Inspiring Trailer of ‘Ananya’ released
Ever since it was decided to make the film ‘Ananya’ on Pratap Phad’s Super hit Marathi play, it became clear to all that cinematic liberties will be taken to further highlight the struggle of a girl to make all impossible things possible. Now, the trailer of this inspiring film has been released, making it very clear that writer director Pratap Phad has been able to explore the best out of lead character Hruta Durgule, who plays the title role in this film.
Trailer of this film shows how this young M.Com Gold medallist after losing her both hands in an accident , takes up the challenge to become self sufficient with hard work and self confidence. It will be interesting to see her inspiring story on big screen from 22nd July 2022. Besides Hruta, this film also stars Amey Wagh, Chetan Chitnis, Suvrat Joshi, Yogesh Soman, Rucha Apte, Renuka Daftardar and Sunil Abhyankar in key roles.
‘mee vasantrao’ celebrates 50 days run in theatres
Marathi film ‘Mee Vasntaro’ a presentation by Jio Studios has completed 50 days run in theatres besides collecting a good amount in Crores at the box office. But, more than that this film has received appreciation from many renowned personalities, which is the biggest achievement by the makers of this film and director Nipun Dharmadhikari.
Popular actor Nana Patekar has praised actor Rahul for portraying Vasantrao with perfection, making this a best film, while actor Makarand Deshpande has appreciated the rich culture presented through this film. Well Known scientist Padmavibhushan Raghunath Malshekar after watching this film reacted, “ This film has inspired me to work for another twenty years. This is just not a film but there are many things to learn from this film.”
Positive response and appreciation has also come from renowned Marathi film personalities like Rajesh Mapuskar, Shankar mahadevan, Avadhoot Gupte, Kedar Shinde, Sachin Khedekar, Aditya Sarpotdar, Ravi Jadhav, Renuka Shahane, Ashwini Bhave, Ankush Choudhari, Swapnil Bandodkar, Vaidehi parshurami, and Geetanjali Kulkarni.
‘Mee Vasantaro’ ready for release on 1st April 2022
The much talked about film ‘Mee Vasantaro’ to be presented by Jio studios is now all set for release on 1st April 2022 coinciding with the auspicious Gudhi Padwa day. Recently, trailer of this film was released by popular actor Nana Patekar in a ceremony held recently, in presence of Director Nipun Dharmadhikari, Rahul Deshpande, Anita Date, Sarang Sathye, Kaumudi Walokar, Amey Wagh, Subodh Bhave, Hrishikesh Joshi, Jitendra Joshi and others.
Speaking on this occasion, chief guest Nana Patekar said, “ Renowned people don’t say Good bye to this world. They always remain in our heart through music.This is what P.L.Deshpande used to say. And this is very true in the case of Late Vasantrao Deshpande. He knew all the forms of music. His knowledge was vast. I am fortunate to have met him . I have seen this film on his life and it has been presented very well. This film will be one of the best films in Marathi. And Rahul has done full justice in the role of his grandfather.”
‘Mee Vasantrao’ ready for release on 1st April
The biopic on legend of Hindustani Classical music Pandit Vasantrao Deshpande (मी वसंतराव) is now ready for release on 1st April 2022 on the auspicious occasion of Gudhi Padwa. Presented by Jio Studios, produced by Chandrashekhar Gokhale, Darshan Desai and Niranjan Kirloskar this film is directed by Nipun Dharmadhikari and stars Rahul Deshpande , grandson of Vasantrao Deshpande, in lead role. Along with Rahul Dehpande, the film also stars Anita Date, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Kaumudi Valokar and Amey Wagh in lead roles.
Besides playing title role, Rahul Deshpande has also provided music for this film. Speaking about his film, Rahul says, “The dream I saw 9 years ago, is being fulfilled through the release of this film. I am really thankful to my friends Nipun, Shekhar, Shrikant, Niranjan and other friends who took lot of efforts in making of this film.” Director Nipun Dharmadhikari also feels that the hard work by his entire team for the past 9 years, is finally watching the results. “I am sure the audience will appreciate this film,” he said.
Trailer of Aditya Sarpotdar’s ‘Zombivli (झोंबिवली)’ released on social media
After directing successful Marathi films like ‘Uldhaal‘, ‘Satrani Re’, [movie review] ‘Narbachi Wadi’ [movie review] , ‘Classmates’ [movie review] & ‘Faster Fene’, [movie review] Aditya Sarpotdar has released the trailer of his new Marathi film ‘Zombivli (झोंबिवली)’ which will be a Horror Comedy. Aditya himself has unveiled the exciting trailer of this film on social media with an appeal to his well wishers to share the same among others.
