Aadhi Basu Mag Bolu’ launch on 6th May
A new Marathi drama ‘Aadhi Basu Mag Bolu’ directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni will stage its first show on the auspicious Akshaya Tritiya day at 4.30 pm in Gadkari Rangayatan, Thane.
Produced by Lata Narvekar, this play which goes on the lines of black comedy stars Tejaswini Pandit, Yogini Chouk, Sushant Shelar and Sanjay Narvekar. Avadhoot Gupte has composed the music of this play.
Jagdish Khebudkar is no more
Popular Marathi poet and film lyricist Jagdish Khebudkar is no more. He passed away at Kolhapur today after a brief illness. He was 79. Mr. Khebudkar who received 11 state awards had written 2500 songs out of which 325 were Marathi film songs.
He was associated with some of the popular film makers like Bhalji Pendharkar, V. Shantaram and Dada Kondke and penned lyrics for some of the hit films like Pinjara and Saamna. Many of his songs are still on the lips of many music lovers. He had also composed music for some of the films and his albums. Marathi Movie World pays sincere tribute to his departed soul.
Gabhricha Paus’ in Festival De Cannes 2011
Prashant Pethe is the happiest man today. His Marathi film ‘Gabhricha Paus’ (The Damned Rain) or Maudite Pluie! in French, has been selected in Cannes Cinnephilles, a part of the Festival De Cannes 2011. With this news, Marathi cinema has also received a recognition from France.
Cannes Cinephiles (Cannes film Enthusiasts) is an event organised by Cannes Cinema and the Festival de Cannes to provide public screenings from the Official Selection, as well as films from the parallel sections.
Gabhricha Paus is selected as a part of Cannes Cinephiles, Screens Junior section, in which 8-10 movies are selected in competition for a young audience, because they develop themes or depict worlds that may constitute for these young people some thought. The jury, composed of a class ‘cinema’ College Gerard Philipe de Cannes, will determine the outcome of the event, a work they wish to study in class. There will be 2 or 3 public screenings of ‘Gabhricha Paus’ in this section. Other movies in this section are from all over the world including movies from France, Italy and Israel. ‘Gabhricha Paus’ will be presented with French subtitles.
Other than the documentary about Indian films by Shekhar Kapur, this is the only Indian film with a presence in Cannes this year.
Grand Premiere of ‘Mast Chalalay Aaamcha’
Premiere show of ‘Mast Chalalay Aamcha’ took place on Friday night at Premiere Cinema, Parel in presence of all stars of the film and invitees. Mr. Nittin Kini from Zee Group welcomed the chief guest Mahesh Manjrekar, who later felicitated all the major artistes of the film. It was a short function during interval, when after felicitating the artistes, the Zee Talkies spokesman announced that on the very first day the film had received 80% opening on the very first day all over Maharashtra.
‘Mast Chalalay Aamcha’ is a family entertainer and is expected to invite a good response during this summer vacation.
Raw deal to Marathi Movies in Nagpur
Marathi Movie World readers from Nagpur have expressed their strong feelings about the raw deal given to Marathi Cinema in their city and have questioned as to why majority of the theatres are not showing Maratrhi films, in spite of this city being termed as the second capital of Maharashtra? The following facts have been brought to our notice by our readers who have been deprived of watching Marathi films in theatres.
Till the end of 2000, there were 24 single screen cinemas in Nagpur. The number has now been reduced to 15 single screens. In addition to this, there are 3 multiplex cinema houses. Out of 15 single screens, one cinema house sometimes shows Marathi movies.
Multiplexes do not screen Marathi movies. Only exception being Cinemax, which had recently organised a week long special shows of Marathi movies (one movie-one show- per day throughout Maharashtra). Most of the Marathi movies released in 2010-11 were not exhibited here.
Last year, Nirzer film society had organised a festival of Marathi Movies for only one week. All the shows were house full. Tremendous response was received from public to this festival. Is that not enough for the film distributors and Cinema owners to understand the demand for Marathi films? Or, is this a deliberate attempt to push aside Marathi cinema only to market Hindi films?
Vanvaa’ will also travel to Europe
Producer- director Prashant Mahadeo Girkar, who has been there in Marathi film industry for a long time now, has a happy occasion to celebrate. His new Marathi film ‘Vanvaa’ which is based on the lives of Tribal people and their struggle, has been highly appreciated by Former Minister of Poland Hon. Anna Kalata.
Anna, who is also President of Trance Asian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, has taken over the overseas rights for Europe. Further, Anna Kalata is so impressed with this film that she entered into agreement with Prashant Girkar under his own banner Rolling Beans Entertainment, for his future projects also.
Mrunmayee Deshpande crowned as new Apsara
xecuted duet in the company of Bhushan Pradhan. The other being on the popular song ‘Aata Vajale Ki Bara’. Mrumayee’s mother Ms. Pratibha Deshpande who was present for the first time to see her daughter’s performance, reacted by thanking her teachers Manisha Sathe, Deepali Vichare and her Aunty for all that Mrunmayee had achieved in dancing.
