Universal releases ‘Teechi Yaad Aali’ music album
Singer Mangesh Chavan in association with Universal Music Co. released his latest audio music album ‘Teechi Yaad Aali’ targeted at young generation recently. This album was released at the hands of well known singer Sridhar Phadke, who was the chief guest at the function. Some dance performances on the songs of this album were also presented on the occasion. Among those present for the function were Lokshahir Shantaram Chavan, Mr. Mandar Gupte & Mr. Rajan Prabhu of Universal Co. besides other dignitaries from music industry.
Prior to this album, Mangesh Chavan had released music albums like ‘Majhya Savalya Vithhala’, ‘Vakratund’, ‘Tu Pari Swapnatali’ & ‘Gavran Pakharu’. And, all these albums had received very good response. Along with Mangesh Chavan , Vaishali Made and Aanandi Joshi have rendered their voices for the songs composed by group of music directors like Amit Bhavar, Sudesh Gaikwad, Sudesh-Nitin, Stefan Samson and Sanjay Marathe.
Tejaswini & her mother Jyoti bag awards together
Actress Tejaswini Pandit and her actress mother Jyoti Chandekar together have bagged the Zee gaurav awards, for best actress and best supporting actress respectively, for the same film ‘Ticha Umbartha‘, directed by Pradeep Ghonsikar. The film produced by veteran action director turned producer Ravi Dewan, had already bagged five nominations at this award function. And, they have won these two awards. However, in the film Jyoti Chandekar plays Tejaswini’s mother in law.
The film had already received good appreciation at recently concluded Pune International film festival and had won two awards at Sangli International .Film Festival. The film also stars Chinmay Mandlekar along with Suyash Tilak, Harsha Khandeparkar, Tulika Nikam, Bharat cinematography by Yogesh Jani and music by Shreyas-Preet are the other credits of the film.
‘Court’ visits 20 film festivals to bag 17 awards
Marathi films have always been hailed for its content. With a Variety of thought-provoking subjects handled by directors, the films have been receiving a lot of praise and accolades at different film festivals.
One such film which is produced by Vivek Gombhar under the banner Zoo Entertainment Pvt Ltd, is, ‘Court’ . Obviously this film, as the title suggests, tries to throw light on the smaller courts in India in a realistic way, keeping the narration interesting. The film is written by Chaitanya Tamhane, who is also making his is debut as a director with this film. The film has already made waves at 20 national and international film festivals. MAMI at Mumbai , Venice International film festival , Tomorrow Int. film festival at Moscow to name a few, it bagged 17 awards, in different categories including Best film and Best director. ‘Court’ will be released for general audience on 17th April 2015.
Kranti Redkar launches music of ‘Kaakan’
Kranti Redkar’s much awaited movie launched its music recently, in presence of the entire team of ‘Kaakan’. In this film, besides direction, Kranti is also making her debut as lyricist. She has written two songs in this film, which are rendered by Shriram Iyer and Hamshika Iyer. Omkar Dutt is the co lyricist in this film, which has music by Ajay Singha. The title track of this film is sung by Shankar Mahadevan along with Neha Rajpal. Swapnil Bandodkar has also rendered his voice for another song in this film.
To entertain the invitees, lead artistes Urmila Kanetkar Kothare and Jitendra Joshi performed live on the title track of this film. Live performances were also given by other artistes of the film, namely, Madhavi Juvekar, Ashok Shinde and child actors Ashitosh Gaikwad and Aakash Banerjee. Film Kaakan (Bangle), revolves around a tragic love story of a young couple set on the backdrop of 1970s.
Produced by Mangorange Productions, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics of this film by Kranti Redkar and Omkar Mangesh Dutt, cinematographer Bithin Das and art director Mahesh Kudalkar. The film will release across Maharashtra on April 10, 2015.
‘Sasu Day’ celebrated by ‘SasuCha Swayamvar’ team
Now days, Movie making process doesn’t stop at the last ‘cut’ or on completion of post-production work . Film promotions have gained a lot more importance these days; and the producers do not wish to ignore this. Again, each one tries to think of ‘out-of-box’ ideas, to generate enthusiasm about the movie till the release.
