Sad demise of Shrinivas Khale
he most respected person from Marathi music industry is no more. Shrinivas Khale passed away at his Thane residence due to old age. He was 85. Born on April 30, 1926, Shrinivas Khale served the music industry for six decades with his memorable music compositions. Popularly known as Khale Kaka, he offered music for not only to Marathi songs but also in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarathi and Sanskrit songs.
‘Bolki Bahuli’, ‘Jiwhala’ and ‘Sobti’ were his popular musical hit films. Some of his best compositions were ‘Ya Chimanyanno’, ‘Shukra Taara mand Varaa’, ‘Gori Gori Paan Phulasarkhi Chaan’, ‘Anandache Dohi’ and the most popular ‘Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha’. He was famous for his devotional songs and his composition for an abhang ‘Savle Sunder Roop Manohari’ turned out to be a hit. He was bestowed with many awards and the most prestigious being the Padmabhushan in 2009.
His funeral will take place at 11 am on Friday . Marathi Movie World pays sincere tribute to this music legend
Mahesh Kanthe is the winner of ‘Awaaz Maharashtracha’
The singing reality show ‘Awaaz Maharashtracha’ on Mi Marathi came to an end, with the declaration of results in the final round. Thane’s Mahesh Kanthe was adjudged as the final winner. He received the Mega prize in the form of 1 BHK flat in Mumbai, besides winning cash prize of Rs. 1,50,000/- and an assignment for singing in Mahesh Kothare’s next film.
Pralhad jadhav from Kolhapur and Mohammed Ayaaz from Solapur were 1st and 2nd runners up respectively. They received a prize of Rs.50,000/- and Rs.25,000/- respectively, from HDIL. Present on the occasion were celebrities like Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Avadhoot Gupte and Vaishali Samant.
Swar71′ – a biggest birthday gift for Ashok Patki
Music maestro Ashok Patki has turned 71 today. To mark this happy occasion, a musical programme was held today at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga, Mumbai. For the past five decades Mr. Ashok Patki has been offering non-stop music for Marathi songs and that too with variety in it. Even today, he released his three more albums namely ‘Shubhankar Ganesha’, ‘Jhimmad Jhimmad’ and ‘Savalya Ghana’.
Present on the occasion were popular Marathi clebrities including Devki Pandit, Suresh Wadkar and Ajay Pohankar. The ‘Swar 71′ programme comprised of songs and dances based on his popular albums. It may be recalled that Ashok Patki has not only limited his music and background music to films, TV serials and Dramas but has also composed record number of Jingles. ‘Zandu Balm’ and ‘Dhara’ are some of his popular jingles. Through his composition ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ he became popular all over India.
Marathi Movie World wishes him a very happy birthday.
Lakshya’ – A New Thriller from 25th August
From 25th August 2011 at 9.30 pm. every Thursday and Friday, get set to watch a new Police investigative serial ‘Lakshya’ on Star Pravah channel. Produced by Aadesh Bandekar’s Soham Productions and written by Parag Kulkarni this action packed drama is directed by Bharat Gaikwad. Each episode of this thrilling serial will stretch up to one hour with new stories coming up in each episode.
The first look of ‘Lakshya’ was revealed to the media today evening at JW Mariott Hotel, Juhu, in a style. On a suitably designed set, ACP Abhay Kirtikar played by talented Ashok Samarth walked in with his uniform holding a Pistol in his hand and set his target on the screen to uncover the title of this serial. He was joined by Lady Inspector Saloni Deshmukh played by Aditi Saragdhar, who was also smartly dressed up in Police uniform. They were joined by the co-stars Virendra Kadam and Kamalesh Sawant, who are playing Sub Inspector and Hawaldar respectively. Mandar Kulkarni, who plays the friend of this team with expertise in detecting Cyber Crimes also joined later.
Talking about his debut serial production, Aadesh Bandekar initially thanked Star Pravah group and in particular Shrabani Deodhar for approving his concept and encouraging him to form his own production for this purpose. “The choice of the lead man Ashok is by my wife Suchitra, as she felt that he was the most appropriate person to lead the Police team in this serial. I am sure, the audience would accept this topic, which is not only thrilling but also deals with the emotions of each one of them, while excreting their day to day duty, sometimes stretching upto 24 hours.” he added.
Ms. Shrabani Deodhar, Head of Programming Star Pravah, thanked the audience for approving their channel as no. 1 entertainment channel, while Nachiket PantVaidya , Gen. Manager of Star Pravah said that their channel was adhering to their promise of presenting a gripping police drama. “Star Pravah is known for its variety of content and therefore we have paid more attention on technical matters. We have shot this seial using HD camera, to create that desired visual impact for such an action drama.” he said. Mr. Yogesh Manwani, VP-Marketing & Communications, Star Pravah said, “Lakshya is an engaging and unique crime drama series on Marathi television.”
The entire venue of this function gave an impression that it was a Police function. Even the registration counter at the reception was attended by Ladies dressed up in Police uniform and all the artistes were introduced in a style, with light effects and background music. While speaking to Marathi Movie World, after the function, Ms. Shrabani Deodhar gave all the credit to the management of Star Pravah, for encouraging new subjects in the programmes. “I enjoy the freedom given by the management of this channel to try something different every time. And with the response that we receive from the audience, only encourages us to try new experiments,” she said.
Some clippings from this serial were shown to the media and it clearly indicated about the production quality and right selection of the artistes. All the artistes seemed to be happy with their respective characters and thanked the producer and director for such a wonderful presentation. Suchitra Bandekar, was asked whether she was part of the cast in her home production. “I am so much occupied with this production work that there is no time to play any role at the moment,” she reacted.
Aayushya’ launched at Dahanu
After toiling hard as Spot boys and later struggling as script writers, Abhijeet Patil and Bhupendra Patil have turned producers of Marathi films. Recently, they launched first of their 3 Marathi films ‘Aayushya’ with a Muhurat ceremony at Vangan in Dahanu.
Present on the occasion were Cameraman Tanaji sanas, artistes Pradeep Bhide, Ravindra Kadam, Naresh Patil, Purushottam Patil, child artiste Unmesh Sakpal and photographer Tejas Waigankar.
Many dignitaries from the village were present to offer all the help that was required by the unit, since it was the first film muhurat taking place in their village. Abhijeet Patil will himself be writing the script of this film, besides directing it. He has been passionate about film making since his school days. Now, with the progress of this film, he will be working hard to make his dream come true.
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.