‘Police Line’ to throw light on hardships faced by Policemen
Though our films, we have seen both good and bad sides of Policemen. But, not many films were able to show the hardships faced by them and their family members, in their daily life. Produced by Jijau Creation and presented by Saishree Creation new Marathi film ‘Police Line’ directed by Raju Parsekar will throw light on hardships faced by Policemen. That’s what the first look of this film indicates, which was unveiled recently, in presence of entire team of the film and invitees.
On this occasion, the music of this film was also launched by Dr.P.S.Krishnamurthy, who expressed that remake of this film should also be made in Hindi and south Indian languages. Renowned singer Anup Jalota was also present for the function for some time. The songs from this film are written by Koutuk Shirodkar and Nitin Tendulkar on the music of Pravin Kunvar and Abhishek Shinde. One of the songs rendered by singer Bharti madhvi has been picturised on actress Manasi Naik. Story of this film is written by Deepak Pawar, while cinematography is by Nilesh Dhamale.
‘Police Line’, which is getting ready for release on 29th January 2016, has a very big team of artistes performing different types of roles, some of whom are Policemen themselves, while others are their family members and well wishers. Their names are Jayant Savarkar, Satish Pulekar, Pradeep Patwardhan, Vijay kadam, Pradeep kabre, Pramod Pawar, Jaywant Wadkar, Santosh Juvekar, Nisha Parulekar, Nutan Jayant, Swapnil Rajshekhar, Purnima Ahire kende, Manasi Naik,Pranav Raorane,Sharmila Baviskar, Sayali Sanjeev and others.
New Marathi films lined up announcement for the new year
Come new year 2016 and we find the announcement of new Marathi films on traditional subjects. Some are based on the social family drama , some are based on the faith in God. But, these film makers claim that the subject of their film is different. At present, they have launched their films with song recordings, while some have launched the first look of their film’s poster. But, the star cast of the film , yet to be decided.
Among such films are ‘Soon Asavi Ashi’ produced by Vaishali Kodhe and directed by Shyam Dharmadhikari , launched with recording of all the songs and ‘Vitthala Shappath’ written and directed by Chandrakant Pawar, with launch of first poster. In the case of both these films, the selection of artistes in the film, are not announced. And, this is also one way of promoting the film, as it creates a buzz in the industry , before the next announcements. Perhaps, others may also follow this pattern for this new year.
Are Marathi film makers uncertain about release date of their films?
One can understand about the healthy competition noticed among Marathi films, for the past few months. Yet, nothing has been done so far, about becoming firm on the release dates of their films. Sometimes, we notice 3 to 4 Marathi films being released at a time; but on a particular Fridays, there is no film released. One can understand about the decision of Marathi film makers, not release their film on 18th December 2015, due to release of two big banner Hindi films. But, on 25th of December, no film was released.
‘Mohar‘, which had earlier announced its release on 25th December, later thought of taking on the mighty ‘Natasamraat’ on 1st January 2016 and we saw the consequences of it.
‘Sangharshayatra’ which was scheduled for release on 11th December 2015, to coincide with the birth anniversary of late Gopinath Munde; postponed its release date at the last moment, even after issuing official advertisements about its release. Then we saw ‘Youth’ also postponing its release date from 15th January to 5th February 2016, for the reasons best known to its maker. Perhaps, this being a film on youth, they expected competition from ‘Friends’.
Now, talking about ‘Friends’, the film was supposed to release on 22nd January 2016, along with Sanjay Jadhav’s film ‘Guru’. But, now they have preponed their film’s release to 15th January 2016, along with films like ‘Shasan’ and ‘Chahato Mi Tula’. One can understand the association of Swapnil and Ankush during ‘Duniyadari’ and also Sachit’s friendship with Ankush.So, possibly, they might have had some amicable solution, instead of clashing of their films, against each other.
Among the other Marathi films, which have announced their release dates in January 2016, are ‘Anuraag’- 21st January 2016, ‘Athang’ – 29th January 2016 and Mumbai Time also on 29th January 2016. And, we only hope that they don’t change their dates.
Is Vijay Andalkar emerging as the most promising actor ?
