‘Deool Band’ will respect the sentiments of people – Pravin Tarde
The director duo of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Deool Band’ are trying their best to convince the media persons, that their Marathi film is not a traditional film. “It’s different! When it comes to having faith in God, we have tried to show both sides in the film; but, our intention is not to hurt the sentiments of the people, having such a faith. We are well aware that in our country, majority of the people, belonging to any religion, do have total faith in God. Some people have even tried to remove even that faith, calling it blind faith. There is a big difference between faith and blind faith. This is what we have tried to explain through our movie.” said Mr. Pravin Tarde, who was more vocal, between the two.
The film’s first look unveiled recently, was very appealing. With wonderful photography, good performances, interesting theme, hard hitting dialogues and suitable background music; it only gave a glimpse of what they had in store for the film lovers. With veteran actor Mohan Joshi playing an important role, the film also offers debutant Gashmeer Mahajani, in the role of a young scientist along with beautiful Girija Joshi. The first look of this film was unveiled by actor film maker Mahesh Manjrekar, who has also played a very special role in this film, along with a big team of artistes like Dr.Mohan Agashe, Sunil Barve, Nivedita Saraf, Ravindra Mahajani, Sushant Shelar, Prasad oak, Satish Alekar ,Deepak karanjikar, Sunil Abhyankar, Pravin Tarde,Vibhavari Sharma, Shweta Shinde, Satish Alekar, Kiran Yadnyopavit, Sharvari Jamenis and many others. The film is all set to release on 31st July 2015.
Raj Thackeray launches music of ‘Nilkanth Master’

Having directed more than 40 films, during the past 12 years, renowned Marathi film director Gajendra Ahire is now coming with his new film ‘Nilkanth Master’, produced by Meghmala Balbhim Pathare. Recently the music of this film was launched in a big way in Mumbai, at the hands of Maharashtra Navanirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray. On this occasion all the three main artistes of the film, namely Pooja Sawant, Omkar Govardhan, Neha Mahajan & Adinath Kothare were present , along with music director duo Ajay Atul and well known singer Javed Ali. The film has total four songs in the voices of Javed Ali , Ajay Gogavle and Shreya Ghoshal. The other two important artites of the film are Vikram Gokhale & Kishore kadam.
On this occasion, the video clippings of the songs picturised on lead artistes were shown. The film is set on the backdrop of the period of 1940s and also covers the dawn of India’s freedom, with Vande Mataram song. The song was played live, by 15 singers, who were part of the chorus, along with Ajay Atul. Though Omkar Govardhan , who plays title role was dressed up in simple clothes, both Pooja and Neha presented themselves with designer clothes, for this occasion. While speaking on the occasion, Mr. Raj Thackeray praised singer Javed Ali, for his clear pronunciation of Marathi in the song. He also recalled the olden days, when late Mohammed Rafi used to visit his music director father, to learn proper Marathi pronunciation from him, to enable him to sing Marathi songs on his music.
The show was anchored by Abhijit Khandkekar, who did a good job, interviewing all those important persons connected with this film. ‘Nilkanth master’ is due for release on 7th August 2015.
Salman Khan releases trailer of Marathi film ‘Janiva’

Producers Arwind Kumar, Milind Vishnu & Sharman Jain had an occasion to celebrate with Bollywood actor Salman Khan. Yesterday evening, the three producers had invited him to release the trailer of their forthcoming Marathi film ‘Janiva’, in presence of celebrities, invitees and media persons. It almost gave a look that it was a Bollywood film. While speaking on the occasion, Salman Khan said that her very much liked the first look of this film and offered best wishes to the entire team. The film is directed by Rajesh Ranshinge
‘Janiva’ is scheduled for release on 31st July and stars Mahesh Manjrekar’s son Satya Manjrekar,Vaibhavi Shandilya, Usha Nadkarni, Renuka Shahane, Sanket Agarwal, Anuradha Mukherjee, Devdutt Dani, Kiran Karmarkar, Indira Krishnan and Atul Parchure. Actor- film maker Mahesh Manjrekar, who was in Hyderabad, specially flew in, to attend this function, as his son Satya was playing lead role in the film. Among the special invitees present on the occasion were, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Sachin Khedekar, Ekta Jain, Sargun , besides the artistes of the film.
‘Nanda Saukhyabhare’ – will be one more Saas-Bahu serial

