Gajendra Ahire’s flm ‘Hodi’ (Dear Molly) to be released on 1st July
Renowned director Gajendra Ahire who has directed many quality Marathi films, is now getting ready to release his latest film Hodi (Dear Molly) which will also be released in Hindi and English languages besides Marathi. Recently, the poster of this film was released recently and it has become clear that Gurbani Gill, Alok Rajwade, Mrunmayee Godbole, Ashwini Giri, Liya Boysen and Christer Holmgren in lead roles.
Marathi FIlm ‘Dear Molly’, Gurbani Gill, Alok Rajwade, Mrunmayee Godbole, Ashwini Giri, Liya Boysen
This film has already won ‘Best Feature Film’ award at the Guwahati Film festival and therefore film lovers are anxiously waiting for the release of this film. Speaking about his film, Gajendra Ahire says, ” For the past few days I was waiting for the announcement of release date of this film and now the date has been announced. This film is a family film based on a beautiful delicate relationship. All my films have been on social issues and I enjoy making films on the ‘out of the box’ subjects.”
‘Hodi’ (‘Dear Molly’) is presented by Manmohan Shetty and Ganesh Jain and produced by Pravin Nischal and Ratan Jain. Cinematography is by Krishna Sorren.
Gajendra Ahire celebrates Golden Jubilee with ‘Bidi Bakada’
Known for some of his memorable films most of which have been women oriented films, writer- film maker Gajendra Ahire has completed Golden Jubilee of his film with ‘Bidi Bakada’ being his 50th Marathi films. A passionate film maker that he is, Gajendra Ahire has also turned 50 with this film, which is a big coincidence. All his 50 films presented different subjects and most of them related to problems faced by women in society. Each one of his film had new subject.
If you observe the character of Vidya presented by him through his film ‘Gulmohur’, Mani in his film ‘Sarivar Sari’, Mrs. Raut , Bayo and so on, the woman protagonist is seen crossing all the barriers created by age old traditions. In short, as a film maker, he has been so deeply involved in presenting the most relevant problems of
women in this male dominated society.
On February 16th this year Gajendra Ahire reached the milestone of 50 as far as his own age and number of films made by him is concerned. For the past 17 years he has been actively involved in making all these quality films, which itself is a new record. He is also known for completing the shooting of his films in minimum number of days. A reputed university in Sewden has taken note of his functioning style while making a film . Our sincere wishes to this passionate Marathi film maker.
‘Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande’ – Just another film from Gajendra Ahire
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Gajendra Ahire has made about 40 Marathi films in the past, on different subjects involving social issues. Now, his new film ‘Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande’ raises an important question, whether by changing your lifestyle or by changing your attitude and also your husband, have you really succeeded in changing yourself or achieved what you desired ?
The film revolves around a 30 + woman Ms. Deshpande( Sai Tamhankar) who divorces her husband Mr. Deshpande (Nikhil Ratnaparakhi) only because he is not dashing and does not satisfy her sex life. One wonders, how she had a love marriage with him? Then getting the custody of her 8 year old son ( Rohan Shah) , she sends him to a boarding school and gets involved with a well to do man Mr. Kulkarni ( Rajesh Shringarpure) who also has a son almost of Rohan’s age. Mr. Kulkarni has already deserted his wife, only because she is not keeping well. So, after enjoying their ‘live in relationship’ both Mr. Kulkarni and Ms. Deshapnde finally plan to get married and they proceed to Ladakh along with their children during their vacation time, so that they get adjusted .
While Kulkarni’s son who is shown over smart and selfish, is ready to accept Ms. Despande as his new mother, Rohan is hesitant to accept Mr. Kulkarni as his father. Ms. Deshpande’s mother ( Neena Kulkarni) is also opposed to her daughter’s decision. But, Ms. Deshpande makes all efforts to convince her son during his vacation period, finding time from her busy job. Does she succeed in her attempt? This is what writer director Gajendra Ahire has tried to show through this film. To a certain extent he has succeeded in presenting what he had to convey, but at some places he has inserted unwanted time consuming scenes including a song. Selection of Ladakh as location for vacation trip offers visual pleasure. However, after return from Ladakh trip the film’s screenplay loses its grip for sometime, till the climax.
