Three Big banners to release ‘Paani’ on 18th October 2024
Rajashree Entertainment, Priyanka Chopra’s Purple Pebble Pictures and Mahesh Kohare’s Kothare Vision Pvt. Ltd have come together to release forthcoming Marathi film ‘Paani’ on 18th October 2024. With this film Adinath Kothare will be making his debut as a director. The story of this film is written by Adinath Kothare along with Nitin Dixit.
The strong starcast of this film comprises of Adinath Kothare, Rucha Vaidya, Subodh Bhave, Rajit Kapoor, Kishore Kadam, Nitin Dixit, Sachin Goswami, Mohanabai, Shripad Joshi and Vikas Pandurang Patil . Speaking about her film Producer Priyanka Chopra says, “This is my fourth Marathi film and I am glad that it is being released along with two top banners like Rajashree Entertainment and Kothare Vision Pvt Ltd. I am sure that this film on social awareness will reach out to entire world.”
Amruta Khanvilkar and Prajakta Mali come face to face in ‘Chandramukhi’
Marathi film ‘Chandramukhi (चंद्रमुखी)’ which is all set for release on 29th April is the topic of discussion among Marathi film lovers, as the promotion of this film has already impressed them. Now, the fresh talk is about the Lavani in this film, which is pictured on Amruta Khanvilkar and Prajakta Mali, who have come face to face for this musical jugalbandi.
This Lavani has lyrics by Guru Thakur with music composed by Ajay Atul. Singers like Madhura Datar, Priyanka Barve and Vishwajeet Borwankar have rendered their voices for this Lavani with choreography by Deepali Vichare. Speaking about the different forms of Lavanis in this film, director Prasad Oak says, “ We have tried to offer this traditional form of dance in different ways through this film.”
Written by Chinmay Mandlekar and produced by Akshay Bardapurkar, Planet Marathi and Golden Resho films , this film stars Amruta Khanvilkar, Adinath Kothare, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Rajendra Shisatkar, Sameer Chougule, Ashok Shinde, Neha Dandale, Radha Sagar and others . Cinematography is by Sanjay Memane
Adinath Kothare to play ‘Daulat’ in ‘Chandramukhi’
Ever since the teaser of the film ‘Chandramukhi’ has been released, there has been curiosity to know who was playing the character of Daulat in this film, as the photo did not reveal the face clearly. Now, that curtain has been raised and the name of the actor has been announced as Adinath Kothare. ‘Chandramukhi’ is based on Vishwas Patil’s novel with the same name.
The film presents this strong character of Daulat Deshmane who as a leader was always there to help the people in need of justice. Produced by Akshay Bardapurkar, Planet Marathi, Golden Resho Films and presented by Creative Vibes productions, this film is directed by Prasad Oak with Screenplay and dialogues by Chinmay Mandlekar. According to the makers of this film, this film will be released in theatres.
“Lockdown period was for Writing, health and family”- Adinath Kothare
During the lockdown restrictions due to spread of corona virus for the past 3- 4 months, many Marathi celebrities had to stay at home, spending time with their family members and trying to do something of their interest. Marathi Movie World spoke to young film maker and actor Adinath Kothare whose film ‘Paani’ won the best feature film award on environment conservation at the 66th national awards. The film is yet to see its theatre release due to closure of theatres for the past 4 months.
Adinath who is also playing lead role opposite Tejashree Pradhan in Madhuri Dixit’s Marathi film ‘Panchak’ which is being directed by Jayant Jathar is also held up after beginning its shooting in Konkan. At the same time his own web series shooting is also held up for the same reason. So, how did he spent time, while at home? And Adinath quickly responded that he found a lot of time for his writing work. More importantly, he also added that he found a lot of time for his family. And above all, took good care of his health with home cooked food, which according to him was a good diet food. We only wish that things will return to normal and Adinath is back to work to complete his ongoing projects. At the same time we look forward to watch his award winning film and his performance in ‘Paani’.
Adinath Kothare worked very hard before launching his Marathi Film ‘Paani’
For the past four years he was working on the script of his new Marathi film, visiting many drought affected areas of Maharashtra to study the situation. And last month he began shooting of his Marathi Film ‘Paani’ . Thanks to Priyanka Chopra for coming forward to produce this film, which will be her fourth Marathi film as a producer through her Purple Pebble Pictures. Earlier this production had produced two Marathi films ‘Ventilator’ & ‘Kaay Re Rascala’ with third Marathi film ‘Firebrand’ ready for release. ‘Paani’ will be their fourth production to be directed by Adinath Kothare.
