MIFTA Festival begins at Ravindra
Marathi International Film & Theatre Awards (MIFTA) has now become a right platform for Marathi artistes and technicians to prove their mettle. Since last year Producer -director Mahesh Manjrekar and Abhijeet Patil of Raja Rani Travels have together opened this opportunity for them through MIFTA, which first took place in Dubai. This year their award ceremony will be held in London in a big way.
Prior to that MIFTA have organised a week long festival of selected 10 Marathi films and 10 dramas nominated for this purpose. The festival which has opened today at 4 pm with recently released Marathi drama ‘Sukhanshi Bhandato Aamhi’ at Ravindra Natya Mandir and with a Marathi film ‘Sumbran’ which was screened at 4.30 pm at P.L. Deshpande Academy’s Mini Theatre. This will be followed by another Marathi film ‘Gajar’ at 7.30 pm in Mini Theatre and with another popular drama Drama ‘Aaltun Paaltun’ at 8pm in the auditorium. From tomorrow onwards till 21st August the schedule will be as follows:
Dhoom 2 Dhamaal to release on 26th August
Producer Soham Sharma and director Sachin Goswami had organised a function to share first look of their forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dhoom 2 Dhamaal’ on Friday 12th August in Mumbai, when promos and songs of this movie were showcased. It was officially announced that the film would be released on 26th August 2011.
Those present for the function were artistes and crew members comprising of Producer Soham Sharma, director Sachin Goswami, lead star Ashok Saraf, Sushant Shelar, Pushkar Jog, Shweta Mehendale, Siya Patil. Mr Tyagraj Khadilkar, who has provided music for this film, was also present.
Star Pravah to launch ‘Song-n-Music’ Reality show
Star Pravah channel which was launched in November 2008 succeeded in capturing a good viewer ship for their programmes in the recent past. The channel is now all set to launch their new reality show ‘Aata Hovun Zau Dya’ a new form of musical celebrations. At a media meet on Thursday 11th August 2011, at Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai, the host raised the curtain to reveal details of this new programme.
Mr. Nachiket Pantavaidya, General Manager, Star Pravah, while speaking on the occasion, thanked the viewers of Star Pravah for showing intense faith in them while choosing as the most favorite Marathi General Entertainment Channel. “Adhering to our promise of providing fresh and innovative content and programming; we are pleased to present to our viewers, ‘Aata Hovun Zau Dya’, a unique reality show,” he said. Programme Executive, Star Pravah- Shrabani Deodhar said that they wanted to prove that Marathi Reality shows are nowhere behind the Hindi reality shows, as far as the production quality is concerned. “The show is produced by Endemol Productions (Big Brother’, ‘Fear Factor India’, ‘Deal Ya No Deal’ & ‘Heart Beat’ fame) is enough to indicate the quality of this production,” she added.
The show will have eight teams to be led by big names like Rahul Saxena, Vaishali Maade, Mangesh Borgaonkar and others, who will have their team of eight members to provide the music. “It is not only a song show, but behind the songs there will also be music and the combination of both will be judged,” said Mr. Rahul Ranade, one of the judges. The other judges of this programme will be actress and film maker -Ashwini Bhave, who is making a comeback to Marathi TV after a long time and popular singer Sudhesh Bhosale. Celebrity Marathi actor Siddharth Jadhav will make his debut as TV anchor through this Reality show.
In his typical filmy style Siddharth Jadhav said that he was enjoying his new role. “All these eight captains are young and talented and each one of them are carrying a competitive team of band with them. I am enjoying every moment in their presence,” he added. Ashwini Bhave in her short but sweet speech said, “TV plays an important role to connect the viewers. I am happy that through this new role, I will be able to link with the audience as their representative in this programme.”
‘Aata Hovun Zau Dya’ begins from 22nd August 2011 at 9.30 pm from Monday to Wednesday on Star Pravah.
