Veer Marathi beat Mumbai Heroes by 67 runs
In the most excited cricket match played between Veer Marathi and Mumbai heroes , Sunday at Sahara Stadium, Pune.Veer Marathi team defeated Mumbai heroes by 67 runs and have moved into semi finals. Hritesh Deshmukh was declared Man of the Match. The semi final will be played at Hyderabad on 9th March 2013. Dheeraj Deshmukh is the co owner of Veer Mumbai team.
The scores in detail are as follows:
Veer Marathi :146 for 6 (Deshamukh 48, Siddharth 29 n.o, Limaye 25 n.o. Jadhav 19, Boboy 3-16, kapoor 1-27, Raja 1-28, Varun Badola 1-34 beat Mumbai Heroes 79( Sunny 17, Apporva 14, Sjabor 12, Raja 9, Narvekar 2-3, Lashkaria 2-19, Mooley 2-22, Dhudwadkar 1-7)
New Marathi Film ‘Rajbhasha’ launched with muhurat
Recently, on the occasion of ‘Marathi Bhasha Divas’ a new Marathi film was launched by Producer Hrishikesh Vilas Patil at Ravindra Natya Mandir Mini auditorium, in Mumbai. Poet Ashok Naigaonkar, who was present as a chief guest on the occasion spoke about the importance of Marathi language and its rich literature. Present on the occasion were director Dyaneshwar Margajj and Music director Kaushal Inamdar, who rendered his popular Marathi song, which is a tribute to Marathi culture.
Dyaneshwar Margajj, who began his journey as a writer has turned a director with ‘Rajbhasha‘ as his second film. He appreciated the interest shown by the producer to make a film on this subject, which is a tribute to Marathi language and culture. Speaking on the occasion, he stated that they have selected 21 artistes with stage background, who will make their debut through this film. Their names will be announced soon, after which the shooting of the film will begin.
During the muhurat ceremony, Kaushal Inamdar rendered his popular song on Marathi culture, which has brought name and fame to him.
‘Dhating Dhingana’ begins from 1st March 2013
In today’s busy lifestyle, one needs some form of entertainment. Keeping this in mind,Producer Aditya Dadhe and director Mandar Deosthali are offering so called full to comedy in the form of ‘Dhating Dhingana’ which begins in cinema theatres all over Maharashtra, from 1st March 2013.
The film revolves around people from different walks of life. And, when they all come together, the fun begins. Script of the film is penned by Abhay Paranjape and after a long time Ajay Atul are back with their music on the lyrics of Shrirang Godbole and Guru Thakur. Background music of this film is provided by Avinash Vishwajeet, while Cinematography is done by Sanjay Jadhav.
This is a multi starrer film with popular artistes like Ankush Choudhari,Prasad Oak, Aditi Sarangdhar, Neelam Shirke, Atul Parchure, Shweta Shinde, Arun Nalawade, Digambar Naik, Vandana Gupte, Smita Talwalkar, Savita Malpekar, Vidyadhar Joshi, late Anand Abhyankar and others.
Damle Family to offer ‘Prabhat Puraskar’ for Marathi Films
Late Vishnupant Damle was a well known name not only in Marathi film industry, but also Indian film industry. Through his Prabhat Film Company, he has offered scope to all time great artistes like Dev Anand, Guru Dutt and Madhubala; besides offering the first Hindi music directors Husnlal Bhagatram to Indian film industry. Today, where the popular Film And Felevision Institute of India ( FTII) stands in Pune; was originally the Prabhat Studios, owned by Damle Family. How can one forget some of the the memorable films like ‘Ayodhyecha Raja'(The first talkie Film),’Amrutmathan’,’Sant Tukaram’,’Sant Dnyashewar”Kunku’,’Manoos’,’Shejari’ & ‘Ramshastri” made under their banner ?
The second and third generation of Damle family have now come forward on the occasion of 100 years of Indian Cinema; to institute awards for different categories for Marathi Film Industry. This will be the first year of their ‘Prabhat Puraskar'; announcement of which was made officially at a Press Conference in Mumbai by Vivek Anant Damle, the Grandson of Late Vishnupant Damle; on Wednesday night. Besides individual awards for acting and films, there will also be awards in different categories like Script, direction, Music, Cinematography, Editing and other technical sections.
