Bhau Kadam to play ‘Baba’ in ‘Arey Soda Batli Bai’
Known for his humour filled comedy roles, Bhau Kadam has always entertained audience of stage and television. He has played variety of characters, representing common man. Now, he will be playing a totally different role of a ‘Baba’ in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Arey Soda Batli Bai’ , to be directed by Qayum Kazi. The film, which will be highlighting a social issue to counter addiction and blind faith, is scripted by the director himself.
Now, what type of ‘Baba’ Bahu is going to portray, will be known only after release of this film on 28th March 2014. The other artistes of this film are Vedashree Dali, Vijay Chavan, Suhas Palshikar, Kishore Nandlaskar, Kishor Chougule, Kishori Ambiye, Sanivani Jadhav, Ajit Bhagat, Bhushan Ghadi, Deepashree Naik and others.
Grand music launch of ‘Taptapadi’
One does not understand, why all music launch ceremonies of new Marathi films are always held behind schedule time? Nevertheless, it was a worth wait, after that sound and light checking, which took about an hour; when finally show anchor Abhijit Khandkekar appeared on the dais and began introducing the artistes of ‘Taptapadi’, behind the screen like Singer Savani Shende, lyricist Vaibhav Joshi and music directors Sumeet Bellari & Rohit Nagbhide; who besides talking about their experiences, gave glimpse of their live performance. Even the three lead artistes Kashyap Parulekar,Veena Jamkar and Shruti Marathe gave short live performance on two songs. Then the entire team of the film comprising of Sachin Baliram Nagargoje, Hemant Bhavsar, Shard Ponkshe, Ashwini Ekbote along with above mentioned artistes, joined for discussion with the anchor, who questioned them, on behalf of the media.
After the discussion, there was traditional music release ceremony, in presence of parents of the director Nagargoje. The film is due for release coinciding with Gudhi Padwa i.e. 28th March 2014 and will be released in 5 states simultaneously, along with Maharashtra. The other artistes of this film comprise of Neena Kulkarni, Sharad Ponkshe, Ashwini Ekbote, Ambrish Deshpande, Rahul Vaidya,Neha Bam, Madhura Navade, Vedan Kulkarni & Prem Kulkarni. ‘Taptapadi’ is inspired by Ravindranath Tagore’s story ‘Drishtidaan’ and hence more attention has been given to songs, music, art direction and other aspects, keeping in mind the multi-faceted personality of Tagore.
The promos of songs were played on the LCD projection system during the first one hour of waiting and hence, perhaps the music CD’s were not given to all the media people. But, the music and lyrics, as heard there, were certainly good. Even the names of five states were not disclosed by the anchor. However, after the function, the director while speaking to MarathiMovieWorld, confirmed that they had planned to release the film in parts of Gujarat, Goa, Belgaum and Indore. When asked, as to why not Hyderabad, he said that he was not aware about the Maharashtrian population in Hyderabad. But, agreed to explore the possibility.
New Marathi film ‘Mitwa’ launched with Muhurat
Ramanand Sagar’s grand daughter Meenakshi Sagar has entered Marathi film production, with her own banner ‘Meenakshi Sagar Productions’. Her first film to be presented by Video palace, will be ‘Mitwa‘ which will be a love story, on the music of Shankar Ehsan Loy, with contributions also coming from other popular music directors in Marathi industry.
Directed by Swapna Waghmare-Joshi, the film will have Swapnil Joshi and Sonali Kulkarni in the lead. The search for one more leading actress is on for which talent hunt is going on the channel 9X Jhakaas.
New Marathi film ‘Mitwa’ launched with Muhurat
Ramanand Sagar’s grand daughter Meenakshi Sagar has entered Marathi film production, with her own banner ‘Meenakshi Sagar Productions’. Her first film to be presented by Video palace, will be ‘Mitwa’ which will be a love story, on the music of Shankar Ehsan Loy, with contributions also coming from other popular music directors in Marathi industry.
