Rahul Bhatankar assures different subject through ‘Bhay’
Director Rahul Bhatankar, seems to be very much inspired by the subject of ‘Fear’, which bothers many individuals in this world. This fear could be any of type; but, if it is ignored, it might transform into phobia, leading to serious ailment like Paranoid Schizophrenia. Through his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Bhay’, Rahul assures a different subject, which will highlight the problems faced by such people and how they can overcome this problem.
Besides direction, Rahul Bhatankar has also handled the editing work of this film, script of which is written by Nitin Supekar. Ajit –Sameer have composed the music of this film, on the lyrics of Abhishek Pratap Khankar. Art direction is by Prashant Rane. The star cast of the film comprise of Abhijit Khandkekar, Uday Tikekar, Satish Rajwade, Smita Gondkar, Vinit Sharma, Sanskruti Balgude & Siddharth Bodke.
Harish Raut to make his debut as director through ‘Shortcut’
With the obsession of internet, social media, mobile phones and similar other applications, our young generation cannot think of anything else. As we see technological advancement around , we also notice their harmful effects in the society. Today, cyber crimes are are on the rise. To become reach faster and get instant fame, today’s youth are misusing ‘the shortcut’ methods; but aren’t aware about the repercussions on their lives.
Mukesh Choudhary of MK Motion Pictures and BR Dedhia of Chitrakar Films are presenting their film ‘Shortcut‘, which is directed by Harish Raut. It is also his debut as a director through this film. The star cast of the film comprises of Rajesh Shringarpure, Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Sanskruti Balgude The film’s Screenplay is by Harish Raut, Vinay Narayane, Rajesh Balapure, Dialogues are by Vinay Narayane. The DOP is Shakil Khan , while the music is by by Nilesh Moharir, Sushant Shankar and Premanand. The film is scheduled for release on 10th July 2015.
Are ‘Sata Lota’ & ‘Atithi’ really competing with ‘Sandook’?
Now, it has become a routine, to release three or four Marathi films together every week. Last week, we saw ‘Siddhant’, ‘Prime Time’, ‘Paying Ghost’ and ‘Dhurandhar Bhatavdekar’ releasing together and we have witnessed, what has happened to them. This week also, three Marathi films are together. But, Atul Kale’s period film ‘Sandook’ with Sumeet Raghavan making his debut in Marathi, seems to be leading the race.
The social networking media, has already approved ‘Sandook’ with maximum likes reported on its page, followed by ‘Atithi ( Part One)’. However, Shrabani Deodhar’s ‘Sata Lota, Pan Sagala Khota’ with well known stars, hasn’t received the expected likes on their official FB page, which is more surprising. It is understood that ‘Sata Lota…’ did not even have a press show for the media. Isn’t that more shocking ? By the way, ‘Sata Lota Pan Sagala Khota’ was scheduled for release early this year; but has taken a long time, to find suitable date for release.
There are many more Marathi films , which have also lined up for release during the month of June and July; but, still some big banner Marathi films are likely going to be released around Diwali time, following the footsteps of Bollywood. Now, it remains to be seen, whether Diwali time, will really benefit Marathi films ?
But, we are really concerned about those small budget Marathi films. Due to their budget constraint , they are not even able to release their advertisements even in newspapers. Sometimes, we see their ads appearing on the day of film’s release. What is the fate of such films? Are they reaching the theatre audience; or they are just produced to sell the satellite rights or claim the subsidy?
तरुणांची बाजु मांडणारा ‘युथ’
व्हिक्टरी फिल्म्स प्रस्तुत, सुंदर सेतुरामन निर्मित ‘युथ’ या आगामी चित्रपटात तरुणाईचा सळसळता उत्साह, उत्स्फूर्तता पाहता येणार आहे. दिवसागणीक अधिकाधिक प्रगत होणार जग आपण सारेच अनुभवतोय. त्यात असणारा तरूणांचा सहभाग हा सुद्धा खूप मोलाची कामगिरी बजावतोय. तरुणाईचा बदलता दृष्टीकोन ‘युथ’ सिनेमामधून भविष्याचे व समाजाचे आशादायी चित्र निर्माण करतो.
