Child artiste Mrunal Jadhav will be main attraction of ‘Bhaybheet’
Popular child artiste Mrunal Jadhav who has won hearts of Hindi and Marathi audience through her memorable performances in TV serials and films will now be seen in an important role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Bhaybheet‘ which will be released on 28th February 2020 in Maharashtra. Produced by Shankar Rohra and Deepak Narayani and directed by Deepak Naidu , the film stars Subodh Bhave and Poorva Gokhale in lead roles.
Known for her prominent role of Ajay Devgan’s little daughter in the film ‘Drishyam’, Mrunal had invited all the attention of film lovers, besides performing memorable roles in films like ‘Tu Hi Re’, ‘Lai Bhari’, ‘Nagarik’, ‘Court’ , ‘Timepass 2′, ‘A Paying Ghost’, ‘Andyacha Funda’and TV serials like ‘Radha Hi Bavari’ and ‘Unch Majha Jhoka’. Now, it will be interesting to watch this talented child artiste in an important role in ‘Bhaybheet’.
Neha Kakkar makes her debut as singer in Marathi through ‘Makeup’
Popular singer Neha kakkar has made her debut as a singer in Marathi through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Makeup’ which is due for release on 7th February 2020. Her latest song released in Marathi along with Swapnil Bandodkar is “Kase Nirale He karaar Premache” is actually a Marathi version of Neha kakkar’s popular hit Hindi song “Mile Ho Tum Humko”. Generally, we have been listening to Hindi version of Popular Marathi songs, but now a Marathi version of popular Hindi song will be heard by Marathi music lovers.
Speaking about her experience about this song, Neha kakkar says, “The original song ‘Mile Ho Tum Humko’ is very close to me. My brother Tony Kakkar has produced this song and it received overwhelming response from my fans. Perhaps, for this reason, the Marathi version of this song has been presented through this Marathi film ‘Makeup’. I am very happy that in both the versions my voice is there. Initially, I was having little difficulty in singing this song in Marathi, but lyricist Mangesh Kangne and my director helped me a lot. Till now, I have seen only one Marathi film and that is ‘Sairat‘. Incidentally, this film stars Rinku Rajguru, on whom this song has been pictured.”
Besides Rinku Rajguru and Chinmay Udgirkar in the lead roles, the film also stars Pratiksha Lonkar, Milind Safai, Rajan Tamhane, Sumukhi Pendse, Swati Bovlekar and Tejpal Wagh.
Makarand, Shashank & Shantanu come together to form Stage and Screen Academy
National award winning writer director Makarand Mane , versatile actor Shashank Shende and experienced actor and executive producer Shantanu Gangane have come together to form an academy Bahurupee Manch Stage and Screen Academy , which was launched recently by actor Amey Wagh recently. The academy will offer complete training about acting besides knowledge about different fields including writing about stage and screen.
The academy will help all the newcomers to find openings in the field of stage, television, films and web series which are offering big opportunities . The acting course of this academy will begin from February for all. At the same time, advanced course for screen will also be there. In the due course of time, the academy will also introduce courses in Classical dance, music, Body language, reading , sound design, video production, still photography and writing . According to Makarand Mane, the students trained in this institute will help offer film makers a choice to select the suitable artistes for their projects.
Suspense filled ‘Rahasya’ adds an adivasi song into its screenplay
Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Rahasya’ has already raised a lot of curiosity about its suspense filled story. Now, the makers of this film have added an Aadivasi song to suit the requirement of the culture of Khandesh, on the backdrop of which this film has been made. The Aadvivasi people in this region celebrate Holi with such type of dance on music, the beats of which resemble African beats. The song has been picturised on the beautiful location of Satpuda area.
Director Bhavesh Patil is confident that the song picturised on this occasion will be a treat for the audience. The actual theme of the film is unfolding of some strange suspense filled happenings. The film is now all set for release on 7th February 2020. Story and screenplay is by director Bhavesh himself, with Lucky Badgujar, Swati Patil, Rutuja Sonar, Swati Shukla forming the team of lad artistes. Cinematography by Jitendra Achrekar, music by Narendra Bhide, editing by Bhavesh Patil , VFX by Rutudhwaj Deshpande are other credits, while Sunidhi Chauhan, Aadarsh Shinde, Prem Kotwal & Yamini Chavan have rendered their voices for the songs in this film.
