‘Prawaas’ – What remains to be done is ‘special’ in journey of life
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Human activities are limited by time and death. Their personal power is the ability to take action. But in many cases it prevents them from taking action? The reason for the same is obviously ‘fear’. Sometimes after attaining certain age, disability or ailments prevents many people from doing what they actually intend to do. But, when such people interact with others who are worst sufferers, they find the solution to live life more happily by helping others.
Latest released Marathi film ‘Prawaas’ produced by Om Chhangani and written- directed by Shashank Udapurkar is based on this simple philosophy. The story of this film revolves around a retired senior citizen who is suffering from Chronic Kidney disease and is dependent on dialysis twice a week. Like any such patient Abhijat Inamdar ( Ashok Saraf) is depressed and feels that he has become totally dependent on his wife Lata ( Padmini Kolhapure) who takes very good care of him. His treating doctor in the hospital (Vikram Gokhale) is also not happy with him, for not following his instructions . Abhijat and Lata’s only son ( Shashank Udapurkar) lives in USA but is constantly in touch with his parents over phone.
Time comes when Abhijat notices more underprivileged people living life full of hardships in spite of their sufferings. He decides to shift his focus from his own problems and does something worthwhile to make others happy. In the process, he finds his happiness. His wife who is initially against her husband’s plans, later supports him in his mission. The film presents a very sensible serious thought provoking subject, which is certainly inspiring. It delivers one important message – “What remains to be done is special, in journey of life”,
Writer- director Shashank Udapurkar has handled this emotion filled universal subject in an effective manner to connect with the audience from all age groups. He has himself played the role of son who lives far away from his parents and has performed reasonably well. But, as a director he finds very good response from the versatile lead pair of Ashok Saraf and Padmini Kolhapure who have played their respective characters with complete understanding. This is a lifetime role for Ashok Saraf and he has put in his heart and soul into it. This is one of his best roles so far. Good support also comes from Vikram Gokhale through his limited role of a doctor. Other artistes like Rajit Kapoor with Shreyas Talpade and Girish Pardeshi in special appearances also make their presence felt .
Certainly an inspiring worth watch film timely released in today’s materialistic world. Technically also it is well made film of 133 minutes length with suitable music from Salim Sulaiman ,excellent cinematography by Suresh Deshmane and expert editing by Sanjay Sankla. Therefore certainly stands chance of winning not only awards at National level but also at international level.
Padmini Kolhapure finds a suitable role in ‘Prawaas’ to display her hobby
Besides acting many artistes are also good at something else. But, they pursue it as their hobby. Some are good at sports, some are good singers , photographers and so on. However, not all of them get an opportunity to display their hobby through the roles they portray in films. Popular Bollywood and Marathi film actress Padmini Kolhapure is an exception. She has found a suitable role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Prawaas’, which is due for release shortly.
Padmini is very good at painting and in this film she has found a lead role of a painting artist that too another versatile Marathi actor Ashok Saraf. When this role was offered to her by director Shashank Udapurkar, Padmini was in tears, after hearing the script. So much she was moved after hearing the story. More than that she was happy that she could do lot of paintings during the shooting schedule of this film.
The film also stars Vikram Gokhale, Rajit Kapoor & Shashank Udapurkar. The shooting of this film has taken place in America and Manali and the music has been scored by Bollywood music directors Salim Suleman, with lyrics by Guru Thakur. Popular singers like Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Sukhvinder Singh and Hariharan have rendered their voices for the songs in this film.
‘Pravas’ starring Ashok Saraf and Padmini Kolhapure
Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Pravas‘ starring Ashok Saraf and Padmini Kolhapure in the lead role had raised a lot of curiosity among film lovers. Now, with the release of this film’s teaser on social media, it received 10 lakh+ viewership in a short time. Both these veteran artistes are seen together spending happy memorable time together in their second innings journey. According to the makers, ‘Pravas’ will highlight the philosophy based on ‘What remains is something special’ in the life journey.
Produced by Om Changani , written and directed by Shashank Udapurkar, the other main co travellers in this journey are, Vikram Gokhale, Rajat Kapoor and Shashank Udapurkar. The film is also likely to draw attention of non Marathi people, as both Ashok Saraf and Padmini Kolhapure have worked in many Bollywood films. Another highlight of this film is that Bollywood music directors Salim Suleman will be making their debut in Marathi by offering their music to this film.
