Kranti Redkar launches music of ‘Kaakan’
Kranti Redkar’s much awaited movie launched its music recently, in presence of the entire team of ‘Kaakan’. In this film, besides direction, Kranti is also making her debut as lyricist. She has written two songs in this film, which are rendered by Shriram Iyer and Hamshika Iyer. Omkar Dutt is the co lyricist in this film, which has music by Ajay Singha. The title track of this film is sung by Shankar Mahadevan along with Neha Rajpal. Swapnil Bandodkar has also rendered his voice for another song in this film.
To entertain the invitees, lead artistes Urmila Kanetkar Kothare and Jitendra Joshi performed live on the title track of this film. Live performances were also given by other artistes of the film, namely, Madhavi Juvekar, Ashok Shinde and child actors Ashitosh Gaikwad and Aakash Banerjee. Film Kaakan (Bangle), revolves around a tragic love story of a young couple set on the backdrop of 1970s.
Produced by Mangorange Productions, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics of this film by Kranti Redkar and Omkar Mangesh Dutt, cinematographer Bithin Das and art director Mahesh Kudalkar. The film will release across Maharashtra on April 10, 2015.
‘Sasu Day’ celebrated by ‘SasuCha Swayamvar’ team
Now days, Movie making process doesn’t stop at the last ‘cut’ or on completion of post-production work . Film promotions have gained a lot more importance these days; and the producers do not wish to ignore this. Again, each one tries to think of ‘out-of-box’ ideas, to generate enthusiasm about the movie till the release.
Friendship day! Rose day! Valentine’s day! These are the few days celebrated throughout the year world over. A new Marathi film ‘SasuCha Swayamvar’ came up with a novel idea during their Trailer launch event. They celebrated ’till-not-celebrated’ ‘Sasu’ day! (Mother-in-law day) on 12th March . Usually, during the trailer launch, songs are played on AV, but the makers of ‘Sasucha Swayamvar’ made it different by putting in a live performance, by dancers on combo of 4 songs of the film and bringing the film’s ‘Sasu’ on dais in a ‘Doli’.
While celebrating Sasu day in a unique way, they invited some of the Marathi artists who are identified for their mother-in-law roles. Usha Nadkarni (arrived much before time), Reema, Supriya Pilgaonkar , Harshada Khanvilkar and Savita Malpekar (who arrived at the fag end of the event), were present to represent ‘Sasu’. Smita Gavankar who was ably anchoring the event, requested all the guests to speak on the occasion. Ms Nadkarni, Ms Reema, Ms Pilgaonkar, Ms Khanvilkar, all of them hailed the idea of ‘Sasu day’ and wished the makers a grand success. Sachin Pilgaonkar was also present, remembered Pushkar Jog for starting his film career with him, as a child artist.
‘SasuCha Swayamvar’ is produced under the banner of Seven Seas Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd. and produced by Santosh Parab and Sameer Parab. This film is directed by debutant director Omkar Mane, who has written the story and screenplay too; stars Pushkar Jog, Teja Deokar, Vishakha Sarpotdar, Vijay Chavan, Satish Tare (his last film), Jaywant Wadkar, Bhargavi Chirmule (guest appearance), and hindi stand-up comedian Sunil Pal. This romantic comedy film is slated for release on 24th April 2015.
Ravindra Mahajani receives prestigious SKD award
Mr. Ravindra Mahajani , veteran actor from Marathi film industry was conferred upon the prestigious 10th Sarvashreshtha Kala Gaurav Puraskar instituted by Sankskruti kala Darpan on Thursday 11th march 2010, in presence of capacity packed audience at the Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga, Mumbai. Mr. Mahajani, entertained the Marathi stage and film lovers during late 70s and 80s had to struggle a lot initially in this filed, till he got his major break in V. Shantaram’s film as a hero.
After receiving this award from MLA- Mr. Praveen Darekar, Mr. Mahajani expressed his gratitude to all those producers and directors of his time who spotted the talent in him. He specifically recalled his meeting with Great film makers like V. Shantaram and Raj dutt . While talking about his association with Nanabhai Bhatt, Mr. Mahajani mentioned about the confidence this Gujarathi film maker had in him, as he could not speak Gujarathi that time. “ Mr. Bhatt, signed me for his film first and then for two months he himself offered me tuitions in Gujarathi. It was only after that he launched his film. Later I worked in 11 Gujarathi films besides working in Marathi films,” he said.
