Arundathi Nag returns to Marathi cinema after 40 years
National award winner Padmashree Arundathi Nag ( Formerly Arundhati Rao), who made her debut in Marathi films in 1979 through the film 22 June 1979, is returning to Marathi cinema after 40 years, through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Medium Spicy’. After her marriage to actor Kannada actor Shankar Nag Arundhati lived in Bangalore. She did perform later in Kannada, South and Hindi films and also theatre. And was also in touch with Marathi theatre and did watch Marathi plays staged at Rangshankara auditorium.
She has even watched the plays of ‘Medium Spicy’ director Mohit Takalkar whenever he used to stage his plays in Bangalore. During on such play, Mohit personally approached Arundhati with a request to perform an important role in his Marathi film . He felt that only she was best suitable to perform the important character Lakshmi Tipnis, a kind hearted intelligent lady. According to Mohit, it was necessary to create that impact with the entry of this character in the film.
Mohit further said that Arundhati is a wonderful actress . “Though she will be returning to Marathi films after 40 years, she has good command over Marathi language. What is more important is that she loves the language of a film and gets connected with the character with total commitment.”
Arundhati herself is all praise about Mohit’s work and has also appreciated actor Lalit Prabhakar who is part of this film.
Shooting of Marathi film ‘Medium Spicy’ concludes
Shooting of much talked about multi starrer Marathi film ‘Medium Spicy’ concluded recently. There has already been a lot of curiosity about the title of this film, since the film was launched. Now, producer Vidhi Kasliwal has confirmed that the shooting of her film is over. Speaking about her film she said, “The production process of this film was equally fun loving like its title. The experience of working with well known technicians and renowned director like Mohit Takalkar was also memorable. Now, we are working on post production work, to make this film more presentable.”
Mohit Takalkar who also reacted on completion of film’s shooting said, “For me, past few months were full of unforgettable experience. The process of watching your dream come true, itself is remarkable. I am grateful to all my artistes, who supported me to fulfil my dream. We have shot this film in Mumbai and Pune. But, you will not see the same Mumbai you have seen in films so far. This film will show a part of Mumbai which will be new to you. And this is the speciality of this dream city. While shooting in Pune, I fall in love with this historic city.”
Presented by Landmark Films, ‘Medium Spicy’ will throw light on City life connected with love, relationship and marriage. The film stars Sai Tamhankar, Parna Pethe, Lalit Prabhakar, Neha Joshi, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Sagar Deshmukh, Ipshita , Neena Kulkarni & Ravindra Mankani. This film will be released next year.
‘Uney Purey Shahar Ek’ – Display of good teamwork
Aasakta, Pune is a group of enthusiastic artistes from Pune and their first love has always been theatre. They don’t perform on stage, for monetary benefits . Their biggest satisfaction is group effort and instant audience response. Recently, the group performed 2 shows of wonderful Marathi play ‘Uney Purey Shahar Ek’ at Prithvi Theatres, Juhu. Based on Girish karnad’s Kannada Play ‘Benda Kaalu on Toast’ the Marathi adaptation of it, was done by Pradeep Vaiddya , while the play was designed & directed by Mohit Takalkar.
The cast of the film comprised of about 35 versatile artistes, some of them already popular stage, television and film stars. Prominent among them were Radhika Apte, Anita Date, Vibhavari Deshpande, Jyoti Subhash, Ashwini Giri, Sayali Deodhar, Siddharth Menon, Umesh Jagtap ,Sagar Deshmukh and others.
The play shows the contrast in the lifestyle of Rich, the middle class and the lower class. Very realistically, the script of this play goes on to show the attitude of each character in this play. And, you soon notice, what’s in the mind of each character, with the progress of this play. It is actually a performance oriented play, with superb performances coming from all the artistes. You can call it, an excellent team work. Credit also goes to all those back stage artistes, who quickly arranged the sets for every new scene, to make it more impressive.
It is surprising that such plays are not staged at popular Marathi drama theatres in Mumbai and Pune. If they are staged at these places, they will certainly receive good response. Hope to see this team back again on stage. Don’t miss it. It’s sensible, yet hilarious!