Veteran Marathi actress Rekha Kamat passes away
Veteran Marathi actress Rekha Kamat, who made her debut in Marathi films seventy years ago in a Marathi film ‘Lakhachi Goshta’ passed away (11 Jan,) at the age of 89. Formerly, Kumud Sukhtankar, she got married to Film Script writer G.R. Kamat in 1953. Later, she performed in Marathi plays and shot into prominence with her talent.
Rekha spent her childhood in Dadar, Mumbai and studied in Indian Education Society’s Chhabildas High School and later in SNDT College. She had also performed dance ballet in Sachin Shankar’s ‘Ramleela’, when her talent was actually noticed. She was active with her acting performance, when few years ago she was seen in popular Marathi TV serial ‘Eka Lagnachi Doosari Goshta’. Her co star in this serial Mukta Barve, who played her grand daughter in this serial, has paid sincere tributes to her screen grandmother, on her sad demise.
‘Nay Varanbhaat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha’ to release on January 14th
Known for some of his path breaking films, film maker Mahesh Manjrekar has offered some good subjects to Marathi and Hindi film industry. Some of his film’s titles were very long, like ‘Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai’,’ Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye,’Me Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy’ and so on. Now, his new Marathi film with intriguing title ‘Nay Varanbhaat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha (नाय वरनभात लोन्चा कोन नाय कोन्चा!)’ has been the talk of film lovers on social media.
The poster of this film is a glimpse of contemporary times and the tagline on the poster reads “the collapsed existence of the concrete jungle”. Does this remind the horrors of today’s times ? Misery is writ large on the decadent faces of mill-workers families’ brutalized for over three decade. They represent oppression on three generation. Viewers above eighteen ”Come and watch the film in the theatre if you have guts only…..”, This is the catch line on the poster.
The star cast of this film comprise of Prem Dharmadhikari, Varadh Nagvekar, Chhaya kadam, Shashank Shende, Rohit Haldikar, Kashmira Shah, Umesh Jagtap, Ganesh Yadav, Atul Kale, Ashwini Kulkarni, Savita Malpekar and Isha Divekar. It is understood that Mahesh Manjrekar was fascinated by the soul-stirring drama depicting the struggle for survival after the strike of the mill-worker. Moreover, the heart wrenching writing style of veteran writer Jayant Pawar has led to the production of ‘Nay Varanbhaat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha’. Produced by Narendra Hirawat and Shreyans Hirawat, this film is set for release coming Friday i.e. 14th January 2022.
‘Punashchha Hari Om’ presents a sensible and timely subject very realistically
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We are all aware how the corona pandemic affected the lives of people all over the country. At the same time, we are also aware how the lockdown imposed by the government made many people jobless. Last year a Marathi film ‘Punashcha Hari Om (पुन:श्च हरिओम)’ was released with a worldwide premiere, few months ago on Zee Yuva channel. Produced by Bhavesh Janavlekar, Rohit Mhatre,Sachin Yadav and others, this film which is now available for viewing on Zee 5 app. The film clearly shows how a middle class Marathi family from a village in Konkan suffers due to this lockdown and subsequent storm that devastated their village. But, what is important is that the family fights back to overcome this natural calamity, which inspires the viewers.
Directed by debutant Vividh Korgaonkar this film is set on the backdrop of a village in Konkan and revolves around a middle class Maharashtrian family comprising of young couple Ravi Parkar ( Vitthal Kale), Deepali Parkar ( Spruha Joshi) , their little daughter( Kashvi Sawant) and older parents Baba ( Sanjay Kulkarni) and Aai ( Neeta Shende). Ravi owns a small electrical shop while Deepali works in a Saree shop as a saleswoman. Their little daughter studies in a primary school in the village and is a bright student. Ravi struggles initially in his new business, as he has to repay the loan instalment of his shop. But, the family is happy with what they earn for their living.
The real trouble starts when Corona virus spreads in the village and lockdown is imposed. Ravi has to sit at home and Deepali also loses her job. The family faces crisis, as the financer demands the monthly instalments. He also takes away Ravi’s motorcycle. Ravi tries to find odd jobs and even attempts door to door sales of electric bulbs. At this stage their little daughter suggests something to her mother and both of them attempt something interesting to help the family. Initially, the father is opposed to this idea. But, soon joins them to set an example that there is always a way out to counter the crisis.
Director Vividh has presented a simple story written by Malti Joshi; but it is sensible and timely, to inspire the viewers. The screenplay offers some interesting and realistic happenings involving few more characters like Ravi’s close friend and well wisher Harish, the money lender and his associate, a salesman and finally an owner of a masala manufacturing company . Very cleverly, he has avoided showing extra characters on the screen, though their names are mentioned in dialogues. Also proper locations have been identified to meet the requirements of lockdown norms.
In the lead role, Spruha Joshi finds plenty of scope to display her talent through her emotions, which are cleverly captured by cinematographer Kaushal Goswami. She finds very good support from other artistes namely her co star Vitthal Kale , Kashvi Sawant, Devendra Gaikwad, Prathamesh Bhatkar, Sanjay Kulkarni, Neeta Shende and others. All of them have given memorable performances. ‘Punaschha Hari Om (पुन श्च हरिओम)’ is a well presented film, which keeps you engaged from beginning till the end.