Mr. Ravindra Mahajani also recalled some memorable moments in his life and said, how great he felt when popular singer Lata Mangeshkar invited him for tea at her place to felicitate him after he won his first Filmfare award. “Nothing would have been possible, if my dear wife would not have stood by my side, during my period of struggle. When she knew that I seriously wanted to do a career in acting, she took up a job to avoid financial crisis in the family. I am grateful to her,” said the humble actor. Finally, he only wished that his son who is all set to enter this field, would also receive the same support from the Marathi audience.
SKD awards were also presented to various personalities who excelled in the area of films, stage besides television and education field. On this occasion a variety entertainment programme was also presented. Many celebrities were present on the occasion. Mr. Chandrashekhar Sandwe, the organizer of the function did a good job. MMW were online partners of this award function. Zee 24 Taas will telecast this award function on 21st March at 8 pm.
‘Siddhant’ is based on the principles of mathematics in real life
The makers of ‘Fandry‘ ‘Shala’ and ‘Anumati’ have joined hands with Amit Ahirrao to make a sensible film ‘Siddhant‘ which is based on the principles of Mathematics in real life. The film revolves around Appa Thosar (Vikram Gokhale) and his grandson Vakratund Thosar (Archit Deodhar) and their bonding with a thread of Mathematics. It is for the first time that a film on this subject is made in Marathi. The film has already participated in various film festivals and has won many popular awards till date. Now, it will be released on May 22, 2015 in Maharashtra.
Besides Vikram Gokhale and child artiste Archit Dewadhar, the film also stars Swati Chitnis, Kishor Kadam, Ganesh Yadav, Sarang Sathaye, Neha Mahajan, Madhavi Soman, Chandrashekhar Kulkarni, Prashant Tapasvi, Suraj Satav, Baba Aphale and Kanchan Jadhav. Speaking about his debut film as a director, Vivek Wagh says, “Being in production for long gave me the idea and perspective beyond direction. I’m sure when you watch the movie those small detailing will be seen by the audience. We have lived with the emotions shown in the movie. I’m thankful to my producers and actors for supporting me in my first movie.”
Now, watch Nandita Dhuri in ‘Pashbandh’
Well known stage actress Nandita Dhuri has already proved her ability as an actress on big screen through Paresh Mokashi’s film ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’. Now, she will be seen in the central role in writer director Anadram’s forthcoming film ‘Pashbandh’, which is all set to release shortly.
‘Pashbandh’ is based on a true story of an ordinary woman from Dhule , who overcame all the hurdles, to live her life. According to Nandita, it is a challenging role and could give her best, only because the director had full confidence in her ability. At present , the film will participate at different film festivals.
Sulochana Didi felicitated by Kedar Shinde & team
Filmmaker Kedar Shinde and his team of ‘Aga Bai Arechha-2′ had an occasion to celebrate Woman’s day , when the first look of their film was unveiled on Monday evening. Producer Narendra Firodia from Ahmednagar and his family took this opportunity to felicitate the grand old lady of Marathi and Hindi Cinema- Sulochana Didi.
The veteran actress who walked towards the dais, was escorted by actor Sachin Pilgaonkar, who willingly came forward to offer his helping hand. Among the 40 women from Maharashtra , who were also felicitated were many well known names in Marathi entertainment industry and other fields, including Rohini Hattangadi and lead actress of the film Sonali Kulkarni. Earlier, Sonali Kulkarni showed a fine gesture, by spending some time with the veteran actress and exchanging pleasantries.
Present on the occasion were MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Kiran Shantaram, Vijay Patkar, Purushottam Berde and other invitees. Many artistes from Marathi film and television industry, were present in large number, to grace the occasion.
Discussion on ‘Woman in socialistic reality and cinema’
8th March is celebrated throughout the globe as International Women’s Day and to mark the occasion variety of programmes take place e.g. Bike rallies, Half Marathons, talk shows etc. Varsha Tawde, better half of Honourable State Minister Vinod Tawde, through her Bharatiya Stree Shakti organisation, organised a panel discussion on ‘Woman in socialistic reality and cinema’, through a film festival ‘O Womaniya’ which screened international, national and regional films, at Sathye college auditorium in Mumbai.
National award winning film/drama director, Chandrakant Kulkarni , Pallavi Joshi, a national award winning actress , Abhiram Bhadkamkar, director, actor and writer , Samruddhi Porey, national award winner film maker, were the panellist , whereas Rajni Velankar, a well known name in acting field, conducted the function. The discussion started on a controversial documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ on Nirbhaya, with a question on film’s impact on crimes and rapes in society.
