तरुणांची बाजु मांडणारा ‘युथ’
व्हिक्टरी फिल्म्स प्रस्तुत, सुंदर सेतुरामन निर्मित ‘युथ’ या आगामी चित्रपटात तरुणाईचा सळसळता उत्साह, उत्स्फूर्तता पाहता येणार आहे. दिवसागणीक अधिकाधिक प्रगत होणार जग आपण सारेच अनुभवतोय. त्यात असणारा तरूणांचा सहभाग हा सुद्धा खूप मोलाची कामगिरी बजावतोय. तरुणाईचा बदलता दृष्टीकोन ‘युथ’ सिनेमामधून भविष्याचे व समाजाचे आशादायी चित्र निर्माण करतो.
एन चंद्रा, गिरीष घाणेकर या सारख्या दिग्गजांसोबत काम करण्याचा अनुभव, नामांकित कंपन्याच्या जाहिरातींचं दिग्दर्शन, संकलन अशी मुशाफिरी करणाऱ्या राकेश कुडाळकर यांचासिनेमा दिग्दर्शनाचा हा पहिला प्रयत्न आहे.
या सिनेमाचे संवाद विशाल चव्हाण व युग यांनी लिहिले आहेत. सिनेमातील गीतांनाही तरुणाईचा स्वर लाभला असून आजचे आघाडीचे गायक जावेद अली व गायिका शाल्मली खोलगडे यांनी यातील गीते गायली आहेत. विशाल-जगदीश यांनी सिनेमाला साजेसं संगीत दिलं आहे. कोरिओग्राफी फुलवा खामकर यांची आहे. चेतन शिंदे यांनी छायाचित्रणाची जबाबदारी सांभाळली आहे.
विक्रम गोखले, नेहा महाजन, अक्षय वाघमारे,मीरा जोशी, अक्षय म्हात्रे, केतकी कुलकर्णी, शशांक जाधव या कलाकारांच्या मुख्य भूमिका आहेत. लवकरच ‘युथ’ च्या चित्रीकरणाला कोल्हापूरात सुरूवात होणार आहे.
Music of ‘Online Binline’ launched
Music of Ganraj Associates’ new Marathi film, produced by Shreyas Jadhav and directed by Kedar Gaikwad, was launched on Wednesday evening in Mumbai, in presence of entire team of the film and media people. The two lead actors of the film Siddharth Chandekar and Hemant Dhome anchored the show, introducing each and every important person associated with the film. Initially, they invited their leading lady Rutuja Shinde from Pune, who is making her debut through this film.
The film is set on the backdrop of today’s internet addicted youth, creating a Rom Com through its story .There are five songs in the film, out of which one is promotional Rap song , which is a of remix of Leslie Lewis and Hariharan’s hit Pop song composed 14 years ago. For the other four songs, the makers have engaged different music directors like Nilesh Moharir and group comprising of Hrishikesh , Saurabh and Jasraj.
New singer Priyanka Barve, Prasanjit Kosambi, Hrishikesh Ranade , who are part of the team of singers were also present along with lyricist Mandar Cholkar, director Kedar Gaikwad & producers Shreyas Jadhav and his mother Neeta Jadhav. The film will release on 3rd July 2015.
Marathi film ‘Superb Plan’ has all Bollywood masala
Have you seen a Marathi film on corporate world, which has showcased elements like action, thrill, drama and suspense sequences? If not, then forthcoming Marathi film ‘Superb Plan’, will fulfill your wishes. At least, the first look of this film, released on social networking sites, indicates it. Produced by Mr. Manmohan Ghuwalewala and directed by Jai Tari, the film has taken the style of a Bollywood film, in terms of its content.
Incidentally , the shooting of ‘Superb Plan’ was done in Canada, which is a rare in Marathi films. The film is based on corporate world and the so called white collar people, playing dirty games just to satisfy their egos and meet vested interest. The film stars Satyanand(Sandy) Gaitonde, Trupti Bhoir , Girish Pardesi & Rajendra Shisatkar.
Yogini Chouk steals the show in ‘Unheard Sounds of Universe’
Yogini Chouk, the talented Marathi actress is now busy on stage. On Friday 29th May 2015, she launched her multilingual play ‘Unheard Sounds of Universe’ at the Ravindra Auditorium , Mumbai. The show received overwhelming response. Directed by well known Theatre personality Manjul Bharadwaj, this unique play hits out at the present lifestyle of the people and their ignorance about preserving the environment.
