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.
‘Dream Mall’ presents one night story on 26th June
Presented by White Line, produced by Rekha Painter & Vijay Vaidya and directed by Suraj Malekar, new Marathi film ‘Dream Mall’ is all set to release on 26th June 2015.
It is the story of one night, revolving around Sai a 22 year old girl working in the office of this Dream Mall. One day, she gets late to leave office and gets stuck up inside the mall. It is a game plan by the security guard, who tries to trap her. Thus begins the hide and chase game between the two.
According to the makers, this is not the story of Sai, but of every girl and woman who steps out of the house, for job. The film stars Siddharth Jadhav and Neha Joshi in the lead roles, supported by Omkar Kulkarni, Kedar Vaidya, Purva Subhash and Rahul Kulkarni.
‘Shortcut’ offers a big team of composers & singers
Computer hacking is the passion of a guy looking out to create his unique identity, so that he can impress his lady-love. But, he lands in the grips of law. This is the one-line of an upcoming Marathi film ‘Shortcut‘, which may be an eye-opener, for those who seek Shortcut to success. The film’s first look and music was released recently, in Mumbai.
Due to rainy evening and traffic jams many people arrived late, resulting delay, as usual. The movie’s hero Vaibhav Tatvawadi, was sporting a beard & donned a hat, due to his shaven head for a film role in a much talked about under production Bollywood film ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Vaibhav, along with his co star Sanskruti Balgude, who is emerging as a bold actress after Sai Tamhankar, compared the event.
After the trailer launch, during music launch all the concerned lyricists, singers, composers were asked to assemble on the podium, while respective songs were played on big screen. It was interesting to watch Sanskruti looking away , instead of watching the big screen, when her smooching scene was being screened. Incidentally, multiple music composers of the film are Nilesh Moharir, Premanand, Sushant-Shankar, Puneet Dixit, Nickk. Marathi film’s current superstar Swwapnil Joshi was the chief guest, who unveiled the music officially.
‘Shortcut, Disto pan Nasto’ , is produced under the banner M K Motion Pictures and Chitrakar Films by Mukesh Chaudhary and B R Dedhia and directed by Harish Raut. Among the guests present were, Prarthana Behere, Neha Rajpal, Amit Raj, Adarsh Shinde, Phulwa Khamkar, Vijay Patkar, Rajesh Shringarpure .
It was announced that Shortcut’s trailer will be attached to Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor’s upcoming Bollywood movie ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ which has an Eid day release.
Siddharth Chandekar’s popularity on the rise
Siddharth Chandekar, who shot into fame, after release of his film ‘Classmates’, has a big fan following now. At present, the actor is extremely busy promoting his forthcoming film ‘Online Binline’, in which he plays an Computer savvy youngster. In short, he is representing today’s online addict youngsters, who are available most of the time on their mobile apps.
So busy was Siddharth last week, that he couldn’t even plan his birthday well in advance, with his family and close friends. However, when he reached his hometown Pune on the eve of his birthday, he received a big surprise from his fans on social networking sites. They had planned his birthday so well, that Siddharth couldn’t believe the love and affection showered on him by his fans. Haven’t heard before, fans celebrating their favourite star’s birthday, at least in Marathi film industry. The only big stars, who have very big fan club celebrating their birthdays are, two south superstars Rajnikant , Chiranjivi and Bollywood’s Amitabh Bachchan. Can we add, one more name to this list, that of Siddharth Chandekar?
Bhau Kadam finds a good role on big screen
After entertaining the home viewers with his comedy on small screen, Bhau kadam did perform cameos in some Marathi films in the recent past. However, he hasn’t found a suitable role on big screen, to tap his real potential. But, now he has found a lead role in director R. Viraj’s next film ‘Vajalach Pahije – Game ki Shinema’. Chinmay Udgirkar and Girija Joshi will play the young lead pair in this film, which also has other well known artistes like Rajesh Bhosale, Sanjay Mohite, Aarti Solanki & others.
‘Vajalach Pahije – Game ki Shinema’ will be an out and out musical comedy, offering full scope to an actor like Bhau kadam. In this film, Bhau plays the character of Bhau Damdar , who wants to be a producer of a film. So, in the film, his struggle has been presented in a humorous way, to entertain the audience. Produced by Aatif Khan, the film is directed by R.Viraj. The film is due for release next month.