Last but not the least Anurag Godbole & Chinmay Hulyalkar have provided suitable music with good sound recording from Nilesh Nikam. Certainly a worth watch film. Thanks to debutant director Vividh Koregaonkar. He has made his presence felt through this film.
आळंदीच्या चैतन्य देवढेला मिळाली पार्श्वगायनाची संधी!
महाराष्ट्राच्या कानाकोपऱ्यातून निवडलेल्या या स्पर्धकांपैकी एक नाव म्हणजे आळंदीचा चैतन्य देवढे (Chaitanya Devadhe). ‘मूर्ती लहान पण किर्ती महान’ हे तंतोतंत लागू पडणारा चैतन्य आयडलच्या मंचावर ‘माउली’ म्हणून लोकप्रिय आहे. इंडियन आयडल हा मंच स्वप्नपूर्तीचा आहे. चैतन्यला आता पार्श्वगायक होण्याची संधी मिळणार आहे.
Tribute to Vijay Tendulkar on his birth anniversary
6th January was birth anniversary of Late Vijay Tendulkar. On this occasion Storytel Audio Streaming Company released the Audio Drama festival of Vijay Tendulkar’s plays suitably titled ‘Te –Ek Sravya Anubhav (तें – एक श्राव्य अनुभव)’ to pay tributes to this legendary play writer in presence of renowned personalities in Mumbai. Present on this occasion were, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Pushkar Shrotri, Sandeep Pathak, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Dushyant wagh, Music director Milind Joshi, Director Mangesh Kadam, Director Pratima Kulkarni, and Rahul Patil & Umesh Barve from Storytel ( India).
A 45 minutes short film ‘Varsaa tencha’, which covers the journey of Vijay tendulkar in the drama field; made by Pratima Kulkarni was shown during the press conference. Thereafter, five plays of Vijay tendulkar namely, ‘Sakharam Binder’, ‘Kavlyanchi Shala’, ‘Baby’, ‘Kanyadaan’ & ‘Shantata Court Chalu Aahe’ were released on Storytel app. Out of these five Pratima Kulkarni has directed ‘Kavlyanchi Shala’, while the other four are directed by Mangesh Kadam. Many renowned artistes from Marathi film, television and stage have offered their voices for different characters in these plays.
Will ‘Badlee’ show new direction to rural education?
Education in rural areas has played a very important role in Nation’s progress.Now, a new Marathi web series ‘Badlee (बदली)’ produced by Mansi Sontakke and written and directed by Nitin Pawar is all set to release on Planet Marathi OTT platform from 15th January 2022. Set on the backdrop of a rural area, this six part web series revolves around a teacher from city who comes to a village to take up the challenge to educate the rural children.
Speaking about this web series, Planet Marathi Head Akshay Bardapurkar said that till now, they presented web series on different subjects keeping in mind the interest of the audience from city side. But now, they have decided to offer some good subjects for the benefit of audience from rural sector and take this subject worldwide. So, it remains to be seen whether ‘Badalee’ will show a new direction to rural education.
Teaser of this web series was released on social media recently, which clearly shows what challenges the teacher has to face while educating the rural children. Veerdhaval Patil has done the cinematography of this web series while music and background music is by Mandar Patil.
Songs of ‘Faas’ praise prowess of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, whose strategies are known all over the world, has become immortal in the hearts of Marathi people. In the upcoming social Marathi film ‘Faas(फास)’, the song that will sing the praises of Shivaraya’s prowess, is expected to make the fans proud.
Presented by Maa Entertainment and produced by Maaheshwari Patil Chakurkar, ‘Faas‘ sheds light on the issue of farmers. A very important song from ‘Faas’ has just been released. This song has been included in ‘Faas’ on the occasion of Shiva Jayanti. This song which starts by saying ‘Ji Ji Ra Ji Ji …’ is describing the birth of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The song is written by lyricist Amol Deshmukh and composer Alan K. P. and has been recorded by singers Avdhoot Gupte & Sheikh Nishant. Listening to the title of this song, ‘Shivnerivar Shivshakticha Tej Janmala Aaj…’ is memorable.
In this song, Maharaj’s Saffron flag is seen fluttering by Doula, but the beautiful idol of Shivaraya also attracts attention. This song has been filmed on prominent artist Kamlesh Sawant. At the beginning of the song, National Award winning actor Upendra Limaye also appears in khaki uniform, then the song starts. This song of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has been filmed and recorded to the sound of dhol. Disciplined drumming and rhythmic dancing can be seen in this song. There is also an authentic Marathi lezim dance with a pair of drums and flutes. Apart from the adventure sports like fencing and dandapatta, also fugadi is seen which is the identity of Maharashtra. Overall, this song is coming at an important moment in the story to generate curiosity.