All the Marathi films approved by Censor Board between the period 1 st January 2012 till 31st December 2012 will be eligible for the selection process. Last date of submission of entries will be till 6 pm on 9th March 2013. This year their film festival will be held between 10th May- 16th may 2013. After the 1st and 2nd round of scrutiny ;in the final round seven films will be screened at the iconic Prabhat Theatre in Pune for a week, where 250 seats will be reserved exclusively for captive viewing by a select group of people with interests and knowledge of films and theatre. Those who view all the seven films will be provided a form to rank them under various categories. The main Award ceremony will be held in Pune on a grand scale, which is celebrated as the Prabhat Anniversary day i.e. 1st June 2013.
On this occasion, Mr.Sachin Pilgaonkar released the specially composed Prabhat song rendered in the voice of Sandeep Khare on the music of Salil kulkarni. In his small speech, Sachin recalled the moment of his shooting at Prabhat Studios as a 4 and a half year old Kid. “While shooting at that time, I didn’t realise the importance of being there ;but, today I realise the importance of being part of artistes who performed in that historic studio,” he said. Dr. Jabbar Patel released the website of Prabhat Puraskar www.prabhatpuraskar.com designed for this award function. He is also a member of the Parent Committee, along with Smt. Sumantai Kirloskar, Mr.. Pratap Pawar and Mr.Shriniwas Patil.
Dr. Jabbar Patel briefed about the valuable contribution of Prabhat Film Company and said that to win the Prabhat Puraskar will be considered as the most prestigious achievement; though there are other awards for Marathi films. “Even finding your name among the nominees, will be a big honour,” he said. Mr. Anil Damle proposed vote of thanks. Also present on the occasion were guests like Kiran Shantaram, Ms. Kanchan Adhikari, Mr. Shrirang Godbole, Mr. Nikhil Sane ( Zee TV), Leena Nandgaonkar, & Mahesh Manjrekar who arrived late.
Apart from awards in different categories of Marathi films, three special awards will also be presented for Hindi films. They will be in memory of Dev Anand, Madhubala and Husnlal Bhagatram in the category of Best Debutant male, Best Debutant female and Best debutant Music director; announced Mr. Vivek Damle. It may be recalled that all three of them began their career with Prabhat Films. All the members of Damle family were present on the occasion, including Anant Damle, Pandit Damle & Yashwantrao Damle. Panditrao and Yashwantrao, who were part of Prabhat Film’s hit film ‘Sant Tukaram’ (in which they played as child artistes) unveiled the trophy.
Pandit Damle a former Aeronautical Engineer had some hearing problem; so his wife Neela, a former Marathi actress and daughter of Madhav kale, spoke on his behalf. She recalled all old memories of their young days, while speaking to Marathi Movie World. They were all happy to share some memorable moments of their good old days. By the way, by the end of this year, Prabhat will be offering all their films enhanced with HD technology.
New Marathi film ‘Tendlya Nighala Oscarla’ launched
On the occasion of completion of 100 years to Dadasaheb Phalke’s first film; Producers Ashwinikumar and Archana Tendulakr, announced their new production company with the name of Tendulkar Entertainment Movies. Recently, they shot the muhurat scene of their movie titled ‘Tendlya Nighala Oscarla’ at Arnala, off.Mumbai.
The highlight of this film is that on the lines of late Dadsaheb Phalke, this film will also have all new faces, who have never before acted in films; but are talented and hard working people from different district places of Maharashtra.
The central character of this film will be played by Vinod Rewale, while the two lead female characters will be played by Nisha Pardeshi and Shraddha Sagaonkar. The film also stars Devendra Ghavre,Sanjay Ganeshrao and other newcomers. .
Anand and Vaibhav all set to entertain from 27th Feb.
Known for their perfect timing of comedy, both Anand Ingale and Vaibhav Mangle have entertained the Marathi audience not only on stage and television; but have also invited attention from Marathi film lovers. Both of them are now coming together in a forthcoming comedy serial ‘Shejari Shejari Pakke Shejari’ which will begin its telecast on Zee Marathi from 27th February 2013, at 9.30 pm prime time.
Meeting both of them together during press meet of this serial in Pune, was a pleasure. Both of them interacted freely with media representatives, narrating about their respective roles. Vaibhav plays a migrant Brij lal Pathak from North India, who is an old newspaper vendor, while Anand Ingale who plays Ballal Lambodar Pathak is a literary person. Both of them stake their claim on the house of Bapu Damle, as the rightful owners.
