Marathi artistes grab attention in Hindi Serial ”Punyashlok Ahilyabai’
Over the years many Marathi artistes with their stage background have been able to display their acting skills through popular Hindi serials, thus reaching the viewers worldwide. Some names that come to our mind are Sulbha Deshpande, Ashok Saraf, Bharati Achrekar, Neena Kulkarni, Usha Nadkarni, Reema Lagoo, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Bhargavi Chirmule and many others who grabbed prominent roles in Hindi TV serials, besides also making it big in the Hindi film industry. But, have you noticed majority of Marathi artistes in one Hindi TV serial that too in a big budget period drama ?
We are talking about the ongoing popular Hindi TV serial ‘Punyashlok Ahilyabai’ a biographical period drama on the life of Ahilyabai Holkar the great female Sardar of the Maratha empire in Central India. This historical serial is being aired on Sony Television from Mon to Fri @ 7.30 pm. The serial has already completed 100 episodes successfully, with best screenplay supported by excellent performances by the artistes, majority of whom are from our Marathi stage, television and film industry.

The lead character of Malharrao Holkar is played by Rajesh Shringarpure known for his rich graceful voice in Marathi film industry followed by Aditi Jaltare who played Little Ahilya. And now, the grown up Ahilyabai is played by Aetasha Sansgiri, whom we earlier saw in few Marathi serials for the past three years, including ‘Chhoti Malkin’ in title role and ‘Dakkhancha Raja Jyotiba’ in which she played the key role of Yamai.
Snehalata Vasaikar who was seen playing an important character of Soyarabai in historical Marathi serial ‘Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji’ is now playing the key role of Gautamabai, Mother in law of ‘Ahilyabai’ . You will also notice Sukhada Khandkekar in a prominent role of Dwarkabai. Sukhada has performed earlier on Marathi stage and few Marathi serials besides playing the role of Anubai in popular 2015 Hindi film ‘Bajirao Mastani’.
There are many more Marathi artistes playing important roles in this serial like Varada Patil as Sitabai, Sameer Deshpande as Mankoji Shinde, Sanika Gadgil as Harkubai, Bhagyashree Nahvale as Banabai, Sulakshana Joglekar as Susheelabai, Abhay Harpale as Gangoba and so on. And all of them have grabbed the attention of worldwide viewers with their superb performances. Thanks to Producers Nitin Vaidya and Ninad Vaidya and director Jackson Sethi for offering this wonderful creation . A must watch historical serial for all.
‘ज्ञानेश्वर माउली’! – २७ सप्टेंबरपासून सोनी मराठीवर

महाराष्ट्रात आजही अस्तित्वात असलेल्या भक्तिसंप्रदायाचा पाया संत ज्ञानेश्वरांनी रचला आहे. महाराष्ट्राला संतपरंपरेचा वारसा लाभला आहे. ज्ञानेश्वर ते ज्ञानेश्वर माउली हा प्रवास सोनी मराठीवरच्या नव्या मालिकेतून प्रेक्षकांना पाहायला मिळणार आहे. २०२१ हे ज्ञानेश्वर माउलींच्या संजीवन समाधीचं ७२५ वं वर्ष आहे. यानिमित्त प्रेक्षकांना दिव्यत्वाचं दर्शन अनुभवायला मिळणार आहे.
‘ज्ञानेश्वर माउली’ ही नवी मालिका सोनी मराठी वाहिनीवर २७ सप्टेंबरपासून संध्याकाळी ७ वा. प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला येणार आहे. या मालिकेतून ज्ञानेश्वर माउलींची चरित्रगाथा उलगडणार आहे. भगवद्गगीतेतला विचार सर्वसामान्यांपर्यंत पोचवण्यासाठी ज्ञानेश्वरी लिहिणारे आणि पसायदानासारखी अजोड कलाकृती जगाला देणारे संत ज्ञानेश्वर यांची चरित्रगाथा या मालिकेतून महाराष्ट्राच्या घराघरांत पोचणार आहे.
‘ज्ञानेश्वर माउली’, २७ सप्टेंबरपासून संध्याकाळी ७ वा. सोनी मराठी वाहिनीवर…
Muhurat of ‘Nibandh’ performed in FilmCity

