Rajit Kapoor to Play Aurangzeb in Marathi film ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji’
Actor Rajit Kapoor who became popular with his title role in equally popular TV serial ‘Byomkesh Bakshi’ will now be seen playing the role of the most hated Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji (छत्रपती संभाजी )’. This film is produced and directed by Rakesh Subesinh Dulgaj. Besides Marathi, this film will also be released simultaneously on 2nd February 2024 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages.
According to the director, Aurangazeb was a cruel ruler but at the same time he was ambitious. Therefore, we were in search of a versatile actor and we felt that Rajit Kapoor would do justice to this role. Rajit Kapoor while reacting on his role said that till now he has performed variety of roles; but through this film he had an opportunity to play a negative character. Along with Rajit Kapoor the film also stars Pramod Pawar, Shashank Udapurkar, Dilip Tahil, Mrunal Kulkarni, Mohan Joshi, Bharat Dabholkar, Lokesh Gupte, Bal Dhuri, Deepak Shirke, Amit Deshmukh, Late Anand Abhyankar, Samir, Mohini Potdar, Priya Gamre in prominent roles.
Music for this film is provided by Avinash Vishwajeet, Guru Sharma and Aarav, while background music is by Amar-Amit Desai. Cinematography by Suresh Deshmane, editing by Bharat Bahi, art by Anil Vath and action by P. Satish are the other credits.
‘My Dad’s Wedding’ will be Subhash Ghai’s new Marathi film
On the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa, popular film maker Subhash Ghai announced his new Marathi film ‘My Dad’s Wedding’ with the release of this film’s poster on social media. The names of the artistes have not been announced yet, but the shooting of this film will take place in London. This film will be directed by Lokesh Vijay Gupte.
Subhash Ghai, Lokesh Gupte
The title of this film clearly suggests that the film’s story will be a new subject to Marathi audience and besides Marathi other language like English is most likely to be used in the dialogues.Speaking about this film director Lokesh Gupte says, “Till now, I have been looking after the work of Subhash Ghai. He has rich experience in the film industry. And therefore, working for his film is itself a big thing for me. Though the names of the artistes haven’t been announced, you will see all versatile artistes in the star cast of this film. This will be a family film speaking about relations.”
Subhash Ghai feels that the subject of his film is different. “ In Marathi film industry, story plays an important role and therefore I am always eager to make Marathi films. I shall continue to make more Marathi films with good subjects in future,” he added.
Swwapnil Joshi’s new film ‘Ashwatth’
Marathi actor Swwapnil Joshi had caught the attention of fans through his latest web series Samantar and film ‘Bali’. His series also received a large response. Now he has announced his new film at the beginning of the new year.
The film is titled ‘Ashwatth’ and will be directed by Lokesh Gupte. Ashwatth will be released in the winter of 2022 and Swapnil has made the teaser and poster of the film viral on social media. The teaser of ‘Ashwattha’ is set against the backdrop of one such popular verse in the Bhagwat Gita.
Marathi film ‘Date Bhet’ progressing fast in London
While we in Maharashtra are still facing some lock down restrictions which has affected shootings of Marathi films, some of our artistes are busy shooting in London. Director Lokesh Gupte after directing two films ‘Ek Sangaychay’ [read review] and ‘Runanubandh’ is busy as a director with shooting schedule of his new Marathi film ‘Date Bhet’ starring the trio comprising of Sonalee Kulkarni, Santosh Juvekar & Hemant Dhome. The film is produced by Amey Khopkar, Swati Khopkar, Ninad Battin & Tabrez Patel.
There is already a buzz on social media about this film as both Sonalee and Santosh have shared the photos of the London shoot with their crew members. The story of this film is written by Ashwini Shende-Bagwadkar while cinematography is by Pradeep Khanvilkar. Presented by AVK Entertainment and EasyMyTrip, this film will be ready for release during the new year
Lokesh Gupte gets ready with his new Marathi film Runanubandh
After ‘Ek Sangaychay’ Lokesh Gupte gets ready with ‘Runanubandh’ his next film as director . The muhurat of this film was performed in Pune recently, in presence of artistes and technicians of the film. .The film is produced by Anirban Sarkar, Swapnil Potdar, Mahesh Jaurkar. Anirban Sarkar had earlier given a hit film like ‘Farzand’.
