Madhura Velankar to conclude her programme ‘Madhurav’ this weekend
Well known Marathi actress Madhura Abhijit Velankar-Satam, who launched her programme ‘Madhurav’ from 17th April 2020 on youtube channel was also presented on Madhura’s FB account every Friday and Sunday live at 6 pm. Till now she has presented 17 sessions . Each session comprised of reading out the literature of about 3 to 4 well known personalities, which included celebrities like Swanand Kirkire, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Mangala Godbole & Mugdha Godbole. Madhura tried this experiment during this lock down period, with the help of Rohit Phalke with technical support from Manish Nene.
The programme received overwhelming response from world over and watching this response Madhura plans to have Season 2 of this programme soon. In the meanwhile she has planned a grand finale this week end i.e on Friday 19th June, Saturday 20th June and Sunday 21st June at 6 pm. by inviting renowned people from our society like Niyati Tahker DCP, Zone 5 of Asia’s largest slum, Mumbai Police, Vijay Balamar, DMC Zone 6 BMC, Sahil Joshi, Executive Producer, India Today, Media House and Salil Bendre, Prof- Doctor, Head of Pulmonary medicine, Nanawati Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai.
‘Zollywood’ receives appreciation in France Film Fest with Jury award
Young film maker Trushant Ingle has made a Marathi film ‘Zollywood’ which is set on the backdrop of popular tent house dramas performed in Vidarbha region. Good news for him is that this film has received Special Jury award at the Indian festival of Toulas 2020 in France. This film has been produced by Wishberry Films and has been presented by Dukes Farming Films and Amit Masurkar. Incidentally, Amit Masurkar who had earlier directed films like ‘Newton’ and ‘Sulemani Keeda’ is the creative producer of this film.
It may also be recalled that director Trushant Ingale had made his acting debut as a child artiste through Zadepatti stage plays. Though Zadepatti stage plays which are very popular in Vidarbha, are not known to people living in other parts of Maharashtra and therefore making a film on this theatre art was a big challenge for the director, who came to Mumbai at the age of 16 to do something creative in this industry. This is his debut film and therefore this award comes as a big boost to his career. Trushant wishes to release his film after the film industry returns to normal
Motion poster of ‘Khurchi’ released
It seems that with the relaxations in lock down, our Marathi film industry is gearing up to be on the track back again. And the best example is of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Khurchi’ based on politics at village level. Till now, we have seen many films based on the competition to occupy the coveted chair of power in politics. These films also showed how the competition to grab this chair of power affects the family life of politicians. But, the film ‘Khurchi’ will go on to show, how this politics affects the children.
Presented by Aaradhya Motion Films , produced by Santosh Vasant Hagawane and directed by Swaroop Vaishali Balasaheb Sawant the motion poster of this film was released recently. And the hard hitting voice of a young boy gives enough hint about the effect of politics on their life. Though this motion poster of this film has been released, there is no idea about the star cast of this film. After ‘Balance’ and ‘Posco 307′ this is the third film from this director Santosh who has also written the story, screenplay and dialogues of this film.
ज्येष्ठ दिग्दर्शक कांचन नायक यांच निधन
‘कळत नकळत’ ह्या राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार विजेत्या चित्रपटाचे प्रसिद्ध दिग्दर्शक कांचन नायक ह्यांचे आज पुण्यात प्रदीर्घ आजाराने निधन झाले. कौटुंबिक, भावनात्मक कथा हळुवार पद्धतीने हाताळणारा दिग्दर्शक म्हणून त्यांची ओळख होती. कांचन नायक हे यांनी गेली साडेचार ते पाच दशके चित्रपटसृष्टीत कार्यरत होते. जब्बार पटेल, राजदत्त, प्रभाकर नायक, दिनकर डी पाटील अश्या मराठी चित्रपटसृष्टीतील मोठं-मोठी ख्यातनाम दिग्दर्शकांसोबतही त्यांनी काम केलं होतं. चित्रपटांसोबतच त्यांनी अनेक उत्तमोत्तम मालिका व माहितीपटांचंही दिग्दर्शन केलं आहे.
