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Bhojpuri actress Madhu Sharma to make her debut in Marathi through ‘Bhaybheet’

We have seen many Bollywood actresses performing in Marathi films to reach out to larger audience. Some of them are in search of good roles. Bhojpuri actress Madhu Sharma is one of them. Madhu has been offered a very good role by director Deepak Naidu in his forthcoming horror Marathi film ‘Bhaybheet’. In this film Madhu plays an important role of Dr. Kavya .

Actress Madhu Sharma
Actress Madhu Sharma

Speaking about her character, Madhu says, “Language should not come in the way of an artiste. An artiste should look for a good role. I was in search of a good role and when director Deepak Naidu narrated the story of ‘Bhaybheet’ to me, it appealed to me. Moreover, my wish to perform in a horror film was also fulfilled through this film.”

Produced by Shankar Rohra and Deepak Narayani, the film is directed by Deepak Naidu and is all set for release on 28th February 2020. The film stars Subodh Bhave, Poorva Gokhale, Girija Joshi, Madhu Sharma Mrunal Jadhav and Yatin Karyekar in lead roles. Art by Eknath Rane, music and background music by Aziz Nakash and sound design by Satish Pujari are the other credits.

‘Prawaas’ – What remains to be done is ‘special’ in journey of life

'Prawaas' Movie
  • Genres: Drama
  • Censor: U
  • Duration: 133 min.
  • Studio / Presenter: Om Chhangani Films
  • Producer(s):  Om Chhangani
  • Director:  Shashank Udapurkar
  • Writer: Shashank Udapurkar
  • Cast:  Ashok Saraf, Padmini Kolhapure, Shashank Udapurkar, Vikram Gokhale, Shreyas Talpade
  • DOP: Suresh Deshmane
  • Editor: Sanjay Sankla
  • Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

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.
padmini-kolhapure-marathi-movie-ashok-saraf-prawaas

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”,

Ashok Saraf, Padmini Kolhapure,  'Pravas' Marathi Movie
Ashok Saraf, Padmini Kolhapure, ‘Pravas’ Marathi Movie

 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.

‘Jungjauhar’ muhurat performed at historical Raigad Fort

Raigad Fort in Maharashtra has a special significance, reminding us about the sacrifice of the brave soldiers part of the army of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. And one of them was great Baji Prabhu Deshpande, who fought bravely with the army of Siddhi Jouhar at Pawankhind , when they were surrounded at Panhalgad.

Chinmay Mandlekar,Digpal Lanjekar
Chinmay Mandlekar,Digpal Lanjekar

Director Digpal Lanjekar known for making films on such historical battles and was heroes, was inspired by the battle fought by Baji Prabhu Deshpande and hence decided to make a film to enable the audience to feel his bravery act in cinematic form. During the muhurat ceremony director Digpal Lanjekar and actor Chinmay Mandlekar performed the pooja. On this occasion other artistes of the film like Ankit Mohan, Harish Dudhade, Hrishi Saxena, Vikram Gaikwad, Rohan Mankani and Sushrut Mankani were present.

Produced by Ajay Aniruddh Aarekar this film is expected to release in the month of June.

Actor Alok Rajwade turns director with ‘Ashleel Udyog Mitra Mandal’

Actor Alok Rajwade is all set to make his debut as director on 6th March 2020 with his forthcoming Marathi film with an unusual title ‘Ashleel Udyog Mitra Mandal’ Prior to this, Alok had worked as actor and director with experimental plays. Recently, poster, trailer and music of this film was launched simultaneously in presence of makers, star cast and technicians of the film.

Cast and crew of 'Ashleel Udyog Mitra Mandal', Alok Rajwade, Parna Pethe, Abhay mahajan
Cast and crew of ‘Ashleel Udyog Mitra Mandal’, Alok Rajwade, Parna Pethe, Abhay mahajan

Produced by Gauri and Buny Dalmia , Suresh Deshmane & Vinod Satav, the film stars Abhay Mahajan and Parna Pethe in lead roles along with Sayali Pathak, Akshay Tanksale, Ruturaj Shinde, Ketan Visal, Virat Madke in prominent roles. Special appearances by Sai Tamhankar and Amey wagh in this film are other added attraction. Lyrics by Saket Kanetkar and Omkar Kulkarni and music by Saket kanetkar are other credits of this film which revolves around teenagers

