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Teaser of film on Lalita Babar released by Maharashtra CM

Athlete Lalita Babar, biopic Marathi movie, Eknath Shinde, Amruta Khanvilkar
Athlete Lalita Babar, biopic Marathi movie, Eknath Shinde, Amruta Khanvilkar

We are already aware that Amruta Khanvilkar is playing the role of Ace Maharashtra Athelete Lalita Shivaji Babar in her biopic to be made in Marathi. Lalita who has earned her name at the national and international level, is known to all . Therefore, people are eager to see this film. Recently, in a grand ceremony, the teaser of this film was released at the hands of Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr. Eknath Shinde.

Lalita Babar herself was present on this occasion and turned emotional while talking about her struggle before she earned name and fame. She thanked Amruta Khanvilkar who was playing her role in this film. Speaking about her role, Amruta said, ‘For the past 18 months I have been preparing for this role and have met Lalita several times, to understand this great sportsperson. My journey has just begun and have to run miles, before completing this film.” Presented by Akshay Bardapurkar, Planet Marathi and Endemol Shine India, this film will be released on 26th January next year.

‘Bhalari’ song from the film ‘Raundal’ released

Bhausaheb Shinde, who performed in the lead role  in the National Award winning film ‘Khwada’, is once again in the limelight with the upcoming Marathi-Hindi film ‘Raundal’. After his last film ‘Baban’, the audience will once again get to see a new look of Bhausaheb in ‘Raundal’. After the first look, teaser and the song ‘Mann Baharla…’, ‘Raundal’ is currently being discussed everywhere. Another new song ‘Bhalari’ from this film has been released.

This Video of this new song  song sung by a group at the time of harvest season, is very well known in entire Maharashtra. Bhalari also has a special status as ‘Shramgeet’ in our literature. ‘Raundal’ will be released on March 3, 2023 all over Maharashtra, under the production house Bhoomika Films and Entertainment, Balasaheb Shinde, Dr. Purushottam Bhapkar, Pramod Chaudhary, Bhau Shinde and Rise Business Group have produced ‘Raundal’. Gajanan Nana Padol has directed this film.

Bhau Shinde, Neha Sonawane in Movie 'Raundal'-movie
Bhau Shinde, Neha Sonawane in Movie ‘Raundal’-movie

It has been written by Balasaheb Shinde, who is known to Maharashtra, and composed by music composers Harshit-Abhiraj. Ganesh Chandanshive, Vaishali Made and Harshit-Abhiraj graced the song with their voices. This folk song of rural Maharashtra will be seen in the film through the characters of ‘Raundal’ who represent all the farmers of the country.

Bhausaheb Shinde has played the lead role in this movie and debutant Neha Sonawane is his partner. Apart from this, Sanjay Lakade, Yashraj Dimbale, Surekha Dimbale, Shivraj Valvekar, Ganesh Deshmukh, Sagar Lokhande etc. actors are also playing roles in this film. Sudhakar Sharma, Dr. Vinayak Pawar has also penned the lyrics and Sonu Nigam, Javed Ali, Swaroop Khan, Divya Kumar have sung the songs. These songs have been choreographed by Neha Mirajkar and background music has been given by Rohit Nagbhide.

Hrishikesh Joshi’s new play ‘Yetoy To Khatoy’

Hrishikesh Joshi
Hrishikesh Joshi

Writer, actor and director Hrishikesh Joshi is known for his frank comments on current happenings socio and political fields. He has the ability to place the truth before the people fearlessly. One such truth is being presented by him before the drama lovers through his new play ‘Yetoy To Khatoy’ which will be staged with the inaugural show on 9th February 2023. Witten by Vijay Kuvalekar, this play is directed by Hrishikesh Joshi.

 This humour filled play which is a fork art based Political satire is created by Suyog and this will be their 90th presentation. Presented by Sandesh Sudhir Bhat, this play is produced by Kanchan Sudhir Bhat, Mohan Damle, Milan Topkar and Chandrashekhar Athlye. This play which has six songs will be focused on the current political situation. This play stars Hrishikesh Joshi,  Santosh Pawar,Swapnil Rajshekhar, Bhargavi Chirmule, Adhokshaj Karhade, Mayura ranade, Salim Mulla and Hrishikesh Vamburkar in lead roles

Ankita Raut & Tanmay Patekar’s romantic Koli song ‘Hukmachi Rani’ launched

Taking the popularity and freshness of Koli songs to the next level, Ankita Raut and Tanmay Patekar’s  song ‘Hukamachi Rani’ was launched recently on social media. After launching the impressive poster of the romantic track, the makers of the song producer Sagar Sherekar and director Kailash Pawar have recently showcased the entire song for the music lovers.

Ankita  Raut, Tanmay Patekar, Kailash Pawarm Larissa Almeida
Ankita Raut, Tanmay Patekar, Kailash Pawarm Larissa Almeida

Composed by Amey Mulay, crooned by Manish Rajgire and Larissa Almeida under the banner of NBEE Film Production, ‘Hukmachi Rani’ has been penned by Indraneel Chavan and choreographed by Pamodkumar Bari. The foot-tapping song showcases adorable chemistry between Ankita and Tanmay has been shot at the exotic locales in Alibaug.