Having seen enough of ‘Saas Bahu’ serials on television, one more serial ‘Nanda Saukhyabhare’ will add to the list from Monday 20th July 2015 on Zee Marathi at 7.30 pm. This serial will be telecast from Monday to Saturday. Produced by Aadesh and Suchitra Bandekar’s Soham Entertainment, this new serial will star Suhas Paranjape, Chinmay Udgirkar and Rutuja Bagwe in the lead role.Varsha Dandale will be seen in supporting role, along with other artistes.
‘Nanda Saukhya bhare’ is a story of Hypocritical Mother in-law and her straight forward daughter in law. Written by Sampada Joglekar, screenplay by Archana Joshi & dialogues Mithila Joshi, this serial is directed by Vaibhav Chinchalkar. The serial goes on to show, how the honest daughter in law Swanandi , scores over her cunning mother in law Lalita, with her presence of mind and tactful methods.
Now, how this serial is going to be different from traditional Saas bahu serials, it remains to be seen.
Dr. Jabbar Patel to head a new film making School at MIT Pune

Dr. Jabbar Patel is a distinguished personality in Marathi film industry. Over the years, he has always been active in offering training to talented artistes and directors .Now, the good news is that Dr.Patel will be heading a Film Making School at MIT Pune. The MIT School of Filmmaking was launched recently, with Dr.Jabbar patel as its Chairman. This school will be offering post-graduation programmes in various disciplines of Film Making and TV production, under the auspices of some of the respected names in the film Industry, like Mani Ratnam, Mamooty, Goutam Ghose, Jahnu Barua, Samar Nakhate, Vinod Pradhan, Resul Pookutty, Kamlesh Pandey, Shankar Mahadevan and others.
The first batch of this Film and Television School , will commence from September this year. MIT –School of Film & Television(SFT) is located at the sprawling campus in Rajbaug , off . Loni, which is about 25 kms from Pune. The School will offer courses in Film Making and Television Production, for the disciplines of Direction, Cinematography, Sound Recording & Designing, Editing, Production Design & Art Direction and Screenplay writing.
‘DDD’ TV artistes more popular than ‘Tu Hi Re’ film stars

Having seen many films on the subject of love and friendship, one more film in Marathi, adds to this list. The master filmmaker Sanjay Jadhav, having made his previous films ‘Duniyadari’ and ‘Pyarwali Love Story’, is now offering one more film, on this subject, suitably titled ‘Tu Hi Re’.
Recently, to unveil the first look of this film, Sanjay along with his big group producers Mrudula Padwal Oza, Shital Kumar Manere, Ashish Wagh, Deepak Rane, Utpal Acharya & Sanjay Ghodawat, had invited media people at Inox, Malad. On this occasion, besides the three lead stars of this film Swapnil Joshi, Sai Tamhankar & Tejaswini Pandit; Sanjay had also invited the artistes from his popular television serial ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’.
But, the media camera persons, news reporters and press photographers seemed to be more keen on covering the artistes of Dil Dosti Duniyadari. They not only clicked their photos in a group and solo; but, also took their interviews. Except for Swanandi Tikekar, who could not make it, the other five youngsters who were present stole the show. Amongst them bearded Pushkaraj Chirputkar who plays the role of Ashu, was the main attraction, of the press photographers.
Now, who are more popular? Our Marathi film stars or our Marathi TV artistes ? According to us, obviously the TV stars, as they are reaching every household in Maharashtra. Let’s hope, next time, Sanjay Jadhav while launching his next film’s promotion, will not repeat this mistake.
Shekhar, Deepti & Amol grace the first look event of ‘Panhala’

Now days, Marathi film event is never complete, without presence of Bollywood personalities. Recently, during the unveiling of the first look of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Panhala’ we saw the presence of well known bollywood personalities like Shekhar Suman, Deepti Naval & Amol Gupte. This was obvious, because one of the bollywood artistes, Makarand Deshpande is part of this film, with a prominent role.
‘Panhala’ is produced and directed by Nagesh Bhosale, who has given a clear hint through the first look of this film, that it was technically well made film. Wonderful photography at the most ideal outdoor location and apt background music, to indicate the historical importance of the fort , were the highlights of this first look. All the three artistes seemed very much impressed by this first look of the film and wished the team all the success. They also did not forget to appreciate the progress of Marathi films, on the basis of its good content.
Nagesh Bhosale himself plays the guide of this historical place in the film, with Sangram Salvi, Amruta Sant, Samidha Guru and Makarand Deshpande playing other prominent roles. The beautiful photography of this film has been captured by Amarendra Bhosale.
Will Gajendra Ahire’s ‘Nilkanth Master’ inspire youth?

