Malyalam connection for new Marathi film ‘Chiranjeev’
After offering a sensible film like ‘Champions’ film maker Ramesh More has now found strong backing from Malyalam Film & TV producer Ramdas Menon, for his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Chiranjeev’.
The film is set on the backdrop of blind faith practiced in villages during 80s and is a fight against such practices. Starring Bharat Jadhav, Alka Kubal, Kishore kadam, Bhargavi Chirmule, Ravi kale, Suhasini Deshpande & Sandhya Kamble. The official announcement of this film was made recently. The shooting of this film begins shortly at different places in Konkan during 25 days non stop schedule, using latest technology.
New Marathi film ‘1234’ takes off at Ramoji film City
After offering few comedy subjects through films like ‘4 idiots’, ‘Yedyanchi Jatra’ and ‘Gammat’, film maker Milind Arun kavade will now be offering a suspense thriller ‘1234’ , which is being produced by Shailesh Pawar. Having himself written the story and screenplay of this film, director Milind has given importance to music of this film, which will be composed by Amitraj. Cinematography by Santoni Trazio, the film’s choreography will be by South film choreographer Bhanu.
‘1234’ has a big team of popular artistes comprising of Sanjay Narvekar, Vijay Patkar, Pradeep Patwardhan, Ganesh Yadav, Vijay Kadam, Arun kadam, Vijay Maurya, Jaywant Wadkar, Aniket kelkar, Vishakha Subhedar, Priya Marathe, Bhooshan Pradhan, Teja Deokar, Sanjay Mone, Abhijit Chavan, Kishore Chougule, Anshuman Vichare, Kamalesh Sawant, Guru anand & Pranav Reware.
After the muhurat of this film recently at Ramoji Studios, Hyderabad, the film’s regular shooting has begun and will be completed by end of this month.
Malika Amar Sheikh releases music of ‘Zentleman’
Producer Rahul Gaware and director Asit Reddyz released the first look and music of their forthcoming Marathi film ‘Zentleman’ in Mumbai, on Saturday evening, in presence of Malika Amar Sheikh, who was invited as the chief guest. Malika wife of Late Poet and social activist Namdeo Dhasal and daughter of Shahir Amar Sheikh, spoke about the lyrics penned by her late husband, which are being used in this film.
‘Zentleman’ which will be released on 16th May all over Maharashtra, is a tale of two young friends, who wish to reform, after being jailed for a theft. In the process, they discover lot of irregularities and corruption, wherever they go. Finally, they become real heroes, when they save life of an innocent girl in a clinic. ‘Zentleman’ looks like a typical comedy film, on the lines of David Dhavan films, as observed through the first look. Now, it remains to be seen, how different treatment the director has given to this film.
Director Asit Reddyz is himself playing a parallel hero along with Sanjay Narvekar, who is playing the lead role. Sanjay was however absent on this occasion. The reason given by the host, was that he wasn’t well. The two heroines of the film – Tejaswini Patil and Sara Shravan were present along with two veteran artistes – Viju Khote and Usha Nadkarni.
Tejaswini is playing a simple village girl in this film, while Sara was seen performing an item number. But, during the question –answer session, Sara made it clear that she had an important role to play in this film. She plays the role of Rani, who is a sympathiser of the lead pair. This is the 45th year of non stop acting career for Viju Khote, while Usha Nadkarni is playing a kind hearted mother of the hero in this film.
The other artistes of the film are Deepak Shirke, Late Anand Abhyankar, Dr. Girish Oak, Suhas Paranjape, Arun kadam, Poonam Jadhav, Jayant Gadekar, Atul Mahajan, Manish Shinde, Pradeep karnik and many other new comers. Script by Anand Mhasvekar, Music by Satishchandra, Cinematography by Aniket K and choreography by Phulwa Khamkar are the other credits.
Renuka busy completing another Marathi film ‘Te Aath Diwas’
We have already heard that Surabhi fame Renuka Shahane has made a comeback to films, through a Marathi film ‘Bhakarkhadi 7 kms’ which is due for release soon. And now, we understand that she is busy completing another Marathi film ‘Te Aath Diwas’ (Those Eight Days), which is story of eight days; set on the backdrop of a woman who leaves her little daughter behind in India to leave for US to pursue her career. When her daughter’s marriage is due, she returns to India after two decades.
