Zee Gaurav Lifetime award carries cash benefit too
Marathi Movie World had carried a detailed report on Zee Gaurav Awards function held on Saturday. Except for disclosing the names of the award winners, we did cover the programme and the details about the three beneficiaries, who were conferred with the Lifetime achievement awards. In our report we did mention about the dire state in which the former Master Editor M.S. Shinde lived and had expressed concern about such all time Greats and their present status.
Reacting to our report about our doubt whether cash award also accompanied with the commemorative inscription; Ms. Sugandha Lonikar from Zee Marathi clarified that Zee Marathi does not openly announce the cash reward of Rs 1 lakh given to each beneficiary along with the memento. But, it has been their practice to present such cash reward along with the prestigious trophy. We, at Marathi Movie World, welcome this fine gesture shown by Zee Marathi to spot such well known deserving people, who have made the Marathi people proud with their extraordinary accomplishments.
Zee Gaurav declares nominations
Nominations for the Goodnight presented Zee Gaurav awards 2011 have been announced by the host at a function held in Grand Hyatt Hotel recently. This year Marathi film ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal’ received maximum 13 nominations in different categories. In the best film category, ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal’ will have tough competition with other films like, ‘Mee Mann Aani Dhruv’, ‘Shikshnachya Aaichha Gho’, ‘Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai’ and ‘Paaradh’.
In the professional stage plays category ‘Nava Gadee Nave Rajya’ has bagged maximum 8 nominations in different categories. In the best play section they face competition from ‘Wah Guru!’, ‘Katkone Trikon’, ‘Katha’& ‘Kaay Danger Vaara Sutlay’. While in the Experimental plays section, ‘Punascha Honeymoon’ has bagged maximum 7 nominations in different categories. In the same section, ‘Ja Khelayla Pal’, ‘Ratandin Aamhi’and ‘Tichi Satra Prakarana’ have bagged six nominations each.
This year’s entries were considered for films and plays released during the period January 2010 to December 2010. There were entries from 64 films, 27 professional plays, 27 Experimental plays and 9 revived plays. Members of Jury were prominant personalities from the respective fields.
Zee Gaurav Awards presented in a traditional style
This year Good Night Advance sponsored Zee Gaurav Awards were presented in a different manner. First they announced the nominations a week before the actual awards ceremony and yesterday 26th February, in a glittering function at Bhavan’s College Ground , Mumbai, the actual awards were presented in front of the big gathering of invitees.
The function began in a traditional style with a Palakhi where the performers danced in a typical Varkari style. Perhaps a glimpse of their popular reality show ‘Marathi Paul Padate Pudhe’. Thereafter it was the entry of the Anchors- Swapnil Joshi and Pushkar Shotri on bicycles. Their timely gimmicks supported by entertainment programmes such as Satire presented by Makarand Anaspure and Kishore Kadam and company throwing light on ongoing corruption in the country and dance performances by popular artistes from Marathi, added that required flavour to the function.
The entertainment programme during the first 90 minutes was good, but in the later half with the same team of ‘satire’ repeating the farce and too much of Bollywood dances and music only gave an indication that the organizers were more keen on pleasing a particular section of invitees. Absence of popular Musicians Ajay-Atul was felt. In the second half, many award winners were absent and it was not known, who was receiving the awards on their behalf. ‘The show must go on’ seems to be the attitude of the award winners from Drama section, as they could not cancel their shows to receive the awards. In the film awards section, there were few surprises; but the choice of three great personalities for the Life Time achievement awards was perfect.
Prof. Madhukar Toradmal honoured for his contribution to Marathi stage, Mr. Arun Kakade, for keeping alive the experimental theatre through his group ‘Aavishkar’ and Veteran master of film editing M.S. Shinde for his outstanding work in Cinema. The three grand old men were felicitated by Ms. Sulbha Deshpande , Mr. Mohan Agashe and Mr. Ramesh Deo respectively. Dr. Jabbar Patel and Mr. N. Chandra who were the guests of honour spoke about the great contribution of each of them to their respective field.
