First look of ‘Yeda’ revealed
He made is debut as a director through a mystery filled Marathi film ‘Sa Sasucha’ two years ago. Now, Kishore Pandurang Belekar is all set to release his second film ‘Yeda’ on the auspicious Ram Navami day i.e. 19th April 2013. On Wednesday evening he revealed the first look of this film to the Press representatives in presence of the artistes of this film. The highlight of this film is that Bollywood actor Ashutosh Rana, known for his portrayal of dangerous characters in films like ‘Dushman’ and ‘Sanghrash’, is playing an eccentric central character of Appa Kulkarni in this film.
Veteran Marathi actor Satish Pulekar, who plays an important character in this film, was all praise for Ashutosh Rana, not only for his performance but for his sincerity in dubbing his own dialogues in Marathi. “In fact, he made it clear at the time of accepting this role that he would dub his own dialogues in Marathi. And he has really worked hard on his dialogue delivery with the help of the director and dialogue writer and one of the producers- Girish Salvi,” he said.
However, when Ashutosh spoke on this occasion; he preferred to speak in Hindi. He thanked the entire team for their excellent team work and thanked Kishore Belekar for considering him for the role. Others who spoke on the occasion were Aniket Vishwasrao,Pradnya Shastri and one of the producers- Satish More. Actress Kishore Shahane arrived almost at the end of the press conference; as she was held up in the heavy traffic jam in Mumbai, due to pipeline burst in Bandra.
The film’s first look clearly indicates that Ashutosh Rana is now all set to send chill down the spines of Marathi audience, with his terrifying psychic character of Appa Kulkarni. It has however received ‘A’ certification from Censors. The film’s release however coincides with release of other 2-3 Marathi films like ‘Prem Mhanje Prem Mhanje Prem Asata’ and ‘Touring Talkies’.
When asked to comment on this issue, Mr. Belekar said that his production was the first to book the date, six months ago; but, Yeda Marathi Film
others also booked for the same day later. “We were the first to issue advertisement in newspapers, about our release date, much in advance. There is some significance behind releasing this film on this auspicious day. Therefore, we even spoke to other producers, to avoid clashing of dates and availability of sufficient theatres. But, it didn’t work. In fact, there are two Fridays during the following month, when there are no Marathi Movies being released,” he concluded.
By the way, Kishore Belekar has received good response from Inox Multiplex and the film will be released at all Inox theatres, besides other theatres. Moreover, the first look of the film will be shown along with Bollywood film ‘Himmatwala’ at these theatres.
Pandit Damle takes you down memory lane…
Son of Vishnupant Damle, the founder of Prabhat Film Company, Vasantrao alias Pandit Damle has a lot to say about the good and bad days of Prabhat Film company. He was only one year old, when his mother laid the foundation stone of Prabhat Film Company on 1st June 1929. But, when Prabhat Film Company shifted to Pune ( where presently the Film & television Institute of India is housed) Pandit Damle first stepped into the studio holding the hand of his father in 1933.
Later as a child actor, he acted in few Prabhat films; prominent among them were ‘Sant Tukaram’ and ‘Kunku’. Since then, Pandit has been a witness to the historical moments of Prabhat. He has seen the best and worst days. Luckily for him, being qualified as an Aircraft Engineer, he found a job with Air India and then shifted to Mumbai’s Shivaji park area. In 2004, during the 75th anniversary of Prabhat Film Company, he wrote his book ‘Prabhat Samayo Patala…’ which is the collection of some memorable moments penned by him.
The book describes the journey of Prabhat Film Company, right from its inception; with all the details on how his father and Fatelal united with the help of SitaramPant Kulkarni to produce films, which were distributed by Baburao Pai from Mumbai. After V. Shantaram joining them, Pandit Damle has described his association with V.Shantaram and the significance of his scene in the film ‘Kunku’, as a child actor. He has recalled the day, when V.Shantaram saw a German film ‘Blue Angle’ at the preview theatre of their studio. “Mr. Shantaram was so inspired by the theme of this film that he decided to make a desi version in the form of ‘Pinjara’, which turned out to be a hit film,” he says.
We are all aware that Prabhat Film Company offered opportunity to many Bollywood artistes, who later attained popularity. Pandit Damle has narrated the incidence of Dev anand getting his first assignment with Prabhat Company with a sizable monthly salary of Rs.400/- those days. He has also described the arrival of Pran, Rehman Guru Dutt, Sapru, Kamar Jalalabadi and others in the Prabhat camp and has shared their interesting memories. He had also spoken about the time he lost his father and how his elder brother took the responsibility.
Through this book, it was possible to understand the thoughts of Pandit Damle, who at 84 today is unable to hear. During our visit to his place, his wife Neela Damle (daughter of late Madhav kale, a former actor during 30s and 40s) was more vocal on his behalf, making a suggestion to us to write down the questions on a slate for him. And, Panditrao obliged, taking us down memory lane. He recalled his role as Mhadya in ‘Sant Tukaram’ which was India’s first entry at the Venice Film festival and which also received. He explained how Baburao Pai began the work on Lintas Ad Films, his personal association with MacGill of Lintas, Raj kapoor and other foreign dignitaries, who visited Prabhat Studios, prior to independence.
Today, he is happy that the members of the Damle family have come together to institute the Prabhat awards from this year, with a Film festival coinciding with Prabhat’s anniversary. It was a pleasure meeting Vasantrao alias Panditrao at his Shivaji park residence and hearing from him the memories of Golden days of Prabhat Films. But, his book is more expressive while narrating the good old days of Prabhat.
