‘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.:
‘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.