Santa Claus Aadinath brings happiness to special children
Avatarachi Goshta is releasing shortly on Boxing Day. A special function was organised by the makers of the film , to celebrate the occasion for special children. ‘Jidda’, is a school for mentally challenged with associated disabilities children, which caters to the development of these children in all directions. Team Avtarachi Goshtawas thoughtful enough to make their contribution towards society by making this festival of Christmas, a special for these special children.
After doing a successful round of film festivals, the film has bagged nine in various categories. Just a few days back they along with Aadinath visited various schools for promotion of this film, to mainly target children audience. At this Christmas party too, Aadinath was at his charming best to make those special children feel at ease and enjoy the Christmas party to the fullest. He tried to become one of them urging them to draw, sing, dance, and make merry. He donned mask of Santa Claus, and distributed goodies, chocolates, toffees, sweets, and gifts bringing glow on children’s faces.
Writer, director Nitin Dixit too was helping Aadinath in his endearing task of singing & dancing. The two child artists, Mihiresh Joshi and Yash Kulkarni, were also seen enjoying the small party with special children and their ‘AadiDada’. The team of Avatarachi Goshta have certainly brought happiness on these special children’s faces and they certainly will keep special memories of this special Christmas in their minds, for a very long time.
“Initially, I was reluctant to do ‘Lokmanya’, as I was scared” – Subodh Bhave
‘Swarajya ha Mazda janmasiddha Hakka aahe, aani to Mi Milavinarach!’ (Independence is my birth right and I shall get it at any cost) These are the famous words every school going child
‘Kapuskondyachi Goshta’ and ‘Dhag’ find entry among World’s best 323
Happy days are here again for Marathi films. Ten years ago ‘Shwaas’ found its selection, as India’s official entry for the Oscars. But now, for the 2015 OSCARS – 87th Academy Awards, two Marathi films namely ‘Kapuskondyachi Goshta’ and ‘Dhag’have been shortlisted among the 323 foreign language films, eligible for nominations.
For Marathi film industry, this is a big news, as more and more Marathi films with new subjects are made. And, for them, this news will certainly an encourage them to attempt more and more films, on socially conscious subjects, to invite the attention of the entire world. Both these films won awards before their release, in different sections; with‘Dhag’ bagging 2 prestigious national awards and one special mention award .
Before the actual awards are presented in February 2015, soon we are expecting good news to hear form one of these two films. If it happens, it will be a golden moment for Marathi and Indian cinema.
Nadiadwalas offer NextGen Marathi film ‘Murder Mestry’
While celebrating 101 years of Indian cinema, we have witnessed quality and superior movies coming in Marathi, with higher box office results. Several Non-Marathi production house
‘IPL’ is not about Cricket; it’s about love affair
Presenting the love affair in a different way, new Marathi film ‘IPL’ is all set to release on 26th December 2014. Produced by Mohan Purohit and Mustaq Ali, under the banner of MRP films; the film is directed by Deepak Kadam. Though the title of the film is‘IPL’,it has nothing to do with cricket. The actual name of the film is the full form of IPL, i.e. ‘Indian Premacha Lafada’.
According to Deepak Kadam, director of this film, the emotion filled love, which is the part of our Indian tradition, is slowly diminishing now days. This is what he has tried to convey through this film. The film has Swapnil Joshi (jr.) and Miss India Heritage Shital Upare in the lead, along with Vijay Patkar and others. Cinematography by Prashant Misale, art by Rugved Ranade, lyrics by Abhijeet Kelkar and music by Ashish Donald and Dev are the other credits.
Kumar Sohoni to revive the play ‘Dehbhaan’
Through a tussle between small screen and big screen, Marathi theatre has managed to retain its viewers. Marathi theatre has given number of actors, actresses, writers, directors, technicians to the entertainment industry. Considered to be no.1 theatre activity in the nation, it has been a fodder to many other language theatres, due to its immensely intense content.
