‘Pavankhind’ is a tribute to the great warrior Baji Prabhu Deshpande
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Every Sardar and every soldier of the Maratha army played an important role in strengthening the power of the Great warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Film maker Digpal Lanjekar who offered us two films namely ‘Farzand’ and ‘Fatteshikast’ were based on the bravery acts of such Sardars and soldiers. The latest film of writer- director Digpal Lanjekar offers the episode of aggressive battle of Pavankhind fought between Maratha Sardar Baji Prabhu Deshpande along with Bandal Army comprising of only 600 soldiers with the mighty 10,000 + army of Adilshah Sultanate led by Siddi Masud.
It was a well planned battle to mislead the enemy and enable Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to reach Vishalgad through safe route. The film highlights the sacrifice of Baji Prabhu Deshpande and the Bandal army, while fighting the enemy in this region. So, the film is a tribute to Baji Prabhu Deshpande and all those soldiers from his army who were severely injured and laid down their lives for the safety of their beloved King.
The film has therefore given enough scope to Ajay Purkar, who has played the important role of Baji Prabhu Deshpande. He seems to be the favourite of the director, as in his earlier films he had played equally important characters of Tanaji Malusare and Motyaji Khalekar. Another artiste who invites all the attention is Harish Dudhade in the role of Bahirji Naik. At present, he is most popular actor on Marathi television. It may be recalled that Harish had played the character of Bahirji Naik very efficiently in Digpal’s previous film ‘Fatteshikast’.
Among others, Chinmay Mandlekar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mrinal Kulkarni as Rajmata Jijau, Ankit Mohan with his strong physique as Rayaji Bandal and Kshiti Jog as Badi Begum make their presence felt in this multi starrer film, which concludes with the great battle in Maratha history , in which both the sides suffered heavy casualties. And therefore, we notice a lot of bloodshed while watching these action scenes. At the same time, there are many emotion filled scenes reminding about the love and respect every soldier from Maratha army had for their brave King. This film is now available for viewing on Amazon Prime.
‘Gulhar’ poster launched on auspicious Gudi Padwa day
The story plays a very important role in the success of Marathi film. Therefore, now days Marathi film makers are paying attention to this aspect. On the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa makers of Marathi film Shantaram (Appa) Medage, Shivaji Bhintade, Anup Shinde, Abid Syed launched the poster of their film ‘Gulhar (गुल्हर)’. This film presents Ravi Kale and Bhargavi Chirmule in the lead roles for the first time together and the story of this film revolves around an 11 year old boy. This itself clearly indicates that their roles author backed.
‘Gulhar’ Movie , Ravi Kale, Vinayak Potdar, Bhargavi Chirmule
The film is written by Mohan Padwal ,scripted by Sanjay Navgire and directed by Ramesh Sahebrao Chaudhary . Besides Ravi and Bhargavi the other star cast of the film comprise of Vinayak Poddar, Madhav Abhyankar, Suresh Vishwakarma, Kishor Chougule, Rukmini Sutar, Shivani Bavkar, Ganesh Kokate, Kapil Kadam, Pushpa Chaudhary, Shivaji Bhintade, Anup Shinde, Manjiri Yashwant, Swapnil Landge, Reshma Phadtare, Sachin Malwade, Devendra Vayal and Ganesh Shitole,
Padmanabh Gaikwad has composed the music for the songs . Vishal Patil is the choreographer while Kumar Dongre is the cinematographer and compiler. Background music is by Kedar Divekar and sound design by Nikhil Lanjekar and Himanshu Ambekar. The film has already won prestigious awards at various film festivals and will now be released on 6th May 2022 all over Maharashtra.
‘Bharat Majha Desh Aahe’ to release on 6th May
On the occasion of Shahid Divas recently, Producer Dr. Ashish Agarwal, Presenters SB Creations and director Pandurang Krushna Jadhav announced the release date of their film ‘Bharat Majha Desh Aahe’ as 6th May 2022. The teaser of this film had already indicated that it will be a Patriotic film .
The film stars two child stars Rajveersigh Gaikwad ( popularly known as ‘Ladoo’ on small screen) and Devanshi Sawant along with popular artistes like Mangesh Desai, Shashank Shende, Chhaya Kadam, Hemangi Kavi and Namrata Salokhe in lead roles. Director Pandurang Krushna Jadhav has himself written the story of this film with screenplay and dialogues by Natharam Dhapse. Lyrics by Sameer Samant and music by Ashwin Srinivas are the other credits. The film has a tagline ‘Ahinsa Paramo Dharma’.
