Music director Amar Mohile turns producer with ‘A Final’
He entered the film industry as a musician, when he was just 13 years old. Today, Amar Mohile is a known name in Bollywood, when it comes to judging good background music. Till now, he has composed background music for Super hit films like ‘Chennai Express’, ‘Shootout at Wadala’, ‘Singham Returns’, ‘Sarkar’, ‘Ek Hasina Thee’ and others.
Now, Amar is producing a musical Marathi film ‘A Final’ under his Amar Mohile Productions. ‘Arjun’ fame writer – director F.M. Iliyas will be directing this film, besides writing the story. Iliyas has also written the screenplay of this film with Ibrahim Afghan, who will write the dialogues. Music and background music of this film, will be obviously handled by Amar Mohile. And, Harpreet Mohile will handle the production responsibilities. The film story revolves around a girl who is blind but is an expert violinist.
At present, auditions are going on to select the actress to play this most challenging central character. She could be a newcomer, who is capable to shoulder the responsibility of playing this role, or could even be a well known actress.
Coffee with love from 3rd April
In the upcoming line of romantic films, which are believed to be appealing to the younger generation, comes yet another romantic Marathi film ‘Coffee Ani Barach Kahi’. The filmmaker’s target audience is obviously youth, who enjoy the romantics stories with twists and turns with enthusiasm .
White Swan Productions , Ravi Jadhav Films in association with Everest Entertainment are connected with this film. Recently, they released the film’s music and first look with much fanfare, in the presence of a few popular Marathi film industry names and obviously, the entire cast and crew. ‘Coffee Ani Barach Kahi’s music is composed by Aditya Bedekar on lyrics of Yogesh Damle.
The film’s cast is Prarthana Behere, Vaibhav Tatwawadi, Bhooshan Pradhan, Neha Mahajan, Ila Bhate, Avinash Narkar among others. ‘Coffee Ani Barach Kahi’ is directed by Prakash Kunte. So, get ready to taste this Coffee with love from 3rd April 2015.
५४ व्या हौशी मराठी राज्य नाट्य स्पर्धेत ‘न हि वैरेन वैरानि’ या नाटकाला प्रथम पुरस्कार
५४ व्या महाराष्ट्र राज्य अंतिम हौशी मराठी राज्य नाट्य स्पर्धेची अंतिम फेरी १६ फेब्रुवारी ते १३ मार्च या कालावधीत आद्य क्रांतिवीर वासुदेव बळवंत फडके नाट्यगृह, पनवेल येथे पार पडली. नाशिकच्या ‘लोकहितवादी मंडळ’ या संस्थेस ‘न हि वैरेन वैरानि’ या नाटकासाठी प्रथम पारितोषिक जाहीर झाल्याची घोषणा सांस्कृतिक कार्य संचालनालयाच्या प्रसिद्धीपत्रकाद्वारे करण्यात आली .
स्पर्धेसाठी परीक्षक म्हणून सर्वश्री प्रेमानंद गज्वी, सुरेश मगरकर, संजीव वढावकर, अजय टिल्लू, मंगेश बनसोड यांनी काम पाहिले. सर्व पुरस्कार विजेत्यांचे सांस्कृतिक कार्य मंत्री श्री. विनोद तावडे यांनी अभिनंदन केले आहे.
५४ व्या महाराष्ट्र राज्य अंतिम हौशी मराठी राज्य नाट्य स्पर्धेत ‘लोकहितवादी मंडळ’ या संस्थेस ‘न हि वैरेन वैरानि’ या नाटकासाठी प्रथम पारितोषिक जाहीर झाल्याची घोषणा सांस्कृतिक कार्य संचालनालयाने प्रसिद्धीपत्रकाद्वारे केली आहे.
