‘Luckdown’ to be released on 28th January 2022
It seems that some Marathi film makers have preferred the ‘Wait n Watch’ policy during the month of December and have taken a decision to release their films during the new year 2022. One such film is ‘Luckdown … Be Positive (लकडाऊन)’ and makers of this film Sharad Sonavane, Ajit Sonpaatki and Sagar Fulpagar have announced the release date of their film on 28th January 2022.
Directed by Santosh Manjrekar, this fun filled film based on marriage preparations set on the backdrop of lockdown period, stars Ankush Choudhari and Prajakta Mali in the lead roles. Story of this film is written by Ravindra Mathadhikari and the entire film shooting has taken place at Fort Shivneri, Junnar. Music of this film is composed by Avinash Vishwajeet while Paresh Manjrekar has done the editing. Sound recording is by Abhijaat Deo and choreography is by Phulwa Khamkar.
Amruta Fadnavis records a song for new Marathi film
Singer Amruta Fadnavis, social activist, banker & wife of former chief minister of Maharashtra Mr. Devendra Fadnavis recorded a song in her melodious voice for forthcoming Marathi film ‘Foreign Returned & Well Settled’ . The song titled ‘Jya Maativar Janma Aapla, Toch Aapla Desh…’ is penned by lyricist Shrikrishna Raut and music director Dinesh Arjuna has composed it.
Speaking on this occasion, Amrutaji said, “The song penned by the lyricist catches your heart-strings instantly and the song Jya Maativar Janma Aapla Toch Apala Desh… is enough to trigger patriotic thoughts in your mind and heart. Further the words Nakos Visaru Pardesi Tu Kadhi Apala Desh… will at once remind those who stay away from our country and our roots. There is no doubt at all that this inspiring song composed by Dineshji will prevail for a long time in the hearts of each and every listener as it reflects the thoughts in every mind and triggers patriotic thoughts too. I feel this is the most appropriate song for the title song of the film Foreign Returned & Well Settled. The title song was recorded for the film before this song was recorded”.
Besides producing this film, Parag Bhavsar will also write and direct the film. Reacting on this song, Mr. Bhavsar said, “Since this one is the most important song of the film, it will prove to be the turning point of the film. For this song which will make you feel the goosebumps, we needed a voice which is sweet and melodious to the core and the only name that we could think of, who could do justice to the song was Amruta Fadanvis. Since she had worked a lot on the song, the song will reach each and every listener’s hearts with the way it has been rendered by Amruta Fadanvis. I am sure and there is absolutely no doubt at all that the day the song is released, it will be lauded by the audiences”.
Sanjay Navagire has written the screenplay as well as the dialogues for this film. The wellknown cameraman Mahesh Aaney is cranking the camera, while Rahul Bhatankar is the editor of the film. Sadashiv Chavan will handle the work of production. Right now, the star cast of this film is being finalized.
New Marathi film ‘Faas’ talks about the life of farmers
Marathi films have been inviting all the attention at various international film festivals, for handling many social issues connected with people from different sectors. India being the country predominantly represented by farmers, their issues are very important. New Marathi film ‘Faas (फास)’ talks about the life of those farmers and speaks about the alarming increase in the rate of suicides by farmers. This film which has won about 150 awards at various international film festivals will be released on 4th February 2022.
Maheshwari Patil Chakurkar has made this film under the banner of Maa Entertainment and is Directed by Avinash Kolte. The film has already won appreciation at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes as well as the festivals organised in neighbouring counties like Japan, Paris besides Noida and Rajasthan in India.
Upendra Limaye, Sayaji Shinde, Kamlesh Sawant, Pallavi Palkar, Ganesh Chandanshive, Navdev Patil, Nilesh Bade, Dhyanesh Undagavkar, Umesh Rajhans, Sharad Kakade, Ishwar More, Pawan Vaidya, Vinay Joshi, Deva Pandey, Pooja Tayade, Tejaswini, Madhuri Bharati and Shrutika Londhe have played prominent roles in the film.
