‘Partu’ is Hollywood’s first Marathi film
Marathi films are going worldwide. Now, we find even Hollywood film makers taking interest in producing a Marathi film. East West Company which has produced many Hollywood films, including award winning films like ‘Kundalini’ & ‘ Together Forever’, have now made a Marathi film ‘Paratu’ which is directed by NRI Nitin Adsul, who has settled in USA for a long time.
Recently, Nitin completed the shooting of this film in Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The film stars well known artistes from Marathi and Hindi film industry. They are, Kishore Kadam, Smita Tambe, Saurabh Gokhale, Gayatri Deshmukh, Anshuman Vichare, Navnee Parihar, Raja Bundela ,Ravi Bharatiya and child artiste Yash Pande.
The film’s story, which is unique and set on the backdrop of 1968 to 1985 period; is written by Clerk Mack Milliam, Nitin Adsul, & Daryl Cocks. The dialogues in Marathi are penned by Mayur Deval, DOP is Sanjay Khanjode and music is by Shashank Powar. The theme song in this film is by Shankar Mahadevan.
Anshuman Vichare turns to serious roles
For the past fifteen years, he has been branded as a comedy actor in Marathi entertainment. Anshuman Vichare grabbed all the attention through popular Comedy skit show ‘Fu Bai Fu’ where he won the best comedian award. He was invited for similar shows; but Anshuman was eagerly waiting for a role, which was of serious type to enable him to attempt something different to prove his real acting skills. And this opportunity came to him during this year.
In the latest Marathi play ‘Mansaa Mansaa Hup Hup’, Anshuman plays the lead role, which deviates him from his usual comedy. This has certainly made him happy, as he has got an opportunity to not only perform a serious type of role, but a distinctive role through this sensible play. When this role was offered to Anshuman, he preferred to do research on his own and kept watching national geographical channel for almost six months, before performing his character on stage. No wonder, critics have applauded his role in this play.
Anshuman Vichare – Bright future ahead
Coming from a middle class family from Chiplun a picturesque place in Konkan, Anshuman Vichare has established himself with his own identity today in Marathi entertainment industry. Since his childhood, Anshuman was passionate about acting and he moved in that direction setting his goal. After completing his school education he joined college for his commerce degree. Besides studying, he also found time for his acting.
Anshuman Vichare
It was during his college days that Anshuman made up his mind to pursue his career in acting. He started taking part in various state level competitions. He performed in one act plays and went on to win various prizes. He bagged six awards from Mumbai University for his proficiency in acting. Anshuman also studied a Diploma course in marketing management, but his focus always remained on acting.
We have all seen him on Doordarshan’s popular programmes like ‘Awad Aapli’ ‘Gammat Jammat’ and others. In all, he performed in 18-20 Marathi serials and about 4-5 Hindi serials. But, ‘Uchapati’ and ‘Abhalmaya’ gave him some recognition. Anshuman made his film debut through ‘Shwaas’.
At the same time he assisted Basu Chatterjee in his documentary ‘Nayee Subhah’ and Shailesh Prabhakar for his documentary on ‘Footpath’ and ‘Suvarnakaal Sangeet Rangabhoomicha’. He also assisted Mangesh Kadam for his play ‘Bhramacha Bhopala’ and other projects.
Anshuman has to his credit few Hindi films too. ‘Hotel Dot Com’, ‘Detective Naani’, ‘Damaad Ke Intazaar Mein’, ‘Bhulva’ are some of them. However, the most memorable moment for him came, when he was declared the winner of second chapter of reality show ‘Fu Bai Fu’, alongwith Atul Todankar. Last year one of his films ‘Hungama’ was released. His role in this film was somethging special and won him the Sanskruti Kala Darpan award. The other films released were ‘Ved Laavi Jeeva’, Bharat Aala Parat’ and ‘Irsaal Gavchi Irsaal Manse’ .
Now, Anshuman is eagerly awaiting for his forthcoming film ‘Swarajya – Marathi Paul Padate Pudhe’. There is also a short film ‘ Salute to 7:33′ in which he plays freedom fighter Rajguru. Then, there is a play ‘Ek Maau Char Bhaau’ and film ‘Misalpaav’ in the pipeline. But, at present he is going strong with his play – ‘Eh Chal Asa Nasata Re’ which is inviting attention from theatre lovers. Directed by Prasad Dani, Anshuman is really doing well in the company of Savita Mehendale, Ajinkya Date and Sangram Salvi.
In days to come, there are big expectations from a talented actor like him in this Marathi entertainment industry.