Poster of new Marathi film ‘Samrenu’ released
Poster of new Marathi film ‘Samrenu’ starring Mahesh Dongre and Ruchita Mangde was released by Pankaja Munde recently. ‘Directed by Mahesh Dongre himself, ‘Samrenu’ will be an intense love story of Samya and Renu . Interestingly, the film has a tagline ‘Survaat Mahatwachi Naay,Shevat Mahatvachay…’ ( Beginning is not important but the end is…) . On the poster of this film, the lead pair is clearly seen.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Guest Pankaja Munde said, “I am very keen to see the release of this film, as the producer belongs to my Beed district and entire shooting of this film has taken place in Beed. I am giving my best wishes to the entire team of this film.” Actor – director Mahesh Dongre reacted, “ This is a love story. I would not like to disclose much about the story but I can tell you that the music composed by Suraj- Dheeraj is very impressive. and the songs will be appreciated by the audience. “
This film is presented by M.R. Film World and well known singers like Kunal Ganjawala, Neeti Mohan, Aadarsh Shinde and Ajay Gogavale have rendered their voices for the songs in this film.
Shooting of ‘Shyamchi Aai’ begins in Pawas
‘Shyamchi Aai’ reminds us of the great mother presented by Sane Guruji through his book. Few days ago director Sujay Dahake had announced his film ‘Shyamchi Aai’ with the feeling in his mind that the new generation should know about this great mother. Now, shooting of this film has started at a holy place Pawas, Off Ratnagiri in Konkan. Minister of Maharashtra Mr. Uday Samant was the chief guest on this occasion.
The first Shooting schedule has started. Shooting of Shyamchi Aai, which plans to complete in two schedules. In today’s colourful but materialistic world this film is expected to take the audience back to the old days as it will be presented in black and white. Sane Guruji wrote the book ‘Shyamchi Aai’ out of immense love, devotion and gratitude for his mother. Director Sujay Dahake is trying to present some aspects of this which have been neglected till date.
Through his past films, Sujay has always tried to offer something different from the mainstream. He has already won national awards through ‘Shala’, has entertained the audience by making diverse and innovative movies like ‘Phuntroo’, ‘Ajoba’, ‘Kesari’. The film ‘Shyamchi Aai’ is the next step on this path, for which he has done a lot of research.
‘My Dad’s Wedding’ will be Subhash Ghai’s new Marathi film
On the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa, popular film maker Subhash Ghai announced his new Marathi film ‘My Dad’s Wedding’ with the release of this film’s poster on social media. The names of the artistes have not been announced yet, but the shooting of this film will take place in London. This film will be directed by Lokesh Vijay Gupte.
Subhash Ghai, Lokesh Gupte
The title of this film clearly suggests that the film’s story will be a new subject to Marathi audience and besides Marathi other language like English is most likely to be used in the dialogues.Speaking about this film director Lokesh Gupte says, “Till now, I have been looking after the work of Subhash Ghai. He has rich experience in the film industry. And therefore, working for his film is itself a big thing for me. Though the names of the artistes haven’t been announced, you will see all versatile artistes in the star cast of this film. This will be a family film speaking about relations.”
Subhash Ghai feels that the subject of his film is different. “ In Marathi film industry, story plays an important role and therefore I am always eager to make Marathi films. I shall continue to make more Marathi films with good subjects in future,” he added.
‘Gulhar’ poster launched on auspicious Gudi Padwa day
The story plays a very important role in the success of Marathi film. Therefore, now days Marathi film makers are paying attention to this aspect. On the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa makers of Marathi film Shantaram (Appa) Medage, Shivaji Bhintade, Anup Shinde, Abid Syed launched the poster of their film ‘Gulhar (गुल्हर)’. This film presents Ravi Kale and Bhargavi Chirmule in the lead roles for the first time together and the story of this film revolves around an 11 year old boy. This itself clearly indicates that their roles author backed.
‘Gulhar’ Movie , Ravi Kale, Vinayak Potdar, Bhargavi Chirmule
The film is written by Mohan Padwal ,scripted by Sanjay Navgire and directed by Ramesh Sahebrao Chaudhary . Besides Ravi and Bhargavi the other star cast of the film comprise of Vinayak Poddar, Madhav Abhyankar, Suresh Vishwakarma, Kishor Chougule, Rukmini Sutar, Shivani Bavkar, Ganesh Kokate, Kapil Kadam, Pushpa Chaudhary, Shivaji Bhintade, Anup Shinde, Manjiri Yashwant, Swapnil Landge, Reshma Phadtare, Sachin Malwade, Devendra Vayal and Ganesh Shitole,
Padmanabh Gaikwad has composed the music for the songs . Vishal Patil is the choreographer while Kumar Dongre is the cinematographer and compiler. Background music is by Kedar Divekar and sound design by Nikhil Lanjekar and Himanshu Ambekar. The film has already won prestigious awards at various film festivals and will now be released on 6th May 2022 all over Maharashtra.
‘Bharat Majha Desh Aahe’ to release on 6th May
On the occasion of Shahid Divas recently, Producer Dr. Ashish Agarwal, Presenters SB Creations and director Pandurang Krushna Jadhav announced the release date of their film ‘Bharat Majha Desh Aahe’ as 6th May 2022. The teaser of this film had already indicated that it will be a Patriotic film .
The film stars two child stars Rajveersigh Gaikwad ( popularly known as ‘Ladoo’ on small screen) and Devanshi Sawant along with popular artistes like Mangesh Desai, Shashank Shende, Chhaya Kadam, Hemangi Kavi and Namrata Salokhe in lead roles. Director Pandurang Krushna Jadhav has himself written the story of this film with screenplay and dialogues by Natharam Dhapse. Lyrics by Sameer Samant and music by Ashwin Srinivas are the other credits. The film has a tagline ‘Ahinsa Paramo Dharma’.
“This film will be an ideal gift for children during vacation and every child should see this film,” says Writer- director Pandurang Krushna Jadhav.
The first Teaser & poster of ‘Sher Shivraj’ released
Digpal Lanjekar who had successfully directed earlier Marathi films like ‘Farzand’, ‘Fatteshikast’ and very recently released his film ‘Pawankhind, is now getting ready to release his next film ‘Sher Shivraj’. Through this film Digpal has focussed on how Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj killed Afzal Khan at Pratapgad fort.
It may be recalled that the Slaughtering of Afzal Khan is an important chapter in the history of Shivaji Maharaj’s period. We can say that then ‘Hindavi Swarajya’ was established in the true sense. Now, the Marathi film lovers are getting ready to witness the historic golden chapter on the silver screen on 22nd April all over.
A glimpse of this historic moment can be seen on the recently released poster and Teaser of the film ‘Sher Shivraj’. The saffron flag of ‘Hindavi Swarajya’ proudly fluttering on Pratapgad, the blood soaked hand of the Maharaj, the tiger nails which pulled out the bowels of Afzal Khan and the dazzling sun, which is a silent witness of all the happenings from that time till today.
‘Sher Shivraj’ is produced by Nittin Keni of Mumbai Movie Studios, Pradyot Pendharkar and Anil Narayanrao Varkhade of Raajwarasa Productions along with Digpal Lanjekar, Chinmay Mandlekar of Mulakshar Production.
Marathi film ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ to release on 22nd April
Sa Creations Marathi film ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ is all set for release on 22nd April in theatres all over Maharashtra. Recently, poster of this film was released on social media, inviting the attention of film lovers. This multi starrer film poster reminds you of 80s and 90s period. Moreover, the unusual tagline of this film says, “Aaj Tak Filmo mein 3 bhai bichade the, lekin un mein Bahan kabhi nahi thi.” ( Which means that till now you have seen three brothers separating, but there was no sister among them.)