Earlier in the evening, Pushkar Shrotri, who also played anchor of this show did his job well by offering some variety entertainment in between the performances. His exchange of humour with Aarti Solanki and comedian Bhushan Kadu worked very well, offering some form of entertainment to the thousands of spectators present at the stadium. Zee Marathi used this platform for the clever promotion of their forthcoming film ‘Mast Chalalay Aamcha’ which is being released on 29th April 2011. The arrival of Zee Marathi’s popular Bhau as a reliever for Pushkar Shrotri at the end of the show also hinted his return as Bhauji in ‘Home Minister’ from 16th May 2011.
In the main presentations of the other three dancers qualified for the finals, it was Neha Pendse, who began with ‘Gallit Ghala Gondhal’ followed Girija Oak’s ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and Urmila Kanetkar’s popular ‘Gondhal’ from Jogwa. Though, it was an outstanding performance of the day coming from Urmila, who was fully charged during this dance, it was the charming girl- Mrunmayee, who walked with the award, based on popularity votes. The Mahaguru of this dance reality show- Sachin Pilgaonkar, who was present on the final day as the only judge, while giving his own verdict said that he rated all four dancers equally talented and hence didn’t like to choose a winner of his choice. “All four of them are joint winners, according to me, but the public opinion is the final,” he said.
In the other variety entertainment programmes offered during the function were ‘Ganapati Vandan’ by Mrunal Dusanis, Dance performances by all three choreographers, namely Deepali Vichare, Mayur Vaidya and Phulwa Khamkar besides performances by Bhargavi Chirmule, Cedric, Mayuresh, Sanskriti Balgude (‘Pinjara’ fame), Mihir Soni, Sakshi Tisgaonkar, Pushkar Shotri and above all Sachin Pilgaonkar. Other male artistes like Abhijit Kelkar, Vivek Raut and Piyush Ranade supported Urmila, Neha and Girija in the duets. The overall show sponsored by ‘Vaseline’ and powered by ‘Rin’ was well managed by Zee Marathi.
Lux Halla Bol’ Finale on 1st May
Popular TV star Rakhee Sawant will be the star attraction for E TV Marathi’s ‘Lux Halla Bol’ Finale, which will take place at 7pm on 1st May 2011. She will be performing on two popular Marathi songs. The ‘Halla Bol’ competition, which began in January 2011 is now in the final stage, with four pairs contesting for the three prizes to be won.
The pairs comprising of Vaibhav-Megha, Rahul- Beny, Santosh-Sonali and Rohit-Sheetal will fight to win the top prize comprising of Rs. 1 lakh. The 2nd prize winner will get Rs.75,000, while the 3rd pair will be presented Rs. 50,000 in prize. The winners of this final round will be decided on popular votes received via SMS and not by the judges- Padmini Kolhapure and Harshal-Vitthal. Many popular stars like Sonalee Kulkarni, Teja Deokar and Padmini Kolhapure herself will be performing on this day.
There will also be some skits presented by Kamlakar Satpute, Nirmala Kotnis, Sandeep Pathak, Niyati Rajwade on this occasion.
Avadhoot Gupte’s focus on ‘Morya’.
Popular Singer and Music director – Avadhoot Gupte made his presence felt, when he entered into film making through his debut film ‘Zenda’. He took a break thereafter by switching over to TV Show anchoring; but now he is back into film making. His second film ‘Morya’ is now in progress, which is being produced by him along with Atul Kamble.
Based on the backdrop of community Ganapati festival celebrations, the film stars Santosh Juvekar, Chinmay Madlekar, Dilip Prabhavalkar along with Ganesh Yadav, Janardan Parab, Vijay Nikam, Vimal Mhatre, Meghana Erande, Pari Telang, Spruha Joshi and Dhanashree Koregaonkar. Scripted by Sachin Darekar and Cinematography by Rahul Jadhav, the film’s music is provided by Avadhoot himself.
‘Swarbhaskar Sangeet Mahotsav’ in Pune.
Nawa Sinhgad Parisar Sanskrutik Kalamanch’ is organising a three day cultural extravaganza called ‘Swarbhaskar Sangeet Mahotsav’ in aid of Mukta Medical Foundation Smita Talwalkar, Noted actress and President, ‘Nawa Sinhgad Sanskrutik Mahotsav’ informed this through a press release issued today.
Kalapini Komkali, Shriniwas Joshi, Pandit Ajay Pohankar, Asha Khadilkar, Pandit Satish Vyas are among the famous performers at the event. The festival will begin from 22nd April and will conclude on 24th April 2011. The timing of the programme will be between 6pm and 10 pm on these three days. Mr. Anand Deshmukh ,will anchor the show during the festival.