Universal presents Music album for rainy season
Universal Music company have released a music album of Marathi songs ideally suited for monsoon season. The album titled ‘Paus Tujhya Majhya Manatla’ has 24 songs on rain, which have been rendered by 16 popular singers including veteran singers like Suman kalyanpur, Suresh Wadkar, Hariharan, Devki Pandit, besides Vaishali Samant, Shankar Mahadevan, Swapnil Bandodkar, Sadhana Sargam, Bela Shende and others, who have come to limelight through reality shows.
Music of this album has been composed by 6 Music directors including Ashok Patki, Pushpa Bhave and Nilesh Mohrir. This album is a timely presentation for the monsoon season.
‘Narbachi Wadi’ promises humour filled story
There is a lot of resemblance in Marathi and Bengali culture. No wonder, Manoj Mitra’s popular Bengali novel ‘Sajjano Bagan’s is being adapted into cinematic format to present a Marathi film ‘Narbachi Wadi’ by director Aditya Sarpotdar. Produced by TV serial producers Kalyan and Rupali Guha, the film is set on the backdrop of picturesque village in konkan and promises humour filled story of an old farmer and his adamant landlord.
Versatile actor Dilip Prabhavalkar is playing the lead role in this film, in the company of talented artistes like Manoj Joshi, Nikhil Ratnaparakhi, Atul Parchure, Kishori Shahane, Vikas Kadam, Jyoti Malde, Bhau kadam and Kamlakar Satpute. With cinematography by Rahul Jadhav and Music by Mangesh Dhakde , the film will be released on 20th September 2013 in Maharashtra.
Shooting schedule of ‘Aandolan’ begins in Konkan
Shree Krupa Productions & Produced by Mr. Babubhoir Koprawale, the shooting of new Marathi film ‘Aandolan – Ek Suruwat Ek Shevat’ is in progress in Konkan. The film is written & directed by Mr. Prashant Madhukar Rane. Story of the film deals with the education system in the society, during our school days, when we learned about the morals of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Aabedkar, Mahatma Phule etc. But, when we compare those morals with our today’s situation, we can’t even think that we learned something like this before.
Star cast includes Milind Gawli, Arun Nalawade & Nisha Parulekar, Sagar Panjhari, Sansrkuti Kamble, Pritesh Parkar & Aaditya Nerurkar. It is for the first time, Nisha is playing a role of lady police officer. The execution of the film is handled by Ms. Mahima Malgoankar, cinematography by Amit Singh & music by Harshit Amitraj. The film includes three songs.
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After bringing one of his plays ‘Lochya Jhala Re’ into cinematic form through ‘Kho Kho’ only few days back, director Kedar Shinde is all set to release his another play into cinematic form with ‘Shrimant Damodarpant’. Luckily for him, this time he has found support from a new producer Saurabh Pradhan, who is making his film debut through his company ‘Cottstown Pictures Pvt. Ltd.’ Presently his Cottstown is into manufacture of readymade garments with the brand ‘Bombay High’.
The first look of this film was released by Kedar Shinde on Wednesday night, in presence of entire cast of the film and media representatives. Lead hero Bharat Jadhav, while speaking on the occasion lauded the efforts of Kedar Shinde and appealed to him to get all his plays converted into cinematic form; as they had suitable script to entertain the audience.
Kedar invited all those behind making of this film beginning with producer Saurabh Pradhan, followed by artistes beginning with Bharat Jadhav, Alka kubal Athlye , Vijay Chavan, Jairaj Nayar, Piyush Ranade, Chaitrali Gupte, Abhinay Sawant ( son of Nirmiti Sawant), Varad Chavan, Deepak Alegaonkar and Mrunal Dusanis, who is making her film debut through this film. However, Sunil Barve, who is working for the first time with Kedar Shinde, however, could not make it for the function.
Being a good host, Kedar Shinde made a special mention of veteran editing master V.N.Mayekar , who was present on the occasion and called him to the dais, besides other technical experts and music director Vaishali Samant. Mr. Mayekar has edited this film alongwith Pareh Manjrekar The film is all set to release on 26th July 2013, along with two other Marathi films ’72 Miles Ek Pravas’ and ‘Time Please – Love Story Lagnanantarchi’. And this will certainly divide the audience. By the way, there is no Marathi film releasing on coming Friday i.e. 5th July.
Sad demise of Popular actor Satish Tare
Popular comedy actor on Marathi Stage, television and films , Satish Tare passed away today afternoon at Sujay Hospital in Juhu. He was being treated for past few days, for complications arising out of Diabetes, Liver malfunctioning and Gangrene. For the past two days, he was on ventilator. Known for his perfect timing in comedy, Satish Tare was declared the winner of 4th edition of Fu Bai Fu , a popular TV Comedy reality show on Zee Marathi channel.
Having performed in many stage plays right from his childhood, Tare was recently seen in Marathi film ‘Balak Palak’. His performance in the role of Mauli in popular TV serial ‘Eka Lagnachi Doosari Goshta’ is still fresh in our memory. Marathi Movie World pays sincere tributes to his departed soul and pray for his soul to rest in peace.