There is a lot of curiosity about the subject of this film, as after the successful presentation of ‘Ek Sangaychay’ there are big expectations from him. Moreover, his association with successful producer line Anirban Sarkar is also something special . So far, the star cast of this film has not been officially disclosed, but the film will be released during coming Diwali on 13th November 2020.
‘Ek Sangaychay …’ deals with widening of generation gap
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Every Businessman wants his son to carry forward his business. Every Doctor wants his son to become a doctor . Similarly, every father into a job wants his son to take up a secured job. But, what if the son wants to do something else? This is a debatable issue. And, writer –director Lokesh Vijay Gupte deals with this subject of widening of generation gap between Father and son through his latest released film suitably titled ‘Ek Sangaychay- Unsaid Harmony‘.
The film begins with a raid carried out under the supervision of Senior Police Officer Malhar Raorane ( Kay Kay Menon) with his team at a rave party in Madh Island bungalow. In this raid they find drugs and liquor in plenty and therefore arrest all those present, including Malhar’s 22 year old son Kabir (Abhijit Aamkar) along with his close friends Dhruv( Shalv Kijavadekar) , Anhita Kapoor ( Harshita Sohal)& Angad ( Vibhav Rajadhyaksha) . Thereafter, how their respective lives get affected has been shown very cleverly by the writer –director through the film’s screenplay.
The film focuses more on the central character of Malhar Raorane and therefore we find most of the happenings taking place in his family. As the film progresses in the first half, we don’t find anything unusual. However, at the stroke of interval with the happening of an incident, changes the track of the film to give a different look. And then we find a lot of unanswered questions solved by the writer-director in the concluding part. The film does pass a social message to every family ..i.e. “Communication between parents and their children is imperative.”
Lokesh Gupte in multiple roles of writer of story, screenplay & dialogues has successfully shouldered his responsibility of direction on debut, besides handling the editing work. His seriousness for presenting this sensitive issue is clearly noticed through many important touching scenes, between Kay Kay Menon with his wife played by Rajeshwari Sachdev and also with his son Kabir played by young dashing television actor Abhijit Amkar. All three of them find plenty of scope to display their emotions very effectively. Director’s daughter Shubhavi who makes her debut in the role of Kay Kay Menon’s daughter in the film, has also performed her role confidently. Good support comes from supporting artistes like Padmawati Rao, Milind Phatak, Vineet Sharma, Shalv Kijavadekar , Harshita Sohal, Vibhav Rajadhyaksha and others and their selection has been done very appropriately for their respective characters.
The film ‘Ek Sangaychay- Unsaid Harmony‘ does have a drawback in the second half, as it keeps on hammering on the issues arising out of non communication between parents and their children. But, looking at the sincere efforts of the writer-director this can be ignored. Technically it is a well made film on a universal subject. Jitendra Joshi‘s meaningful lyrics, Shailendra Barve’s music, Pushpank Gavde’s cinematography, Resul Pookutty’s excellent sound design and Chaitrali Gupte‘s costumes are other plus points of this film on a timely subject. True lovers of sensible cinema will surely like ‘Ek Sangaychay- Unsaid Harmony‘ film.
Lokesh Gupte’s family is totally involved in ‘Ek Sangaychay – Unsaid Harmony’
We are all aware of Lokesh Gupte‘s acting and writing talent . But, through the forthcoming much talked about Marathi film, ‘Ek Sangaychay…Unsaid Harmony‘, besides writing and editing, Lokesh is also making his debut as a director. His wife Chaitrali a renowned actress has shouldered the responsibility of costume designing and above all, his daughter Shubhavi is making her debut in acting through this film. So, the entire family is totally involved in the making of this film, which stars Bollywood actor Kay Kay Menon in the lead role opposite Rajeshwari Sachdev.
