An established and successful actress, a passionate dancer, a witty anchor, Kranti Redkar, who has now forayed into movie direction, presented the first look of her marathi film ‘Kaakan‘ in Mumbai. “Never wear a long dress, if you are required to do a lot of running around, during the first event of your film; because, it makes you stumble, resulting in a fall,” said Kranti Redkar, while arriving on the dais with this witty comment. She looked ravishing in a flowing dress.
Also announcing the release date of her movie with a motion poster, Kranti reminisced “I always wanted to foray into film direction and after watching my dear friend Manava (Naik)’s short film, I decided to take up direction, five years ago. I was to make Kaakan into a short film, but when I approached my Brother-in-law, Mr Bannerjee , he and his team , who are into Ad-film business, prompted me to make a full fledged movie.”
On this occasion, a title track of the film was launched and one of the singers of the duet, Neha Rajpal sang on a track, for the benefit of the attendees. Swapnil Bandodkar and music director Ajay Sinha too, took the dais a to thank Kranti, for letting them to be part of Kaakan. digital poster by Sachin Gurav (winner of Best Poster Designer of a film award of marathimovieworld.com ), was also unveiled, on the occasion.
The lead pair of Kaakan, Jitendra Joshi and Urmila Kanetkar-Kothare shared effervescent tit-bits of shooting days, pulling each other’s legs. Ashok Shinde (who hasn’t charged a penny for his performance in Kaakan) and child artistes Ashutosh Gaikwad, Aakash Bannerjee , who are part of the cast, also praised Kranti’s efforts. Hridaya Bannerjee of Mangorange Productions (she also happens to be Kranti’s sister) appreciated Kranti’s die hard spiritedness and dedication towards her craft. Mahesh Kothare with spouse, Manava Naik, Abhijit Panse, Aadinath Kothare, Phulwa Khamkar were present, among other celebrities, to support Kranti. Late afternoon Sanjay Jadhav and Sai Tamhankar also arrived, to wish Kranti good luck.