Mahesh Manjrekar ready to present his new Marathi play ‘Filter Coffee’
Renowned film maker Mahesh Manjrekar is now getting ready to stage his Marathi play ‘Filter Coffee’, taking into account the demand for Marathi plays from Marathi audience. Made under the banner of Advait and Ashwami Theatres and presented by Mahesh Manjrekar, this play is written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. ‘Filter Coffee’ will be ready to serve the Marathi theatre audience from 6th April 2025.
Produced by Dilip Madhav Jagtap and co-produced by Rahul Bhandare, this play stars Virajas Kulkarni, Vikram Gaikwad, Kunal Meshram, Ankita Lande and Urmila Kanetkar Kothare in lead roles. Speaking about this play, Mahesh Manjrekar says, “ I wanted to present this play in the year 1992, but couldn’t present it that time. Now, I will be presenting it, besides directing. Like perfect filter coffee this coffee will also taste sweet and bitter combination and will be a suspense thriller. I am sure, the Marathi theatre audience will enjoy it.”
Virajas Kulkarni who will be performing on stage for the first time, is excited , as he has got an opportunity to present himself on stage under the direction of reputed director like Mahesh Manjrekar. Music by Hitesh Modak, Light effects by Shital Talpade, production design by Sandesh Bendre and costumes by Laxman Yallapa Gullar are the other credits of this play.
Vikram Gokhale’s last film ‘Sur Lagu De’ to be released on 12th January 2024
Actor Vikram Gokhale is no more, but he is immortal through art. He faced the camera with great determination to do justice to his character even though his health was often unwell in the last days. His last film ‘Sur Lagu De’, which is very heart-wrenching, is soon coming to his fans. The new poster of this film was released recently.
Produced by Nitin Upadhyay and Abhishek ‘King’ Kumar under the banner Odball Motion Pictures, ‘Sur Lagui De’ is produced by Ratish Tawde, Ashwin Panchal and Devang Gandhi. This film is directed by Praveen Vijaya Eknath Birje and will be released through Pickle Entertainment Studios all over Maharashtra.
Actor Vikram Gokhale’s birth anniversary was on October 30. On the occasion , the new poster of ‘Sur Lagu De’ was unveiled by actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar and actor Manoj Joshi in the presence of Vikram Gokhale’s wife Vrushali Vikram Gokhale at MIG Club in Bandra. The event was attended by Anil Kalelkar, Manoj Pakhade, film producers, directors, actors and dignitaries from the film industry.
Dedicated to Vikram Gokhale, this film has been written by Ashish Dev and music composed by music composer Pankaj Padghan. Along with the series, there is a surprise package featuring Reena Madhukar and Meghna Naidu . They are joined by Ashish Newalkar, Jayraj Nair, Sunil Godbole, Siddheshwar Zadbukke, Nitin Jadhav, Asha Nyate, Meru Vernekar, Anuradha More, Shekhar Shukla, Sandeep Gaikwad, Hitendra Upasani, Pradeep Patwardhan, Aslam Wadkar, Somnath Talwalkar, Sunil Jadhav, Deepika Golipkar, Alka Parab, Atul Ganorkar, Dilip Karade, Sandeep Jayagade, Amogh Chavan and Audumbar Babar. The film will be released on 12th January 2024.
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.
‘Natsamrat’ to hit the Big Screens once again
Some films are memorable and can be seen again and again. Marathi film ‘Natasamrat‘ (read review) is one of them. The makers of this film are all set to release this film once again at Single screens and multiplexes from Friday 27th November 2020. An official announcement has been made, after watching the reopening of cinema halls after a long period of lock down due to spread of corona virus. It may be recalled that the film had done a good business of Rs. 50 Cr. At the box office, when it was released in January 2016.
The film depicts the tragic family life of a stage actor Ganpat Ramchandra Belwalkar, who has retired from acting but is unable to forget his fond memories of theatre and the stage. Versatile actor Nana Patekar had put in his heart to portray this difficult role on the big screen. And he received very good response from other artistes like Vikram Gokhale, Medha Manjrekar and others. In addition to this Mahesh Manjrekar’s direction added that special flavour to this original story penned by V.V. Shirwadkar.
By releasing this film once again in cinema theatres, the presenters have taken a good decision to invite the film lovers to the theatres once again. But, it all remains to be seen how the people would respond to this offer.
Mahesh Manjrekar to direct NH Studioz first Marathi film
After a long break due to lockdown, the shootings of Marathi films are slowly returning to normal. And one such project is from NH Studioz first untitled Marathi film, which is co produced by Vijay Shinde and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. NH Studioz had earlier been part of popular films like ‘Pink’, ‘Shivaay’, ‘Began Jaan’, ‘Omerta’.
This film will be a crime thriller and is supposed to be the big project of 2021. So far, not many details about this film are disclosed. But, the film will begin its first shooting schedule soon. The muhurat shot was taken on 28th October. Talking about this ambitious project, director Mahesh Manjrekar said, “I have been thinking about making this project for a long time, the story was already built up in my head and when I met my long-time friend Vijay Shinde on one of the occasions I narrated this storyline to him. Immediately, Vijay roped in Narendra ji, knowing his inclination towards content driven films. With Ninety-nine productions and NH Studioz, We have the most appropriate synergy backing the film. I am deeply humbled by this and thank them for keeping faith in me and the project.”
