The Third Kalyan International Film Festival concluded recently, with a good response. This year, some good films like ‘Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali‘,’Half Ticket‘, ‘Kaali‘,’Chaat‘, and ‘Athaang‘ bagged maximum nominations. The festival began after paying homage to late Sulbha Deshpande and Ashwini Ekbote. The festival felicitated veteran actor Jayant Savarkar with Lifetime achievement award.

The added attraction during the festival were the entertaining dance performances by Bhargavi Chirmule, Siya Patil, Manisha Kelkar, Smita Tambe, Ashish Patil & Nakul Ghanekar, besides singing performances by Dnyaneshwar Meshram and Amruta Natu. Some skits presented by Prasad Khandekar, Suhas Paranjape, Prabhakar More, Aarti Solanki, Vijay Kadam, Madhavi Juvekar and others also received good response from the audience.

The entire programme held on the occasion of KIFF will be telecast on Fakta Marathi TV channel on Sunday 29^th November 2017, at 12:00 noon with repeat telecast at 6:00 pm on the same day.

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Renowned glamorous Marathi film actress Manisha Kelkar who began her acting career with Marathi film ‘Bhola Shankar‘, later performed in Marathi films like ‘Hyancha Kaahi Nem Nahi‘, ‘Ghartyasathi Sara Kahi‘, ‘Mission Possible‘, ‘Majha Mee‘ and ‘Chandrakor‘ besides few Hindi films, will now play a dashing lady police officer in new Bollywood film, title of which has not been announced yet. Manisha Kelkar who plays the character of Inspector Shalini Patil has been casted opposite Arbaaz Khan in this film produced by Pradeep Rangawani and directed by Shubhrato Paul.

Very excited about this new offer, Manisha Kelkar said, “After hearing the script of this film, I felt that my knowledge of Martial arts will be very useful for this role. In this film, myself and Arbaaz are investigating a murder case, which leads to a drama; and the film’s action filled screenplay revolves around it. Arbaaz has also praised my role, calling me ‘Marathi Mulgi’. He is himself playing Inspector Lokhande. Before this film, I had done two hindi films, namely ‘Bandook’ and ‘Lottery’.”

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The issue of Female feticide has been discussed in few Marathi films in the recent past. The most recent was through the film ‘Mokala Shwaas’. But, now late Rajiv Patil has presented the same issue in his own way, to send across a strong message to the society. It is very unfortunate that the talented film maker, who gave some sensible films like ‘Sanai Choughade’, ‘Jogwa’ and ‘Pangira'; passed away little before the release of this last offering in the form of ‘Vanshavel’.

The film revolves around a powerful person from a village Mr. Dadasaheb Deshmukh ( Kishore kadam) who is very dominant . His word is always final. Dadasaheb runs his own hospital, besides involving himself with other social activities. His elder son Nilesh ( Sushant Shelar) who is a doctor, manages the hospital and is married to Priyanka-a housewife( Manisha kelkar).His second son Anil ( Shantanu Gangane) who is into farming business, is newly married to a Gynaecologist Sayali ( Namrata Gaikwad). Dadasaheb, being male dominant, expects to have a grandson in the family, as early as possible .

The problem begins when his first daughter in law- Priyanka, refuses to abort her child; when she comes to know that she is going to deliver girl child. The second daughter in law – Sayali also joins the family hospital to take up some responsibilities; but, that only brings trouble for Dadasaheb and his elder son Dr.Nilesh, who is into unlawful activity. The family faces more problems, after Priyanka leaves the house, leaving Nilesh to repent on some of his past acts. With the arrival of new Police Inspector ( Ankush Chaudhary) in his area, invites more trouble for Dadasaheb.
In spite of all these problems, Dadadsaheb tries to manage everything. But, time comes, when his entire family desert him , including his wife Savitri ( Vidya karanjikar),leaving him in the company of his most trusted attendant- Maauli. The director gives few twists to the screenplay, only to teach a lesson to Dadasaheb, who finally reunites with his family, with a changed heart.

As a director, late Rajiv Patil has shown his strength in presenting the subject very effectively, using the hospital as backdrop of the script. Using the two doctors as important characters from the same family, he has clearly shown the reason with difference of opinion. Very cleverly he has shown, how a dominant head of the family becomes helpless, when all the three women from his own family dare to oppose his ideology.

In the role of Dadasaheb, Kishore kadam stands tall among all the characters. He plays a prominent role in this film, where he has plenty of scope to display his acting skills. And, he has done a wonderful job. The director has exploited his full potential, looking at his ability. In the role of Dr.Nilesh, Sushant Shelar plays his part very well, clearly displaying his diplomacy while following the footsteps of his father. He has also been able to show the quick change through his emotions, after his wife leaves him. In the role of Anil, Shantanu Gangne, a stage and TV actor, finds a better scope in this film. And, he does make his presence felt.