Chandrakant Kulkarni denied any such impact and said at length ‘All my body of work has been women-centric in some way or the other. If films are responsible for atrocities in society, then why the image of police depicted in films is contrary to that?’ Though Samruddhi Porey admitted that fractionally it may be true, but posed a counter question, how come good things are not picked up from films?’
On aggressive views of Ragini Chandratre, President BSS, writer Abhiram Bhadkamkar countered saying ‘no one wants labelling on these issue’ and stated that females in films are still searching for an identity. “Because, films raised issues of women, women started realising about their own issues. Rapes existed even before films were made.” he continued . Pallavi Joshi, who joined the panel a little late ,realistically stated, “Earlier villain/vamps in films showed us a mirror as to what was wrong in our society. But in today’s scenario no one knows who the villain is; and we are witnessing circus in the name of cinema. A lot of film makers are interested in women-centric subjects but lack of viewers’ patronage discourages them. We as a audience should support these ventures as we support other commercial films” she was talking in depth. In fact both Joshi and Kulkarni, with their light hearted comments, kept the audience in good spirit.
‘Prem at First Sight’ to release on 3rd April
‘Prem’ which means ‘Love’ has been never ending topic of feature films. Over the years, many film makers have attempted to present different forms of love on big screen and they have succeeded in doing so. Now, producer-director Uday Salkar from Goa, is offering his perception about ‘Love’ trough his new film ‘Prem at First Sight’. Earlier he had made a film ‘Ek Aas Antarichi’ on the backdrop of Goa. Even in this second Marathi film, most of the artistes are from Goa, but this time, he has opted for ‘Shree Partner’ fame Shweta Pagar to play the leading lady of the film. Ace Photographer turned actor Sumaydh Gaikwad, whom we saw in parallel lead role in psycho thriller ‘Akalpit’, will be making his debut as a leading hero through this film.
Santosh Mainkar, who was associate director in the film ‘Shree Partner’ , is the Creative director of this film. Swapnil Manval, at the young age of 24, will also make his debut as Cinematographer, through this film. Lyrics by Anant Tari and music by Mukesh Ghaval are the other credits of the film. The film is all set to release on 3rd April, all over Goa and Maharashtra.
Sharad & Chinmay dominate Marathi stage
Don’t ask how some of our Marathi stage actors manage two plays at a time. Two of our leading Marathi actors are at present managing two Marathi plays each; that too in the lead role. Sharad Ponkshe is already in great form with his new play ‘Tya Tighanchi Goshta’. At the same time, he is also staging his favourite play ‘Mee Nathuram Godse Boltoy!’. If you find him doing one play today, the next day, you find him in another play.
The same is the case with Writer-actor Chinmay Mandlekar. His latest play ‘Samudra’ has picked up well, with regular shows now. At the same time, we find him doing his favourite play ‘Mr. & Mrs’ In fact, he is managing two different plays on the same day; i.e. one at 4.0 pm and the other at 8.30 pm. at other venue. Isn’t that something worth appreciating ?
Muhurat of ‘Shyamchi Shala’ with a song recording
Known for their story oriented subjects, Marathi films have been offering entertainment with a substance. Many thought-provoking Marathi movies with some entertainment value in it, have appreciated by all film lovers. One such forthcoming Marathi Film ‘Shyamchi Shala’ falls into the above category, as the makers claims it to be an entertaining, yet a film with social message.
The muhurat of ‘Shyamchi Shala’ was held recently, with a song recording, at Lata Mangeshkar recording studio at Andheri, Mumbai. The songs of this film are written by Eknath Pawar and Akshay Shinde and music is composed by Shrirang Aaras. The song during muhurat was recorded in the voices of Sanjeevani Bhelande and Shripad Mallya. ‘Shyamchi Shala’ is being directed by Prakash Jadhav , who has graduated himself from editing to direction. Along with the director, also present on the occasion were co-producer Nandu Malvankar and the entire music team. Vijay Patkar and few other celebrities from the industry were also present . The movie is produced by Sainath Chitra and the responsibility of story-screenplay-dialogues has been handled by Paresh Borate. Arun Nalavade and Vijay Patkar will be seen in important major roles in the film.
‘Shyamchi Shala’ is expected to go on floors very soon.