‘तुझ्या रूपाचं चांदन’ मालिकेत सुरेखा कुडची यांची एंट्री
कलर्स मराठीवर नुकत्याच सुरू झालेल्या ‘तुझ्या रूपाचं चांदन(Tujhya Rupacha Chandana)’ मालिकेला प्रेक्षकांचा ऊतम प्रतिसाद मिळत आहे. मालिकेत काही दिवसांआधीच “दत्ता”ची एंट्री झाली. रोहित चंद्रा ही भूमिका साकारत असून त्याच्या लुकची चर्चा सगळीकडेच आहे. नक्षत्राला नरकच्या दारातून खेचून, नक्षत्राचं दु:ख दूर कसे करेल, तिचं रक्षण कसं करेल हे मालिकेत बघायला मिळणार आहे. दत्ता आणि नक्षी आता संकट अडकले असून ते या संकटातून कसे बाहेर पडतील हे लवकरच कळेल.
मालिकेमध्ये मयूर मोरे याची भूमिका आपल्या सगळ्यांचा लाडका सुशांत शेलार साकारात आहे. तर आता मालिकेमध्ये अजून एक नवीन एंट्री होणार आहे आणि ती म्हणजे महेश्वरी यांची ही भूमिका सुरेखा कुडची साकारणार आहे. याविषयी बोलताना त्या म्हणाल्या, “आतापर्यंत तुम्ही मला बर्याच वेगवेगळ्या भूमिकांमध्ये पाहिले आहे. याचसोबत कलर्स मराठीवर्ल बिग बॉस मराठी पर्व तिसरेमध्ये तुम्ही मला भरभरून प्रेम दिले. आणि या घरातून बाहेर पडल्यावर मी आता पुन्हाएकदा येते आहे तुमच्या भेटीला एका नव्या भूमिकेत. दत्ताच्या आईची ही भूमिका असून महेश्वरी पाटील ही भूमिका करताना मला मनापासून खूप आनंद होतो आहे. या भूमिकेत एक वेगळेपणा आहे कारण ही स्त्री राजकीय क्षेत्रामध्ये आहे.विषय थोडा वेगळा आहे तुम्हांला हे बघताना नक्कीच कळेल.”
Veteran Marathi actress Rekha Kamat passes away
Veteran Marathi actress Rekha Kamat, who made her debut in Marathi films seventy years ago in a Marathi film ‘Lakhachi Goshta’ passed away (11 Jan,) at the age of 89. Formerly, Kumud Sukhtankar, she got married to Film Script writer G.R. Kamat in 1953. Later, she performed in Marathi plays and shot into prominence with her talent.
Rekha spent her childhood in Dadar, Mumbai and studied in Indian Education Society’s Chhabildas High School and later in SNDT College. She had also performed dance ballet in Sachin Shankar’s ‘Ramleela’, when her talent was actually noticed. She was active with her acting performance, when few years ago she was seen in popular Marathi TV serial ‘Eka Lagnachi Doosari Goshta’. Her co star in this serial Mukta Barve, who played her grand daughter in this serial, has paid sincere tributes to her screen grandmother, on her sad demise.
‘Nay Varanbhaat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha’ to release on January 14th
Known for some of his path breaking films, film maker Mahesh Manjrekar has offered some good subjects to Marathi and Hindi film industry. Some of his film’s titles were very long, like ‘Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai’,’ Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye,’Me Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy’ and so on. Now, his new Marathi film with intriguing title ‘Nay Varanbhaat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha (नाय वरनभात लोन्चा कोन नाय कोन्चा!)’ has been the talk of film lovers on social media.
The poster of this film is a glimpse of contemporary times and the tagline on the poster reads “the collapsed existence of the concrete jungle”. Does this remind the horrors of today’s times ? Misery is writ large on the decadent faces of mill-workers families’ brutalized for over three decade. They represent oppression on three generation. Viewers above eighteen ”Come and watch the film in the theatre if you have guts only…..”, This is the catch line on the poster.
The star cast of this film comprise of Prem Dharmadhikari, Varadh Nagvekar, Chhaya kadam, Shashank Shende, Rohit Haldikar, Kashmira Shah, Umesh Jagtap, Ganesh Yadav, Atul Kale, Ashwini Kulkarni, Savita Malpekar and Isha Divekar. It is understood that Mahesh Manjrekar was fascinated by the soul-stirring drama depicting the struggle for survival after the strike of the mill-worker. Moreover, the heart wrenching writing style of veteran writer Jayant Pawar has led to the production of ‘Nay Varanbhaat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha’. Produced by Narendra Hirawat and Shreyans Hirawat, this film is set for release coming Friday i.e. 14th January 2022.