एन चंद्रा, गिरीष घाणेकर या सारख्या दिग्गजांसोबत काम करण्याचा अनुभव, नामांकित कंपन्याच्या जाहिरातींचं दिग्दर्शन, संकलन अशी मुशाफिरी करणाऱ्या राकेश कुडाळकर यांचासिनेमा दिग्दर्शनाचा हा पहिला प्रयत्न आहे.
या सिनेमाचे संवाद विशाल चव्हाण व युग यांनी लिहिले आहेत. सिनेमातील गीतांनाही तरुणाईचा स्वर लाभला असून आजचे आघाडीचे गायक जावेद अली व गायिका शाल्मली खोलगडे यांनी यातील गीते गायली आहेत. विशाल-जगदीश यांनी सिनेमाला साजेसं संगीत दिलं आहे. कोरिओग्राफी फुलवा खामकर यांची आहे. चेतन शिंदे यांनी छायाचित्रणाची जबाबदारी सांभाळली आहे.
विक्रम गोखले, नेहा महाजन, अक्षय वाघमारे,मीरा जोशी, अक्षय म्हात्रे, केतकी कुलकर्णी, शशांक जाधव या कलाकारांच्या मुख्य भूमिका आहेत. लवकरच ‘युथ’ च्या चित्रीकरणाला कोल्हापूरात सुरूवात होणार आहे.
Music of ‘Online Binline’ launched
Music of Ganraj Associates’ new Marathi film, produced by Shreyas Jadhav and directed by Kedar Gaikwad, was launched on Wednesday evening in Mumbai, in presence of entire team of the film and media people. The two lead actors of the film Siddharth Chandekar and Hemant Dhome anchored the show, introducing each and every important person associated with the film. Initially, they invited their leading lady Rutuja Shinde from Pune, who is making her debut through this film.
The film is set on the backdrop of today’s internet addicted youth, creating a Rom Com through its story .There are five songs in the film, out of which one is promotional Rap song , which is a of remix of Leslie Lewis and Hariharan’s hit Pop song composed 14 years ago. For the other four songs, the makers have engaged different music directors like Nilesh Moharir and group comprising of Hrishikesh , Saurabh and Jasraj.
New singer Priyanka Barve, Prasanjit Kosambi, Hrishikesh Ranade , who are part of the team of singers were also present along with lyricist Mandar Cholkar, director Kedar Gaikwad & producers Shreyas Jadhav and his mother Neeta Jadhav. The film will release on 3rd July 2015.
Marathi film ‘Superb Plan’ has all Bollywood masala
Have you seen a Marathi film on corporate world, which has showcased elements like action, thrill, drama and suspense sequences? If not, then forthcoming Marathi film ‘Superb Plan’, will fulfill your wishes. At least, the first look of this film, released on social networking sites, indicates it. Produced by Mr. Manmohan Ghuwalewala and directed by Jai Tari, the film has taken the style of a Bollywood film, in terms of its content.
Incidentally , the shooting of ‘Superb Plan’ was done in Canada, which is a rare in Marathi films. The film is based on corporate world and the so called white collar people, playing dirty games just to satisfy their egos and meet vested interest. The film stars Satyanand(Sandy) Gaitonde, Trupti Bhoir , Girish Pardesi & Rajendra Shisatkar.
Yogini Chouk steals the show in ‘Unheard Sounds of Universe’
Yogini Chouk, the talented Marathi actress is now busy on stage. On Friday 29th May 2015, she launched her multilingual play ‘Unheard Sounds of Universe’ at the Ravindra Auditorium , Mumbai. The show received overwhelming response. Directed by well known Theatre personality Manjul Bharadwaj, this unique play hits out at the present lifestyle of the people and their ignorance about preserving the environment.
Very intelligently, it explains the philosophy of the five elements in the universe. The director has cleverly tried to explain through each character, the feelings of Mother earth and what she expects from every human being, living on the earth. References are made to the materialistic living of the people today.
Yogini’s character in this play speaks Marathi and she has very skillfully portrayed her role, with excellent body language and swift movements shown in group performance through ballet steps , used in this play, on suitable music. The play is sure to go places and it will also help Yogini in near future. MMW wishes her and the team best wishes, for their forthcoming shows.