“This film will be an ideal gift for children during vacation and every child should see this film,” says Writer- director Pandurang Krushna Jadhav.
The first Teaser & poster of ‘Sher Shivraj’ released
Digpal Lanjekar who had successfully directed earlier Marathi films like ‘Farzand’, ‘Fatteshikast’ and very recently released his film ‘Pawankhind, is now getting ready to release his next film ‘Sher Shivraj’. Through this film Digpal has focussed on how Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj killed Afzal Khan at Pratapgad fort.
It may be recalled that the Slaughtering of Afzal Khan is an important chapter in the history of Shivaji Maharaj’s period. We can say that then ‘Hindavi Swarajya’ was established in the true sense. Now, the Marathi film lovers are getting ready to witness the historic golden chapter on the silver screen on 22nd April all over.
A glimpse of this historic moment can be seen on the recently released poster and Teaser of the film ‘Sher Shivraj’. The saffron flag of ‘Hindavi Swarajya’ proudly fluttering on Pratapgad, the blood soaked hand of the Maharaj, the tiger nails which pulled out the bowels of Afzal Khan and the dazzling sun, which is a silent witness of all the happenings from that time till today.
‘Sher Shivraj’ is produced by Nittin Keni of Mumbai Movie Studios, Pradyot Pendharkar and Anil Narayanrao Varkhade of Raajwarasa Productions along with Digpal Lanjekar, Chinmay Mandlekar of Mulakshar Production.
Marathi film ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ to release on 22nd April
Sa Creations Marathi film ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ is all set for release on 22nd April in theatres all over Maharashtra. Recently, poster of this film was released on social media, inviting the attention of film lovers. This multi starrer film poster reminds you of 80s and 90s period. Moreover, the unusual tagline of this film says, “Aaj Tak Filmo mein 3 bhai bichade the, lekin un mein Bahan kabhi nahi thi.” ( Which means that till now you have seen three brothers separating, but there was no sister among them.)
Wriiten and directed by Hrishikesh Gupte ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ has a strong star cast comprising of Sonali Kulkarni, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Pushkar Shrotri, Kishore Kadam, Anand Ingale, Vaibhav Mangale, Sagar Sant, Mayuresh Pem, Sanskruti Balgude, Sakhi Gokhale, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Revati Limaye, Meghana Erande, Sanjay Kulkarni and Vinit Bhonde. Avadhoot Gupte has composed the music of this film on the lyrics of Hrishikesh Gupte with cinematography by Salil Sahasrabudhe.
Ketan Sawant – An actor and a magician
Small towns at district places in Maharashtra have produced many talented artistes in Marathi entertainment industry. Platforms like reality shows have also offered ample opportunities to many such youngsters to display their talent. But, not all are lucky to find entry into these reality shows. However, they remain determined to present their skills through their respective local platforms.
One such multi talented youngster is Ketan Uday Sawant from Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district. 20 year old Ketan began displaying his artistic talent first as a dancer at the age of 12 in the year 2014. Very next year he performed lead role in a Marathi play ‘Rangi Rangala Shrirang’ at the local level. And this turned out to be a turning point in his life. Thereafter there has been no stopping for him.
Actor Magician, Ketan Sawant
Ketan has performed in plays like ‘Shiv Kalyan Raja’, ‘Janata Raja’. At present he is performing in the classical music based play ‘Matsyagandha’. He has been playing the role which was played by Priyadarshan Jadhav earlier. Ketan has also performed in a film ‘Barayan’ and in a short film ‘Bolna’.
What is special about Ketan is that besides acting he has also taken keen interest in Magic shows. He has been presenting his own magic shows since 2016. Now, almost for six years he has performed magic shows at different places in Maharashtra and also Gujarat. Ketan has won many awards as a magician from different cultural organisations in Maharashtra and Gujarat. He has also established himself as a show anchor during programmes.
Ketan’s father Uday Sawant has been very encouraging. He and his wife have always supported Ketan in his endeavour. But, his father feels that he should first complete his graduation, which according to him is equally important. After, the lifting of lockdown restrictions on shows, Ketan is now back with new vigour. Sky is the limit for him. MMW wishes him all the best.
New TV Channel ‘Q Marathi’ launched
A TV channel ‘Q Marathi has been launched by Q You Media Company recently. After launching their ‘The Q’ Hindi channel, this is their first regional language channel. This free to air ‘Q Marathi’ channel has been launched to expand their network into regional language. On this Marathi national channel the promoters have assured to present overall quality entertainment through Marathi Digital producers.
