Grand auction of players for Marathi Celebrities Cricket league
The inauguration of trophy for the Punit Balan Celebrity League ( PBCL) was held recently at the hands of Indian Cricketer Yusuf Pathan. Just before this function Yusuf Pathan had announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket and therefore received a standing ovation, when he arrived for this function. Overwhelmed by this gesture, the former cricketer thanked all those present at the function, for taking note of his cricketing career. According to the presenter of this league Young industrialist and Marathi film producer Mr. Punit Balan, the Season of this Marathi Celebrities Cricket league will be held in Pune and six teams will participate in this league with T10 format.
104 players from the Marathi film industry were divided into three categories, namely Icons, Platinum and Gold. The auction of players was held with lots of enthusiasm with base price of each player at Rs. 1 lakh. Uttung Thakur was sold at maximum at 42 laks points to Torna Tigers followed by Shikhar Thakur who was brought at 35 lakhs points by Panhala Panthers. The other players with high cost brought by teams were Sandeep Juvatkar by Shivneri Lions for 31 lakhs points, Siddhant Muley by Pratapgarh Warriors for 27 lakh points, Tejas Nerurkar by Sinhagad for 25 lakh points. The captains of the six respective teams are as follows : Mahesh Manjrekar – Panhala Panthers, Nagraj Manjule – Torna Tigers, Pravin Tarde- Raigarh Royals, Siddharth Jadhav- Sinhagad Strikers, Sharad Kelkar – Pratapgarh Warriors, Subodh Bhave- Shivneri Lions .
Mrunmayee Deshpande anchored the show, while the auction part was handled by Rahul Kshirsagar.
‘Eka Lagnachi Pudhchi Goshta’ all set to score 400
Prashant Damle is one such actor in Marathi, who has totally dedicated himself to Marathi stage. Having created many records in the past, Prashant is now all set to create another record with his popular Marathi play ‘Eka Lagnachi Pudhchi Goshta’ to perform its 400th show soon. After lifting of lockdown Prashant has succeeded in staging a full house show of this play recently.
Produced by Prashant Damle Foundation and Gauri Theatres, this play will be marching towards its 400th show soon and for that Prashant has already booked the shows of this play from 6th March to 14th March 2021. The 393rd show will be held at Deenanath Vile Parle, followed by 394th at Dr .Kashinath Ghanekar auditorium, Thane on 7th March, with 395th show at Gadkari, Thaneand 396th show at savitribai Phule, Domibivali. The next three shows will be held at Prabodhankar Thackeray, Borivali, Yashvantrao Chavan, Kothrud and Ramakrishna More , Chinchvad to move ahead with the 400th show at Balgandharva Rangmandir, Pune on 14th March 2021.
Both Prashant Damle and Kavita Lad Medhekar will be looking forward to celebrate success of their play with the best wishes from the Marathi audience.
Yashoman, Dnyanada Ramtirthkar together in a new music video
Both Yashoman Apte and Dnyanada Ramtirthkar are popular TV stars through their respective serials. But, they have come together for the first time in a music video of Saptasur Music which was released recently on their youtube channel. The music video has interesting wordings “Nako Rusava Nako Durava, Satat Vate Tu Ithe Javali Rahaa..’”penned and composed by Charvak Madhuri. The song is rendered by Aditya Neela.
The Music arrangement and programming of this video is by Dhruv Mule and Shantanu Sapkal. Cinematography is by Anirudh Bandivadekar, while the director and choreographer is Krutik Majhir. The video is produced by Sainath Rajadhyaksha. The makers of this video are confident that this new pair will attract more viewers like the success attained by their past music videos .
‘Hashtag Prem’ready with trailer, to be released on 19th March
In today’s age of social media, the language employed by the youth has also undergone a rapid change radically. The language symbols as well as words in social media have gained a lot of currency and accordingly even love has embraced the touch of social media and it is greatly reflected on the large screen these days. No wonder, that a film with a unique title like ‘Hashtag Prem’ is all set to be released on March 19. There is increased curiosity about the film ever since the eye catchy trailer of the film has been released in the social media recently.
