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Music of the much awaited Marathi film ‘Ek Hazarachi Note’ (1000 Rupee Note) was released by the Eminent Film Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, in a big way at Swatantraveer Savarakar Rashtriya Smarak Auditorium, Shivaji Park, Mumbai on 15th April 2014. The Music Director of the film is Shailendra Barve, a National Award Winner, was present along with singers Neha Rajpal, Vivek Naik and Amol Bawdekar on the occasion. Also present was Shrihari Sathe, the internationally acclaimed Indian Filmmaker, who is the Director and Producer of ‘Ek Hazarchi Note’ (1000 Rupee Note). This movie is his first Indian venture.
The story of the movie has been written by Shrikant Bojewar who has also penned its 5 songs. ‘Ek Hazarchi Note’ (1000 Rupee Note) is a simple yet significant movie portraying the drama amongst the common folk, especially in rural areas, who tend to enjoy all the little things in life.
Star cast of the film comprises of veteran actor Usha Naik with Sandeep Pathak, Shrikant Yadav, Ganesh Yadav, Pooja Nayak and Devendra Gaikwad. Ming Kai Leung (USA) is the Director of Photography and Art Director is Prashant Bidkar. While Kalyani Kulkarni Gugle is the Costume Designer and Make Up is by Santosh Gilbile. Ranjit Gugle and Shekhar Sathe are the Executive Producers. The sound designer is Thorsten Minning (Germany).
According to the director, the film revolves around the fact that the poor folk have to face life as it comes, with little control over themselves. Even when money comes, it brings problems. They unfortunately have to take things as they come and are not in a position to retaliate, if anything wrong is done to them. People wielding power, have inhuman control over their destiny.
‘Ek Hazarachi Note’ is produced by him under his banner ‘Infinitum Productions’. Prior to this Shrihari has produced two feature length films, both in the US. ‘Pervertigo’ (2012) world premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival was also shown at Mumbai Film Festival. The second film he produced was ‘It Felt like Love’ which premiered at 2013 Sundance Film Festival last year and was screened at about dozen festivals all over the world. It released theatrically in March 2014 in the US
Zee Marathi & Mahesh Kothare getting ready with ‘Jai Malhar’
‘Jai Malhar’ the biggest saga and first mythological soap is coming soon on Zee Marathi. The show explores the life of Maharashtra’s most famous family deity, Khandoba. According to the maker Mr. Mahesh Kothare, it will be a grand, mythological drama which will be set in that time. Khandoba is worshipped as Martanda Bhairava, a form of Shiva, mainly in the Deccan plateau of India, especially in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. He is also the patron deity of warrior, farming, herding as well as some Brahmin castes, the hunters and gatherers of the hills and forests.
Khandoba is mostly known for his battle with demons Malla & Mani. But, this serial will be exploring the lesser known side of his life. Among his many wives, there were 2, who were his favorites- Mhalsa & Banai. While Khandoba’s first wife Mhalsa was from the high caste merchant community, his second wife Banai was a Dhangar (shepherd caste). Mhalsa had a regular ritualistic marriage with Khandoba; while, for Banai, it was a love marriage. Mhalsa, known to be fulfilling Parvati’s promise to Shiva, had taken the mohini avtaar;while Banai who was beautiful & attractive, who didn’t even know how to cook. Because of their possessiveness towards Khandoba, both Mhalsa & Banai never got along with each other & Khandoba used to be at receiving end, during their quarrels. ‘Jai Malhar’ will be a mega show on Marathi television; which would depict a love story of Khandoba and his two wives; is all set to release on 18th May 2014.
‘Dhamak’ promises wholesome entertainment
C. S. Films first venture ‘Zale Mokale Aaksh’ gave an opportunity to businessman Rajendra Bandiwadekar to learn film direction, in the company of his co – director Yogesh Mahajan. This time, through his home production C.S.Films, he is independently directing forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dhamak’, starring renowned artistes Mohan Joshi, Aniket Vishwasrao, Ashok Samarth, Girija Joshi, Uma Sardeshmukh, Vidyadhar Joshi, Viju Khote, Jaywant Wadkar, Ajay Padhye, Dhananjay Mandrekar, Moushumi Tondvalkar, Girish Salvi & new villain Shoneel Shinde. The highlight of the film is special appearances by Meghana Naidu and Mumait Khan; who have performed an item song and lavani respectively.
