Smita Tambe’s fourth film ‘Gadhul’ to be screened at 50th IFFI
This will be the 50th Golden Jubilee year of Indian International Film Festival and therefore it has a special significance. The audience will have the finest opportunity to watch some best films at this festival. And actress Smita Tambe has a good news for her. Her film ‘Gadhul’ has been selected in Non Feature film section of Indian Panorama at this forthcoming film festival.
Smita has a connect with IFFI during the past few years, as her previous films like ‘Dhoosar‘, ‘Rukh‘, ‘Pangira’, were also screened at this festival. This will be her fourth film to be screened at this prestigious Indian International Film festival and it is a great honour for the talented actress. Speaking about her experience with IFFI, Smita says, “When I participated in this film festival for the first time, I didn’t know the vast importance of this event. But, soon I realised it was a big hub for film lovers. You get an opportunity to meet some renowned film makers from different parts of the world. Therefore, for me it is a big honour that my film has been selected.”
New Marathi film ‘Copy’ throws light on disorganised education system at Taluka level
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We are all aware, how the Government insists on the head count besides the passing percentage, to enable the schools from Taluka level in Maharashtra to receive the Government grant. Now, to check whether this grant received from Government is properly used for running such schools, it all depends upon the inspection carried out by the Inspectors of Education department. Not always the school authorities can manage such Visiting Inspectors. If an honest Inspector pays a surprise visit to a particular school and exposes the irregularity, it only results in stopping the grant and ultimately the closure of school.
Through the latest released Marathi film ‘Copy’ writer- directors Dayasagar Wankhede and Hemant Dhabade have thrown light on the disorganised education system followed in one of the schools, especially at the Taluka level . Very cleverly they have shown how the trustees of the schools manipulate the administrative procedure by blocking the salaries of teachers and encourage some of the teachers to run the private coaching classes and with their help allow the children to ‘copy’ during the final exams, to inflate the result percentage of the school.
But, what about those sincere committed teachers and the poor students from villages, who walk down miles to reach the school at taluka level and who work hard and are willing to study honestly with dreams in their eyes? So, through the characters of two committed teachers namely Anshuman Vichare and Jagannath Nivangune they have presented the scenario of a secondary school run by a corrupt Trustee who is also a politician. At the same time, he shows how a selfish senior teacher played by Milind Shinde, besides teaching in this school, also runs a private coaching academy , with the help of few teachers from the school. And above all, with the help of three poor children from the families of Brick kiln workers , they have shown how the corrupt system affects their dreams.
Though the method adopted by the film makers is not very appealing, they do succeed in conveying the message to all. The directors have also highlighted the importance of offering education to girls, which is very timely. There are few shortcomings in the screenplay, which has kept the two protagonist teachers always at the receiving end with no hope for their efforts to change the system. Even the closing scene aims at the people watching the film and for tolerating the exploitative educational system.
The three students played by Pratik Lad, Adnesh Madushingarkar & Shraddha Sawant from poor background have performed well, clearly showing their desire to take education in spite of financial constraints. However the other students shown in the class don’t look natural. Among the teachers, Anshuman Vichare and Jagannath Nivangune display their potential through different type of roles. However, their characters haven’ found enough scope. It is Milind Shinde through his negative character finds more scope. Good support comes from Kamlesh Sawant in the role of an upright education inspector. Music isn’t very engaging, but cinematography by Santonio Terzio is the best, covering the beautiful rural locations in and around Pen taluka area in Raigad district off Mumbai.
Actress Pallavi Patil celebrates her birthday with orphans
A new trend has already been set by some of our Marathi actresses, who have become aware of their duty to the society. ‘Triple Seat’ fame Actress Pallavi Patil who made a grand debut through super hit Marathi film ‘Classmates’ , is also following the footsteps of her seniors. She is already associated with many social organisations. Recently, Pallavi celebrated her birthday with orphans from Mumbai.
