“I have high hopes from ‘Aamhi Chamakte Taare” – Shreerang Aras
Music director Shreerang Aras is all excited about his new film ‘Aamhi Chamakte Taare’, shooting of which is in full swing. While speaking to Marathi Movie World recently, Shreerang Aras, renowned music director said that he had high hopes from this film, as it has given good scope for music. “We have five songs with variety in this film and all the songs are situation based. It was a fun picturising the song already recorded during muhurat of this film on Bharat Jadhav 40 children at a school in Mahim. ‘Kara Full 2 Dhamaal’ was the song rendered by Anand Shinde and chores. There are four more songs, including a fun song and a prayer, which gives a lot of satisfaction to a music director like me,for offering variety,” he said.
‘Aamhi Chamakte Taare’ produced by Deepak S Choudhary and directed by Prakash jadhav, has ample scope for music and that makes Shreerang Aras, the music director of this film happy . Based on the lyrics of Sagar Pawar and Pramod Bejkar, all leading singers like Avadhoot Gupte, Vaishali samant, Swapnil Bandodkar, Anand Shinde, Bela Shende, Sanjivani Bhelande & Sadhana Sargam of Marathi Music industry have rendered their voices for songs in this film. The film stars Bharayt Jadhav, Nisha Parulekar and child artiste Indrajeet and will be released in February 2012.
‘Ha Bharat Maza’ (India is my country) ..a timely film
Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar are well known Marathi film makers, who have 10 feature films to their credit. The duo has not only won many awards at the state and national level for successfully sending strong social message through their films but have also received international awards for their films ‘Doghi’ and ‘Chakori’.
Their new film ‘Ha Bharat Maza’ is a timely film, set on the backdrop of the present atmosphere in the country, which is charged with Anna Hazare’s India Against Corruption movement. Today, everyone in India, whether political & non-political, young & old, men & women are affected by the movement. Sukhatme family projected through their film is no exception.
Ha Bharat Majha
In the film, Anna Sukhatme recalls a story of his great grandfather. In good old days in a village Anna’s great grandfather had a Peepul tree in his courtyard, where villagers used to assemble to share their moments of sorrow & joy. One day he noticed that the tree is drying. He peeped in his mind, wondering whether he had done any wrong…..All the villagers started looking into their minds, whether they had done anything wrong….
The Peepul tree blossomed again!
India against corruption movement today inspires everyone of us to protect the ‘Peepul trees’ in our courtyards!
The film depicts a story of a family- Anna Sukhatme, his wife, a married daughter Varsha and two sons Indra and Raghav. Indra is aspiring to become a computer engineer and is falling short of just one percent in the entrance examination.
Getting the admission in a renowned college is only possible by offering exorbitant donation to the academic institute. The family is going through a dilemma. The efforts of raising a huge sum for the donation poses big challenge to their fundamental family values.
Produced & Directed by Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar the Story-Screenplay-Dialogues are written by Sumitra Bhave. Camera by Amol Gole, Editing & Sound by Virendra Valsangkar and Music by Shailendra Barve, the film’s star cast comprises of well known artistes like Vikram Gokhakle, Uttara Baokar, Renuka Daftardar, Alok Rajwade, Jitendra Joshi, Devika Daftardar, Omkar Govardhan, Kishor Kadam, Deepa Shriram.
Girish- Amruta to offer ‘Masala’
Popular duo Girish Kulkarni and Umesh Kulkarni who produced three sensible films like ‘Valu’, ‘Vihir’ and ‘Deool’ are together again with their new film ‘Masala’ to be directed by Sandesh Kulkarni. Having good experience of theatre and serials, this will be a debut film for Sandesh as a director.
The film has versatile actors like Girish Kulkarni and Amruta Subhash in the lead along with Dilip Prabhavalkar, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Neha Shitole, Shashank Shende and others. Inspired by the life of Masala Maunufacturers -Hukmichand Choradia and Ms. Kamlabai Choradia of ‘Praveen Masale’ the film is a tribute to them on the occasion of their 50 Golden Jubilee year. The film’s story has tried to relate the life of an individual like a Masala flavour to bring in the happiness in the life of a couple. It is a fiction to offer entertainment.
The film’s cinematography is handled by national award winner H.M. Ramachandra. Lyrics by Sunil Sukhtankar and Music by Anand Modak are the other credits.
Anolkhi Disha-A thriller series on Star Pravah
STAR Pravah, Maharashtra’s favourite entertainment channel now brings to you ‘Anolkhi Disha’, a thriller series of fascinating stories by noted writer Narayan Dharap. ‘Anolkhi Disha’ marks the directorial debut of Mahesh Kothare on Television, as he narrates some of the most unimaginable tales. The show premieres on December 9th, every Friday-Saturday from 9.30 – 10.30 pm.
Narayan Dharap, a celebrated thriller genre writer is a popular name among most of the Marathi readers. Like his books, the show ‘Anokhi Disha’ will also focus on chronicles that are beyond the realm of reality. It talks about interplay between the unidentified and the expected.
And who will the artistes in different stories? Just wait and watch.
Three Marathi films to release on 9th December
Three Marathi films are all set to release together on 9th December. While ‘Pratibimb’ directed by Dr. Girish Mohite is a so called Fear and Mystery Thriller, ‘Dambis’ is a sort of touching story, directed by Makrand Anaspure and ‘Parambi’ directed by Satish Salagare is based on this backdrop of today’s youth in search for stability and happiness
Produced by Prashant Hire, the star-cast of ‘Pratibimb’ includes a team of renowned artistes like Ankush Chaudhari, Sonali Kulkarni, Ravindra Mankani, Ganesh Yadav, Santosh Juvekar, Lokesh Gupte along with other capable actors and actresses like Sushant Shelar, Shama Ninave, Ujjwala Jog, Bharat Ganeshpure, Pradeep Navale, and Ankita Sakre.