'Hukmachi Rani' song, Ankita Raut, Tanmay Patekar
‘Hukmachi Rani’ song, Ankita Raut, Tanmay Patekar

Depicting a beautiful love story between the lead protagonists – Ankita and Tanmay, Having featured in popular Koli songs before, Ankita’s sizzling dance moves is one of the biggest USPs of the song, apart from Tanmay’s cute expressions as his character expresses love for Ankita. Both of them are seen in different costumes in this song.

Director Kailash Pawar says, “It’s a soothing, romantic track where Tanmay’s character is trying to impress the character played by Ankita and eventually they both fell in love and get happily married.”  Now, it remains to be seen whether  ‘Hukmachi Rani’ will be enjoyed by viewers across all age groups, as expected by the director.

New Show ‘Patla Tar Ghya with Jayanti’ on Planet Marathi

Om Raut, Jayanti Waghmare, Amruta Khanvilkar, Marathi show 'Patla tar ghya'
Om Raut, Jayanti Waghmare, Amruta Khanvilkar, Marathi show ‘Patla tar ghya’

Planet Marathi OTT Channel which has offered variety of Marathi web films and series during the last year, will now be offering variety of entertainment shows in the year 2023. ‘Patla Tar Ghya with Jayanti’ an entertainment show anchored by Jayanti Waghmare will be one of them. Through this show, Jayanti, who has 12 years experience in Marathi entertainment industry, will be presenting talk shows and game shows with Marathi celebrities.

 This show which has begun from 26th January 2023 with talk show with Tejaswini Pandit and Abhijit Panse will be presented every Friday with new episode. In the forthcoming episodes, you will meet the celebrities like Amruta Khanvilkar, Sonali Kulkarni, Prajakta Mali , Om Raut and others, who will  be interviewed by Jayanti to extract some unknown things in their life not known to their fans.

 Jayanti herself is excited about this show and thanks Planet Marathi for giving her an opportunity to present this entertaining show.

Amruta Khanvilkar to play Lalita Babar in her biopic

Lalita Shivaji Babar biopic, Lead role Amruta Khanvilkar
Lalita Shivaji Babar biopic, Lead role Amruta Khanvilkar

Popular Marathi actress Amruta Khanvilkar will be playing the role of renowned international level athlete Lalita Shivaji Babar in her biopic to be presented by Akshay Bardapurkar, Planet Marathi and Endemol Shine India. This film will be produced by Akshay Vilas Bardapurkar, Rishi Negi, Gaurav Gokhaleand Ronit Mitra. Announcement of this Marathi film was made on the occasion of Republic day with the release of poster of this film, carrying the photo of lead actress Amruta Khanvilkar.

Amruta Khanvilkar won best actress award , Fakt Marathi cine award

Amruta Khanvilkar won best actress award , Fakt Marathi cine award

According to the makers of this film, this film will be released on next republic day, i.e. on 26th January 2024. Speaking about her role in this film, Amruta Khanvilkar says, “I am glad that I got an opportunity to play the role of world renowned athlete like Lalit Babar who has many achievements on record. For the past one year I have been in touch with her and studying her behaviour and body language , so that I could give full justice to this character.”

 Mr. Akshay Bardapurkar feels that a biopic on the life of a girl coming from a from farmer’s family in small village from Satara, would certainly inspire one and all. Gaurav Gokhale from Endemol Shine India says that after making National level and regional films, with this film they have entered the Marathi film industry in association with Planet Marathi  He is confident that a talented actress like Amruta will give justice to her character in this film.

Anand L Rai & Kshiti Jog announce ‘Jhimma 2′

Team 'jhimma' Suchitra Bandekar, Sayali Sanjiv, Hemant Dhome, Kshiti Jog, Suhas Joshi
Team ‘jhimma’ Suchitra Bandekar, Sayali Sanjiv, Hemant Dhome, Kshiti Jog, Suhas Joshi

After the success of their Marathi film ‘Jhimma’ one year ago,producers Anand L Rai and Kshiti Jog have announced their next film ‘Jhimma 2′ through a video on social media. In this video Nirmiti Sawant is seen asking for permission from Anant Jog to go on a tour. In this sequel Nirmiti is asked by Anant Jog to take her daughter-in-law along with her. So, it remains to be seen who will play her daughter in law and whether other tour friends will be the same or different group.

 Directed by Hemant Dhome, this part 2 of ‘Jhimma’ will be presented by Anand L Rai and Colour Yellow Productions.  Speaking about this film, Hemant said that after the success of ‘Jhimma’ , he has been approached by many women, who enquired about the sequel. This time, there was more fun making this part 2 and I am sure the audience will enjoy it. Producer Anand L Rai said that he was more than happy to be associated with this team and added that they could pass a good message through their film and therefore decided to to make part 2.