Indeed, Adinath had worked very hard on this project along with his friend Nitin Dixit. Now, shooting of this film on a topical subject is in progress. Adinath himself is playing lead role in this film, along with Subodh Bhave, Rucha Vaidya, Kishore Kadam, Girish Joshi and Rajit Kapoor. With a lot of awareness already created by actor Aamir Khan and his team, visiting various drought affected places in Maharashtra to encourage the villagers adopt water conservation methods, the subject of this film is very timely, as it is also based on the success story of a social activist behind development of the village Nagderwadi. This will also be the debut of Adinath Kothare as director.
Adinath Kothare & Tejaswini Pandit together in new TV serial ‘100 days’
Adinath Kothare and Tejaswini Pandit are both popular artistes from Marathi film industry. While Tejaswini has performed in about 19 films, Adinath has a dozen of films to his credit. Now, both Adinath and Tejaswini will be seen together in a new Marathi serial ‘100 Days‘ which will begin its telecast on Zee Marathi at 10.30 pm slot in place of ‘Ratris Khel Chale‘ from Monday 24th October 2016.
Interestingly, ‘100 Days’ serial will have 100 episodes and will therefore end in 100 Days. The story of this suspense filled serial revolves around a couple Rani ( Tejaswini Pandit) and Dhananjay Sardesai ( Ramesh Bhatkar). One day, Dhananjay goes missing and one honest Inspector Ajay Thakur is appointed to investigate the case. Dhananjay has a doubt that Rani is behind her husband going missing. So, he tries to deeper into the case. In the meanwhile, Rani tries to attract the young Inspector’s attention towards her. The mystery behind this case will be uncovered in the 100th episode.
The serial is presented by the makers of ‘Ratris Khel Chale‘ producers Santosh Aaychit and Sunil Bhosale and is directed by Vighnesh Kambli.
Is Adinath Kothare following his father’s footsteps
Mahesh Kothare began his acting career as a child artiste. He acted in both Marathi as well as Hindi films. He directed his first Marathi film ‘Dhumdhadaka‘ , when he was 31 years old. This is what his son Adinath is doing today. Incidentally, like his father, Adinath too has performed as a child artiste. He too acted in Hindi as well as Marathi films. After acting in films, Adinath who is now 31 years old, is all set to direct his debut Marathi film‘Paani’ and the work on the script of this film is presently going on.
So, can we say that Adinath is following his father’s footsteps ? For the past one year, Adinath has toured many drought affected places in Maharashtra, to study the situation. At some of the places, he also saw some watershed management projects and was inspired to make a film on this subject. At present his project is in the pipeline and the details will be finalized soon.
‘Avtarachi Goshta’ speaks about other side of faith
 Rating: ★★★
Genres: Drama Censor: U/A Duration: 120 mins Studio/presenter: Asian Entertainment Producer: Sachin Pandurang Salunkhe Director: Nitin Dixit Writer: Nitin Dixit Lyrics: na Music: Gandhaar Cinematographer (DOP): Nagaraj M.D. Cast: Adinath Kothare, Mihiresh Joshi, Yash Kulkarni, Sulabha Deshpande, Leena Bhagwat, Sunil Abhyankar, Rashmi Khedekar Movie Review by: Keertikumar Kadam |
In the past, we have seen many famous plays and films, opposing blind faith. Recently, there was a film ‘OMG’ which openly challenged the blind faith. Last week released Hindi film, ‘PK’, was also an advanced version of such a plot. And now, the recent Marathi movie Avatarachi Goshta produced by Sachin Salunkhe and director Nitin Dixit , has also tried to make a comment on superstition & miracles, in today’s advanced world based on science.
Set on the backdrop of a small town in Maharashtra, the film shows two school going friends, Kaustubh (Mihiresh Joshi) and Mangya (Yash Kulkarni), living their normal lives, like other children from small towns. Kaustubh being fond of listening to mythological stories from his Grandmother (Sulabha Deshpande), starts believing that after nine reincarnations of lord Vishnu, he is the chosen one for the tenth reincarnation, to end the miseries of mankind on the earth. Mangya, being a strong believer in Koustubh, supports his belief and both start noticing unusual happennings as miracles. Kausthub also starts believing in his superpowers.
Kaustubh’s family, comprising of mother ( Leena Bhagwat), father (Sunil Abhyankar), Grandmother( Sulabha Deshpande) and adolescent sister Shweta (Rashmi Khedekar), are unaware of this development. When Mangya is convinced that Kaustubh possesses the power of God, he encourages him to jump into a pit. In this attempt, Kaustubh fractures his leg. As a result of which, he turns violent against all family members, including Mangya. At this stage, Amod (Aadinath Kothare) the paying guest living with Kaustubh’s family, plays an important role, explaining Kaustubh the coincidental miracles and rationalizes them with convincing examples. Kausthub too realises the futility of his belief.