अतुल गोगावले दिसणार सूत्रसंचालकाच्या भूमिकेत
आपल्या संगीतातून संपूर्ण संगीतप्रेमींना वेड लावणाऱ्या ‘अजय-अतुल’ या प्रख्यात संगीतकार जोडीतील अतुल गोगावले आता एका नव्या भूमिकेत दिसणार आहेत.अतुल आता छोट्या पडद्यावर सूत्रसंचालकाच्या भूमिकेतून महाराष्ट्रातील भारतरत्नांची यशोगाथा उलगडणार आहेत. ‘एबीपी माझा’ या वृत्तवाहिनी वर प्रजासत्ताक दिनापासून ‘आपले भारतरत्न’ हा कार्यक्रम प्रसारित होणार आहे. या कार्यक्रमातून महाराष्ट्र जन्मभूमी किंवा कर्मभूमी असलेल्या ९ भारतरत्नांची यशोगाथा महाराष्ट्रातील जनतेसमोर घेऊन येणार आहे.
डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर, आचार्य विनोबा भावे, महर्षी धोंडो केशव कर्वे, जेआरडी टाटा, स्वरभास्कर पं. भीमसेन जोशी, गानकोकिळा लता मंगेशकर, सचिन तेंडुलकर, नानाजी देशमुख, पांडुरंग काणे या सर्वांची नावं माहित असली तरी त्यांच्या कार्याची संपूर्ण माहिती अनेकांना नाही, ती देण्याचा प्रयत्न ‘आपले भारतरत्न’ या मालिकेतून करण्यात आला आहे. “भारतरत्न या सर्वोच्च नागरी पुरस्काराने सन्मानीत झालेल्या अभिवंदनीय व्यक्तीमत्त्वात महाराष्ट्रातील व्यक्तींची संख्या सर्वाधिक आहे, त्यांची माहिती संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्राला देणाऱ्या कार्यक्रमाचा भाग मला होता आले याचा खूप आनंद वाटतो” असे अतुल गोगावले यांनी सांगितले.
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.
Kamlesh Sawant to play Gomaji Patil in ‘Shaheed Bhai Kotwal’
Kamlesh Sawant has already established himself as an actor through variety of memorable roles in Hindi and Marathi films so far. Now, he will be seen playing an important role of a committed freedom fighter Shahid Gomaji Patil in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Shaheed Bhai Kotwal’, which is due for release on 24th January 2020.
Produced by Pravin Dattatray Patil and directed by Eknath Desale and Parag Sawant the story, screenplay and dialogues are penned by Eknath Desale. Besides the central character of Bhail Kotwal, the film also revolves around the brave father and son duo Gomaji Patil and Hiraji Patil. Shahid Bhai Kotwal formed his own army to fight British rulers and sacrificed his life at the young age of 31. Actor Kamalesh Swant who plays the character of Gomaji is confident that the characters in this film would inspire the audience.
The film also stars Ashutosh Patki,Rujuta bagwe, Nishigandha Wad, Madhavi Juvekar, Arun Nalawade, Ganesh Yadav, Pankaj Vishnu, Milind dastane, Siddheshwar Zadbuke, Srirang Deshmukh, Abhay Rane, Paresh Hindurao & Prajakta Dighe.
Marathi film ‘Mann Fakiraa’ to be released this ‘Valentine’s Day’
First teaser of the Marathi film ‘Mann Fakiraa’ was recently unveiled on the Social media by the producer S N Productions and Smita Vinay Ganu, Nitin Prakash Vaidya, Om Prakash Bhatt, Sanjay Shankarwar and Kishor Patel. This film , which is a romantic drama is being released on the Valentine’s Day on February 14, 2020. This film will be the directorial debut of leading Marathi actress Mrunmayee Pratibha Deshpande.
Suvrat Joshi, Sayali Sanjeev, Anjali Patil and Ankit Mohan will be in the lead roles in the film. It’s a story of a dilemma between newly married couple and their past life. ‘They love each other or not…? Yes, they do…no, perhaps not…,’ the tagline of the films waves on these lines. The teaser reveals more facts about the film and the story which revolves around very delicate relationship between the two. The teaser also throws light on the fact that it deals with the subject which would be very close to the hearts of today’s youth.