Speaking about her fine gesture, Pallavi says, “I regularly visit and work for social organisations in Jalgaon and Pune . And therefore on my birthday I am either at these two places or at my village with my parents. But, this time since I was busy with my work in Mumbai, I decided to celebrate my birthday with orphans from a social organisation in Mumbai. It was a pleasure meeting these children and their teachers at Vatsalya , which gave me enough energy to work till my next birthday. These children rendered songs for me , which was also a memorable experience for me.”
‘Apsara Dhara’ Konkani Children’s film for Kolkatta Film Festival
Konkani language is very close to our Marathi language. In fact it is also spoken in some of our Marathi films, set on the backdrop of Konkan region. Known for his successful films like ‘Jnaa Manaa’ and ‘Aa Vai Ja sa’ in Konkani language Dr. Ramesh Kamath from Bangalore has now made his new Konkani film ‘Apsara Dhara’ which is based on the most important slogan of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’. The film is in news, because the story, screenplay and direction is by Dr. Kamath himself.
‘Apsara Dhara’ is the first Konkani film shot in Egypt and some of the scenes have been picturised in 3D format. The theme of the film is on the simple principle ‘There is no short cut for success’ and therefore this film will be a worth watch for all children and their parents. Child artistes Master Sarthak Shenoy and Kumari Swati Bhatt from Mangalore are playing lead roles in this film, while popular film artiste Gopinath Bhatt and renowned stage artiste P. Rohidas nayak are playing eqully important role of Village Chief and Pinto Teacher respectively in this film.
The film has already been selected for screening at the Kolkatta Film Festival prior to its theatre release and will be screened on 14th November, the Children’s day.
The second schedule of ‘Awanchit’ extends to other parts of Kolkatta
Many a times locations of the film play a very important role in giving a realistic look to the film, especially when the story of the film is based in that region. In order to present the culture of West Bengal through their Marathi film, Bengali film makers Producer Pritam Choudhary and director Shubho Basu after completing the first schedule of their film’s (Awanchit) shoot in North Kolkatta’s Lahabadi and different Cafeteria and Oligo in South Kolkatta, they will now move to capture scenic beauty of some parts of Kolkatta in their second schedule of shooting which begins from 7th November.
Perhaps, the makers expect to give boost to tourism to West Bengal by covering such beautiful locations. The film already has a combination of Marathi and Bengali artistes as well as behind the screen technicians. Those fortunate Marathi artistes who are part of this film’s star cast are, Kishore Kadam, Mrunal Kulkarni, Abhay Mahajan, Mrunmayee Godbole, Dr. Mohan agashe, Suhas Joshi, Yogesh Soman, Sulbha Arya & Rajesh Shinde along with Bengali artistes Barun Chanda, Asim Das, Dilip Dave, Arun Guha Thakurta & Rana Basu Thakur . Cinematographer Atul Jagadale besides doing the cinematography of this film is also creative producer of this film.
Marathi film ‘Copy’ gets ready for release on 8th November
The word ‘Copy’ is related to many things. But, when it is used in education field, it has a negative meaning. Those involved in ‘Copy’ and caught red handed by examiners get severe punishment, which may sometimes spoil their career prospects. Marathi film ‘Copy’ is generally attempted by those students who try to score marks by unlawful means in schools and colleges exams, but they are not aware of the repercussions if caught by examiners.
Ganesh Ramchandra Patil who had the idea of making a Marathi film on this subject, has himself turned a producer of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Copy’ which will be presented by Palash Bhimji Vadhan’s Bharat Exim. It is directed by director duo- Dayasagar Wankhede and Hemant Dabhade, who have also written the screenplay of this film. Education being so important for all, today some people have been using it as a market for their selfish gains. Under such circumstance, how important is the role of teachers? The theme of ‘Copy’ is based on this aspect.