Friendship day! Rose day! Valentine’s day! These are the few days celebrated throughout the year world over. A new Marathi film ‘SasuCha Swayamvar’ came up with a novel idea during their Trailer launch event. They celebrated ’till-not-celebrated’ ‘Sasu’ day! (Mother-in-law day) on 12th March . Usually, during the trailer launch, songs are played on AV, but the makers of ‘Sasucha Swayamvar’ made it different by putting in a live performance, by dancers on combo of 4 songs of the film and bringing the film’s ‘Sasu’ on dais in a ‘Doli’.
While celebrating Sasu day in a unique way, they invited some of the Marathi artists who are identified for their mother-in-law roles. Usha Nadkarni (arrived much before time), Reema, Supriya Pilgaonkar , Harshada Khanvilkar and Savita Malpekar (who arrived at the fag end of the event), were present to represent ‘Sasu’. Smita Gavankar who was ably anchoring the event, requested all the guests to speak on the occasion. Ms Nadkarni, Ms Reema, Ms Pilgaonkar, Ms Khanvilkar, all of them hailed the idea of ‘Sasu day’ and wished the makers a grand success. Sachin Pilgaonkar was also present, remembered Pushkar Jog for starting his film career with him, as a child artist.
‘SasuCha Swayamvar’ is produced under the banner of Seven Seas Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd. and produced by Santosh Parab and Sameer Parab. This film is directed by debutant director Omkar Mane, who has written the story and screenplay too; stars Pushkar Jog, Teja Deokar, Vishakha Sarpotdar, Vijay Chavan, Satish Tare (his last film), Jaywant Wadkar, Bhargavi Chirmule (guest appearance), and hindi stand-up comedian Sunil Pal. This romantic comedy film is slated for release on 24th April 2015.
Ravindra Mahajani receives prestigious SKD award
Mr. Ravindra Mahajani , veteran actor from Marathi film industry was conferred upon the prestigious 10th Sarvashreshtha Kala Gaurav Puraskar instituted by Sankskruti kala Darpan on Thursday 11th march 2010, in presence of capacity packed audience at the Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga, Mumbai. Mr. Mahajani, entertained the Marathi stage and film lovers during late 70s and 80s had to struggle a lot initially in this filed, till he got his major break in V. Shantaram’s film as a hero.
After receiving this award from MLA- Mr. Praveen Darekar, Mr. Mahajani expressed his gratitude to all those producers and directors of his time who spotted the talent in him. He specifically recalled his meeting with Great film makers like V. Shantaram and Raj dutt . While talking about his association with Nanabhai Bhatt, Mr. Mahajani mentioned about the confidence this Gujarathi film maker had in him, as he could not speak Gujarathi that time. “ Mr. Bhatt, signed me for his film first and then for two months he himself offered me tuitions in Gujarathi. It was only after that he launched his film. Later I worked in 11 Gujarathi films besides working in Marathi films,” he said.
Mr. Ravindra Mahajani also recalled some memorable moments in his life and said, how great he felt when popular singer Lata Mangeshkar invited him for tea at her place to felicitate him after he won his first Filmfare award. “Nothing would have been possible, if my dear wife would not have stood by my side, during my period of struggle. When she knew that I seriously wanted to do a career in acting, she took up a job to avoid financial crisis in the family. I am grateful to her,” said the humble actor. Finally, he only wished that his son who is all set to enter this field, would also receive the same support from the Marathi audience.
SKD awards were also presented to various personalities who excelled in the area of films, stage besides television and education field. On this occasion a variety entertainment programme was also presented. Many celebrities were present on the occasion. Mr. Chandrashekhar Sandwe, the organizer of the function did a good job. MMW were online partners of this award function. Zee 24 Taas will telecast this award function on 21st March at 8 pm.
‘Siddhant’ is based on the principles of mathematics in real life
The makers of ‘Fandry‘ ‘Shala’ and ‘Anumati’ have joined hands with Amit Ahirrao to make a sensible film ‘Siddhant‘ which is based on the principles of Mathematics in real life. The film revolves around Appa Thosar (Vikram Gokhale) and his grandson Vakratund Thosar (Archit Deodhar) and their bonding with a thread of Mathematics. It is for the first time that a film on this subject is made in Marathi. The film has already participated in various film festivals and has won many popular awards till date. Now, it will be released on May 22, 2015 in Maharashtra.