The story, screenplay and dialogues of this film that add to the puzzling atmosphere have been written by Aniruddha Potdar and Abhay Dakhane whereas the cinematography has been handled by Santosh Shinde that aptly captures the art direction of Sonia Parchure. Make-ups are borne by Amod Doshi and Special Effects have been taken care of by Jayant Hadke with the thrilling background music composed by Avinash-Vishwajeet.
On the other hand, the concept and story of ‘Dambis’ is written by Makrand Anaspure himself, while the screenplay, dialogues and songs have been written by Arvind Jagtap. The music of ‘Dambis’ has been composed by Anand Modak and cinematography has been handled by the sharp eyes of Suresh Deshmane.
The star-cast includes Makrand Anaspure, Lokesh Gupte, Dr. Pradnya Shastri, child artiste Subhankar Atre, along with Vinod Khedekar and Dr. Sudhir Nikam. Famous writer Dr. Anil Avachat shall be appearing in a role of guest-artiste.
And finally, ‘Parambi’ is the film aimed at offering entertainment with a timely message. Starring Bhushan Pradhan, Sai Lokur, Uday Tikekar, Suhas palshikar, Nandesh Umap, Usha Naik, Jayant Savarkar, Dr. Shreeram Patki, Bhooshan Ghadi, Kamalesh Sawant and others.
Now, it all remains to be seen how these three films succeed in getting their share of audience to the theatres.
Karuna’ launched in Kolhapur
Dr. Mohnish Babre has turned a producer of a Marathi film. His first Marathi film ‘Karuna’ was launched recently at Kolhapur. prior to this Dr. Babre had launched audio cassettes of Sufi music besides some devotional songs. With this new film, Dr. Babre will be offering a family social. The film will be directed by Vishal Chavan, who makes his debut as a director.
The film stars Nisha Parulekar playing the central character of Karuna. the other artistes of the film are Vijay Chavan, Dipjyoti Naik, Varad Chavan, Pranali Londhe, Prashant Neman and Yug. The film will be completed before the end of December and released immediately thereafter.
‘Dilya Ghari Tu Sukhi Raha’ launched with Premiere
Education of the girl child is very important in today’s time. But, the kind of attention the girl child gets as a daughter is not the same with a daughter-in-law in the family. Based on this issue, Zee Marathi’s new serial ‘Dilya Ghari Tu Sukhi Raha’ offers entertainment with a message.
A grand premiere of this new Marathi serial was held in the presence of huge audience at Sahakar Nagar, Wadala. The inaugural episode was witnessed by the audience gathered on this occasion in the presence of all the artistes from this serial besides other celebrities who were present there. Abhijit Khandekar played the host of the programme. This serial, which is now aired on Zee Marathi will be telecast from Monday to Saturday at 7 pm.
‘Dilya Ghari Tu Sukhi raha’ introduces a new face Bhakti Deshpande, who plays the central character of Vrunda.
Bollywood film ‘Laadlaa’ to be made in Marathi.
The latest news is that popular Bollywood film of 1994 ‘Laadlaa’ produced by Nitin Manmohan, will now be made in Marathi under the same banner. With few changes here and there, director Rajiv Patil has finalized Mugdha Godse to play the role of Sridevi in this Marathi film.
The suitable artistes to play the roles of Anil Kapoor and Raveena Tandon are being finalized. Arwind Jagtap will write the screenplay and dialogues of this film to suit the taste of Marathi audience.
Star Pravah to Present ‘Dhinka Chika’
Star Pravah channel is all set to present a new comedy series “Dhinka Chika – Comedycha Navin Formula” with Usha Nadkarni and Manoj Joshi as the judges of this show. This comedy show begins from November 28th, every Monday and Tuesday from 9.30 pm to 10.30 pm. It replaces their musical reality show, ‘Aata Hovun Jau Dya’.
‘Dhinka Chika’ is expected to provide its viewers pure entertainment and humor. It promises to take comedy to a whole new level and promises the audiences a new experience. The show will see 8 pairs competing against each other through unique comedy acts and gags. It will see some of the biggest names in the Marathi industry like Bharti Achrekar, Prasad Oak, Vandana Gupte and Tushar Dalvi. While Usha Nadkarni marks her debut as a reality show judge on TV screens, Manoj Joshi makes his grand comeback into Marathi Television.
Popular Marathi actress Kranti Redkar will be seen spicing up the show in the capacity of the host.
New Serial ‘Suvasini’ on Star Pravah
On 14th November 2011, Star Pravah launched their period serial ‘Suvasini’ which is a story of an innocent young girl who questions the circumstances created by her social & cultural surroundings rather than meekly accepting those. ‘Suvasini’ presented by Vistacore replaces ‘Tujh Vin Sakhya Re’ and will be aired at 9.00 pm, from Monday to Saturday.
Savi is an energetic young girl, whose world centers around her family. With dreams and aspirations, Savi like any other girl of her age is curious and inquisitive about life. Though Savi’s story is set in pre-independence era, every girl in today’s time as well goes through these questions, as she goes through different phases of being a daughter, a wife, a mother etc.
‘Suvasini’ presented by Vistacore is produced by Smita Talwalkar’s Asmita Chitra Productions which marks her grand comeback to the world of Television. The show introduces Aishwarya Tupe as Savi and Aniruddha Deodhar as Vijay. The rest of the star cast includes some of the most popular Marathi Television actors like Vidyadhar Joshi as Neelkanth, Anuradha Rajadhkshya as Rama and Tushar Dalvi as Narayan.