Marathi celebrities take advantage of Gudi Padwa for promotion
During every festive occasion, our Marathi artistes dress up traditionally to either promote their film or tv serial. Many a times, we find such occasions celebrated in most of our Marathi serials, to win the hearts of the home viewers watching their serial. This also brings them closer to their admirers. Festivals like Holi, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali are the best examples to show active participation of the Marathi artistes.
We are all aware of the importance of Gudi Padwa , which is the beginning of new year for Hindus. In Maharashtra Gudi Padwa is celebrated in every Maharastrian household by preparing sweets, while some people dress up for the occasion in traditional clothes and join the colourful procession to celebrate the festival. This year in Girgaon, we saw actor Swapnil Joshi leading the procession along with Amruta Khanvilkar, Siddharth Chandekar and Madhura Deshpande who are his co stars in upcoming TV serial ‘Jivalaga’ on Star Pravah channel. And this proved to be the best promotion of their serial, as they saw good response from their well wishers.
“I am well aware of the power of television” – Amruta Khanvilkar
Last year she was in great form in Bollywood, having performed prominent roles in two films and one web series. And this year we find her making her acting debut in Marathi television serial through forthcoming much talked about Star Pravah’s serial ‘Jeevlaga’ Met Amruta Khanvilkar during the official announcement of this serial at a function in Mumbai. And among the four lead artistes, we found her very much excited that evening. She was the first one to jump with excitement when it Star Pravah’s Satish Rajwade made an announcement to get ready to watch the first look of this serial .
Amruta is playing the role of an ambitious woman Kavya opposite Swapnil Joshi who is playing the role of Vishwas, who is a writer. It may be recalled that Amruta who has completed 15 years of her acting career, seemed committed to her profession as far as her fitness is concerned. She looked as fresh as she was during her debut in films 15 years ago. Speaking about her entry into Marathi serial, she said , “I am well aware of the power of television. You become popular in every Marathi household. But, more than that I was highly impressed by the content of this serial and also liked my role.”
Finally, defining in a simple way the title ‘Jeevlaga’ she philosophically said, “Whom we see after closing our eyes, is Jeevalaga. Because of whom we exist is Jeevlaga.” We are all aware about her hard work and sincerity and therefore look forward to see the best from this talented actress through this serial which will go on air from 8th April 2019.
Star Pravah to offer a big surprise to home viewers in the form of ‘Jeevlaga’
Over the years Star Pravah Marathi TV channel has offered many successful serials which had become favourite of home viewers. Now, with Satish Rajwade joining Star Pravah as Content & Programming Head, we notice a change in the content from this month onward. There are some big forthcoming projects lined up for the telecast. But, the biggest surprise will be in the form of a new serial ‘Jeevlaga‘ starring Swwapnil Joshi, Amruta Khanvilkar, Siddharth Chandekar, and Madhura Deshpande. The serial will be aired from 8th April 2019 at 8.30 PM between Monday and Saturday.
An official announcement to this effect was made by Mr. Satish Rajwade himself during a media briefing on Tuesday evening. All the four artistes were personally present on this occasion and they were systematically introduced by Mr. Rajwade. The theme of ‘Jeevlaga‘ serial presented by Mr. Satish Rajwade is inspired by Dr. Chandrashekhar Phansalkar’s story. The highlight of this serial is the comeback of Swwapnil Joshi, Siddharth Chandekar and also Madhura Deshpande to the small screen. But, above all popular Marathi and Hindi film actress Amruta Khanvilkar will be making her acting debut on Marathi small screen.
On this occasion, the first look of this serial was presented which was appreciated by one and all, with ‘Once more’ demand. Answering some of the doubts raised by media persons, Mr. Satish Rajwade assured that there will not be any changes in the story of this serial, as the start and end of the story has already been decided and the artistes and the director Mr. Namjoshi have been clearly told about the same. All the four artistes who also spoke on this occasion were all praise for the script of this serial, which they felt was a different kind of love story. They avoided giving more details about their characters but assured that the story will be appreciated by one and all. The serial is produced by Mr. Vidyadhar Pathare.