In the trailer, we notice lead actor Amey Wagh and lead actress Vaidehi Parshurami facing the so called Zombies, while they are travelling in a car. They go to the police station and explain the Police officer about their description; but the Policeman is ready to believe him. The Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works in English films. So, in Marathi, this seems to be a new experiment tried by director Aditya Sarpotdar. Along with Amey Wagh and Vaidehi Parshurami the film also stars Lalit Prabhakar, Trupti Khankar and others.
The date of release of this film has been announced as 26th January 2022. So, let us wait and see how Amey Wagh and others succeed in countering these zombies in this film.
‘Karkhanisanchi Waari’ takes you on a humour filled road journey
Produced by Archana Borhade and co produced by Zulfi waris ( ABP Studios) ‘Karkhanisanchi Waari (कारखानिसांची वारी)’ is the latest Marathi film released on OTT platform –Sony Live. With script written by Archana Borhade and Mangesh Joshi and directed by ‘Lathe Joshi’ fame director Mangesh Joshi, this film revolves around Karkhanis joint family living in Pune.
After the death of head of this family (Pradeep Velankar), his close relatives after performing his last rites are on a road trip to Pandharpur via their ancestral house to immerse his ashes , as per his last wish. Five of them namely, brothers - Dr. Mohan Agashe, Pradeep Joshi, Ajit Abhyankar , sister- Geetanjali Kulkarni and son – Om ( Amey Wagh) are on their journey, travelling in their Omni- traveller . They are followed on her motor bike by Om’s girlfriend Madhura ( Mrunmayee Deshpande), who wants Om to disclose their relationship to his close relatives, as early as possible.
While this group is on their way to Pandharpur, the widow played by Vandana Gupte has other plans to meet her financial requirements. She takes another route to settle a score with mistress of her late husband, who lives in another town close to Pune. As writers, director and producers both Archana Borhade and Mangesh Joshi have focussed more on highlighting attitude of each important character existing in today’s materialistic world. They have presented this film in a funny way, to make the screenplay interesting. Happening of humour filled events during their journey and simultaneously showing the developments to unfold the mysterious life of the deceased have been captured very well. The interaction between Vandana Gupte and Shubhangi Gokhale has been presented very well.
The highlight of this film are the performances by all the artistes in important roles. They are so natural that sometimes you feel as if you are travelling along with them. Writer- producer Archana Borhade has also done her main job as a cinematographer extremely well while presenting the emotions of each one of the artistes in close up scenes, besides capturing their humour filled sequences in the outdoor. No wonder, this universal subject representing every age group well presented through this film, has invited the attention of film critics from different parts of the world, wherever the film was screened. Above all, this film has bagged one of the five best films’ award at Tokyo International film festival. This itself is a very good news for Marathi cinema.
Certainly a worth watch film for all. Don’t miss it.
Amey Wagh offers his voice to Faster Fene stories on Storytel Audiobook
Faster Fene is the most popular novel series in Marathi written by Bhaskar ramchandra Bhagwat. Based on the adventures of a boy Banesh Fene these twenty books are very popular. Now, all these twenty books of Faster Fene will be available in audio format on ‘Storytel’. Every Friday during this month of May new audiobook of Faster Fene will be released in the voice of popular actor Amey Wagh, who incidentally played the character of Faster Fene movie review in the film with the same name released in 2017.
It may be recalled that the First book in this series was released by Writer B.R. Bhagwat in the year 1974 and later this young detective had become so popular that the English and Hindi translated versions were also released. In the year 1987 there was a TV serial released based on these stories in which Sumeet Raghavan had played the role of Faster Fene. The twenty books contain the stories of ‘Fhursungicha Faster Fene’, ‘Aage Badho Faster Fene’, ‘Balbahadar Faster Fene’ and so on. ‘Storytel’ app can be downloaded from Google App Store or Appstore or visit their site www.storytel.com for more details.
Amey, Vaidehi, Lalit starrer ‘Zombivli ‘ teaser launched
Aditya Sarpotdar, who directed films like ‘Uladhaal’, ‘Classmates’, ‘Faster Fene’ and ‘Mauli’ is ready with his next Marathi film ‘Zombivli ‘ starring Amey Wagh, Vaidehi Parshurami and Lalit Prabhakar in lead roles. Recently, the teaser of this film was launched, besides announcing the release date of this film in theatres, as 30th April 2021.