Namrata Gaikwad does get few opportunities to react spontaneously at few emotion filled situations. She too has played her part well, as a responsible gynecologist. Manish Kelkar plays an important character in this film; but she too has limited scope for acting. She, however, finds a song to her share. Vidya karanjikar finds one good scene to counter her dominant husband; but in the role of Police Inspector Ankush Choudhary is impressive, as he does everything in his own style.

The film has two songs, which have been used at right places. Amit Raj’s music is just fine; but, the background music and sound effects have been used very well at right places, to create the desired impact. Amalendu Chaudhary has ample scope to experiment with his camera; be it outdoor song sequence or indoor horror filled scenes, using minimum lights. Produced by Sunil Mankar and directed by Rajiv Patil, ‘Vanshavel’ is certainly a sensible film, delivering a timely social message.

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Pushkar Jog- the youngest actor-director of Marathi film industry, who has already proved his ability with ‘Satya’ , now goes a notch ahead with the musical thriller ‘Mission Possible’ which is written and directed by him besides acting.

The story of the film begins with events like dance competitions, turf fights, rose days, drugs and rock-n-roll, leaked exam papers, canteen blues and endless coffee sessions of college campus. Yash Kirtikar (Pushkar Jog ) is an enthusiastic collegian who has a dream girl in his mind, but does not reciprocate the girl Saie (Saie Tamhankar), who really loves him. He has his group of friends funnily named Neil, Nitin, and Mukesh (nothing to do with the actors and singers of Bollywood). Tragedy strikes when Yash and Saie open the lid on a drug and exam paper leak syndicate running in the college. Further, Yash, who is really in love with a girl Pearl (his dream girl-Manisha Kelkar) is implicated in her murder during a dance competition and is sentenced to a jail term.

Yash with the help of a ‘Bhai’ (Ganesh Yadav) escapes from the prison and with the help of his friends, tries to reach the real killer.

The story and screenplay of Shirish Latkar does remind us of many Bollywood films in the past with similar sub plots. But, Pushkar does a wonderful job as an actor and director and also goes on to prove that he is a fantastic dancer. He has succeeded in giving enough scope to his young team of actors like Niranjan Namjoshi, Sai Tamhankar, Manisha Kelkar, Shantanu Moghe, Astad Kale, and Amrit. The dance sequences are slickly shot in snazzy music video style. The romantic song shot on the locales of Ladakh is comparable with any good Bollywood film picturisation.
The music and background music by Sai-Piyush is in tune with the youthful vibrancy of the film. The cinematography by Sanjay Khanzode is top-class especially in the musical and chase sequences. The film moves at a fast pace, required for a murder mystery and the editor does a good job. The senior actors like Mohan Joshi, Sharad Ponkshe,Ganesh Yadav, support well.

Basically it is a film by the youth and for the youth.

The highlight of the film is its slick presentation and style, a new benchmark in Marathi cinema.

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The rocking & trendy music of ‘Mission Possible’, a Marathi film is set to revolutionise Marathi Cinema. distributed by Percept Picture Company, the film’s music was launched in a star studded grand event recently at Grand Imperial Andheri Mumbai. Among the guest were Saie Tamhankar, Pushkar Jog, Manisha Kelkar, Swapnil Bandodkar, Resham Tipnis, Sanjay Jadhav, Chitrashi Rawat, Kranti Redkar, Kadambari Kadam, Umesh Jadhav, Aditya Sarpoddar, Ganesh Yadav & Nanubhai. The event began with dance performance by Pushkar Jog on the music of the title song.

Salim-Suleiman launched the music of this Marathi Film. Composed by young talents Sai & Piyush duo, the music is fresh with new sounds, rocking music & youthful songs, which is sure to be a hit with the masses.

Besides the film the Music also has many firsts to its credits. For the first time the film has a song entirely in English. The composers have used new sounds which have never before been used in Marathi films. “Marathi films traditionally have good music. Our aim was to introduce fresh music with universal appeal, music that not only catches-on with Marathi youths but also be liked by people, regardless of the language or culture they belong to.” Said Piyush.

“The Film has music that would be liked by everybody. From the title song which is a rock genre & sure to encourage you to wear your dancing shoes, to soul stirring ‘Swapna Sha’….the film has an all encompassing music”. added Sai.

Directed by Pushkar Jog, “Mission Possible” a big budget, film, treads a new path in Marathi Cinema by offering a complete entertainer with action, emotions, style, trendy music, dance, romance & glamour all rolled into one, backed by a intriguing murder mystery. Something that’s not commonly seen in Marathi Cinema. The film attempts to enthuse the youth to watch Marathi Cinema by slick production values, modern sets, exotic locales & dose of glamour. “Swapna Sha…” sung by Swapnil Bandodkar is the first Marathi song to be shot in scenic Ladakh.

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