First film of Planet Marathi OTT ‘June’ due for release
For the past several days we have been watching the announcements of web series and web films by Planet Marathi OTT platform. But now, their first Marathi film ‘June’ is all set for release next month. Therefore, there is a lot of curiosity about this film, which stars Neha Pendse, Siddharth Menon, Kiran Karmarkar, Resham Srivardhanand Nilesh Divekar in lead roles.
Directed by Surhud Godbole and Vaibhav Khisti and written by Nikhil Mahajan, music of this film is composed by Singer turned Music director Shalmalee Kholgade, who is making her debut as music director through this film. Lyrics are penned by Jitendra Joshi, while this film is produced by Shardul Singh Bayas, Neha Pendse Bayas, Nikhil Mahajan & Pawan Malu.
Trailer of this film has been released today on the official website of Planet Marathi. ‘June’ was already selected at the 51st IFFI in Indian Panorama section. Now, this film has also been selected at the Pune & Kerala film festivals besides prestigious New York film festival.
Double celebration for Hansraj Jagtap
Hansraj Jagtap who made his debut as a child star with the Marathi film ‘Dhhag’ which won two National awards and also appreciation award for himself, later proved his acting skills as a teenager with films like ‘Ek Hota Pani’, ‘Re Raya’, ‘Itemgiri’, ‘ Yaari Dosti’, ‘Sur Sapata’ and others.
Now, his new film ‘Pranay Master’ is all set to release on 16th May on Shemaroo Marathi Bana at 12 noon with a World Premiere. Hansraj who comes from a Village in Beed district has a big fan following on social media. He himself made this announcement on social media, on the occasion of his birthday which was celebrated recently at his home. With the announcement of the World Premiere of his new film, this has turned out to be a double celebration for him.
This is Hansraj;s second film with award winning director Shivaji Loten Patil after ‘Dhhag’. Hansraj is playing the lead character besides Prasad Oak playing the title role.
Kitchen Recipe Programme for Home Viewers from 17th May
Due to lockdown, the telecast of Kitchen Recipe programme ‘Angat Pangat’ on Fakta Marathi was postponed during the past few months. Now, this programme will be aired from 17th May 2021 Monday to Friday at 2 pm on this channel. Highlight of this programme is that three different recipes will be presented which will be based on one main ingredient.
The first section will comprise of our own desi , the second will be on mixed fusion recipe and the third will be foreign recipe. This Kitchen show is produced by Nikhil Raibole and Bhupendrakumar Nandan for Café Marathi and directed by Hemant Tambe. Script is by Abhijit Pendharkar. Renowned Chef Shantanu Gupte will present his different types of Indian and International recipes and many Marathi celebrities will also be part of this programme.
‘Khel Mandala’ to be premiered on Fakta Marathi this friday
Having announced daily shows of Super hit Marathi films during the month of May on their channel, Fakta Marathi Channel is inviting all the attention of the home viewers. This Friday, the channel is all set to premiere internationally acclaimed Marathi film ‘Khel Mandala’. (movie review) This film will be premiered at 11.30 am on coming Friday on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya.
‘Khel Mandala’ is an emotion filled story of a father and his little daughter. Speaking about his film writer- director Viju Mane said that it was because of well presented story, the film could influence even the international audience. Lead actor Mangesh Desai who has put in all the efforts in presenting the strong character of father in this film, has attributed the credit to the producer Ashok Narkar and writer- director Viju Mane, for showing confidence in him. Besides the character of the little girl played by Ananya Devre, the film also stars Prasad Oak, Manasi Salvi, Uday Sabnis, Urmila Kanitkar & Santosh Juvekar.
Motion Poster of ‘Kandil’ unveiled on social media
The motion poster of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Kandil’ unveiled on social media recently. The film is already receiving very good response from different film festivals and has also been scheduled to be screened at the 19th Pune International Film Festival this year. Directed by debutant Mahesh Kand is also expected to be released in theatres all over Maharashtra as early as possible this year.