The limited story is by Nitin Dixit ( Dhag fame); who also has written the dialogues and screenplay, besides directing the movie. Though his screenplay and dialogues are of high quality, they have limitations due to thin story-line. The film however shows promise, with suitable mythological narration in the opening part and achievements of scientists in the credits in the end. The film has become slower in the interior part. Camerawork by Nagraj Diwakar aptly captures the tone of the story and settings, giving it a real and authentic look. Missing love-angle doesn’t give scope to music by Gandhaar, though the songs are good. However, the background music is far better and does justice to the story telling.
Aadinath looks cute and boyish and has delivered ably, what was expected from him, but he has been wasted in the first half. However, in the second half, director has given his character maximum scope. Also, very cleverly , he has shown the one sided love of Shweta towards Aadinath . Supporting cast is extremely good, with names like, Leena Bhagwat, Sulabha Deshpande, Sunil Abyankar, Aashish Vidhyarthi (special appearance). Child actor, Mihiresh Joshi has a central role, which he manages well by displaying various forms of emotions, through different scenes. He has been ably supported by another child artist Yash Kulkarni.
One thing is for sure that as a script writer Nitin Dixit has done a good job. No wonder, the film has bagged nine awards in various categories, at different popular awards and festivals. But, as a director, he needs to work harder.
‘Anvatt’ challenges blind faith
 Rating: ★★★ ½
Genres: Drama Censor: U/A Duration: 120 mins Studio/presenter: Pooja Jyoti Producer: Shekhar Jyoti Director: Gajendra Ahire Writer: Gajendra Ahire Lyrics: na Music: Hridaynath Mangeshkar Cinematographer (DOP): Krishna Soren Cast: Adinath kothare, Urmila Kanitkar-Kothare, Makarand Anaspure, Vibhavari Deshpande, Kishore Kadam , Bhargavi Chirmule Movie Review by: Ullhas Shirke |
Now Writer – director Gajndra Ahire is back again. This time, he strikes with a psycho thriller which makes an attempt to remove blind faith among the people, about ghosts and spirits. The film begins with the arrival of a young doctor Vinay ( Adinath kothare) with his nature loving beautiful wife – Madhura ( Urmila Kanitkar-Kothare) to a remote village. They are welcomed by the attendant at the deserted village hospital- Sadanand Kamat ( Makarand Anaspure). Behaving like a typical government servant, Mr. Kamat has that ‘Yes Sir’ attitude. So, when Doctor Vinay expresses his desire to visit the village clinic, on his arrival, Mr. Kamat is taken for surprise.
During that evening hour, while Dr. Vinay goes to inspect his clinic along with Kamat, Madhu, who is made comfortable in an old big house; she interacts with a suspicious looking house maid Bayjama ( Vibhavari Deshpande). Later, she walks out of the old house to inspect the surroundings and clicks photos. Out of curiosity, she also clicks the decors at the haunted tree and also brings home a dried scented leaf lying over there. Trouble begins for her, when she develops the photos in her readymade dark room. Even otherwise, the entire house is in the dark, with the lights going off, every now and then, perhaps due to heavy power cuts in that region. The use of old telephone at home, gives a clear indication of the period, around 70s.
So, with that ideal location, with jungle like surroundings, the director finds an excellent opportunity to present this psycho thriller, with the strange happenings experienced by Madhu. Dr. Vinay however, not believing in such things, dares to go into the origin of the problem, besides doing his regular medical practice. In the meanwhile, Kamat keeps moving around suspiciously, with his entry and exit in different scenes and so is the behaviour of the maid Bayjama. The clever director, with the help of cameraman , sound designer and background music at appropriate places, manages to hold the mystery; which he unfolds in the climax.
To make this film more effective, the artistes in this film namely Adinath Kothare, Urmila kanitkar Kothare, Makarand Anaspure, Vibhavari Deshpande, supported by kishore kadam , Bhargavi Chirmule and others,play an important role. They have all put in a great effort. Urmila in particular, has a big role to play and she has lived up to the expectations of the director. Her clicking the photos in dark places, moving all alone in the forest area, however looks odd. But, she has performed her part very well. Makarand does well with his puzzled and suspicious looks. Adinath looks totally different in his new look, while Vibhavari has done well with her quick changing expressions, according to situation. Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar ‘s music has been cleverly used to describe the climatic changes.
‘Anvatt’ is a cleverly executed psycho thriller, which holds your attention; but fails to make a deep impact. The film, however succeeds in passing a social message
‘Zapatlela 2′ is more of fantasy than a scary film
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Rating: ★★★
Studio: Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Moving Pictures Producer: Adinath Kothare Director: Mahesh Kothare Music: Avdhoot Gupte Cast: Adinath Kothare, Mahesh Kothare, Sonalee Kulkarni, Sai Tamhankar, Makrand Anaspur Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
Known for offering something new through his films, for the past few years, Mahesh kothare has offered more technicalities through his every film, as a director. He has brought a number of innovations, which included first cinemascope film in Marathi through ‘Dhadakebaaz’ followed by Dolby Digital Sound through ‘Chimni Pakhare’ , Computer generated effects through ‘Pachadlela’, Marathi’s first Sci- fi through ‘Zabardast’ and now 3D, Animatronics and state of the art Computer Graphics in the current sequel of his 1993 super hit film ‘Zapatlela’. Therefore, there were high expectations from his new film.