‘Naal’ fame Shrinivas Pokale will be playing lead role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Nibandh’ which is written and directed by Sanjeev More. Muhurat of this film was performed recently at FilmCity , Goregaon in presence of all artistes and guests Meghraj Raje Bhosale and Anil V Kumar. Along with Shrinivas the film also stars Ajit Devle, Atharva Dewan, Arnav Nagpure, Sayali Dethe, Devendra Ghodke, Siddharth Badve, Prashant Kakkad, Abhay Deshmukh, Vatsala Polkamvar, Shekhar Dondre & K. Atmaram.
As suggested by the title of the film, this film is set on the backdrop of school and revolves around three best friends and a Retired Major who is founder of the school.The film is produced by Tejaswini Nagpure & Ashok B Khode and presented by Hemant Nagpure. Lyrics, Screenplay and dialogues by Rajesh Dhavle, music by Ashok Diwan and DOP Sujit Vishjwkarma and Shodhan Chavan are the other credits of this film. Shooting of this film will begin soon around Gadchiroli district. The makers of this film are confident that their film will offer a timely social message besides entertainment.
बिग बॉस मराठीमधे मीरा जगन्नाथ आणि सुरेखा कुडची समोरासमोर

बिग बॉस मराठीचे तीसरे पर्व सुरु झालेय , प्रत्येक पर्वासारखे ह्या पर्वात नविन काय बघायला मिळणार याची उत्सुकता प्रेक्षकांमधे आहे. पाहिल्याच दिवशी नॉमिनेशन टास्क पार पडला आणि सदस्यांनी त्यांच्या नजरेत कोण टिकाऊ आणि कोण टाकाऊ आहे हे सांगितले. बिग बॉस मराठीच्या घरामध्ये प्रत्येक सदस्याची दर दिवशी वेगवेगळी रूप बघायला मिळतात. कधी कधी जुन्या भेटीगाठी देखील समोर येतात. मीरा जगन्नाथ (Mira Jagannath)आणि सुरेखा कुडची (Surekha Kudachi) यांनी “नकळत सारे घडले” या मालिकेसाठी एकत्र काम केले होते आणि त्याचीच आठवण मीराला घरामध्ये त्यांना बघितल्यावर झाली. मीरा आज त्यांना हेच सांगताना दिसणार आहे.

सुरेखा कुडची यांना मीरा म्हणाली, “तिकडे आपलं काहीतरी झालं होतं”, सुरेखा कुडची म्हणाल्या काय झालं होतं माझ्यासाठी रात गई बात गई… त्यावर मीरा पुढे म्हणाली, “जेव्हा मी तुम्हाला घरात पहिलं तेव्हा माझं असं झालं, बापरे या इथे पण अश्याच वागणार की काय ? मी गायत्रीला देखील बोलले, यांच्या वाईब्स खूप भारी वाटत आहेत. मी जो विचार केला होता ना तुम्हाला बघून तश्या तुम्ही नाहीच आहात, किंवा मग बाहेर वेगळं आणि इथे वेगळे वागत आहोत आपण असंही झालं माझं”. त्यावर सुरेखा यांनी विचारले तिथे काय झालं होतं त्यावर मीरा म्हणाली, “तुम्ही माझी बॅग फेकली होती”. हे ऐकून त्यांना देखील धक्का बसला. यापुढे काय झालं ? ते बघा आजच्या भागामध्ये कलर्स मराठी वाहिनीवर।
‘Tamasha Live’ muhurat with the blessings of Lord Ganesha

Muhurat clap of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Tamasha Live’ took place recently followed by shooting with the blessings of Lord Ganesha. Perhaps director Sanjay Jadhav thought that it was the right time, as the Ganapati festival was going on and slowly things are returning to normal in Maharashtra. Through this film actor Sachit Patil has turned producer, besides playing lead role opposite Sonalee Kulkarni in this film. He is producing this film along with Akshay Bardapurkar, Abhayanand Singh, Piyush Singh and Nitin Prakash Vaidya.

‘Tamasha Live’ will be a musical film with 30 songs and will be released next year during Diwali. Music of this film is composed by Amitraj and Pankaj Padghan while lyrics are penned by Kshitij Patwardhan.Speaking about this film, director Sanjay jadhav said, “Sonalee being a good friend, working with her is a big advantage. Actually she is a talented actress and therefore there is no need to talk about her acting. Sachit Patil’s acting is also appreciated by all and this time he is also in the role of a producer. And therefore I am happy and excited about this film.”

Bigg Boss Marathi Season 3 from 19th Sept on Colors Marathi
Presented by Brooke Bond Red Label and co- sponsored by TRESemme , A 23 , Bigg Boss Marathi Season 3 is all set to begin from 19th September 2021 on Colors Marathi. The inaugural show will be presented at 7 pm and thereafter from Monday to Sunday at 9.30 pm. Like the previous two seasons, Mahesh Manjrekar will be the programme anchor of this show comprising of 15 participants who will be locked in the big house set for 100 days to entertain the viewers.

