‘Jhale Mokle Aakash’ audio released
C.S.Films and producer Suvarna Rajendra’s forthcoming film ‘Jhale Mokle Akash’ audio was released recently at the Kohinoor Hotel Prabhadevi at the hands of child artistes Shruti and Chaitrali. Rajendra Anant and Yogesh Mahajan are the directors of the film. The lyrics by veteran Gangadhar Mhambre are composed by Nirmal Kumar. The songs are sung by Devaki Pandit, Ravindra Sathe,Sadhana Sargam,Jayshree Shivram,Vaishali Samant, Milind Ingle and others .The film stars Subodh Bhave, Pallavi Vaidya,.Daksha Mahendru,Swapna Sane, Ramesh Bhatkar,Sharad Ponkshe and others.
The film presents the story of an adopted girl and her relations with her foster parents. The Director of Photography is Mangesh Sawant. The film is being readied for a June release.
Maharashtra should take a lesson from Karanataka
The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce( KFCC) have come strongly to protect the rights of their local Kannada films. When they observed that the distributors of Bollywood film ‘Kites’ had violated the existing rule of releasing the film in Karnataka, they have imposed a ban on the film’s release. As a result, ‘Kites’ will not be released in Karanataka this week .
It is understood that ‘Kites’ was being released in 46 screens in the city of Bangalore and south Karnataka alone against the limit of 21 screens. This had resulted in the blockage of other south Indian films including Kannada films due for release , for want of theatres. In the entire state the distributors of ‘Kites’ had planned to release their film in 90 theatres against the limit of 24 imposed by KFCC.
It has been observed that in the recent past, some big banner Bollywood film distributors have been releasing their films with maximum number of prints blocking almost all the theatres, so as to make profits during the first week. But, ‘Kites’ had surpassed all the records and hence this intervention by KFCC. No one has come forward to oppose the move of KFCC, as it was in the interest of promoting south Indian films including Kannada films in their state. KFCC stated that those theatre owners defying the ban, will not be allowed to release any regional film henceforth.
Can our Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal and our Maharashtra Government take a lesson from Karnataka ? How can we promote our own Marathi films, if the Big banners play this game of blocking theatres ? Recently, even actor Kamal Hasan blamed our state for not encouraging Marathi films, the way all south Indian states encourage their regional language films. Availability of theatres is the main concern of all Marathi film distributors, though they already have the audience now responding well to Marathi films.
Dr. Mohan Agashe and Subodh Bhave speak about their new film
Veteran Dr. Mohan Agashe plays the father of today’s popular star Subodh Bhave in the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Kon Aahe Re Tikade’, which is a story of a stubborn father who inherits a fort from his ancestors, but the same is in the custody of the government. So, the father vows to marry his son, only after the custody of the Fort comes back to their possession. When the son commits a mistake, he tries to hide the facts from his father. In fact, he plays a ‘hide and seek’ game to entertain the audience.
This is what the both of them feel about the scope offered to them in this film and their personal experiences.
Dr. Mohan Agashe, who plays an adamant father, feels that the character of landlord he plays is full of challenge. To play this role, he has used his longtime experience to make it more appealing. Talking about his co-star Subodh Bhave he says, “Though Subodh is the hero of new generation, he is very hard working and sincere. He has a terrific sense of humour and is so perfect in his dialogue delivery.”.
At the same time, offering his reactions on this film, Subodh Bhave feels that it was a great experience working with Dr. Agashe on this project, which is a package of entertainment. “ I am playing a confused character of Malhar, who is trying to do a balancing act to please his father and at the same time keeping his beloved happy”. He further adds, “Nowhere in the film any character has performed deliberate comedy, but the outcome of every sequence will make you burst into laughter. Now that you are already fed up with this burning summer heat, this film will provide you the required cool breeze.”
