‘Chandi’ a tribute to P. L; is set to release on 14th June
Based on Late P.L. Deshpande’s popular novel ‘Mhais’, Prabhakar Films’ new Marathi film ‘Chandi’ is all set to release on 14th June 2013, all over Maharashtra. The film is a tribute to the prolific writer of Maharashtra and will be premiered at Sun City , Vile Parle on 12th june, which is also death anniversary of the popular writer.
Highlight of the film is that the audience will have a glimpse of their favourite writer; though it is for few seconds. Thanks to the latest technology and special effects team comprising of Ashish Gandhre,Anil Jadhav, Siddhesh Jadhav and Amit, who have made it possible to present this first film in Marathi in its unique style. ‘Chandi’ has a big cast comprising of 90 artistes with some known names like Vaibhav Mangle, Bhalchandra kadam, Deepak Shirke, Vikas Samudre, Santosh Pawar, Chetan Dalvi, Kishori Ambiye, Sanjivani Jadhav, Kishore Nandalskar and Ramesh Deo.
The film has been shot in picturesque Goa, with cinematography by sameer Athlye. Music by Praveen Kunwar and lyrics by Meena Govind are other credits. The film is directed by Samir Naik and Dnyaneshwar Govekar.
‘Time Please! Love story Lagnanantarchi’ captures ‘Everest’
Generally love stories begin much before marriage. But, this love story is different ! It begins after marriage with lots of fun. Those who have seen the popular Marathi Play ‘Nava Gadee Nava Rajya’; may be familiar with this plot. Now, director Sameer Vidwans and script writer Kshitij Patwardhan who were behind presenting this successful hit play, thought of converting it into cinematic format. So, with the help of Anish Joag of Pratisad Productions and Saurabh Gadgil of 24 Carat Entertainment, they made a film.
When the same film was shown to Sanjay Chabriya of Everest Entertainment,he was so impressed with the presentation that he agreed to distribute this film under his banner. In short, ‘Time please! Love Story Lagnanantarchi’ had captured Everest, to reach out to Marathi film audience. The first look of this film was organised today at Famous Studious, Mahalaxmi, in presence of main artistes of the film Umesh kamat, his real life and Screen wife Priya Bapat, Siddharth Jadhav along with Sameer Widwans, Kshitij Patwardhan, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Anish Jog, Saurabh Gadgil & Sanjay Chabriya. Saie Tamhankar could not make it for this event.
“I was really impressed by the story of this film, which talks about the issues like ego, adjustments, insecurity, challenges and expectations that a newly married couple has to face. It’s the story that relates to the new lifestyle of all newly married couples. I even liked the presentation of the script, which is something new in Marathi films,” said Sanjay Chabriya, after presenting the first look before the media persons. In the cinematic format, the film has certainly taken some liberties to shoot the required outdoors and office atmosphere, to make the screenplay more interesting. So, after ‘Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy’, ‘Shikshanachya Aaichha Gho’, ‘Hapus’, ‘Ideachi kalpana’ ,’Tukaram’ and ‘Aajcha Diwas Majha’,this is the seventh film Sanjay is distributing under his banner ‘Everst Entertainment’.
Sameer Widwans, who has already directed the hit play, said that he and script writer Kshitij Patwardhan had gone through two three drafts of the screenplay suited for this film, till deciding on the final draft. “We actually wanted all those who had seen the play, besides those who didn’t watch the play. So, we very much wanted to focus on the areas which were beyond the reach of theatre. Even Hrishikesh, who has composed the music of the play, tried to give a different look to the music. But, when we finalised the cast, besides the lead pair Umesh and Priya, we couldn’t think of anyone else, but Siddharth Jadhav,to play the role of Himmatrao. The same was the case with Saie Tamhankar. Others in the supporting cast are Vandana Gupte, Seema Deshmukh and Madhav Abhyankar,” he said.
Both Umesh and Priya were all excited to watch their first look and it was Umesh, who just kept on asking for ‘Once more’. Expressing their satisfaction, for the manner in which the cinematic form of their play was presented on screen; both felt that the film audience would be tempted to watch their play, after watching this film. “I still recall the memories of our first reading before the launch of our play; when we just couldn’t control our laughter. And now, when we read the film’s script together, we were almost in the same situation, reacted Priya, while narrating her experience.
Incidentally, shooting of this film and the shows of the play were going on simultaneously. And, that certainly inspired Priya while performing in few scenes of the drama. and, she did admit that. ‘Time Please! Love story Lagnanantarchi ’ is set to release on 26th July 2013,which also happens to be the release date of Rajiv Patil’s ‘72 miles’. “But ’s that not an issue. Subjects of both these films are different. In film industry, we can afford to release two films at a time. In the past ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Gadar’ were released simultaneously and both turned out to be hits. We only wish the same for both,” said Mr. Chabriya, before concluding this event.