‘Kohinoor – Ma Ta Sanmaan’ Trophy unveiled
The Kohinoor- Ma Ta Sanmaan nominations 2013 have been announced. On this occasion, the Trophy for these prestigious awards for Marathi Films, drama and TV serials, was unveiled at Hotel Kohinoor Continental on Sunday 10 the March late evening. Mr. Kiran Shantaram, who was the chief guest on the occasion completed the formality along with Aadesh Bandekar. Many prominent personalities from Marathi entertainment industry like Mahesh Kothare, Kanchan Adhikari, Vijay kadam, Pushkar Shrotri, Sunil Barve and most of the nominees were present.
The nominations for the main categories are as follows:
Films :
Best Film: 1) Balak palak 2) Tukaram 3) Dhhag
Best Direction: Rravi Jadhav (BP) 2) Chandrakant Kulkarni( Tukaram), Shivaji Lotan Patil ( Dhhag)
Best Actor: 1) Jitendra Joshi 2) Padmanabh Bind 3) Girish Kulkarni( Masala)
Best Actress: 1) Usha Jadhav (Dhhag), Amruta Subhash ( Masala) , 3) Shweta Salve ( Kurukshetra)
Best Supporting actor : 1) Upendra Limaye ( Dhhag)2) Dr.Mohan Agashe( Bharatiya) 3) Chinmay Udgirkar ( Shyamche Vadil)
Best Supporting Actress: 1) Veena jamkar ( Tukaram) 2) Pratiksha Lonkar ( Mokala Shwaas), Mrunmayee Deshpande ( Mokala Shwaas)
Television :
Best TV Serial :1) Kaalay Tasmay Namah 2)Gunda Purush Dev 3) Lakshya
Best Actor : 1) Mohan Joshi ( Gunda Purush Dev) 2) Nagesh Bhosale( Devyani) 3) Sanjay Mone( Aabaat Goad)
Best Actress:1) Khushboo Tawde ( Ek Mohor Abol) 2) Smita Shewale ( Kaalay tasmay Namah) 3) Aditi Saragdhar ( Lakshya)
Drama ( Commercial) :
Best Drama: 1) Bechaki 2) Tom aani Jjerry 3) Proposal
Best direction: 1) Nikhil Ratnaparakhi( T AJ) 2) Rajan Tamhane( proposal) 3) Nandu Madhav( SUIBM)
Best Actor: 1) Nikhil Ratnaparakhi ( TAJ) 2) Angad Mhaskar ( GB) 30 Prasad oak ( Bechaki)
Best Actress: 1) Aditi Sarangdhar ( Proposal) 2) Kadambari kadam ( TAJ) 3) Amita Khopkar ( VC)
Drama( Experimental)
Best Drama : 1) Alibaba aani Chalistale Chor 2) Chitragoshti 3) Adgal
Photo: Kiran Shantaram and Aadesh Bandekar unveiling of Trophy.
‘Premsutra’ stars interact with students
Ideally set on the backdrop of scenic Goa, new Marathi film ‘Premsutra’ is a love story directed by Tejas Vijay Deuskar under the banner of Kshitij Entertainment.To promote this film, the lead stars of this film Sandeep Kulkarni and Pallavi Subhash interacted with students of Somaiya College, Vidyavihar. Actually, the producer of this film Mr.R. Parmar had organised a completion on the occasion of Valentine’s day and the winners were to be presented with gifts on this occasion.
The film also has other well known artistes like Shruti Marathe, Lokesh Gupte, Shishir Sharma, Ila Bhate, Shubha Khote, Prasad Pandit, Pradeep Athavale and others. Based on the concept designed
by Sandeep Kulkarni, the script of the film has been expanded by Prasad Mirasdar and Tejas Deuskar with dialogue support coming from Mahendra Teredesai. Film’s music has been composed by Susmit Limaye with editing work done by Apoorva Motiwale and Asish Mhatre.
The film revolves around Anand, a young Manager of a Corporate House posted at a Goa project, where he meets a simple nature loving local catholic Girl Sania. It’s all about their love story. The film is set for release on 12th April 2013.
‘Tuhya Dharma Koncha’ to release on 15th March
After presenting sensible film like ‘Gabhricha Paus’, director Satish Manvar is all set to release his next film ‘Tuhya Dharma Koncha’ on 15th March 2013, under the banner of Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures & Sprint Art Creations. The realistic subject of the film is committed to a social cause .
Mr. Satish has shouldered the responsibility of script besides direction, which stars talented artistes like Upendra Limaye, Vibhavari Deshpande, Kishore Kadam in important roles; along with Suhas Palshikar, Shashank Shende, Umesh Jagtap, Shantanu Gangane,Gauri Konge, Rahul Medhekar & Suhas Shirsat.
There are total 4 songs in this film on the music of Dattaprasad Ranade, who had also composed music of ‘Gabhricha Paus’. Editing by Suchitra Sathe, Cinematography by Parikshit Warior, Sound by Dhananjay Sathe are other credits.
‘Maat’ shooting complete; now at editing stage
After completing the entire shooting of the film ‘Maat’, Producer Manali Sawant and director Manohar Sarvankar have now taken the film on the editing table, where editor Anil Thorat is busy doing his job. The editing work will be over in next few days; when the film will be waiting for announcement of release date during this year.
Esha Koppikar is making her Marathi film debut through this film, where she is playing a Beauty Queen. Sameer Dharmadhikari is playing lead hero opposite her. Based on the story of Tejaswini Pandit, the film also stars Suhas Palshikar, Late Anand Abhyankar, Manjusha Godse, Meghna Vaidya, Shashikant Gandhe, Suruchi Adarkar & Rajan Sisatkar. The film’s music is provided by salil Kulkarni, while the cinematography is handled by experienced Bollywood Cinematographer Nirmal Jani.
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.