Thrilling Climax for “Ek Duja Sathi”
Thrilling Climax of the film “Ek Duja Sathi” was shot at Basera Studios (Kandivali-East). ‘Ek Duja Sathi’ is a Shri Gauri Shankar Productions film, produced by Sunita Mascarens. The climax was shot with star cast like Niranjan Joshi, Dilip Pansare, Varad Chauhan, Priya Gamre, Kuldeep Pawar & Priya Berde.
This is the first venture in the Marathi film industry for producer Sunita Mascarens. She has already produced one Hindi film ‘Yeh pal ho na ho’ prior to this Marathi film. ‘Ek Duja Sathi’ is directed by Amol Surve with story & screenplay by Kaustabh Surve. The five enchanting songs of the film are written by Shrikant Prabhu & Music is composed by John Meddy. Melodious voices are lent by Famous singers like Swapnil Bandodkar, Amey date, Madan Shukla, Neha Dube, & John Meddy for these enchanting songs.
This film is based on a Love Story. It revolves around two couples deeply in love with each other & in spite of opposition from the parents, their love for each other flourishes and wins over the opposition from the parents. This film has been shot extensively in Mahableshwar, Dhahanu & Mumbai.
Sad demise of Sumati Gupte
Popular film actress of yesteryears Sumati Joglekar ( nee Sumati Gupte) passed away on 31st October 2009 in the early morning hours. She was 90. She is survived by her daughter Meera, a former actress and her son in law Achut Vaze, who is a stage producer. Ms. Sumati was born in Vai, Maharashtra but spent most of her time in Baroda, where she took the lessons of acting. After graduating debut first film.
With exceptional talent,Sumati bagged roles in films like ‘Navardeo’, ‘Chimukla Sansar’ and ‘Sunbai’ which was a hit. She played the most memorable role in Bhalji Pendharkar’s historical film ‘Thoratanchi Kamla’ in which she played Sambhaji’s fiancé.
During the making of ‘Chimukla Sansar’ she came closer to film maker Vasant Joglekar and later married him. Subsequently, the husband and wife under the banner of Mera Pictures produced hit films like ‘Shevatcha Malusara’, ‘Janaki’ and ‘Ha Khel Savalyancha’. She was the receipient of most of the prestigious awards like Rasarang’s Dadasaheb Phalke award, V. Shantaram award and the ‘Chitrabhushan’ Jeevan Gaurav Award.
Besides Marathi films Sumati had also performed in many stage plays like ‘Sanshaykallol’, ‘Udyacha Sansar’, ‘Sanyasta Khadag’, ‘Lagnachi Bedi’ and ‘Vikarvilasit’. She also acted in Hindi films like ‘Mausi’, ‘Urvashi’, ‘Hamara Sansar’, ‘Waqt’, ‘Ek Manzil Do Rahein’. The husband and wife duo launched their daughter Meera in lead role opposite Joy Mukherjee by producing Hindi film ‘Ek Kali Muskayee’. MMW joins her family and friends to condole her death.
‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ esteemed at Paris Festival
Marathi film festival was recently held at the prestigious Guimet Museum of Asian Arts, Paris. The highlight of the festival was screening of ‘Harishchandrachi Factory‘ on the concluding day i.e. 31st October, when this film was highly appreciated by elite audience from Paris. The ceremony was attended by dignitaries like
Mr. Ranjan Mathai, the Indian Ambassador,
Ms. Namrata Kumar, First Secretary , Press Information & Culture, Embassy of India,
Mr. Ramesh Muley, Representative of Indian Confederation of Industry in France,
Mr. S. Bhramara, Director, Indian Tourist Office, Paris and Mr. Vaiju Naravane representing the newspaper The Hindu.
After the screening was over all the 300 people present in the audience stood up and applauded the film putting their hands together. This comes as a good news for ‘Harischandrachi Factory’, as the film has been India’s entry for the forthcoming Oscar awards. The film has also raised the standard of Marathi film giving the best example of unlimited creativity. With this appreciation coming from Europe, the film certainly stands a chance to win Oscars.
‘Raja Shivchatrapati’ concludes with spectacular crowning ceremony
With the picturisation of the historical crowning ceremony of the great warrior- Shivaji Maharaj , Nitin Chandrakant Desai‘s mega-serial ‘Raja Shivchatrapat’ has come to an end on Friday 30th October 2009. Known for its magnificent set designs, rich costumes , ideal locations, perfect make-up and above all wonderful performances by all the artistes, this offering from Star Pravah will be remembered for a long time.
