‘Koti’ which throws light on childhood of a transgender, to release on 8th November
In Marathi we have seen many ‘out of the box’ scripts presented very effectively by some film makers. Now, forthcoming Marathi film ‘Koti’ which throws light on childhood of a transgender is all set to release on 8th November 2019. The film has already won many awards at various international film festivals for presenting a very sensitive subject, where a brother comes forward to fight against the society for injustice done on his brother.
The film revolves around the sensitive relationship between two brothers. Since this Marathi film has handled the issue of transgender , there has been a lot of curiosity about this film. Besides receiving acclaim at international film festivals, this film has won four wards at Sanskruti Kaladarpan Film awards and five awards at Kolhapur festival. The film stars Adnesh Mudshingkar, Divesh Medge, Sanjay Kulkarni, Vinita Kale & Mohiniraj Gatne in lead roles. Produced by Dr. Santosh Pote and Dr. Ms. Sunita Pote the film is directed by Suhas Bhosale, who had shot into fame with his sensational film on sand mafia. Music by Baban Adagale & Manoj Negi and cinematography by Sagar Vanjari are other credits.
वेदश्री खाडिलकरने साकारली निरागस ‘खारी’
येत्या शुक्रवारी , १ नोव्हेंबर रोजी ‘खारी बिस्कीट’ हा चित्रपट प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येत आहे. ह्या चित्रपटात पाच वर्षांच्या गोंडस पण अंध मुलीची, ‘खारी’ची प्रमुख भूमिका साकारलीये वेदश्री खाडिलकर हिने. चित्रपटाच्या प्रोमोला प्रेक्षकांच्या चांगला प्रतिसाद मिळत असून चित्रपटाचे टायटल सॉंग अतिशय लोकप्रिय झाले आहे.
निरागस, अंध खारीचं कास्टिंग हा या चित्रपटाचा एक फार महत्वाचा भाग होता आणि आव्हानही होतं. सुमारे ३५० मुलींच्या ऑडिशन्सनंतर खारी म्हणजेच वेदश्री मिळाली. खारी हे कॅरेक्टर अंध असल्यामुळे तिला आर्टिफिशिअल लेन्स लावण्यात येणार होत्या. खारीचं वय ५ वर्षे असल्यामुळे शूटिंग दरम्यान पाठांतरसुद्धा महत्वाचे होते. चित्रपटाच्या चित्रीकरणापूर्वी वेदश्री करून तीन महिन्याच्या ब्लाइंडनेस ट्रेनिंग वर्कशॉपमधून तयारी करून घेण्यात आली.
‘खारी बिस्कीट’चे दिग्दर्शक संजय जाधव म्हणाले, “वेदश्री शिवाय दुसरी खारी होणं शक्य नाही. खारी बिस्कीट ही फिल्म माझ्यासाठी फार स्पेशल आहे आणि त्यात खारीचं कास्टिंग अत्यंत महत्वाचं होतं.” चित्रपटास सर्व रसिक प्रेक्षकांकडून भरघोस प्रेम आणि तिकीट बारीवर मोठे यश मिळेल असा विश्वास त्यांनी व्यक्त केले.
Spruha Joshi will be missing her Diwali at home this time
Diwali is a big festival for our film artistes. However busy they re, they always find time for their family on this occasion. But, sometimes they miss the celebration, if they are already on tour for their shooting. Work always comes first before family commitments. And Marathi actress Spruha Joshi is no exception. She is already busy anchoring the TV reality show. But, at the same time she has to find time for other assignments, whenever she is offered something good.
During this Diwali period, Spruha is busy shooting in Bhopal for forthcoming Hindi web series . And over there, she had only half day off for Laxmi Pujan ceremony. Though the local artistes could find time with their family, Spruha being far away from hr family, just couldn’t make it. And, she did feel the loneliness over there. Expressing her emotions, Spruha said, “Diwali is my favourite festival and I had never missed this occasion to be with my family. This is the first time it happened and I am missing all of them very much.”
Never mind Spruha. There is always next time and may be next time you will have a grand celebration.
Avika Entertainment to present Mr & Mrs fashion
Avika Entertainment will present their 2nd Icon Beauty Contest (Mr & Mrs fashion) this year too. The auditions for this contest will be held in Then West at The Road House between 10 am and 4 pm on 31st October 2019 followed by auditions on 6th November 2019 at CBD Belapur.