‘Pratisaad’ to highlight success of Homeopathy
Dr. Vijaysingh Nikam and ‘Amar Aditya Productions’ are all set to release their new film ‘Pratisaad – The Response’ on 21st May 2010 all over Maharashtra. Directed by Yogesh Dattatray Gosavi, the film stars Sandeep Kulkarni in a different role along with Neelam Shirke, Kishor Kadam, Sunil Tawde and others. Based on the real life success story of Dr. Vijaysingh Nikam the script is written by Tejas. Lyrics are by Saumitra and the music is composed by Rohit Nagbhide ( ‘Tingya’ fame) .The cinematography is by Rajesh Khale and Dr.Vikram Shrivastava, while the editing is done by Santosh Gotaskar. The film’s USP is Sandeep Kulkarni’s role after giving hits like ‘Dombivli Fast’, ‘Made In China’ and ‘Gaiir’.
In this film Sandeep plays the role of Dr. Nikam who has achieved good results with his homeopathy treatment so far. For a versatile actor like him he has accepted this biggest challenge of not only presenting a highly regarded personality but also to convince people about the positive results derived from this treatment. Since this film will be the first film on the subject of homeopathy in the world, it will certainly invite the attention of one and all.
‘Har Har Mahadev’ getting ready with negative cutting
Producer Sharad Shelar and director Subhash Phadke’s film ‘Har Har Mahadev’ is complete and the negative cutting of this film was done by writer-collector Vishwas Patil. The film is the story about a young man who takes an initiative to reform a village. The film’s message is to stop people from committing suicide and face life with confidence.
The film stars Sanjay Narvekar in the lead role along with Arun Nalavde, Rekha Kamath, Amita Khopkar, and introducing new lead pair of Gauri Sukhthankahar and Raahil. The music is by Uday-Abhijit and cinematography by Vishwanath. The film is set for an early release.
‘Kashyala Udyachi Baat’ – filled with mystery
Replacing the popular serial ‘Agnihotra’ will be another mystery filled serial on Star Pravah at prime time. Based on the backdrop of ‘challenges in Astrology’, the story of the serial revolves around two women with the same fate lines on their hand. Presented by Vivel, ‘Kashyala Udychi Baat’ revolves around a character of Revathi, a typical Maharashtrian girl pursuing a course in Astronomy. She stumbles upon a shocking truth that her fate lines match exactly with another woman, who is 25 years elder to her.
Known for handling such mystery filled scripts, Satish Rajwade will be directing this serial using his skills of twists and turns in the screenplay. Bhakti Desai plays Revathi while Siddharth Chandekar( ‘Agnihotra’ fame) will be her co-star in the company of big wigs like Mohan Joshi, Avinash Narkar, Sharad Ponkshe, ashwini ekbote, Sagar Talashikar, Rani Gunaji and Majushree Godse.
So, from 3rd May at 9 pm between Monday to Friday get ready to watch this mystery filled serial.
Now, get ready to see ‘Tendulkar Out’ on screen
The popularity of cricket is rising day by day and the name Tendulkar is like a God in cricket. We have already seen the reactions of people, when Tendulkar is declared out. But, what will be the reaction of people, if they come to know that there is Marathi film titled ‘Tendulkar Out’ ? This film which is suitably titled, is progressing fast with quick shooting schedules. Shot on the backdrop of India –Pakistan cricket match, the film is being made by Anaya Mhaiskar under the banner of Sudha Productions and is directed by Swapnil Jaykar.
According to the makers of the film, it is a suspense filled film, based on the script of Yogesh Vinayak. The films cinematography is captured by Amalendu Choudhary while Mahesh Salgaonkar is doing the art direction. Rajesh Rao will be editing this film, which has music by Amar Mohile. The film stars Sayaji Shinde, Neelam Shirke, Atul Parchure, Aniket Vishwasrao, Santosh Juvekar, Vijay Maurya and Sai Tamhankar in important roles
At 75, Mohan Tondwalkar gets due recognition
01 May 10 | © MMW News
The seventy fifth birthday celebrations of eminent producer of Marathi plays -Mohan Tondwalkar, was held at the Shivaji Mandir on Friday.