The maker of the serial Nitin C. Desai thanked one and all for the overwhelming response to his creation. He said that even one person from a family gets inspired by the teachings of the great warrior, he would consider it a big achievement. Indeed, Mr. Desai had put in lot of efforts to recreate the scenes to match the happenings in history. The dialogues were really inspiring. His perfect choice of locations and most suited selection of artistes was the main reason behind the popularity of this serial.
There must have been a lot of research to verify the facts before presentation and Mr. Desai has done his job well. Incidentally, the swearing in and crowning ceremony of Maharashtra’s elected leaders almost coincides with the conclusion of this historical serial based on the life and teachings of the Great king. As rightly pointed out by the maker, it is high time that our would be ministers take a cue from Shivchatrapati’s ideology, while taking the oath. Can we expect a clean, non corrupt and committed administration to serve this motherland of the famous king ?
‘Geli Ekvis Varsha’ comes with a strong message
All eyes are set on 8th November, when Natak Company will present their timely sensational play , ‘Geli Ekvis Varsha…’ (In The Last 21 years…). The inaugural show is scheduled on this day in Pune’s Bharat Natya Mandir at 9.30 pm. The play with its stimulating theme talks about the thoughts occurring in the minds of today’s 21 year olds, who are subjected to various types of pressures and challenges, in the existing conditions in our so called independent India.
‘Geli Ekvis Varsha’ has presented the story of a youngster, who finally goes to a reality show which is there to create an extremist, terrorist young force… The play would make the audience think seriously about the prevailing situation and its impact on the young minds. It would raise the following issues:
What exactly happened to those young parents, involved in liberil, leitist, socialist movements during and after the 1975 Emergency? What happened to the concept of a free, secular, liberal and ideal nation ? Where are the values and ethics which are to be carried forward from previous generation of freedom fighters? What exactly went wrong during this period of 21 years ? This is what the play has to convey through its forceful theme.
‘Geli Ekvis Varsha’ is written by Dharmakirti Sumant and directed by Aalok Rajwade. The background music is provided by Gandhaar Sangoram, while the sets and lights are designed by Hrishikesh Nagaonkar and Suresh Bhadkamkar respectively. The cast of the film comprises of Amey Wagh, Siddharth Menon, Sayalee Phatak, Manali Bibikar, Vishwajeet Kadam, Ruturaj Shinde, Gautam Reddi, Vikram Sane, Amol Gokhale and Shardul Kadam. The production of this play is managed by Saurabh Daftardar.
Chhote Champions set to offer big Entertainment
Vodafone ‘Eka-peksha Ek – Chhote Champions’ are all set to entertain in a big way on Zee Marathi from 30 October 2009. This dance competition for children will be telecast every Friday and Saturday at 9.30 pm. You may call it a Dhamaka after Diwali. This is the fourth series of competition, which will have 25 children in the age group of 6-14 years presenting variety of dances ranging from classical to western. The best choreographers have been selected for the job to extract the best out of these talented children.
Popular actor- director Sachin Pilgaonkar will be judging their performances in the capacity of the Chief Judge, while every episode will have a guest judge to assess the performance of the participants. For the inaugural show, popular actor Mr. Ashok Saraf will be the special guest.
‘Zee Talkies’ ‘Natarang’ to be screened at MAMI.
It is a great news for ‘Zee Talkies’, as their most awaited film ‘Natarang’ will be screened at this year’s MAMI- International Film Festival. The 11th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival (MFF)begins today with 200 films from 56 countries, who have found their entry in this international film festival. This year five Marathi films will be screened at MAMI, and ‘Natarang’ is one of them.
‘Natarang’ is the story of GUNA, a farm worker from backward community, who is an amateur wrestler who dreams of playing the King in the traditional Marathi folk art- Tamasha. Atul Kulkarni -the national award winning actor, is portraying Guna in ‘Natarang’. This film is directed by debutant director Ravi Jadhav and music of this film is composed by Ajay- Atul, the top most musician duo from Marathi film industry.
Chittaranjan Kolhatkar passes away
Well known marathi Stage and film actor Chttranjan Kolhatkar pased away in Pune on Sunday 25th October 2009. He was 87.Mr. Kolhatkar is survived by his wife, son and three daughters. Born on 15th January 1923 in Amrawati, Mr.Chittaranjan, who was gifted with acting talent from his father Chintamanrao Kolhatkar, began his acting career with ‘Bhavbandhan’ in 1944. With his rich voice and perfect diction he soon became a popular stage actor. Mr. Chittaranjan was known for his comedy and negative roles and went on to bag various awards including the prestigious Maharashtra state award for his performance in ‘Hirva Chuda’. His dual performance in play ‘Bhavbandhan’ was highly praised by people. In this play he played the villain- Ghanashyam and also a comedian- Kamanna very efficiently .