The star cast of this film is unique. Anshuman Vichare who is generally seen playing comedy roles, will be seen in a serious type of teacher’s role in this film and Jagannath Nivangune,who is always seen plying the character of Police officer will also be seen in teacher’s role. They find the support of big team of talented artistes like Milind Shinde, Kamlesh Sawant,Suresh Vishwakarma,Neeta Donde,Neel Nagarkar, Rahul Belapurkar, Ashutosh Wadkar, Poonam Rane, Saurabh Sutar, Praveen kapade, Ravi Virkar, Shraddha Sawant, Andesh Madushingkar, Pratik Lad, Rohit Sonavane, Pratiksha Sable,Shivaji Patne, Sikandar Mulani, Aarti Pathak, Siddhi Parkar, Sanika Nirmal, Siddhi Patane & Vidya Bhagwat.
Having already made its impact during its screening at various film festivals like Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Fest, 55th Maharashtra State Awards and Sanskruti Kaladarpan Awards, this film is now all set for release on 8th November 2019.
Prathamesh Parab in and as ‘Talli’
Producer Sanjay Gopalkar whose short film ‘Uttarand’ won many Indian and International awards is now making an entertaining Marathi film ‘Talli’ starring Prathamesh Parab, in lead and central role. The name of this film itself suggests that it will be comedy film, but the makers of the film suggest that besides family entertainment this commercial film will also offer a social message. According to the producer, he selected Prathamesh for this role because he felt that he would be able to give full justice to his character in this film.
Reacting on his role in this film, Prathamesh says, “Till now I have received good appreciation from Marathi audience to all those comedy characters played by me in different films, but, in this comedy film The film makers have introduced me ‘in and as’ which is a big honour for me. In this film I also have a different look and my physical training to prepare myself for this character will begin soon.”
Through this film Ganesh-Suresh will be making their debut in direction and they are presently busy with pre production work of this film and very soon, they will begin shooting of this film. The nams of other artistes will be announced by them shortly. They propose to release this film next year i.e. in 2020.
‘Khari Biscuit’ offers an emotion filled story of a brother and his blind sister
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Unlike his previous love stories , this time director Sanjay Jadhav deviates from his entertainment formula, to offer an emotion filled story through his latest released Marathi film ‘Khari Biscuit’. Actually, ‘Khari Biscuit’ is a sensitive emotion filled film on the life of two siblings, who turn orphans, when their mother living in slums dies in an accident. When five year old blind girl Khari (Vedashree Khadilkar) expresses her wish to her caring brother Biscuit(Adarsha Kadam) , he tries to fulfil the same by working hard as a child labourer. But, when she demands something unachievable by her brother, the determined brother goes on to make what is impossible as possible, attempting different ways.
What follows in the process, is what Sanjay Jadhav has presented through an interesting screenplay of this film. He has dedicated this film to all the brothers and sisters in this world and therefore emotions play a very important part in this film. But, what is more important is that he takes the support of the most popular game of cricket. Set on the backdrop of the ICC World Cup One day Cricket matches of 2011, when India won the World cup after 28 long years. Since this was the last World Cup of India’s master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, it turned out to be a biggest gift for him. And therefore, the director has used his popular image cleverly in the film’s story.
Though the main plot of this film is good, few happenings in the film fail to convince . But, the director has extracted the best from the two child artistes Vedashree and Adarsha and both of them have responded very well . Good support also comes from Nandita Dhuri and Sanjay Narvekar through their limited roles. There are many other newcomers in supporting roles and they too have performed convincingly. As far as the locations in and around the city of Mumbai and Thane are concerned, they give a realistic look. Music by Suraj Dhiraj goes well with the film’s subject. All in all, director Sanjay Jadhav sold a dream to many underprivileged children especially the brothers and sisters.