Performances of artistes are best part of this film. Sai Tamhankar gets ample scope to display her emotions, while Rajesh Shringarpure and Nikhil Ratnaparakhi are at ease while showing their natural skills through their respective characters. But, compared to Rajesh Shringarpure, Nikhil’s character hasn’t been properly presented. As Sai’s son Rohan Shah has cleverly shown his reaction through his body language without over reacting , to express his inner feelings. Neena Kulkarni also offers good support through her limited role. Music is not very appealing as there are many people involved into it including the writer- director. Moreover, writer- director himself has appeared as a singer in the title song. However, the cinematography by Arjun Sorate & Krishna Soren is impressive and that is one more plus point of the film, besides good performances.
All in all, ‘Kulkarni Chautatla Deshpande’ is a thought provoking film but should have been better, if it was handled with more interesting and humour filled sequences .
Sai Tamhankar to play a protagonist in Gajendra Ahire’s next ‘Kulkarni Chowkatala Deshpande’
Both Sai Tamhankar and Gajendra Ahire are well known in Marathi film industry for their distinctiveness in acting and direction respectively. While Gajendra Ahire has completed his Golden jubilee in film direction, Sai Tamhankar is almost nearing towards this mark with 40+ films. Now, both of them are working together in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Kulkarni Chowkatala Deshpande’, which will be released on 22nd November 2019 all over Maharashtra.
It may be recalled that both of them have established themselves in their respective fields and therefore it will be interesting to see Sai Tamhankar perform under Gajendra’s direction. In this film Sai will be playing a protagonist middle class character. Recently the poster of this film was released, which clearly shows Sai in the different stages of daughter, wife, Mother and fiancée . This also makes it clear that this is the most challenging role for the actress and hence has generated a lot of interest among her fans.
The film raises an important question, whether by changing your lifestyle by changing your attitude, your husband and your friends, have you really succeeded in changing yourself? The film is produced by Smita Vinay Ganu .
Pimpal ( पिंपळ )
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Release Year: 2018 (8 June)
- Genres: Family Drama
- Rating: na
- Censor: U
- Duration: 130 min
- Studio/presenter: Blackberry Films, SMR Films, Deepak Kumar Films
- Producer(s): Supriya Sunil Phadtare, Ashwini Sidwani, Arpan Bhukhanwala, Deepak Kumar Bhagat
- Executive Producer: Rohan Shah, Amar Singh, Abhijeet Yadav
- Director: Gajendra Ahire
- Writer: Chintamani
- ScreenPlay: Gajendra Ahire
- Dialogues: na
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- Producer(s): Supriya Sunil Phadtare, Ashwini Sidwani, Arpan Bhukhanwala, Deepak Kumar Bhagat
- Executive Producer: Rohan Shah, Amar Singh, Abhijeet Yadav
- Co-producer: na
- Director: Gajendra Ahire
- Assistant Director: na
- Writer: Chintamani
- ScreenPlay: Gajendra Ahire
- Dialogues: na
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- Music: Narendra Bhide
- Playback Singer: na
- Cinematographer (DOP): Krishna Kumar Soren
- Editor: Kutub Inamdar
- Starcast: Dilip Prabhavalkar, Priya Bapat, Kishore Kadam, Vrinda Gajendra, Alok Rajwade, Sakhi Gokhale
- Art Director: Santosh Suresh Phutane
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- Background Score: Narendra Bhide
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- P.R.O.: na
- Distributor : A Sunshine Studios
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‘Pimpal’ : Marathi movie ‘Pimpal‘ is a story of Arvind, who is retired widower staying alone in Pune, is asked by his children living abroad to move to the US.
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Aabalaal Adkitte Ani Mumtaj Mahal ( आबालाल अडकित्ते आणि मुमताज महल )
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Opening Date: 2018 ( 12 April )
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Producer(s): Chandrakant Lohokare, Harshal Bandiwadekar
Presenter: Ekadant Creations
Writer: Gajendra Ahire
Director: Gajendra Ahire
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Writer: Gajendra Ahire
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Artist: Neha Joshi, Namrata Awate-Sambherao, Pranav Joshi, Kiran Rajput, Shraddha Mohite, Shashank Ketkar
Set Design: Pradeep Mulye
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Costume: Sonal Kharade
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The Silence ( द सायलेन्स )
Genres: Drama
Rating: na
Censor: A
Duration: 130 min.