Lyrics by Guru Thakur, art by Mahesh Salgaonkar, editing Sanjay Sakla, background music Amar Mohile and cinematography by Suresh Deshmane are other credits of this film, which is all set for release on 31st January 2010 all over Maharashtra.
‘Times Marathi Film Icon 2019′ felicitate Marathi on screen and back stage artistes
Marathi films with their out of the box scripts have already impressed the film lovers all over the world. So, it will not be surprising if the top media houses don’t take note of the talented Marathi artistes and people behind making such films with mind blowing subjects. One such media house in Times Group, which had organised a big event (Times Marathi Film Icon) on Tuesday to felicitate Marathi artistes for their on screen performances over the years and those behind the screen for their contribution in making quality award winning films.
The grand event titled ‘Times Marathi Film Icon 2019′ felicitated three prominent Marathi artistes like Ashok Saraf, Sachin Pilgaonkar and Mahesh Manjrekar on this occasion. But apart from these three other talented personalities like Subodh Bhave, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ajay- Atul, Guru Thakur Aadarsh Shinde, Vikram Gaikwad & Mahesh Limaye were also honoured.
Reacting on his felicitation legend of Marathi film industry Ashok Saraf said, “This award is like an acknowledgement for my work. I was always having a doubt whether what I perform is really appreciated by the audience? But, with this award that doubt has been cleared.” Renowned actor director Producer Sachin Pilgaonkar also thanked Times Group and recalled his memories of his film ‘Ashi Hi Banvabanavi’ which was made by him 31 years ago. He also paid tributes to late Viju Khote who passed away only few days ago.
Ajay Atul whose music had popularised among music lovers during the past decade entertained the audience singing in their melodious voice. Among others who entertained the invitees were singers Priyanka Barve, Aditi Bhagwat and the team of ‘Bharatiya Digital Party’ which presented their stand up comedy. Pushkar Shrotri anchored the show . Among those who present on this occasion were celebrities like Reena Agarwal, Sayali Sanjeev, Sonalee Kulkarni, Prasad Oak, Nivedita Saraf, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Shweta Shinde, Jayant Wadkar, Rajesh Mhapuskar, Vaishali Samant, Ashok Shinde, Shreyas Jadhav and others.
Veterans turn nostalgic during music launch of ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2′
After receiving good response for their film ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa’ early last year, the makers of this film announced its sequel immediately thereafter. And now, within 18 months time the sequel of this film ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2′ is due for release next month. The music release of this film was held on Tuesday evening in Mumbai in presence of star cast, music directors and many dignitaries. But, the special guests of honour were Ashok Saraf , Charusheela Sable and Sachin Pilgaonkar.
Pushkar Shrotri who is also performing in this film, played the role of anchor this evening and he made it very clear as to why these three veteran artistes were there. A popular song “Ashwini Ye na…” from the 1987 film ‘Gammat Jammat’ which was picturised on Ashok Saraf and Charusheela Sable under the direction and choreography of multi talented Sachin Pilgaonkar has been revamped and cleverly used in this film by music directors Troy- Arif, who were also present on this occasion. Therefore, earlier the song video of old film was shown, followed by the latest version from the new film picturised on actor Sanjay Narvekar and others. While the original song was rendered by legendary Late Kishore Kumar , the new version is rendered by Avadhoot Gupte. Senior Film Journalist Dilip Thakur, who shared a memorable photograph of Kishore Kumar during ‘Ashwini Ye na…’ song recording in 1987 , also shared his experience about this song recording.
Speaking on this occasion, the trio comprising of Sachin Pilgaonkar, Ashok Saraf and Charusheela sable turned nostalgic and recalled their personal experiences during the picturisation of this song. At the same time, they appreciated the new version and wished all the best to the entire unit of this film. Actresses Mrunal Kulkarni, Smita Gondkar, actors Sanjay Narvekar, Aniket Vishwasrao, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Prasad Oak also spoke on this occasion. Absence of Hemant Dhome was felt, as he was away in London shooting for another film. He however appeared through video recorded message along with Mrunmayee Godbole.
