Song from the film ‘Sweety Satarkar’ launched on social media
“Naad Nako Dada, Pathishi Baay majhi…Sweety” are the humour filled wordings of the song from the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Sweety Satarkar’ which was released on social media recently. Produced by Munaf Naik and Santosh Sable and directed by Shabbir Naik the film stars Amruta Deshmukh, Sangram Samel, Vijay Nikam, Gauri Jadhav, Vandana Vaknis, Pushkar Lonarkar, Vinamra Bhabal and Prashant Vichare.
This particular song was rendered by Nakash Aziz and Bharati Madhavi on the music by Santosh Mulekar. The story of this film is written by Sumeet Giriwhile lyrics are by Mangesh kangne and Suhas Sawant. Editing is by Faisal Mahadik, while presenters of this film are Dhruv Das, Satish Jambhe and Swarup Studios. This entertaining film is all set for release on 28th February 2020.
‘Fatteshikast’ creates new history
Even after a long time their release some films continue to receive appreciation. It could be for winning awards or receiving appreciation from recognised institutions. Historical film ‘Fatteshikast’ made by Digpal Lanjekar which was released last year is one of them. After achieving success at ticket windows, this film has now created a new history.
‘Fateshikast’ has now been included in the archives of Maratha Light Infantry on the recommendation of their Regiment. It may be recalled that when the film was released in theatres in November 2019, it was seen by four thousand army cadets who were undergoing training at Belgaum along with their army officers . They highly appreciated the inspiring subject of this film, especially the planning and strategies of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj in fighting the difficult looking battles those days. This is the biggest honour received by a Marathi film.
The film had presented Chinmay Mandlekar in the role of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Mrunal Kulkarni playing his mother Jijamata.
‘Punyashlok Ahilyadevi’ will be a biopic of Ahilyabai Holkar
Towards the end of 18th century Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar was the Holkar Queen of the Maratha Malwa kingdom, India. Rajmata Ahilyabai was born on 31 May 1725 in the village of Chondi in Jamkhed, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. She moved the capital to Maheshwar south of Indore on the Narmada River. Apart from being a brave queen and proficient ruler, was also an erudite politician. She observed the bigger picture when the Maratha Peshwa couldn’t pin down the agenda of the British.
A biopic on her life suitably titled ‘Punyashlok Ahilyadevi’ is being produced in Marathi and Hindi by Balasaheb Karnavar Patil and directed by Dilip Bhosale. Recently, the poster of this film was launched at the hands of Dy.C.M. Mr. Ajitdada Pawar , who was all praise for this effort made by the film makers. This being a historical subject presenting the character of a very important personality, the responsibility of research and writing has been handed over to the team headed by Dr. Murhari Sopanrao Kele.
Very soon the artistes of this film will be finalised and the makers propose to release this film during Diwali time of year 2021.
‘सरसेनापती हंबीरराव’ या ऐतिहासीक चित्रपटाचे नवे टिझर पोस्टर
“छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज की जय, जय भवानी जय शिवाजी, हर हर महादेव, सरसेनापती हंबीरराव मोहितेंचा विजय असो!” अशा गगनभेदी घोषणा, कपाळी चंद्रकोर, डोक्यावर फेटा अश्या मावळ्यांच्या वेशातील कलाकार या उल्हासीत वातावरणात ‘सरसेनापती हंबीरराव’ या आगामी भव्य ऐतिहासीक चित्रपटाच्या सेटवर शिवजयंती मोठ्या उत्साहात साजरी करण्यात आली. पाचगणी येथील टेबल लँड येथे संपन्न झालेल्या या अनोख्या शिवजयंती सोहळ्याला विठ्ठल तरडे, महेश लिमये, संदीप मोहिते पाटील, सौजन्य निकम, धर्मेंद्र बोरा यांच्यासह चित्रपटातील कलाकार, तंत्रज्ञ अशी संपूर्ण टीम उपस्थित होती.
याप्रसंगी बोलताना ‘सरसेनापती हंबीरराव’ चे लेखक – दिग्दर्शक प्रविण विठ्ठल तरडे म्हणाले, “महाराष्ट्रासाठी, भारतदेशासाठी सर्वात मोठा सण म्हणजे छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज यांची जयंती. कोणत्याही माणसाने त्याच्या आयुष्यातील शुभकार्य शिवजयंतीच्या दिवशी सुरू केले तर ते नक्कीच पूर्णत्वास जाईल, कारण महाराजांनी शून्यातून विश्व निर्माण केले. या दैवी माणसाने आपल्यासाठी जे जे पाऊल उचलले ते यशस्वीच झाले आहे. सेटवर पावणे चारशेहून अधिक लोकांच्या युनिटने शिवरायांना मानाचा मुजरा केलेला आहे.”
उर्विता प्रॉडक्शन्स निर्मित ‘सरसेनापती हंबीरराव’ हा चित्रपट जून २०२० मध्ये प्रदर्शित होणार असून निर्मात्यांनी पुण्यात या चित्रपटाच्या पोस्टरचे अनावरण केले त्याप्रसंगी हजारो लोक उपस्थित होते.
Nikhil Ratnaparkhi raises curiosity about his eMail
Having performed variety of prominent roles including lead role in many films, actor Nikhil Ratnaparkhi will soon be seen in a lead role through forthcoming Marathi film ‘EMail Female’ which is all set for release on 20th March 2020. With the release of this film the curtain will also be raised on the e mail received by him, which is the base of the film’s story.
Speaking about his film Nikhil says, “Today’s generation is very much dependent on social media like e mail, Facebook, whats app to stay connected with each other. And a lot of personal information gets viral. So, as there are advantages of this media, there are disadvantages too, which may land a person into trouble.”
