First look of ‘Razzakar’ released in presence of artistes
The First look of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Razzakar’ was released in Mumbai in the midst of principle cast and crew. ‘Razzakar‘s story, screenplay, dialogues are by captain of the ship, director Raj Durge.
“I have grown up listening about Razakar group from my grandfather and father, who is a freedom fighter, and has seen and been part of Hyderabad Mukti Sangram (Hyderabad Liberation Movement). This is a true story and when I approached Satish (Producer, Satish Pillangwad) he liked it and instantly agreed to make a film.” Said, Raj Durge while speaking about his film. He further added ‘Siddharth Jadhav has done a remarkable job and so has Zakir Hussain , Not the tabla player , but a Bollywood baddie , and Jyoti Subhash, the veteran actress; and yes, Amruta Subhash her daughter.’
Siddharth Jadhav admitted to be ignorant about this part of history. “I play a protagonist’s journey from a commoner to a freedom fighter, and though the subject seems to be serious, we have made it entertaining too”. he said . Zakir Hussain, a theatre person and a Bollywood actor, doing his first marathi film, expressed that language is no barrier, in any art form. “I have been doing Telugu films too and say my dialogues in their language. So, if required, I would have certainly spoken in marathi. But luckily for me, none of my dialogues are in Marathi, in this film,” he said.
‘Razzakar’ is being produced under the banner of Karrm Movies and slated for release on 27th of February, 2015.
‘Yes I Can’ launched with muhurat
Sangita Rao, who has directed Hindi and Marathi TV serials, will now be making her debut as the director of new Marathi film ‘Yes I Can’. The film was launched with muhurat shot on Neena Kulkarni, Rajesh Shringarpure and child artiste Mihir Soni , in presence of chief guest Mahesh Kothare, in Mumbai recently. The film is being made under the banner of Jigvi Productions. Present on the occasion were Adinath Kothare, Urmila Kanetkar Kothare, Harshada Khanvilkar and Yogesh Lakhani of Bright Advertising.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mahesh Kothare praised the work of Sangita Rao and hoped that she would do justice to the script of the film, written by Amita Shah. He also wished the entire team. The film is based on the father-son relationship, inspiring the viewers to build self confidence, to move ahead in life. The film stars Rajesh Shringarpure, Mrunal Thakur, Mihir Soni,Neena Kulkarni & Paresh Ganatra in important roles. Music by Akshay Khot, Screenplay by Abhijit Gadgil and Sangita Rao, dialogues by Abhijit Gadgil, Cinematography by Naren Gedia are other credits.
‘Bugadi Mazi Sandali Ga’ music released with 9 songs
After a very long time, we witnessed an eye catching poster of a Marathi film, with leading lady of the film shown in a Laavni pose, that too at the entrance of the hall, where the music of the film was to be released. And, the film’s name is ‘Bugadi Mazi Sandali Ga'; which will be released all over Maharashtra on 20th February 2015. The music launch ceremony was a sweet and simple affair, sans any celebrity for ribbon cutting. Producer, doing a PR job on the occasion, maintained that they desisted calling any celebrity, because they felt the media, press, attendees are celebrities.
‘Bugadi Mazi Sandali Ga’ is a musical, in true sense, as it has three quarter of a dozen songs in it. Out of these 9 songs 6 are laavnis, as the film glorifies laavnis and its performers, because the makers thought that this traditional dance form has been getting a raw deal.‘Bugadi Mazi Sandali Ga’ has 4 music directors, viz. Pravin Kunwar, Babru Bhosle, Sachin-Dipesh, 4 lyricists viz. Baba Chavan, Rajesh Bamugade, Sanjali Rode, Mansingh Pawar, 7 singers, viz. Bela Shende (has five songs in her kitty), Bharati Madhavi, Sanjali Rode, Jasraj Joshi, Urmila Dhangar, Sanchita Morajkar& Vivek Naik. A few songs were screened for the benefit of the attendees. The item song choreographed by Deepali Vichare and performed by Megha Ghadge and Prachi Cheulkar stands out, with fabulous synchronisation of dance moves by the lead as well as background dancers.
Speaking on the occasion, the director of the movie, Mansingh Pawar, who is responsible for story, screenplay, dialogues, lyrics also, said ‘This pre-release function is like ‘sakharpuda’ (ring ceremony) as the ‘lagna'(wedding/marriage) will happen on 20th February. Everyone worked as a team and the result is splendid music.’
The producer, Shhyam Singhania, too lauded the efforts of cast and crew and added, ‘I am a non-interfering producer. We being investment bankers, the experience in discipline, helped to finish the shoot on schedule, with only a day extra due to water logging.’
‘Bugadi Mazi Sandali Ga’ is presented by Von Ryan Entertainment and produced under the banner Ticket Films, has a cast comprising, Manasi Moghe,Kashyap Parulekar, Mohan Joshi, Ramesh Bhatkar, Deepa Chafekar, Ila Bhate.
