Sharad Ponkshe makes his debut in Web series
Having performed successfully in all three forms of Marathi entertainment namely Stage, television and films, versatile Marathi actor Sharad Ponkshe is now making his debut through a web series on OTT platform. The six part web series has not been titled yet, but will be a family story and will relate the audience to their own lifestyle. The shooting of this serial has begun from yesterday. This web series produced by Pratik Vyas, Amit Kanhere, directed by Amit Kanhere, written by Yogesh Vinayak Joshi is presented by Planet Marathi.
Apart from Sharad Ponkshe the other lead artistes of this web series are, Shilpa Tulaskar, Tejas Barve, Parna Pethe, Uday Nene . According to the makers, though the subject of this serial is of serious type, this will be a family entertainer. Rohan- Rohan have provided music for this web series, while Vishal Sangwai is DOP and Omkar Mahajan is creative producer. Besides this web series, Planet Marathi are offering few more web series too.
‘Zollywood’ all set to release on 9th April
Vidarbha region in Maharashtra is known for producing talented stage artistes through ‘Zadipatti’ a hub created at places like Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gondia and part of Nagpur district . For the past 60 years the tradition of tent theatre has flourished in these areas where budding artistes get an opportunity to showcase their talent. These stage plays which are good form of entertainment in remote areas, receive a very good response from people who gather at such places in large number.
Set on the backdrop of this Zadipatti, forthcoming Marathi film ‘Zollywood’ presents the story in the lives of these ‘Zadipatti’ artistes. Produced by Wishberry Films and Directed by Trushant Ingale the film shows the plight of these stage artistes, in an entertaining manner. Amit Masurkar who directed successful Hindi films like ‘Sulemani Keeda’ and ‘Newton’, is the creative producer of this film, while director of this film Trushant Ingale has in the past worked as a child artiste in these Zadipatti plays. The film has already won Special Jury award In Indian Film Festival in France . Story of this film is written by Asavari Naidu, screenplay by Trushant Ingale , cinematography by Yogesh Rajguru and editing by Vaibhav Dabhade are the other credits. Recently, the poster of this film was released on social media. The film is all set for release on 9th April.
‘Story of Lagir’ Motion Poster launched
Ever since the teaser poster of the Marathi film ‘Story of Lagir’ was unveiled on social media, this film has created a lot of buzz. Now, the motion poster of this film has been launched with the announcement on social media that this film will be released in theatres all over Maharashtra in June 2021. Produced and directed by Bandu Namdev Meshram, this will be the debut film of actor Rohit Rao Ransinge who is playing the lead role in this film. According to the makers this film will present the new form of love story and therefore will be a treat to Marathi audience after a long period of lockdown.
The shooting of this film is just complete and along with Rohit Rao Ransinge two lead actresses Chaitali Chavan and Rutuja Andre will be seen in this film. The film also stars Mohan Jadhav, Somnath Yelnure, Prema Kiran, Milind Dastane and versatile Sanjay Khapre in important roles. Rohit Rao Ransinge will be playing the character of Rohit in this film while Rutuja Andre will play his beloved. Chaitali Chavan plays the character of an important girl who comes into his life at the most crucial moment. Sanjay Khapre plays the police Inspector, while Somnath and Mohan play the roles of Rohit’s close friends.
Manasi Naik and Pardeep to appear in new music video of Sagarika
Actress Manasi Naik has appeared in many music videos in the past. But, her new video suitably titled Vatevari Mogara’ to be released by Sagarika Music is something special. For the first time Manasi Naik will be appearing in a romantic Music video, that too with her husband Pardeep Kharera. It may be recalled that Manasi recently married Pardeep, who is international Boxer and actor. Through this music video both of them will be appearing together for the first time.
The music video is directed by Sagarika Das who has so far directed more than 50 music videos. This music video will be released on Sagarika Music Marathi Youtube channel. Nilesh Moharir who began his career with Sagarika Music has provided music for this video while Shripad Joshi has penned the lyrics. Vaishali Samant and Swapnil Bandodkar have rendered their voices for the song in this video, which also makes this music video special.
Marathi stars celebrate Women’s day
Four Marathi stars namely Bhargavi Chirmule, Prajakta Mali, Gayatri Datar and Tejaswini Pandit celebrated Women’s day at the Planet Talent office, which is part of Planet Marathi. After cutting the cake they interacted with the media persons who were invited on this occasion. Each one of them shared their memorable experiences with the important women in their lives, besides participating in the fun games organised on this occasion.
Mr. Akshay Bardapurkar, Mr. Sanjay Jadhav and Mr. Pushkar Shrotri who are part of Planet Marathi platform were also present. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Bardapurkar said that Women’s day need not be celebrated on one particular day, but everyday, He further added that the purpose of organising this function was to encourage and honour the women attached to Planet Marathi platform.
Renowned Veteran Actor Shrikant Moghe passes away
Renowned veteran Marathi Actor Shrikant Moghe is no more. He passed away today at his Pune residence. He was 91. Due to old age, he was not keeping well, but had attended many award functions in the past, wherever he was felicitated. Only last week the 6th Ambernath Marathi Film Festival had declared Lifetime achievement award for him. In the past he had won many awards, including the Lifetime Zee Gaurav award.