It so happens that in the process of claim, the property is divided into two parts in such a way that even the dining table is shared in two parts and the air circulated by one fan is shared by both of them, after partition. “Having worked together in ‘Ghadlay Bighadlay’ and ‘Fu Bai Fu’ in the past, we are enjoying each other’s company once again,” admitted both of them. About his north Indian accent, Vaibhav said that he practiced the same while conversing with the workers on the sets.
Watching these two comedians together, reminds us of some of the previous humor filled subjects like ‘Tom and Jerry’ and ‘Wagle Ki Duniya’. Produced by Shrirang Godbole’s Indian Magic Eye, the serial will be directed by Vinod Lavekar and Mangesh Kanthale. Instead of presenting this serial from Monday to Saturday for half an hour, the makers have decided to have one hour episode from Wednesday to Friday at prime time on Zee Marathi. This clearly indicates that ‘Khupte Tithe Gupte’ will be either coming to an end or will be shifted to other slot.
New Film ‘Nagarsevak – Ek nayak’ launched
Shashikant and Jayashree Chaudhary launched their new Marathi film ‘Nagarsevak- Ek Nayak’ with muhurat recently, at Ajivasan studios, Santacruz. Present on the occasion was Singer Sukhvinder, who recorded the title song of this film; which is a combination of Marathi and Hindi.
Film’s lyrics have been written by Bipin Dhaygude & music by Dev Chavan. The film will be directed by Deepak Kadam. We have already seen a local area Corporator rising to the position of Chief Minister in real life. Now, we will see the progress of one such Corporator, who will play a hero on screen.
The film introduces a new face Triyug Mantri. The other main artistes of the film comprise of Neha Pendse, Sayaji Shinde,Ganesh Yadav, Sanjay Khapre and others.
‘Zee Gaurav 2013′ – nominations announced
The nominations for the most prestigious Zee Gauravawards, have been announced. In a star studded ceremony hall at Hotel Lalit, Andheri, the announcements were made in different categories, besides releasing the Zee calendar , for paying tributes to the great Marathi stars, on the occasion of 100 years of Indian cinema.
Zee Gaurav, is in its 14th year and has received tremendous support and respect from the Marathi entertainment industry. It has brought back competition and encouraged brilliance and talent in the Marathi industry since its establishment.
This year, Zee Gaurav has announced nominations to the prominent and talented personalities for outstanding performance from 21 categories in films, 12 categories in commercial plays and 9 categories in experimental plays. The winners for the esteemed titles for Zee Gaurav will be announced in the glorious, grandeur Zee Gaurav event, which is to be held on Friday, March 8, 2013@ Shahaji Raje Krida Sankul, Andheri.
Mr. Swanand Kirkire, Raghuveer Kulkarni and Harish Joshi were the judges for the film section. In the Commercial Marathi plays section Suhas Joshi, Ravindra Divekar and Vivek Lagoo were the judges; while Swati Chitnis, Dr.Shirish Athavale and Praveen Bhole acted as judges for experimental plays section.
The list of nominations for some of the important categories are as follows:
Best Film: Kaksparsha, Aayna ka Baayna, Sanhita, Tukaram & Balak Palak.
Best Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sumitra Bhave- Sunil Sukhtankar, Samit Kakkad & Ravi Jadhav
Best actor: Vikram Gokhale( Anumati), Sachin Khedekar( Kaksparsha), Jitendra Joshi( Tukaram), Tushar dalvi( Shyamche Vadil), Girish Kulkarni (Masala ).
Best actress: Amruta Subhash ( Masala), Renuka Daftardar ( Sanhita),Priya Bapat( Kaksparsha),Supriya Vinod( Investment),Veena Jamkar ( Kutumb).
Best Supporting Actor: Vijay Kadam( Balak Palak),Hrishikesh Joshi( Masala), Sanjay Khapre( Kaksparsha).
Best Supporting actress: Medha Manjrekar ( kaksparsha), Hemangi kavi( Pipani),Savita Malpekar ( Kaksparsha).