Mahesh Nene completes shooting of his Marathi Movie ‘Daak’

Ashwini Kalsekar, Bhumi Shirodkar, Vedangi Kulkarni, Pranali Dhumal in 'Daak' Movie
Ashwini Kalsekar, Bhumi Shirodkar, Vedangi Kulkarni, Pranali Dhumal in ‘Daak’ Movie

Variety of  subjects presented by Marathi cinema has invited the attention of  many all over the world.   Marathi cinemas are produced with the passion of innovation, changing with the times. In the wave of comedy films comes a film that grabs the attention of everyone. However, the number of horror films in Marathi are very less as compared to comedy, content-based and entertaining films. The upcoming Marathi horror film titled ‘Daak’ will perhaps fill out this gap. The shooting of  ‘Daak’ was completed recently.

Mahesh Nene, 'Daak Marathi movie, Ashwini Kalsekar, Sanjivani Jadhav, Aniket Kelkar, Bhumi Shirodkar,
Mahesh Nene, ‘Daak Marathi movie, Ashwini Kalsekar, Sanjivani Jadhav, Aniket Kelkar, Bhumi Shirodkar,

Ratish Tawde and Mahesh Nene have produced the film ‘Daak’ under the banner of Mahesh Nene Productions. The film was shot in Baijnath village near picturesque Kolad in Raigad district. Mahesh Nene has accepted the challenge of presenting a horror film to Marathi audiences through ‘Daak’ and based on advanced technology and innovative plot, he is going to give the fans an experience of fear. Mahesh Nene has already announced his upcoming film ‘Chimaji Appa’ and currently the work of this film is also going on at a fast pace.

Now, it remains to be seen whether ‘Daak’ will offer the audience a thrilling experience. Although the exact plot of the film is kept under wraps for now, the secret will be revealed soon. ‘Daak’ has received Devang Gandhi’s special support. Along with the direction, the story of the film has also been written by Mahesh Nene. Actors Ashwini Kalsekar, Sanjivani Jadhav, Aniket Kelkar etc. have played various characters in this film.

‘Dariya, Dariya…’ song from ‘Gadad Andhar’ released


Forthcoming  Marathi film ‘Gadad Andhar’ is in the limelight for the past few days, having tried a  different experiment in Marathi for the first time. The curiosity of this film has increased since the release of its teaser. Now, a new song from this movie has been released for the audience. The song ‘Dariya, Dariya…’ gives a glimpse of this film, which takes us on a journey of a unique underwater world.

Made under the banner of Elula Feature Vision Pvt. Ltd., by producers Captain Avadesh Singh and Varsha Singh , ‘Gadad Andhar’ is directed by Pradnyesh Ramesh Kadam.   ‘Dariya, Dariya…’ song  has been penned  by lyricist Abhishek Khankar, sung and composed by singer-composer Rohit Shyam Raut himself. ‘Mujor mana re, tu sod kinare, haravlelya suranna tu shodh punha re…’ the starting of the song ‘Dariya, Dariya…’ tells a lot about the song choreographed by  Shafi Shaikh. Neha Mahajan, Jay Dudhane in Marathi movie 'Gadad Andhaar'

Neha Mahajan, Jay Dudhane in Marathi movie ‘Gadad Andhaar’

This song is available on Zee Music Marathi. The mighty blue sea, beaches and sea-coasts surrounded by greenery, coconut trees and groves, amazing aerial camerawork and glimpses of the underwater world are perfectly presented in the song.

 ‘Gadad Andhar’  stars ‘MTV SplitsVilla X3′ winner and ‘Bigg Boss’ fame Jay Dudhane in the lead role, along with actress Neha Mahajan. Other artistes are Shubhangi Tambale, Akash Kumbhar etc. Pradnyesh Kadam has written the film along with Laukik and Chetan Mule.  This so called  Super natural thriller will release on 3rd February 2023 all over  Maharashtra.

Prajakta Mali launches her own brand of Jewellery ‘PrajaktaRaj’

Vishwas Patil, Prajataka Mali, Raj Thackeray
Vishwas Patil, Prajakta Mali, Raj Thackeray

 Popular Marathi actress Prajakta Mali known for her acting and anchoring talents, recently launched her own collection of traditional Maharashtrian Jewellery.  Chief guest MNS Chief Raj Thackeray launched her brand collection ‘Prajaktaraj’ in Mumbai in presence of guest of honour renowned writer Vishwas Patil .

 Speaking about her collection of Jewellery, Mr. raj Thackeray was all praise for her unique collection. “When I was shown this traditional collection, I was myself not aware of them. I appreciate her enthusiasm while presenting this rare collection,” he said. Mr. Vishwas Patil also praised Prajakta’s efforts in creating her own brand , while keeping the Maharashtriyan tradition alive.

Prajataka Mali, Raj Thackeray, Vishwas Patil
Prajataka Mali, Raj Thackeray, Vishwas Patil

Speaking on this occasion Prajakta said, “ I had never even thought that one day I would launch my own brand of jewellery. But, this new journey has begun. I have really workd very hard to lanch this collection. Many experts have helped me. Even the the brand name ‘PrajaktaRaj’ given to this collection is most suitable to keep the Maharashtrian tradition alive.