Tondwalkar is the founder of the iconic drama troupe Kala Vaibhav which is responsible for producing hit plays like ‘Jaswandi’, ‘Purush’, ‘Gela Madhav Kunakade’, ‘Nati Goti’, ‘Premasathi Vattel te’, etc. He has gifted the Marathi entertainment industry great talents like Nana Patekar, Neena Kulkarni, Vikram Gokhale, Reema Lagoo, Dr.Vijaya Mehta and many others.
Present on the occasion were chief guest – eminent astrologer Jayant Salgaonkar, Dr.Ravi Bapat, actors- Prabhakar Panshikar, Nana Patekar, playwrights- Gangaram Gawankar & Arun Ghadigaonkar,.
Mr. Tondwalkar and his wife were presented with Shawls and bouquets by various luminaries including Uday Gharat of Maharashtra Natya Mandal, Reema Lagoo, and other staff members of Kala Vaibhav. A plaque was presented to him by Nana Patekar on behalf of the Mohan Tondwalkar Pratishtahan.
A book written on Tondwalkar called ‘Mohansheth’ was released by the veteran actor Prabhakar Panshikar. Among those who spoke on the occasion were Prabhakar Panshikar, Dr. Ravi Bapat and Dr. Vijaya Mehta. They all recollected the old memories and praised his work.
Finally, it was Nana Patekar who took on the stage in his inimitable style and narrated his experiences with Mohansheth (as he addressed him right from his early days as an actor) when it was difficult to make ends meet. He stated that he saw a real mentor in Tondwalkar. Eminent actor Leeladhar Kambli was the programme host. The programme concluded with the special show of Kala Vaibhav’s latest play ‘Shambhu Raje’ starring Dr.Amol Kolhe.
Mohan Wagh’s departure has left a big vacuum
Popular Marathi Drama producer and veteran Photographer Mohan Wagh is no more. His departure from this world has certainly left a big vacuum in Marathi Drama industry. For the past forty years he devoted himself towards stage productions and through his Theatre Company ‘Chandralekha’ he offered 78 plays offering hundreds of newcomers a scope to become actors.
Being a creative person from his college days, Mr. Wagh began his career as a Photo-Journalist with Indian Express Group. All those celebrities whose images were captured by Mr. Mohan Wagh appreciated his talent. His popularity soon spread to the Hindi film industry and his services were hired by popular film magazine to click the photographs of their award winners every year. Mr. Wagh who had no interest earlier in the marathi stage, was forcibly pulled in as co-producer by his friends, only because he had good contacts with the artistes, being a photographer. But soon, being a self driven person, he started his own company ‘Chandralekha’ with the blessings of Vasant Kanitkar. In all his plays, using his creativity, he paid more attention on realistic scripts and a perfection in set designs.
Mr. Wagh was the father-in-law of MNS chief Raj Thackeray. He was also a very good friend of Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray. Many dignitaries from different fields were present during his funeral. It was very unfortunate that the recently concluded Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, totally forgot about his contribution to Marathi literature and did not even have the courtesy to pay tributes to him. Marathimovieworld pays sincere tributes to him by calling him a great ‘Natyamahrashi’ .
Remembering Usha Kiran
Usha Kiran passed away ten years ago, but the roles played by her are still fresh in our memory. She was the most versatile actress in Marathi, Gujarathi and Hindi film industry. In her acting career spanning over four decades, she acted in 300 films. She was the recipient of Maharashtra Government’s award for best actress for her role in popular Marathi film ‘Kanyadaan’. Some of her other award winning films were ‘Shikleli Bayako’& ‘Gariba Gharchi Lek’.
Even in Hindi films, she had performed opposite most of the top actors of her time in lead roles. Later, she continued to perform character roles till the time she was seriously ill. MMW pays sincere tributes to ‘unforgettable Ushaji ‘ on the occasion of her 10th death anniversary.