Incidentally, 12 years ago , a play was staged in ‘Rajya Natya Spardha’, which fetched plenty of awards, viz. Best Writer, Best Director, Best Lights Design, Best Costumes and the most prestigious Best Play award. ‘Dehabhaan’. Written by Abhiram Bhadkamkar and directed by Kumar Sohoni , this play will now be revived on a professional stage. This drama will be presented with the same script, same dialogues, as they are believed to be most relevant, even today. Only, due to changes in lifestyles over a span of 12 years, sets, costumes and art direction will go through the required changes. The cast of ‘Dehbhaan’ comprises of Rajan Bhise, Reshma Ramchandra, Pradip Patwardhan, Deepak Kadam, Atul Aaglawe, Baal Bapat, Shaswati Pimpalkar and Ila Bhate. It is being produced under the banner R V Theatres by producer Vijay Manohar. It is slated to be premiered on 20th December2014 at Thane and is expected to be attended by stalwarts from Marathi Theatre Industr
Nadiadwalas offer NextGen Marathi film ‘Murder Mestry’
While celebrating 101 years of Indian cinema, we have witnessed quality and superior movies coming in Marathi, with higher box office results. Several Non-Marathi production houses have eyed this opportunity and entered the Marathi industry. One such strong banner of ‘Nadiadwalas’ has been running successfully in bollywood for over 60 years, contributing in the field of entertainment.
On Monday evening, Nadiadwala family together announced its new banner ‘Nadiadwala Gennext Productions’ in association with Vaibhav Bhor’s , VTB Enterprise, their first Marathi movie ‘Murder Mestry’. The event went to its peak, when the party witnessed the presence of the chief guest Rishi Kapoor. The banner was launched by the versatile actor Rishi Kapoor, in the presence of family members of Nadiadwalas and many invitees.
On this announcement, producer Abrar Nadiadwala of Nadiadwala Gennext Productions’ said, “We are abide by the core value of entertaining our audience. Our objective is to go forward in the film industry, with every genre, every language offering entertainment. We, Nadiadwalas , are committed to take forward of ourselves in the art of Film Making.”
The multi starrer movie is supposed to be a high impact sitcom. The star studded movie will be a package of supreme actors mainly Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Hrishikesh Joshi, Kranti Redkar, Sanjay Khapre, Vikas Kadam, Kamlakar Satpute, Manasi Naik, Devendra Bhagat to mention few.
The captain of the ship director Rahul Jadhav has taken the movie to the next level, with the support of strong team writer Neha Kamat, dialogue and screenplay writer Prashant Loke, art director Mahesh Kudalkar with music manned by music director Pankaj Padghan, costumes designeed by Omkar Mangesh Dutt and more.
Speaking on the occasion, Director Rahul Jadhav said, “I’m very glad that Abrar and Vaibhav believed in me and gave this project. It’s great to work with people who share similar level of energy like me. Entire team was highly supportive throughout the shoot and this energy will certainly reflect on big screen. Thanks once again to the producers, for giving me a free hand in this project and to all the artists for giving their best in this movie.”
Kapuskondyachi Goshta’ and ‘Dhag’ find entry among World’s best 323
Happy days are here again for Marathi films. Ten years ago ‘Shwaas’ found its selection, as India’s official entry for the Oscars. But now, for the 2015 OSCARS – 87th Academy Awards, two Marathi films namely ‘Kapuskondyachi Goshta’ and ‘Dhag’have been shortlisted among the 323 foreign language films, eligible for nominations.
For Marathi film industry, this is a big news, as more and more Marathi films with new subjects are made. And, for them, this news will certainly an encourage them to attempt more and more films, on socially conscious subjects, to invite the attention of the entire world. Both these films won awards before their release, in different sections; with‘Dhag’ bagging 2 prestigious national awards and one special mention award .
Before the actual awards are presented in February 2015, soon we are expecting good news to hear form one of these two films. If it happens, it will be a golden moment for Marathi and Indian cinema.
“Initially, I was reluctant to do ‘Lokmanya’, as I was scared” – Subodh Bhave
‘Swarajya ha Mazda janmasiddha Hakka aahe, aani to Mi Milavinarach!’(Independence is my birth right and I shall get it at any cost) These are the famous words every school going child has learned in school text book. It portrays the grit and determination of the person, who said it and these words are the uttrances of the first leader of the nation Bal Gangadhar Tilak, during the rule of Britishers. Born in Konkan region of Maharashtra, Keshav Gangadhar Tilak spent most of his life in Pune, where he edited and published a newspaper ‘Kesari’, which was a tool to educate and induce our people to boycott anything that British rules imposed. British colonial authorities called him the ‘Father of the Indian unrest.‘ He was conferred with the honorary title of‘Lokmanya’, which literary means Accepted by the people, as their leader.