In an emotion filled scene Mr. N. Chandra held the hands of Mr. M.S. Shinde into his hands and kissed them, calling it a great moment for him. Incidentally, Mr. Shinde who has edited about 100 films including the masterpiece ‘Sholay’ and had won the filmfare award( Only award to be won by that film) was unwell recently and MNS had handed over a sum of Rs. 51,000/- to him for his treatment, since he lived in a dire state in a small room in Dharavi. His felicitation was therefore timely, but don’t know whether any financial help accompanied along with the award. Popular Cinematographer Mahesh Limaye was presented with an award called ‘Marathi Paul Padate Pudhe’ for his progress in Bollywood, after capturing with his lenses some good Marathi films.
In their respective emotion filled speeches both Mr. Toradmal and Mr. Kakade thanked their fans for their support. Mr. Toradmal is spending his time in writing now, while Mr. Kakade is still a driving force behind new young artistes of experimental theatre. As regards revealing the names of the final winners, MMW does not believe in taking away the interest of our viewers, who will be watching the telecast of this programme on Zee Marathi on Sunday 13th March 2011, at 7.30 PM.
Raada Rox’ Music launched
Music launch of Smita Thackeray and Rahul Thackeray’s new Marathi film ‘Rada Rox’ was launched in Mumbai at the hands of Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit. Ms. Smita Thackeray, is making a debut as a Producer in Marathi films just for the sake of her son Rahul, who has returned from abroad after completing his studies in film making. “Rahul just wanted to make a beginning through Marathi films with his own ideas based on youth, their college life and music and hence I supported him,” said Ms. Thackeray on the occasion.
The film is also Rahul’s debut as a film maker , as he has not only worked on the script but has also assisted his director friend Heyramb Khot, a well known fashion photographer. Nakash and Sargam have composed the music of this film. The star cast of the film comprises of Chirag, Ketan, Tanvie, Saie and Uday .
Hamidabaichi Kothi’ with a grand revival.
After achieving success through his revivals like ‘Suryachi Pilley’ and ‘Lahanpan Degaa devaa’, Sunil Barve’s ‘Herberium’ is now all set to present another old sensational play ‘Hamidabaichi Kothi’ written by Anil Barve.
Presented first in 1978 under the banner of Mauli Productions, the play was directed by Vijayabai Mehta and had popular stars like Bharati Achrekar, Ashok Saraf, Nana Patekar, Pradeep Velankar, Neena Kulkarni, Dilip Kolhatkar and Janardan Parab.
Now, the revived version presented under the banner of ‘Subak’ will feature Neena Kulkarni as Hamidabai. Neena had played Shabbo in the original version. The other popular artistes in the new version are Sanjay Narvekar, Jitendra Joshi, Smita Tambe, Manava Naik, Mangesh Satpute and Vikas Patil.
Producer files complaint against Prabhat Talkies
As it is our Marathi film producers have to deal with so many issues relating to their film’s release. Right from finding distributors to booking of Single screen theatres and multiplexes for screening, the marketing of their film also bothers them a lot. But, now they have discovered a new problem and that is related to irregularity noticed in ticket sales.
Recently, one such case has come to light, when the producer of the film ‘Pakada Pakadi’ Mr. Sandeep Navare has lodged a police complaint against the management of Prabhat Talkies, Pune. In this connection, the Management of Prabhat Talkies have yet to come out with their reply and are investigating the matter at their end.
Many producers have expressed their dissatisfaction over the collection shown for their films by the theatre owners and the present case has only suggested how the irregularities can happen. According to Mr. Navare, the producer of this film ‘Pakada Pakadi’, his people had kept a vigil for a particular show in Prabhat talkies and even collected tickets from the viewers, who saw the film and noticed that there were tickets issued of two different types. When they checked, they found a big difference in actual sale of tickets and tickets issued by them. If this is proved, it is certainly a bad news for Marathi cinema, which is already facing the crisis.
Another producer of the film ‘Mohaan Aawatey’, Mr. Anirrudha kale, who was also dissatisfied with the same theatre management, has removed his film from this theatre before the completion of the week. For a long time, this has been a main grievance of many producers against theatre owners in Maharashtra, but to prove it requires extra manpower. The Government of Maharashtra with the help of Home department should investigate and find out how many such Theatre owners are hiding the actual occupancy during a particular show, especially week ends.
