Bhushan Pradhan pairs with Manwa Naik in ‘Dhinchyak Enterprise’
In the recent past, we have seen Bhushan Pradhan paired with newcomers like Mrinmayi Kolwalkar, Nidhi Oza, Sai Lokur and Amruta Deshmukh. But, in the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dhinchyak Enterprise’ you will find him paired with Manva Naik. Isn’t that a big surprise ? Recently, during the music release of this film, Bhooshan himself admitted that, he was initially scared to face the camera with Manva, because the kind of characters she has played before.
Anyway, ‘Dhinchyak Enterprise’ is a musical love story, with a social message, according to the makers of this film. Today, love relationship is changing according to time. And, it is very difficult to judge the true relationship. So, get ready to watch this new love relationship between Bhooshan and Manwa, when the film releases on 31st August 2015. Directed by debutant Nishant Sapkale , the music of this film was released recently, in presence of the lead pair along with lyricists Sachin Pathak , Mayur Sapkale , music director Sameer Saptiskar, singers Harshdeep Kaur, Aadarsh Shinde, cinematographer Udaysingh Mohite and others. Mika Singh, who has also rendered one song, was however absent. Also present on this occasion were senior artistes Jayant Savarkar ,Anant Jog and special guest Pooja Sawant.
Sundeep Kochar’s debut Marathi film ‘Bhavishyachi Aishi Taishi’
Celebrity Astrologer Sundeep Kochar is making his debut through a Marathi film, ‘Bhavishyachi Aishi Taishi – The Prediction’. This film is a story of three young Maharashtrian girls, working and staying together. They have different views about life, in general. All is well, in their small world, until a fateful day, when they encounter with an astrologer; which changes their lives forever.
Produced by Ramesh Talware, the film is directed by Surinder Verma, it has been called as India’s first film based on astrology. The film’s promotion was in full swing with music released sometime in April 2015. The film was announced for release in June 2015. But, it seems , it’s release has been postponed.
The film stars Sandeep Kochar in the role of an astrologer , along with Varsha Usgaonkar, Manasi Naik , Ruchita Jadhav ,Karol Zine, Asawari Joshi, Kishor Nandlaskar, Swapnil Joshi( Jr.) & Ananda Karekar .
Vandana Gupte to release her ‘Family Katta’ in October
Popular veteran Marathi actress Vandana Gupte, after her 44 year long career in acting, is now getting ready to offer her first Marathi Home production ‘Family Katta’ in October 2015. Having won several awards for her performance on stage, television and films, she is also active in the field of acting. In forthcoming Marathi film ‘Murder Mestri’, she is playing a prominent role.
This Marathi film is being made under her home production ‘Sister Concern Entertainment’, which is in partnership with her younger sister and veteran singer Rani Varma. Both Vandana and Rani are daughters of legendary Hindustani classical & playback singer late Manik Varma. Their father was also associated with Indian classical music, besides being a lyricist and dialogue writer.
Umesh & Girish promise variety through ‘Highway – Ek Selfie Aarpaar’
Many Marathi film makers have travelled on Mumbai Pune Expressway very often. But, none of them thought of making a film on the backdrop of this highway, till writer Girish Kulkarni thought about it. Girish and his long time friend Umesh Kulkarni sat together and they decided to make a film, on a one liner. Their friend Vinay Ganu joined them as a producer and thus the idea of ‘Highway! Ek Selfie Aarpaar’ was born.
Recently, the music release and unveiling of the first look of the film was held in a ceremony, which saw many dignitaries from Marathi film industry and Bollywood. Actually, the star cast and technical team of this film itself is a combination of Marathi and Bollywood artistes and technical people. The film has two Bollywood actresses Tisca Chopra and gorgeous Huma Qureshi, playing important roles, while the music of the film is composed by Amit Trivedi. It was for this reason, both Umesh and Girish Kulkarni spoke in Hindi and Marathi, while delivering their speech, so that their special invitees understood, what they said.
The music of this film was launched by popular music director duo Ajay Atul, while the poster of the film was unveiled by Everest’s Sanjay Chabriya, Esselvision’s Deepak Rajadhyaksha and actress Jyoti Subhash. Mr. Satish Alekar, who is also part of the film’s team, was asked to release the first look of the film. The film does promise variety through this fun filled journey on the highway, undertaken by the big team of artistes comprising of Girish Kulkarni, Satish Alekar, Remuka Shahane, Mukta Barve, Sunil Barve, Umesh Jagtap, Kishore Kadam, Nagraj Manjule, Vidyadhar Joshi, Shrikant Yadav, Shilpa Anaspure, Sameer Bhate, Vrushali Kulkarni many others. The film is all set to release on 24th July 2015
Abhijit & Jitendra getting ready to play ‘Dhol Taashe’
Till now, we had only heard about the loud beats of musical instruments ‘Dhol Taashe’ during wedding ceremonies and festive seasons in Maharashtra. In fact, they are part of our Indian culture. But now, a Marathi film titled ‘Dhol Taashe’ is about to create a noise, with Abhijeet Khandkekar and Jitendra Joshi, the two lead stars of this film, all set to play.
Brahmandnayak Movies will be presenting this Marathi film ‘Dhol Taashe’, which revolves around a Politician, who tries to use this cultural activity, to promote his political party & pull the middle class boy, into his dirty game.
Needless to say that soon this young boy becomes the leader of a party called ‘Maharashtra Yuva Dhol Taashe Aghadi’. The film is a story about these two characters and their reciprocation to each other, over an immense cultural gadget called Dhol Tashe. Film releasing on 3rd July. The film stars Abhijeet Khandkekar, Jitendra Joshi, Hrishita Bhatt, Pradip Velankar, Ila Bhate, Vinay Apte & others. Cinematography by Kedar Gaekwad, music by Nilesh Moharir and lyrics by Guru Thakur are other credits.
