Health Check up camp to benefit Drama Theatre workers
There are many hands working behind the state, which are associated with staging of a play in drama theatre. Many a times, they are required to travel along with drama troupe, at different places. They too need medical assistance. In Maharashtra they have an association called ‘Rangamanch Kamgar Sangh ( Theatre Workers Association), looking after the welfare of these people.
Recently, this Association in arrangement with Seven Hills Hospital had organised a Health Check Up camp for the workers, at Yashwant Natya Mandir. The Health Check up camp, also had the provision of Blood Sugar test, Eye Check up & Distribution of specs to the workers, was inaugurated by well known Marathi actress Nirmiti Sawant . This health scheme also covers Rs. 2 lakhs for operations purpose, under the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme. This camp received a very good response and hence the association has planned to organise one more camp on 25th August 2015.
‘Mee Aani Shahir Sable’ – Kedar’s tribute to Shahir
Known for his super hit Folk songs during the period 60s to 90s, Maharashtra Shahir Krishnarao Sable alias Shahir Sable had created a special place in the hearts of folk music lovers all over the world. His musical plays like ‘Yamarajyat Ek ratra’, ‘Nashib Futala Sandhun Ghya’, ‘Bapacha Baap’ created records with maximum shows. In short, he was a legend in folk music.
In order to pay a tribute to this legend, his grandson and well known Marathi film maker Kedar Shinde is organizing a special programme of about two hours, which will be staged on the auspicious occasion of Guru Pournima on 31st July 2015. This inaugural show will be staged at Gadkari Rangayatan, thane at 4.30 pm, in presence of dignitaries from Marathi entertainment industry and special invitees. This will be followed by two more shows at 8.30 pm on 1st and 2nd August, at Atre Rangmandir, kalian & Shivaji Mandir, Dadar respectively.
The concept of this programme has been designed by Shahir Sable’s daughter Vasundhara Sable and produced by Bela Shinde & Narendra Firodia. Kedar Shinde, Santosh Pawar & Bharat Jadhav will present some of the scenes from Shahir Sable’s plays, while popular singers like Prasanjit Kosambi, Rohit Raut & Sayali Pankaj will be offering playback .
‘Highway’ Journey postponed due to technical reasons
The most awaited Marathi film ‘Highway- Ek Selfie Aarpar’ has postponed its journey. According to producer Vinay Ganu, writer Girish Kulkarni & director Umesh Kulkarni the release of this film has been postponed for technical reason and the fresh date most probably next month, will be announced by them soon. But, according to reliable sources, the makers felt that the time was just not right for their film’s release.
Bollywood movie ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ released last Friday has done very good business during the first three days . And having occupied maximum screens across Maharashtra, it is expected to continue at the same screens. Moreover Marathi film ‘Bioscope’ has also done a better business during first three days. If that’s not enough, three Marathi films are also releasing on 24th, followed by three more on 31st July. Thereafter two more films ‘Nilkanth Master’ and ‘Double Seat’, have already announced their release dates. So, we are not at all surprised with this decision taken by makers of ‘Highway’. In fact, it is a wise decision.
‘Gurukul’ promises quality music
New Marathi film ‘Gurukul’, presented by Anil Kabra and directed by Rommel Rodrigues, is getting ready for release on 7th August 2015. Recently, the music of this film was released at the hands of well known RPI leader Ramdas Athavale in presence of dignitaries like Singer Udit Narayan, Raja Hasan, Actor Ravi Kishan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali production’s CEO, Sandeep Singh. On this occasion the director, presenter, lead actors of this film Nagesh Bhosale, Vidyadhar Joshi, actor Swapnil Joshi(Jr.), Pradip Kunwar, Prashant Mohite, Sonali Shewale, Rinna Liman, ‘U’ vaa Fame actress Neha Khan were also present.
To make this event entertaining, Preeti Sadaphule did an item number, on the lavani sung by veteran singer Asha Bhosle, for this film. Speaking on the occasion, RPI leader Ramdas Athawale stated, that if ‘Gurukul’ film does not find theatres, his party can help them. According to the makers, this film will help to build bonding between teacher and students .
The other songs from this film are sung by legendary singer Suresh wadkar, Sachin Pilgaonkar & Neha Rajpal. The Music of this film has been composed by SanjayRaj Gaurinandan and lyrics are by Prashant Ingole, Rajesh Bamugade & Madhukar Arkade.