Story, dialogues of ‘Faas’ are written by Maheshwari Patil Chakurkar, while Avinash Kolte has penned the screenplay for the film. Ramani Ranjan Das has cranked the camera as the DOP of the film while Apoorva Motiwale and Aashish Mhatre have edited the film. Santosh Samudre has done the art direction while music director Allen K.P has composed the songs written by lyricist Amol Deshmukh.
Planet Marathi make their presence felt at Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE
Maharashtra Government, Cultural Department have organised Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE, between 19th November to 26th November. On this occasion in the Indian Pavilion, the first Marathi OTT platform Planet Marathi made its presence felt, with teaser launch of their web series ‘Sahela Re’ and organising premiere show of their film ‘Goshta Eka Paithanichi’.
This was well received with the presence of Maharashtra Cultural Minister Amit Deshmukh and other dignitaries like IAS Shri Saurabh Vijay, IAS Kailash Pagare and IAS Shri Kumar Khaire. Speaking on this occasion Mr. Deshmukh was all praise for the efforts taken by Planet Marathi for offering quality content and wished them all the best for future progress. Planet Marathi which has the support of Vitas Media Capital Co. to reach out to worldwide audience also received the ‘Achievers Award’ on this occasion. Mr. Bardapurkar chief of Planet Marathi seemed to be very happy with this latest achievement of Planet Marathi.
‘Free Hit Danka’ to be released on 17th December
Cricket is considered to be the religion of our country and therefore a film on this subject, certainly invites all the attention. From young to old, everybody is crazy about this game. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Free Hit Danka’ is based on the subject of cricket, which is written and directed by Sunil Magare on the backdrop of a village. Recently, the teaser of this film was unveiled on social media, where we find ‘Fandry’ fame actor Somnath Avghade playing his strokes.
According to the makers of this film, this film presents the struggle experienced in the game of cricket, besides the enthusiasm , various strategies and toughness of village level players . The cricket match played between two villages out of the rivalry between the two leaders is the highlight of this film. This film is produced by Akash Alka Bapu Thombre, Meghnath Gurunath Sorkhade, and Sunil Magare Besides Somnath Avaghade, the film also stars Apoorva S , ‘Sairat fame artistes Arbaaz, Tanaji, Suresh Vishwakarma, Anil Nagarkar, Ganesh Deshmukh in lead roles.
Makers of ‘Jhimma’ arrange special show for Team ‘Pandu’
Makers of much talked about Marathi film ‘Jhimma’ recently organised a special show of their film, inviting the entire team of the film ‘Pandu‘ which is made by Zee Studios. This was a fine gesture on the part of makers of ‘Jhimma’ and the team of ‘Pandu’ also reciprocated well by appreciating the film ‘Jhimma’ on this occasion. The coming together of two teams has clearly shown that there is no business rivalry between Marathi film makers, as far as the film business is concerned.
Director of ‘Jhimma’ Mr. Hemant Dhome who spoke on this occasion, said “This is the best example to display cordial relationship that exists among different producers in Marathi film industry, unlike Hindi film industry. Zee Studios have always stood behind Marathi cinema . With their timely support, we are gratified. After a long period of lockdown, we all are noticing a positive change with the new journey experienced by us with support expected from audience at cinema halls.” Multi starrer ’Jhimma’ is releasing today all over Maharashtra, while ‘Pandu’ will be released on 3rd December 2021.
‘Ek Number’ to release on 28th January 2022
The race for release of their films is already on among the film producers. But, some film makers have preferred to release their films in the new year 2022. We are already aware that Milind Kavde directed new Marathi film ‘Ek Number’ has become a talk of the social media viewers, ever since the bold poster of this film was released. Now, the makers of this film have announced the release date of this film in the new year i.e. 28th January 2022.
Produced by Mahesh Shivaji Dhumal, Jitendra Shivaji Dhumal and Milind Kavde under the banner of Dhumal Productions in collaboration with Out of The Box Films, there are big expectations from this film on the lines of ‘Takatak’, which was also directed by Milind Kavde. While the story and the screenplay of ‘Ek Number ‘has been penned by Milind Kavde, the dialogues for the film have been written by Sanjay Navgire.