On Wednesday evening the entire unit of ‘Dhamak’ presented themselves before the media; when some clippings from the film were shown, besides the director and main artistes of the film talking about their experience. After Mr. Rajendra Bandiwadekar briefed about his desire to make such a film, the lead artistes of the film- Aniket, Ashok, Girija, praised the dynamic film maker for his generosity, for not compromising on the budget of the film. Choreographer Umesh Jadhav , who was also present on the occasion; admitted that he received the amount, what he quoted. “Never before, I have come across a film maker, who agreed to pay, what I asked for. And, that was the biggest incentive for me, ” hesaid. Lyricist Rajesh Bamugade and music director Nirmal Kumar also spoke on the occasion.
The film’s cinematography is by Prasad Bhende and editing by ‘Duniyadari’ fame Ashish Mhatre and Apurva Motiwale. Scheduled for release on 25th april, the film promises wholesome entertainment, as noticed from the clippings of the film, including Meghana Naidu’s item number, romantic song on lead pair picturised at beautiful Konkan location and the action scenes. Best thing about the entire team was that all of them were dressed in specially stitched “Dhamak’ T shirts, clearly indicating their team spirit.
Renuka Shahane makes a comeback through ‘Bhakarkhadi – 7Km’
Producer Dr. Dinesh Vaidya and Co producer Priyanka Prashant Kamat are presenting a Marathi film ‘ Bhakarkhadi- 7 Kms’ , which is a story of a young devoted doctor and directed by Umesh Namjoshi. Highlight of the film is that renowned actress Renuka Shahane is making her acting comeback through this film.
The film has already received critical acclaim at various national and international film festivals and is now scheduled for release all over Maharashtra on 9th May 2014. Many popular artistes from Marathi film industry are performing in this film; namely Aniket Vishwasrao, Veena Jamkar, Anant Jog, Uday Tikekar, Dr.Girish Oak, Late Anand Abhyankar,Bharat Ganeshpure, Ashok Samel, Suyash Tilka and others. Music by kamalesh Bhadkamkar, Lyrics by Dr.Dinesh Vaidya, Editing by Jayant Jathar and cinematography by Prashad Bhende are other credits.
Campus Katta’ all set to release on 18th April
The angry young man of Marathi Cinema- Santosh Juvekar will be seen in action through forthcoming Marathi film – ‘Campus Katta’, which is all set to release on 18th April 2014. At a press conference held in Mumbai yesterday, director Sanjeev Kolte made this official announcement. According to the director, the film is based on social values and deals with the most relevant global issues through its script. Perhaps, the new subjects handled by Marathi films these days, has inspired the director, to choose this theme, which throws light on the corrupt system and how the students movement helps to counter it.
Instead of passing out from the college and search for his career options, te hero of the film played by Santosh Juvekar remains in the same college, to challenge the system. “Selecting Santosh as a protagonist, this is a tailor made role for Santosh. I could not think of any other person, while finalising the script.” said the director.
Alongwith santosh Juvekar, the other important artistes in the film are: Vikram Gokhale, Arun Nalawade, Milind Shinde, Namrata Gaikwad, Sheetal Dabholkar, Swati Chitins, Kishori Shahane, Manasi Maggikar and newcomer Rahul Dongre. Music by Praveen Kunwar, Cinematography by Jitendra Achrekar and choreography by Santosh Palwankar are other credits. Many popular singers like Avadhoot Gupte, Swapnil Bandodkar and others have rendered their voices for the songs in the film on the lyrics of Mandar Cholkar, meena Govind and Sanjeev Kolte himself.
Shreyash-Preet attempt variety through their music
Music has always played an important role in the success of many Marathi films. Some film makers consider, music as the heart of the film. And, director Pradeep Ghosanikar is one of them. Pradeep , who is making a film ‘Ticha Umbartha’ under the banner of RDX Cinema, is also presenting a new pair of Music directors through this film. Shreyash- Preet, who had earlier presented popular album ‘Shree Gananayaka’, are offering variety through three songs, which are given different treatment in this film.
There will be a semi classical song rendered by kavita Seth along with Mandar Apte and Suhas Sawant. Then, there is a Party song with Rap mixing rendered by Jasraj Joshi, Akshata sawant and Pinky Chinoy and the third song is a club song rendered by Akshata Sawant. The film stars Chinmay mandlekar and Tejaswini Pandit in the lead, supported by Jyoti Chandekar, Harsha Khandeparkar & Suyash Tilak. Camera by Yogesh Jani and art direction by Nitin Desai are the other credits. .