For the past ten years we have observed many changes in presentation format of entertainment. Accordingly, the owners of this channel have decided to present popular stars on small screen. According to Channel head Neeta Thakre, this channel will offer quality entertainment with a difference to invite the attention of the entire family. The programming head of the channel Mr. Ashutosh Barve feels that their channel will present all the popular stars who have been well accepted by the digital world.
Trailer of ‘Vishu’ released
Trailer of Shree Krupa Productions’ Marathi film ‘Vishu’ was released recently, giving a clear indication how a young man working in the busy city, has his native place Konkan in his mind all the time. This shows how deep are his roots in the picturesque Konkan. The film presents the sweet Malwani language and pure hearts of the people living there.
Written and directed by Mayur Madhukar Shinde, this film will be released on 8th April in the theatres. According to him, this film is a family entertainer and all the artistes have done justice to their roles. Along with the lead pair of Gashmeer Mahajani and Mrunmayee Godbole, the film also stars Eitasha Sanzgiri, Manasi Mohile, Milind Pathak, Vijay Nikam, Sanjay Gurubakshani, Pradnesh Dingorkar in lead roles. Hrishikesh Kamerkar has composed the music of this film on the lyrics of Mangesh Kangane. Cinematography is by Mohit Jadhav.
Trailer of ‘Aashray’ inviting all the attention
The trailer of Marathi film ‘Aashray (आश्रय)’ which was launched recently, is inviting all the attention on social media. When you see the trailer for ‘Aashray’, you can see that it really represents the plot of the film. The trailer of the movie which was made without revealing the secret of the original subject is being appreciated everywhere. In this trailer, the divine power called mother is mentioned and that everyone’s dreams will come to reality someday. The couple also has a romantic story of a hero-heroine struggling to make their dreams come true and create their own identity. It also has a Holi festival song.
Presented by Sankalp Motion Films, ‘Aashray’ is produced by Abhishek Sanjay Phade. Ramesh Popat Nanavare and Santosh Sahebrao Kapase directors of ‘Aashray’, extended a helping hand to Maher, a social organization in Pune, a few days ago. Abhishek Sanjay Phade has written the story of ‘Aashray’ and Dixit Sarvade has written the script and dialogues.
Shweta Pagar and Amey Barve are the new couple in the lead roles in the film. Apart from this,artistes like Nishigandha Wad, Sunil Godbole, Deepali Kulkarni will also be seen in important roles. The songs written by Aarti Abhishek Phade have been set to music by composer Vishal Borulkar. Anand Shinde, Rishikesh Ranade and Aarti Phade have sung the songs of this film. Ajinkya Jain has provided background music. DOP Raju Deshmukh and Prathamesh Shirke have done the cinematography and Pradeep Panchal has done the compilation. VFX and DI Jayesh Malkapure and costumes are by Amrita Sawant Patil are the other credits.
‘Majhe Radhe Ga…’ a new song from Pickle Music
Marathi songs based on new concepts are gaining popularity these days. Rudra Movies & Entertainment and Pickle Music recently released their new love song ‘Majhe Radhe Ga’ . The poster of this song was also released recently. Produced by Dilip Dhekale, Mohan Shikhare, Sachin Yewale, Vikas Karande, and Haridas Malve, under the banner of Rudra Movies & Entertainment, and presented by Sameer Dixit and Rishikesh Bhirangi of Pickle Music, the song ‘Maazhe Radhe Ga…’ is about to shed new colors of love. The song was launched at Afterplay Studio, Andheri in the presence of producers, directors, actors, and technicians.
Directed by Mohan Shikhare, this song features a new pair of Vishal Phale and Sanjana Kale. Two child actors Asmi Chaudhary and Sohan Sinalkar have also performed in it. Written by Shailesh Parashuram Gawand, this song has been composed by composer Milind More. Kalpesh Nate and Preeti Nimkar Joshi have rendered their voices for the song.
Renowned cinematographer Amol Gole has worked as a special DOP for the flashback shoot for this song. The song is choreographed by Jitesh Kadam and the cinematography is by Siddharaj Sawant. The song has been compiled by Gandhali Kulkarni, while Jayashree and Manali Bhosale have done the makeup and hairdressing. The song was shot at Mira Bunder Beach in Ratnagiri in Konkan and Durshet village in Panvel.