Produced under the banner of L.K. Pictures by Producers Laxman Kand, Abhijeet Kand and Mahesh Kand, this issue based film revolves around five poor but extraordinary youngsters living in a slum, who dream of becoming rich after having been subjected to a lot of oppression as well as frustration on their path. The five youngsters form the backdrop of the recently unveiled poster of the film “Kandil”. While three youngsters are seen seated on a rock under the tree, while one is shown resting over the tree and the fifth is looking towards the skies with a ray of hope written large on his face about a bright future.
The director of this film, Mahesh Kand has had already undergone the journey of struggle in his path to become a filmmaker, as he has not taken any training at any film institute for direction but has made it a point to learn all about the various techniques of filmmaking just by participating in different films festivals and film club screenings. Mahesh has also assisted quite a few filmmakers in direction as the chief assistant, including Milind Ukey in the making of his ambitious film “Humne Jeena Seekh Liya”, besides learning for a lot of years under the tutelage of the renowned writer like Amarjeet Aamle. Mahesh has also done a part time diploma course at Fergusson College in Pune in Photography. Mahesh spent three years in a slum to do his research. The film will be showcased at various International Film Festival before it is released in Theaters of all over Maharashtra.
The film stars Mahesh Kand, Laxman Salunke, Vinod Khurangle, Mandar Phakatkar, Divyaraj Ovwal and Dilip Ashtekar . While Amarjeet Aamle has written the screenplay of ‘Kandil’, Mahesh Kand and Suhas Munde have jointly penned the lyrics for the songs for this film. Mangesh Dhakde who has won the Filmfare award this year and has composed the music for films like “Valu” and “Deool”, has composed for ‘Kandil’, while Nandesh Umap, J. Subodh and Chandradeep Bhaskar have rendered their voices for the songs for the film Sound Mixing has been done by Anup Dev while the National Award winning sound designer M. Sabannavar has designed the sound for the film. Prasad More has cranked the camera for the film . Nilesh Rasal and Dinesh Bhalerao have edited the film.
Still Photographer Sudhakar Mungekar is no more
Well Known Still Photographer of Hindi and Marathi films Sudhakar Mungekar is no more. He passed away due to heart failure yesterday (8 May). He was 73. Mungekar was living all alone and was a bachelor. He began his photography as a still photographer in 1966 at the young age of 18 with Kamat Photo Flash and was dedicated to his profession till the end of his life.
He had done still photography for about 150 Hindi films besides Marathi films of reputed film makers like Damu Kenkre, Shrikant Thackeray, Subhash Phadke and others. In Hindi film industry, he had worked for R.K Film banner for their films ‘Mera Naam Joker’,’ ‘Bobby’,’ Satyam Shivam Sundaram’,’Prem Rog’,’Dharam Karam’, ‘Heena’, Rajashri Productions films and other films. He had also worked with well Known film personalities like N.Chandra ( Narsimha’) Sai Paranjape, Dev Anand, Actress Nargis and Bhagwan dada. He was expert in Continuity photography. With his sad demise, Hindi and Marathi film industry has lost a dedicated photographer.
Amey Wagh offers his voice to Faster Fene stories on Storytel Audiobook
Faster Fene is the most popular novel series in Marathi written by Bhaskar ramchandra Bhagwat. Based on the adventures of a boy Banesh Fene these twenty books are very popular. Now, all these twenty books of Faster Fene will be available in audio format on ‘Storytel’. Every Friday during this month of May new audiobook of Faster Fene will be released in the voice of popular actor Amey Wagh, who incidentally played the character of Faster Fene movie review in the film with the same name released in 2017.
It may be recalled that the First book in this series was released by Writer B.R. Bhagwat in the year 1974 and later this young detective had become so popular that the English and Hindi translated versions were also released. In the year 1987 there was a TV serial released based on these stories in which Sumeet Raghavan had played the role of Faster Fene. The twenty books contain the stories of ‘Fhursungicha Faster Fene’, ‘Aage Badho Faster Fene’, ‘Balbahadar Faster Fene’ and so on. ‘Storytel’ app can be downloaded from Google App Store or Appstore or visit their site www.storytel.com for more details.