It may be recalled that last year this contest had made its presence felt with successful conduct of their event, with good response. Therefore this year there is a lot of curiosity about this event. This year the event has received support from Essa Studios, Swarup Entertainment, Sarthak Publicity, S.K. Builders & Developers, Road House and others.
Highlight of this event is that prominent people like Femina Miss India-Gujarat Miss Amardeep, Mr. Thane Akshay Patil will be present as Judges for the auditions. And for the final round on 21st November 2019 renowned actor Vijay Patkar and well known director Ravi Jadhav will be present as judges.
For registrations contact 9821108983 & 9664949725.
Marathi film’s new action-dancing star has the blessings of Ganesh Acharya
Every new star who makes debut whether in Hindi or Marathi films has some background tale to speak about his entry into stardom. Latest much talked about actor in Marathi film industry is Chaitanya Mestry, who is making his debut as action-dancing star through the film ‘Bakaal’ which is due for release on 8th November 2019.
Chaitanya, who has been born and brought up in a middle class family in Mumbai and lived in Teli Chawl in Prabhat Colony t Santacruz. This is the same chawl where renowned bollywood choreographer Ganesh Acharya spent his childhood. Actually, Chaitanya’s father Dilip Mestry and Ganesh Acharya are close friends. In fact, his father and mother Deepa are good dancers and had had assisted Ganesh Acharya before turning independent choreographers. So, they are close family friends. When Chitanya was a kid, there are photos of Ganesh Acharya holding him in his arms.
When Ganesh was born, his mother had wished that her child should be like Akshay Kumar . With his first film turning out to be an action film, her wish has come true. What is more important for Chaitanya is that he has the blessings of Ganesh Acharya, who has called him another Tiger Shroff in the making. Now, it remains to be seen how he is welcomed by the Marathi film lovers?
Grand trailer launch of Marathi Film ‘Copy’
Content has always been the key of success for Marathi films. Till now, the content of a film which creates a strong impact on the audience, has played the hero of some of the films. One such film which is expected to create such an impact is forthcoming Marathi Film ‘Copy’. This was evident after watching the trailer of this film, which was unveiled in a grand way.
Dealing with an important issue of education this film which has been conceived by the basic idea of Ganesh Ramchandra Patil under the banner of Sri Mahalakshmi Creations. It is accolades when it was showcased at a lot of festivals including The Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles Cine Festival, Sanskruti Kala Darpan Festival, the 55th State Awards etc. directed by director duo Dayasagar Wankhede and Hemant Dhabade who have set out to dissect the pros and cons of the system of education through this film. ‘Copy’ has already won a lot of applause at various film festivals and therefore it is expected that it will make the audience pause and ponder about the education system in a thought provoking way.
The big star cast of this film comprises of Milind Shinde, Anshuman Vichare, Jagganath Nivangune, Kamlesh Sawant, Suresh Vishwakarma, Nita Dhonde, Anil Nagarakar, Rahul Belapurkar, Ashutosh Wadkar, Poonam Rane, Saurabh Sutar, Praveen Kapade, Ravi Virkar, Shraddha Sawant, Adnesh Madhushingarkar, Prateek Lad, Rohit Sonawane, Pratiksha Sable, Shivaji Patne, Sikandar Mulani, Aarti Pathak, Sanika Nirmal, Siddhi Patne and Vidhi Bhagwat.
Rahul Salve has written the lyrics while the music has been composed by duo Rohan-Rohan Sound has been designed by Sameer Shelar, while Santanio Tezio has cranked the camera with art direction by Sandeep Kuchikorve.
Diwali offering in the form of ‘Triple Seat’ & ‘Hirkani’ for Marathi film lovers
For a long time Marathi film lovers have been waiting for a good film which would keep them engaged besides offering entertainment. Now, for this Diwali they have a choice, as two Marathi films of different genres are released this Friday. While ‘Triple Seat’ starring Ankush Chaudhari, Shivani Surve and Pallavi Patil seems to be a light hearted entertaining love story, ‘Hirakani’ starring Sonalee Kulkarni and Chinmay Mandlekar presents the historical story of a mother, from the period of Shivaji, who scaled down the steep edges of the Raigad fort to reach out to her baby, not caring for her own life. It is this courage displayed by this leading lady , she received the honours with the title ‘Hirkani’.