भावनाप्रधान चित्रपटांसाठी प्रसिद्ध असणारे कांचन नायक यांनी भोजपुरी भाषेतला ‘पिंजडेवाली मुनिया’ व ‘दणक्यावर दणका’ असे विनोदी विषयही चित्रपटाचे दिग्दर्शन करताना लीलया हाताळले. शं.ना. नवरे यांच्या कथेवर केलेली टेलिफिल्म ‘त्या तिथे पलीकडे’ हा नर्मविनोदाचा एक उत्तम नमुना आहे. कांचन नायक ह्यांनी दिग्दर्शित केलेल्या ‘राजू’ या संगीतमय चित्रपटाने रौप्यमहोत्सवाबरोबर राज्य शासनाच्या सर्वोत्कृष्ट चित्रपटाच्या तिसऱ्या पारितोषिकासह एकूण सात पारितोषिके पटकावली होती.
Amazon Prime Video offer a new life to Marathi films
Ever since Marathi film ‘AB Aani CD’ was released on Amazon Prime Video on 1st May 2020, this film attracted good viewership from home viewers during the lock down period and still continues to do so, with word of mouth publicity. Though this film was released on 15th March 2020, its theatrical run was impacted due to spread of corona virus pandemic which forced theatres to shut down. Therefore, it was a wise decision to premiere this film on Amazon Prime video .
Even otherwise, this film had an advantage of having two big names on the poster of this film- Vikram Gokhale and Amitabh Bachchan and therefore it helped to attract the viewership from Non Marathi audience too. No matter Mr. Bachchan had very limited role in this film, his presence was felt in the film, with the plot of this film having a direct connection with him. Above all, Vikram Gokhale being a versatile actor invited all the attention playing that most important character of Chandrakant Deshpande aka CD in this sensible humour filled film.
Now, talking about overall viewership of Marathi films on this network, there is a good demand for films starring Vikram Gokhale and Sachin Pilgaonkar, no matter how big or small is their role in such films. Just watching their photos on the poster or watching them in trailer or credits of the film, the viewership of such films is decided by home viewers. Surprisingly, the non Marathi viewers are increasing day by day, as noticed from the comments seen on social media. Moreover, Family dramas and films with good subject and decent language are preferred by the viewers.
The other best examples are films like ‘Sohalla’ starring Sachin Pilgaonkar and Vikram Gokhale, ‘Love You Zindagi’ starring Sachin Pilgaonkar in the lead and ‘Ek Nirnay’ starring Vikram Gokhale along with Subodh Bhave and others. In short, Prime Video has offered a new life to Marathi films, as the Marathi film makers need not depend on theatre release henceforth.
‘Aathavanitle Baba’ is the best tribute from son Varad to his father Late Vijay Chavan
During the complete lockdown period due to corona virus, the activity of Film, television and stage had come to a complete halt, forcing all those connected with this industry to stay at home. But, those with creative mind occupied themselves with something which would help them to communicate with others, through social media. One such good attempt was made by young Varad Vijay Chavan son of legendary Marathi actor Late Vijay Chavan.
Varad who is himself an actor, having performed variety of roles in television serials and films, thought of using this time to communicate with people through his video programme titled ‘Aathavanitle Baba’ which is spread over in parts. He has uploaded this video on youtube . In a short time he has received good response from people , who feel that it is the biggest tribute from a son to his father. Through this video Varad has described the early life of his father and his entry into this field. He has dedicated one full part talking about his father’s successful play ‘Moruchi Mavshi’ which created a record of presenting 500 shows in 500 days.
Varad also explains how his father was benefited with the experience he gained while working with some top artistes of his time, including legendary Dada Kondke and others. Certainly a worth watch, as Varad has made it interesting by narrating some humour filled happenings during the stage shows of his father and by adding old photos and documents from his collection.
