After ‘Hirakani’ Sonalee gets ready with ‘Vicky Velingkar’ coming Friday
With about 12 years of experience on big screen and two dozens of films, actress Sonalee Kulkarni was seen very recently in Marathi film ‘Hirkani’ based on history. And now, coming Friday her next Marathi film ‘Vicky Velingkar’ is all set for release. Sonalee is playing an interesting title role of a comic book artiste and a watch seller, who gets entangled in a murder mystery. The teaser and trailer of this film which were out on social media received mixed reactions from Marathi film lovers but one thing is sure that they would want to watch this film for a change.
In Marathi action filled suspense films are rarely seen. And, it all depends how the film receives treatment from the writer-director. For this film, the director of this film is from Bollywood, having done films like ‘Mickey Virus’, ‘7 hours to Go’ and ‘Solid Patels’. Moreover, other popular artistes like Sangram Samel, Spruha Joshi, Gaurav More, Vanita Kharat, Jui Pawar and others are part of the film’s star cast. More importantly, this film is produced by big names like GISSIMS, Anuja Chauhan Kudecha, Ritesh Kudecha, Sachin Maruti Lokhande and Atul Janardan Tarkar all coming together with other team of co producers.
So, it remains to be seen how our film lovers would respond to this new style of action filled suspense thriller this Friday?
Diwali offering in the form of ‘Triple Seat’ & ‘Hirkani’ for Marathi film lovers
For a long time Marathi film lovers have been waiting for a good film which would keep them engaged besides offering entertainment. Now, for this Diwali they have a choice, as two Marathi films of different genres are released this Friday. While ‘Triple Seat’ starring Ankush Chaudhari, Shivani Surve and Pallavi Patil seems to be a light hearted entertaining love story, ‘Hirakani’ starring Sonalee Kulkarni and Chinmay Mandlekar presents the historical story of a mother, from the period of Shivaji, who scaled down the steep edges of the Raigad fort to reach out to her baby, not caring for her own life. It is this courage displayed by this leading lady , she received the honours with the title ‘Hirkani’.
As Ankush will be returning to Marathi films in the lead role after a gap of two years, it will be interesting to watch him in this so called masala entertainer. Another highlight of this film is the entry of Bollywood actor Rakesh Bedi in an important role. Directed by Sanket Prakash Pavse, , the film also stars Pravin Tarde along with Vaibhav Mangale and Vidyadhar Joshi. On the other hand, ‘Hirakani‘ which is a period film directed by Prasad Oak, has something worth to convey from the history of Maharashtra. Other highlights of this film are, music composed by Amitraj and one song rendered by renowned singer Asha Bhosale.
Sonalee Kulkarni to play historical character of ‘Hirkani’ on Big screen
Hirkani has a history in Maharashtra. She projects a brave character of a mother who takes the risk of coming down the steep hill only for the sake of her little child. This famous story of Hirkani will now be presented on Big screen by Iraada Entertainment forthcoming Marathi film ‘Hirkani’ . Written by Chinmay Mandlekar and directed by Prasad Oak, the new motion poster of this film was released recently at Pune’s Chatushringi temple, clearly revealing that actress Sonalee Kulkarni will be playing the title role in this film. Actor Sachin Khedekar has given his voice for this motion poster.
Present on the occasion were lead artistes of this film Sonalee Kulkarni, Amit Khedekar, Prasad Oak, Rajesh Mapuskar the creative producer & Lawrence D’souza the co producer. After the launch of this motion poster the artistes took the blessings of the of the goddess. Falguni Patel is the producer of this film, while Ratnakar Jagtap is the executive producer and they have planned the release of this film all over Maharashtra on 24th October 2019.
Will this film will turn out to be a big comeback for Sonalee Kulkarni after a long time? It remains to be seen. But, one thing is certain that this character is very powerful.
‘Hirkani’ song presenting the grand Coronation of Shivaji Maharaj launched
There have been many songs in the past based on the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj , the biggest historical event. But, director Prasad Oak has given a grand look to this event on screen through his forthcoming much talked about Marathi film ‘Hirkani’. Recently, the song video of this film was launched in style in a ceremony held in Mumbai in presence of the team of this film.
This eight and a half minute length song has been pictured on nine Marathi artistes including popular names like Suhas Joshi, Pushkar Shrotri, Siddharth Chandekar, Jitendra Joshi, Hemant Dhome, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Kshiti Jog, Rajashri Thakur, Chinmay Mandlekar and Rahul Ranade, displays six different forms of folk arts. The film is produced by Falguni Patel , co produced by Lawrence D’souza with creative direction by Rajesh Mapuskar. After watching this grand song, one thing is certain that this film is an ambitious project of director Prasad Oak.
This song penned by Sandeep Khare on the music of Amitraj has been rendered in the voices of singers like Nilambari Kirkire, Vivek Naik, Amitraj, Deepali Desai, Jiya Suresh Wadkar & Gaurav Chati. Speaking about this song, director Praad Oak said that Coronation of Shiv Chhatrapati Maharaj is one of the most important events in the film and therefore he wanted to be pictured in a grand way.
Motion poster of ‘Hirkani’ launched
Prasad Oak who directed National award winning Marathi film ‘Kachha Limbu’ has teamed up with another National award winning director Rajesh Mapuskar for his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Hirkani’, which is to be directed by Prasad oak, while Rajesh Mapuskar will be creative director of this film. With a tagline ‘Pratyek Aai Astech …Hirakani’ this film is obviously based on the history about the brave adventure of a mother to meet her little son.
Till now, Marathi films based on history have always received very good response and therefore the story of this film is expected to invite the attention of Marathi film lovers. The film is due for release on 24th October all over Maharashtra and therefore Aakash Pendharkar, Sachin Narkar & Vikas Pawar of Swarup entertainment have shouldered the responsibility of marketing this film. Falguni Patel of Iraada Entertainment has produced this film while Lawrence D’souza is the co producer.
Till now, nothing has been disclosed about the artistes performing in this film. But, the poster of this film has certainly generated a lot of curiosity of this film.
Prasad Oak makes announcement of his film ‘Hirkani’ on Women’s day
Actor- director Prasad Oak is back to direction. Combining with his writer friend Chinmay Mandlekar, he has announced the launch of his film ‘Hirkani’. This film is inspired by the story of brave mother called Hirkani, who had created a history with her adventure filled journey carrying her little child in her arms while coming down from Raigad fort during the dark night. With this film the duo of writer Chinmay and director Prasad will be working together after a long time, since they worked for their last film ‘Kachha Limbu’.
The story of ‘Hirkani’ film is penned by well Known writer Pratap Gangavane, while the screenplay and dialogues are written by actor-writer Chinmay Mandlekar. Since this film is based on the incident in Maratha history, there is lot of curiosity, as to who will play the title role in this film. But, the makers of this film have decided to keep it a secret at present and the name of the actress is likely to be announced later.