‘Mitwaa’ music launch draws good response
On a chilly January evening at an open air venue in Mumbai a romantic film Mitwaa‘s music was unveiled. The event was flooded with good response celebrities from Marathi films and Hindi- television. Marathi superstar and film’s leading man Swwapnil Joshi conducted the event with ease and flair .
The event first saw the launch of a 2015 calendar featuring, Lux 9X Jhakaas contest winners. An already released trailer of the film was screened for the benefit of guests. Mitwaa‘s two out of five songs composed by four music directors, are already making waves and the remaining three songs were presented and screened. One duet is composed by AmitRaj which is written by Ashwini Shende and sung by Swapnil Bandodkar and Bela Shende. The other one is written by Mangesh Kangne for composer Pankaj Padgan and sung by Hamsika Iyer. Third one is composed by Nilesh Moharir and sung by Jaanvee Prabhu Arora and Swapnil Bandodkar on lyrics of Ashwini Shende. Remaining Two song are composed by famous Bollywood music director trio, Shankar Ehsaan Loy. Both the songs are penned by Mandar Cholkar and one is sung by Shankar Mahadevan with Jaanvee Prabhu Arora, while another by Siddharth Mahadevan.The three new songs were launched by Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy, one by one, while Shanker Mahadevan sang the title track of the movie garnering good hand from the audience and went on to sing further along with Jaanvee Prabhu Arora. The complete cast with technical team assembled on the podium and after the digital launch, producers (Meenakshi Sagar, Amrit Sagar, Aakash Chopra, Shekhar Jyoti, Nanubhai) and director Swapna Waghmare Joshi unveiled the hard copy of the music.
The big group of celebrities who graced the occasion were Sachin, Mahesh Manjrekar, Abhijit Panse, ABMCM president Vijay Patkar, Ankush Chaudhary, Sai Tamhankar, Sanjay Jadhav, Urmila with hubby Aadinath Kothare, Sachit Patil, Sachin Khedekar, Sunil Barve, Siddharth Chandekar, Manava Naik, Priya Bapat Kamat, Chandrakant Kulkarni, Shrabani Deodhar with daughter Sai Deodhar Anand and grand daughter, Jitendra Thackre with wife, Siddharth Jadhav with wife and his cute daughter, and many Hindi television celebrities including Avika ‘Balika Badhu’ Gor.
Mitwaa , produced by Sagar Pictures, co-produced by PSJ Entertainment and presented by Video Palace and is slated for release this year, on Valentine day’s eve, i.e. 13th February 2015.
‘Ek Tara’ music launched with first look
If it is a music launch of Avadhoot Gupte’s film, it has to be a musical concert. And looking at his contacts with people from Marathi and Hindi entertainment industry, obviously there was a good turn out for this event. Right from people like Sachin Pilgaonkar, Mahesh Manjrekar, producer Lashkaria, Riteish Deshmukh, Suresh wadkar, there was presence of Bollywood music duo Sajid Wajid, and MLA Pratap Sarnaik. By the way, his film ‘Ek Tara’ which is a story of a singer, is all set to release on 30th January 2015.
The film has 13 songs out of which few songs were presented on the occasion. Politician turned Film maker Abhijit Panse makes his debut as a background singer through one of the songs in this film. The film stars Santosh Juvekar in the lead, along with Tejaswini Pandit, Urmila Nimbalkar, Sagar karande, Sunil Tawde, Mangesh Desai and Chaitanya Chandratre. Besides direction, Avadhoot Gupte has provided music to this film, with cinematography by Amalendu Choudhary and art direction by Shailesh Mahadik.
Celebrities throng for first look of ‘Sata Lota…’
With the beginning of new year, promotional activities of marathi movies are in full swing. One such promotion with the first look of ‘Sata Lota Pan Sagla Khota’ (SLPSK) was launched with much of fanfare yesterday evening, amongst loads of celebrities from entertainment world. The genre of the said film is Comedy and it depicted on the podium too, when the cast of the film took stage, to present the first look.
Mrunmayi Deshpande and Pooja Sawant, leading ladies of SLPSK started the proceedings with kid style humour. They were later joined by their heroes Aadinath Kothare and Siddharth Chandekar , who continued cracking jokes like spoilt brats, they portray in this film. Pushkar Shrotri, Umesh Jadhav (choreographer), Rahul Jadhav (DOP) joined them and all joked about the real hero of the film. When director of the movie Shrabani Deodhar arrived on the stage, she continued the mood and added an intellectual flavour to comic act. And we hope, that’s what one will get to see on the big screen.
“I had to give up the outdated techniques and adopt a fresh young approach for this film, as suggested by my daughter Sai and her husband Shakti, who are the co producers of this film,” said Shrabani, while talking about this film. She continued emotionally “I and Deboo (her late husband Deboo Deodhar) wanted to make this movie together. But, he passed away due to cancer. I completed this film as a tribute to him.” The cast along with technical team of the movie was presented before attendees and the first look was released. Later, music director debutant duo Siddharth Mahadevan and Soumil Shringarpure, talked about the film’s music, which was later screened before the audience.