Nach Tujhach Lagin Haay’ gets ready with its Music
Milind Shinde had a great time today evening , as music of his new film ‘Nach Tujhach Lagin Haay’ was released by none other than Bollywood celebrity Vishal Bharadwaj. An intense actor that he is, with memorable roles to his cedit; Milind is now making his debut as a director through this new Marathi film. Overwhelmed with the support he received from the producer and his music director friend Mangesh Dhakade, Milind turned emotional in his speech while expressing his gratitude to all those who made his own script and lyrics come alive in the form of this film.
The chief guest of the function M. Vishal Bharadwaj, while speaking on the occasion, thanked Milind for making a film on a different subject and also Mangesh, for providing suitable music to go well with the subject of this film. “When I heard the theme of this film, I liked it very much. I am also glad that Mangesh, who is personally known to me, has provided the best music. But, I feel little awkward in this function, as I am not able to speak in Marathi, though I understand this language well. However, I will make it a point to learn this language, as I am very much part of this state and love the language and people . Next time, in such functions, I will surely make an effort to speak in Marathi, ” he said.
Many artistes from Marathi film industry were present to wish Milind on this occasion. Prominent among them were Yatin Karyekar and Upendra Limaye. While speaking to Marathi Movie World, after the function, Milind Shinde preferred not to speak much about this so called unusual subject of his film. “ We have used music at appropriate places and not as a break between the story,” he said. There are total six songs in this film in the voices of Prabhakar Dhakade, Mangesh Dhakade, Nipa Nag and Milind Shinde.
‘Nach Tujhach Lagin haay’ is produced by Sanjay Khamkar.Cinematography by Pratapan Nair and editing by Nilanjan Dutta are other credits. The star cast of the film comprises of Milind Shinde, Chaya Kadam, Dr. Suresh Shinde, Vaishali Salvi, Namrata Apte, Trupti Tendulkar & Prashant Tapasvi. The film’s music is being released well in advance, perhaps to popularise during Ganapati festival. According to the producer,the film will be released around Diwali time.
On the sets of ‘Ringan’
Basra Studio, Kandivali. Based on the story of Yug, who is also playing an important role in this film, the screenplay is written by Sandeep himself. With considerable experience of direction in Bollywood ; having been first Chief assistant director for Ram Gopal Verma films, besides other two films, this is Sandeep’s first independent film.
‘Ringan’ is based on the village backdrop with local sports ‘Wrestling’ given prominence. Originally from Ratnagiri, having studied upto 5th standard in village school, Sandeep is well aware of the village environment and the importance of family bonding, when a member of family is in trouble. The film has a touch of love and emotions besides the action part.
In the studio there was a scene of a hospital, where actor Aniket Kelkar was being taken on a stretcher in injured condition. His forehead was bandaged and there were injury marks on his face, clearly indicating that he had met with an accident. In the film, Aniket plays the sensible eldest son -Pratap of Annasaheb, a respectable person from a village. After the scene, Aniket explained that the villain in their film Ranga (Son of Sarjerao, a bad man) played by Prashant Nemane, threatens him not to disclose his name to the police. Ranga has attacked Pratap to teach a lesson to his father Annasaheb. Yug, who plays the younger brother of Pratap with contrast nature, was also present on the sets, besides one of the the leading artistes- Gauri Deshmukh. The other junior artistes dressed up as Nurses and ward boys in pink uniforms, were also present on the sets.
‘Ringan’ is produced by Mohamad Kureshi and Hemant Kureshi and co-produced by Sanjay Kamble. Dialogues by Rohit & Vishwas, Music by Rohan Pradhan and Camera by Sudesh Devan are other credits. The artistes of the film comprise of Arun Nalawade, Aniket Kelkar, Yug, Mrunalini Jhambhale, Pranali Londhe, Prashant Nemane, Kishore Raorane, Bhushan Ghadi, Prabhakar Karle, Ashok Kendre, Prashant Sawant, Gouri Deshmukh and Sangeeta Bam. The film will be releaased by November-December 2011.