सोनी मराठीवर अनुभवा जिजा-शहाजीच्या लग्नाचा शाही थाट
हिंदवी स्वराज्य उभं करणाऱ्या छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या जन्मापासूनचा इतिहास सगळ्यांनाच माहिती आहे. मात्र त्यांना घडवणाऱ्या माऊलीचा इतिहास तितकासा परिचयाचा नाही . अवघ्या ८ व्या वर्षी न्यायाच्या बाजूने उभी राहणारी जिजा लहानपणापासूनच कर्तबगार होती. शिवबांवर झालेल्या स्वराज्याच्या संस्कारांचा पाया जिजाच्या बालपणीच घातला गेला होता. स्वराज्याच्या मोहिमेचा मानबिंदू ठरला तो जिजा शहाजी यांचा विवाह सोहळा. जाधव आणि भोसले या राजघराण्यांमध्ये झालेली सोयरीक ही इतिहासातली खूप मोठी राजकीय घडामोड होती असे म्हणायला हरकत नाही. १५०० सालचा तो काळ त्याकाळची अनिश्चित अशी परस्थिती आणि त्यात पार पडलेला एक ऐतिहासिक आणि अजरामर सोहळा. सनई -चौघंड्यांचे सूर, केळीचे खांब आणि झेंडूच्या फुलांनी नटलेला दिव्य मंडप, शाही पक्वांन्नांनी सजलेलं ताट, दागिने, रोषणाई, सजावट, उंची वस्त्र असा शाही थाट होता जिजा-शहाजीच्या लग्नाचा.
या शाही सोहळ्याचं पान इतिहासात आपण वाचलं ही असेल पण सोनी मराठीवर सुरू असलेल्या ‘स्वराज्य जननी जिजामाता’ या मालिकेच्यानिमित्ताने पहिल्यांदा पाहायला मिळणार आहे.
‘स्वराज्य जननी जिजामाता’ हा कार्यक्रम पाहताना तुम्हाला प्रश्न पडला असेल की हा विवाह तर संपन्न होईल पण ही सप्दपदी ऐतिहासिक का ठरावी. तुमचं उत्तर मालिकेच्या शीर्षकातच आहे. महाराष्ट्राच्या सर्वश्रेष्ठ माता म्हणून ओळखल्या जाणाऱ्या जिजामाता यांचा हा विवाह सोहळा आहे. या विवाह सोहळ्यानंतरच महाराष्ट्राच्या त्या वैभवशालीन इतिहासाला खऱ्या अर्थाने प्रारंभ होणार आहे. त्यामुळे हा विवाहसोहळा महाराष्ट्राच्या इतिहासातील एक महत्वाचा मानबिंदू ठरतो. तसेच ज्या आईने महाराष्ट्राच्या शौर्यवान मराठ्याला जन्म दिला. जिच्या संस्कारांचे गोडवे आजही पोवाड्यांतून गायले जातात त्या जिजामातेची मनस्थिती अवघ्या आठव्या वर्षी कशी बरं असेल हे पाहणे फारच रंजक आणि स्फूर्तीदायक ठरणार आहे.
अमोल कोल्हे निर्मित ‘स्वराज्य जननी जिजामताा’ विवाह सप्ताह ४ नोव्हेंबर ते ९ नोव्हेंबर सोमवार ते शनिवार रात्री ८.३० वाजता पहा सोनी मराठीवर.
Jitendra Joshi to present talk show ‘Don Special’ on Colors Marathi
Television Talk shows have always invited attention of the home viewers, especially in Marathi. And the reason is simple. People would always like to know the frank opinion expressed by the guest invitees in such shows. But, it is equally important to have the proper host, who should be able to extract the best from such celebrities. Jitendra Joshi, known for his frank and humour filled chat , he will be hosting one such show ‘Don Special’, which will be telecast every Thursday and Friday at 9.30 pm on Colors Marathi channel.
Many renowned celebrities from Marathi stage, television and films will be part of this show and the very first episode will present Subodh Bhave and Sumeet Raghavan together. So, you can imagine, how Jitendra will handle them to speak out their frank opinion on different subjects. In the subsequent episodes there will be pairs like Guru Thakur- Kishore kadam, followed by participants from Big Boss-2 season and others.
Speaking about his show, Jitendra said,“The celebrities invited in this show will be all known celebrities in Marathi. And this programme will try to extract from them what the people are not aware. This being my programme, there will not be any kind of pretended show, but there will be more freedom offered to the guests.: