Sachit focuses his attention on ‘Asa Mee Ashi Tu’
Known for his performance as an actor in films like ‘Zenda’ and ‘Arjun’ and his skills as a director through films like ‘Kshanbhar Vishranti’ and ‘Sade Maade Teen’ ‘ Sachit Patil has focused his attention on his forthcoming film ‘Asa Mee ashi Tu’, where he plays lead role opposite Pallavi Subhash. Though Sachit is not directing this film, he is taking keen interest to share his experience with director Atul kale during the shooting, when he himself is not shooting.
Recently, he was spotted on the sets, when Atul kale was picturising some scenes on other artistes. He was found discussing certain scenes with the director, indicating his involvement into this project. In this film, Sachit is playing an important role in the company of other artistes like Pallavi Subhash, Manasi Salvi, Shoma anand, Bharat Dabholkar, Viju Khote, Kishore Pradhan, Anuja sathe, Vivek Gore, Latika Gore, Atul Kale and child stars Atharva Bedekar & Sayari. .
Dance Guru Parvati Kumar passes away
Acharya Parvati Kumar who brought recognition to Indian classical dance at the world level, is no more. The well known dance guru passed away at his Mumbai residence on Thursday. He was 94. Many of his disciples were present in large number for his funeral on Thursday evening.
Acharya Parvati Kumar had done extensive research in Indian classical dance and was conferred with prestigious awards by Akhil Bharatiya Natyaparishad, Sangeet Natak Academy award and Chaturang Life time achievement award. He had also served on various committees constituted by Education Department of Central Government and Sangeet Natak academy.
Prayer meeting will be held in a hall next to his residence at Grant road at 5 pm on Sunday 2nd December 2012.
By: team magzmumbai
Dance Guru Parvati Kumar passes away
Acharya Parvati Kumar who brought recognition to Indian classical dance at the world level, is no more. The well known dance guru passed away at his Mumbai residence on Thursday. He was 94. Many of his disciples were present in large number for his funeral on Thursday evening.
Acharya Parvati Kumar had done extensive research in Indian classical dance and was conferred with prestigious awards by Akhil Bharatiya Natyaparishad, Sangeet Natak Academy award and Chaturang Life time achievement award. He had also served on various committees constituted by Education Department of Central Government and Sangeet Natak academy.
Prayer meeting will be held in a hall next to his residence at Grant road at 5 pm on Sunday 2nd December 2012.
By: team magzmumbai
Ishaa Koppikar signed for new Marathi film ‘Maat’
‘Khallas’ fame Ishaa Koppikar will be making her debut as an actress in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Maat’ directed by Manohar Sarvankar. This is also the first film of ‘Sayali Dream Ventures’.
Producer Manali Mangesh Sawant recently invited Isha Koppikar to her office and narrated the script and role to her. After she approved, she was signed as leading lady of this film. Sameer Dharmadhikari plays her husband in this film, which revolves around the challenges faced by a couple in their life.
Screenplay and dialogues of this film are written by Sambhaji Sawant, while lyrics by Sandeep Khare and Music by Salil Kulkarni are other credits. The film also has other popular artistes from Marathi film industry. Nirmal Jani will handle the cinematography of this film.
‘Sarpanch Bhagirath’ launched with Muhurat
Shikumar Laad Productions’ debut film ‘Sarpanch Bhagirath’ was launched with a grand muhurat at Aajiwasan Studios, in presence of dignitaries including Udaydada Laad. Through this film, Ramdas Phutane will make a comeback as a director. The film has music by Lokshahir Sambhaji Bhagat, who makes his debut as a music director.
The film has three songs and is based on the story of Asaram Lomte. The screenplay is written by Vishnu Surya Wagh. Dialogues and direction by Ramdas Phutane, the film’s lead artistes comprise of Upendra Limaye, Veena jamkar, with Dr. Mohan Agashe, and Kishire kadam. The film will begin its shooting from 25th November 2012.
‘Aayna Ka Baayna’ set for release on 30th November
Marathi film viewers will get an opportunity to witness a western dance based film for the first time. Through ‘Aaynaa Ka Bayana’ it will be a tribute to Pop star Michael Jackson. Produced by Manju Paras Porwal, Amar Kakkad and Pushpa kakkad, the film is directed by Sumeet Kakkad.
The film’s star cast comprises of Rakesh Vashishtha, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ganesh Yadav and Sachin Khedekar; but, Rohan Rokade Group and Siddhesh Pai will display their different dance skills through this film. These dancers have already proved their mettle through various dance reality shows on TV. Their selection has been made from among 400 contestents for the audition.
Cinematography by Sanjay Jadhav, choreography by Umesh Jadhav and music by Ajit Sameer are other credits.
Music of ‘Shyamche Vadil’ launched
We had heard about Acharya Atre’s sensible marathi film ‘Shyamchi Aai’ written by sane Guruji, which had thrown light on the emotion filled relationship between mother and son. Even otherwise, mothers have always played an important role in their children’s lives. And the role played by father has never been highlighted through films. In 1921, Charlie Chaplin played one such emotion filled relationship of a father, through his film ‘The Kid’.
Now, writer Ajay Pathak who has written a script on the emotion filled relationship between father and son and has also produced this film with a suitable title ‘Shyamche Vadil- Ek Nave Parva’. The film is directed by R. Viraj, who had earlier directed a Marathi film ‘Teeghi’. On Friday afternoon, the music of this film was released in presence of main stars of the film, comprising of Tushar Dalvi, Sulekha Talwalkar and Chinmay Udgirkar; in the office of Universal Music Company, Bandra.