Tribute to Vijay Tendulkar on his birth anniversary
6th January was birth anniversary of Late Vijay Tendulkar. On this occasion Storytel Audio Streaming Company released the Audio Drama festival of Vijay Tendulkar’s plays suitably titled ‘Te –Ek Sravya Anubhav (तें – एक श्राव्य अनुभव)’ to pay tributes to this legendary play writer in presence of renowned personalities in Mumbai. Present on this occasion were, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Pushkar Shrotri, Sandeep Pathak, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Dushyant wagh, Music director Milind Joshi, Director Mangesh Kadam, Director Pratima Kulkarni, and Rahul Patil & Umesh Barve from Storytel ( India).
A 45 minutes short film ‘Varsaa tencha’, which covers the journey of Vijay tendulkar in the drama field; made by Pratima Kulkarni was shown during the press conference. Thereafter, five plays of Vijay tendulkar namely, ‘Sakharam Binder’, ‘Kavlyanchi Shala’, ‘Baby’, ‘Kanyadaan’ & ‘Shantata Court Chalu Aahe’ were released on Storytel app. Out of these five Pratima Kulkarni has directed ‘Kavlyanchi Shala’, while the other four are directed by Mangesh Kadam. Many renowned artistes from Marathi film, television and stage have offered their voices for different characters in these plays.
Will ‘Badlee’ show new direction to rural education?
Education in rural areas has played a very important role in Nation’s progress.Now, a new Marathi web series ‘Badlee (बदली)’ produced by Mansi Sontakke and written and directed by Nitin Pawar is all set to release on Planet Marathi OTT platform from 15th January 2022. Set on the backdrop of a rural area, this six part web series revolves around a teacher from city who comes to a village to take up the challenge to educate the rural children.
Speaking about this web series, Planet Marathi Head Akshay Bardapurkar said that till now, they presented web series on different subjects keeping in mind the interest of the audience from city side. But now, they have decided to offer some good subjects for the benefit of audience from rural sector and take this subject worldwide. So, it remains to be seen whether ‘Badalee’ will show a new direction to rural education.
Teaser of this web series was released on social media recently, which clearly shows what challenges the teacher has to face while educating the rural children. Veerdhaval Patil has done the cinematography of this web series while music and background music is by Mandar Patil.
Songs of ‘Faas’ praise prowess of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, whose strategies are known all over the world, has become immortal in the hearts of Marathi people. In the upcoming social Marathi film ‘Faas(फास)’, the song that will sing the praises of Shivaraya’s prowess, is expected to make the fans proud.
Presented by Maa Entertainment and produced by Maaheshwari Patil Chakurkar, ‘Faas‘ sheds light on the issue of farmers. A very important song from ‘Faas’ has just been released. This song has been included in ‘Faas’ on the occasion of Shiva Jayanti. This song which starts by saying ‘Ji Ji Ra Ji Ji …’ is describing the birth of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The song is written by lyricist Amol Deshmukh and composer Alan K. P. and has been recorded by singers Avdhoot Gupte & Sheikh Nishant. Listening to the title of this song, ‘Shivnerivar Shivshakticha Tej Janmala Aaj…’ is memorable.
In this song, Maharaj’s Saffron flag is seen fluttering by Doula, but the beautiful idol of Shivaraya also attracts attention. This song has been filmed on prominent artist Kamlesh Sawant. At the beginning of the song, National Award winning actor Upendra Limaye also appears in khaki uniform, then the song starts. This song of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has been filmed and recorded to the sound of dhol. Disciplined drumming and rhythmic dancing can be seen in this song. There is also an authentic Marathi lezim dance with a pair of drums and flutes. Apart from the adventure sports like fencing and dandapatta, also fugadi is seen which is the identity of Maharashtra. Overall, this song is coming at an important moment in the story to generate curiosity.
‘Faas’ is directed by Avinash Kolte , while Upendra Limaye, Sayaji Shinde, Kamlesh Sawant, Pallavi Palkar, Ganesh Chandanshive, Namdev Patil, Nilesh Bade, Dnyanesh Undagavkar, Umesh Rajhans, Sharad Kakade, Ishwar More, Pawan Vaidya, Vinay Joshi, Deva Pandey, Pooja Tayde, Tejaswini, Madhuri Bharti and Shrutika Londhe are part of the star cast. The story and dialogues of this film have been written by Maaheshwari Patil Chakurkar, while the screenplay has also been done by the director Avinash Kolte.
‘Faas’, which has garnered more than 130 awards from critics and connoisseurs all over the world, will be released in cinemas on February 4, 2022. The film will give a new perspective on farmers and their way of life. In addition to Cannes, Japan and Paris, as well as in important cities like Rajasthan and Noida, ‘Faas’ has been highly praised. Ramani Ranjan Das is the cinematographer of the film, while Apoorva Motiwale and Ashish Mhatre are the editors. Art direction has been handled by Santosh Samudre.