Talking about his film Ek Number, Milind Kavde states, “With this film, I have been able to come up with a film like Ek Number with money back guarantee once again. The characters in the film will trigger fond memories of people they know in their day to day life among all kinds of viewers, whether they are old or young and I guarantee that they will be able to relate easily with them.”
Milind Kavde also is confident that the film will be appreciated by the viewers for its positive and hope filled plot coupled with melodious songs and soothing music. Once again Prathamesh Parab is playing the main lead in this Milind Kavde film, whil
‘Manach Pakharu’ New song of ‘Darling’ released
After releasing the title song followed by romantic song ‘Yeh Hai Pyar’, the makers of Marathi film ‘Darling (डार्लिंग )’ have released the new song from their film ‘Manach Pakharu….’ for music lovers. This song penned by Mandar Cholkar is rendered by Shubhangi Kedar on the music of Chinar-Mahesh. The beginning of this song is set on the backdrop of Haldi ceremony before the traditional Maharashtriyan wedding with Sanai music in the backdrop, inviting all the attention.
Ritika Shrotri looks very pretty in this song, with emotions filled in her eyes. One thing is sure that the songs of this film will play an important role. Produced by Amit Dhupe, Ajay Thakur, V.J.Shalaka and Nikhil Khajindar the film is written and directed by Samir Asha Patil. The film also stars Mangesh Kadam and Anand Ingale in important roles. Releasing partners and distributors of this film are Samir Dixit and Hrishikesh Bhirangi of Picke Entertainment. The film is all set for release on 10th December 2021.
‘Hashtag Prem’ getting ready for release on 17th December
With the passage of years, the love expressed has undergone many changes. No wonder, the titles of the films based on ‘love’ also try to speak the language of love. The forthcoming Marathi film ‘Hashtag Prem’ is therefore expected to give a similar experience. This film’s release, which had been postponed for a long period of time because of the lockdown and the pandemic, is now all set to be released on 17 December, 2021
Produced by Anil Govind Patil under the banner of Mauli Film Productions, this film will be distributed by Sameer Dixit and Rishikesh Bhirangi under their banner Pickle Entertainment & Coproduced by Arvind Govind Patil. The interesting trailer of the film had received good response in the form of huge appreciation. Rajesh Balkrishna Jadhav has directed this film. The extraordinary chemistry between the brand new pair of Mitali Mayekar and Suyash Tilak is expected to be the biggest attraction.
According to director Rajesh Balkrishna Jadhav, once again the entire team of the film ‘Hashtag Prem’ is busy with its efforts to release the film. Love is a subject which is loved by all kinds of spectators right from the youth to the older generation. Jadhav has also expressed his opinion that with a blend of brilliant lyrics and music, The story and the screenplay of the film have been penned by Nikhil Katare, while Raja Phadtare has cranked the camera as the DOP for the film. Lyrics penned by Sanjali Rode and Kautuk Shirodkar have been set to music by composer Pravin Kuwar. Singer cum music director Rohit Raut has scored the background music. Keshav Thakur is the art director while Mahesh Bharambe is the Executive Producer of this film.
Babasaheb Purandare passes away at 99
Writer, historian and theatre personality Balwant Moreshwar Purandare popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare passed away early hours today. He was 99. He was undergoing treatment for Pnemonia at Pune’s Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital. Babasaheb was an authority on all the information about Shiv Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj . He had made all efforts to bring alive the epoch of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj through his 900 page magnum opus ‘Raja Shiv Chhatrapati’ which was first published in 1950.
During his young age, Babasaheb started writing stories related to the period of Great Maratha King Shivaji’s reign, which were later compiled and published in a book titled ‘Thinagya’ ( Sparks) . His other works include books titled ‘Raja ShivChhatrapati’, ‘Kesari’ and a book on life of Narayanrao Peshwa. But the most well-known of his works is the mega drama, ‘Janata Raja’ a widely popular play on Shivaji Maharaj published and first staged in 1985. Since then the drama has been staged over 1000 times in 16 districts of Maharashtra, Agra, Delhi, Bhopal, and the United States.
A 2008 TV show ‘Raja ShivChhatrapati’ depicting the life of the great Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj was based on the novel of Babasaheb Purandare. With his passing away, we have lost a great historian.