Besides Vikram Gokhale and child artiste Archit Dewadhar, the film also stars Swati Chitnis, Kishor Kadam, Ganesh Yadav, Sarang Sathaye, Neha Mahajan, Madhavi Soman, Chandrashekhar Kulkarni, Prashant Tapasvi, Suraj Satav, Baba Aphale and Kanchan Jadhav. Speaking about his debut film as a director, Vivek Wagh says, “Being in production for long gave me the idea and perspective beyond direction. I’m sure when you watch the movie those small detailing will be seen by the audience. We have lived with the emotions shown in the movie. I’m thankful to my producers and actors for supporting me in my first movie.”
Now, watch Nandita Dhuri in ‘Pashbandh’
Well known stage actress Nandita Dhuri has already proved her ability as an actress on big screen through Paresh Mokashi’s film ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’. Now, she will be seen in the central role in writer director Anadram’s forthcoming film ‘Pashbandh’, which is all set to release shortly.
‘Pashbandh’ is based on a true story of an ordinary woman from Dhule , who overcame all the hurdles, to live her life. According to Nandita, it is a challenging role and could give her best, only because the director had full confidence in her ability. At present , the film will participate at different film festivals.
Sulochana Didi felicitated by Kedar Shinde & team
Filmmaker Kedar Shinde and his team of ‘Aga Bai Arechha-2′ had an occasion to celebrate Woman’s day , when the first look of their film was unveiled on Monday evening. Producer Narendra Firodia from Ahmednagar and his family took this opportunity to felicitate the grand old lady of Marathi and Hindi Cinema- Sulochana Didi.
The veteran actress who walked towards the dais, was escorted by actor Sachin Pilgaonkar, who willingly came forward to offer his helping hand. Among the 40 women from Maharashtra , who were also felicitated were many well known names in Marathi entertainment industry and other fields, including Rohini Hattangadi and lead actress of the film Sonali Kulkarni. Earlier, Sonali Kulkarni showed a fine gesture, by spending some time with the veteran actress and exchanging pleasantries.
Present on the occasion were MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Kiran Shantaram, Vijay Patkar, Purushottam Berde and other invitees. Many artistes from Marathi film and television industry, were present in large number, to grace the occasion.
Discussion on ‘Woman in socialistic reality and cinema’
8th March is celebrated throughout the globe as International Women’s Day and to mark the occasion variety of programmes take place e.g. Bike rallies, Half Marathons, talk shows etc. Varsha Tawde, better half of Honourable State Minister Vinod Tawde, through her Bharatiya Stree Shakti organisation, organised a panel discussion on ‘Woman in socialistic reality and cinema’, through a film festival ‘O Womaniya’ which screened international, national and regional films, at Sathye college auditorium in Mumbai.
National award winning film/drama director, Chandrakant Kulkarni , Pallavi Joshi, a national award winning actress , Abhiram Bhadkamkar, director, actor and writer , Samruddhi Porey, national award winner film maker, were the panellist , whereas Rajni Velankar, a well known name in acting field, conducted the function. The discussion started on a controversial documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ on Nirbhaya, with a question on film’s impact on crimes and rapes in society.
Chandrakant Kulkarni denied any such impact and said at length ‘All my body of work has been women-centric in some way or the other. If films are responsible for atrocities in society, then why the image of police depicted in films is contrary to that?’ Though Samruddhi Porey admitted that fractionally it may be true, but posed a counter question, how come good things are not picked up from films?’
On aggressive views of Ragini Chandratre, President BSS, writer Abhiram Bhadkamkar countered saying ‘no one wants labelling on these issue’ and stated that females in films are still searching for an identity. “Because, films raised issues of women, women started realising about their own issues. Rapes existed even before films were made.” he continued . Pallavi Joshi, who joined the panel a little late ,realistically stated, “Earlier villain/vamps in films showed us a mirror as to what was wrong in our society. But in today’s scenario no one knows who the villain is; and we are witnessing circus in the name of cinema. A lot of film makers are interested in women-centric subjects but lack of viewers’ patronage discourages them. We as a audience should support these ventures as we support other commercial films” she was talking in depth. In fact both Joshi and Kulkarni, with their light hearted comments, kept the audience in good spirit.