Presented by Nitin Keni and Nikhil Sane of Essel Vision, ‘Lokmanya, Ek Yugpurush’ is being produced by Neene Raut for Neena Raut Films and is directed by Om Raut. The film has Subodh Bhave playing the title role of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. A press conference was organised by the makers and presenters of this film in Mumbai on Monday evening. While interacting with media, Subodh Bhave confessed, “Initially, I was reluctant to do ‘Lokmanya’, as I was scared” . Producer Neena Raut said, “This film not a biopic, but a thoughtpic. We have emphasised the views and thoughts of Tilak in this film, which are relevant today also.” She added . One of the presenters of the movie Nitin Keni said “We do have expectations from this film and We did not trust this idea of a debutant director doing a film on ‘Tilak’, but when I saw the film at a special screening at midnight, before the sunrise, we decided to be associated with this talented bunch of people.”
Director Om Raut, who returned to India after finishing a film making course from USA, expressed that Tilak and his thoughts were worshipped at their house and after research on the subject for about one and a half year he was confident and determined to go ahead with this project. He along with Kaustubh Savarkar have penned the screenplay and dialogues of Lokmanya and managed to convince Subodh Bhave to do the central character of the film.
On this occasion, the Music of Lokmanya, ek Yugpurush was unveiled by ever youthful Sachin Pilgaonkar and Shankar Mahadevan. Sachin wished best luck to the entire team and Mr Bharatkumar Raut, ex-MP, Rajya Sabha, and father of Om Raut. Shankar Mahadevan thanked music composer duo Ajit (Parab) and Sameer (Mhatre) for giving him an opportunity to be part of this historical figure film. Chinmay Mandlekar said that he plays a director’s point of view character in the movie, by binding past and present era. Bharat ‘Amul’ Dabholkar, Nanubhai of Video Palace, Ankush Choudhary, Aashish Shelar, Pushkar Shrotri, ‘Classmate’ director Aaditya Sarpotdar, Vikram Gaikwad (noted make-up designer), Shashank Joshi (famous musician), Nandesh Umap, Siddharth Chandekar also graced the occasion.
Only ‘Coming Suun’ has some substance
Four Marathi films were released last Friday, putting the regular Marathi film lovers into a dilemma, as to which film to watch. From their titles and first look, all four of them posed as casual entertainers. At a time, when Marathi film makers are attempting out of the box subjects, comedy and action films on the lines of Bollywood, still seems to be the favourite topic of some film makers.
Instead of covering all these films on our own, we thought of seeking the reactions of audience, who watched these four films, at different venues in Mumbai and Pune and this is what our correspondents gathered from some enthusiastic Marathi film viewers.
For ‘Madhyamvarg’, the general opinion was that it is a typical masala film on the lines of Bhojpuri films. Even such a subject is now outdated in Hindi, said some of them. And, this was obvious, because Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan was making his entry into Marathi films, through this film. Some said that the music and overall screenplay of this film was very loud.
Director Kishor Vibhandik’s film ‘Love factor’ had an interesting title; but it has turned out to be disappointing film, as per the reactions from the audience. The presence of action hero Rajesh Shringarpure failed to pull the crowds at cinema halls, during the first week end.
‘Miss Match’ which was mainly targeted at youngsters, by director Girish Vasaikar and producer Alkok Shrivastava has however offered a fresh face to Marathi film industry. But, the film has failed to appeal the youngsters, as expected otherwise. Those who saw this film, have praised the chemistry between Bhooshan Pradhan and Mrinmai Kolwalkar and their different looks in the film.
The biggest surprise comes from ‘Premasathi Coming Suun’ , which has turned out to be a better film, amongst these four films, only because of its clever screenplay and skilful direction by Ankur Kakatkar. Many youngsters, who gave their reactions after the show, were all praise for the performances. Jitendra Joshi received maximum appreciation from well wishers, for his so called superb performance.