Ajay Gogavale’s song from film ‘Basta’ launched on social media

Akshay Tanksale, Sayali Sanjeev in 'Basta' Movie
Akshay Tanksale, Sayali Sanjeev in ‘Basta’ Movie | Ajay Gogavale’s song

Music plays a very important role in all those films which are based on love stories. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Basta’  is based on one such subject where the audience will witness a story about a marriage. Directed by Tanaji Ghadge, the film stars Sayali Sanjeev and Akshay Tanksale and Parth Bhalerao in lead roles. Story written by Arwind Jagtap, lyrics by Mangesh Kagne & Shankar Pawar and music by Santosh Mulekar are the other credits of this film. Recently, a song recorded in the voice of popular singer Ajay Gogavale was launched on social media by the makers of this film. And this musical song with the wordings ‘Phool Zultya Yelicha…” very well rendered by the singer and beautifully composed has invited the attention of music lovers. After watching this song, it is felt that music will play a very important role in this film.

Devotional Marathi song ‘Devak Kalaji Re’ sets new record

Meaningful popular song ‘Devaak Kalji Re….’ from award winning Marathi film ‘Redu’ has created a new history of setting a record of 100 Million views not only among Youtube viewers in India but also all over the world. Produced by Navalkishore Sarda and directed by Sagar Vanjari ‘Redu’ was released on 18th May 2018 and since then won awards besides being released at many international film festivals. The film also attained popularity because of the hit song ‘Devaak Kalji Re….’ which invited attention of youtube viewers all over the world.

The song penne by Guru Thakur is composed by Vijay Narayan Gavande and rendered by Ajay Gogavale. Speaking about the success attained by this song, director of the film Sagar Vanjari says, “Before completion of two years, the song has been seen by 100 Million viewers, which makes all of us happy in this Marathi film industry. What is more encouraging is that many viewers have commented below the video stating that this song not only inspired them, but also prevented some of them from the bad thought of suicides. Till now, we have received 300 million views for the song with faster beats like ‘Zingaat’, but to get so many views for an emotion filled devotional song , is certainly a new record.”

Subhash Ghai gets ready to offer his Marathi film ‘Vijeta’ on 12th March

Bollywood Showman Subhash Ghai who in the past has presented quality Marathi films like ‘Sanai Chowghade’, ‘Valu’ and ‘Sanhita’ is now getting ready to offer his next Marathi film ‘Vijeta’ on 12th March 2020 under the banner of his Mukta Arts. From the poster of the film it clearly indicates that ‘Vijeta’ is set on the sports background and hence has generated more interest among Marathi film lovers.

Pritam Kagne, Amol shetge, Subhash Ghai, Pooja Sawant, Subodh Bhave
Pritam Kagne, Amol shetge, Subhash Ghai, Pooja Sawant, Subodh Bhave

Written and directed by reputed director Amol Shetge, produced by Rahul Puri and Raju Farooqui, co produced by Suresh Pai, the film stars big artistes like Subodh Bhave, Pooja Sawant, Pritam Kagne, Sushant Shelar, Madhav Devchake, Manasi Kulkarni, Tanvi Kishore, Devendra Chougule, Deepti Dhotre, Krutika Tulaskar and Gaurish Shipurkar. Music by Rohan-Rohan, cinematography by Udaysingh Mohite and editing by Ashish Mhatre are the other credits.

‘जीव झाला येडापिसा': शिवादादा आणि सिद्धीमध्ये लवकरच फुलणार प्रेम!

कलर्स मराठीवरील ‘जीव झाला येडापिसा’ या लोकप्रिय  मालिकेमध्ये गौरवच्या परत येण्याने सिद्धी आणि शिवामध्ये दुरावा आला, भांडण झाली… दोघांमध्ये बरेच गैरसमज देखील झाले पण, प्रेमात खूप ताकद असते ते अगदी खरे आहे… याच प्रेमामुळे गौरवचं सत्य शिवासमोर आला आणि आता लवकरच शिवा गौरवचा खरा चेहरा सिध्दीसमोर आणणार आहे. शिवाला हे सत्य कसे कळाले ? तो सिध्दीसमोर ते कसे आणणार ? हे प्रेक्षकांना लवकरच मालिकेमध्ये बघायला मिळणार आहे.