Very intelligently, it explains the philosophy of the five elements in the universe. The director has cleverly tried to explain through each character, the feelings of Mother earth and what she expects from every human being, living on the earth. References are made to the materialistic living of the people today.
Yogini’s character in this play speaks Marathi and she has very skillfully portrayed her role, with excellent body language and swift movements shown in group performance through ballet steps , used in this play, on suitable music. The play is sure to go places and it will also help Yogini in near future. MMW wishes her and the team best wishes, for their forthcoming shows.
‘Vrundavan’ progressing fast, towards completion
There was a time when marathi film producers used to shoot at studios in Kolhapur and old houses in Konkan, due to financial constraint. But after the success of a few marathi films at the box office, there’s a change in the attitude of the producers, who have become liberal in selecting good locations. Also a lot of non-marathi producers have started investing in the projects, giving a rich-look to marathi cinema. This is evident, as an upcoming marathi movie ‘Vrundavan’ recently hired an expensive location, usually patronised by top hindi film makers, i.e. Aayush Resort, to shoot a few important climax scenes.
Produced under the banner Realistic Film Company, by producers Raj Prem, Sandeep Sharma and Sunil Khandpur, ‘Vrundavan’ is being directed by a debutant director TLV Prasad. The makers claim the movie to be a complete entertainer, which has all the ‘masala’ of love, song, dance, emotion, comedy, action etc. Also, the cast of the film boasts of veteran stalwarts like Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashok Saraf, Mohan Joshi, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar & Bharat Ganeshpure. Hindi television star Rakesh Bapat is making his Marathi film debut as a lead hero with ‘Vrundavan’ and is ably supported by Pooja Sawant and Vaidehi Parsurami.
Bollywood’s famous choreographer, Ganesh Acharya, is hired to set dances and Amit Raj is composing the music. There’s is a talk about one of the hindi film’s popular faces, doing an ‘item’ song for the movie.
Bharat Jadhav to compete with four Marathi films
Not very long ago, he was the king of Marathi films, with all his traditional comedy films inviting the attention of Marathi film lovers for almost 15 years. Bharat is still noticed in Marathi films; but, more with character or guest roles. His last film ‘Aga Bai Arechya2′ in which he played one of the ‘would be’ husbands of Sonali Kulkarni was released only last week.
This week, we find four big banner Marathi films being released. But, Bharat is not part of any one of them. On the contrary, he will be competing with all these four films, with his much talked about Hindi film ‘P Se PM Tak’, which is also releasing simultaneously, coming Friday. This hindi film , directed by Kundan Shah (‘Jane Bhi Do yaro’ fame) has Bharat playing a prominent role of a politician. Moreover, the film has a backdrop of Satara district place, in Maharashtra.
So, it remains to be seen, whether Bharat will be able to pull his fans towards him, to watch this Hindi film, instead of any one of the four Marathi films, releasing together.
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Four Marathi films have lined up for release this Friday
Come Friday and we will notice the release of four Marathi films together, creating a competition among themselves. They are ‘Siddhant’, ‘Prime Time’, ‘A Paying Ghost’ and ‘Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar’. Barring ‘Siddhant’, which seems to be sensible film based on the principles of Mathematics creating light comedy, the other three seem to be traditional entertainers.
‘Siddhant’ which is produced by three well known film makers, namely Nilesh Navalakha, Vivek Kajaria & Amit ahirrao, is directed by Vivek Wagh and is a story of a wonderful relationship between Grandfather and his grandson. Vikram Gokhale who plays the central character of a grandfather, is likely to steal the show.
‘Prime Time’ which is produced by Himanshu Kesari Patil and directed by Pramod kashyap, is a story of Vaishali Apte, played by Sulekha Talwalkar and her craze about small screen. How she takes her family on an adventure filled journey, is all that the film is about. ‘Dhurandhar Bhatwadekar’ deals with the interaction of these personalities with situations and events. It is a typical entertaining film, with a simple concept, based on the differences between diverse personalities of people. With the presence of characters representing different age groups, it may turn out to be a family entertainer. A lot is expected from Veterans Mohan Joshi and Dr.Mohan Agashe .
‘A Paying Ghost’, as the title suggest, is a tale of a big family of ghosts living in the house of a young man called Mama, played by Umesh Kamat. How this family of ghosts interfere in the life of this Mama and his beloved Mami, played by Spruha Joshi, is what the screenplay of this film is about. Now, it is for the Marathi theatre audience to decide, what is their choice during coming week end.
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