Marathi theatre will unfold the unheard role of Urmila in Ramayan
The audience of Marathi theatre have witnessed variety of subjects on stage. Now, Sumukh Chitra and Anamika will present a legendary classical play mixed with dance and music on Marathi stage through ‘Urmilayan’ from 15th December 2024. The inaugural show of this play will be held at Annabhau Sathe Auditorium in Pune @ 12.30 pm in the afternoon. This is the second offering from Sumukh Chitra drama company produced by Nikhil Jadhav and directed by Sunil Harishchandra.
The focus of this legendary play will be on Urmila –the neglected character in Valmiki Ramayan, which has always remained silent. Through this play, the character of Urmila will speak for herself, clearing all the doubts in the mind of some people. Her character will be seen along with 16 other artistes in this play. Niharika Rajdutt plays Urmila along with Kalpita Rane, Pooja Sadhana, Shravani Gavit, Mrunal Shikhare, Nikita Rajak, Supriya Jadhav, Priyanka Ahire, Amol Bharati, Shivani Mohite, Ajay Patil, Shubham Badgujar, Parag Sutar, Divesh Mohite, Soham Pawar and Pranay Chavan. Arun Radhayan is the production manager of this play with music by Ninad Mahiasalkar.
Muhurat of ‘Pahile Na Mi Tula’ Marathi play
The main attraction of Marathi plays is its title. One such new play which is inviting the attention of Marathi play lovers is ‘Pahile Na Me Tula’. This brand new Marathi play is presented by Anamika & produced by Sumukh Chitra in association with Aryans Group of Companies. Written and directed by Sunil Harischandra this play stars Anshuman Vichare, Hemant Patil and Suvedha Desai in lead roles.
Recently, muhurat of this play was performed in presence of dignitaries like producer Prasad Kambli and Ajay Vichare. Production design by Sandesh Bendre, Music by Ninaad Mhaisalkar, Light effects Rajesh Shinde,Costumes by Varada Sahastrabudhe and make up by Udayraj Taangdi are the other credits. Arwind Ghosalkar and Prasad Savardekar will be incharge of Production management.
Kumar Sohoni’s new play ‘Friend Request’ creates a Buzz….
‘Friend Request’ is a commonly used expression on social media. It is a new way of making friendship with even those who are strangers to you. Sometimes, this way may help you or also land you in trouble. Perhaps looking at the experiences of so many people, a new Marathi play with the title ‘Friend Request’ will be presented soon.
Written by Prasad Dani and directed by Kumar Sohoni, this play stars Ashish Pawar, Priyanka Tendolkar, Atul Mahajan and Ajay Purkar in lead roles. This suspense filled play filled with emotions and comedy, shows how the life of four people changes with one Friend request. The inaugural show of this play will be held in Pune at Tilak Smarak Mandir on 25th January followed by another show next day at Balgandharva Rangmandir on 26th January. The first show in Mumbai will be on 1st February at 3.30 pm in Shivaji Mandir theatre.
Umesh and Priya return to stage after a decade in ‘Jar Tar chi Goshta’
Ten years ago Umesh Kamat and Priya Bapat performed in their first Marathi play ‘Nava Gadi Nava Rajya’ and the pair attained popularity. Thereafter, both of them together performed in films and web series. Now, after almost a decade both of them will be seen together in forthcoming Marathi play ‘Jar Tar Chi Goshta’’ This play is produced by Priya Bapat under the banner of Sonal Production.
‘Jar Tar Chi Goshta’ is directed by Advait Dadarkar and Ranjit Patil . This play is written by Irwati Karnik and stars Umesh Kamat, Priya Bapat Kamat, Pallavi Ajay and Ashutosh Gokhale. Speaking about her play, Priya said, “This is my second commercial play through my home production and I am glad that I am part of this play as an actress. I was very keen on working with Umesh once again on Marathi stage. And, my wish has come true through this play. So, eagerly looking forward to appear in front of the stage audience.”
Bhargavi Chirmule’s unusual role in ‘Yetoy To Khatoy’
Actress Bhargavi Chirmule has earned name and fame in Marathi entertainment industry. She is also very active on social network, regularly keeping touch with her fans. Now, she will be seen in an unusual role on Marathi stage. Bhargavi is playing a Gavran character of Radha in new Folk play ‘Yetoy To Khatoy (येतोय तो खातोय )’. She is talking about exchanging new notes for old notes. And to know more about her character, you will have to see this play.
Hrishikesh Joshi
Presented Sandesh Sudhir Bhat and produced by Mohan Damle, Milan Topkar & Chandrashekhar Athlye, ‘Yetoy To Khatoy (येतोय तो खातोय )‘ has given enough scope to Bhargavi to display her acting and dancing skills through this play. Speaking about her character, Bhargavi says that till now, she had not performed such kind of role and hence feels that it is more challenging. Written by Sr. Journalist Vijay Kuvalekar and directed by Hrishikesh Joshi, this play also stars along with Bhargavi in the lead roles renowned artistes like Hrishikesh Joshi, Santosh Pawar, Swapnil Rajshekhar, Adhokshaj Karhade, Mayura Ranade, salim Mulla, Hrishikesh Vamburkar and Mahesh Valunj
Subodh, Sai Lokur to attend First Children’s Play event in Belgaum
Balrangabhoomi Abhiyan, Mumbai, will oragasise a two day competition of Children’s plays in Belgaum on 18th and 19th February 2023 at Sant Meera High School.This event has received the support from Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad, Belgaum and Fulora, Belgaum. In this competition 25 to 30 schools from Belgaum will take part with each school represented by 15 children, thus numbering around total 300 children.