It is not necessary that the biopics on the lives of great personalities only inspire youth. If the script is strong, then the characters presented through the film, can also inspire today’s youth. Film maker Gajendra Ahire has tried this experiment through his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Neelkanth Master’, which is scheduled for release on 7th August 2015, all over Maharashtra.
Recently, the first look of this film was released in Pune, in presence of Music director duo – Ajay Atul; when besides director Gajendra Ahire, the female artistes of this film Pooja Sawant and Neha Mahajan were also present. The film talks about the values and shows how for the love of country, a youth sacrifices his own love. Omkar Govardhan has played the lead role in this film, produced by Meghamala Baliram Pathare. The music is by Ajay Atul, which assures good quality music.
‘आम्ही सारे खवय्ये’त विविध तज्ञांचे मार्गदर्शन

दर बारा कोसावर भाषा बदलते तशी दर कोसावर खाद्यसंस्कृतीही बदलते. महाराष्ट्राची ही वैविध्यपूर्ण खाद्यसंस्कृती केवळ देशभरातच नाही तर जगभरात प्रसिद्ध आहे. महाराष्ट्रीयन खाद्यसंस्कृती जगभरात आपला ठसा उमटवते ती त्याच्या साधेपणामुळे आणि वैविध्यपूर्ण लज्जतीमुळे. महाराष्ट्रात खाद्यसंस्कृतीचा समृद्ध वारसा असूनही आज एकूण धकाधकीच्या जीवनात रोजच्या आहारात जागा घेतलीय ती फास्टफूड किंवा डाएटफूडने.
अनेक व्याधींपासून मुक्तता मिळवण्यासाठी लोकांचा कल आहारसुद्धा संतुलित आणि योग्य पद्धतीचा घेण्याकडे वाढतोय. मात्र संतुलित आणि योग्य आहार म्हणजे नेमकं काय हे माहित नसल्यानं आहार संतुलनापेक्षा चुकीचा आहार घेतला जातो आणि आरोग्याची समस्या अधिक बिकट होते. झी मराठीवर ‘आम्ही सारे खवय्ये’ कार्यक्रमात येत्या काही भागांमध्ये विशेष तज्ञमंडळींना पाचारण करण्यात येत आहे.
आरोग्याबाबत काही खास सूचना देताना किंवा विविध विषयावर मार्गदर्शन करताना काही विशेष पाककृतींची ओळखही ही तज्ञमंडळी करून देणार आहेत. ६ जुलैला कान-नाक-घसा तज्ञ डॉ. ज्योत्सना जगताप तर ७ जुलैला ज्येष्ठ सौंदर्यतज्ञ माया परांजपे नोकरदार स्रियांनी कमीत कमी वेळेत पोषक आणि संतुलित तसेच सौंदर्य टिकवण्यसाठी काय आहार घ्यावा यासाठी मार्गदर्शन करतील. तसेच ८ जुलैला स्त्रीरोगतज्ञ डॉ. ललिता मायदेव आणि ९ जुलैला मार्गदर्शक सुचित्रा सुर्वे दहावी – बारावी झालेल्या मुलांना व पालकांना मार्गदर्शन करतील.
‘कॅरी ऑन मराठा’मध्ये अरुण नलावडे यांची ग्रे शेड भूमिका

अरुण नलावडे हे नाव घेतलं की डोळ्यासमोर उभं राहत ते साध सुध व्यक्तिमत्व. त्यांनी भूमिकाही आपल्या व्यक्तिमत्वाला साजेशा अशाच केल्या. ‘श्वास’ चित्रपटात त्यांनी नातवासाठी तळमळणाऱ्या आजोबांची भूमिका केली तर त्यांच्या गंमत जंमत नाटकाने धमाल उडवली होती. आपल्या अभिनयाने त्यांनी अगदी साध्या भूमिकाही जिवंत केल्या. कॅरी ऑन मराठामध्ये अरुण नलावडे यांनी ग्रे शेड असलेली भूमिका साकारली आहे. पहिल्यांदा अशा वेगळ्या भूमिकेत आणि लूकमध्ये पाहायला मिळणार आहेत. सिनेमातला त्यांचा लूक त्यांच्या भूमिकेला साजेसा असा आहे. त्यांचे चाहते त्यांच्या या भूमिकेवरही प्रेम करतील यात शंकाच नाही.