Artistes of ‘Postcard’ share their experience about the film
Known for his talent and creative work as a director of quality Marathi cinema, Gajjendra Ahirey is all set to release his 45th film – ‘Postcard’ on 25th April 2014. By the way, his previous film ‘Anumati’ had fetched best actor’s national award for actor Vikram Gokhale, besides winning Best Indian film award at New York Film festival. Yesterday evening, Gajjendra along with producers Smita and Vinay Ganu had called for a press conference in presence of artistes of his film, in Mumbai. After releasing the first look of the film, Mr. Vinay Ganu, who presents this film, welcomed the media persons and requested all the artistes in the film, to share their experience about the film. But, before that he welcomed the guest of honour – Veteran film maker Vijaysingh Pawardhan who had come all the way from Sangli, along with his daughter Poornima.
Known for his modesty, Girish Kulkarni, who is playing the lead role of a Postman in this film, openly admitted that it was for the first time he and Gajendra Ahire, had agreed on this script to work together. “In the past, I had always had differences with Gajendra, on scripts, whenever, he approached me; as the writer in me, would never agree to his ideology. But, this time, I was very happy with his script and decided to do this film, with him,” he said.
Mr. Dilip Prabhavalkar, who plays Bhikaji – a poor woodcutter in this film; was all praise for Gajendra Ahire, for making his choice for this role. But, he was all praise for Sai Tamhankar, who is playing the wife of Postman in this film. “I don’t have a single scene with Sai, but when I watched her scenes during dubbing session; I was highly impressed by her performance,” he said.
Mr. Subodh Bhave and Vibhavari Deshpande also thanked the director for attempting something different every time. “In this film, Mr. Ahirey has presented me in a totally different type of role and I am happy about it; as otherwise, I was getting only the same type of roles, which I had done before,” expressed Vibhavari. Subodh doesn’t have a big role, as he plays the husband of one important character Radhika in this film. But, he seemed happy to be part of this film.
Popular Marathi actress Sai Tamhankar, who was the centre of attraction during this function, first thanked Mr. Dilip Prabhavalkar for appreciating her performance. Dressed up brilliantly in black with a new hairstyle, she was wearing a beautiful necklace, adding charm to her striking personality. In her address, she expressed her gratitude to the veteran actor and also thanked the director, for believing in her to perform this role. “I have never seen such a lively press conference before; and I only wish that this happens during all my forthcoming films,” she reacted after the question- answer session.
Mr. Gajendra Ahire, initially thanked actor Kishore kadam, who was seated next to him, for suggesting the most appropriate title ‘Postcard’ for this film. “Kishore, being a good friend, I had narrated the story of this film to him and he liked it very much, except for the original title, which was in my mind. So, he suggested the present title, which was immediately accepted by me. But, I was feeling bad that there was no place for Kishore in this film; as I had already finalised the cast. But, as I progressed further, I found a suitable role for him. Same was the case with Vibhavari. Her character of Lisa kamble was added much later, almost after the film was first screened, at a festival. Such things keep happening, as I am always used to experimenting new things,” said Gajendra.
In this film, Gajendra has given scope to a new cinematographer Yogesh Rajguru, who had earlier worked in his film as an assistant cameraman. Even picturising a ‘thumri’ on Radhika Apte in the film was an after thought; and he thanked choreographer Phulwa Khamkar, for giving her best , in spite of changes suggested at the last minute. The film has three different stories which connect in the life of a Postman, while performing his day to day duty at different places. His wife played by Sai Tamhankar also plays an equally important role in this film; as she is the one, who reads all these post cards (meant for delivery by her husband) and both husband and wife get emotionally drawn into the personal problems of the senders of the letter; be it illiterate helpless old woodcutter- Bhikaji under heavy debt, a soldier James kamble and his daughter’s struggle or Gulzaar- a dancer turned prostitute from a village, eagerly waiting for her husband’s return .
“Postcard’ has already raised lot of hopes, having been critically acclaimed at Goa Film festival and now participating at other international festivals too. So, over to 25th April, at different theatres in Maharashtra, when it actually makes a screen impact on Marathi audience.
Mahesh Manjrekar gives clap for son Satya’s film ‘Janiva’
The official launch of the Marathi movie ‘Janiva’ starring Satya Manjrekar, was held at Raheja Classique Club in Mumbai on the auspicious day of Gudi Padwa. Father of the lead actor Satya , Mahesh Manjrekar gave the mahurat clap. Producers Milind Vishnu and Reshma of Blue Eye Productions and his partner Rajesh Ranshinge and Smran Jain Arvana Productions spoke on their coming together of the team from diverse fields.
