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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.
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Amruta Khanvilkar conferred with Majha Sanmaan award
Having displayed her talent through variety of characters played by her in Hindi films like ‘Raazi‘, ‘Satyamev Jayate‘ and web series ‘Damaged‘, Marathi actress Amruta Khanvilkar has been in news for the past few months. And all these three projects received very good response from the film lovers. It seems that this year 2018 has been lucky for Amruta, as she has just added one more feather in her hat.
Amruta has been conferred with ABP Majha’s ‘Majha Sanmaan‘ award, being a Maharashtrian and in appreciation of her progress into Hindi film industry. Amruta received this award in presence of two prominent politicians from Maharashtra , namely Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray. And this certainly a big honour for her. With this latest award, there will be a lot of curiosity among her fans and well wishers, about her forthcoming films and assignments.
Is Amruta Khanvilkar focussing more on Hindi films ?
In the past, we have seen many Marathi actresses switching over from Marathi to Hindi cinema, as they received good offers from Hindi film producers. Right from the 60s era this trend has continued. Sulochana Didi and lalita Pawar made the beginning and then many like Seema Deo, Jayashree Gadkar, Reema lagoo, Nishigandha Wad, Smita Jaykar, Varsha Usgaonkar, Kishori Shahane, Neena Kulkarni, Ashwini Bhave, Sonali Kulkarni and so on followed their footsteps . And why not ? After all through Hindi cinema their talent was reaching out to the entire country.
Of late we are watching the successful progress of one more Marathi actress Amruta Khanvilkar. Though Amruta made her simultaneous debut in Hindi and Marathi cinema in 2006 through films like ‘Golmaal‘( Marathi) and ‘Mumbai salsa‘( Hindi) , followed by ‘Sade Made Teen‘( Marathi) ‘Hattrick‘ , ‘Phoonk‘ & ‘Contract‘(Hindi), she tried to play the balancing act, performing both in Hindi as well as Marathi. Though in Hindi films she could not find challenging roles, Amruta found some good lead roles in films like ‘Zhakas‘, ‘Satarangee Re‘, ‘Baazi‘, ‘Aayna Ka Bayna‘,’Welcome Zindagi‘, ‘Katyar kaljat Ghusali‘ and that most popular dance item in ‘Natarang‘.
Amruta had also switched over to Hindi TV through dance reality show and emerging winner of that show. But, very recently we saw her in a prominent role of Muinira in a hit Hindi film ‘Raazi‘. This was followed by her appearance in another prominent role in a Hindi web series. And now, we will be watching her in the role of Sarita in another big Bolywood film ‘Satyamev Jayate‘ which is set for release on 15th August. Amruta is playing the wife of another talented Hindi film actor Manoj Bajpayee, who is playing the role of an Indian Cop. And, this certainly makes us think whether Amruta is now focussing more on Hindi films?
Sai tamhankar & Amruta Khanvilkar attend Bollywood’s Iftar Party
The high profile Iftar party thrown by a Politician Baba Siddiqui every year is a subject of discussion in Bollywood and Page 3. Getting an invitation for this party is considered as a status symbol, as only selected celebrities are invited for this big event. This year, two popular Marathi actresses Sai Tamhankar & Amruta Khanvilkar had received invitation for this event and both of them did oblige with their physical presence.
According to the Bollywood sources, till now no Marathi actress had attended this event and therefore both Sai and Amruta stand tall with this invite. Moreover, their presence on the red carpet also clearly indicated how popular they are in Bollywood too. Incidentally, both Sai and Amruta have performed in Bollywood films and therefore they have multiple well wishers . Both actresses seemed to have a good time at this event.
Amruta Khanvilkar is happy about her progress.
We all are aware that as an actress Amruta Khanvilkar has earned name and fame in Marathi films. Her last two Marathi films were ‘Katyar kaljat Gusali‘ and ‘One way Ticket‘ in which she performed two contrast roles. On television she won the hearts of every dance lover, through her performance in ‘Jhalak Dikhala ja‘ . In Hindi films she too, she found some good roles, but her role of Munira in recently released hit Hindi film ‘Raazi‘ also invited the attention from Bollywood.
Today, Amruta has reached such a stage in her acting career that she is ready to accept challenge of performing any type of role. No wonder, she has been selected to play the most important character in the forthcoming web series and this will be her debut in web series, which are inviting the attention of youngsters now days. Amruta herself is very thrilled to accept this suspense filled role, as she feels that this kind of role she has not performed before. The character is bold and has negative shade. Now, it remains to be seen, how her fans would accept her in this role? But, for Amruta it’s a big challenge.