Fakt Marathi to offer series of super hit Marathi films
Fakt Marathi channel which is known for offering good entertainment, will be offering entertainment in the month of May by offering series of super hit Marathi films. Making this announcement Fakta Marathi Business Head Mr. Shyam Malekar said, “Due to lockdown, people sitting at home are already under stress due to spread of corona virus. And therefore holding the premiere of every super hit film daily, will offering good entertainment to the home viewers. These thirty films selected are not only popular films at the national level but also received good response at the international level.”
The names of these films included in this list are, ‘Farzand’, (movie review) , ‘Tukaram‘ (movie review), ‘Dagadi Chawl’ (movie review), ‘Morya’ (movie review), ‘Shahanpan Dega Deva’ (movie review), ‘Rajwade & Sons’ (movie review), ‘YZ’ (movie review), ‘Coffee Aani Barach Kahi’ (movie review), ‘Ishqwala Love’ (movie review), ‘Satarangi Re’ (movie review) ‘TTMM’ (movie review), ‘Tujhyavin Mar Jawan’ , ‘Devaa‘ (movie review), ‘Sandook’ (movie review), ‘Maska’ (movie review), ‘Ganvesh’ (movie review), ‘Gabhricha Paus’ (movie review), ‘Khel Mandala’ (movie review), ‘Monkey Baat’ (movie review), ‘Hostel days’ (movie review), ‘Aapan Hyanna Pahilat Ka?’ (Movie review) , ‘Janmadata’ (movie review), ‘Pasant Aahe Mulgi’ (movie revies), ‘Tu Tithe Mee’ (movie review),’ Kalat Nakalat’ (movie review), ‘Bandivan Mi Ya Sansari’ (movie review), ‘Bhet’ (movie review), ‘Sarvasakshi’ (movie review) & ‘Samana’ (movie review).
‘हरीओम’ टीमतर्फे कोरोनायोद्धांना, गरजुंना मदत
अवघ्या जगावर कोरोनाचे सावट असून आज प्रत्येक जण आपापल्या परीने कोरोनायोद्धांना, गरजुंना मदत करत आहेत. अशीच कौतुकास्पद कामगिरी पोलादपूर तालुक्याचे सुपुत्र आणि लवकरच प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येणाऱ्या ‘हरिओम’ चित्रपटाचे निर्माता, अभिनेता हरिओम घाडगे आणि त्यांच्या टीमने केली. बिरवाडी एमआयडीसी येथील कोविड सेंटरसाठी, सरकारी आरोग्य केंद्र, रायगड पाचाड आरोग्य केंद्र आणि वरंडोली ग्रामस्थांना स्टीमरचे विनामूल्य वाटप केले. तसेच आजूबाजूच्या आदिवासी पाड्यातील गरजुंना अन्नधान्यांचे वाटप केले.
‘Photo Prem’ to be premiered on Amazon Prime on 7th May
Amazon Prime Video and Everest Entertainment are all set to release the Marathi film ‘Photo Prem’ on Amazon Prime from 7th May 2021. While making this announcement, the trailer of this film was also released. The film stars versatile actress Neena Kulkarni in the central role along with Amita Khopkar and Sameer Dharmadhikari in important roles. The film has been produced by Aditya Rathi, Mehul Shah and Gayatri Patil , while it is written and directed jointly by Aditya Rathi and Gayatri Patil.
The film revolves around the central character of Mai played by Neena Kulkarni, who is more concerned about her available photos which are not good according to her. So, she is afraid as to whether people will remember her after her death. The makers of this film are happy that Amazon Prime Video have been associated with them to release this film on streaming services, which would help their film to reach worldwide. They are confident that the viewers on this platform their Marathi film with a different subject.