Present on the occasion were cast Kiran Karmarker, Atul Pachure, Jaywant Wadkar, along with new comers Vaibhavi Shandaliya , Sanket Agarwal, Anuradha Mukharji, Devdutt Dani . The father-son duo posed together for shutterbugs. Smran Kumar’s friends from the TV industry showed up in full strength to showcase the bonding. Ravi Dubey, Sargun Mehta, Karan Wahi, Neha Kakkar and a host of others. Young kid Sanket who plays friend to Satya in the movie enthralled with his talent of beat boxing and received huge applause.
The film also stars Renuka Sahane, Salil Ankola, Atul Parchure, Kishor Kadam, Usha Nadkarni, Vaibhavi Sandilya, Anuradha Mukharjee & Devdutt Dani. Music by Harshvardhan Dixit and direction by Rajesh Ranshinge are other credits..
Four Marathi films to release together
Come Gudi Padwa and as many as four film makers would like to take the advantage of holidays coinciding with the auspicious day. Sachin Baliram Nagargoje’s film ‘Taptapadi’, which is a period film inspired by Ravindranath Tagore’s story ‘Drishtidaan’ is a musical love story, starring Kashyap Parulekar, Veena Jamkar and Shruti Marathe, in the company of other renowned artistes like Shard Ponkshe, Ashwini Ekbote, Neena Kulkarni, Ambrish Deshpande, Rahul Vaidya, Neha Bam, Madhura Navade, Vedan Kulkarni & Prem Kulkarni.
The film has raised expectations, as there are popular stars with good music and above all a good story. Moreover, the film releases simultaneously in 5 states of the country. Second film ‘Arey Soda Batli Bai’ clearly sounds comedy, keeping in mind presence of Bhalchandra (Bhau) Kadam in the star cast of the film. But, the film’s leading pair comprises of Sanjay Mohite and Vedashri Dali and is set on the backdrop of a village, presenting a social issue, besides a love story. There is a strong star cast comprising of Vijay Chavan, Suhas Palshikar, Kishori Ambiye, Sanjivani Jadhav, Bhooshan Ghadi and others.
The third film ‘Lakshmi Tujyavina’ is also a love story revolving around three characters played by Sanjay Shejawal, Saii Ranade-Sane and Dhyanlaxmi. Directed by Deepak Kadam, the film is being released with English subtitles. The film has special offers for students, as noticed in the advertisement.
Through ‘Asa ha Atarangi’ Makarand Anaspure returns to Marathi films after a long break. Starring with Priyanka Yadav and Vikas Patil, this film is a emotion filled love story directed by Ajit Shirole. Now, it remains to be seen, which film is able to impress the Marathi audience. In the meanwhile, Marathi Movie World wishes Happy Gudi Padwa to all the four film makers.
‘Aajoba’ finds 9th May as release date on screen
The much awaited Marathi film ‘Aajoba’ has finally found the release date. The film will be released on 9th May. Produced by Supreme Motion pictures Pvt. Ltd; the film is directed by Sujay Dahake. Urmila Matondkar who is making her debut into Marathi films, through this film, is playing the role of a researcher Vidya Atre, on whose personal experience in real life, this film is based. In the year 2009, when a Leopard fell into a well while chasing a dog, in Junner , off Pune. He was rescued by forest officials. A lady researcher named him a ‘Aajoba’ and by fixing a chip on his body traced his movements with the help of GPS, after he was released in Malshej Ghat.
The film is an adventure filled journey of ‘Aajoba’, and his trail by the researcher Vidya, played by Urmila. The film presents 29 days journey by Aajoba to cover the distance from Malshej Ghats to National park, cutting across Sahyadri range. This thrilling trail of the researcher was obviously a great experience for actress Urmila Matondkar, in this film; which the Marathi audience will witness on 9th May.
The special effects of this film have been one by Pune’s Illusion and Ethereal, while the music is composed by Saket Kanetkar. Sound design is by Nimish Chedda & Avinash Sonavne. Besides Urmila, the film also stars Yashpal Sharma, Hrishikesh Joshi, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Shrikant Yadav, Om Bhutkar, Neha Mahajan, Ganesh Mayekar, Shashank Shende, Anita Date, Chinmay Kulkarni, Virat Madke and Anuya Kalsekar.