Wriiten and directed by Hrishikesh Gupte ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ has a strong star cast comprising of Sonali Kulkarni, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Pushkar Shrotri, Kishore Kadam, Anand Ingale, Vaibhav Mangale, Sagar Sant, Mayuresh Pem, Sanskruti Balgude, Sakhi Gokhale, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Revati Limaye, Meghana Erande, Sanjay Kulkarni and Vinit Bhonde. Avadhoot Gupte has composed the music of this film on the lyrics of Hrishikesh Gupte with cinematography by Salil Sahasrabudhe.
Ketan Sawant – An actor and a magician
Small towns at district places in Maharashtra have produced many talented artistes in Marathi entertainment industry. Platforms like reality shows have also offered ample opportunities to many such youngsters to display their talent. But, not all are lucky to find entry into these reality shows. However, they remain determined to present their skills through their respective local platforms.
One such multi talented youngster is Ketan Uday Sawant from Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district. 20 year old Ketan began displaying his artistic talent first as a dancer at the age of 12 in the year 2014. Very next year he performed lead role in a Marathi play ‘Rangi Rangala Shrirang’ at the local level. And this turned out to be a turning point in his life. Thereafter there has been no stopping for him.
Actor Magician, Ketan Sawant
Ketan has performed in plays like ‘Shiv Kalyan Raja’, ‘Janata Raja’. At present he is performing in the classical music based play ‘Matsyagandha’. He has been playing the role which was played by Priyadarshan Jadhav earlier. Ketan has also performed in a film ‘Barayan’ and in a short film ‘Bolna’.
What is special about Ketan is that besides acting he has also taken keen interest in Magic shows. He has been presenting his own magic shows since 2016. Now, almost for six years he has performed magic shows at different places in Maharashtra and also Gujarat. Ketan has won many awards as a magician from different cultural organisations in Maharashtra and Gujarat. He has also established himself as a show anchor during programmes.
Ketan’s father Uday Sawant has been very encouraging. He and his wife have always supported Ketan in his endeavour. But, his father feels that he should first complete his graduation, which according to him is equally important. After, the lifting of lockdown restrictions on shows, Ketan is now back with new vigour. Sky is the limit for him. MMW wishes him all the best.
New TV Channel ‘Q Marathi’ launched
A TV channel ‘Q Marathi has been launched by Q You Media Company recently. After launching their ‘The Q’ Hindi channel, this is their first regional language channel. This free to air ‘Q Marathi’ channel has been launched to expand their network into regional language. On this Marathi national channel the promoters have assured to present overall quality entertainment through Marathi Digital producers.
For the past ten years we have observed many changes in presentation format of entertainment. Accordingly, the owners of this channel have decided to present popular stars on small screen. According to Channel head Neeta Thakre, this channel will offer quality entertainment with a difference to invite the attention of the entire family. The programming head of the channel Mr. Ashutosh Barve feels that their channel will present all the popular stars who have been well accepted by the digital world.
Trailer of ‘Vishu’ released
Trailer of Shree Krupa Productions’ Marathi film ‘Vishu’ was released recently, giving a clear indication how a young man working in the busy city, has his native place Konkan in his mind all the time. This shows how deep are his roots in the picturesque Konkan. The film presents the sweet Malwani language and pure hearts of the people living there.
Written and directed by Mayur Madhukar Shinde, this film will be released on 8th April in the theatres. According to him, this film is a family entertainer and all the artistes have done justice to their roles. Along with the lead pair of Gashmeer Mahajani and Mrunmayee Godbole, the film also stars Eitasha Sanzgiri, Manasi Mohile, Milind Pathak, Vijay Nikam, Sanjay Gurubakshani, Pradnesh Dingorkar in lead roles. Hrishikesh Kamerkar has composed the music of this film on the lyrics of Mangesh Kangane. Cinematography is by Mohit Jadhav.