Shooting of ‘Bedardi’ begins in Mumbai
Relationships are an integral part of human life and the emotions involved therein, makes it more satisfying. Almost all the filmmakers deal with various types of emotions, highlighting a particular relationship. Now, a father-son relationship in the modern world, will be seen in an upcoming marathi film ‘Bedardi’. Producer Suresh Bhagat, who introduced bollywood superstar Salman Khan through his film ‘Biwi Ho To Aisi’, also has couple of marathi films viz. ‘Gharkul Punha Hasave’ and ‘Char Divas Sasuche’ to his credit. Also the story is written by himself.
Produced under the banner Crystal films, ‘Bedardi’ is a marathi debut film for director Sahil Seth. He is of the opinion that, though this subject has been handled many times before in films, his film is different, because of its modern backdrop and other interlinked relationships . Omkar Kulkarni, who was last seen in Balgandharva as V Shantaram, and Arun Nalavade are playing son and father in the film.
Newcomer Pooja Narang plays female lead, who portrays a character of a foreign returned young lady , compelled to settle in a small town, while Rajesh Kamle and child artist Rugved Pujare will be seen in important roles. Screenplay and dialogues are written by Manish Kulkarni. Pravin Kunwar and Manish Vyas are handling Music and Cinematography departments respectively.
Nominations for Prabhat Puraskar announced
Nominations for the Prabhat Puraskar to be conferred to the winners in 27 categories of Marathi films, have been announced. ‘Happy Journey’, ‘Khwada’, ‘ Nagrik’ & ‘Salaam’ find nominations in the best film category, while Bhaurao Karhade( Khwada), Jayprad Desai ( Nagarik), Kiran Yadnyopavit( Salam), Sachin Kundalkar ( Happy Journey) & Srihari Sathe(Ek Hazarachi Note) have been nominated in Best Director’s category.
In the best actor’s category , the nominees are Alok Rajwade( Rama Madhav) , Atul Kulkarni (Happy Journey) , Riteish Deshmukh (Lai Bhari) , Sachin Khedekar (Nagrik) and Subodh Bhave (Lokmanya) , while in best actress category Devika Daftardar (Nagrik) , Pooja Nayak (Agneepankh), Priya Bapat (Happy Journey), Tejaswini Pandit (Candle March) & Usha Naik (Ek Hazarachi Note) find their nominations.
There seems to be good competition for actress in Best Debut category, with names like Mrinmayee Kolwalkar( Miss Match) , Pallavi Patil (Classmates) , Sanskruti Balgude (Sangato Aika) , Sanskruti Kher (Swami Public Ltd.) & Sayali Sahasrabuddhe (Candle March) finding their names in the list, while the competition for the actor in Best Debut is only among three artistes, namely Kashyap Parulekar(Taptapadi) , Bhauraosaheb Shinde (Khwada) & Rohit Mugullu( Agneepankh) .
New Marathi film ‘Blackboard’ to release soon
Ruturaj Motion Pictures Marathi movie ‘Blackboard’ is all set to release next month. Comprising of all popular television artistes playing lead roles in this film, it is written & directed by Dinesh Deolekar. The film’s star cast comprises of Arun Nalawade, Madhavi Juvekar, Sayali Deodhar ( Chitra of ongoing serial ‘Julun Yeti Reshimgathi’) , the film also introduces popular TV Child Artist Mrunmayee Supal .
‘Blackboard’ is all about the dreams, stress, hardship & struggle of parents, while offering education to their children. Every parent wants his child to be highly educated , so as to live a peaceful, successful and a secured life in future. But, unfortunately, today our educational institutes trap these parents .
The film ‘Blackboard’ highlights the marketing of education and how the parents try to fight against it. The music of the film is by Sandip Patil, while Javed Ahtasham has done the cinematography of the film. Produced by Sandeep M Rao & Jagdish Rao, the film is all set to release soon
Muhurat of ‘Vitthala Shappath’ with song recording
In recent times television has been handling mythology based subjects, with some success through viewer’s support. Even otherwise, Lord Khandoba and Lord Vitthal have always found lot of importance in the scripts of few Marathi films.
Now, Guru Darshan films is coming up with a new marathi film ‘Vitthala Shapath’. The name of film sounds mythological, but the makers insist that the story is far from that. It’s a story about a strong devotee of Vitthal and his fight with society in general. The film does not indulge in special effects as in mythological films, but makers claim that the story is based on logic and science.
