It was the happiest moment in the life of actor Riteish Vilasrao Deshmukh on Sunday evening; as he received a grand reception from the capacity packed invitees comprising of well wishers and media persons at West Inn, Goregaon. The occasion was release of music and first look of his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Lai Bhari’ through which he makes his acting debut in Marathi films.

Directed by Nishikant Kamat (‘Dombivali fast’,’Mumbai Meri Jaan’ and ‘Force’ fame) the film is produced jointly by Jitendra Thacheray, Amey Khopkar and Genelia Deshmukh. Interestingly, story of this film on the backdrop of Pandharpur, is written by Bollywood film maker Sajid Nadiadwala. Another highlight of the film is that the music of this film is composed by Ajay-Atul. The film stars Riteish is the lead role of Mauli- an exemplary action hero in the company of Tanvi Azmi, Uday tikekar, Sharad kelkar, Sanjay Khapre, Radhika Apte, Aditi Pohankar and others.

On this happy occasion, show anchor Abhijit Khandkekar who began the function almost 90 minutes behind schedule apologised for the delay and introduced initially all the three popular singers of the film, namely Kunal Ganjawala, Swapnil Bandodkar and Yogita Godbole. Then after showing the first look of the song on Lord Vitthal, he called Ajay- Atul, who were in a new get up. Then it was the turn of the producers, followed by director Nisjhikant kamat, who instead of speaking suggested to watch the promo of the film. As soon as the promo got over, the poster of the film opened like a door allowing the hero Riteish Deshmukh to present himself before the capacity packed invitees, who welcomed his entry with a loud applause.

Speaking on the occasion, Riteish thanked his friend Sajid Nadiadwala, who was present there and stated that Sajid was always lucky writer for him. He also thanked the producers for considering him suitable for the role of Mauli, in this film. “I am a new comer to this Marathi film industry and I hope you will all support me, with a good response to my film, as you have all done it by showing your presence at this function. It was a pleasure working with this team. Moreover, it’s the happiest day in my life, as the first look and music of my first Marathi film as an actor, is being released today.” he said.

Mr. Nitin Kini of Zee Talkies, who are presenting this film, said that he would be the happiest person, if this film breaks the record of their previous hit film ‘Timepass’. Many prominent personalities from Marathi film & television industry were present on the occasion. MNS chief Raj Thackeray arrived late with his wife, greeted Riteish and the unit of the film. Prominent among them were Sharad kelkar, Tanvi Azmi, Aditi Pohankar, Sandeep Kulkarni, Ajinkya Deo, Kavita Medhekar Lad, Sanjay Mone, Sukanya Mone, Swapnil Joshi, Ankush Choudhary, Sanjay Jadhav, Aditya Sarpotdar, Sai Tamhankar, Sonali Kulkarni (Jr), Sonali Kulkarni (Sr.) with husband, Shrirang Godbole, Siddharth Chandekar, Nanubhai & Suresh Jaisinghani, Shalini Thackeray, Ganesh Acharya, Mahesh Kothare with wife, Cinematograopher Sanjay Memane and many others.

From the first look of the film, there is a clear indication that it will be an action packed musical entertainer with Riteish playing modern day Robinhood and Sharad Kelkar playing Sangram- the villain. All set to release on 11th July, the film has raised lot of hopes.