सांस्कृतिक कार्य संचालनालयातर्फे आयोजित या स्पर्धेच्या अंतिम फेरीचे अन्य निकाल पुढीलप्रमाणे-
द्वितीय पारितोषिक : ‘विठाबाई’ (अंकुर मानव समाज उत्थान केंद्र, नागपूर)
तृतीय पारितोषिक : ‘परवाना’ (ध्यास, पुणे)
दिग्दर्शन :
प्रथम पारितोषिक : मुकुंद कुलकर्णी (नाटक- न हि वैरेन वैरानि)
द्वितीय पारितोषिक : संजय जीवने (नाटक-विठाबाई)
तृतीय पारितोषिक: श्रीकांत भिडे (नाटक-परवाना)
नेपथ्य :
प्रथम पारितोषिक : किरण समेळ (नाटक- न हि वैरेन वैरानि)
द्वितीय पारितोषिक:सुखदा मराठे (नाटक-गुरु)
तृतीय पारितोषिक : विजय कोळवणकर (नाटक-हार्दिक आमंत्रण)
प्रकाश योजना :
प्रथम पारितोषिक : विजय रावळ (नाटक- न हि वैरेन वैरानि)
द्वितीय पारितोषिक: भूषण देसाई (नाटक-मस्तानी)
तृतीय पारितोषिक: श्रीकांत भिडे (नाटक-परवाना)
रंगभूषा :
प्रथम पारितोषिक: प्रशांत कुलकर्णी (नाटक-एक चादर मैलीसी)
द्वितीय पारितोषिक: माणिक कानडे (नाटक- न हि वैरेन वैरानि)
तृतीय पारितोषिक: विजय ढेरे (नाटक-क्राईम अॅन्ड पनिशमेंट)
संगीत दिग्दर्शन :
प्रथम पारितोषिक: निषाद कुलकर्णी / प्रसाद भालेराव (नाटक- न हि वैरेन वैरानि)
द्वितीय पारितोषिक : आकाश करवंदे (नाटक-परवाना)
तृतीय पारितोषिक:सोनाली बोहरपी-जावळे (नाटक-विठाबाई)
उत्कृष्ट अभिनय :
पुरुष कलाकार :- हेमंत देशपांडे (नाटक- न हि वैरेन वैरानि), दीपक अमोणकर (नाटक-महाप्रस्थान), ओमकार तिरोडकर (नाटक-ती), गजानन नार्वेकर (नाटक-गुरु), आदित्य खेबुडकर (नाटक-क्राईम अॅन्ड पनीशमेंट), अमोल देशमुख (नाटक-इस्कॅलॅवो), शंभू पाटील (नाटक-अपुर्णांक), राज साने (नाटक-एक चादर मैलीसी), निखील भोर (नाटक- न हि वैरेन वैरानि), रोशन श्रीवास्तव (नाटक-विठाबाई)
स्त्री कलाकार :- सांची जीवने (नाटक-विठाबाई), श्रुति अत्रे (नाटक-परवाना), पुजा वेदविख्यात (नाटक- न हि वैरेन वैरानि), वंदना जीवने (नाटक-विठाबाई), मेघा पाथरे (नाटक-हार्दिक आमंत्रण), शिवानी घाटगे (नाटक-एक चादर मौलीसी), रसिया पडळकर (नाटक-क्राईम अॅन्ड पनीशमेंट), नुतन धवने (नाटक-ध्यानी मनी), वैशाली जाधव (नाटक-प्यादी), प्रज्ञा चवंडे (नाटक-प्यादी)
Universal releases ‘Teechi Yaad Aali’ music album
Singer Mangesh Chavan in association with Universal Music Co. released his latest audio music album ‘Teechi Yaad Aali’ targeted at young generation recently. This album was released at the hands of well known singer Sridhar Phadke, who was the chief guest at the function. Some dance performances on the songs of this album were also presented on the occasion. Among those present for the function were Lokshahir Shantaram Chavan, Mr. Mandar Gupte & Mr. Rajan Prabhu of Universal Co. besides other dignitaries from music industry.
Prior to this album, Mangesh Chavan had released music albums like ‘Majhya Savalya Vithhala’, ‘Vakratund’, ‘Tu Pari Swapnatali’ & ‘Gavran Pakharu’. And, all these albums had received very good response. Along with Mangesh Chavan , Vaishali Made and Aanandi Joshi have rendered their voices for the songs composed by group of music directors like Amit Bhavar, Sudesh Gaikwad, Sudesh-Nitin, Stefan Samson and Sanjay Marathe.
Tejaswini & her mother Jyoti bag awards together
Actress Tejaswini Pandit and her actress mother Jyoti Chandekar together have bagged the Zee gaurav awards, for best actress and best supporting actress respectively, for the same film ‘Ticha Umbartha‘, directed by Pradeep Ghonsikar. The film produced by veteran action director turned producer Ravi Dewan, had already bagged five nominations at this award function. And, they have won these two awards. However, in the film Jyoti Chandekar plays Tejaswini’s mother in law.
The film had already received good appreciation at recently concluded Pune International film festival and had won two awards at Sangli International .Film Festival. The film also stars Chinmay Mandlekar along with Suyash Tilak, Harsha Khandeparkar, Tulika Nikam, Bharat cinematography by Yogesh Jani and music by Shreyas-Preet are the other credits of the film.
‘Court’ visits 20 film festivals to bag 17 awards
Marathi films have always been hailed for its content. With a Variety of thought-provoking subjects handled by directors, the films have been receiving a lot of praise and accolades at different film festivals.
One such film which is produced by Vivek Gombhar under the banner Zoo Entertainment Pvt Ltd, is, ‘Court’ . Obviously this film, as the title suggests, tries to throw light on the smaller courts in India in a realistic way, keeping the narration interesting. The film is written by Chaitanya Tamhane, who is also making his is debut as a director with this film. The film has already made waves at 20 national and international film festivals. MAMI at Mumbai , Venice International film festival , Tomorrow Int. film festival at Moscow to name a few, it bagged 17 awards, in different categories including Best film and Best director. ‘Court’ will be released for general audience on 17th April 2015.
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.”