Usha Jadhav bags IFFI international award for best actress
National award winning actress Usha Jadhav has one more feather in her cap. The talented young actress has now bagged most prestigious international award for best actress , at the International Film Festival of India ( IFFI), which concluded in Goa recently. 200 films from 76 countries had participated in this festival. Usha bagged this award for her brilliant performance in Marathi film ‘Mai Ghat: Crime No. 103/2005′ directed by Anant Mahadevan.
Usha’s name for recommended for this prestigious and by the team of Jury comprising of UK director Lily Ramsey, French Director Robin Campello, Chinese director Zan Ang and Indian Film director Ramesh Sippy. Oscar Academy President John Belly who was head of th Jury was high praise for Usha’s performance in this film. His wife Carol Littletone has also praised Usha for her remarkable performance in this film.
Reacting on this memorable moment, Usha thanked director Anant Mahadevan for the efforts taken by him to extract the best out of her and for selecting her for this role. She also thanked producer Mohini Gupta and her entire team for their support during the shooting. Usha has played a protagonist mother – Prabhavati Amma who fights a long battle of justice for 13 long years , against custodial death of her son. The story of this film is based on a real incident and therefore has a special significance. Along with Usha, the other prominent artistes who have performed in this film are, Suhasini Muley, Kamalesh Sawant, Dr. Girish Oak, Vibhavari Joshi and Vivek Chabukswar.
Usha Jadhav has big hopes from IFFI Goa for her film ‘Mai Ghat’
Usha Jadhav starrer Marathi film ‘Mai Ghat : Crime No. 103/2005′ is one of the Marathi films which will be competing with 13 other international films for the coveted Golden Peacock Award this year at IFFI Goa International Film Festival Goa. The actress of national award winning film ‘Dhhag’ , she is very much excited and has big hopes from this festival.
This film is a biopic, which is based on a real story of a mother whose only son was tortured and killed by the police. It’s her struggle for justice for more than a decade, which can be seen in this film. Speaking about this film, Usha says, “It was a really challenging role to play. I never played a real-life character till now. I am playing my age in this film. Moreover, It was a great experience working with Director Anant Mahadevan and producer Mohini Gupta and the whole team. We all are very happy that our film is selected in this competition.”
Five Marathi films selected for Indian Panorama at IFFI 2019
The 50 th International Film Festival of India is scheduled to be held in Goa from 20th to 28th November 2019. And the good news is that five Marathi films have been selected in Indian Panorama at Iffi 2019 among the 26 films to be screened on this occasion. The film lovers numbering about 10, 000 will get an opportunity to witness 200 best films from 76 countries at this Golden Jubilee celebrations of IFFI.
The names of the five films selected in Indian Panorama are, ‘Tujhya Aaila’ directed by Sujay Dahake, ‘Anandi Gopal’ by Sameer Vidwans, ‘Bhonga’ by Shivaji Lotan Patil, ‘Mai Ghat-Crime No. 103/2005′ by Anant Mahadevan, ‘Photo Prem’ by Aditya Rathi & Gayatri Patil. It may be recalled that last year there were only two Marathi films in this Indian panorama, but this year the number has risen to five. Competing with them will be 3 films each from Bengali and Malyalam language. So, there is a lot to be expected from these five films.
Marathi film ‘Mai Ghat Crime no. 103/2005′ bags best movie award in Singapore
Anant Narayan Mahadevan is a big name in film industry. The actor turned director is now in the news for having bagged the Best film award at the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival for his Marathi film ‘Mai Ghat: Crime no. 103/2005′, which has been edited and directed by him. Produced by Mohini Gupta, this film was nominated in 6 out of seven categories. Besides Best film award, the film has also bagged best editing( Anant Mahadevan) and best cinematography( Alphonse Roy) awards .
Based on a true story, this film revolves around a mother’s fight for her son who was wrongly arrested as a thief and tortured to death. According to a statement released by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, the film raises a vital moral dilemma in the end. “Can one really win justice after everything is lost? I am thankful to those who left me, because they taught me I can do it alone.” the statement read.
Renowned Marathi actress Usha Jadhav plays the lead role of Prabha Mai in this film along with other versatile artistes like Suhasini Mulay as the lawyer, Kamlesh sawant as Cop, Girish Oak as CBI lawyer, Vibhavari Joshi as Sunanda and Vivek Chabukswar as Nitin Athavale. The film has also been officially selected in competition at the prestigious ‘The Asia Pacific Awards 2019′.