Will 8th February prove suicidal day for Marathi films ?
Till now, we have witnessed five to six Marathi films released on the same day. Only last week we saw the release of four films simultaneously and saw the results. Now, coming Friday Marathi films will be creating a new record of simultaneous releases, with about 9 films selecting 8th February 2019, as their date of release. The names of these films are, ‘Aasud‘, ‘Bhai-2‘, ‘Dahavi‘, ‘Dhadpad‘, ‘Luckee‘, ‘Premrang‘, ‘Premwaari‘, ‘Readymix‘ & ‘Unadmasti‘ . And, this has invited critical reactions from Marathi film lovers. Many of them have questioned these film makers on social networking media.
One such critical reaction has come from one of the media person, whose message has become viral on social networking. He has called it suicidal or #Loot. “Neither does the producer understand nor do the distributors of these films or marketing and PR guys advice the producers the right thing to do,” it reads. And this certainly makes everybody think seriously on this issue. There should be proper understanding among such film makers. How do they expect the audience to watch their film, by keeping a wide choice? If this continues, it will certainly put the audience into a dilemma and there is a possibility that they may prefer to watch such films on television at a later date.
‘वर्तूळ’ या मालिकेत मीनाक्षी आणि अभिजीत चे लग्न
‘वर्तुळ‘ ही नवी मालिका नावाप्रमाणेच माणसाच्या आयुष्याचं वर्तुळ दर्शवणारी आहे. विकास पाटील, विजय आंदळकर आणि जुई गडकरी यांच्या अभिनयाने सजलेली ही मालिका एक फॅमेली सस्पेन्स स्टोरी आहे. जुई मीनाक्षीची या पात्राची भूमिका साकारत आहे. तर अभिजित परांजपे म्हणजे अभिनेता विकास पाटील हा कथेचा नायक आहे. अभिजित मीनाक्षीला स्वतःच्या घरी घेऊन जातो. कालांतरानें त्या दोघांमध्ये प्रेम होते आणि आता येत्या रविवारी १० फेब्रुवारीला रात्री ९ वाजता ‘वर्तुळ‘ या मालिकेचा महा एपिसोड दाखवला जाणार आहे . यात मीनाक्षी आणि अभिजीत चे लग्न मोठ्या थाटामाटामध्ये घडणार आहे . या लग्नात ‘फुलपाखरू‘ चे कलाकार त्याचप्रमाणे ‘सूर राहू दे‘ चे कलाकार सुद्धा नवजोड्याला शुभेच्छा द्यायला येतील. ‘फुलपाखरू‘ या मालिकेतील मानस या संगीत मध्ये एक सुंदर गाणं गाणार आहे .
‘वर्तुळ‘ या मालिकेत तसं पाहता मीनाक्षीने तिच्या भूतकाळातील काही गोष्टी तिच्या मनात दडवून ठेवल्या होत्या मात्र आता तिने तीच आयुष्य मोबाईल मध्ये रेकॉर्ड करून अभिजीत ला पाठवले आहे. पण अजूनही अभिजीत ने तो ऑडिओ ऐकला नाही आहे . या लग्नात काही भयंकर घडेल का ? अभिजीत सोबत निर्माण झालेल्या विश्वासाच्या नात्याला मिनाक्षीच्या भूतकाळाने तडा जाणार का? त्यांचं नातं टिकून राहणार का? असे असंख्य प्रश्न सध्या प्रेक्षकांच्या मनात उठत आहेत .
Aamhi Befikar Movie Poster
Renowned Marathi actor Ramesh Bhatkar is no more
Renowned Marathi stage-television and film actor Ramesh Bhatkar who also acted in Hindi serials and films is no more. He was 70. He breathed his last today evening at Elizabeth Hospital, Malbar Hill, Mumbai, where he was being treated for lung cancer. The youngest son of legendary music director & composer Vasudev alias Snehal Bhatkar, he had an artistic background from his early college days and even took active part in swimming for his college team besides playing Kho Kho at Vijay Club , Dadar.
