, part of this film, in small but important roles. They are Dr.Shreeram Lagoo, Vikram Gokhale, Sudhir Dalvi, Mohan Joshi, Late Vinay Apte, Nagesh Bhosale, Vrunda Gajendra & Amey Dhare. All the artistes in the film will be seen playing different characters in the film, connected with the present political scenario in the state. Music of this film has been composed by Narendra Bhide and the film will be released on 15th January 2016.
Mrunmayee all set to welcome New year with ‘Natsamrat’
Mrunmayee Deshpande is a talented actress, who is keen on establishing herself among the top actresses in Marathi Film industry. Unfortunately, in spite of her good performance, none of her films during the past 3 years were able to make it big at the box office. But, that did not deter this charming actress from attempting something new, through the films she is doing now. Recently, her film ‘Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali’ became a super hit film, with Mrunmayee making her presence felt, through her role in this film. And, this must have really boosted her morale, for her upcoming projects.
Good news from her is that on the very first day of the coming new year 2016, her film ‘Natsamrat’ is releasing in a big way. The film has already created a buzz on social networking sites and Mrunmayee is playing an important role of Vidya, in this film. Following this film, will be Mrunmayee’s own film ‘Anuraag’ which is directed by Dr. Ambrish Darak and has been shot in Leh and Ladakh. Soon thereafter, Mrunmayee will be launching her next two projects, which will be directed by her. Having already gained considerable experience as associate director and presenter of the film ‘Anuraag’, Mrunmayee is all set to welcome the new year 2016. In the past, during her college days, she has directed many dramas for inter collegiate competitions.
We at Marathi Movie World wish her all the best for her new innings as director, during the new year
Dev Raj & Santosh Gaikwad launch their new Marathi film ‘Family 420′
Producer Dev Raj and director Santosh Gaikwad have launched their film ‘Family 420′ with muhurat performed in presence of Bollywood film maker Rakesh Roshan & President of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal President Vijay Patkar. Audio of the songs recorded for the film were played on this occasion at A.B. Studios, Andheri.
The makers of this film have promised total entertainment through this film. The film stars popular artistes like Vijay Patkar, Vijay Kadam, Bhushan Kadoo, Sunil Pal, Harshada Patil & Sukanya Kulkarni . Other artistes and technicians will be finalized soon, after which the shooting of the film will begin sometime in January 2016. Well Known singers like Avadhoot Gupte, Bela Shende, Sudesh Bhosale, Vaishali made have rendered their voices for the songs in this film on the music of Sushil Pendhar.
Cancellation of ‘Laathi’ show helps ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2′
Late Sanjay Surkar’s last directed film ‘Laathi’ had announced its release in about fifty screens in Mumbai and surrounding areas from today, i.e. 11th December 2015. But, the film could not be released today at Plaza Cinema, Dadar, where the show of this film was scheduled at 3.30 pm. As a result of this, those who had come to see the film at this venue, preferred to watch ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2′ for the second time, instead of returning home disappointed. MarathiMovieWorld.com correspondent , who had gone to see this film, noticed this scene at Plaza cinema ticket window.
It may be recalled that the makers of ‘Lathi’ neither had any press show for the media people, nor did they promote the film, in spite of having many big artistes like Sachin Khedekar & Subodh Bhave in this film.
Actually, this friday, there were three films to be released simultaneously. Out of which ‘Sangharsha Yatra’ backed out, postponing its release. But, ‘Laathi’ kept on is using daily ads in newspapers, about its release this friday. There was no clear indication, as to why the film’s show was cancelled. While the booking clerk at the ticket window stated that the film will be released on Saturday, the door keeper standing near the window, stated that there was no guarantee of the film’s release, even next day. We had heard about cancellation of a film’s show on the first day, for the reason of non arrival of print or non availability of audience; but the release of a film on Saturday, instead of Friday, is a news to film industry.
Whatever may be the reason, but the audience who had gone to see this film at different venues on the first day, must have been surely disappointed, as this was the last film of creative director Late Sanjay Surkar and the new producers had released this film, perhaps to pay tributes to the film maker of sensible Marathi films in the past. However, at Plaza Cinema, the makers of ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2′ should thank the makers of ‘Lathi’ for the cancellation of their show, on the first day.