Vidula Chougule, Ashok Phal Dessai in 'Jeev Jhala Yeda Pisa'
Vidula Chougule, Ashok Phal Dessai in ‘Jeev Jhala Yeda Pisa’

शिवाने सिद्धीसमोर गौरवचे पितळ उघडे करताच आणि त्याचा अश्या वागण्यामागचा हेतु कळताच सिध्दीला राग अनावर झाला… आणि ती गौरवच्या सणसणीत कानाखाली मारते. सिद्धी गौरवला त्यांच्या आयुष्यातून निघून जाण्यास सांगते इतकेच नसून तुझ्यावर प्रेम केले याची मला लाज वाटते, माझ्या मनामध्ये फक्त शिवा आहे आणि शेवटपर्यंत तोच राहील असे देखील त्याला बाजावून सांगते… सिद्धीचे मन शिवाने कधीच जिंकले आहे, आणि तिचे त्याच्यावर प्रेमदेखील आहे याची कबुली तिने दिली आहे…

येत्या आठवड्यामध्ये ‘जीव झाला येडापिसा’ या मालिकेत  शिवादादा आणि सिद्धीमध्ये प्रेम फुलताना पहायला  मिळणार आहे

Musical ‘Tattaad’ trailer launched on social media

Writer-director Rahul Gautam Ovhaal and producers Rakesh Bhosale, Sushil Deshpande and Pretam Mhatre launched the trailer of their forthcoming Marathi film ‘Tattaad’ in presence of their promising team of artistes and technicians. Having already declared that this film’s story revolves around a Trumpet player in a Band, the trailer of this film indicates that it will be a musical film.

DK Chetan, Manasi Pathak in 'Tattad' Movie
DK Chetan, Manasi Pathak in ‘Tattad’ Movie

Starring a big team of artistes comprising of Chetan DK, Manasi Phatak, Jyoti Subhash, Anil Nagarkar, Rahul Belapurkar, Sagar Pawar, Prafullkumar Kamble, Akshada Katkar , Girija Jhad, Sudarshan Kale, Rohit Jadhav, Rajesh More, Sharad Dhikule, Swapnil Dhongade, Prasad Ozarkar and Kaka Shirole, the film is all set for release on 21st February 2020 all over Maharashtra.

आलोक राजवाडे घेऊन येतोय ‘अश्लील उद्योग मित्र मंडळ’

अभिनेता आलोक राजवाडेने प्रायोगिक रंगभूमीवर अभिनय, दिग्दर्शन अशा वैविध्यपूर्ण भूमिकांमधून आपली ओळख निर्माण केली आहे. ‘नाटक कंपनी’ या संस्थेच्या माध्यमातून प्रायोगिक रंगभूमीवर सातत्याने तो वेगवेगळे प्रयोग करत असतो. याशिवाय ‘बोक्या सातबंडे’, ‘विहीर’, ‘रमा माधव’, ‘कासव’, ‘राजवाडे अँड सन्स’, ‘फॅमिली कट्टा’, ‘पिंपळ’ आदी मराठी चित्रपटातील त्याच्या भूमिका लक्षवेधी ठरल्या आहेत.

Actor Alok Rajwade
Actor Alok Rajwade

आलोक आता नवी इनिंग खेळण्यास सज्ज झाला असून तो लवकरच चित्रपट दिग्दर्शक म्हणून पदार्पण करत आहे. अश्लील उद्योग मित्र मंडळ’ असे आलोकच्या पहिल्या मराठी चित्रपटाचे नाव असून या बद्दल बोलताना आलोक राजवाडे म्हणाला, ‘‘एका टीनएजर मुलाच्या वयात येण्याची गोष्ट या चित्रपटात आहे. सेक्शुअल फँटसी ते खऱ्या प्रेमाचा अर्थ म्हणजे नक्की काय? याचा उलगडा करण्याचा प्रयत्न केला आहे.’’. या चित्रपटामध्ये युथफुल स्टारकास्ट असून हा चित्रपट लवकरच प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येणार आहे.