‘Vrundavan’ progressing fast, towards completion
There was a time when marathi film producers used to shoot at studios in Kolhapur and old houses in Konkan, due to financial constraint. But after the success of a few marathi films at the box office, there’s a change in the attitude of the producers, who have become liberal in selecting good locations. Also a lot of non-marathi producers have started investing in the projects, giving a rich-look to marathi cinema. This is evident, as an upcoming marathi movie ‘Vrundavan’ recently hired an expensive location, usually patronised by top hindi film makers, i.e. Aayush Resort, to shoot a few important climax scenes.
Produced under the banner Realistic Film Company, by producers Raj Prem, Sandeep Sharma and Sunil Khandpur, ‘Vrundavan’ is being directed by a debutant director TLV Prasad. The makers claim the movie to be a complete entertainer, which has all the ‘masala’ of love, song, dance, emotion, comedy, action etc. Also, the cast of the film boasts of veteran stalwarts like Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashok Saraf, Mohan Joshi, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar & Bharat Ganeshpure. Hindi television star Rakesh Bapat is making his Marathi film debut as a lead hero with ‘Vrundavan’ and is ably supported by Pooja Sawant and Vaidehi Parsurami.
Bollywood’s famous choreographer, Ganesh Acharya, is hired to set dances and Amit Raj is composing the music. There’s is a talk about one of the hindi film’s popular faces, doing an ‘item’ song for the movie.