Speaking about this Season 3 Programming Head Colors Marathi ( Viacom 18) Mr. Viraj Raje said, “ For the past 18 months we have experienced a lot of stress due to Corona pandemic. And therefore, this time, we have selected 15 such participants who themselves need to be strong mentally, as they will be passing a timely message to the viewers about positive attitude, besides entertaining them. We have taken proper care to design this home set, so as to display our Marathi culture in every episode.”

In the meanwhile, there is a lot of curiosity to know the names of the new participants. Another highlight of this show is that the viewers will be able to see the participants for 24 hours on Voot app.
Indian Idol Marathi first time on Sony Marathi
Marathi Indian Idol, Sony Marathi
As far as total entertainment is concerned, Sony Marathi channel has always been in the forefront. Now, to offer enough scope to Marathi artistes, for the first time Sony Marathi will be presenting ‘Indian Idol Marathi’ to entertain the home viewers.

It may be recalled that in the past the Indian Idol reality show has received overwhelming response from viewers and this programme has also offered talented artistes. And now, Indian Idol – Marathi will reach to every household in Maharashtra and the participants will get an opportunity to display their talent. Very soon this programme will be aired on Sony Marathi.
‘Bappa Morya’ latest gift by Pickle Music
Pickle Music which has been in the forefront offering music to the music lovers, have offered their latest timely gift in the form of ‘Bappa Morya’ during this Ganesh Festival. This song video has already become popular among the devotees of Lord Ganesha and the music lovers.

This song video which is produced by Datta Madan has been rendered in his own voice by Datta Madan, has been shot at Ganesh Chitrashala, Palghar.With lyrics by Samruddhi Pande the music for this song video has been composed by Mayuresh Madgaonkar, with music arrangement by Datta Madan. Omkar Dhumal and Chetan Parab have supported the voice of Datta Madan with their respective musical instruments. Videography is by Sushant Gavad while video editing is by Manoj Patil.
अभिनेत्री पायल कबरे झळकणार ‘तू गणराया’ या गाण्यात
गणरायाच्या आगमनाने सर्वत्र मंगलमय आणि उत्साही वातावरण पाहायला मिळतंय. ह्या काळात गणेशभक्तांच्या भेटीसाठी काही विशेष आणि नवीन मराठी गाणी प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस आलेली आपल्याला पाहायला मिळते. अशाच एका ‘तू गणराया’ या गाण्याने प्रेक्षकांच्या हृदयाचा ठोकाच चुकविला आहे. .

‘तू गणराया…’ या गाण्यामधे एका नव विवाहित जोडप्याने गणरायाच्या आगमनाची तयारी कशी केली, शिवाय अतुट नात जपत, बायकोला प्रोत्साहन देत, आणि स्वतः पुढाकार घेऊन एका नवीन परंपरेचा श्री गणेशा या गाण्यातून सादर केला. अभिनेता सिद्धार्थ खिरिद आणि अभिनेत्री पायल कबरे यांनी या गाण्यात अभिनय आणि नृत्याच्या जोरावर गाण्याची शोभा वाढविली. तर सचिन आंबात दिग्दर्शित असलेल्या या गाण्याचे बोलही त्यांनीच लिहिले आहेत. गायिका स्नेहा महाडीक आणि गायक रोहित ननवरे यांनी आपल्या सुमधुर आवाजाची जादू या गाण्यातून प्रेक्षकांना प्रत्यक्षात अनुभवण्यास दिली. रोहित ननवरे यांनी या गाण्याला संगीतबद्ध देखील केले आहे.
Ashish Ningurkar’s short film ‘Sankraman’ selected for Dehradun Int Fest

Writer- actor Ashish Ningurkar’s short film ‘Sankraman’ has been selected for forthcoming Dehradoon International film festival which is scheduled between 17th and 19th September 2021. From among 1167 entries received for this film festival, short film ‘Sankraman’ has received five nominations, namely ‘Best Social short film’, ‘Best Production- Kavya Dream Movies’ , ‘Best subject- Sankraman’, ‘Best Writer- Ashish Ningurkar’ & ‘Best actor- Pradeep Kadu’.
Pradeep Kadu, Pratish Sonavane, Sunil Jadhav, Aniket kadu, Ashok Kadu, Praveen kadu , Ashish Ningurkar
This short film is directed by debutant Vijay Kamble and the lead artistes of this film are, Pradeep Kadu, Pratish Sonavane, Sunil Jadhav, Aniket kadu, Praveen Kadu and Ashish Ningurkar. Cinematography by Siddhesh Dalvi and editing by Vijay Kamble are the other credits. The film deals with an important social message about observing social distancing to avoid spread of corona virus, especially during this coming Ganesh Festival, when people are expected to gather in large number. In short, it deals with a timely subject.