Photo caption: Time please team with Sanjay Chabriya and Sameer Vidwans at centre.
MMW ‘Most Awaited Film’ award presented to ‘Zapatlela 2′
MarathiMovieWorld.com (MMW), a leading portal on Marathi films; have just announced their awards for the year 2013, in fifteen different categories on the basis popular votes polled by their esteemed viewers. One of the awards was for the ‘Most awaited Film’, which went to Mahesh Kothare’s Film ‘Zapatlela 2′ in 3D. Since the film is due for release on Friday, the MMW Awards committee decided to present the same to the makers / distributors of this film, on the occasion of their Blue Carpet Premiere show on Wednesday evening , hosted by Radio City in Pune. The other awards will however be presented at a later date.
The team from MMW presented the award during the special show to Mr. Mahesh Kothare and Mr. Jayesh Muzumdar (Director- Commercial & Syndication, Viacom 18). The entire cast and crew of the film along with Mr. Himanshu Shinde(Head of Film Entertainment, Radio City) were also present on the occasion. Incidentally, Radio City have now taken the lead to promote Marathi films, by hosting their Premiere shows, with the concept of ‘Blue Carpet Premiere’. And, with the premiere ‘Zapatlela 2′ at City Pride, Kothrud in Pune ; they have made a good beginning.
Many Marathi celebrities were present at this special show in Pune. Prominent among them besides the cast of ‘Zapatlela 2′ were Aniket Vishwasrao, Avadhoot Gupte, Bhargavi Chirmule, Urmila kanitkar-Kothare, Girija Oak- Godbole with husband Shushrut & others.
[Photo caption: Shashank Shah, Sonalee, Adinath Kothare, Mahesh Kothare (Director), Jayesh Muzumdar (Viacom18), Makarand Anaspure]
Ajay Naik to present Umesh and Mukta together
Music director & Producer Ajay Naik, who shot into fame with his music, with the film ‘Satarangi Re’ is now busy directing his own film ‘Lagna Pahave Karun’. Film is produced by Kiran Deshpande & Mohan Damle, Co-Produced by Ashish Deshpande & Sanjeev Langarkande.
Ajay had a good experience in film production, as he had worked in many areas during the making of his 1st film ‘Satarangi Re’. Now, confident of Directing a film on his own, he paired Umesh kamat and Mukta Barve to play lead roles in his film. It is for the first time, Umesh and Mukta have been paired together on screen. The other couple in the film comprises of Siddharth Chandekar and Tejashri Pradhan, who have earlier worked together in film ‘Zenda’.
According to Ajay Naik, ‘Lagna Pahave Karun’ is a romantic musical film in which Umesh Kamat plays a foreign returned youngster who comes to India to get married and accidentally meets Mukta Barve who wishes to start a marriage bureau of her own, with a modern approach of match making. Swati Chitnis, who plays an astrologer, poses a big challenge, to their concept. Siddharth Chandekar and Tejashri Pradhan are the first couple to get married through the marriage bureau of Umesh and Mukta.
“It’s a different experiment attempted through the story of this film written by me, screenplay of which is penned by Sameer Vidwans and Kshitij Patwardhan,” says Ajay. Director of Photography for this film is Abhijit Abhe. Ajay is already receiving good response from his net friends on his debut project.
‘Chhabu Palali Sasarla’ Music launched
After ‘Sat Baara Kasa Badalala’ DK Production ahve now launched the Music and First Look of their second Marathi film ‘Chhabu Palali Sasarla’ in the Presence of Media and Special Invites on 3 June, 2013 evening at Kohinoor Hall , Prabhadevi Mumbai
The entire cast and crew along with Producer Mr. Mangesh Sadanand Thange Producer were introduced to the media on the occasion. Mr. Mangesh, has worked under the guidance of Late Mr. Dada Kondke and Mr. Sangram Shirke (Sarchitnis Shiv Sena & Treasure Dada kondke Pratishtan). He was inspired to start his Production house .
Present on the occasion were artistes of the film Ashok Shinde, Maitthily Jawakar, Madhavi Juvekar, Atul Parchure, Maithali Warang, Vinaay Laad and they all shared they experience during this Press meet . This is Ashok Shinde’s 111th Marathi film and he is looking forward to do many more films.
The Music was launched by the Chief Guest Mr. Anandji (of (Kalyanji Anandji famous Duo of Bollywood) and Mr. Rajan Prabhu of Universal Music India Pvt ltd. Mr. Ramesh Bhatkar, Jaywant Wadkar, Deepak Balraj Viij, Producer – Machindra Chate, Shailendra Barve, Actor Sachit Patil had also come to support and wish the entire team of “Chhabu Palali Sasarla” and also appreciated the Music given by Music director Mr. Ashok Patki who has given 6 track music in the film .