The title of the film makes it very clear that this film is a love story. It also reveals that rose is the symbol of love today. The USP of the film is that the palpable and pulsating chemistry between the leading love pair Mitali Mayekar and Suyash Tilak . The trailer sets out to tell about the love and friendship between the two lovers of the film. Produced by Anil Govind Patil under the banner of his film production called Mauli Film Productions and Distributed by Sameer Dixit and Rishikesh Bhirangi under the aegis of their concern Pickle Entertainment, this film is directed by Rajesh Balkrishna Jadhav .
Director Rajesh Balkrishna Patil says that the film needed the casting of a fresh new pair and that was the reason that he had opted to cast talented actors like Mitali Mayekar and Suyash Tilak for his film. As the film has been targeted towards the youth and as the title itself reveals, the plus point of the film is its young new pair. Nikhil Katare has written the story as well as the screenplay. Pravin kuwar has composed the songs which have been crooned by Rohit Raut, who has also scored the background music for the film. Raja Phadtare is the DOP. “Hashtag Prem” is slated for release all over Maharashtra on March 19th, 2021.
New Marathi film ‘Mangalashtak Return’ highlights Divorce ceremony
Recently, a video about a divorce ceremony being performed had become viral on social media. There was a big discussion going on among the viewers as to giving so much of importance to this kind of ceremony. But, it turned out to be a clipping of the shooting of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Mangalashtak Return’, which is in progress after there was relaxation on the long period of lockdown .
This film is being produced by Veerkumar Shah under his banner Sharda Productions and is directed by Yogesh Bhosale who had earlier directed a Marathi film ‘Bazaar’ which had won 16 different awards. Shooting of this film is presently in progress at Hinjawadi, Pune and the film stars Prasad Oak, Anand Ingale, Saksham Kulkarni, Vrushabh Shah, Shweta Kharat, Prasanna Ketkar, Sheetal Ahirrao, Sunil Godbole, Kamlesh Sawant, Sameer Poulaste, Prajakta Nevale, Sonal Pawar, Bhakti Chavan and Sheetal Oswal
Grand Premier of Marathi film ‘Kaanbhatt’
With the constant uncertainty and fear around the current situation, Marathi film producers are looking forward to a friendly distraction. And therefore, Rash production had organised grand premiere of Marathi film ‘Kaanbhatt’. The artistes present at the event were Bhavya Shinde, Rughved Mule, Sanjeev Tandel, Vipin Borate, Anil Chhatre, Manisha Joshi and others.
Incidentally, film ‘Kaanbhatt is creating an impact on its audience. The film has received a very good response from the audience and is being praised by critics too. Producer& Director Aparana S Hosing has given her fans a perfect new year gift.
The film is about a small boy and his dreams & desires where he is forced to follow others’ word but destiny has something else for him, for which he goes on a different path. The story depicts the relationship between Ved and Science.
This period drama is now running in theatres.
Swatantra Goel making his Directorial Debut with Marathi film ‘Contract Marriage’
After making a foray into production with the films ‘Ashley’, ‘Dessa Dhimmari’ and ‘Pension’ which is ready to release in next week on Eros now OTT Platform, Swatantra Goel popularly known as Savi Goel completed the post production of yet another Marathi film ‘Kaalich Lagn’. Now, Producer Mr. Savi Goel is set to venture into Direction with Marathi film ‘Contract Marriage’ starring Bhushan Pradhan, Neha Mahajan, Dipti Dhotre, Swati karnekar, Prasad Ozarkar music by Dushyant Dubey and Kirti Kiledar. The story, Screenplay & dialogues also written by Mr. Goel under the Banner of Saveena Creation.