Zee Marathi’s ‘Maharashtrache Superstar’ talent contest held in 2010, offered many talented artistes to Marathi stage, television industry and also Marathi film industry. Though, Dr.Nilesh Sable and Yogini Chouk won the final round, all the 12 contestants shortlisted for the contest were super intelligent and it was a good contest. Vivek Raut, Namrata Awte, Nikhil Raut, Sneha Kulkarni made it to the final round, along with Nilesh and Yogini; but, among those who could not make it was Vijay Andalkar. The tall and smart actor from Pune, is now finding better roles in Marathi films.
Vijay is otherwise an excellent stage actor ; but, last year we saw him along with Abhijit Khandkekar, in an important role of Sangram Shinde in the film ‘Dhol Tashe’. He will also be seen in forthcoming film ‘Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari’ along with Vaibhav Tatwavdi . But, his next film in the lead role ‘702 Dixits’ is due for release on 15th January 2016 and Vijay is looking forward to a good response from the audience to this film, which is a suspense thriller. Recently, when we met him, during the music release of this film, he said, “In Marathi, there are not many suspense thrillers. Therefore, I am glad that director Shankh Rajadhyaksha has given me an opportunity to play lead role in this film.”
In this film, Vijay is casted opposite two talented actresses Gauri Nigudkar and Pallavi Patil. Gauri is playing his wife, while Pallavi is playing his close friend. With ample talent in him, Vijay is all set to invite the attention of film lovers. Will he emerge as one of the most promising actors in Marathi film industry? MMW wishes him all the best.
‘Lord of Shingnapur’ is ready for 8th January release
Films based on Spirituality have always found audience in Marathi. Therefore, we notice at least few films in a year, based on this theme. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Lord of Shingnapur’ also highlights the subject of spirituality. The film is set on the backdrop of Lord Shanidev , by presenting a love story, well knitted into film’s screenplay. According to director Raj Rathod, who is himself a great devotee of Lord Shanidev, the film will inspire the audience , for the manner in which the spirit of Lord has been presented in this film.
Singer Sukhvinder Singh who has rendered a five minute long song in this film, also makes his acting debut in this film. For actor Ashutosh Kulkarni, this film should prove a blessing, as two of his films, which are complete, haven’t seen their release till date. His co star in the film Vaibhavi Shandilya, who has already made her debut through last year’s film ‘Por Bazaar’, is very hopeful from this film. Hindi television actor and popular personality Rahul Mahajan is also playing an important role in this film, along with other artistes like Milind Gunaji ( as Lord Shanidev) ,Varsha Usgaonkar, Sudhir Dalvi, Manoj Joshi, Pankaj Vishnu, Aniket Kelkar, Milind Joshi and others. The film is ready for release on 8th January 2016.
‘Braveheart’ shooting nearing completion
Dasbabu, who had directed his previous Marathi film ‘Tahan’ few years ago, besides directing TV serials and documentaries, is almost on the verge of completing shooting of his ongoing film ‘Braveheart- Jiddh Jagnyachi’. Produced by Sacchidanand karkhanis and Santosh Mokashi, the film presents true story of Nikhil Karkhanis, son of producer Sacchidanand Karkhanis. Today, Nikhil is no more. But, he fought a brave battle against a serious spinal ailment, which had paralysed his body. Nikhil’s father played an important role of encouraging his son, to overcome his serious ailment, with the help of his strong will power. It is certainly an inspiring tale of a youngster, who was brilliant and tried to impart his knowledge to others, by making his services in the company useful, training others.
Sangram Samel, who is making his debut in films, through this film, is playing this most challenging role, along with popular TV actress Dhanashree Kadgaonkar, who is also making her film debut. Versatile actor Arun Nalawade is playing the role of Nikhil’s encouraging father, while veteran actress Ila Bhate plays the head of HR division of Niklhil’s company , who supports him in his endeavour. Nikhil’s childhood role is played by Atharv Talvelkar a talented child artiste from Dombivali.
Dasbabu , who is busy completing the shooting of this film in next few days, shot some important scenes on Saturday, on child star Atharva, Arun Nalawade, Sulbha Dehpande, Vijay Chavan, Kishore Pradhan, Abhay Kulkarni & Atul parchure, who is the narrator of this film’s story. Shrikant Bojewar, who has won several awards as a writer for the film ‘Ek Hajarachi Note’ has written the screenplay and dialogues of this film, while Music is composed by Arnab Chatterjee. According to the makers, the film will be ready for release sometime in March- April 2016.
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.