Photo caption: from left Co prod Prasad Thange, Singer Sadhana Sargam , Singer Vaishali Made, Producer Mangesh Thange, Anandji , Sangram Shirke (Sarchitnis Shiv Sena ), Maithily Jawkar,Ashok shinde, Vijay Patkar, Shaildenra Barve.
Sachin Tendulkar releases Music of ‘Sat Na Gat’
Now, free from IPL T20, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is finding his time for family members. On Friday evening, the little master was present as a chief guest, to release the Music of Devisha film’s new Marathi film ‘Sat Na Gat’, which is based on the novel written by Rajan Khan. Incidentally, Sachin’s brother Nitin Tendulkar is making his debut as a lyricist through this film; and hence it was a happy occasion for Tendulkar family. Ms. Anjali Tendulkar wife of Sachin, was also present for this function, held at Rangasharada, Bandra.
Sat Na Gat Marathi Movie
[ Photo Caption: Sachin Tendulkar (centre) releasing the Music Album of the film in presence of the team of the film. .To his right is brother Nitin and to his left is Abhijit Gholap ]
‘Sat Na Gat’ is set on the backdrop of a peaceful and beautiful village, during the period of early 90s. The happening of a shocking event in this story, shows how it gets the political and social importance. ‘Sat Na Gat’, which is produced by Sai Shankar Films, is being presented by successful Industrialist Abhijit Gholap’s Devisha Films. ‘Sat Na Gat’ will be the third film to be released under their banner, after award winning film ‘Deool’ and ‘Baharatiya’. The film stars Mahesh Manjrekar in the role of a controversial Police officer, along with Bharat Jadhav playing a committed Journalist. Pakhi Hedge plays the leading lady in this film, with Sayaji Shinde in supporting cast. The film is directed by Raju Parsekar.
The first look of the film was also released during this function. On this occasion, Mr. Abjijit Gholap took this opportunity to felicitate five women namely :Padmashri Leela Poonawala-the first Woman CEO, Ms. Shravani Deodhar from Entertainment Industry, Ms. Veena Patil from Hospitality Services, Dr. Deepti Devbagkar from Medical field and Ms. Sucheta Kadethankar from Sports & Adventure field. All of them received their honours from Sachin Tendulkar. While speaking on the occasion, Sachin said that it was a special occasion for him, as he was attending a function to release a Music Album of a film, of which his brother was part of, as a lyricist. “We are all glad to witness his hidden talent. I am sure, this not the last one and there are many more occasions to come.” he wished.
After the function, Mr. Abhijit Gholap declared that ‘Sat Na Gat’ would be released on 5th July 2013. “We wish to observe this day( i.e 5th July) as ‘Women’s Felicitation day’ to respect all women in the society.” he said.
Final results of MMW awards declared
The countdown is over. Finally, the results of MMW Awards 2013 are being announced today. As you all know, since last year marathimovieworld.com have started this initiative to encourage talent in our Marathi entertainment industry. This year, we have added few new categories, including Most awaited film, Best marketed film, Best promo of the film, Fresh face of the year(Male/Female) and we received tremendous response for online voting specially for these newly added categories.
MarathiMovieWorld portal is already popular among internet visitors, for their exclusive coverage on Marathi Entertainment industry. And we are working 24×7 with 100% commitment to Marathi Film and entertainment Journalism. We trust all our viewers, in judging these popular awards and will continue to do so, in future. We take this opportunity to thank all of them, for their valuable support, in declaring the winners.
Thousands of votes were polled from different parts of the world; including Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Bangalore, Surat, Kolkotta, Dubai, New York, USA/UK, Sydney, Singapore,.
The final results are as follows: :
1) Most awaited film: Zapatlela 2
2) Best Film of the year: Tukaram
3) Best Marketed film: Shala
4)Best Promo of the film: Ajintha
5) Best publicity Design: Aik
6) Fresh (Male) face of the year Hemant Dhome
7) Fresh (Female) Face of the year: Shweta Pagar
8)Best Film Actor: Jitendra Joshi (Tukaram)
9) Best Film Actress : Amruta Khanvilkar (Satrangi Re)
10)Drama- Best Play: Shivaji underground in Bheemnagar Mohalla
11) Drama Best Actor : Sharad Ponkshe( Eka Kshanaat)
12) Drama best Actress : Kadambari kadam ( T &J)
13) TV Serial – Best Serial – Unch Majha Zoka
14) TV Serial: Best actor : Vikram Gaikwad ( Unch Majha Zoka)
15) TV Serial- Best Actress : Mukta Barve( ELDG)
MIFTA is now MICTA, with a new look
Actor – Film maker Mahesh Manjrekar has been organising the MIFTA awards for the past three years successfully. He has made all efforts to spread the network of Marathi entertainment industry choosing foreign destinations like Dubai, London and Singapore. Now, MIFTA will have a new look with a new name MICTA ( Marathi International Cinema and Theatre Awards) besides having new partners. Thanks to Actor Sushant Shelar for playing a crucial role in bringing Nitesh Rane’s Maharashtra Kalanidhi as their esteemed partners.