Ramesh’s acting debut in films was through ‘Chandoba Chandoba Bhaglaas ka’ (1978) followed by AshtaVinayak (1978), Duniya Kari Salam, Maaherchi Manasa, Aapli Maanasa and not to forget his memorable performance in lead role along with Alka Kubal through super hit film ‘Maherchi Saadi’ (1991). He also played a groom in the film Lek Chalali Sasarla. Since then, Ramesh had performed in 90 films including few Hindi films. He also had an opportunity to play the lead role in legendary Hindi film maker Kidar Sharma in his film ‘Saheme Hue Sitare’.
But, more than the films, Ramesh Bhatkar became more popular through his prosperous television career, which began with Hello Inspector (1990) and Damini (Marathi) on DoorDarshan followed by Commander (1992) on Zee TV, and Teesra Dola (1998) on DD2. He also appeared in Haddapaar, Bandini, Yugandhara. Marathi Theatre was Ramesh Bhatkar’s first love, having performed prominent lead roles in many plays. He played a lead role in ‘Ashroonchi Zaali Phule’ (1975) which ran in the Marathi theatre industry for many years. With his sad demise, Marathi entertainment industry has lost a talented actor.
His funeral will take place around 9.30 pm today at Shivaji Park Crematorium.
First poster of Sai Tamhankar’s film ‘Pondicherry’ released
Sai Tamhankar has begun shooting of her forthcoming film ‘Pondicherry‘ at Pondicherry from 1st February 2019. On the first day itself the first poster of this film was released in which we find black and white look of Sai Tamhankar, which is without make up. And therefore, there is a lot of curiosity among Sai’s fans, as this film will be shot with I Phone and in this film Sai will be working without make up.
Speaking about this film, Sai Tamhankar says, “This is the first film which is being shot on I Phone and my look is very natural in this film, as there is no make up and no hairstyle. The entire film is being shot in Pondicherry and I am enjoying every moment during this process, which is like attending a workshop. I feel that every actress should experience working in such a film, where she gets a chance to come out of her comfort zone and attempt something different.”
By the way, after ‘Vazandar‘ this is the second film Sai Tamhankar is doing with film maker Sachin Kundalkar.
Dombivli Return Movie Trailer
Movie : Dombivli Return
Director : Mahendra Teredesai
Music : Shailendra Barve
Cast : Sandeep Kulkarni, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Siya Patil, Pooja Kasekar, Amol Parashar, Hrishikesh Joshi, Sunil Joshi
Hair ordered from Tirupati for wig in the film ‘Bhaai – Part-2′
A proper wig helps to give a perfect look of the character played by the actor. And when the character is of a famous person, then a lot of care is to be taken to give a realistic look. Surendra Salvi and Jitendra Salvi of Natural Hair Studio who had designed the wig for Sagar Deshmukh, in part I of the film ‘Bhaai’ had also taken a big challenge to design the wig for the 60+ look of Pu La Deshpande in Part 2 of ‘Bhai’. And for that they had to order hair from Tirupati to design this special wig.
Incidentally, Salvi brothers had also designed the wig of Nawazuddin Siddiqui for the film ‘Thackeray’ Speaking about their latest challenge of designing the wig for Sagar’s older look to resemble with that of Pu La during his 60+ age, Jitendra Salvi said, “Designing the wig of Sagar while playing Pu La during his young age, wasn’t that difficult, but designing a wig for person’s 60+ age was a difficult task. During the older age, the hair tend to become thinner and even the roots are noticed. If you had seen the photos of Bhaai during the older age, you will agree that his hair were curly. And therefore to show the hair on upper side, we had to shave off the front portion of hair of forehead of the lead actor.”
Anyway, ‘Bhaai – Part-2′ is all set to release on Friday and therefore there is a lot of curiosity to see how his older look is presented using this special wig for Sagar Deshmukh, who is playing his character.
Anandi Gopal Movie Trailer
Movie : Anandi Gopal
Director : Sameer Vidwans
Music : Hrishikesh Datar, Saurabh Bhalerao, Jasraj Joshi
Cast : Lalit Prabhakar, Bhagyashree Milind, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Kshiti Jog, Yogesh Soman
‘Dhappa’ highlights importance of national integration through entertainment
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Today’s children will be responsible citizens of tomorrow. And therefore their proper grooming is very important. Besides learning the right things from school it is necessary for the children to find good company in the neighborhood to socialize in a right manner. For this, they need to take active part in extra curricular activities, instead of getting addicted to mobiles and computer games. Writer Girish Kulkarni who is also producer of new Marathi film ‘Dhappa‘ with the help of director Nipun Dharmadhikari has offered a sensible film on this subject, which revolves around a group of children living in a housing society in the city of Pune.