In this film along with Nikhil Ratnaparakhi, there are versatile artistes like Vikram Gokhale, Dipti Bhagwat, Kanchan Pagare, Prajakta Shinde, Sunil Godbole, Kamlesh Sawant, Pratiksha Jadhav, Shweta Pardeshi and child artiste Maithili Patwardhan in prominent roles.
Music of this film is by Shravankar Rathod and Abhijit narvekar while cinematography is by Mayuresh Joshi.
Mahesh Manjrekar combines with Zee Studios to present ‘Pangharun’
After offering hit films like ‘Kaksparsh’ and ‘Natasamrat’, renowned film maker Mahesh Manjrekar and Zee Studios have come together once again to offer another Marathi film ‘Pangharun’, which will be released on 20th March 2020. Having offered these two quality films earlier, there are big expectations from them this time too from ‘Panghrun’.
Recently trailer of this film was released on Zee Social media account and it clearly indicates that it will be a period film with a sensible love story. This film will be a debut film of Gauri Ingawale as a lead actress, though she has played the role of a child actress earlier in Marathi films. So, all eyes will be focused on her performance. Other start cast of this films includes Amol Bawdekar, Rohit Phalke, Pravin Tarde & Prabhakar More
Marathi Film ‘Mann Fakiraa’ trailer released
Popular actress turned director Mrunmayee Deshpande recently released trailer of her film ‘Mann Fakiraa’ which is all set for release all over Maharashtra on 6th March 2020. The trailer highlights the emotions of today’s young generation. Making her debut as a director this film is a talk of the town, as talented artistes like Suvrat Joshi, Sayali Sanjeev , Anjali Patil and Ankit Mohan are leading stars of this film.
The poster, teaser and songs of this film released few weeks back had already received good response from Marathi film and music lovers. Now, the trailer of this film certainly raise more expectations from this film. Speaking about her film, director Mrunmayee Deshpande says, “Today’s youth have different perception about their life partner. They just don’t need a kind of life partner to perform the role of a typical husband or a wife but want them to be good friends.”
Produced by Smita Vijay Ganu, Nitin Prakash Vaidya and co produced by Trupti Kulkarni this film is presented by Frames Productions and Smita Film Productions.
Lokesh Gupte gets ready with his new Marathi film Runanubandh
After ‘Ek Sangaychay’ Lokesh Gupte gets ready with ‘Runanubandh’ his next film as director . The muhurat of this film was performed in Pune recently, in presence of artistes and technicians of the film. .The film is produced by Anirban Sarkar, Swapnil Potdar, Mahesh Jaurkar. Anirban Sarkar had earlier given a hit film like ‘Farzand’.
There is a lot of curiosity about the subject of this film, as after the successful presentation of ‘Ek Sangaychay’ there are big expectations from him. Moreover, his association with successful producer line Anirban Sarkar is also something special . So far, the star cast of this film has not been officially disclosed, but the film will be released during coming Diwali on 13th November 2020.
National award winning actress Niilam Paanchal to make her debut in Marathi
Niilam Paanchal who won National award for her performance in Gujarathi film ‘Hilaro’ at the recent 66th National film awards and who also made her debut in Hindi opposite Hrithik Roshan in ‘Kabil’, will be making her debut in Marathi. Recently, she posted a video on her social networking site wherein she is seen learning Marathi. She has also highlighted about her debut into Marathi.
Incidentally, Nilam Panchal has been presently performing on Hindi stage in the play ‘Bharat Bhagyavidhata’ in which she plays the role of Kasturba. Till now, she has also performed on television in serials like ‘Ishqbaaz’,’ Veera’,’ Ruk Jana Nahi’, and ‘Hamari Devrani’. And therefoe, there is a lot of curiosity about her debut in Marathi.
When Nilam was asked to confirm about this news, she said, “Yes, I am preparing for my debut in Marathi. Since I am living in Mumbai, I can understand Marathi and I am great lover of Marathi films. But, for my debut, I am learning to speak Marathi well.”
Nilam has not spoken much about this Marathi production. Therefore, it remains to be seen whether it will be a film, a web series or a TV serial? But one thing is sure that she is working in a big banner of reputed Marathi producer, who is yet to make official announcement about his project.
‘Ajinkya’ songs have become more popular than first look and trailer
Music plays a very important part in the success of the films. More than the first look and trailer, if the music of a particular film becomes popular before the film’s release, the chances of film’s success are more. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ajinkya’ is the best example. Produced by Luminary Cine World and presented by Exotic Media Pvt. Limited, ‘Ajinkya’ will be releasing on the 20th March 2020. The film’s main star cast includes Bhushan Pradhan, Prarthana Behere in the lead along with Pallavi Patil, Arun Nalawade Uday Tikekar and Aniket Kelkar
Produced by Arunkant Shukla, Raghavendra K. Bajpeyi, Neeraj Anand, Babalal Shaikh, Rahul Londhe and Ved P. Sharma, ‘Ajinkya’ has a story, screen play, dialogues and direction by A. Kadir. The Music for the film has been set by eminent music director Duo Rohan-Rohan.
Speaking about the film Mr. Rohan Gokhale said, “Songs from films are seen and liked more than a teaser or a trailer of the same and the songs are now becoming the Firstlook of the films as well. This means that as Music Directors we are also equally responsible for the film with Producers and the Director. Audiences now are very particular about the words as well as garnishing of music for them. When music of such caliber reaches the audiences, the response from them is truly significant for Music Director. We are confident that all four songs from ‘Ajinkya’ will bring a truly positive response for us.”
Cinematography by Madhavraj Datar and Deepak Pawar, Editing by Rohit Mhatre and Vinayak Konde and Background Music by Salil Amrute are the other credits of the film.