Spruha Joshi’s ‘Khajina’ series receives good response
Actress Spruha Joshi used the free time during lock down to make something creative in the form of a series suitably titled ‘Khajina Aathvanitlya , Sathvanitlya Kavita, Pustak aani barach kahi’. The insta live sessions received good response on social media. It may be recalled that after the first 21 days lockout she concluded her posts which were in the form of Gratitude diary. And then she began her new series ‘Khajina’’
Through this insta series the viewers saw the live sessions on 14 celebrities like Swanand Kirkire, Subodh Bhave, Avadhoot Gupte, Anita Datey, Jitendra Joshi, Prasad Oak, Pushkar Shrotri, Mahesh Kale, Vaibhav Joshi, Sandeep Khare, Amey Wagh, Sankarshan Karhade, Shalmali Kholgade and Siddharth Mishra. This proved to be a special treat to all during the extended lockdown period. Spruha who started using her free time in reading, had this idea in mind to share the likings of literature of her celebrity friends and that’s how ‘Khajina..’ was presented.
‘Yere Yere Pavsa’ bags six awards at Hollywood North Int. Film awards
The first rains of the season have arrived and so timely the awards for the Marathi film with a suitable title ‘Yere Yere Pavsa’ at the Hollywood North International Film awards ( HNFA) 2020, which were announced recently at an online ceremony. For this international film festival, ‘Ye Re Ye Re Pavsaa’ had received eleven nominations . And hence, bagging six awards certainly makes the entire team of the film more than happy.
Directed by Shafaq Khan, the film highlights the pleasures of rains besides the adventures of little ones with a worthwhile message. According to the director, this film takes your mind into a different world. Presented by S. Cube films, India , the cinematography of this film is by Yogesh Koli, while editing is by Chandan Arora. Story by Bhushan Dalvi, screenplay Bhushan Dalvi and Shafaq Khan, dialogues by Abhishek Kargutkar and Vinod Jadhav. Sushant Pawar and Kishore Pawar have composed the music of this film on the lyrics of Amol Powale. Popular singers Swapnil Bandodkar and Avadhoot Gupte have rendered their voices for the songs in this film.
The awards have been bagged by SCUBE Films for best film feature, Shafaq Khan for best direction, Shafaq Khan and Bhushan Dalvi for for best screenplay, Chandan rora for best editing, Arya Adhav for best supporting performance and Chakir Hussain for best sound design.
Priyadarshan Jadhav makes his debut in Marathi web series through ‘Bhootatlela’
Known for his memorable performances in Marathi films like ‘Timepass 2′, ‘Halaal’ and ‘Choricha Mamla’ Priyadarshan Jadhav also tried his hands in direction. But now, he is making his debut through Marathi web series ‘Bhootatlela’ presented by Hungama Originals , which has been released on MX Player. This five episode series can also be seen in Hindi.
‘Bhootatlela’ is a horror comedy directed by award winning director Shivaji Lotan Patil, in which Priyadarshan will be playing the lead role of Rayaba opposite Surabhi Hande, who plays the role of Shivani. The story of the series revolves around a happening in the life of Rayaba before his marriage to Shivani. During the marriage rituals, Rayaba sees the ghost in the form of Sudha following him and that reminds him about forgetting something to carry with him, as suggested by his mother.
Along with Priyadarshan an Surabhi this series also stars Yogesh Shirsat, Sunil Holkar and Sayali Patil in prominent roles.
Shooting of Films and TV serial to begin soon, with conditions
We are all aware that the shootings of Films, television serials and web series had come to a complete halt ever since the lock-down was imposed in Maharashtra, due to spread of corona virus. But now, there is good news to all the film makers and TV serial producers.
The Cultural department of Government of Maharashtra has taken a decision to grant permission for shootings soon, subject to conditions laid down by Government , which specifically refer to guidelines issued by them recently.
The concerned producers will have to make application for the same. Many Marathi film makers and artistes have expressed their happiness over this decision and have welcomed it.