Due to lock down shootings of all the Marathi films had come to standstill. But, immediately after the unlock was declared, ‘Zombivali’ was the first Marathi film to begin shooting at places like Mumbai and Latur. Now, with completion of shooting, ‘Zombivali’ will be the first Marathi film to announce its release in theatres. The teaser of this film gives an idea that this film will be a combination of horror and comedy. The film is based on a Zombie who controls a popular part of Suburban Mumbai.
According to Aditya Sarpotdar, this will be the first big film in Marathi on Zombie, with a new subject. He has appealed to the Marathi film lovers to watch this film in theatres.
शेमारू मराठीबाणावर ‘गर्लफ्रेंड’चा वर्ल्ड टेलिव्हिजन प्रीमियर
‘व्हॅलेंटाईन्स डे’ निमित्ताने शेमारू मराठीबाणावर रोमँटिक चित्रपटांची जंगी मेजवानी सुरु होत असल्याची घोषणा करण्यात आली आहे. यात सर्वात प्रमुख आकर्षण आहे सई ताम्हणकर आणि अमेय वाघ यांच्या अभिनयाने सजलेल्या ‘गर्लफ्रेंड’ सिनेमाचा वर्ल्ड टेलिव्हिजन प्रीमियर! १४ फेब्रुवारी २०२१ रोजी दुपारी १२ आणि सायंकाळी ६ वाजता तुमच्या भेटीला येणार ‘गर्लफ्रेंड‘ फक्त शेमारू मराठीबाणा या चित्रपट वाहिनीवर! ‘प्यारवाली लव्ह स्टोरी‘, ‘बस स्टॉप‘, ‘फोटोकॉपी‘, ‘यंटम‘, ‘लग्न मुबारक‘, ‘मितवा‘ आणि अशा अनेक मनोरंजक चित्रपटांचा आनंद सहकुटुंब घेता येणार आहे.
गर्लफ्रेंड मिळवण्याच्या बाबतीत कमनशिबी ठरलेल्या नचिकेतच्या आयुष्यात गर्लफ्रेंड नसणे हा सर्वात ऐरणीचा मुद्दा ठरलाय. यावर तो एक नामी युक्ती करतो, अलिशा नावाची सुंदर तरुणी आपली गर्लफ्रेंड असल्याची बतावणी तो करू लागतो. नचिकेतला एरव्ही ज्याचे खूप आकर्षण वाटत असते तो परिकथेतील रोमान्स त्याच्या जीवनात प्रत्यक्ष येतो तेव्हा मात्र त्याची अवस्था बिकट होऊन जाते. नचिकेतला त्याच्या स्वप्नांची राणी खरोखरीच मिळणार की त्याच्या एरव्ही सुरळीत चाललेल्या साध्या आयुष्यात वादळ निर्माण होणार? या आगळ्यावेगळ्या ‘गर्लफ्रेंड’चे नेमके काय होणार हे पाहण्यासाठी शेमारू मराठीबाणावर हा वर्ल्ड टेलिव्हिजन प्रीमियर पहायला विसरू नका.
व्हॅलेंटाइन्स डेला आपल्या प्रिय व्यक्तीसोबत हा सिनेमा शेमारू मराठीबाणा वाहिनी बघायला मिळणार आहे
World Premiere of ‘Karkhanisanchi Wari’ at Tokyo International Film Fest
Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Karkhanisanchi Wari’( Ashes on a Road Trip) has been selected for the World Premiere at the prestigious 33rd Tokyo International Film festival. The festival is scheduled between 31st October and 9th November in Tokyo. The film is produced by Nine Archer’s Pictures Company and Pravah Productions & Archana Borhade and is directed by Mangesh Joshi. Earlier, this director had directed the film ‘Lathe Joshi’ which had also participated in many international film festivals. Archana Borhade has done the cinematography of this film.
The film’s story is based on a humour filled road trip undertaken by a family and stars renowned actors like Amey wagh, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Dr Mohan Agashe, Gitanjali Kulkarni, Pradeep Joshi, Ajit Abhyankar, Vandana Gupte, Shubhangi Gokhale and Pradeep Velankar. Music of this film is composed by A.V. Prafulchandra while the background music is by Sarang Kulkarni. Director Mangesh Joshi has appealed to all Marathi film lovers to strongly support his film.