Though some of the children are mischievous and are involved in their regular fights over petty issues, they have strong bonding developed among them, with the efforts taken by one of the resident Anuradha Deodhar (Vrushali Kulkarni) whose little daughter is also part of this group of children. The children call her Anuradha tai . There are also two mature children namely Surhud (Aakash Kamble) who is suffering from neuromuscular disease and Sharvi ( Sharvi Kulkarni) who sorts out all their problems and keeps them together. Surhud who rides an automatic wheel chair is respected by the children and is addressed by them as Hawkya( Short name of Well Known British Physicist Stephen Hawking).
The story of this film begins when Anu tai plans to present a play of these children based on human evolution and environment during the community Ganapati festival and they begin their planning. Initially, some children are reluctant to perform because of the subject instead of their favourite mythology. But, the creative Anu tai with the help of Surhud and Sharvi incorporate such characters to make it more interesting from their point of view but without changing the theme. When the news about their play reaches the leader of a political party of their area through one of the residents, he with the help of his goons threatens Anu tai and the children, to keep away from performing this play. How these children face this challenge and how they unite to show their strength is what the second part of this 1 hour 55 minute long film is all about.
Writer Girish Kulkarni and director Nipun Dharmadhikari have really worked hard to counter the existing social terrorism which comes in the way of National Integration. Very cleverly they have selected little children to convey this timely message to the society in an entertaining way. Watch the code language used by the children while communicating among themselves to maintain secrecy, which is the best part of the film. Every scene in this film is well planned and the entire team seems to have worked hard in its management. Also each and every character has a special significance in the screenplay, including the children of society watchman who are treated on par with other children by sensible society residents. The inclusion of characters like Soman kaka( Chandrakant Kale) and Mohite Aaji ( Jyoti Subhash) generate a lot of humour with their presence through few scenes.
Besides the group of talented children, there are few other versatile artistes like Sunil Barve, Irawati Harshe, Shrikant Yadav, Umesh Jagtap, Chhaya Kadam, Girish Kulkarni and others, who have contributed sincerely towards an excellent presentation of this timely subject. Suitable Music by Gandhaar, fine cinematography by Swapnil Sonavane and apt editing by Suchitra Sathe are the other plus points of this creative film. Don’t look at this film as a children’s film. All in all It is a worth watch film for all.
Four Marathi films to release simultaneously on 1st February
The production of Marathi films is on the rise in this new year too. The release of four Marathi films simultaneously on 1st February is the best example growing competition among Marathi film makers. And they have been using different marketing strategies to attract audience to the theatres. Eros International and Everest Entertainment are the two big banners behind presentation of cricket based film ‘Me Pan Sachin‘ which is written and directed by Shreyas P Jadhav, who has himself played cricket at the state level. In this male dominated film Swapnil Joshi, Abhijeet Khandkekar and Priyadarshan Jadhav play lead roles along with Kalyanee Muley, Anuja Sathe, Suhita Thatte & Avinash Narkar.
‘Sarva Line Vyasta Aahet‘ seems to be a comedy based entertaining film with a team of five girls along with lead artistes Siddharth Jadhav and Saurabh Gokhale. Produced by Amol Shiram Utekar and directed by Pradeep Raghunath Mestry will this film present a Bollywood style comedy or will have its own originality, remains to be seen this Friday. Pramod Prabhulkar and Madhurani Prabhulkar who run their Miracles acting academy, will be presenting their next film ‘Youth Tube‘ which deals with an important timely subject which questions today’s parents, social media is distancing their children from them? The film has offered scope to 300 students from their acting academy. The fourth film which is also releasing on Friday is Nipun Dharmadhikari‘s national award winning film ‘Dhappa‘ which was judged as the best film on national integration. Involvement of Girish Kulkarni as producer and supporting actor in this film in the company of a group talented children and some versatile artistes is the highlight of this film.