Actress Sai Lokur, Marathi Bigg Boss- season 1 contestants
Ms. Veena Lokur President of Balrangabhoomi Abhiyan has informed the media that Popular actor Subodh Bhave and popular actress Sai Lokur along with Prasad Pandit and Event Chief Meena Naik will be present at this event. An acting workshop will also be conducted for the 300 children participants. The event will be inaugurated by Sai Lokur and Subodh Bhave will be present for the concluding ceremony as a chief guest. It may be recalled that Sai Lokur began her acting career in Belgaum through a play.
Hrishikesh Joshi’s new play ‘Yetoy To Khatoy’
Writer, actor and director Hrishikesh Joshi is known for his frank comments on current happenings socio and political fields. He has the ability to place the truth before the people fearlessly. One such truth is being presented by him before the drama lovers through his new play ‘Yetoy To Khatoy’ which will be staged with the inaugural show on 9th February 2023. Witten by Vijay Kuvalekar, this play is directed by Hrishikesh Joshi.
This humour filled play which is a fork art based Political satire is created by Suyog and this will be their 90th presentation. Presented by Sandesh Sudhir Bhat, this play is produced by Kanchan Sudhir Bhat, Mohan Damle, Milan Topkar and Chandrashekhar Athlye. This play which has six songs will be focused on the current political situation. This play stars Hrishikesh Joshi, Santosh Pawar,Swapnil Rajshekhar, Bhargavi Chirmule, Adhokshaj Karhade, Mayura ranade, Salim Mulla and Hrishikesh Vamburkar in lead roles
Actor Sandesh Jadhav to play Police Officer for the first time in a Marathi play
Popularly known for his character of a Police officer in Marathi films and TV serials, Actor Sandesh Jadhav will now be playing a Police officer in a suspense filled Marathi play ‘You Must Die’ . This play is produced by Aditi Rao, written by Niraj Shirvaikar and directed by Vijay Kenkre. Along with Sandesh Jadhav, this play also stars Sharvari Lohakare, Saurabh Gokhale, Neha Kulkarni, Ajinkya Bhosale, Harshal Mhamunkar, Pramod Kadam, Vinita Date and Dhanesh Potdar.
Speaking about his role in this play, Sandesh Jadhav says,” Having played a Police officer in so many films and TV serials, I was actually avoiding to play a Police officer in Marathi plays and had even rejected such offers. But, when this offer to play a Police officer in ‘You Must Die’ came to me, I was impressed by the story. Moreover, this play was directed by Vijay kenkre and therefore I agreed to play this role. My role has different shades and therefore I get the pleasure of presenting them live on stage.”
No wonder, his role in this play and this suspense filled play is well accepted by the audience.
‘Dheyadhund’ Best play in Ravikiran Children’s Play competition
Vimal Mhatre, Dr Madhuri Vinayak Gavande, Dhananjay Sirdeshpande, Santosh Rokade
36th Children’s play competition by Ravikiran group, was recently at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi. This competition received overwhelming response from different groups. It was inaugurated by Mr. Santosh Rokade, Director of P.L. Deshpande Academy . On the second day,renowned Production designer Pradeep Mulye was the chief guest and gave away the prizes to the winners. Actress Vimal Mhatre, Dr. Madhuri Vinayak Gavande and Dhananjay Sardeshpande were the Judges for this competition. ‘Dheyadhund’ play was adjudged the best play in this competition. 
bal Rangbhumi, Natak ‘Dheyadhund’
This competition was held in memory of Late Jyotiram Kadam Sir formerly from Dr.K.M.S, Shirodkar High School. Mentioning about this the Programme Presenter Mr. Nagesh Vandre said ,”it was the wish of Kadam Sir that Ravikiran Group should organize Children’s play competitions and he had mentioned this way back in 1984.” On this occasion a book with the collection of plays written by Kadam Sir were distributed to the representatives of the schools present on this occasion.
Aditi Sarangdhar, Aastad Kale get invite from abroad for their popular Marathi play
Discussions on any topic are very common today. Many a times these discussions are harmful in the society. A new Marathi play based on one such discussion ‘Charcha Tar Honarach’ starring Aditi Sarangdhar, Aastad Kale and Kshitij Zarapkar has become very popular among the drama theatre audience. So much so that they have received invitations from Maharashtra mandals of USA, Singapore and Dubai to perform abroad. They want maximum shows to be performed at different places in these countries.
Actually, the subject presented in the play by writer – director Hemant Edalabadkar is timely and worth discussion topic and for this reason this play has been well accepted by the drama lovers. The play is well received in Mumbai and Pune and very soon shows of this play will be performed in Konkan region. This play is produced by Kalpana Kothari and Vinay Algeri.