Ramesh Deo and Seema celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary
Having spent 50 glorious years together, popular veteran Marathi artistes Ramesh Deo and Seema celebrated their anniversary in a big way on 1st July 2013 at Iskon , Juhu. 50 years ago, the couple got married at Kolhapur, when both of them were on the top of their acting career.
Besides their official marriage, both of them got married several times on screen. But, Monday’s ceremony was a special one; when in the presence of family members, well wishers from film industry and media representatives, they performed all the rituals of marriage once again.
Music of ‘Time Please’ released in a style
It was a happy moment for young couple Umesh Kamat and Priya Bapat-Kamat, as the music of their first film together ‘Time Please -Love story Lagnanantarchi’ was released in a style at Ravindra Natya Mandir Mini theatre today evening. On this occasion, the other two main artistes of the film Siddharth Jadhav and Saie Tamhankar were also present, besides all the singers, Music composers and arrangers. In fact, little before the official release of Music CD, live song performances were given by Music director Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Neha Rajpal, Bela Shende and Jasraj Joshi.
Highlight of this function was good presentation by actress Kadambari Kadam, who played the role of anchor, besides interviewing each one of them. She also made Distributor of the film Sanjay Chhabria speak few words in Marathi. Mr. Chhabria not only obliged but also disclosed that Mr. Mahesh Manjrekar had given him a new surname – Chabriyakar. While speaking about the music of this film Music director Hrishikesh Kamerkar was all praise for the producers of the film Anish Jog and Saurabh Gadgil for being liberal on budget of music.
“It is because of their support, I could hire the best team of musicians and music arrangers. I have recorded the songs at Yashraj Studios, to get the best effect.,” he said. He specially thanked all the singers and his associates in music team. Veteran actress Vandana Gupte, who was also present on the occasion, wished the team all success. Director Sameer Vidwans and Story –Screenplay –dialogue writer and lyricist Kshitij Patwardhan were more than happy to witness such a grand music release of their film, which was well planned.
‘Time Please’ which is based on the comedy theme of popular Marathi play ‘Nava Gadee Nave Rajya’ has been modified to suit in the cinematic format, according to Sameer Vidwans and kshitij Patwardhan. The film is due for release on 26th July 2013.
Climax song of ‘Rajbhasha’ recorded
To make people in Maharashtra realize the importance of Marathi language, Producer Hrishikesh Vilas Patil and director Dnyaneshwar Margajj are making a Marathi film ‘Rajbhasha’ .The 6th song of the film to be filmed on the climax, was recorded recently. The song will be pictured on leading lady Vishakha Kashalkar, who will be making her film debut through this film. Vishakha had already made her acting debut as a child artiste through Hindi TV serial ‘NokJhonk’ and later performed in Marathi TV serials ‘Ek wada Zapatrlela’ &’Nivdung’. Vishakha has also performed in a stage play ;’Radha’.
The song was recorded in the voices of Avadhoot Gupte and Madhura Kumbhar on the music of Parikshit Bhatkahande. The remaining cast of the film is to be finalised soon, as the shooting of this film begins shortly.
‘Kshan Amrutache’ audio CD released
Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar was seen in a happy mood on Thursday evening at Ravindra Natya Mandir, when he released the music album of ‘Kshan Amrutache’ which is a rare collection of devotional songs rendered by Lata Mangeshkar on the music of Salil kulkarni. The melody queen of India, could not be present during the function, due to ill health. However, other members of Mangeshkar family ,namely usha mangeshkar and Radha mangeshhkar were present ,apart from other dignitaries like Sunil Barve( who anchored the show) Suresh Wadkar, Mayuresh Pai of LM Music and Vishwas Joshi of Fin Craft media Entertainment, who organised the show.
After the official release of Audio CD, some of the devotional songs were presented by Pt.Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Radha Mangeshkar and Salil kulkarni.
‘Ekapeksha Ek’ to present 12 Apsaras on Zee Marathi
Zee Marathi’s most awaited popular dance reality show Ekapeksha Ek will be back with a bang; this time with more glamour, with fierce competition. In this upcoming fresh season, 12 beautiful, talented & famous celebrities will compete with each other. Premiering on 1st July, the show will air every Monday and Tuesday at 9.30 PM, on Zee Marathi!
The contestants for this season are celebrities from Marathi Film and Television industry which includes Shruti Marathe, Neha Gadre, Deepti Ketkar, Sara Shravan, Hemangi Kavi, Rupali Bhosale, Prachi Cheolkar, Prajakta Mali,Sukanya Kalan, Prathana Behare, Megha Ghatage n Manasi Naik.
To ensure best grooming of these contestants and bring out the best in them, talented choreographers like Ashish Patil, Sharad Bhangre, Ajinkya Shinde and Omkar Shinde will guide these beauties and prepare them for competition. They will act as ‘mentors’ rather than just a guide. And finally, to judge these talented individuals, popular Actor, Director, Sachin Pilgaonkar will be in the chair of Mahaguru. Pushkar Shrotri, actor-director and popular anchor of the Marathi film industry, will host this show ‘Ekapeksha Ek – Apsara Ali’