Goa Film Festival concludes with premiere of ‘Nilkanth Master’
The three day Goa Marathi film Festival which is in its 8th edition, began on 17th July, with the screening of the film ‘Dr. Prakash Baba Amte’. On the first day evening there was special screening of forthcoming film ‘Highway – Ek Selfie Aarpar’. On the second day, there were premieres of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Panhala’ and also Hollywood’s first Marathi film ‘Paratu’ directed by award winning director Nitin Adsul. The festival concluded today, with the premiere of another forthcoming Marathi film ‘Nilkanth Master’ directed by Gajendra Ahire.
This year, 18 Marathi films including films like ‘Khwada’ ,’Sandook’, ‘Siddhant’, ‘Welcome Zindagi’ were showcased at three different venues Kala Academy, Inox Multiplex & Maquinez Palace. The festival received very good response from the audience. Veteran actors, Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo were conferred with the special ‘Kritagyata Puraskar’ for their exemplary contribution to the World of Cinema.
Dilip Prabhavalkar speaks his mind about his past characters
Renowned Marathi actor Dilip Prabhavalkar was recently invited at a function organised by Kitab Khana, a South Mumbai based biggest book store. Addressing a small gathering of special invitees, the versatile actor clad in a simple trouser and shirt, was frank enough while speaking his mind about some of his past characters portrayed by him in Marathi dramas, serials and Films.
“Even after so many decades I, sometimes, am still referred to as ‘Chimanrao’ and this is irritating at times. But, one of my favourite characters is a witch (Chetkin), I played in a children’s play ‘Albatya Galbatya.” confessed Dilip Prabhavalkar. He stressed the importance of voice modulation and make-up, get-up etc . which in his opinion, helped him to bring a lot of characters alive. “I am not a trained actor from NSD or elsewhere and frankly, I never intended to be an actor.” he said.
“Again, a character which is close to my heart is from ‘Chaukat Raja’. Actually, I was to play Smita’s (Talwalkar) husband and Paresh Rawal was to portray that mentally retarded character. Just two days before the start of the shoot, Smita called me and informed that Pareshji is out of the project. And she forced me to play this retarded person’s role. I was scared of the fate of the role and film, as I did not have enough time to prepare for this role. After talking to my doctor friends, referring medical journals, little help from my director, Sanjay Surkar, I finally sailed through. And it was a proud feeling, when I was judged the Best Actor for this role at Maharashtra State Awards.” he concluded.
रोमॅंटिक आणि थ्रिलरचे कॉम्बिनेशन असलेला ‘शॉर्टकट’
विज्ञानाची होणारी जलद गतीची प्रगती आपल्याला उपयुक्त जरी ठरत असली तरी दुसऱ्या बाजूला ह्या प्रगतीचा गैरवापरदेखील जगात मोठ्या प्रमाणात होत आहे. झटपट श्रीमंत होण्याच्या हव्यासापोटी हल्लीची युवापिढी पैसा, प्रसिद्ध मिळवण्यासाठी ‘शॉर्टकट’ चा मार्ग अवलंबायला जराही मागे पुढे पाहात नाही, पण हाच ‘शॉर्टकट‘ कधीतरी वेगळं वळण घेउन आपल्याला घातक ठरू शकतो याचा जराही विचार या तरुण मंडळीना नसतो.
दिवसेंदिवस सायबर क्राइमसारख्या गुन्ह्यांमध्ये मोठ्या प्रमाणात कमालीची वाढ होत आहे.
‘सायबर क्राइम’ सारखा अत्यंत ज्वलंत विषय ‘शॉर्टकट’ दिसतो पण नसतो, या आगामी सिनेमातून मांडण्यात आला आहे. एम के मोशन पिक्चर्स चे मुकेश चौधरी आणि चित्रकार फिल्म्सचे बी. आर. देढीया यांची निर्मिती असलेल्या ‘शॉर्टकट’ सिनेमाचे दिग्दर्शन हरीश राऊत यांनी केले असून त्यांचा हा पहिलाच मराठी सिनेमा आहे.
राजेश शृंगारपुरे, वैभव तत्ववादी आणि अभिनेत्री संस्कृती बालगुडे ह्यांच्या मुख्य भूमिका आहेत. सिनेमाची कथा हरीश राऊत यांची असून पटकथा हरीश राऊत, विनय नारायणे आणि राजेश बाळापुरे यांची आहे, तर संवाद विनय नारायणे यांचे आहेत.शकील खान यांनी सिनेमॅटोग्राफर म्हणून काम पाहिले असून या सिनेमात रॉक संगीतासोबतच रोमॅंटिक संगीताची मेजवानी आपल्याला मिळणार आहे.
रोमॅंटिक आणि थ्रिलरचे कॉम्बिनेशन असलेला ‘शॉर्टकट‘ हा सिनेमा ७ ऑगस्टपासून संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रात प्रदर्शित होत आहे.