Two more songs of ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2′ film, one of which was a Spanish carnival song, were also shown on this occasion, making it very clear that it was an entertaining comedy film. With this film Amey Khopkar with his AVK Entertainment will be entering the distribution field. The film is all set for release on 9th August all over Maharashtra.
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- Genres: Drama
- Rating: na
- Opening Date: 2019 (09 January)
- Production House: Ashtavinayak
- Producer(s): Nivedita Ashok Saraf, Sanjyot Vaidya, Shripad Padmakar, Dilip Jadhav
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- Writer: Chinmay Mandlekar
- Director: Chinmay Mandlekar
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- Producer(s): Nivedita Ashok Saraf, Sanjyot Vaidya, Shripad Padmakar, Dilip Jadhav
- Co-producer(s): na
- Director: Chinmay Mandlekar
- Writer: Chinmay Mandlekar
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- Artist: Ashok Saraf, Nirmitee Sawant, Mausami Tondwalkar, Prathamesh Cheulkar, Sagar Khedekar, Tanvi Palav
- Set Design: Pradeep Mulye
- Lights: Ravi Rasik
- Costume: na
- Background Music: na
- Makeup: na
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- Music: Rahul Ranade
- Playback singers: na
- Choreographer : Phulwa Khamkar
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‘Me Shivaji Park’ promises a Big Dhamaka during Dushera
We are all aware that Shivaji Park is a renowned landmark of South Central Mumbai. Over the years, this place has witnessed many big memorable events and happenings. For Senior Citizens and especially the morning walkers this place is very much close to their hearts. It is at this place they spend their best time of the day, sharing their thoughts in their group. So, it will be interesting to watch one such happening which we presume a fiction, on Big screen coming Friday.
Incidentally, ‘Dushera‘ is also coinciding with the release of this film and hence the film promises a Big Dhamaka on this auspicious occasion. With the trailer of this film called ‘Me Shivaji Park‘ now unveiled, it gives some idea of an interesting theme of this film, which revolves around five friends played by Vikram Gokhale, Satish Alekar, Ashok Saraf, Shivaji Satam & Dilip Prabhavalkar who are all versatile actors and there are also other talented artistes like Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar forming the star cast of this film, which is directed by award winning film maker Mahesh Waman Manjrekar.
Time is just right for this film’s release . So it remains to be seen how the film lovers would respond at multiplexes and Single screen cinema halls all over Maharashtra.
The trailer of ‘Me Shivaji Park’ generates a lot of interest
Film maker Mahesh Manjrekar’s next Marathi film ‘Me Shivaji Park‘ has generated a lot of interest , ever since the trailer of this film was released on social networking sites. The name ‘Shivaji‘ has also proved lucky for the film maker, after making a hit film like ‘Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy‘.
Though the theme of this film ‘Me Shivaji Park‘ hasn’t been revealed, but the happenings shown in the trailer suggest a lot. With all big names like Vikram Gokhale, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Satish Alekar, Ashok Saraf and Shivaji Satam coming together, the film has already generated curiosity, since the day it was announced.
The shooting and post production of this film is now complete and it is all set to release on 18th October 2018. And this is certainly a good news for the month of October. With one Lavani already out on social sites, now we also come to know that Mr. Shivaji Satam is playing a Parsi gentleman . Moreover it is about some mystery involving these morning walk group of senior citizens. So, obviously it is the topic of interest.
Two Marathi films lines up for release coming Friday
Every year, the Pitru Paksha used to bother many film makers while releasing their films during this period. But, after watching the success of films released during this period, now during this ongoing Pitru Paksha we find two Marathi films for simultaneous release coming Friday. ‘Boyz-2‘ which is a sequel of hit film ‘Boyz‘ is releasing along with ‘Hrudayat Something Something‘, thus creating a good competition between themselves.
While ‘Boyz-2‘ will be targeting the young audience, with a team of young successful artistes all set to win the hearts of their fans, ‘Hridayat Something Something‘ also has a young lead stars like Aniket Vishwasrao, Sneha Chavan & Priyanka Yadav to entertain the youngsters. But, the highlight of the film is presence of one big super star of Marathi and he is Ashok Saraf . While ‘Boyz-2‘ is directed by Vishal Devrukhkar , ‘Hrudayat Something Something‘ is directed by Pravin Raja karle. So, let us wait and see which film succeeds in inviting more crowds at theatre windows on coming Friday.
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