Why films of top Marathi directors fail to draw crowds in theatres?
Every year we find at least three to four Marathi films drawing good crowds at the theatre windows. But, the year 2019 doesn’t seem to be lucky at least for top Marathi directors of big banner films. The best examples are films like ‘Bhai 1 and Bhai 2‘ directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, ‘Ashi Hi Aashiqui‘ directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar, ‘Luckee‘ directed by Sanjay Jadhav and recently released big banner film ‘Rampaat‘ directed by award-winning director Ravi Jadhav.
There was certainly nothing wrong with the subject of ‘Bhai 1 & 2‘ as it dealt with the most popular personality of Marathi literature and also Marathi film industry. Perhaps, the decision of making this film in two parts and releasing them one after the other within a gap of a month was not acceptable to the Marathi film lovers. Now, looking at reviews of these five films, none of these films received the likely positive response from the critics. If that was not enough, even the regular film lovers did not respond much as expected in the cinema halls. And, this was certainly bad news not only for these big banners but also for the Marathi film industry.
With almost 20 weeks passed during the current year 2019, we are still waiting for a super hit Marathi film from a new or reputed director. And, this certainly is a big worry for Marathi filmmakers.
Will 8th February prove suicidal day for Marathi films ?
Till now, we have witnessed five to six Marathi films released on the same day. Only last week we saw the release of four films simultaneously and saw the results. Now, coming Friday Marathi films will be creating a new record of simultaneous releases, with about 9 films selecting 8th February 2019, as their date of release. The names of these films are, ‘Aasud‘, ‘Bhai-2‘, ‘Dahavi‘, ‘Dhadpad‘, ‘Luckee‘, ‘Premrang‘, ‘Premwaari‘, ‘Readymix‘ & ‘Unadmasti‘ . And, this has invited critical reactions from Marathi film lovers. Many of them have questioned these film makers on social networking media.
One such critical reaction has come from one of the media person, whose message has become viral on social networking. He has called it suicidal or #Loot. “Neither does the producer understand nor do the distributors of these films or marketing and PR guys advice the producers the right thing to do,” it reads. And this certainly makes everybody think seriously on this issue. There should be proper understanding among such film makers. How do they expect the audience to watch their film, by keeping a wide choice? If this continues, it will certainly put the audience into a dilemma and there is a possibility that they may prefer to watch such films on television at a later date.
Bhai Vyakti Ki Valli Part 2 (भाई व्यक्ति की वल्ली – उत्तरार्ध )
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Release Year: 2019 (08 February)
- Genres: Drama
- Rating: ★★★
- Censor: U
- Duration: 130 min.
- Studio/presenter: Viacom18 Motion, Mahesh Manjrekar Movies
- Producer(s): Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar, Avinash Athaley, Vaibhav Pandit, Mahesh Patel, Virendra Upadhye
- Executive Producer: Vishakha Joshi
- Director: Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar
- Writer:na
- ScreenPlay: Ganesh Matkari
- Dialogues: Ratnakar Matkari
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- Producer(s): Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar, Avinash Athaley, Vaibhav Pandit, Mahesh Patel, Virendra Upadhye.
- Executive Producer: Vishakha Joshi
- Co-producer: na
- Director: Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar
- Assistant Director: na
- Writer: na
- ScreenPlay: Ganesh Matkari
- Dialogues: Ratnakar Matkari
- Lyrics: na
- Music: Ajit Parab
- Playback Singer: na
- Cinematographer (DOP): Karan B. Rawat
- Editor: Abhijeet Deshpande
- Starcast: Sagar Deshmukh, Irawati Harshe, Vijay Kenkre, Shubhangi Damle, Deepti Lele, Swanand Kirkire, Madhura Velankar Satam, Neena Kulkarni, Sanjay Khapre, Veena Jamkar
- Art Director: Prashant Rane
- Costumes: Prutha Manjrekar
- Makeup: Vikram Gaikwad
- Sound : na
- Background Score: Sameer Mhatre
- Choreographer: na
- DI, VFX: Vikrant Studios Pvt Ltd.
- D.I. Colourist: Nirmal Sharma
- Promos: na
- Music Label: na
- Publicity Designs: na
- P.R.O.: na
- Distributor : Niraj Goswamy
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Sagar Deshmukh to play title role in P.L Deshpande’s biopic ‘Bhai- Vyakti Ki Valli’
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Review: ‘Bhaai – Vyakti Ki Valli- Uttarardha’ (Bhaai – Part 2) which covers more events which had taken place in the later part of the life of legendary writer- actor- director, has been released along with seven other Marathi films this week. But, this film stands tall, because it goes on to show more interesting happenings in the life of ‘Pu La’ while interacting with many more prominent personalities of Maharashtra. The only drawback of this Part 2 is for not presenting the screenplay in first half that well as compared to second half. But, certainly a worth watch film for all those admirers of Pu La the great… full review
Bhaai-Vyakti Ki Valli Movie Trailer
Movie : Bhaai-Vyakti Ki Valli
Director : Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar
Music : Ajit Parab
Cast : Sagar Deshmukh, Irawati Harshe, Sachin Khedekar, Hrishikesh Joshi, Mrunmayee Deshpande.
Sagar Deshmukh to play title role in P.L Deshpande’s biopic ‘Bhai- Vyakti Ki Valli’
Known for his literary contributions deeply rooted in Marathi language, late P.L Deshpande will always be remembered also for his humour filled speeches. From 8th November 2018 his birth centenary year will be observed all over the world. To celebrate this occasion three film production companies namely, Mahesh Manjrekar Movies, Phalke’s factory – a film management Company and The Great Maratha Entertainment Company will be offering a biopic ‘Bhai- Vyakti Ki Valli‘ on this legendary actor- writer , which will be directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. Sagar Deshmukh, whom we saw in the lead role in the Marathi film ‘YZ‘ 2 years ago, will be playing the title role in this film and Iravati Harshe will play his wife’s role.
An official announcement about ‘Bhai- Vyakti Ki Valli’ film was made in Mumbai yesterday evening, when MNS Chief Mr. Raj Thackeray gave the muhurat clap. Speaking on this occasion the well known cartoonist turned politician said, ” I expect this to be a grand film, almost of the level of Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’ .I have seen this film ‘Gandhi’ 150 times, while I was a student of Sir. JJ School of Art.So much I liked this film. And, I am confident that the director in Mahesh Manjrekar will give the best treatment to this film.” Incidentally, Mr. Raj Thackeray will also be holding his exhibition of cartoons on the life of Late P.L Deshpande next year, to pay him tributes on his birth centenary.
According to Mahesh Manjrekar, the film will be released on 4th January 2019 to coincide with P.L Deshpande’s birth centenary year events. Besides P.L.Deshpande and Sunita Deshpande, this film will also present other important characters like Jawaharlal Nehru, Balasaheb Thackeray, Baba Amte, Bhimsen Joshi, Durga Bhagwat,Vasantrao Deshpande & Kumar Gandharva and these characters will be played by versatile artistes.
Bhai Vyakti Ki Valli Movie Poster