Ring Ring Ranga’ – A new Marathi play
A new Marathi play ‘Ring Ring Ranga’ has been added to the schedule of Marathi plays from this month. A farcical comedy, the play revolves around the funny incidences in the lives of two longtime friends- Shrirang and Tanaji. The story of this play has been written by Bhagwan Pachore, while it is directed by Bhimrao Mude. Music by Rohan Pradhan and light effects by Sheetal Talpade are other credits.
Produced by Vinit Dadarkar and Rohan Pradhan, the artistes of this play are Pradeep Patwardhan, Shekhar Phadke, Mousami Tondwalkar, Sangram Salvi, Gauri Mahajan, Sandeep Tatkare, Ashish Rane and Shipa kamble.
Music & Website launch of Mohaan Aawatey
Music and website launch of Aniruddha Kale‘s new film ‘Mohaan Aawatey’ was held in a grand way at Kohinoor Hall, Mumbai on Tuesday evening. While film’s director Subhash Kale and Singer Swapnil Bandodkar released the Music CD, the hero of the film, Sanjay Narvekar released the official website of the film, which has been designed by Honeybee Media. Aniruddha Kale’s parents felicitated the singers, lyricist, writer and the director, on this occasion. The leading lady of the film Siyaa Patil,couldn’t make it for the function, as she was shooting for another film in Pune.
It was for the first time in a music release function of a Marathi film that so many questions were posed by the scribes, to know the details about this film, which has been based on a true story. Why the film’s name is ‘Mohaan Aawatey’? Who is Mohaan Aawatey and so on . Initially, Sanjay tried to create humour stating that they may address this character by whatever name, they thought was suitable. ” All that we want to present is a success story of a person, to inspire others,” he tried to explain. But, finally, the producer had to intervene and explain that the person on whose life the film has been made did exist, but he preferred to remain away from limelight. “We have added some scenes to suit the cinematic presentation of this real life story and I am sure you will all enjoy this action packed musical thriller,” he said.
There are total five songs in the film rendered by Swapnil Bandodkar, Devki Pandit, Dr. Neha Rajpal and Javed Ali. Lyrics by Supriya Kale , Milind Joshi and Aniruddha Kale, while Music by Aniruddha Kale are the other credits Supriya Kale, Aniruddha Kale, Sanjay Narvekar, Javed Ali
‘Mala Aai Vhaychay’ with English Sub-titles
Looking at the popularity the film has gained also among Non-Maharashtrian film lovers, the makers of this film have released 4 prints with English sub titles at the following theatres in Mumbai. Ms. Samrruddhi Porey made this announcement today, while speaking to Marathi Movie World.
The following theatres/ multiplexes will show the film with English Sub-titles.
Movie Star – Goregaon- 6.15 PM
Huma ( Kanjur Marg) 2.30 PM
R. City ( Ghatkoper) – 12.30 PM
24 Karat ( Jogeshwari) – 3.30 PM
‘I found my Smita Patil in Urmila’ – Samrruddhi
Film maker Samrruddhi Porey, was speechless for a while, during the Lamp lighting ceremony of her film’s premiere at Plaza Cinema on Thursday evening. Watching the elite crowd comprising of some foreign guests applauding her from the balcony, she had to literally hold her breadth for a while. But, when she began, she was all praise for Urmila Kanetkar, the leading lady of her film ‘Mala Aai Vhaychay’ ( I want to be a Mother). “Initially, I wanted someone very similar to late Smita Patil, but when I saw Urmila’s performance, I thought that I had found my Smita Patil in Urmila,” remarked Ms. Porey.
Mr. Kiran Shantaram and film maker Mahesh Kothare, who were present as chief guests on the occasion, welcomed Samrruddhi to Marathi cinema calling her as a dynamic woman, who had shouldered many responsibilities together while making this film. They also praised the film, for having won so many awards before its official release. Ms. Stacy, who plays Mary, was also all praise for the film maker for imposing confidence in her, while shooting every scene. On this occasion, Samrruddhi showed a fine gesture by felicitating all the artistes, chief guests and her technical crew, by presenting them mementos. Also present on the occasion were Music director Ashok Patki, Sulbha Deshpande , Fulwa Khamkar, Vaishali Samant, Suchitra & Aadesh Bandekar and many foreign dignitories