A function was organised on 27th evening at Blue Sea, Worli, to make an official announcement to this effect and also disclose Switzlerland as the next venue for the IVth Mhaiskar-Micta awards. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mahesh Manjrekar stated that intention of hosting such award function abroad, was to encourage the artistes from Marathi entertainment industry. He also invited all the associates connected with the awards function, such as Mr. Mhaiskar of Mhaiskar Foundation, Mr. Nitesh Rane and Anant Panshikar from the from the Maharashtra kalanidhi and Ms. Veena Patil from Venna Patil Hospitality Services Pvt.Ltd; their Hospitality partners. He also invited Mr.Kiran Shantaram, Mr. Sushant Shelar and Mr. Chandrakant Kulkarni to the dais, while unveiling the new logo of Micta. Mr. Manjrekar did not forget to mention about the support received from Ms. Aishwarya Guhagarkar from Swiss Tourism.
Mr. Nitesh Rane in his small but encouraging speech, expressed his desire to help all those people like Mahesh Manjrekar who make a sincere effort to unite and encourage all those Marathi artistes together under one platform. He said that his Maharashtra Kalanidhi was always there to help organisers in Marathi entertainment industry, working for a cause. It may be mentioned that maharastra Kalanidhi offered financial help to Sanjay Jadhav’s film ‘Duniyadari’ at the most appropriate time. Mr. Mhaiskar, Sushant Shelar, Anant Panshikar and Veena Patil also spoke on the occasion. Mr. Chandrakant Kulkarni anchored the show. A short film giving a glimpse of the past three award functions of Micta and briefing about Swiss tourism was also shown on the occasion.
Present on the occasion were media persons, Ms. Aishwarya Guhagarkar of Swiss Tourism with her husband, Ms. Anuya Mhaiskar, Mr. Mahesh kothare with wife, Mr. Sanjay Jadhav besides many other dignitaries. Among the popular artistes, Sunil Barve, Aniket Vishwasrao, Pallavi Subhash, Neha Pendse, Kranti Redkar, Saie Tamhankar, Amruta Khanvilkar, Manasi Naik, Ankush Choudhary, Pradeep Patwardhan, Vijay kadam, Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Santosh Juvekar invited the attention of the guests.. The venues of Drama and Film competitions will be announced soon. The hosts are also considering the possibility of Pune and Goa as the new venues for the competitions, before proceeding to the Final Awards function at Switzerland, sometime during end of September 2013; which seems to be on a big scale this time.
New Marathi film ‘Gammat’ launched with song recording
Silver screen Entertainment’s new Marathi film ‘Gammat’ was launched with song recording at Empire Studios, Andheri. Produced by Seema Sharadkumar Shrivastav, the film is a black comedy on husband and wife relationship; as claimed by the makers.
Written and directed by Milind kavade, the film stars Sanjay Narvekar, Jitendra Joshi, Smita Gondkar, Aditi Sarangdhar, Vijay Patkar, Aarti Solanki, Satish Tare and Ananda Karekar. Lyrics by Francis & Mandar and Music by Nitinkumar Gupta are other credits.
‘Chapa Kata’ promises good script and finest tech support
Now days, more and more talented artistes, directors and technicians are getting attracted towards Marathi film industry. And they all are trying to bring in the desired change. What is more appreciated is that technicians from advanced countries are becoming part of Marathi films. In ‘Pune 52′ we found the involvement of American technicians. Now, forthcoming films ‘Zapatlela 2′ and ‘Aajoba’ have also sought the help of foreign technicians, to make their films technically perfect, in their presentation.
Now new dynamic writer- director Nitin Suryavanshi is making all efforts to make his forthcoming film ‘Chapa Kata’ more effective with advanced technical support. While speaking to Marathi Movie World, Nitin Suryavanshi stated that the story of his film has been set on the backdrop of a small village during 70s. “My film is about a 10 year old boy and through the film, I have tried to emphasize, how modernisation should not come in the way of cultural heritage and values. I am confident about my script and hence wanted it to be technically perfect,” he added.
‘Chapa Kata’ has the combination of veteran and new artistes. The film’s shooting begins shortly in Pune, Kolhapur and Wai. Immediately after completing the film, he wishes to send his film for International film festivals and only after releasing at international festivals, he would release the film all over Maharashtra.