Bhushan Pradhan scores boundary on Ultra Jhakaas OTT
Known for his fitness smart looks and solid performance in Marathi film industry, Bhushan Pradhan has scored a boundary of films on Ultra Jhakaas Marathi OTT platform. Till recently, Ultra Jhakaas have released Bhushan’s films like ‘Unn Savali’, ‘Fake Marriage’ and ‘Lagnakallol’. And now, on 17th May 2024 his latest film ‘Rangeet’ has been released with World Digital premiere on this platform.
It may be recalled that Bhushan’s characters like Pranay in ‘Unn Savali’, Mihir in ‘Fake Marriage’ and Atharva in ‘Lagnakallol‘ had impressed the OTT audience. Now, his latest character of Siddharth in ‘Rangeet’ is also well accepted. In all these four films he played variety of characters. Speaking about the success of his films, Bhushan says, “I am glad that my characters are well accepted by audience in all age group.”
‘Balumamachya Navan Changbhala’ to have a new look
For the past five years ‘Balumamachya Navan Changbhala’ serial on Colors Marathi presented Balumama in different forms during his childhood, young days and in his advancing age. And these stories received very good response from home viewers. Now, the makers of this serial will present all such stories of Balumama connected with his past, which were not yet known to the people.
Actually, in the new episodes viewers will get to see Balu Mama’s journey with his Guru Muley Maharaj when the villagers of Akkol village invite them to their village. At this place Balumama turns emotional in his advancing age and recollects some of his past experiences. And that’s how the new stories in the forthcoming episodes will be seen with a new look.
Child artiste Samarth Patil who had played Balumama during his childhood days, will make his comeback through this serial. Versatile artiste Prakash Dhotre will also play the lead role of Balumama. The new form of this serial is available from 20th May from 7.30 pm onwards on Colors Marathi channel.
Marathi Film ‘Malhar’ poster released with announcement
Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Malhar’ is all set for release on 31st May 2024. Besides Marathi, this film will also be released in Hindi. Recently, poster of this film was officially released when the release date of the film was also declared. This film presents three different stories, which are set on the backdrop of rural Kutch region in Gujarat.
Produced by Praful Pasad and directed by Vishal Kumbhar, this film stars Anjali Patil, Sharib Hashmi, Hrishi Saxena, Child artiste Srinivas Pokale along with Vinayak Poddar, Mohammed Samad, Akshat Acharya & Ravi Jhankal in lead roles. Speaking about his film, director Vishal Kumbhar said, “This film is set on the backdrop of a village and deals with subjects related to this village. Every character has his or her own tale. For the audience, this will be a new experiment. But, I m sure the audience will appreciate this film.”
multi-starrer ‘Juna Furniture’ will be the biggest attraction on 26th April
Only few days a ago the teaser launch function of the film ‘Juna Furniture’ was held in Shivaji Park. And everybody came to know about the presence of Mahesh Manjrekar in the lead role in this film. Now, the Poster of this film has been released on social media, in which we notice other artistes like Medha Manjrekar, Upendra Limaye, Bhushan Pradhan, Anusha Dandekar and Sachin Khedekar prominently seen besides Mahesh Manjrekar. The poster also shows the Court of law, Judge and some documents clearly indicating that the film is based on a legal battle.
The other artistes of this multi starrer film are Samir Dharmadhikari, Dr. Girish Oak, Vijay Nikam, Santosh Mijgar, Alka Parab, and Sharad Pokshe in important roles. This film will also present Shivaji Satam and Omkar Bhojane in special appearance. The story- screenplay and dialogues of this film are written by Mahesh Manjrekar besides directing this film. Yatin Jadhav has produced this film. According to Mahesh waman Manjrekar, this film has tried to show how strong is old furniture. The film shows the fight of a senior citizen for justice. There are many senior citizens who face injustice in their lives and this goes unnoticed. “I appeal to all the youngsters to watch this film along with their parents,” he added.
Trailer of ‘Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke’ launched by Raj Thackeray
‘Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke’ a biopic on the life of legendary Singer and Music director Sudhir Phadke is now all set to release on 1st May. Recently, the trailer of this film, was launched by MNS Chief Mr. Raj Thaceray in presence of artistes on this film and invites. During this ceremony the songs of this film based on ‘Geetramayan’ were played .
The film will not only present the songs of Sudhir Phadke through this film but also those of other singers, who were closely associated with him. There will be total 27 songs in this film, which will be a real treat to music lovers. Presented by Saurabh Gadgil, , Produced by Saurabh Gadgil and Yogesh Deshpande and written and directed by Yogesh Deshpande, this film stars Sunil Barve, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Sagar Talashikar, Milind Phatak, Aadish Vaidya, Sukhada Khandkekar , Apurva Modak, Avinash Narkar, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Sabnis, Chinmay Patvardhan, Nikhil Raut, Vibhavari Deshpande, Dhiresh Joshi and Paritosh Pradhan in lead roles.
Dubbed South Film ‘Jailer’ to be premiered on Ultra Jhakaas Marathi
Based on reforming the criminals in Jail, South Indian Film ‘Jailer’ which is dubbed in Marathi, will now be premiered on Ultra Jhakaas Marathi OTT platform on 19th April 2024. Jailer Shantaram submits a proposal to the Government by selecting five criminals undergoing Jail sentence and taking them to a remote place and make them work as farmers to make that place green.