The film marks the entry of NH Studioz into regional cinema as producers. Mahesh Manjrekar‘s production house ‘Mahesh Manjrekar Movies’ are the line producers and Vijay Shinde’s 99 Productions are the co-producers on the film.
Four Marathi films release simultaneously this Friday
Competition among Marathi films seems to be inevitable, as this Friday we witness simultaneous release of four Marathi films. So, after a long time we see the fight to grab the cinema screens among these four film makers. Now, you can imagine what will be left to each one of them and who will succeed in inviting the audience to watch their film. Let us wait and see.
Gashmeer mahajani and Pooja Sawant starrer ‘Bonus’ directed by Saurabh Bhave received good response for its teaser and trailer on social media. The lead pair will be seen together for the first time along with veteran artistes like Dr. Mohan Agashe and Jayant Wadkar. The story of this film revolves around youngsters.
The second film ‘Bhaybheet’ directed by Deepak Naidu clearly indicates with its title that it will be horror or rather suspense filled film, starring versatile actor Subodh Bhave with Poorva Gokhale Madhu Sharma, Girija Joshi, Mrunal Jadhav and Yatin Karyekar in prominent roles. ‘Bhaybheet’ is incidentally Subodh Bhave’s first film releasing during the year 2020.
The third film directed by cinematographer turned director Shabbir Naik seems to be a romantic comedy with youngsters like Amruta Deshmukh and Sangram Samel in the lead roles.And the fourth film ‘Kesari’ directed by Sujay Dahake is a sports oriented film, set on the backdrop of Wrestling sport, which presents the story of a youngster from a poor family, who puts in all efforts to achieve his dream of winning the prestigious ‘Maharashtra Kesri’ award. This film stars newcomers like Virat Madke, Rupa Borgaonkar along with veterans Mahesh Manjrekar and Vikram Gokhale.
Mahesh Manjrekar combines with Zee Studios to present ‘Pangharun’
After offering hit films like ‘Kaksparsh’ and ‘Natasamrat’, renowned film maker Mahesh Manjrekar and Zee Studios have come together once again to offer another Marathi film ‘Pangharun’, which will be released on 20th March 2020. Having offered these two quality films earlier, there are big expectations from them this time too from ‘Panghrun’.
Recently trailer of this film was released on Zee Social media account and it clearly indicates that it will be a period film with a sensible love story. This film will be a debut film of Gauri Ingawale as a lead actress, though she has played the role of a child actress earlier in Marathi films. So, all eyes will be focused on her performance. Other start cast of this films includes Amol Bawdekar, Rohit Phalke, Pravin Tarde & Prabhakar More
Poster unveiled for Sujay Dahake’s next film ‘Kesari’
National award winning director Sujay Dahake is now getting ready with his new film ‘Kesari’, which is produced by Santosh Ramchandani. Through this film Sujay will introduce a new hero Virat Madke. The film is set on the backdrop of Wrestling sport and revolves around a youngster from a poor family who makes all efforts to win the prestigious ‘Maharashtra Kesari’ Wrestling competition. In short it will be an inspiring tale of this youngster and his journey to achieve his ultimate goal.
Recently, the poster of this film was unveiled at the hands of former Union Minister and President of Maharashtra State Wrestling Federation Mr. Sharad Pawar, just before the final round of ‘Maharashtra Kesari’ competition, in presence of other dignitaries and unit members of Sujay’s team. So, after the thought provoking films like ‘Shala’, ‘Ajoba’ and ‘Phuntroo’, Sujay is all set to release ‘Kesari’ on 28th February 2020.
Mahesh Manjrekar’s traditional look in the new promo of Big Boss-2
Big Boss Season – 2 promos on social networking sites has been raising the curiosity of the home viewers. Last time, we saw Mahesh Manjrekar in the look of a Politician to go with the fever of Lok Sabha elections everywhere in Maharashtra.
Now, in his latest released promo of Big Boss Season – 2, he has released his latest look sporting a traditional Maharashtrian look with a kurta and turban. This gives an impression of a clip from the film, with a beautiful ‘Lavani’ being presented. Does this indicate that someone from this artistic field will be part of Big Boss house?
And, if you are more keen to know further clues, keep watching Colors channel.
बिग बॉस मराठी २ च्या नवीन प्रोमो मध्ये महेश मांजरेकर दिसणार मराठमोळ्या अंदाजात !!!
लवकरच सुरु होणाऱ्या बिग बॉस मराठीच्या सीझन २ च्या प्रोमोला प्रेक्षकांचा उदंड प्रतिसाद मिळाला ज्यामध्ये महेश मांजरेकर एका राजकीय नेत्याच्या वेशभूषेत दिसले… आता अजून एक प्रोमो प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस येणार आहे आणि या प्रोमोमध्ये महेश मांजरेकर अस्सल मराठमोळा अंदाज प्रेक्षकांना बघायला मिळणार आहे.
प्रोमो एका चित्रपटामधील क्लिप सारखा दिसत आहे ज्यामध्ये सुंदर लावणी सादर होताना दिसत आहे… हे वाचल्यावर, कोणी या कलेशी संबधीत व्यक्ती तर बिग बॉस मराठीच्या घरात जाणार नाही ना ? हा प्रश्न प्रेक्षकांना पडू शकतो.
अजून जाणून घेण्यसाठी बघत रहा कलर्स मराठी !!!