After their successful film ‘Chi va Chi Sou Ka’ Lalit Prabhakar and Mrinmayee Godbole |are working together in forthcoming film ‘Toh Ti ani Fuji’. This Marathi-Japanese romantic film written by Iravati Karnik and directed by Mohit Takalkar , has been selected for screening at the 24^th Pune International film festival ( PIFF). The World Premiere of this film will be held in this prestigious Marathi feature film competition section.

The shooting of this film has taken place in India and Japan. This romantic film presents the love story of this couple and also their separation. When after their separation they meet again after seven years in Japan, how will they react to this situation, is what the film is all about. So, there are big expectations from this film. But, at present, Director Mohit Takalkar is happy to find his film’s selection at this international film fest.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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