Musical Motion Poster of ‘Gulhar’ launched
Unique titles of Marathi films have always invited the attention of filmlovers. It is for this reason, some of the Marathi films have taken huge leap across the globe and have also made their presence felt at the international film festivals. One such forthcoming film is ‘Gulhar’ which is produced under the banner of Ideal Venture and R. K. films launched by Shantaram (Appa) Medage, Shivaji Bhintade, Anup Shinde and Abid Syed.Gulhar. Recently, musical motion poster of this film was launched.
The motion poster moves forward with exciting music. This is followed by a blank black board with the tagline ‘Goshta Eka Unad Manachi’ followed by the title ‘Gulhar’. After working as an assistant director for many films, Ramesh Chaudhari, who did the direction of the film ‘Baabo’, has directed ‘Gulhar’. In short, the story of teaching kindness to animals by blowing trumpets against customs will be seen in ‘Gulhar’. The story is portrayed through the point of view of an 11-year-old boy named Gulhar.
The film stars Vinayak Poddar, Ravi Kale, Bhargavi Chiramule, Suresh Vishwakarma, Madhav Abhyankar, Kishore Chougule, Rukmini Sutar, Shivani Bawkar, Shivaji Bhintade, Anup Shinde, Manjiri Yashwant among others. The story of the film is written by Mohan Padwal and the screenplay and dialogues are by Sanjay Navgire. Photography and compilation by Kumar Dongre. Music Director Padmanabh Gaikwad has composed the songs and Vishal Patil has done the choreography. This film is all set to release soon.
‘Story of Lagir’ to release on 14th January
Produced by G.K. Films Creations and Media Works Studios and written and directed by Roheet Rao Narsinge new Marathi film ‘Story of Lagir (स्टोरी ऑफ लागिरं)’ is all set to release on 14th January 2022. Based on Love and Politics, this film is set on the backdrop of a small town in Maharashtra. Trailer of this film was recently released on social media which clearly indicates that it is a love story with touch of political power struggle.
The film stars Roheet Rao Narsinge, Chaitali Chavan, Rutuja Andre, Mohan Jadhav, Somnath Yelnure, along with experienced artistes like Sanjay Khapre, Milind Dastane and Prema Kiran. Cinematography is by Mangesh Gadekar while music is by Sunny- Sushant and Siddhesh Kulkarni- Atul Joshi pairs. Nihar rajhans,B. Gopanarayan have penned the lyrics while editing is by Anil Madansuri.
Now, a Biopic on talented Tamasha artist Lokshahir Patthe Bapurao
Lokshahir Patthe Bapurao , was a celebrated the folk form of Tamasha and led its golden age with pride. The people of Maharashtra can never forget his immense contribution.
Adhering to the principle, “I don’t want to see today’s money tomorrow. I won’t sing today’s Lavani tomorrow” Shahir Patthe Bapurao gave a new twist to the art form of Tamasha with his poetry and pioneering voice. He has written more than 2 lakh Lavanis in his lifetime.
The musical success story of Shahir, who is considered as the university of Lavani, will now be brought to the silver screen. Milind K. Sakpal has taken up the mantle of directing this film. The film is produced by Kantilal Bhosle, Nilesh Babanrao Deshmukh and Rohan A. Godambe under the banners of The Morning Star Film Company and Acoemeti Productions.
Based on Prof. Chandrakumar Nalge’s books ‘Maharasthrache Shilpakar Patthe Bapurao’ and ‘Patthe Bapuravanchya Shodhat’, the story and screenplay of the film is by Rahul Dorle. The lyrics will be composed by lyricist Guru Thakur. Cinematography by Keiko Nakahara. The technical crew also includes production designer Santosh Phutane and makeup and hair designer Vikram Gaikwad. costume designer Sachin Lovalekar and sound designer Mandar Kamalapurkar. Bhaskar Pawaskar will be the supervising producer.
Shahir Patthe Bapurao was responsible for revealing the beauty of ‘Lavani’ an art form. How exactly was his artistic journey from Shridhar Krishna Kulkarni to Shahir Patthe Bapurao? This biopic will bring forth the same to the audience.
Swwapnil Joshi’s new film ‘Ashwatth’
Marathi actor Swwapnil Joshi had caught the attention of fans through his latest web series Samantar and film ‘Bali’. His series also received a large response. Now he has announced his new film at the beginning of the new year.
The film is titled ‘Ashwatth’ and will be directed by Lokesh Gupte. Ashwatth will be released in the winter of 2022 and Swapnil has made the teaser and poster of the film viral on social media. The teaser of ‘Ashwattha’ is set against the backdrop of one such popular verse in the Bhagwat Gita.