Pondicherry ( पाँडिचेरी )
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- Genres: Drama
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- Censor: U
- Duration: 130 min
- Studio/presenter: Moh Maya Films
- Producer(s): Neil Patel
- Executive Producer: Amol Jagdish Bhagat
- Director: Sachin Kundalkar
- Writer: Sachin Kundalkar, Tejas Modak
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- Producer(s): Neil Patel
- Executive Producer: Amol Jagdish Bhagat
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- Director: Sachin Kundalkar
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- Writer: Sachin Kundalkar, Tejas Modak
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- Cinematographer (DOP): Milind Jog
- Editor: Abhijeet Deshpande
- Starcast: Sai Tamhankar, Vaibhav Tatwawaadi, Amruta Khanvilkar, Neena Kulkarni, Mahesh Manjrekar, Tanmay Kulkarni
- Art Director: na
- Costumes: Amit Divekar
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- Sound : Anita Khushwaha
- Background Score: Debarpito Saha
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Amruta Khanvilkar celebrates Christmas with special children
Amruta Khanvilkar has now days become very popular among children. Amruta too loves children and this can be seen in the ongoing Super dancer Reality show on television. Now, she is popularly called ‘Ammu Didi’. Keeping her social commitments, Amruta celebrated Christmas with special children at Jagruti Institute , Thane and distributed gifts to them. She even kept them engaged for some time, entertaining them with some fun games to see the smile on their faces.
On this occasion some children from this institute also presented some entertaining cultural programmes of songs and dances And, Amruta was overwhelmed with their presentation. Reacting to her interaction with these children, Amruta said, “ Every year I visit NGO’s to celebrate such occasions, but this visit was something special for me. I liked their innocence and their love and affection towards me. And, this was the best gift for me during this Christmas.”
Sachin Kundalkar is shooting his new Marathi film on a Smartphone
National award winning film maker Sachin Kundalkar who made Marathi films like ‘Nirop‘, ‘Gandha‘, ‘Happy Journey‘, ‘Rajwade & Sons‘, & ‘Vazandaar‘ is presently shooting his next Marathi film ‘Pondicherry‘ in Pondicherry itself. Attempting something different every time, this time he is making a travel vacation film and therefore he has selected a picturesque place like Pondicherry with the same title. But, the highlight of this film is that this film is being shot by him on a smartphone.
Having seen Marathi films on the backdrop of cities like Mumbai, Pune, Konkan or Goa, this time the Marathi film lovers will witness a different location outside Maharashtra and that too at a place, which is known for its picturesque locations. Not much was known about the film’s cast and story, except that he along with writer Tejas Modak were doing a film on the backdrop of Pondicherry. But, recently, Sachin Kundalkar shared a photo clearly indicating that Sai Tamhankar, Amruta Khanvilkar, Vaibhav Tatwawaadi and Neena Kulkarni formed his team of lead artistes. And, this is very interesting!
Ranveer’s supercool gesture towards Amruta Khanvilkar
There are many actresses from Marathi film industry, who are huge fans of popular Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh. And one of them is Amruta Khanvilkar. Even otherwise, Amruta has her Bollywood connection, having performed prominent roles in some of the Bollywood films. So, it is but natural that Ranveer too is aware of Amruta’s acting talent.
However, not many are aware that Ranveer is known for surprising his friends and well wishers in different ways. So, he thought of giving surprise to Amruta too. Since both of them are busy with their respective commitments for shooting, one day Ranveer found time for Amruta. It so happened that Ranveer had come for the promotion of his forthcoming film ‘Simba‘ and at the same place on the other sets Amruta was in the shooting of reality show ‘Super Dancer Maharashtra‘. The surprise visit of Ranveer Singh to meet Amruta turned out to be a humble gesture and it also gave all the participants in her show new energy and enthusiasm.
Amruta Khanvilkar’s special look
Since the time she made her debut in films 11 years ago, Amruta Khanvilkar has always remained in news for her variety of roles in Marathi as well as Hindi films simultaneously. As a dancer, she has also proved her ability through reality shows and films. As a judge for TV reality shows also she has done a good job. And now, we watch her perform on a popular old song in the film ‘Ani… Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar’ released during Diwali.
But, what makes her stand out among the actresses, is that she loves to celebrate her Diwali with her family every year in a traditional way. Amruta takes keen interest in cleaning the house, decorating it for the festival and preparing Diwali sweets. Above all, she also likes to dress up with traditional clothes. In her latest posted photo, we find her in special look.
Amruta Khanvilkar, Actress
