Anna Hazare all praise for ‘Ek Hota Pani’ writer Ashish Ningurkar
We are already aware of social worker Anna Hazare’s fight against injustice to common man. At the same time, we are also aware of his efforts to eradicate poverty and water conservation in drought areas of Maharashtra. Keeping this in mind, writer of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ek Hota Pani’ met Anna Hazare personally, to brief him about the subject of his film, based on water, which is so precious today.
Speaking on this occasion, Anna Hazare praised the efforts of the writer Ashish Ningurkar for selecting this subject and wished him all the best. “Time has come, when there will be a big war over water. If there is sufficient water, the village, district, state and country can prosper. It is unfortunate, in spite of having educated ministers and administrators in our state, still we are unable to have sufficient storage of water, to cater to the daily needs of lakhs of people. At my place Ralegansiddhi, you will find no shortage of water, as we have all worked hard towards water conservation. When other villages around are dependent on water tankers, we are able to supply water to nearby villages,” he said .
Therefore the subject of ‘Ek Hota Pani’ has invited the attention of all sensible film lovers. Directed by Rohan Satghare, the film stars national award winning actor hansraj Jagtap along with Upendra Date, Anant Jog, Jairaj Nair, Child artiste Chaitra Bhujbal, Ganesh Mayekar, Deepjyoti Naik, Ranjit Jog, Sriya Mastakar, Ranjit Kamble, Trisha Patil, Shital Kolhapure, Shital Shingare, Anand Wagh, Nana Shinde,Ashish Ningurkar, Dr.Raju Patodkar , Radhakrishna Karale, Varsha Patankar, Anuradha Bhavsar, Kanchan Donde & Sandeep Patil. The film is all set for release on 10th May 2019.
What happened to the film on Anna Hazare ?
Few days back, we had covered a news on a new film in Marathi, being made on the life of social activist Anna Hazare. It was also reported that the Marathi film industry was quick enough to react on the 74-year-old Gandhian’s inspiring life journey and his present fight against corruption, which had enthused many youths in this country.
The film ‘Mala Anna Vhaychay’ (I want to become Anna) scripted and directed by Ganesh Shinde was to go on floors with the announcement of noted actor Arun Nalavade to play the role of Anna Hazare. There were also many prominent Marathi artistes finalized, to perform different characters in this film. But now, it seems that the launch of the film has been stalled for the time being, for opposition from some people.
When Marathi Movie World congratulated Mr. Arun Nalawade, on his selection for the lead role and inquired about the further progress of this film, he stated that there was some problem faced by the film maker, as somebody had objected to making of the film on Anna Hazare. It is not known, as to who are the people opposing such a film, but one thing is sure that there is a lot of political interference in the film making process of Marathi film industry. The creativity of the film maker now days is being questioned, which is not good for the progress of Marathi film industry.
When Bollywood film makers are making films on the lives of murder convicts, underworld and dacoits, no one opposes them; but when a film is being made in Marathi on the life of a social activist, who fights against corruption in the country, why there should be any opposition? Even the US president has praised the social activist for his recent crusade against corruption. It will be a timely film that too in Marathi to invite the attention from all over the world. Hope, the supporters of Anna Hazare come forward in support of the film maker.