‘Faas’ is directed by Avinash Kolte , while Upendra Limaye, Sayaji Shinde, Kamlesh Sawant, Pallavi Palkar, Ganesh Chandanshive, Namdev Patil, Nilesh Bade, Dnyanesh Undagavkar, Umesh Rajhans, Sharad Kakade, Ishwar More, Pawan Vaidya, Vinay Joshi, Deva Pandey, Pooja Tayde, Tejaswini, Madhuri Bharti and Shrutika Londhe are part of the star cast. The story and dialogues of this film have been written by Maaheshwari Patil Chakurkar, while the screenplay has also been done by the director Avinash Kolte.
‘Faas’, which has garnered more than 130 awards from critics and connoisseurs all over the world, will be released in cinemas on February 4, 2022. The film will give a new perspective on farmers and their way of life. In addition to Cannes, Japan and Paris, as well as in important cities like Rajasthan and Noida, ‘Faas’ has been highly praised. Ramani Ranjan Das is the cinematographer of the film, while Apoorva Motiwale and Ashish Mhatre are the editors. Art direction has been handled by Santosh Samudre.
Musical Motion Poster of ‘Gulhar’ launched
Unique titles of Marathi films have always invited the attention of filmlovers. It is for this reason, some of the Marathi films have taken huge leap across the globe and have also made their presence felt at the international film festivals. One such forthcoming film is ‘Gulhar’ which is produced under the banner of Ideal Venture and R. K. films launched by Shantaram (Appa) Medage, Shivaji Bhintade, Anup Shinde and Abid Syed.Gulhar. Recently, musical motion poster of this film was launched.
The motion poster moves forward with exciting music. This is followed by a blank black board with the tagline ‘Goshta Eka Unad Manachi’ followed by the title ‘Gulhar’. After working as an assistant director for many films, Ramesh Chaudhari, who did the direction of the film ‘Baabo’, has directed ‘Gulhar’. In short, the story of teaching kindness to animals by blowing trumpets against customs will be seen in ‘Gulhar’. The story is portrayed through the point of view of an 11-year-old boy named Gulhar.
The film stars Vinayak Poddar, Ravi Kale, Bhargavi Chiramule, Suresh Vishwakarma, Madhav Abhyankar, Kishore Chougule, Rukmini Sutar, Shivani Bawkar, Shivaji Bhintade, Anup Shinde, Manjiri Yashwant among others. The story of the film is written by Mohan Padwal and the screenplay and dialogues are by Sanjay Navgire. Photography and compilation by Kumar Dongre. Music Director Padmanabh Gaikwad has composed the songs and Vishal Patil has done the choreography. This film is all set to release soon.
‘Story of Lagir’ to release on 14th January
Produced by G.K. Films Creations and Media Works Studios and written and directed by Roheet Rao Narsinge new Marathi film ‘Story of Lagir (स्टोरी ऑफ लागिरं)’ is all set to release on 14th January 2022. Based on Love and Politics, this film is set on the backdrop of a small town in Maharashtra. Trailer of this film was recently released on social media which clearly indicates that it is a love story with touch of political power struggle.
The film stars Roheet Rao Narsinge, Chaitali Chavan, Rutuja Andre, Mohan Jadhav, Somnath Yelnure, along with experienced artistes like Sanjay Khapre, Milind Dastane and Prema Kiran. Cinematography is by Mangesh Gadekar while music is by Sunny- Sushant and Siddhesh Kulkarni- Atul Joshi pairs. Nihar rajhans,B. Gopanarayan have penned the lyrics while editing is by Anil Madansuri.
Now, a Biopic on talented Tamasha artist Lokshahir Patthe Bapurao
Lokshahir Patthe Bapurao , was a celebrated the folk form of Tamasha and led its golden age with pride. The people of Maharashtra can never forget his immense contribution.
Adhering to the principle, “I don’t want to see today’s money tomorrow. I won’t sing today’s Lavani tomorrow” Shahir Patthe Bapurao gave a new twist to the art form of Tamasha with his poetry and pioneering voice. He has written more than 2 lakh Lavanis in his lifetime.
The musical success story of Shahir, who is considered as the university of Lavani, will now be brought to the silver screen. Milind K. Sakpal has taken up the mantle of directing this film. The film is produced by Kantilal Bhosle, Nilesh Babanrao Deshmukh and Rohan A. Godambe under the banners of The Morning Star Film Company and Acoemeti Productions.
Based on Prof. Chandrakumar Nalge’s books ‘Maharasthrache Shilpakar Patthe Bapurao’ and ‘Patthe Bapuravanchya Shodhat’, the story and screenplay of the film is by Rahul Dorle. The lyrics will be composed by lyricist Guru Thakur. Cinematography by Keiko Nakahara. The technical crew also includes production designer Santosh Phutane and makeup and hair designer Vikram Gaikwad. costume designer Sachin Lovalekar and sound designer Mandar Kamalapurkar. Bhaskar Pawaskar will be the supervising producer.
Shahir Patthe Bapurao was responsible for revealing the beauty of ‘Lavani’ an art form. How exactly was his artistic journey from Shridhar Krishna Kulkarni to Shahir Patthe Bapurao? This biopic will bring forth the same to the audience.