Studio/presenter: SMR Films
Producers: Navneet Hullad Moradabadi, Arpan Bhukhanwala, Ashwini Sidwani
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Director: Gajendra Ahire
Writer: Ashwini Sidwani
ScreenPlay: Ashwini Sidwani, Gajendra Ahire
Dialogues: Gajendra Ahire
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Executive Producer: na
Director: Gajendra Ahire
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Writer: Ashwini Sidwani
ScreenPlay: Ashwini Sidwani, Gajendra Ahire
Dialogues: Gajendra Ahire
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Music: Indian Ocean
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Cinematographer (DOP): Krishna Soren
Editor: Mayur Hardas
Starcast: Raghubir Yadav, Anjali Patil, Nagraj Manjule, Kadambari Kadam, Mugdha Chapekar, Vedashree Mahajan
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‘The Silence’ all set to create a buzz at Brazil
Gajendra Ahire’s film ‘The Silence’ receives good response at international festivals
Nominations declared for 53rd Maharashtra State Film awards
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Gajendra Ahire’s film ‘The Silence’ receives good response at international festivals
Gajendra Ahire’s much awaited film ‘The Silence’ has already won Best Indian film award at Bangaluru International film festival. The film was also screened at Brazil & MAMI international film festival and has received invitation for screening at other international festivals too. The main attraction of the film actress Anjali Patil, whom we saw in Prakash Jha’s film ‘Chakravyuh’ and few other south Indian films. Veteran Bollywood Raghubir Yadav also plays the important lead role in this film.
The first look of this film has already been released and has been receiving good response on social networking sites. Excellent cinematography by Krishna Soren and beautiful rural locations are clearly noticed in this first look. The film also stars Nagraj Manjule, Kadambari Kadam with Mugdha Chaphekar & Vedashree Mahajan being introduced through this film. Music is offered by Indian Ocean. Besides directing this film, Gajendra Ahire has also written the screenplay and dialogues. The film is based on a true story.
Jitendra Joshi all praise for Kiran Karmarkar
The occasion was unveiling the first look of ‘Shasan’, Gajendra Ahire’s forthcoming film on Maharashtra’s political situation. But, the director was no where to be seen. Producer Shekhar Pathak, who is from the stage background, who was present at the function, was the first to appear on the dais, to speak about the film and the artistes. And, he almost narrated the details of all the characters played by six prominent artistes; namely Bharat Jadhav, Makarand Anaspure, Siddharth Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manva Naik & Aditi Bhagwat, who were present during this event.
Though each one of them, praised the dynamic director and his ability to present films on social subjects; Jitendra Joshi was all praise for actor Kiran karmarkar, who is also part of this film; and could not attend the function due to his shooting commitments. “Kiran has limited role in this film; but in every scene, he has been part of; he has given excellent performance,” he said.
There are many senior artistes, part of this film, in small but important roles. They are Dr.Shreeram Lagoo, Vikram Gokhale, Sudhir Dalvi, Mohan Joshi, Late Vinay Apte, Nagesh Bhosale, Vrunda Gajendra & Amey Dhare. All the artistes in the film will be seen playing different characters in the film, connected with the present political scenario in the state. Music of this film has been composed by Narendra Bhide and the film will be released on 15th January 2016.
‘The Silence’ all set to create a buzz at Brazil
After winning the Director’s Vision award at the German Star of India 2015 Film festival, Marathi film ‘The Silence’ is all set to create a buzz in Brazil. Presented by SMR productions and directed by Gajendra Ahire, the film has found its entry for Brazilia International Film festival, which is scheduled between 6th and 15th November 2015. ‘The Silence’ is the first Indian film, to find its entry into this film festival, which has entries from countries like Mexico, Prague,Germany, Bulgaria,Cuba & Argentina. The film is already in news in India, for its different story, which speaks against the rising violence against young girls.
The film stars Nagraj Manjule and Kadambari Kadam in lead roles, along with well known actress from Hindi Anjali Patil, Raghuveer Yadav, a versatile Bollywood actor and two new faces Mugdha Chaphekar & Vedashree Mahajan. The music of this film is managed by Indian Ocean Rock band group, while cinematography is by Krishna Sorren.