‘Baba Retired Zaale’ will be homage to 7/11 blast victims – Nishant Bhuse
Nishant Bhuse has played a crucial role as an investigative journalist, while reporting the ghastly 7/11 Mumbai serial train blasts by terrorists in 2006. His post blast reports continued to appear in a tabloid, with his analytical stories. Now, Nishant is making a Marathi film suitably titled ‘Baba Retired Zaale’, which has been inspired, after the death of 189th victim of the horrific blast. It may be mentioned that Parag Sawant, the 189th victim of the blast, died recently, after fighting with death for nine years.
Marathi Movie World had a chat with Nishant Bhuse, to know more about this film.
Q: Why did you choose this title of the film ?
A: Actually, I wanted to show, how the family of the victim suffers. Besides showing the tragic account of late Parag Sawant’s life, the film will also be touching compilation of the emotional turmoil in his retired father’s life. I wanted to show, how a helpless father had to deal with our lethargic system, right from the day after the blast, till the day he passed away.
Q: What are the main issues highlighted in the film?
A: I have come across several disgusting human interest stories, which have never come to light. Can you imagine, a family’s futile wait for compensation, after the death of their near and dear ones? A father’s never ending struggle with the system, for the recovery of his son, who battled for years to return to normal life and thereafter succumbing to death? All these issues, I have tried to I flawlessly merge, to recreate the made-up characters.
Q: Have you hired the services of any technical experts on this project ?
A: Most of the technical people engaged in our team are specialists in their respective fields. They include people like, Hardeep Sachdev our DOP , who is winner of the 2008 LA International Photography Award (IPA) and others. We have already taken three years of research and intensive screenwriting, for this film, which will roll with India’s critically acclaimed talents, from Marathi and Hindi film industry.
Q: Now, the poster of your film has been released. What is your next planning ?
A: ‘Baba Retired Zaale’ will go on the floors in the third week of August 2015,with a month long shooting schedule, across actual Mumbai locations. We have also planned to screen this film at renowned international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Berlin & Toronto . The film will release in India in 2016.
Marathi actresses to face the challenge of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’
For the past few weeks, we have been watching mass releases of Marathi films and the same will continue , during the last week of July. But, coming Friday, we will notice only one Marathi film, ‘Bioscope‘, which is a collection of four different stories. All the four stories are directed by four different reputed directors from Marathi film industry. One of them, i.e. ‘Mitra’ directed by Ravi Jadhav, which is part of ‘Bioscope’ has already won the national award recently, for the best short film.
‘Bioscope‘ also presents some of the best talent from Marathi film industry. And, they comprise of Neena Kulkarni, Suhas Palshikar ( Dil E Nadaan) , Smita Tambe, Mangesh Kadam( Bail), Veena Jamkar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Sandeep Khare( Mitraa) ,Ek Hota Kaau( Kushal Badrike, Spruha Joshi) and many others, who have performed under the able direction of Gajendra Ahire, Girish Mohite, Ravi Jadhav & Viju Mane respectively.
There is one good decision taken by all these dynamic filmmakers. They didn’t back out, only because a Salman Khan film was being released on the same day. And, this is to be highly appreciated. The release of this Marathi film, coming Friday, will only indicate the confidence the Marathi film makers have, about the positive response for their film. According to our sources, the makers of ‘Bioscope‘ had already booked 150 screens in advance, all over Maharashtra and the number is expected to go up.
Seven Marathi films to be released in a gap of eight days
If Marathi films are making a progress, with good scripts and quality presentation, it does not mean that the film makers should release their films simultaneously, in such a large number. During the last week of July 2015, we are going to notice about 7 Marathi films, lined up for release in two groups . In short, during the period of just 8 days i.e. 24th July till 31st July, seven Marathi films will be released.
On 24th July will see the release of ‘Panhala’, ‘Carry on Maratha’, ‘Manatlya Unhat’ & ‘Vaajalach Pahije – Game Ki Shinma’, while on 31st July ,three more Marathi films, namely, ‘Olakh My Identity’, ‘Deool Band’, & ‘Janiva’ are getting ready to release. The makers of ‘Dhinchak Enterprise’ have however taken a wise decision to postpone their film’s release from 31st July to 21st August 2015, as per reliable sources.
Recently, when we met actor-producer-director Nagesh Bhosale, he expressed his concern over such mass releases. Incidentally, Nagesh Bhosle’s own film ‘Panhala’ is also lined up for release, in this competition. “How can you divide the Marathi audience? This issue, certainly needs attention and I only hope that there is some amicable solution, to avoid competition among Marathi films. It is a big loss to film makers and even audience is getting confused, as to which film to watch. Don’t really think, the common man will be able to watch three or four films a week.” he said, while expressing his frank opinion.