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Kedar Promotes ‘Iraada Pakka’ in his own style

Iraada PakkaMarathi Cinema is also moving in a professional manner, as far as the film’s promotion is concerned. Right from ‘Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy we found this difference, when the powada based song was used in the film’s promotion. Now, film maker Kedar Shinde has used a new approach for promotion of his film ‘Irradaa Pakka’, staring Sonali Kulkarni and Siddharth Jadhav.

Recently, he picturised a song for the film’s promotion, where he had involved about 20 popular artistes along with their spouses. This experiment is first of its kind in Marathi cinema. “The film lovers will be happy to see their favourite artistes with their real life partners together in this song,” feels Kedar. When this song was picturised for two days, Kedar and his wife paid personal attention on all these special invitees, to see that they were comfortable for that event.

Some of the artistes who took part in this special promotional song were veteran Atmaram Bhende, Kishore Pradhan, Ramdas Padhye, Alka Kubal, Bharat Jadhav,Sandeep Kulkarni, Ashok Shinde, Ankush Choudhary, Sumeet Raghavan, Prasad Oak, Vijay Patkar & Shreyas Talpade. The film will be due for release soon .

Third Eye Film Festival opens with ‘Harischandrachi Factory’

Third Eye Festival

The 8th Third Eye Asian Film festival was inaugurated on Friday 4th December 2009 at 8 pm, when the Chief Guest Ms. Vijaya Mehta lighted the lamp and declared the festival open. In her short speech the former theatre personality and director narrated the excitement during their good old days, to watch foreign films at such festivals, whenever held in Mumbai. She was more keen on watching the opening film Harishchandrachi factory which was to be screened after the inaugural function.

Also present on the occasion were Mr. Kiran Shantaram, Chairman of the Asian film Festival, Mr. Sudhir Nandgaonkar, Creative Director of the Third Eye Asian Festival, Mr. K.J. Verma, Regional Manager of State Bank of India( The sponsors) and Mr. Paresh Mokashi, Director of the film ‘Harischandrachi Factory’. During the ceremony, the organizers welcomed all the Jury members coming from different countries like Poland, Iran, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Japan. Mr. Nandgaonkar briefed the delegates about various categories under which the films were classified. The Festival will also screen short films from different countries. The Third Eye festival will focus on Egypt, as there will be seven films from this country. Films will be screened at Plaza Cinema, Chavan Centre and Rangswar till 10th of December 2009. Registration of delegates is in full swing and the schedule is available on their site also

 

Music Launch of “Yelkot Yelkot Jai Malhar”

Yelkot Yelkot Jai Malhar

MNS Chief Raj Thackeray launched the Music of forthcoming marathi film “Yelkot Yelkot Jai Malhar” at a simple ceremony held at his residence in Dadar (Mumbai). Producer & Director Santosh Eknath Raut was present on the occasion along with Lyricist Jagdish Khebudkar , music composer Achut Thakur, Singer Milind Shinde with and other prominent cast of the film.

“Yelkot Yelkot Jai Malhar” is produced under the banner of Rainbow productions & Aviraj flowers Pvt Ltd. The film is complete & due for release by end of 2009. The idea of making this film was thought of some years ago, in Jejuri a small town near Pune, as there was a case of robbery of an Idol of deity of Maharashtrian people – Lord Khandoba, which sent shock waves all in the society, and especially among the devotees, who believed in the lord. According to the makers, the film pass a social message as well as entertain the people.

There are seven enchanting songs in the film, written by renowned lyricist Jagdish Khebudkar on the Enigmatic Music of Achut Thakur. Most of the popular singers like – Suresh Wadkar, Devki Pandit, Milind Shinde , Archana Gore, Vithal Umap , Swapnil Bandodekar and Vaishali Samant have lent her melodious voices to variety of songs. This collection is now available on T SERIES music CD’s at a cost of Rs 35/- all over Maharashtra.

Milind Gunaji plays lead role of an inspector called Vikram Bhosle in this film while Shweta Shinde plays his wife’s role. The other prominent star cast includes Ashalata Wabgaonkar, Suhas Palshikar, Kuldip Pawar, Vijay Chauhan,Nutan Jayant, Priti Joshi, Suhas Bhalekar, Ravi Patwardhan, Ali Khan, Ashok Samartha, Kiran Mane & Mohan Joshi. While, Vithal Umap, Kshitij Zarapkar, Jayram Kulkarni, Prashant Neman & Rajendra Jadhav are in guest appearance. Dialogues of the film are written by Manish Kulkarni & Ramesh Chavan and Screenplay by Santosh Raut.

‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ is now all set for its all-India release

Harishchandrachi FactoryAfter making waves for its entry for Oscars from India and having won the hearts of audience abroad during various film festivals across the globe, ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ is now all set for its all-India release. UTV Motion Pictures has scheduled the release of this much talked about film on January 22, 2010 all over India.

Harishchandrachi Factory’ which is co-produced by Paprika Media and Mayasabha Production is Paresh Mokashi’s directorial debut and stars many talented actors like Nandu Madhav, Vibhawari Deshpande, Mohit Gokhale, Atharve Karve, Dilip Joglekar, Ketan Karande, Dhiresh Joshi, Sandip Pathak, Vaibhav Mangle, Ganesh Mayekar, Ambarish Deshpande, Pravin Tarde, Mayur Khandge, Gary Richardson and Gary Tanton.

It is not only a beautifully crafted cinematic presentation about the making of India’s first feature film, but also depicts in a simple way as to how perseverance, hard work and a splash of humour, could make a realistic film. Besides the Oscars Academy Awards, ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ is also competing at the Golden Globes and the British Academy (BAFTA) awards. The film already had multiple screenings across the US and UK, where it was well received.

‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ for Sulochana Didi

Sulochana Didi

Veteran Marathi film actress Sulochana, popularly known as ‘Didi’ in the film world, has been conferred upon Maharashtra’s most prestigious award- ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ for the year 2009. The award comes at a time when the Government of Maharashtra is celebrating the Golden Jubilee year of the state’s formation.

The award comprises of Rs. 5 Lakh, besides the Appreciation certificate and a memento. It will be presented to the legendary on 26th January 2010. After hearing about the news, Didi thanked the people of Maharashtra for showering the love and affection on her all these years. She did not forget to mention about her mentor and Guru- Bhalji Pendharkar.

‘Janma’ enters at Goa Int Film Fest

Goa film FestivalGone are the days when Marathi films were doing business only on comedy films. In the recent past we have seen the change coming in and that change is for good. Many Marathi films released during the recent past were based on new subjects and they were well accepted. Some of them even found their entry at the international film festivals held at different parts of the world.

‘Janma’ produced by Tapan Acharya and Kajal Kiran and directed by Shirish Rane is one such film which has found its entry at the prestigious Goa International Film festival and that too in the premiere section. Only last year, Shirish Rane’s film ‘Mare Paryant fashi’ was shown during this festival; hence with the screening of ‘Janma’ he finds a special place during the festival.

Recently, after completion of the film, the film maker carried the print to Siddhi Vinayak temple to seek blessings of God, in the presence of few artistes of the film- Anand Abhyankar, Deepak Karandikar and Veena Jamkar .

According to Shirish Rane- the director, he had come across a news in the newspaper column few years ago and had decided to present a play. But, that did not work. Finally, he along with Anand Mhasvekar worked on the script for a film. When they narrated this script to Kajal Kiran, she agreed to make a film and that’s how the show began. “ Now, that the film has found its entry into this festival, I am more than happy. After this screening, the film will soon be released all our Maharashtra”, says Mr. Rane. ‘Janma’ stars Reema, Ashok Shinde, Arun Nalawade, Sanjay Mone & Varsha Usgaonkar in lead roles.

 

‘Balance 2 Hours’ – a short film on Swine flu

Ashok ShindeThe deadly attack of Swine flu has already taken the toll of more than hundred people in India beginning from Pune. No one had expected the severity of this type of fever in India. The health ministry did try to spread awareness about the deadly fever, but that wasn’t enough. For almost a month it created panic at various places in Maharashtra. Now, when you hear about someone making a film on this topic; obviously, eyebrows are raised.

Director Subhash Kale, who made films like ‘Benere Bhaya’, ‘Mumbai che Shahane’, and ‘Mohan Aute’; has made this short film titled Balance 2 Hours’ on the topic of Swine flu. The film is based on the concept of Shailesh Gaikwad, a collegian from Bhiwandi, who has been running an NGO to create health awareness in this populated township. Watching the hard work put in by the youngster, Subhash Kale with the help of his NRI friend Prakash Kamal, worked seriously on this subject and made this short film almost with international quality, so that he could present the same at various film festivals across the Globe. The director received excellent co-operation from some Bhivandi residents, during the making of this film.