The film also stars Milind Pathak, Ajit Bhure, Vineet Sharma, Shalv Kinjavadekar, Harshita Sohal, Vibhav Rajadhyaksha, Abhijit Aamkar, & Sachin Salvi in prominent roles. Speaking about her acting debut, Shubhavi said that she was aware that there was a character of her age in this film. “But, I never asked my father about it. One day, my father called me with that character name and I just smiled. Later, he asked me to give audition. Thereafter began my training. I had to read the script along with other artistes of this film and this helped me a lot during shooting, when the entire cast was very cooperative. At present, I am not sure, whether I would be taking up acting as my career. Therefore, will not be able to comment about my future plans. ”
Grand music & Trailer launch of ‘Ek Sangaychay…Unsaid Harmony’
We are all aware that Bollywood actor Kay Kay Menon is making his debut in Marathi films through forthcoming film ‘Ek Sangaychay…Unsaid Harmony‘, which is directed by Lokesh Gupte. Yesterday evening there was grand music & trailer launch of this film, in presence of artistes of the film and invitees. Along with Kay Kay Menon, Rajeshwari Sachdev who has already worked in Marathi films, will be playing the lead role.
With lyrics by Jitendra Joshi and music by Shailendra Barve, the songs in this film are rendered by popular singers Avadhoot Gupte, Bela Shende, Tushar Joshi, Vivek Naik, Aarti Kelkar & Rashi Harmalkar. With Cinematography by Pushpank Gawde, costumes by Chaitrali Gupte the other artistes of this film are, Padmavati Rao, Milind Phatak, Ajit Bhure, Vineet Sharma, Shalva Kinjavadekar, Harshita Sohal, Shubhavi Gupte, Vibhav Rajadhyaksha, Abhijit Aamkar & Sachin Salvi.
Speaking on the occasion, Kay Kay Menon said that when the story of this film was narrated to him, it took just 20 minutes for him to say ‘Yes’ to this role. “Having lived in Maharashtra I can understand Marathi language well, but when this role came to me, I took a lot of interest in learning this language so that I can speak well too. Director Lokesh Gupte helped me a lot,” said Kay Kay Menon. Official announcement was also made about the film’s release date, which is 16th November 2018.
Kay Kay Menon to open his innings in Marathi films
Popular Bollywood actor Kay Kay Menon is all set to open his innings in Marathi cinema that too in a film which is to be directed by actor turned director Lokesh Gupte. Produced by Devi Satori Productions this film titled ‘Ek Sangaychay…Unsaid Harmony‘ also stars Rajeshwari Sachdev in the lead role opposite Kay Kay. Recently, the poster of this film was unveiled on social networking sites.
We are all aware that both Kay Kay Menon and Rajeshwari Sachdev are very particular about selection of films. And therefore, their coming together in this Marathi film has raised a lot of curiosity about this film’s subject. According to the makers, the story of this film is on a sensitive subject revolving around human relationship. Other highlights of this film are, cinematography by Pushpank Gavde, lyrics by actor-lyricist Jitendra Joshi, music by Shailendra barve, art direction by Nitin Kulkarni , sound by Ressool Poketti & costume designs by Chaitrali Lokesh Gupte.
KK Menon to play lead role in Lokesh Gupte’s Marathi film ‘Ek Sangaychay – Unsaid Harmony’
Known for his memorable roles in many sensible Bollywood films, actor K.K.Menon has always been a great admirer of Marathi films with good scripts. And now, we understand that he will be playing the lead role in actor turned director Lokesh Gupte‘s Marathi film ‘Ek Sangaychay… Unsaid Harmony’. Official announcement to this effect was made recently when the title of this film was revealed. As an actor, Lokesh Gupte has already established himself in all the three departments of acting, i.e. stage, television, and films. And, now as a director, he is all set to begin his new innings.
Speaking about his film, Lokesh said that the subject of the film is based on the relationship between parents and their children and how the lifestyle changes have affected the emotional bonding with rising expectations from each other. Through this film, he will try to show the good and bad changes noticed in the current situation. Explaining as to why he opted for K.K.Menon, Lokesh said that for this important character, he was looking for the strong versatile actor , who could perfectly understand the situation and KK met all my requirements.
The shooting of this film will begin from 9th march and will get ready for release all over Maharashtra on 18th October 2018 to coincide with Dusshera festival.