‘Bharat Majha Desh Aahe’ ready for release on 6th May
We had heard about a particular village in Maharashtra, where at least one member from every family joining Indian Army. Now, this story will be offered in the form of a Patriotic Marathi film ‘Bharat Majha Desh Aahe’ (भारत माझा देश आहे), which is ready for release on 6th May 2022. In this film you will see the emotional feelings of the family members, when a close member of their family is fighting a battle on the border for the safety of entire country.
The film stars Mangesh Desai, Hemani Kavi, Shashank Shende, Chhaya Kadam in lead roles along with two child artistes Rajveersingh Raje gaikwad & Devanshi Sawant. This is debut film for both the child artistes. Rajveer had already become popular with his character of ‘Ladoo’ on small screen. Now, this film has offered him a memorable role.
According to writer- director Pandurang Jadhav, “Both the child artistes have very important roles to play and through their characters we have tried to send a social message to the audience.”
Produced by Dr. Ashish Agrawal, music of this film is composed by Ashwin Srinivas, while lyrics are by Sameer Samant.Screenplay & dialogues by Nishant Natharam Dhapse, editing by Nilesh Gawand and cinematography by Nagraj are the other credits of this film.
‘Raigadala Jevha Jaag Yete’ show performed at Raigad fort
Realising the importance of Raigad fort a special show of Marathi drama ‘Raigadala Jenvha Jaag Yete (रायगडाला जेव्हा जाग येते ) ‘was staged at this historical venue recently, to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence. On this occasion, a small exhibition showing the importance of this fort was also held at this venue. Minister of State Govt. of Maharashtra Aditri Tatkare was present as a chief guest besides other dignitaries.
Directed by Upendra Date, the new team of this play comprise of Pramod Pawar, Yash Kadam, Upendra Date, Mohan Satam, Subhash Bhagwat, Master Chinmay, Mayur Bhatkar, Sandhya Velankar, and Anita Date. Speaking on this occasion, the team of this play expressed their happiness over the big response from audience and agreed to perform many more shows of this play in the current year at different places in Maharashtra.
Mukta Barve returns with ‘Virus- Pune-2′ on Storytel
Popular Marathi actress Mukta Barve is in the news now days, not for her performance on stage, television or films, but for narrating an audio series ‘Virus- Pune’ Season 2. The Season 1 of this audio series based on Danial Oberg’s ‘Virus – Stockholm’ had already become very popular in her voice and therefore there are big expectations from Season -2 also.
Incidentally, Mukta had also narrated Storytel’s ‘Addict’, where she had narrated an interesting story of Dr. Raksha. Watching the popularity of ‘Virus- Pune’ in Marathi language, the original author Danial Oberg is highly impressed and he has specially appreciated the efforts taken by Mukta Barve to narrate this story in her own style.
‘Dharmaveer’ music released in a grand way
Zee Studios along with Producer Mangesh Desai and director Praveen Tarde released the music of their film ‘Dharmaveer- Mukkam Post Thane’ in a grand way in Mumbai. The film is a biopic on the life of popular Shiv Sena leader from Thane Late. Anand Dighe. Present on the occasion were all artistes of the film, when Minister of Maharashtra Mr. Eknath Shinde, who was very close to Mr. Anand Dighe was present as a chief guest.
Prasad Oak, who is playing the title role in this film spoke about his experience in this film. He said, “In the teaser of this film, I was highly impressed by an important dialogue which states that all politicians are not the same. There are exceptions like Anand Dighe. I am glad that after working in 95 films, I had this opportunity to play the lead role of this type.”
Business head of Zee talkies Mr. Mangesh Kulkarni said, “The idea behind making this film was to spread the message and good work of Anand Dighe to every household. I am sure Marathi film lovers would appreciate this film.” Release date of this film has also been announced as 13th may 2022.
‘Tee Aani Shala’ new Marathi Web Series
School memories never fade away. They remain with you lifelong. During the school life, everyone experiences a favourite ‘She’ or ‘ He’ i.e. ‘Tee’ Kinva ‘To’ . Forthcoming Marathi Web series suitably title ‘Tee aani Shala (ती आणि शाळा )’ is based on this subject. Recently, announcement about this web series was made on social media by Sudio 09 Production. Very soon, this web series will be aired on youtube.
Produced by Dhanesh Ramchandra Patil and directed by Ashish Pujari the muhurat of this web series took place at Jyotirling Temple, at Ninam village in Satara. According to Mr. Dhanesh Patil, “Very soon this series will be presenting the first love in school life and the committed artistes and the technical team are giving their best. I am sure, this subject will be welcomed by the audience.”
Prasad Oak to play title role of ‘Dharmaveer – Mu. Po. Thane’
Ever since the announcement of the film ‘Dharmaveer Mu. Po. Thane (धर्मवीर मु.पो. ठाणे)’ there was a lot of curiosity among people, as to who will play the title role Late Anand Dighe. But now, the curtain has been raised. It is now confirmed that Prasad Oak will be playing this title in this film, which will be presented by Zee Studios. To be directed by Praveen Vitthal Tarde, this film is produced by Mangesh Desai under his banner Sahil Motion Arts and Zee Studios together.
