Last week there was no Marathi film released. But, coming Friday two New Marathi films are being released simultaneously. ‘Campus Katta’ produced under the banner of ‘Sharp Eye productions’ is directed by ‘Rangakarmi’ fame Sanjeev Kolte; while ‘Surajya’ is directed by ‘ ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy’ fame Santosh Manjrekar. While Santosh Juvekar plays the protagonist in ‘Campus Katta’, newcomer Vaibhav Tatwawadi also dares to challenge the system through his lead character in ‘Surajya’. In ‘Campus Katta’ it is the fight against the existing education system, while ‘Surajya’ has shown a fight against blind faith.

Incidentally, subjects of both the films relate to the ‘change’ desired by the young generation and therefore the timing of the release of both these films is most appropriate, taking into account the ongoing parliamentary elections in the country. While ‘Campus Katta’ has a team of popular artistes like Santosh Juvekar along with Namrata Gaikwad, Sheetal Dabholkar, Milind Shinde, Vikram Gokhale, Kishori Shahane, Arun Nalawade & newcomer Rahul Dongre; ‘Surajya’ offers a new lead pair Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Mrunal Thakur with stalwarts like Sharad Ponkshe and Madhav Abhyankar in supporting cast.

‘Campus katta’s music is composed by Pravin Kunwar and cinematography by Jitendra Achrekar; while ‘Surajya’s music is by Pankaj-Padgham and cinematography by Vikram Amladi. Expectations are high from Santosh Manjrekar, having given a super hit film like ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy’ in the past and so are the expectations from angry young man of Marathi films-Satosh Juvekar. So, over to 18th April, to check, which film succeeds in gathering crowds in the cinema halls.