Sad demise of Veteran Marathi actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar
Renowned veteran actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar, who was still very active with her acting assignments, passed away today morning in Satara, after succumbing to Covid. She was 79. Ashalataji was shooting for a Marathi TV serial in Satara. It is understood that the corona virus was spread through a group of dancers arrived from Mumbai on the sets of this serial due to which 27 more people on the sets of this serial have also been affected.
When Ashalataji was detected with Covid , she was admitted to a local hospital there. But, her condition worsened and was on ventilator support. Today morning she breathed her last. With her passing away, Marathi and Hindi film and television industry has lost a versatile talented actress.
Originally from Goa, she was associated with Goa Hindu Association and began her acting career in Marathi plays through classical play ‘Matsyagandha’ and thereafter went on to perform in many popular plays in the past. She performed in more than 100 Hindi, Marathi and Konkani films besides performing in many TV serials. In Marathi, her best films were Umbartha, Sutradhaar, Vahinichi Maya’ , Maherchi Saadi’ and so on.
Zee Group launch their new music channel ‘Zee Vajwa’
Zee group have launched their new Marathi music channel ‘Zee Vajwa’. An official announcement of its launch was made during the Zee Gaurav Awards 2020 on Zee Marathi channel recently. The Logo of this new music channel was unveiled by artistes Swapnil Joshi and Siddharth Jadhav. The tagline of this channel is ‘Zee Vajawa Kshan Gajawa’ . The aim of this channel is to inspire the audience by keeping them engaged all through their lives.
Speaking on the occasion both Swapnil Joshi and Siddharth Jadhav wished all the success to the channel. Swapnil Joshi in particular said that by creating this platform for the Marathi music lovers , this new music channel has come forward to help the Marathi film producers , directors and singers. Siddharth Jadhav also congratulated the Zee group for launching their new venture. This music channel will come into operation from the month of October 2020.
Marathi film ‘The Disciple’ wins award at Venice International Film Fest
We are all aware that for the few years our Marathi films have been inviting all the attention at different international film festivals, winning awards in different categories. Now, the latest news is that Director Chaitanya Tamhane‘s new film ‘The Disciple’ has won best screenplay award at the Venice International Film festival . This is for the first time that a Marathi film has won such a prestigious award at this international film festival.
It may be recalled that the Venice International Film festival is the oldest international film festival in the history of Cinema, being hosted since 1932. For the past 20 years non of the Indian films were selected for this festival and therefore the selection of ‘The Disciple’ was a big news for India. So, it was not only getting the honour of nomination, but this film has won two awards in ‘International Critics Award’ and ‘Best Screenplay award’.
Chaitanya Tamhane had earlier made a film ‘Court’, which had also received high appreciation. This film ‘The Disciple’ is based on Indian classical music and classical singer Aditya Modak plays the lead role in this film. Speaking about this achievement, Director Chaitanya Tamhane said that he had worked very hard during the making of this film this award has brought a lot of satisfaction.
Muhurat of ‘Aani Ti Saha Patra’ performed
After the big gap of about five months, due to restriction of movements on account of spread of corona virus; now the Marathi film industry is slowly gearing up . Recently, the muhurat of new Marathi film ‘Aani Tee Saha Patre’ was performed in presence makers, artistes, technicians in presence of MLA Aakash Fundkar who was also present as guest of honour.
‘Aani Ti Saha Patra
This film which has a novel subject presented as a suspense thriller, as claimed by the makers, is produced by Tahirnaqash Maner, Nilesh Pande and Swapnil Vengurlekar is written and directed by Devashri Kasture while the cinematography will be handled by Wasimbari Maner. The makers are confident that the film’s subject will be appreciated by the Marathi film lovers. The story revolves around six friends and one woman investigative officer. Soon, the poster of this film will be unveiled and it is understood that many renowned artistes will be performing in this film.
सिध्दीचा वाढदिवस थाटामाटात साजरा
‘जीव झाला येडापिसा’ मालिकेमध्ये बर्याच घटना बघायला मिळत आहे. आत्याबाईंनी शिवाशी धरलेला अबोला कायम आहे. तर मालिकेमध्ये चंपा नावाचे नवे पात्र आल्याने एक वेगळीच कलाटणी मिळणार आहे असे दिसून येत आहे . हिच्या येण्याने सिद्धी – शिवाच्या आयुष्यात कोणते नवे वादळ येणार? हे कळेलच. हे सगळे घडत असतानाच शिवाच्या सोबतीने संपूर्ण कुटुंब सिद्धीला एक गोड सरप्राईझ देणार आहेत. लष्करे कुटुंबात आपल्या लाडक्या सिद्धीचा वाढदिवस थाटामाटात साजरा होणार आहे .
शिवा चंपाला लष्करेंच्या जेंव्हा घरी आणतो तेंव्हा सगळ्यांनाच प्रश्न पडतो ही बाई नक्की कोण आहे ? आणि तिचा आत्याबाईंशी नक्की काय संबंध आहे. पण जेंव्हा सिद्धी या विषयाच्या खोलात जाते तेंव्हा शिवा तिला बाजावून सांगतो आत्याबाई ते बघून घेतील आपला याच्याशी काही एक संबंध नाही आहे. सिद्धी आणि मंगल या दोघींच्या मनात हाच प्रश्न आहे. सिद्धी या संदर्भात जलवाशी देखील बोलते. चंपाचे अचानक रुद्रायतमध्ये येण्याचे कारण काय आहे ? यामागे नक्की कोणत गूढ आहे ? हे सिध्दीला कळेल ? चंपा आत्याबाईंकडून बोलता बोलता सगळं सत्य काढून घेते ज्यामध्ये तिला कळते सरकार आत्याबाईंचा मुलगा नाहीये. अजून पुढे मालिकेमध्ये काय होईल ?