‘Vrundavan’ progressing fast, towards completion
There was a time when marathi film producers used to shoot at studios in Kolhapur and old houses in Konkan, due to financial constraint. But after the success of a few marathi films at the box office, there’s a change in the attitude of the producers, who have become liberal in selecting good locations. Also a lot of non-marathi producers have started investing in the projects, giving a rich-look to marathi cinema. This is evident, as an upcoming marathi movie ‘Vrundavan’ recently hired an expensive location, usually patronised by top hindi film makers, i.e. Aayush Resort, to shoot a few important climax scenes.
Produced under the banner Realistic Film Company, by producers Raj Prem, Sandeep Sharma and Sunil Khandpur, ‘Vrundavan’ is being directed by a debutant director TLV Prasad. The makers claim the movie to be a complete entertainer, which has all the ‘masala’ of love, song, dance, emotion, comedy, action etc. Also, the cast of the film boasts of veteran stalwarts like Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashok Saraf, Mohan Joshi, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar & Bharat Ganeshpure. Hindi television star Rakesh Bapat is making his Marathi film debut as a lead hero with ‘Vrundavan’ and is ably supported by Pooja Sawant and Vaidehi Parsurami.
Bollywood’s famous choreographer, Ganesh Acharya, is hired to set dances and Amit Raj is composing the music. There’s is a talk about one of the hindi film’s popular faces, doing an ‘item’ song for the movie.
Bharat Jadhav to compete with four Marathi films
Not very long ago, he was the king of Marathi films, with all his traditional comedy films inviting the attention of Marathi film lovers for almost 15 years. Bharat is still noticed in Marathi films; but, more with character or guest roles. His last film ‘Aga Bai Arechya2′ in which he played one of the ‘would be’ husbands of Sonali Kulkarni was released only last week.
This week, we find four big banner Marathi films being released. But, Bharat is not part of any one of them. On the contrary, he will be competing with all these four films, with his much talked about Hindi film ‘P Se PM Tak’, which is also releasing simultaneously, coming Friday. This hindi film , directed by Kundan Shah (‘Jane Bhi Do yaro’ fame) has Bharat playing a prominent role of a politician. Moreover, the film has a backdrop of Satara district place, in Maharashtra.
So, it remains to be seen, whether Bharat will be able to pull his fans towards him, to watch this Hindi film, instead of any one of the four Marathi films, releasing together.
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Four Marathi films have lined up for release this Friday
Come Friday and we will notice the release of four Marathi films together, creating a competition among themselves. They are ‘Siddhant’, ‘Prime Time’, ‘A Paying Ghost’ and ‘Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar’. Barring ‘Siddhant’, which seems to be sensible film based on the principles of Mathematics creating light comedy, the other three seem to be traditional entertainers.
‘Siddhant’ which is produced by three well known film makers, namely Nilesh Navalakha, Vivek Kajaria & Amit ahirrao, is directed by Vivek Wagh and is a story of a wonderful relationship between Grandfather and his grandson. Vikram Gokhale who plays the central character of a grandfather, is likely to steal the show.
‘Prime Time’ which is produced by Himanshu Kesari Patil and directed by Pramod kashyap, is a story of Vaishali Apte, played by Sulekha Talwalkar and her craze about small screen. How she takes her family on an adventure filled journey, is all that the film is about. ‘Dhurandhar Bhatwadekar’ deals with the interaction of these personalities with situations and events. It is a typical entertaining film, with a simple concept, based on the differences between diverse personalities of people. With the presence of characters representing different age groups, it may turn out to be a family entertainer. A lot is expected from Veterans Mohan Joshi and Dr.Mohan Agashe .
‘A Paying Ghost’, as the title suggest, is a tale of a big family of ghosts living in the house of a young man called Mama, played by Umesh Kamat. How this family of ghosts interfere in the life of this Mama and his beloved Mami, played by Spruha Joshi, is what the screenplay of this film is about. Now, it is for the Marathi theatre audience to decide, what is their choice during coming week end.