Suvrat Joshi is playing Bhushan while Sayali Sanjeev is in the role of Ria. Anjali Patil and Ankit Mohan are in similarly key roles in the film and are featured in the teaser too. Bhusha-Ria tie the knot through arranged marriage tradition. They are happily married for quite some time, before they come across their pasts and their affairs they had before the marriage. They take and handle the dilemma with sensibility and considerate way… What is the conclusion they arrived at? The audience will have to wait till the release of the film on Valentine’s Day. The teaser has created a buzz among the film lovers to a great extend.
रुपेरी पडद्यावर दिसणार शिवरायांचा ‘शिवप्रताप’
नाटक व मालिकांच्या माध्यमातून इतिहासाची पाने उलगडल्यानंतर अभिनेता खासदार डॉ. अमोल कोल्हे आता छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या जीवनचरित्रातील तेजोमय घटनांचे महान पर्व ‘शिवप्रताप’ या तीन चित्रपटांच्या मालिकेतून रुपेरी पडद्यावर आणण्यासाठी सज्ज झाले आहेत. ‘जगदंब क्रिएशन्स’ या संस्थेतर्फे तीन मराठी चित्रपटांची घोषणा नुकतीच करण्यात आली. रुपेरी पडद्यावर यानिमित्ताने शिवशाही अनुभवायला मिळणार आहे.
यातील ‘वाघनखं’ हा पहिला चित्रपट ६ नोव्हेंबर २०२० ला प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येणार आहेत. लेखन प्रताप गंगावणे ह्यांनी ह्या चित्रपटाची कथा लिहली असून, कार्तिक केंढे हे या चित्रपटाचे दिग्दर्शन करणार आहेत. डॉ. अमोल कोल्हे, डॉ. घनश्याम राव, विलास सावंत या चित्रपटांचे निर्माते आहेत. डॉ. अमोल कोल्हे या चित्रपटात मध्यवर्ती भूमिकेत आहेत. छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांनी बुद्धीच्या आणि शौर्याच्या जोरावर अफझलखानाचा वध कसा केला? हे ‘वाघनखं’ चित्रपटातून दिसणार आहे.
अफझलखानाच्या वधानंतर महाराजांच्या बंदोबस्तासाठी औरंगजेबाने पाठवलेल्या शाहिस्ताखानाला पळवून लावल्यानंतर रयतेची झालेली नुकसान भरपाई भरून काढण्यासाठी सुरतेची मोहिम आखली. आणि शाहिस्ताखानाने केलेल्या नुकसानीचा ‘वचपा’ काढला.
शिवरायांचे हे प्रेरणादायी जीवनकार्य देशभरात आणि देशाबाहेर पोहचविण्याच्या उद्देशाने या तीनही चित्रपटांची निर्मिती मराठीसोबत हिंदी भाषेतही होणार आहे.
Much awaited Marathi horror film ‘Kaaal’ to be released in Russia
Set to hit the screens all over the Maharashtra on January 24 2020, much awaited Marathi horror film ‘Kaaal’ is also to be premiered on the opening day of 4th Bollywood Film Festival in Moscow. One of its kind of horror film in Marathi, Kaal has already created buzz in the film industry after it was announced and the trailer of this film became hit on the social media. Incidentally, ‘Kaaal’ would be first Marathi film to release in Russia. After its release in Maharashtra on January 24, the film will be released on 100 screens in 30 cities in Russia.
After watching the trailer of the film, the organisers of the Festival and the company involved in the organisation approached the producers Hemant Ruparel and Ranjit Thakur of Frames Productions. “The organisers were so impressed by the story of the film and its treatment that they wanted to release the film in Russia. The subject around which the film revolves has huge demands in film industry. After initial interaction, the release of the film in Russia was finalised. It is a proud moment for us as producers as the first Marathi film to be released in Russia is ours.” said Hemant Ruparel and Ranjit Thakur of Frames Productions
‘Kaaal’, which is written, directed and edited by D Sandeep, has been produced by Hemant Ruparel and Ranjit Thakur of Frames Production, Nitin Prakash Vaidya and D Sandeep. The film features Satish Gejage, Sanket Vishwasrao, Shreyas Behere, Rajkumar Jarange, Vaibhavi Chavan and Gayatri Chighlikar in pivotal roles.
According to the makers, The film revolves around the concept of Paranormal Activities and makes it different from other horror films as none has handled this topic so far. Russia and CIS has huge following of such content and proved one of the reasons why the Kaaal was picked for the Festival.