Story and screenplay of ‘Balance 2 Hours’ is written by Subhash Kale himself on the concept drawn by Shailesh Gaikwad. Dialogues are written by Bhalchandra and the cinematography by Anil Xavier. The star cast of the film comprises of Ashok Shinde, Rina Jadhav, K. Vrushali, Ganesh Divekar, Sangeeta More along with child artistes Aishwarya, Drushti and Rahul Jadhav.

I would like to reach out to the masses – Kanchan Adhikari

Kanchan AdhikariWhether it is playing a host for a television programme or making a film as a director, Kanchan Adhikari has always kept one thing in mind and that is create awareness among people about any given social issue. Through her very first film ‘Manini’, as a director she went on to show how strong a woman was while overcoming her own problems. Later she shifted to comedy films. Her next two films ‘Doghaat Tisra Aata Sagla Visara’ and ‘Baap Re Baap Dokyala Taap’ with Makarand Anaspure in the lead, she tried to deliver a relevant message in the climax of the film. One may call it an entertainment taking the form of a sugar coated capsule containing a medicine for cure. This time she comes with another comedy film ‘Tukya Tukavila Nagya Nachvila’( T2 N2) making almost a hat-trick with Makarand Anaspure, who plays the lead role of a corrupt Police Hawaldar from a village.

Speaking on the occasion to announce the date of release of this new film, Ms. Kanchan Adhikari made very clear her intention of making such a film. ” I would like to reach out to the masses and for that I take support of comedy. We all read in the newspapers stories about the maximum corruption taking place in the Police department and in the Municipalities and its impact on the society. I thought of sending across the message in my own way through a comedy,” she said.

The rushes of the film along with two songs were shown to the Press, making it very clear that T2N2 was a total entertainment package. The film is targeted at all age groups with Makarand and his real life wife Shilpa playing husband and wife on screen and Pushkar and Manasi playing the young couple. Mohan Joshi gets a chance to play a hard core politician. Deepshika in guest appearance has performed a Lavani in this film, on a song rendered by Kavitha Krishnamurthy. The film’s music is provided by Nitin Hiravkar on the lyrics of Prakash Rane. The other credits of the film are : Choreography by Umesh Jadhav, Photography by Mahendra Rayan, Editing by Anand Diwan and Screenplay and dialogues by Arvind Jagtap. The film is being produced by Kanchan’s son Kailashnath Adhikari, who is just 18 and should be the youngest producer of films.

 

Marathi comedy ‘Kurchi Samrat’ now in cinema halls

Makarand AnaspurePeople in Maharashtra are very well aware that vidhan sabha elections were held recently with a big noise. Watching that scenario, now Marathi cinema brings before you a comedy cinema
Kurchi Samrat“. Movie is staring Makarand Anaspure under Navadip Films Creative offering complete entertainment on this well known topic of Election. Movie is a total entertainment for all age groups.

Surendra Panhalkar is well know distributor and is making his debut as producer through this movie. The film is directed by Dattaram Tavde and story writter is N. Relekar and screen play and dialogue are written by Arvind Jagtap. There are 4 songs in the movie composed by renowned composer Ashok Patki on the lyrics of Pravin Davne, Shrikant Badal and Appu Gharal. Vaishali Samant, Narendra Amap, Vashali Made and Anand Shinde have sung the songs for the movie.

Most appreciating thing about this movie is that it was completed in just 24 days. Major shooting was done in Kolhapur.With the election results now out, this movie is likely to benefit of the current situation. . MMW wishes all the team members of the movie a grand success. .

Rohini Hattangadi in and as ‘Aai’

Rohini Hattangadi

The makers of the record breaking Etv serial
Char Divas Sasuche’ are now ready with their latest serial ‘Aai’ starring Rohini Hattangadi in the title role along with Madhav Abhyankar, Sharvari Lohkare, Deepti Ketkar, Dr.Vilas Ujawne, Shantanu Moghe, Vandana Vaknis, etc . The serial is produced by Naresh Borde, and directed by Khalil Herekar. The script of ‘Aai’ is written by Abhijeet Pednekar, and the music is composed by Kaushal Inamdar.

The story of ‘Aai’ is about a middle class housewife who faces a lot of strife and struggle to keep her family happy. She makes all efforts to solve her children’s problems and goes through various roles of a wife, a mother, a sister, and most importantly a woman. Catch up with this new serial from 23 Nov at 7.30 pm Mon-Sat on Etv Marathi