Known for his memorable roles in Marathi plays like ‘Lagnachi Bedi’, ‘Varyvarchi Varaat’, ‘Lekure Udand Jhali’, ‘Tujhe Aahe Tujhpashi’, ‘Ammaldaar’ he began his acting career on Marathi and Hindi stage and performed in 60 plays. He performed in 50 films including popular films like ‘Madhuchandra’, ‘Sinhasan’, ‘Umbartha’, ‘Vasudev Balwant Phadke’, ‘Gammat Jammat’ and others. He also performed memorable roles on television, including the role of Raghobadada in the most popular Marathi serial ‘Swami’. His son Shantanu Moghe and daughter in law Priya are well Known television stars.
Makarand Mane’s film ‘Poraga Majetay’ ready for release
Having inspired the Marathi film lovers with films like ‘Ringan’ and ‘Kagar’, director Makarand Mane is now ready with his new Marathi film ‘Porga Majetay’, which is also produced by him along with Shashank Shende and Vijay Shinde. The film has also been selected in Pune International film festival in the Marathi films section. The film has highlighted the relationship between father and son which develops at every stage of life, with change of responsibilities.
The National award winning director has tried to handle a simple story happening around us using his creative mind. So, there are big expectations from this film too. The story of this film is by Vitthal Nagnath Kale while the screenplay and dialogues are by Makarand Mane. Guru Thakur and Vaibhav Deshmukh have penned the lyrics while music and background music is by Vijay Gavande. Ajay Gogavale, Anand Shinde and Abhay Jodhpurkar have rendered their voices for the songs in ‘Poraga Majetay’, while cinematography is by Yogesh Koli.
Costumes by Anutama Naikwadi, art direction by Mahesh Kore, make up by Santosh Dongre, editing by Aashay Gatade and sound design by Piyush Shah are other credits.
‘Jhimma’ is all set for release on 23rd April
There was already talk about Hemant Dhome directed film ‘Jhimma’ during the period of lockdown. And now, with normalcy returning soon, the makers of this film Amey Vinod Khopkar Entertainment and Crazy Few Films have announced the release date of their film on 23rd April 2021. Irawati Karnik has written the story of this film with music provided by Amitraj and cinematography by Sanjay Memane.
‘Jhimma’ is produced by Kshiti Jog, Ajinkya Dhamal, Viraj Gavas,Urfi Kazmi, Anupam Mishra and Swati Khopkar and stars Sonalee Kulkarni, Kshiti Jog, Suhas Joshi, Siddharth Chandekar, Mrunmayee Godbole, Suchitra bandekar, Sayali Sanjeev and Nirmiti Sawant in lead roles. The poster of this film has a tagline ‘Navya Varshaat Khelu Anandacha Khel’; which clearly indicates that it will be a multi starrer family entertainer. So, it is expected that Hemant Dhome will offer something social besides entertainment, as he has done through his past films.
Grand auction of players for Marathi Celebrities Cricket league
The inauguration of trophy for the Punit Balan Celebrity League ( PBCL) was held recently at the hands of Indian Cricketer Yusuf Pathan. Just before this function Yusuf Pathan had announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket and therefore received a standing ovation, when he arrived for this function. Overwhelmed by this gesture, the former cricketer thanked all those present at the function, for taking note of his cricketing career. According to the presenter of this league Young industrialist and Marathi film producer Mr. Punit Balan, the Season of this Marathi Celebrities Cricket league will be held in Pune and six teams will participate in this league with T10 format.
104 players from the Marathi film industry were divided into three categories, namely Icons, Platinum and Gold. The auction of players was held with lots of enthusiasm with base price of each player at Rs. 1 lakh. Uttung Thakur was sold at maximum at 42 laks points to Torna Tigers followed by Shikhar Thakur who was brought at 35 lakhs points by Panhala Panthers. The other players with high cost brought by teams were Sandeep Juvatkar by Shivneri Lions for 31 lakhs points, Siddhant Muley by Pratapgarh Warriors for 27 lakh points, Tejas Nerurkar by Sinhagad for 25 lakh points. The captains of the six respective teams are as follows : Mahesh Manjrekar – Panhala Panthers, Nagraj Manjule – Torna Tigers, Pravin Tarde- Raigarh Royals, Siddharth Jadhav- Sinhagad Strikers, Sharad Kelkar – Pratapgarh Warriors, Subodh Bhave- Shivneri Lions .
Mrunmayee Deshpande anchored the show, while the auction part was handled by Rahul Kshirsagar.
Yashoman, Dnyanada Ramtirthkar together in a new music video
Both Yashoman Apte and Dnyanada Ramtirthkar are popular TV stars through their respective serials. But, they have come together for the first time in a music video of Saptasur Music which was released recently on their youtube channel. The music video has interesting wordings “Nako Rusava Nako Durava, Satat Vate Tu Ithe Javali Rahaa..’”penned and composed by Charvak Madhuri. The song is rendered by Aditya Neela.
The Music arrangement and programming of this video is by Dhruv Mule and Shantanu Sapkal. Cinematography is by Anirudh Bandivadekar, while the director and choreographer is Krutik Majhir. The video is produced by Sainath Rajadhyaksha. The makers of this video are confident that this new pair will attract more viewers like the success attained by their past music videos .