Director Milind Kavde is offering variety through ‘Shinma’
Director Milind kavde has been experimenting new things through his films. We have seen him engaging a big team of artistes through his past films. This time, he has engaged none other than Popular Punjabi actress Gurleen Chopra, to perform an item number in his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Shinma’, shooting of which is going on.
Recently, he picturised a suitable folk song ‘Chimni Udali…’ on the glamorous star, that too with popular choreographer Ganesh Acharya also performing with her. The song has been rendered by Anand Sinde and Kavita Nikam, on the lyrics of Jai Atre, with Varun Likhte providing the music.
Produced by Arun Joshi and directed by Milind Kavade, ‘Shinma’ stars a big team of veteran and newcomers like Ajinkya Deo, Yatin karyekar, Vijay Patkar, , Ganesh Yadav, Kishori Shahane, Abhijeet Chavan along with youngsters like Saurabh Gokhale, Sanskruti Balgude, Nisha Parulekar, Arun kadam, Anshuman Vichare.
Anil Kapoor releases music of ‘Manatlya Unhat’
Kailash Waghmare, who was part of the award winning Marathi play ‘Shivaji Underground in Bhimnagar Mohalla’ is now making his debut through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Manatlya Unhat’. Recently, during the music launch ceremony of this film, he was fortunate to have Bollywood Superstar Anil Kapoor to wish him success. So overwhelmed was kailash on the occasion, that he reacted , “I am playing a character from a young man of 20 till 65 years age and I have tried to imbibe their nuances in this character. The film shows, how unforeseen incidents happen in the life of a common man and how he faces them with great resilience. This can be seen in the film and I am thankful to director Pandurang Jadhav for casting me in this film”.
Anil kapoor, while releasing the music CD, said that he was very much impressed by the song in this film, which had beautiful lyrics and excellent music. There were many other special invitees on the occasion. Prominent among them were Vijay Patkar and Usha Jadhav. Usha had come to wish her sister Ranjana , who has rendered the song.
‘Manatlya Unhat’ is producer Vijayshree Patil’s first production, directed by Pandurang Jadhav and stars three award winning artistes Mitali Jagtap, Kishore Kadam and child star Hansraj Jagtap. The other artistes in the film are Kailash Waghmare, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Ruchita Jadhav, Nagesh Bhosle, Chhaya Kadam, Manthan Patil and Avshiksha Patil. Lyrics by Vishwaraj Joshi ,music by Rahul Mishra, background music by Ashwin Srinivasan and DOP Nagraj Diwakar and editing by Nilesh Navnath Gawand are other credits. The film will be released on 24th July 2015.
‘Murder Mestri’ promises good music besides unique subject
A lot of curiosity has already been raised about forthcoming Marathi film ‘Murder Mestri’. Firstly, it is because it is the debut production of Abrar Nadiadwala, whose family has been in Bollywood film business for more than 50 years. Secondly, the film’s title itself is a mystery, with combination of comedy with suspense. Recently, grand music release of this film was held in Mumbai, in presence of media representatives and invitees. The event was marked with superb performances by the artistes of the film, who presented skits and dances.
While Kranti Redkar and Sanjay Khapre entertained through their skit, Manasi Naik was in great form, performing a fabulous dance performance. Which was applauded by the invitees. Guru Thakur and Mandar Cholkar have penned lyrics of three songs in this film, with music by Pankaj Padghan & Adarsh Shinde. Highlight of this film’s music is a song rendered by veteran singer Asha Bhosle.
‘Murder Mestri’, which stars Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Hrishikesh Joshi, Manasi Naik, Kranti Redkar, Sanjay Khapre & Kamlakar Satpute is directed by cinematographer & director Rahul Jadhav. The film will be released in Maharashtra on 10th July 2015.
‘Olakh – My Identity’ first look and music unveiled
Produced by Harshdeep Sasan,co-produced by Shital Rajveer & directed by Jamil Khan, new Marathi film ‘Olakh- My Identity’ is getting ready for release on 31st July 2015. Recently, the first look and music of this film was unveiled in presence of artistes of Alka Kubal Athalye, Bhushan Patil, Khushboo Tawde, Arun Nalawade & Ganesh Yadav.
The film has two songs penned by Swapnil Mahaling, on the music of Rajesh, Kamal & Pranay Pradhan. One of the songs is a sufi song rendered by Bollywood singer Mohammed Irfan. This is a debut film of Bhushan Patil who is called the first six pack hero of Marathi films. Veteran actress Alka Kubal Athalye plays his mother’s role in the film, while the leading lady of the film is Khushboo Tawde.
Much awaited ‘Killa’ gets ready for release on 26th June
Childhood is the most beautiful period in the life of every individual. There are many memorable moments, which are unforgettable. One such film ‘Killa’ presents all such moments connected with emotion filled relationship between an adolescent boy and his mother, after untimely death of his father. It also throws light on his school life and new friends, after displacement from one place to other, due to job transfer of his mother.
‘Killa’ stars Archit Deodhar, who plays the central character of Chinu, while his mother’s role is played by national award winning actress Amruta Subhash. There are four more children in the film, and their roles are played by talented Parth Bhalerao, Gaurish Gawde, Swanand Raikar & Atharv Upasani. This much awaited Marathi film directed by cinematographer turned director Avinash Arun. Produced by Madhukar Musale, Ajay Rai & Allan Maclex and presented by Essel Vision, the film gets ready for its release all over Maharashtra on 26th June 2015.