The Government accepts this unusual proposal on a condition that if these criminals commit a crime during this period, the Jailer will be required to resign from his job and will be sentenced to jail. The Kailer accepts this challenge . Now, whether the Jailer succeeds in his plan, the audience will come to know, after watching this film. But, one thing is sure that story of this film reminds us of V.Shantaram’s hit film of yesteryears ‘Do Ankhen Barah Haath’.
‘Sukh Kalale’ TV Serial inviting all the attention prior to release
Sukh Kalale Marathi Serial, Spruha Joshi, Sagar Deshmukh
Some TV Serials receive a warm welcome even before their official release on small screen for different reasons. One such serial is ‘Sukh Kalale’ which is all set to release on Colors Marathi on 22nd April @ 9 pm . This serial will be telecast from Monday to Friday. Having noticed the popularity of the serial ‘Indrayani’ on this channel, there are big expectations from this new serial too.
Sukh Kalale Serial, Spurha Joshi, rnavi Khadse, Sunil Godbole, Swapnil Parjane, Anirudh Joshi, Swati Deval, Aarti Wadagbalkar, Shashank Darne,Swaradhya Deval and Swati Bovlekar
Recently, during an event for promotion of this serial Bharat Jadhav, Sarita Jadhav and Aadesh Bandekar were present as special guests besides the artistes of this serial and they entertained the invitees. The promo of this serial has become popular because of the unusual story between the lead characters Madhav and Mithila played by Sagar Deshmukh and Spruha Joshi. Besides these two lead artistes this serial also stars Arnavi Khadse, Sunil Godbole, Swapnil Parjane, Anirudh Joshi, Swati Deval, Aarti Wadagbalkar, Shashank Darne,Swaradhya Deval and Swati Bovlekar in important roles.
New Marathi film ‘Dharma-The AI Story’ is based on Artificial Intelligence
Our Marathi films are known for ‘out of the box’’ subjects. The forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dharma -The AI Story’, as the name suggests, is based on Artificial Intelligence. Pushkar Jog who is known for offering such different subjects, will be directing this film. This film stars Pushkar Jog, Deepti Lele and Smita Gondkar in lead roles.
Dharma movie director, Pushkar Jog
After having experienced the Artificial Intelligence technology on social media, now this technology will be presented by Pushkar through this film. Speaking about this film, Pushkar said, “This is a new subject and being tried in Marathi cinema for the first time.” The shooting of this film is in progress and it will be released during the month of September 2024.
‘Hoy Maharaja’ announced on auspicious Gudi Padwa day
New Marathi film Titled as ‘Hoy Maharaja’, aso called family entertainer was launched recently on the auspicious Gudi Padwa day hit the screens. To be made under the banner of LMS Films Pvt. Ltd. this film is directed by Shailesh L. S. Shetty. Popular actor Prathamesh Parab will appear in the lead title role of role ‘Hoy Maharaja’. Since the beginning of his career, Prathamesh has succeeded in entertaining the audience with the varied characters he has portrayed. So there is curiosity about the role Prathamesh will play in this film.
According to the makers, this film falls into the crime-comedy genre and has a unique concept. ‘Hoy Maharaja’ is an exciting story of how an ordinary young man fights for his love. Ankita Lande will be seen along with Prathamesh in this film. Apart from this, Abhijit Chavan, Sandeep Pathak, Vaibhav Mangle, Sameer Chougule will be seen in different roles in this film. The story, screenplay and dialogues of the movie ‘Hoy Maharaja’ have been written by Sanchit Bedre. Lyrics written by Guru Thakur. Music has been composed by Chinar- Mahesh.
First look of ‘Naad’ released on auspicious Gudi Padwa day
The first look of the upcoming Marathi film ‘Naad – The Hard Love’ was released on the occasion of Gudi padwa day. Produced by Shakuntala Creation Production and Jijau Creation Maker, ‘Naad – The Hard Love’ is produced by Sanjay Pagare and Rupesh Dinkar. Prakash Janardan Pawar, who has directed challenging films on various subjects like ‘Mithun‘, ‘Ranjan‘, ‘Baloch‘, has directed this film.
Actor Kiran Gaikwad, who has reached the homes of Maharashtra by playing the title role in the popular small screen Marathi serial ‘Devmanus’, is playing the lead role in the film. In the first look released on the occasion of Gudhi Padwa, Kiran was joined by debutant Sapna Mane and Yashraj Dimble.
According to the makers, This is a perfect love story. The audience will get to see a plot that sheds light on the happenings in the society besides the love story. Regarding the released first look, director Prakash Pawar said that the film ‘Naad – The Hard Love’ is really going to give something different to the audience. The tagline ‘The Hard Love’ speaks volumes.
Santosh Dabholkar and Deepak Pawar have written the story of this movie. Dr. Vinayak Pawar has written the screenplay and dialogues. Apart from this, Vinayak Pawar has also written lyrics for ‘Naad’ with Vaibhav Deshmukh. Music composer Pankaj Padghan has composed the music for these songs. Siddhesh Dalvi has choreographed these songs. DOP Amit Singh has done the cinematography and Satish Chipkar has done the art direction work. Nigar Shaikh has done the costumes and Ramesh Shetty is the casting director.