Directed by Swapna Waghmare-Joshi, the film will have Swapnil Joshi and Sonali Kulkarni in the lead. The search for one more leading actress is on for which talent hunt is going on the channel 9X Jhakaas.
Gopinath Munde gives Muhurat clap for ‘Ticha Umbartha’
Marathi films are going worldwide. In the recent past, we have seen many Bollywood personalities entering Marathi film industry, either as actors, directors or producers. The recent entry has been that of Bollywood action director Ravi Diwan, who has turned producer with his debut Marathi film ‘Ticha Umbartha’. Recently, the muhurat of this film was held at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Mumbai . after chief guest Gopinath Munde Dy. Leader of Opposition party in Lok sabha, gave the clap, director Pradeep Ghonsikar called Sound , light and camera to take the muhurat shot on Tejaswini Pandit, Chinmay Mandlekar and Jyoti Chandekar.
Many prominent personalities like Sunil Shetty, Makarand Deshpande, Bharat Dabholkar, kanchan Adhikari and others were present on this occasion. From the title of the film, it becomes clear that it is a woman oriented subject, which also stars Harsha Khandeparkar, Suyash Tilak, Tulika Prakash Nikam, Bharat Sharma, Jayant Payekar, Sheetal Shukla, Abhinay Patekar and child artist Aditi Sawant. Cinematography by Yogesh Jani, art direction by Nitin Desai and music by Shreyas – Preet are the other credits.a
Sharad Pawar releases first look of Film ‘Yashwantrao Chavan’
Yashwantrao Chavan shall always remain a legend of Maharashtra Politics, when somebody talks about the iron man of Maharashtra in Central Government. After C. D. Deshmukh, if anyone from Maharashtra who had risen to the highest rank of Central cabinet, it was Yashwantrao Chavan. After heading the Maharashtra Government, he was invited by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Delhi, to become part of the Central cabinet. He headed several important ministries and always remained loyal to Nehru family. To pay homage to this great leader from Maharashtra and to make today’s young generation aware of his contribution to the country, the Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan under the chairmanship of Union Minister Sharad Pawar and in association with the Mahararashtra Government, have produced a Marathi feature film, which is a biopic titled ‘Yashwantrao Chavan – a chronicle of storm’.
On Friday evening, in presence of Union Minister and NCP chief Mr. Sharad Pawar, the first look of this film was released before the media. Also present on the occasion were Ms. Supriya Sule, Mr. Arun Sadhu, who has written the script of this film, Mr. Jabbar Patel, who has directed this film, Mr. Anand Modak, who has composed the music of this film, artistes, singers and crew members of the film. Officials of Zee group, including Mr. Nitin Kini were also present, as the film is being distributed by Essel Vision productions on 14th March in 250 theatres across Maharashtra.
After briefing about the film, Mr. Ajit Bhure, who anchored the show, passed on the responsibility to the director Dr.Jabbar Patel, who introduced each and every artiste and crew member of the film, to the chief guest and media. Actor Ashok Lokhande will be portraying the iconic leader on the screen, while his younger days role will be portrayed by Om Bhutkar. Hindi theatre artiste Lubna Salim will be portraying the role of Yashwantrao’s wife Venutai, while his mother’s role will be portrayed by Meena Naik. Supriya Vinod is playing the role of Indira Gandhi, while Benjamin Gilani is playing Jawaharlal Nehru, in this film. The other artistes of the film are Vaishali Dabhade, Satish Alekar, Rahul Solapurkar, Yashpal Sarnath and Nana Patekar. Bhargavi Chirmule is presenting a lavani in this film, under the choreography of veteran Leela Gandhi.
After the official announcement, Mr. Sharad Pawar also spoke about the great leader from Maharashtra, with whom he was associated as a Youth leader of the Congress. He recalled the memories of his good old days in his association.