It did not take much time for the Marathi film industry to recognize his talent. With a small role in Bhlaji Pendharkar’s ‘Garibanche Rajya’, he went on to play lead role opposite Shantabai Apte in ‘Kunkwacha Dhani’. Some of his popular films were : ‘Gyanba Tukaram’, ‘Shabbas Sunbai’, ‘Mohityanchi Manjula’, ‘Pedgaoche Shahane’, ‘Shevgyachya Shenga’. As an actor, his performances in stage plays like ‘Ekach Pyala’ and Vijaya Mehta’s ‘Mudrarakshas’ were most memorable. Mr. Kolhatkar tried his best to promote theatre groups in Pune and worked hard especially during vacation time, setting up temporary structures for open theatres. He has also served his term as a President of All India Dramatics Federation.
With his sad demise, Marathi film and theatre industry has lost a great actor. Marathi Movie world pays sincere tributes to this thespian with a prayer that his soul rest in peace.
Gracy Sing in Marathi film!
Actors Milind Gawli and Neelam Shirke launched their first production ‘Model! Pan Vaknar Nahi’ at Kohinoor Hotel, Prabhadevi recently. The film made under the banner of ‘Mithaswami Creations’ and ‘Siddhi Film Creations’. The mahurat was performed at the hands of veteran artiste Sulochanadidi at the Siddhivinayak Mandir. The film is directed by actor Milind Gawli and stars Milind Gawli, Neelam Shirke, Mohan Joshi, Anand Abhyankar, Savita Malpekar, Chetan Dalvi, Suhas Bhalekar, etc and Hindi Heroine Gracy Singh in an important role. The film is produced by Sunil Atkari, Haresh Mehta, Sanjay Date, Dr. Mahendra Shinde,. The film is written by Raghunandan Barve.
At the glittering function eminent guests like choreographer Subal Sarkar who “praised the hardworking Milind and the pains he took to learn dance from Subalda’. Sulochanadidi blessed the entire cast and crew of the film . Suhas Bhalekar warned ‘Milind and Neelam’ to be careful of unwarranted problems during the making of the film”. Milind Gawli said that “It was the dream of his mother to make a film but she was not here to witness her dream coming true”.
Neelam thanked all those present and her friends like Sulekha Talwalkar, Charusheela Sable, Meena Naik, for gracing the event. Actor Sameera Gurjar anchored the event. The film goes on the floor in November and will be shot in Mumbai, Sholapur, Kolhapur, etc.
‘Canvas’ offers a thriller filled with suspense.
After the success of ‘Dombivali Fast’ producers Sameer Gaikwad and Ramakant Gaikwad are now getting ready with their new suspense filled thriller ‘Canvas’. Made under the banner of ‘Swadeshi Entertainment’, ‘Canvas’ will be officially released in Mumbai and Pune on 30th October 2009. On Tuesday 20th October the makers of ‘Canvas’ officially announced the release date of their film in the presence of the entire film unit, at Kohinoor Hotel , Prabhadevi, Mumbai.
The function began with a promo followed by questions posed by Smita Gawankar the host of the show, to the main artistes and directors of the film. Though Abhijit Satam was willing to talk about the plot, his co-artiste Madhura Velankar suggested him not to reveal much about the film. “ We want you all to come and enjoy the film and suspense in the theatres,” she appealed to the audience mainly comprising of media persons present there. Producer Sameer stated that he liked the script presented to him by director duo- Shivadarshan Sable and Amit Surve and later decided to go ahead with the project.
All the artistes who spoke on the occasion seemed to be very confident about the success of the film. When asked whether the film’s script writers was inspired by popular TV serial ‘CID’ and the hit action film ‘Bindhast’, the writer- director duo stated that it was not so. Every film and popular serial is having its own success formula. Our film is not inspired by any of them. We have offered something different.” One of the lead actors Sameer Dharmadhikari was not present but all others shared their views about the film.
The film has dealt with a theme of a serial killer who begins with a brutal murder of a respectable citizen followed by series of unsolved murders creating panic in the city. The murderer is an extremely intelligent person, who leaves no proof behind, except for a ‘Canvas’ that is found near the corpse. ‘Canvas’ is the story of a duty bound Police officer, his wife Dr. Anjali. The makers are confident that the film will hold the audience to their seats from start to finish.
The film’s star cast comprises of Sameer Dharmadhikari, Madhura Velankar, Vijay Kenkre, Abhijit satam, Sunil Deo, Pratap Phad, Sulekha Talwalkar, Shrirang Deshmukh & Aklshay Pendse. With cinematography by Raja Phadtare, the background music of the suspense filled thriller is provided by Rohan Pradhan & Shivadarshan.