As Ankush will be returning to Marathi films in the lead role after a gap of two years, it will be interesting to watch him in this so called masala entertainer. Another highlight of this film is the entry of Bollywood actor Rakesh Bedi in an important role. Directed by Sanket Prakash Pavse, , the film also stars Pravin Tarde along with Vaibhav Mangale and Vidyadhar Joshi. On the other hand, ‘Hirakani‘ which is a period film directed by Prasad Oak, has something worth to convey from the history of Maharashtra. Other highlights of this film are, music composed by Amitraj and one song rendered by renowned singer Asha Bhosale.
Artistes of ‘Fatteshikast’ build replicas of Fort
The festival of Diwali is known for celebrating happiness . But, there are also some rituals connected with this festival over the years. During this festival, there has been an old tradition of building replicas of famous forts, in which people of all age groups take part with a lot of enthusiasm .
Keeping this tradition alive, artistes of the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Fatteshikast’ also got together into this traditional practice. Director Digpal Lanjekar along with artistes Astad kale, Ajay Purkar, harish Dudhade, Vikram Gaikwad, Prasad Limaye, Akshay Waghmare, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Trupti Toradmal, Ruchi Savarna and Nakshatra Medhekar took part in this collective mission of building the replica of a fort . And this goes very well with the theme of this film.
Through this mission their only aim was to keep the old tradition alive. Presented by Almonds Creation with the support of A.A. Films, ‘Fatehshikast’ will be released all over Maharashtra on 15th November 2019.
‘Bakaal’ trailer promises big action on Marathi screen
Stunts and actions are part of South Indian films. No wonder our Bollywood film makers have been attempting remakes of such films. In Marathi we have noticed very few stunt and action films . But now, director Sameer Athalye is all set to release his latest Marathi action film ‘Bakaal’. Recently, trailer of this film was released on social media, which clearly promises a big action on Marathi screen. The highlight of this film is that it has found a suitable hero in Chaitanya Mestry who is known for performing his own action and stunts besides being a dancing star. And the heroine of this film is Ekapeksha Ek reality show fame and Ma. Ta. Shravan Queen runner up Beauty with Brain Jui Bendkhale.
The story of this film is based on a real life incidence in Vidarbha, Maharashtra , where a group of anti social elements called ‘Bakaal’ was surprisingly eliminated by self styled security group. This being a tailor made screenplay for the lead hero, Chaitanya is seen performing the daredevil action scenes in the trailer of this film. Now, after the release of this film, it is for the audience to decide whether the action scenes in this film are at par with Bollywood and South Indian action filled films.
Presented by Shiv Om Visuals Pvt.Ltd. the film is all set for release on 8th November 2019. Besides the two lead artistes Chaitanya and Jui the film also stars Ashok Samarth, Alka Kubal, Ganesh Yadav, Yatin Karyekar, Milind gavli, Asit Redij, Jayant Savarkar, Puja Nayak in prominent roles .
Late Dada Kondke’s ‘Andhala Martoy Dola’ returns to Bharatmata Cinema
At a time when there are not many Marathi films being released these days, it is not a bad idea to re-release old Marathi hit films once again for the new generation. And Bharatmata Cinema the oldest single screen theatre existing in Central Mumbai has shown the way. The theatre owners have preferred to re –release Late Dada Kondke’s hit film ‘Andhala Marto Dola’. And, this is certainly a very good move to preserve the Marathi culture, instead of surrendering the cinema hall to Hindi films.
It may be recalled that for almost three decades since early 70s dada Kondke had ruled Marathi film industry with a big fan following all over Maharashtra. His films used to be released when Dada Kondke ‘Andhala Marto Dola’ was one of Dada Kondke’s hit film, directed by him and had played lead role opposite Aruna Irani . There are other hit films of Dada Kondke, like ‘Songadya’, ‘Pandu Hawaldar’, ‘Ekta Jeev Sadashiv’, ‘Ram Ram Gangaram’ and so on , which were equally entertaining. So, we can expect the series to continue, when no Marathi film is released during a particular week.
Today, Bharatmata is the only theatre which is sure to have a houseful audience for Marathi films even today. Besides Bharatmata, there is only Plaza cinema as singles screen theatre in Mumbai for Marathi films. Central has now switched over to Hindi films. All other theatres like Majestic, Kohinoor and others have been converted into multiplexes.