Renuka Shahane plays the central character of this woman, in this film which also has other artistes like Tushar Dalvi, Atul Todankar, Suhas Paranjape, Avinash Masurekar, Aaroh Velankar, Aashay Kulkarni and Deepali Murchikar. The film is directed by debutant Shyam Dhanorkar and written by Shashank Kevale.
Marathi film ‘Doosri Goshta’ released in 200 theatres across Maharashtra
Vikram Gokhale, Sandeep Mehta and Siddharth Chandekar starrer, political drama ‘Doosri Goshta’ released in 200 theatres across Maharashtra on this friday.
Story revolves around a young boy from lower caste who had no option but to resort to petty thefts to make both ends meet after he lost his father at the early age. But the boy did not look back once he realized the importance of the education. He kept climbing the higher steps of life ladder with enormous hard work. Portraying all the ups and downs in the life of the protagonist, the film, Doosari Goshta, captures all emotional values.
Well Known director for quality Marathi films, Chandrakant Kulkarni has directed the film. Ajit Dalvi and Prashant Dalvi, have shouldered the responsibility of the story, screenplay and dialogue. The movie has good star cast including Anand Ingle, Neha Pendse, Aditya Ganu, Bharati Patil, Smita Sarvade, Sunil Tawde, Girish Joshi and Mugdha Godbole.. Pratiksha Lonkar and Renuka Shahane will be seen in guest appearance.
F.M.Ilyas to present a biopic on Bhai Kotwal
‘Arjun ‘ fame director F.M. Ilyas is now making a Marathi film ‘Bhai Kotwal’, which is a well scripted biopic on Hutatma Bhai Kotwal, who was a lawyer by profession but a revolutionary; who fought against the British rule, during pre independence days. He was called the Robinhood by the poor farmers of Neral, Karjat and Matheran. Director F.M.Ilyas will be presenting the true facts of his life through this film, which has music by Amar Mohite and cinematography by Najeeb Khan.
According to the director, this biopic is an attempt to present Bhai Kotwal’s life in full glory. He has himself written the screenplay of this film along with Ibrahim Afghan with lot of research. The film is produced by Shashikant Chavan.
Four Marathi films for Friday release
There will be as many as four Marathi films to release simultaneously this Friday. This has obviously resulted in limited availability of screens for each one of them. With competition from three Hindi films also to be released this Friday, three Marathi films, namely ‘Yellow’, ‘Surajya’ and ‘Campus katta’ are still occupying about 50 screens in Mumbai. In spite of this problem, ‘Postcard’ has been able to manage at least 50 screens in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai areas. This being 45th film of film maker Gajendra Ahirey, it has also raised expectations, for being different from the traditional Marathi films, with well known artistes like Dilip Prabhavalkar, Girish Kulkarni, Sai Tamhankar, Subodh Bhave, Radhika Apte, Vibhavari Deshpande, kishore kadam and others.
Rajendra Bandivadekar’s ‘Dhamak’ which is claimed as a big budget Marathi film in a bollywood style, has also raised hopes for being an action packed film with popular artistes like Aniket Vishwasrao, Girija Joshi, Mohan Joshi, Vidyadhar Joshi, Ashok Samarth and two well known dancers from Bollywood. The third Marathi film ‘Cappuccino ‘ written & directed by Shiv kadam also has a good star cast, comprising of Varsha Usgaonkar, Mohan Joshi, Sanjay Narvekar, Jitendra Joshi, Manasi Naik, Anuja Sathe Gokhale, Viju Khote and Dr.Girish Oak. Form the name itself, it indicates comedy, but it remains to be seen, how it will manage to get crowds in cinema halls with limited screens available.
The fourth Marathi film also due for release this Friday, is Sushil Gajawani’s ‘Aditya V Aditya” , which has claimed to be a psychological thriller. With very few screens available, even this film poses competition from the three films, mentioned above.
‘Doosari Goshta’ first look out
Known for their quality work in Marathi films, the trio comprising of Chandrakant Kulkarni, Ajit Dalvi and Prashant Dalvi, is all set to hit the silver screen once again. ‘Doosari Goshta’, their second film, based on the political graph after block bluster ‘Aajacha Divas Majha (which won national award for best Marathi film this year) , is ready for release in 172 theatres across the State on May 01, 2014. The film is directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni, while Ajit and Prashant Dalvi have shouldered the responsibility of the story, screenplay and dialogue.
‘Doosari Goshta’ is presented by Jigisha Creations and has been produced by Dr Shailaja Gaikwad, Manjiri Hete and Prasad Mahadkar of Jeevangani, an organization known for its contribution to the musical field. The film’s first look was officially released yesterday evening at Citylight cinema, Mumbai.
Story of this film revolves around a young boy from lower caste, who had no option but to resort to petty thefts to make both ends meet after he lost his father at an early age. But the boy did not look back once he realized the importance of the education. He kept climbing higher steps of ladder of his life, with enormous hard work. Portraying all the ups and downs in the life of the protagonist, the film, ‘Doosari Goshta’, captures all emotional values. The story has many dramatic turns and twists and at the same time, focuses on the people who helped him reach his ultimate goal.
On one hand the where this protagonist is helped to do something for the country, on the other hand, the truth does not hide the fact that the progressive Maharashtra State had to wait for 50 years, to find a Dalit in CM’s chair. Hence the example carved by the protagonist of the story stands inspiring for the gen-next. Positive approach and uncompromised hard work helped this unparalleled personality to a height, which has been depicted in the film.
‘Doosari Goshta’ has the attractive and inspiring personality, Vikram Gokhale – the national award winner actor- is featuring a protagonist in the film. His younger version has been featured by Siddharth Chandekar, who is doing the most challenging role of his career. Anand Ingale will be a ‘Surprise Package’ for his fans. Sandeep Mehta is also doing a very important role. Neha Pendse is in the lead role and other actors include Aditya Ganu, Bharati Patil, Smita Sarvade, Sunil Tawde, Girish Joshi and Mugdha Godbole.. Pratiksha Lonkar and Renuka Shahane will be seen in guest appearance.
‘Campus Katta’ and ‘Surajya’ to release simultaneously
Last week there was no Marathi film released. But, coming Friday two New Marathi films are being released simultaneously. ‘Campus Katta’ produced under the banner of ‘Sharp Eye productions’ is directed by ‘Rangakarmi’ fame Sanjeev Kolte; while ‘Surajya’ is directed by ‘ ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy’ fame Santosh Manjrekar. While Santosh Juvekar plays the protagonist in ‘Campus Katta’, newcomer Vaibhav Tatwawadi also dares to challenge the system through his lead character in ‘Surajya’. In ‘Campus Katta’ it is the fight against the existing education system, while ‘Surajya’ has shown a fight against blind faith.
Incidentally, subjects of both the films relate to the ‘change’ desired by the young generation and therefore the timing of the release of both these films is most appropriate, taking into account the ongoing parliamentary elections in the country. While ‘Campus Katta’ has a team of popular artistes like Santosh Juvekar along with Namrata Gaikwad, Sheetal Dabholkar, Milind Shinde, Vikram Gokhale, Kishori Shahane, Arun Nalawade & newcomer Rahul Dongre; ‘Surajya’ offers a new lead pair Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Mrunal Thakur with stalwarts like Sharad Ponkshe and Madhav Abhyankar in supporting cast.
‘Campus katta’s music is composed by Pravin Kunwar and cinematography by Jitendra Achrekar; while ‘Surajya’s music is by Pankaj-Padgham and cinematography by Vikram Amladi. Expectations are high from Santosh Manjrekar, having given a super hit film like ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy’ in the past and so are the expectations from angry young man of Marathi films-Satosh Juvekar. So, over to 18th April, to check, which film succeeds in gathering crowds in the cinema halls.
Marathi artistes score once again at National Awards
Marathi artistes have once again proved their ability at the national level. While ‘Fandry’ received two awards for the best child artiste- Somnath Avaghade and best debut direction- Nagraj Manjule, Bela Shende received the best playback female singer award for her song in Marathi film ‘Tuhya Dharma Koncha’ . This film also won the national award for best social film. Sumitra Bhave has won the national award for best dialogues in her Marathi film ‘Astu’, while Amruta Subhash has won best supporting actress award for her performance in the same film.
Marathi film ‘Yellow’ received special jury award , while child artiste Gauri Gadgil was special mention by the jury, for her performance in ‘Yellow’ . This year’s Best Marathi film award went to ‘Aajcha Diwas Majha’.