‘Vitthala Shappath’ is written and directed by Chandrakant Pawar and he has joined hands with Bhanudas Panmand, for screenplay and with Kaustubh Savarkar for dialogues while music is composed by Chinar-Mahesh. Kruttika Gaikwad, Mangesh Desai, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Ketan Pawar, Anshuman Vichare, Uday Sabnis, Vidhyadhar Joshi and Sanjay Khapre will be seen in important roles in the film.
Vitthala Shapath has been launched with a song recording, sung by Swapnil Bandodkar and Anandi Joshi in Mumbai, in the presence of producers Vinayak Kank, Praful Ajmera, Sukesh Sawardekar, John Nadar and co-producers Kutubuddin Dahiwala, Vakoji Patil and Moiz Bhabrawala.
‘तू माझा सांगती’ मध्ये एका नवीन अध्यायाची सुरुवात
कलर्स मराठी ह्या वाहिनीवरील ‘तू माझा सांगाती’ या मालिकेत आत्तापर्यंत तुकोबांच्या घरातील, संसारातील विविध घटना आणि प्रसंगांचा वेध घेण्यात आला होता. मात्र विठ्ठलभक्तीत रममाण झालेले तुकोबा संतपदाला कसे पोहचणार आहेत, हे आता ‘तू माझा सांगाती’ मध्ये पाहता येणार आहे.
संतश्रेष्ठ तुकाराम हे केवळ वारकरी संप्रदायाचंच नाही, तर संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्राचं श्रद्धास्थान. ‘तू माझा सांगाती’ च्या रूपाने संत तुकारामांची जीवनगाथा प्रथमच मराठीत छोट्या पडद्यावर आणणारे; मालिकेचे निर्माते – दिग्दर्शक संगीत कुलकर्णी यांनी या मालिकेच्या निर्मिती मूल्यात कुठलीही तडजोड केली नसल्याचे सांगितले. तुकारामांची भूमिका साकारणाऱ्या चिन्मय मांडलेकरने तुकाराम म्हणून प्रेक्षकांच्या मनात घर केले आहे . सर्वांकडून त्याच्या अभिनयाचे कौतुक केले जात आहे. आपण आजवर तुकोबांचे निस्सीम विठ्ठल प्रेम अनुभवले, पण आता त्यांच्या अपार भक्तीचे दर्शन सबंध महाराष्ट्राला होणार आहे. कलर्स मराठी ह्या वाहिनीवर, सोमवार ते शनिवार संध्याकाळी ७.३० वा. ह्या मालिकेचे प्रसारण करण्यात येते.
‘Dot Com Mom’ launched with muhurat
The social networking media is nowadays the best source of communication between foreign based children and their parents living in India. Now, Bhoomi entertainment presents ‘Dot Com Mom’ a Marathi film on emotional relationship between a mother and her son. Dr.Meena Nerurkar, who has written the story of this film, will also be acting and directing it.
Recently, muhurat of this film was held in presence of special invitees, followed by the initial shooting schedule at Palghar. According to the makers of this film, 20% of the film’s shooting will be held in Palghar, followed by remaining 80%, which will be held in USA. Incidentally, this is the first Indo American Film, as claimed by the makers.
Veteran music director Ashok Patki will provide music to this film, while the DOP is Vinayak Radhakrishna. The star cast of the film comprise of Vikram Gokhale, Dr.Meena Nerurkar, Sai Gundewar, Vijay Chavan, Prashant Tapasvi, Deepti Lele, Asha Shelar, Ram Kolhatkar, , Abhay Dabhade, Ravindra Khare, Manasi Karandikar & Deven Gabale.
‘सिलसिला अमिताभ का’ ने केला विक्रम
‘बिग बी’ म्हणजेच सर्वांचे आवडते महानायक अमिताभ बच्चन ह्यांच्या चाहत्यांसाठी खास पर्वणी असलेला ‘सिलसिला अमिताभ का’ हा कार्यक्रम नुकताच पुण्यात आयोजित करण्यात आला होता. कार्यक्रमाचे उद्घाटन बाल कलाकार पार्थ भालेराव ह्याच्या हस्ते झाले.