Mandar – Manjiri’s poems released by Mangesh Padgaonkar
Manjiri Nirgudkar and her brother Mandar Nirgudkar have compiled their Marathi poems in a book form, which was released by noted Marathi poet Mangesh Padgaonkar, in Mumbai recently. Present on the occasion were dignitaries from different fields like Ms. Veena Patil, CEO Veena World, Mr. Kesari Patil of Kesari Group, Music director- Mr. Kaushal Inamdar, Sr. Police Officers Vishwas Nangre Patil & Hemant Nagrale, Industrialist Subhash Dandekar, writer Ratnakar Matkari, actress Fayaaz, actor Subodh Bhave, actor Pradeep Veklankar,Poet Ashok Naigaonkar ,Santoor player Satish Vyas and parents of Mandar-Manjiri- Dr. Sudhir and Charusheela Nirgudkar.
Mr. Mangesh Padgaonkar was high praise for their poems and even read out three poems from the collection, while kaushal Inamdar rendered the poems on his music. Ms. Veena Patil, who is the employer of Manjiri Nirgudkar, said that Manjiri was a very efficient worker in the Digital marketing Department of Veena World and also found time to write such literary work in Marathi. Both mandar and manjiri have also written poems in English and Hindi too. .
‘Salaam’ First look released by Nana Patekar
There are many essential things, which are important to face the difficulties in life. Besides believing in human values, there is also need of going with the truth, being fearless & honest; apart from having good friends and trusted family members. Based on this philosophy, Director Kiran Yadnyopavit (‘Taryanche Bait’ fame) is offering this new Marathi film ‘Salaam’.
The first look of this film was released by popular actor Nana Patekar recently, in presence of producers of the film Gaurav Somani, Anand Somani and Sunil Somani. Also present on the occasion to wish the film maker were Sai Tamhankar, Spruha Joshi, Umesh kamat and popular anchor Sudhir Gadgil. The film stars Girish Kulkarni, Kishore kadam, Atisha Naik, Jyoti Chandekar, Sanjay Kharpe and child artiste Vivek Chabikswar. Script by Kiran Yadnyopavit himself, lyrics by Vaibhav Joshi, music by Rahul Ranade are the other credits. The film is due for release on 11th April 2014.
New Marathi film ‘Taptapadi’ inspired by Tagore’s story
India has always been a principal society that believes in its Culture and Social values. The India that Gurudev Ravindranath Tagore portrayed in his Short Story ‘Drushtidaan’ tells the stories of love, devotion and sacrifice. Director Sachin Baliram Nagargoje, who is inspired by ‘Drushtidaan’, is now offering a new Marathi film ‘Taptapadi’, which is the story of Madhav, Meera and Sunanda.
This period drama which is set on the backdrop of pre independence era, depicts the age old culture, values and human intricacies of society that were in practice during the Britishraaj have been minutely marked and executed in the film by the director.
To give cinematic form to this story, the director has tried to relate the screenplay of this film with that of traditional Maharashtrian culture, which existed during the period 1930-40. He has also taken into account the reforms that were noticed during that period.
The film stars Kashyap Parulekar (Madhav), Veena Jamkar (Meera), Shruti Marathe(Sunanda) in lead characters which also sees the strong impact of characters played by Neena Kulkarni, Sharad Ponkshe, Ambarish Deshpande, Ashwini Ekbote among others. The film’s first look is now out and it will be released on 28th March 2014.
Music album ‘Tujhyach Aaspaas Mee’ for Valentine
Universal Music Group Mumbai, have a special offering for Valentine’s day. They have timely released the music album of Swapnil Bandodkar ‘Tujhyach Aaspaas Mee’ comprising of romantic songs on this occasion. The album was officially released at Sawangi (Meghe), in presence of Shalinitai Meghe, trustee of Meghe Group, Sagar Meghe, former MLA, Lyricist Sanjay Ingale Tigaonkar, music director Ajay Headau and others.
On this occasion, singers Anil Khobragade, Madhavi Kulkarni and Ajay Hedau presented some songs from this album, to entertain the audience comprising of renowned people from social, music and literary field from Vidarbha. Radio star Sachin Ghode anchored the show.