Moraya’ all set to release on 19th August
After the success of ‘Zenda’, singer turned director Avadhoot Gupte is now all set to release his second film ‘Moraya’ on 19th August 2011. Recently, the music release function of this film was held at Aajivasan Hall, Mumbai in the presence of Sachin Pilgaonkar, Sanjay Chhabria, Producer Atul Kamble, Executive producer- Hemendra Kulkarni, Cinematographer Rahul Jadhav, Director Avadhoot Gupte and other artistes of the film.
The film has total 8 songs rendered by Avadhoot himself alongwith Swapnil Bandodkar, Jhanvi Arora, Dnyaneshwar Meshram, and Quawali singer Farid Sabari. The film is based on the conduct of community Ganesh festival and internal politics among the organizers. It stars Santosh Juvekar, Chinmay Madlekar, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ganesh Yadav, Pushkar Shroti, Pari Telang and Spruha Joshi.
Swapna Tujha Ni Majha’ has a message
46 years ago, then Prime Minister of India Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri reminded every Indian the importance of Green revolution, besides saluting the soldiers protecting the country on the borders. He had emphasized the need of being self sufficient by producing enough of farm produces to attain prosperity of the country. Today, the picture is different. We hardly find the family members of the farmers taking interest in their traditional farm activities. The day is not far away, when the country will have to depend on import of agricultural produce from other countries.
Highlighting this grave situation in our country, producer Sachin Bhalinge, who is himself actively involved into farm and allied activities is making a Marathi film ‘Swapna Tujha Ni Majha’, shooting of which was held in Wai, Maharashtra, has just been completed. The film is in post production stage and is directed by Ashok Kambli.
The star cast of the film comprises of Milind Gunaji, Omkaar Karve, Neha Joshi, Anita Vishwasrao, Nitin Porgaonkar, Megha Gokhale and others. Camera by Raja Phadtare and Music by Siddharth- Saumil are other credits. The film is a complete package of entertainment with comedy besides offering a valid message through its story.
Now, a film based on ‘Uchalya’
Social activist Laxman Gaekwad’s novel ‘Uchalya’ received a good response not only in Marathi but also in other languages too, when it was translated. The book has already received Sahitya Acdemy award in 1998.
Now, produces Amar and Pushpa Kakkad have come forward to make a film based on this novel. The film is being directed by Sameet Kakkad and will be ready for release by end of September 2011.
Uchla Re Uchla’ Music launched by Mahesh Manjrekar
Producer director Yashwant Chowgule and Kshitj Arts farcical comedy ‘Uchla Re Uchla’ is ready for release in September. The music of this film was released by eminent actor-producer-director Mahesh Manjrekar recently. Present on the occasion were co-producers Bhanwar Jain, director duo Amol Bhave – Yashwant Chougule, music composer – Chinar of Chinar- Mahesh, singers Dr.Neha Rajpal, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, lyricist Baba Chavan and writer Gajendra Kore.
Among the celebrities present were actors Deepali Sayed and her hubby, Pradeep Patwardhan,Uday Sabnis, Jayant Wadkar, Anand Ingle, Sanjay Khapre, Onkar Karve, Kishore Pradhan,Vaibhav Mangle,Trupti Bhoir and Prajakta Kelkar. The cast and crew interacted with the media during the function.
Gautam Joglekar thinks big for ‘Jai Jai Maharashtra’
Marathi films have been inviting attention from all over the world for their unique scripts. But, there is no big investment coming from the film makers to make Marathi films to compete with Bollywood and South Indian films, as far as the commercial success is concerned. We haven’t seen a remake of any marathi films into other languages, as we notice in the case of south Indian films. Only exception being that of ‘Pathlaag’ based on which ‘Mera saayaa’ was made in Bollywood.
But, now Gautam Joglekar’s new film ‘Jai Jai Maharashtra’ is all set to bring in that desired change into traditional marathi cinema. His film ‘Jai jai Maharashtra’ will be the fist Marathi film, which will also be dubbed into other Indian languages before its release. The subject of this film will be ready for release on 15th October 2011 and that too in 200 cinema houses simultaneously all over Maharashtra.
Co-produced by Anirruddha Deshpande of City Corporation, Pune, the film is all set to create a record in Marathi cinema with a grand release.