पुण्यातील बालगंधर्व रंगमंदिर येथे, सकाळी ६ ते रात्री १२ अशा १८ तासात १५१ गाण्यांचे सादरीकरण ह्या कार्यक्रमात करण्यात आले. ‘ऑटीझम’ या दुर्मिळ आजाराच्या जागरुकतेसाठी हा विशेष सामाजिक उपक्रमाचे आयोजन संदीप पाटील ह्यांनी केले होते. कार्यक्रमाचे सादरीकरण सुरु असताना लाईव्ह पेंटिंग काढण्यात आली होती ; त्यास १५,५१५ रुपये किमत मिळाली . ती संपूर्ण रक्कम ऑटिझमच्या मुलांसाठी काम करणाऱ्या ‘प्रसन्न ऑटिझम’ शाळेला देण्यात आली.
सदर कार्यक्रमा दरम्यान आमदार गिरीश बापट यांनी सदिच्छा भेट दिली. ह्याच बरोबर अनेक मान्यवर आणि सेलीब्रीटीजने देखील आपली हजेरी लावली ; त्यात अभिनेत्री दिपाली सय्यद ह्यांच्या आपल्या नृत्याचे विशेष सादरीकरण केले. सुमारे ४० पेक्षा अधिक गायक, वादक आणि कलाकार सहभागी असलेल्या, १५ तासात १५१ गाण्यांचे सादरीकरणाच्या ह्या कार्यक्रमाची नोंद ‘लिम्का बुक ऑफ रेकॉर्ड’मध्ये करण्यात येणार आहे.
Sumeet’s debut Marathi film ‘Sandook’ to release on 5th June
For the past few years, Sumeet Raghavan has worked in Marathi theatre and Hindi serials & films, with big artistes. He has a big fan following. Therefore, his forthcoming debut Marathi film ‘Sandook’ has also generated a lot of interest among his well wishers. Now, it remains to be seen, how this film does at the box office? In the meanwhile, the music of this film, was released in a grand way, recently in Mumbai.
Director Atul Kale, whose recent film ‘Balkadu‘ did well at box office, has directed ‘Sandook‘, which is produced by Vishwajeet Gaikwad and Mandar Keni. The film which is a period comedy, is set on the backdrop of 1940 period. Speaking on the occasion, director Atul kale said that for the past 12 years, he has been trying to make the film on this subject and now his dream has come true. For Sumeet Raghvan, this was a special moment, as he had done a film with his childhood friend Atul Kale. Ajit Sameer have provided music of this film, on the lyrics of Guru Thakur. The film stars Sumeet Raghavan, Bhargavi Chirmule, Sharad Ponkshe, Arun Nalawade & Rahul Mehendale in lead roles.
‘Valya to Valmiki’ launched in Karjat
Producers Shrikant Shenoy and Shubhangi Shenoy launched their new Marathi film ‘Valya to Valmiki’ with mahurat, at beautiful natural locations of Karjat, off Mumbai. Story of this film written by Manish Kadam is about a boy called Mauli, who is a victim of circumstances. In his journey in life, he meets different people and his life is changed.
Directed by Sanjay Kasbekar & Pankaj Bhivaji, the film is being made under the banner of Varnan Pictures. The film stars Milind Shinde, Sanjay Khapre, Pankaj Vishnu, Mousami Tondwalkar, Sanjay kasbekar & Master Varun Damodar Baliga.
‘प्रेम रंगी रंगुनी’ लवकरच रंगभुमीवर
‘प्रेम’ हा विषय प्रत्येकाच्या जवळचा आणि आवडता असतो; ज्या प्रमाणे मोठ्या पडद्यावर ‘प्रेम’ ह्या विषयाला घेऊन त्याचे वेगवेगळे पैलू असलेले अनेक सिनेमे प्रेक्षकांना पाहायला मिळताय; तसच काहीस चित्र रंगभूमीवर दिसताये; येत्या काळात विविध रूपांतील प्रेमाचे पैलु मराठी नाट्य प्रेमींना पाहायला मिळणार आहे . आनंद म्हसवेकर लिखित – दिग्दर्शित ‘प्रेम रंगी रंगुनी’ हे नवीन मराठी नाटक रंगभूमीवर येणार आहे. संगीत आणि नाट्याचा सुरेल संगम असलेले हे नाटक येत्या २ मे पासून प्रेक्षेकांच्या भेटीस येणार आहे.
श्रीमती संध्या रोठे ह्याची निर्मिती असलेले ह्या नाटकाचे लेखन आनंद म्हसवेकर ह्यांनी केले असून; सुभाष मालेगावकर ह्यांनी संगीत संयोजन केले आहे. अभिनेता अमोल बावडेकर आणि अभिनेत्री दीप्ती भागवत ह्यांच्या ह्यात मुख्य भूमिका आहेत.