Who says that marathi films are not competing with Bollywood ? On 13th April 2012, you will witness not just one or two, but five Marathi films not only competing with Bollywood, but amongst themselves. The much awaited award winning film ‘Babu Band Bajaa’ has finally found this day for release, when another talked about film ‘Kashala Udyachi Baat’ also releases on the same day. This day is also found auspicious by Nitin Chandrakant Desai to release his mega film ‘Raja Shivachatrapati’ and at the same time the long awaited ‘Arohi’ which has also been acclaimed at few film festivals, also releases on this day. But, the last one hasn’t been able to find theatres in Mumbai yet.

‘Kashala Udyachi Baat’, which releases with its Hindi version ‘Chodo Kalki Baatein’ shows the journey of an IT professional (Sachin Khedekar) from his workaholic stage, craving for more to a stage where he is satisfied and content. During this journey, he meets an interesting inspirational individual- a charismatic Blind man (Anupam Kher) who makes him understand the importance of living life wholeheartedly. It’s a different film on the subject written and directed by Pramod Joshi. The film is likely to attract audience from all age groups. The film also stars Mrinal Kulkarni & Atul Parchure in important roles.

‘Uchala Re Uchala’ directed by Yashwant Chaughule, Amol Bhave, sounds like a traditional Marathi comedy film with a team of artistes who have entertained the television audience in comedy reality shows. Four of them- Anand Ingale, Vaibhav Mangale, Abhijit Chavan & Sanjay Khapre are already popular TV and stage stars. And, Anand – Vaibhav pair has established themselves as popular anchors during the award functions. Now, it all remains to be seen, how much successful they will be on big screen. Script of this film will play a crucial role to invite the audience to movie halls. This movie is being released on 12th, instead of 13th April.

Nitin Chandrakant Desai, who presented his mega project ‘Raja Shivachatrapati’ on television, is now ready with the feature film with the same title . This film will also be released on 13th April 2012. Certainly, watching the great Maratha warrior on big screen, will also be a big attraction for children during vacation.

High command will focus on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute, and how the play of politics takes precedence over development issues. Directed by Yashwant Bhalkar, High Command features actors Sharad Ponkshe, Sunil Barve, Rahul Solapurkar, Ashwini Ekbote, Priyanka Yadav and Swapnil Rajshekhar. While the story has been written by Manish Ram Kulkarni, the dialogues have been penned by Pradip Patil.

Finally, all eyes on ‘Babu Band Bajaa’ which is tale of a son of a Band artiste. It’s a tug-of-war between fate and hope; which shows the irrepressible surge to soar in life, pitted against the vicious grip of circumstances. The film has already won 33 awards in different categories, including 3 national awards last year. Mitalee Jagtap, who plays the mother of the boy, having won the best actress national award for her performance in this film. ‘Babu Band Bajaa’ is a sensible film from director Rajesh Pinjani and is sure to invite the attention of many people.