बघत रहा जीव झाला येडापिसा रात्री ८.०० वा. कलर्स मराठीवर.
Now, a biopic on Shahid Shirish Kumar
We are all fortunate to live in Independent India because of the sacrifice of thousands of freedom fighters who fought in India’s freedom movement . Many young freedom fighters laid down their lives while fighting against the inhuman attitude of British soldiers. When Mahatma Gandhi opened his freedom movement ‘Bharat Chhodo’ thousands of Indians young and old became part of this movement. One of them was 15 year old youngster Shirish Kumar Mehta from Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.
On 9th September 1942 when Shahid Shirish Kumar along with his friends were on a morning round uttering ‘Vande Mataram’ to show their solidarity . They were stopped by the police and when they continued to shout their slogan, Police opened fire on them killing Shirishkumar and his four friends Dhansukhlal , Ghanashyam, Shashidhar and Laldas. Even while breathing his last Shirish kumar held the Indian flag firmly in his hands, which speaks about his commitment to his fight against injustice.
This Marathi film ‘Shahid Shirish kumar’ which is a biopic on young freedom fighter Shirishkumar, is produced by Madhuri Wadalkar and directed by Bhavesh Patil from Nandurbar. The official announcement of this film was made in Nandurbar by director Bhavesh Patil. According to him, official permission to make this film on Shirishkumar has been obtained from Shirishkumar’s sister Anuradha Thakore and her husband Umesh Thakore, who have agreed to give all the support.
‘Choricha Mamla’ to be made in five different languages
Marathi film ‘Choricha Mamla’ released early this year, has received a very good response. Now, the good news for writer –director Priyadarshan Jadhav is that this film will be produced in five different languages, namely, Hindi, Kannada, Malyalam, Telugu and Tamil . And, this itself is a big news for the producers of this film Sudhakar Omale, Aakash Pendharkar,Sachin Narkar, Vikas Pawar, Smita Omale and presenters Everest Entertainment.
Another good news is that the film makers are getting ready with ‘Choricha Mamla – 2′ which will have the same team . Recently, Priyadarshan Jadhav the writer – director of the film gave a clear indication of this news, releasing a group photo of all these lead artistes. However, it remains to be seen, whether other artistes will also be added in this team.
‘Whistle Blowing Suit’ first look unveiled
Our Marathi film makers have always been trying new experiments through their films. Now, Writer- director Dyaneshwar Margajj is all set to offer something unique through his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Whistle Blowing Suit’, first look of which was unveiled recently. Made under his home production banner ‘Aai Shri Bhagvatidevi Productions’, this film presents various emotions of a young girl. The film maker has worked very hard for five long years on research, scripting and story, besides shooting and post production work which involves technology and realistic locations.
Hindi serial ‘Nok jhok’ fame child artiste who won the hearts of home viewers, prior to performing in other serials and dramas, Vishakha Kashalkar having lead role in this film. Director Dyaneshwar Margajj had earlier made popular serials like ‘Ek Vada Zapatlela’and ‘Nivdung’, while his other films like ‘Sankasur’ and ‘Rajbhasha’ are under production. ’Whistle Blowing Suit’ is his dream project and therefore, there is a lot of curiosity about this film.
‘Lullaby’ of Chhatrapati Shivaji’s era released on Rajashree Marathi
We are all aware of the importance of ‘lullaby’ during the era of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Those days, all Mothers used to sing ‘lullaby’ for their little babies, to encourage them to be part of the force fighting for self government of Independent India. Do Re – Do productions have produced one such video of ‘lullaby’ to take us all down memory lane into the history. The inspiration has obviously come from the Rajamata Jijaoo and the way she encouraged her son Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to fight for self government.
In this lullaby actress Prajakta Mali plays the inspiring and strict mother , on whom this lullaby has been pictured, while her little son is played by Harak Bharatiya. This period lullaby has been written and directed by Anagha Kakade, while Nupura Niphadkar has rendered this lullaby in her voice, besides composing music. Cinematography is by Ashwin Nambiar while editing is by Vajang Aafale. Costumes are designed by Harshita Atre and Shreya Daflapurkar for this seven and half minute video.
‘Aarsaa’ a short film on Cancer awareness released on OTT platform
Due to ongoing lockdown restrictions, there is a big demand for films on OTT platform. Among these films on variety of subjects, there are many short films too. Recently, one such film ‘Aarsa’ on social issue written by Ashish Ningurkar has been released on ‘Hungama Play’ OTT platform. This film presents the story of a girl, whose mother is suffering from Cancer. The girl promises her mother to look after her. While fulfilling her promise, her boyfriend deserts her.
Through this film there is a very good message delivered, comparing our life with a mirror. And questioning what if there were no mirrors in this world? ‘If our eyes were clean and clear, one would have peeped into them’ is the message the film offers. The film is directed by Ganesh Modak and edited by Harshad Vaiti. Cinematography is by Yogesh Andhare and this film stars Shweta Pagar, Chaitra Bhujbal, Sanket Kashyap, Geetanjali Kambli, Vaishnavi Velapure & Dr. Smita kasar.