Kiran Shantaram to be feliciated on his birthday
Mr. Kiran Shantaram, son of the great film maker V. Shantaram, will be 70 today. On this occasion, Prabhat Chitra Mandla will felicitate him at the hands of Mr. Shyam Benegal. Dr. Jabbar Patel and Mr. Sachin Pilgaonkar will also be present for this ceremony, which will be held at P.L. Deshpande Kala Academy Mini Theatre.
On this occasion, a 120 minute film produced in 1990 by Kiran Shantaram and directed by Madhura Jasraj on the life of V. Shantaram will also be shown. Marathi Movie World wishes a very happy birthday to Mr. Kiran Shantaram.
‘Zentleman’ launched with song recording
It’s not Gentleman, but ‘Zentleman’ the title of new Marathi film which was launched with a song recording at Versova , Andheri, in the voice of Neha Kakkar. Produced by Rahul Gaware and presented by M.R. films, this song of the film has been written by well known Poet Namdeo Dhasal, who was also present on the occasion, despite ill health.
Directed Asit Redyz, the film’s shooting begins from the month of August with 60% shooting in Mumbai and 40% outside Mumbai. Music by Satishchandra and script by Anand Mhasvekar are the other credits. The film’s star cast comprises of Sanjay Narvekar, Anand Abhyankar,Usha Nadkarni and Asit Redyz himself. The other artistes of the film are being finalized.
‘Kaksparsh’ celebrates 50 days with success
After achieving success with ‘Natarang’, Zee Talkies is now celebrating the success of their recent presentation ‘Kaksparsh’, which completed 50 days. Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, the film is still drawing crowds at 50 theatres with 500 shows a week, all over Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat. At a time when films hardly last for maximum two weeks, the success of ‘Kaksparsh’ is commendable. It will not be surprising to find the film completing 100 successful days run, in days to come.
Zee Talkies and the unit of ‘Kaksparsh’ celebrated the success with a celebration in Mumbai recently. Besides the artistes and technical team, many prominent personalities from entertainment industry attended the celebration.
‘Mi Shivaji Marathe’ launched with Muhurat
Green Tree Presentation and Murali Lalwani produced new Marathi action comedy film ‘Mi Shivaji Marathe’ was launched recently at Parwani Studios, Charkop, kandivali in presence of special guest Actor film maker Mahesh Manjrekar. Present on the occasion were writer Murali Lalwani, director Charudatt Dukhande, actor Bharat Jadhav along with other artistes of the film – Ramesh Bhatkar, Vinay apte, Yatin Karyekar, actress Aparna, Deepal Dalvi, Shailesh Raje and others.
The story of this film revolves around a dashing, honest and sincere Police officer. Bharat Jadhav plays the title role. The film will have five songs on the music of Om Jha. The film’s editing will be done by Faizal and Imraan Mahadik and cinematography will be by the director himself.
‘Mi Shivaji Marathe’ launched with Muhurat
Green Tree Presentation and Murali Lalwani produced new Marathi action comedy film ‘Mi Shivaji Marathe’ was launched recently at Parwani Studios, Charkop, kandivali in presence of special guest Actor film maker Mahesh Manjrekar. Present on the occasion were writer Murali Lalwani, director Charudatt Dukhande, actor Bharat Jadhav along with other artistes of the film – Ramesh Bhatkar, Vinay apte, Yatin Karyekar, actress Aparna, Deepal Dalvi, Shailesh Raje and others.
The story of this film revolves around a dashing, honest and sincere Police officer. Bharat Jadhav plays the title role. The film will have five songs on the music of Om Jha. The film’s editing will be done by Faizal and Imraan Mahadik and cinematography will be by the director himself.
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New Marathi drama ‘See you again’ launched
Marathi dramas are witnessing good turn out at the theatres now days. New sensational subjects are inviting the attention of the drama lovers. After entering Marathi film industry, Producer Sachin Parekar is now also entering stage production. Recetly, he launched his new drama ‘See you again’ at Rangsharad, Mumbai, in presence of artistes and unit members.
Based on the husband and wife relationship, the play written by actor Nikhil Ratnaparakhi impressed Mr. Sachin Parekar so much that he asked his friend Nikhil to direct it himself besides playing the leads role opposite Kadambari Kadam. The play begins with their first in July 2012.
Tags: Marathi Drama | See You Again |Marathi Natak | Marathi Film Industry | Nikhil Ratnaparkhi | Kadambari Kadam
‘Majha Sanman Puraskar’ on 22nd June 2012
This will be the third year, when Star Majha, which is now ABP Majha, will be felicitating the distinguished personalities from different fields like social, sports, music, literary, industry, entertainment and fashion etc. They will receive the prestigious ‘Majha Sanman Puraskar’ on 22nd June 2012, in presence of distinguished guests and celebrities.
Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar will be the chief guest on the occasion, who will present the awards in ten categories. In the year 2010, it was Nana Patekar who presented the awards, while last year, Aamir Khan stole the show, when he attempted to speak in Marathi in his speech as a chief guest. Mr. Rajiv Khandekar, chief editor , ABP Majha has expressed his gratitude to all those Marathi people who have made Maharashtra proud with their achievements in their respective fields.
Nashib Navyache’ Reality show to offer Gold
Saam TV’s new Marathi serial ‘Nashib Navyache’ is a reality show based on General Knowledge combined with entertainment for viewers. This show will be presented between Thursday to Saturday at 9 pm. This so called unique show is a concept of Dr. Shri Balaji Tambe and directed by Sachin Goswami.
At the end of the week, the host will present a car to one family and the winner will receive 1.25 kgs of Gold. For this show, the participants comprising of families have been selected from different parts of Maharashtra. Actor- turned producer, Mr. Ajinkya Deo said that he was confident about the success of this show, which is anchored by Sunil Barve.
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Times Group to tie up with Marathi Movie World.
“The Times Group’ have approached Honeybee Media, for worldwide rights to use, reproduce, display, translate and archive content pertaining to Entertainment from Marathi Cinema which includes movie reviews, interviews, news, gossips, photographs articles and videos (the “Content”) from the website www.marathimovieworld.com, on The Times Group – websites www.indiatimes.com . www.timesofindia.com
The agreement is in the process, but Honeybee media have suggested that The Times Group shall display five to six lines of the articles from Marathimovieworld.com on
its website and shall direct the reader/users to the full story available on the
www.marathimovieworld.com by providing a link back to the Marathimovieworld website.
“This would help Marathi Movie world to retain its originality,” said Mr. Jitendtra More, CEO of Honeybee Media.
Abhilasha Chellam makes her debut in Marathi film
Upcoming Singer Abhilasha Chellam, who with her melodious voice invited all attention on marathi and Hindi TV programmes ‘Sa Re ga ma’ is now making her debut through a forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dombari’. In this film, Abhilasha will be singing a duet with popular Marathi singer Anand Shinde.
In spite of being a South Indian, Abhilasha put her heart and soul into Marathi songs and has succeeded in achieving this success of turning a playback singer for Marathi film. She has thanked the makers of ‘Dombari’ for giving her an opportunity to sing for their film. The film is being produced by Bapusaheb Karande and Prakash Orpe and directed by Sunil Waikar.