Director Viraj was kind enough to introduce the Writer Producer Mr. Pathak, who said that he always wanted to present a story about the change in lifestyle of a couple, which results in their regular arguments and fights at home. How such troubled relationship between husband and wife has negative impact on the child, is all that he has tried to emphasize. “Whether such children, who have witnessed the strained relationship of their parents over the years, would really be interested in marriage when they mature or would prefer the live in relationship?” questions Mr.Pathak. Actor Tushar Dalvi said that he was very impressed by the script of this film.
“I wouldn’t like to reveal much about the film’s script; but the climax is more interesting with a strong message to the society. We have made this film for all age groups and music plays an important factor in our film,” concluded Mr. Pathak, before introducing his team of Music directors, who are making their debut through this film. The trio comprising of youngsters Soham-Aditya- Nikhil ; from Thane, who used to perform their own musical shows , are offering variety comprising of Rock and classical together in this film. They seem to have worked very hard on the lyrics of Mandar Cholkar.
There are total five songs in the film and one of them ‘Saare Punha Aathave’ has been rendered by popular singer Hariharan, while other four in Rock format has been rendered by Soham Pathak (one of the Music directors) himself. In the film Shyam(Chinmay Udgirkar) , who plays a 22 year old Rock star. While his father’s title role in played by Tushar Dalvi. Sulekha Talwalkar plays his mother in this film. Other artistes of the film are Reema, Vinay Apte, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Vidyadhar Joshi along with guest stars Smita Talwalkar and Shekhar Navare.
“Our film has been shot at 30 different real locations including indoors at different houses and there was no compromise from the writer producer Mr. Pathak, who was very liberal about the budget of this film and it was a pleasure working with the entire team of talented artistes,” said Director Viraj . Actor Tushar Dalvi said that he was very impressed by the script of this film. The film is due for release shortly.
Zee Marathi to offer new dance Reality show
In the past Zee Marathi have successfully conducted many reality shows to offer a platform to many upcoming artistes. Now, the channel is all set to begin their new reality dance show ‘Idea Dance Maharashtra Dance’. The show begins with its search for talent from different parts of Maharashtra at centres like Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Kolhapur, Pune, Thane, & Mumbai.
After the auditions at these seven centres for the age group 15-30 years, 18 finalists will be selected for the final show and the winner will be crowned as ‘Dancing Superstar.
Very few Marathi artistes attend Balasaheb’s funeral
Last week, we saw many Bollywood stars right from Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Sursh Oberoi, Vivek Oberoi, Jitendra, Rakesh Roshan, Juhi Chawla, Urmila Matondkar, Madhur Bhandarkar and many others like industrialists Rahul Bajaj and Venugopal Dhoot visiting Matoshri, the official residence of Balasaheb Thackeray to inquire about his health. But, not many Marathi artistes were seen visiting Matoshree, at least on television news. Few exceptions were Aadesh Bandekar and Vinay Apte.
It may be recalled that Mr. Thackeray has strongly supported Marathi cinema from time to time. Even in the recent past, Shiv Sena’s Chitrapat Wing along with MNS Film Unit; came in support of Marathi film ‘Bharatiya’ when the film was denied screens to accommodate maximum screens in favour of ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. The Shiv Sena Chitrapat Shakha had also fought for the rights of Marathi film and serial makers, when it came to offering concessions for shootings at Government owned Film City.
When we saw renowned personalities like Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan & Anil Kapoor openly praising about his qualities; not many from the Marathi film industry gave any such spontaneous reactions on Marathi news channels. Few exceptions were Vikram Gokhale and Vandana Gupte, who recalled their memorable moments with the popular leader.Actor Madhav Abhyankar had displayed his photograph with Balasaheb, recalling his recent meeting with him. Otherwise, there was not much response coming from top Marathi artistes.
Did the Marathi news channels ignore Marathi artistes to seek their reactions ; or the Marathi artistes themselves avoided to offer their reaction ? Even during his funeral at Shivaji Park, except for Nana Patekar, Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Mahesh Manjrekar, Shreyas Talpade, Ramesh Bhatkar and Vinay Yedekar , none other Marathi artistes could be noticed.
One could understand the presence of Aadesh Bandekar, as he is one of the secretaries of the Mumbai Unit of Shiv Sena; but many Marathi artistes, who otherwise visited Matoshri to seek his blessings and performed in the productions of his daughter in law; those who always invited his son Udhhav or nephew Raj to launch their films; were not seen to bid adieu to the popular leader, who always fought for the rights of Marathi people. At a time, when all his political opponents were present in large number for his funeral, the absence of leading artistes from Marathi Entertainment field was clearly noticed.
by Team Magzmumbai
Ek Chaal Songatichi’- a special offering from Star Pravah
Star Pravah will present a first of its kind programme initiative for its audience. Under this series, fresh and original content will be brought to the viewers, conceptualized and created by their team. On Sunday 18th November at 7 pm Star Pravah will present ‘Ek Chaal Songatichi’ their first narrative which will explore the limits of political games and rivalry, as it will highlight the dedication of the Police force towards its duty.
It’s a story of two friends who grow to become political rivals and are set to meet each other after years, to discuss the State’s future plans. Star Pravah’s Lakshya famous Unit 8 team gets hint of a conspiracy in this meeting. When ACP Abhay Kirtikar reaches CM’s bungalow he hears a gunshot. Is there a murder plan hidden in the meeting? Who is trying to gain from the CM and Rasal rivalry ? Is a woman also the reason behind the CM & Rasal rivalry?
Starring favourite artists like Sharad Ponkshe, Satish Pulekar, Vidhyadhar Joshi & Madhura Velankar and Lakhya fame Abhay Kirtikar, Saloni Deshmukh & Unit 8 Team; ‘Ek Chaal Songtichi’ is a political thriller.