Actress Neha Mahajan
Producer-Director Savi Goel completed the shooting of ‘Contract Marriage’ and the film is now in the post production stage. However, other details about the film are still unclear. He is the only producer in Bollywood who made five films in just five-year span.
Mr. Goel was born and raised in Patiala, Punjab. He started his career as a Bank officer with State Bank of India. Then immigrated to the USA in 1996 for better prospects, after resigning from lucrative Bank job. He got instant success there in the petroleum business, owning a bunch of petrol stations/convenience stores.
Since Mr. Savi Goel was active and interested in theatre from his college days, he decided to fulfil his dream to associate with Bollywood in 2014. Now he is actively working in cinema industry.
‘Hashtag Prem’ title track unveiled
The past success stories of hit films suggest that a love story supported by good music has always been appreciated by Marathi film lovers, especially the youngsters. Perhaps, keeping in mind this aspect, the makers of new Marathi film ‘Hashtag Prem’ are making all the efforts to see that their film boasts of catchy songs, when it comes to love stories, they always go the extra mile to see to it that they are embellished with melodious music. The title track of this film was unveiled recently, which has been receiving good response on social media.
Directed by Balkrishna Jadhav this film is produced by Anil Govind Patil, under the banner of Mauli Film Productions. The film will be distributed by Sameer Dixit and Hrishikesh Bhirangi of Pickle Entertainment.The title track is penned by Kautuk Shirodkar and composed by Pravin Kuwar in the voice of Rupali Moghe. Aashish Patil has choreographed the dance number. Music director Pravin Kuwar feels that the reason the song has clicked tremendously is for the rich and catchy lyrics coupled with melody at its best.
The new pair of Mitali Mayekar and Suyash Tilak lead the star cast of the film are the main attraction of this film The story and the screenplay have been written by Nikhil Katare . Cinematography is by Raja Phadtare and Art Direction by Keshav Thakur are the other credits of the of the film. ‘Hashtag Prem’ is slated for release very soon.
Shrikant Moghe, Jyoti Chandekar, V.N.Mayekar to be honoured at AMFF
The nominations for the 6th Ambernath Marathi Film Festival 2020 have been announced and at the same time few declared awards have also been announced as decided by the Jury appointed by the hosts Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal and Amber Bharati. 47 films had participated in this film festival and 28 films have found place in the list of nominations in different categories.Prominent among them are films like ‘Pravaas’, ’Fanaral’,’Pritam’,’ Anya’,’ Kali Mati’,’Nibar’ and ’Email Female’.
Ambarnath Marathi Film Festival 2021
Among the individual declared awards are best film ‘Kali Mati’,’ Best comedian Nikhil Ratnaparakhi, Best woman director Bhakti Jadhav( Email Female), Best Jury Award film ‘Shree Swami Samarth’, best actor declared Shantanu Moghe ( Shree Swami Samarth)& best actress declared Pari Jadhav ( Avartan). Three veteran personalities will be honoured with following awards: Mr. V.N.Mayekar for his technical expertise in editing and lifetime achievement for Mr. Shrikant Moghe and Jyoti Chandekar.
Digpal Lanjekar announces another film of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Writer-director-actor Digpal Lanjekar, inspired by the different episodes in the life of brave Maratha King Shiv Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj , has offered two grand Marathi films ‘Farzand’ read review and ‘Fatfeshikast‘ read review and his third film ‘Jangjouhar’ which is complete, is due for release in theatres shortly. In the meanwhile, he has announced his fourth Marathi film ‘Sher Shivraj Hai’. The title of this film is inspired by the poem penned by Poet Bhushan, in praise of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
At present Digpal is busy giving finishing touches to the script of ‘Sher Shivraj Hai’, where he is paying a lot of attention on Shivaji Maharaj’s mind set and his planning and execution while fighting the battles. He will also present the highly respected character of this King who was well versed in geographical knowledge. The first poster and teaser of this film will be released soon, but in the meanwhile this film too has generated a lot of curiosity in the minds of Marathi film lovers.