“Siddharth is my son and Soumil is a nephew and both are educated musicians. It’s a great feeling to sing your son’s composition” Shankar Mahadevan, a proud father said. Loads of celebrities from Marathi and Hindi television and films were in attendance, some of them being, Mahesh Manjrekar, Shreyas Talpade, Makarand Deshpande, Yatin Karyekar, Manasi Naik, Deepali Sayyad, Sunil Barve, Sukanya Kulkarni Mone, Pratiksha Lonkar, Shama Deshpande, Chandrakant Kulkarni, Mahesh Kothare with wife and daughter in law Urmila Kanetkar Kothare, Jitendra Thakre with spouse, Phulwa Khamkar, Nitin Ahuja and Ashok Bhushan (producers) and Sai Deodhar Anand and Shakti Anand (co-producers).
‘Sata Lota Pan Sagla Khota’ is releasing all over Maharashtra on 20th February 2015.
‘Balkadu’ music launched in a big way
The ideology of late Balasaheb Thackeray is still practised by many of his followers & well wishers. Now, it will be seen on big screen, through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Balkadu’. Digital poster, trailer, and music of the film was launched yesterday evening at the hands of Shiv Sena chief Mr Uddhav Thackeray in a jam-packed auditorium in Mumbai, where the whole cast and crew was present. Veteran singer Suresh Wadkar who was present on the occasion recalled the love and affection bestowed on him by Balasaheb and his wife, as he wished grand success for the film. ‘Balkadu’ is presented by senior Shiv Sena leader and editor of its mouthpiece ‘Saamna’, Sanjay Raut. “The idea came from Swapana Patkar which got developed into a story and she herself decided to produce the film. kudos to her, because she managed the complete crew, single handedly”. added Mr Raut.
Yogini and Padmanabh together in’Cheers Marathe’
Yogini Chouk (‘Superstar’ fame) and Padmanabh Bind ( ‘Shree Partner’ fame) will be seen together in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Cheers Marathe’, which is produced by Arundhati Nilkam and directed by Vijay Nikam. This film which is a thriller with a tinge of humour, was an opening film at the recently concluded Kolhapur International Film Festival.
Besides Yogini Chouk & Padmanabh in the lead, the film stars Kamlesh Sawant, Vijay Nikam, Sandesh Jadhav, Anita Date, Sandesh Upsham, Sneha Raikar, Sameer Penkar, Rajendra Jadhav, Anupama Takmoge, Ramesh Wani, Varsha Dandale, Ram Daund, Raju Tambe, Sunil Jadhav among forty others.
Music by Narendra Bhide, DOP Pupesh Tatkari, Editing Sachin Kanade, Art Sachin Gotad and story ,screenplay by director Vijay Nikam, are the other credits.
Daughter pays tributes to her father through a book
Well Known Marathi actor Anand Abhyankar is no more. Two years ago, the tragic car accident snatched him away from us. But, his good work of supporting and encouraging the people behind the screen and stage, is carried forward by his wife Anjali and daughter Sanika. On 27th December 2014, Anand’s family had organized a function at Prabodhankar Thackeray Auditorium, Mumbai; to felicitate the oldest tea vendor Balu Dada, of Shivaji Mandir Drama Auditorium. It was also an occasion to remember Anand Abhyankar, on his 2nd death anniversary.
On this occasion, his daughter Sanika paid tributes to her father, by releasing a book suitably titled ‘Alive’, written in his memory. This 38 page booklet contains Sanika’s memories about her father and how he inspired her to take decisions in life. Some of the chapters are very touching and speaks about the great efforts taken by Anand to make his family happy. Following the footsteps of her father, Sanika too is associated with Marathi Television and film industry. She had earlier worked in a Marathi TV serial and recently has been working as assistant director to Sanjay Jadhav. She was also associated with him, during the making of ‘Pyarwali Love Story’.
Lifetime achievement award for Ramesh Deo and Seema
Veterans Ramesh Deo and Seema are both big names in Marathi cinema. They were rightly honoured on the concluding day of the Kalyan International Film festival, yesterday. Chief Minister Mr. Devendra Fadavnis who was present as the chief guest presented the veteran artistes with this prestigious Life Time achievement award, which was the first one instituted by the organizers. Also to receive the same honours was veteran singer Anuradha Paudwal. It was also a great moment for the organizers, as the chief minister in his speech made an announcement that the state Government would support this film festival from next year.
At present, there are only two international film festivals held in the state. The Mumbai Int. Film Fest and the Pune International film festival. So, from next year, we expect Kalyan Int. Film Festival (KIFF) also to be a big event. The organizers of KIFF had made elaborate arrangements to remind one and all about the need of ‘Tent Talkies’ for the distribution of Marathi films, all over the state. Viraj Raje’s forthcoming film ‘Babanchi Shala’ won the best Social film award at this festival. Smita Tambe won best actress award for ‘Candle March’ while Marathi film ‘Jayjaykar won 2 awards and ‘Waghi’ won Sp. Jury mention award. Many celebrities from Film industry visited this 5 day film festival.