It may be recalled that Anand Dighe was a committed social worker and leader from Thane, who helped many poor and needy people fighting against injustice. Though he is not alive today, he remains in the hearts of several people from Thane. According to makers of this film, it was a big challenge to make a film on his life, but they have succeeded in their mission. This film on his life will now be released on 13th May all over Maharashtra.
Savi Goel’s Marathi film ‘Pension’ gets recognition at Filmfare Awards
Produced by Savi Goel under his banner Saveena Creations, Marathi film ‘Pension (पेन्शन)’ which is based on a sensible subject is in the news today. Versatile Actress Sonali Kulkarni was awarded critics award for best actress 2021 for her outstanding performance in this film.
Filmmaker Mr Goel is very passionate about making subjective Marathi films. In fact, he appeared very optimistic about his two more Marathi films being released this year, for its rich and sensitive content, melodious songs and best performances. In one film, ‘Gaurichya Lagnala’ the focus is on the typical problem and hurdles faced in marriage of a dark-complexioned girl. This is shown in a humorous way. This film is directed by Pundlik Dhumal and stars lead Actors like Smita Tambe and Mangesh Desai.
The second film ‘Fake Marriage’ is written and directed by Swatantra (Savi) Goel himself and deals with a problem of a last-minute cancellation of marriage by groom. Bhushan Pradhan, Neha Mahajan and Dipti Dhotre are leading artists of this film. Highlight of this film are its Dialogues and songs .
‘इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ पावटॉलॉजी’ चित्रपटात सयाजी शिंदे आणि गिरीश कुलकर्णी पहिल्यांदाच एकत्र
प्रसाद नामजोशी यांनी चित्रपटाचं पटकथा आणि संवादलेखन केलं असून चित्रपटाची निर्मिति ब्लिंक मोशन पिक्चर्स आणि अभिषिक्ता एन्फोटेन्मेंटची आहे. प्रसाद नामजोशी आणि सागर वंजारी यांनी दिग्दर्शन केलं आहे. या दोन्ही दिग्दर्शकांचे या पूर्वीचे चित्रपट राष्ट्रीय आणि आंतरराष्ट्रीय महोत्सवांमध्ये गौरवले गेले असल्यानं ‘इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ पावटॉलॉजी’ या चित्रपटाविषयी चित्रपटसृष्टीत चर्चा आहे.
‘Anya’ release finalised on 10th June
The release date of most awaited Marathi film ‘Anya (अन्य)’ has now been announced as 10th June 2022. This film has already won two awards, Best Film at the Elvisbenn Film Festival in Sweden, Best First Time Director, and Best Picture at the Falcon International Film Festival (June Edition 2021) in London. The film has also received admiring reviews at the Toronto Independent Festival and Global Indian International Film Festival.
‘Anya’ has been produced by Shelna K. and Simmi ‘Anya (अन्य)’ and is directed by Simmi Joseph. Simmi is a well-known director in South Indian cinema. He has directed Marathi cinema for the first time through ‘Anya’. In ‘Anya’, Simmi tries to shed light on the very important issue of human trafficking. A documentary has been used to present this subject effectively.
Renowned actor Atul Kulkarni, is the main attraction of the film along with actors like Prathamesh Parab, Tejashree Pradhan, Bhushan Pradhan, Krutika Deo, Sunil Tawde, and others. Besides these Marathi actors there are also Hindi as well as Bengali cinema actors in this film, like Raima Sen, Yashpal Sharma, Govind Namdev, etc. Therefore, the combination of a strong star cast and a rich story will be the USP of ‘Anya’.
Cinematography is done by DOP Sajjan Kalathil. The film was made in two languages, the Hindi lyric composition is written by Dr. Sagar and Sajeev Sarathi, and the Marathi lyrics are by Prashant Jamdar. Along with composer Vipin Patwa, who is known for composing melodious compositions in Hindi cinema, Raam nath, Rishi S., And Krishnaraj have composed the lyrics of ‘Anya’. Background music is by Rohit Kulkarni. Nandu Achrekar, Robin, and Raju are the associate directors of the film, while Shekhar Ujjainwal has worked as the production designer. The costume design is by Nilam Shetye and the choreography is by Sabha Mayuri. Thanuj has compiled this film.
‘Pattice’ promises lovable recipe of love
Hot delicious Pattice is favourite recipe of many food lovers. As this recipe offers a tempting dish, similarly a proper combination of mixture can produce a lovable recipe of love. So, why not choose this as a title of the film? This is what Postman Films and producers Dr. Manigandan Manjunathan and Rahul Patil have thought while offering this Marathi film which will be directed by Dhiraj Adik.
This so called suspense filled film offers new pair of Bipin Surve and Shreya Deshmukh in the lead supported by renowned artistes like Omkar Botre, Ashwini Bhande and Vinod Khedkar . The shooting of this film will soon begin at Banaras and Manali ( H.P.). Dialogues of this film are penned by Vaibhav Ghodeswar while music is composed by Prajwal Yadav. Cinematography by K. Vijay and art direction by Nitesh Nandgaokar are the other credits of this film.