‘Zapatlela 2′ has thus turned out to be more of fantasy than a scary film, as predicted. This time, the stylish actor turned director seemed to have paid more attention on his favourite puppet ‘Tatya Vinchoo’ and the situation arising after his resuscitation in the beginning of the film. In this second part, we find Kubadya Khavis (Abhijit Chavan) visiting a museum in search of this puppet and after finding it, takes it Baba Chamatkar (Raghvendra Kadkol) to revive him, as the puppet lies lifeless for years, after being shot by Police Officer Mahesh Jadhav in the prequel. He succeeds in doing it; and tries to finish Baba Chamatkar but in the process he dies. Baba Chamatkar goes into Coma.
In the meanwhile, Tatya Vinchoo learning about Lakshya’s death, comes to know that he can enter the soul of his son Adi (Adinath Kothare) who lives with his Grandmother (Madhu Kambikar) in Shrirangpur. It’s time for annual fair at Shrirangpur and there are people like Champa Satarkar (Vishakha Subhedar) camping with her Lavani in a tent house and famous ventriloquist Makarand Watvate (Makarand Anaspure) performing his shows. Adi meets Champa Satarkar’s mod daughter Megha (Sonalee Kulkarni) who studies in Fergusson College and is with her mother for vacation. It’s love at first sight for both. On the other side, Makarand falls in love with visiting TV Journalist (Saie Tamhankar). Adi is also attracted to the art of Makarand, as his father once practiced this profession.
In the film, Tatya Vinchoo’s journey towards his target begins with his first interaction with Saie Tamhankar, followed by Makarand Anaspure and finally reaching Adi through the Guard and Sonalee. The director shoots his climax in traditional style at the Giant wheel in the fair. As predicted, we see the end of Tatya Vinchoo, but certainly giving a clue that he would return again. Will there be ‘Zapatlela 3′ ? Let us wait for the announcement.
‘Zapatlela 2′ is a technically sound film, with good use of 3D and special effects, which are attempted for the first time in Marathi; but, the absence of Lakshya Berde is certainly felt. This does not mean that Adinath hasn’t done well. In fact, he has done his level best in that role, in his own style. The otherwise young chocolate Marathi hero, who has given fine performances in films like ‘Dubhang’ and ‘Satarangee Re’ did try to look different with a simple ‘Boy next door’ image; but, frankly speaking, he did not match up with the character he played.
It was felt that to carry forward the humour created by Lakshya, the director should have opted for an actor well versed with comedy. He could have thought of anyone from among ace comedians like Makarand Anaspure, Sanjay Narvekar or even Siddharth Jadhav or Nilesh Sable, if he needed someone young like Adi, to play Lakshya’s son . And the role of Makya could have easily suited Adi, who is shown as the son of late Lakshya (a ventriloquist) in the film.
Very wisely the director has used other characters, including his own character of Mahesh Jadhav ,which was shown as turning Police Chief now, after a gap of 20 years. As a director, he has given enough scope to Sonalee, to exploit her glamour through all those scenes to her share. Makarand’s character should have been developed more, considering its importance in the film. Saie Tamhankar’s character in the film is just namesake, to create a girlfriend for Makarand. In one sequence, she just remains an observer, watching Makrand perform his tricks during the show. Madhu Kambikar as Grandmother, Vishakha Subhedar as Champa Satarkar, Vijay Chavan as Hawaldar promoted as Inspector and Deepak Shirke as the Guard on duty at Makarand’s tent, have performed well.
Production designer Nitin Desai has created fine sets suited to different situations and the superb cinematography of Suresh Deshmane makes the film more presentable besides the 3D effect. Avadhoot Gupte’s music is just fine on the lyrics of Guru Thakur.The sound effects have been used well. The work Umesh Jadhav & Phulwa Khamkar as choreographers is clearly noticed, in the Lavani performance by Sonalee. So are the Visual Effects by Enrik Kriyado. The hard work put in by Ramdas Padhye and his son in making of ‘Tatya Vinchoo’ is also to be appreciated.
The film cannot be compared with its prequel; but, is a clean family entertainer for its fantasy part, if viewed in 3D format. Don’t try to find logic in some of the sequences involving the Puppet. After all, it’s the first Marathi film in 3D form and to be appreciated for the effort. The kids would love it, as it is not so scary, as expected. It is certainly better than Bollywood’s ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana -2′ released simultaneously, on the same day.