Aniruddha Potdar, Ratnakar Matkari& Usha Datar find their names in the nominations for Best story, while Girish Joshi, Kshitij Zarapkar, Ganesh Pandit-amber Hadap and Ravi Jadhav find their names in the nominations for best screenplay. In the best dialogues category, Sanjay pawar’s name is added to the list of screenplay writers, excluding Kshitij Zarapkar. There will be competition among Sanjay Memane, Sanjay Jadhav & Mahesh Limaye for best Cinematographer’s award. In the best music category, Ashok Patki- Avadhoot Gupte together will pose challenge for kaiushal Inamdar and Vishal shekhar.
In the singers category, Suresh Wadkar, Aniruddha Joshi , Shekhar Ravjivani, Hamsika Aiyer,Rajashree Pathak, Urmila Dhangar and Kalyani Salunke find their names among the nominees. In the lyrics section Kishore Kadam, N.D.Mahanor and Dasu Vaidya will fight for the award. In the experimental plays, the nominees are Alibaba Aani Chalis Chor, Silent Scheme, Chitragoshti, Gharbar and Gayab Geet. While in the Professional Drama section,there will be competition among ‘Tom Aani Jerry’, ‘Gandhi Aadva Yeto’,’Shivaji Undergroun in Bhimnagar Mohalla’,’Sagale Ubhe Aahet’ and ‘Bechaki’.
Now, all eyes on the main ceremony to be held on 8th March 2013. Till then, Marathi Movie world wishes to all production houses, directors and artistes.
Zee talkies present Calendar on 100 years of Indian Cinema
Marathi Cinema has always touched the hearts of the audiences. It has proved to be an inspiration to the sensible audience and has filled colours in the lives of commoners. It has revealed several shades of Marathi culture and so it is considered as the ‘Maha Cinema’ not only to Maharashtra but for the entire globe.
To promote this ‘Maha Cinema’ in every household, a 24 hour Marathi movie channel ‘Zee Talkies’ was launched on 25th August, 2007. Zee Talkies has always tried its best to serve the platter of sheer entertainment with the line-up of interesting films for the audience. Not only this, but in last five years, Zee Talkies has also presented 14 films which have changed the face of Marathi cinema. To continue with the legacy of the pride of Marathi Cinema and mark the ‘100 years of Indian Cinema’, Zee Talkies is all set to present a pleasant gift to its audience and the industry.
As a tribute to the contribution of the legends to Marathi Cinema, Zee Talkies is coming up with an attractive calendar. Bharat Jadhav, Makarand Anaspure, Ankush Chaudhary, Subodh Bhave, Sanjay Narvekar, Mukta Barve, Amruta Khanvilkar, Sai Tamhankar, Sonalee Kulkarni, Siddharth Jadhav, Urmila Kanetkar, and Upendra Limaye along with Zee Talkies will honour Durga Khote, Shanta Apte, Chandrakant Mandare, Dada Kondke, Raja Gosavi, Dr, Kashinath Ghanekar, Arun Sarnaik, Jayashri Gadkar, Smita Patil, Ranjana and Lakshmikant Berde. The photographs have been captured by Bharat Pawar and will be revealed in upcoming Zee Gaurav Nominations eve which is held on Friday, 15th Feb 2013 amidst the veterans from the Marathi Entertainment Industry
‘Shejari Shejari Pakke Shejari’ on Zee Marathi from 27th Feb
At a time when the dispute of about birthplace and workplace is being debated, Zee Marathi comes up with an entertaining theme in the form of a new serial ‘Shejari Shejari Pakke Shejari’, which will be aired from 27th February 2013 at 9.30 pm. The subject of this humour filled entertainer revolves around a typical Punekar and son of soil B.L.Pathak and a Hindi speaking migrant from Uttar Pradesh B.L.Pathak, who live in neighbourhood.
Living under one roof, these two people have different culture and attitude, which sparks humour. Two leading comedians from Marathi entertainment industry Anand Ingale and Vaibhav Mangale play parallel roles in this serial.
After ‘Guntata Hriday Hey’ and ‘Eka Lagnachi Doosari Goshta’, this is a new offering from ‘Indian Magic Eye’. Directed by Vinod lavekar and Mangesh kanthale, the other artistes of this serial comprise of Vishakha Subhedar, Sulekha Talwalkar, Vijay kadam, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Mandar Kulkarni and Shivani Rangole.