Rajit Kapoor to Play Aurangzeb in Marathi film ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji’
Actor Rajit Kapoor who became popular with his title role in equally popular TV serial ‘Byomkesh Bakshi’ will now be seen playing the role of the most hated Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji (छत्रपती संभाजी )’. This film is produced and directed by Rakesh Subesinh Dulgaj. Besides Marathi, this film will also be released simultaneously on 2nd February 2024 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages.
According to the director, Aurangazeb was a cruel ruler but at the same time he was ambitious. Therefore, we were in search of a versatile actor and we felt that Rajit Kapoor would do justice to this role. Rajit Kapoor while reacting on his role said that till now he has performed variety of roles; but through this film he had an opportunity to play a negative character. Along with Rajit Kapoor the film also stars Pramod Pawar, Shashank Udapurkar, Dilip Tahil, Mrunal Kulkarni, Mohan Joshi, Bharat Dabholkar, Lokesh Gupte, Bal Dhuri, Deepak Shirke, Amit Deshmukh, Late Anand Abhyankar, Samir, Mohini Potdar, Priya Gamre in prominent roles.
Music for this film is provided by Avinash Vishwajeet, Guru Sharma and Aarav, while background music is by Amar-Amit Desai. Cinematography by Suresh Deshmane, editing by Bharat Bahi, art by Anil Vath and action by P. Satish are the other credits.
Trailer of ‘Saath Sobat’ released
The trailer of the forthcoming Marathi film ‘Saath Sobat’, which has generated a lot of curiosity since unveiling of its teaser, has been been released. This trailer explains the true meaning of its title ‘Saath Sobat’. ‘Saath Sobat’ is due for release on January 13, 2023. It’s trailer has been getting a good response on social media, with lot of likes in a very short time. Many netizens have shared the trailer of ‘Saath Sobat’ and boosted the enthusiasm of the team of the film.
The trailer launch ceremony of ‘Saath Sobat’ was held in a grand manner at Famous studio in Mahalakshmi. The ceremony was attended by some dignitaries including artists and technicians. Presented by Prasanna Vaidya, ‘Saath Sobat’ is produced by Dhanji Maru under the banner Maru Enterprises. Besides direction, the writing of this film has also been done by the director Ramesh More, who has gained fame at the national and international level. Sameer Dixit and Rishikesh Bhirangi of Pickle Entertainment will look after the distribution of the film across Maharashtra.
The trailer of ‘Saath Sobat’ begins with the dialogue that tells the successful mantra of life. Then Sangram Samel and Mohan Joshi, who serve patients in the red stone houses of Konkan, represent two generations of doctors. ‘Kadhi tari kevha tari vata haravlya…’ is a song that depicts life through words. The song also features veteran actor-director Rajdutt.
Speaking about the trailer of ‘Saath Sobat’, director Ramesh More said that in this film, the audience will get to see a unique and appealing story. The success of the team of ‘Saath Sobat’ lies in the fact that the trailer introducing the film is appreciated by the audience. The director also hopes that the film will keep the audience hooked even after watching it on screen.
Sangram Samel, who has worked in three mediums such as serials, films and plays, is playing the lead role in the film, paired with debutant Mrunal Kulkarni. Apart from this, Rajdutt, Mohan Joshi, Anil Gavas, Amol Redij, Dilip Asurdekar are the actors in this film. DOP Harshal Kantak has done the cinematography and Abhishek Mhaskar has done the editing. Yashshree More has written the lyrics for this film, while Mahesh Naik has given music and background music for this film.
Teaser of upcoming Marathi film Saath Sobat released
The teaser of the upcoming Marathi film ‘Saath Sobat (साथ सोबत)’ which was released on social recently, has been receiving good response from netizens in a short time. It gives an impression that National award winning director Ramesh More has presented a different plot in this film , which will be released on January 13, 2023.
Sangram Samel, Mrunal Kulkarni in Marathi movie ‘Saath-Sobat’
Presented by Prasanna Vaidya, produced by Dhanji Maru under the banner of Maru Enterprises, ‘Saath Sobat’ is written and directed by Ramesh More. Sameer Dixit and Rishikesh Bhirangi of Pickle Entertainment will look after the distribution of the film across Maharashtra. After watching the teaser, it gives an idea that it is a love story on the backdrop of a picturesque village. Sangram Samel, who has succeeded in making his mark in all three mediums namely serials, films and stage, is playing the lead role. He is paired with young debutant actress Mrunal Kulkarni. Besides this lead pair, the film also stars Rajdutt, Mohan Joshi, Anil Gavas, Amol Redij, Dilip Asurdekar and other artistes.
Cinematography is by Harshal Kantak and editing by Abhishek Mhaskar. Lyrics penned by Yashshree More, have been composed by music composer Mahesh Naik. Background music is also by Mahesh Naik. Yashshree More has also handled the responsibility of costumes in this film. Santosh Chari and Satish Bhavsar have done the Makeup. Besides choreography, Meenal Ghag has also done the hairstyling and Prakash Kamble has done the art direction.
First Poster of ‘Saath Sobat’ unveiled
In the fraternity of films, some films become successful in maintaining their own distinct identity. Even before the shows, they get the attention of critics as well as fans by inscribing their name on the awards. Few of these films create curiosity in the minds of the audience even before their release. The new film ‘Saath Sobat’, which follows the same path, will hit the screens on January 13. The first poster of the film ‘Saath Sobat’ was unveiled recently.
Presented by Prasanna Vaidya, ‘Saath Sobat’ is produced by Dhanji Maru under the banner Maru Enterprises. This movie is written and directed by Ramesh More. Director Ramesh More has so far made 18 films as a writer-director and has also produced three films. More’s journey as a writer-director started with the film ‘Akalpit’ in 2004 and today has reached the film ‘Saath Sobat’. More’s films have made their mark in various film festivals in the country and abroad and have won many awards. His film ‘Champions’ won two National Awards for Best Social Film and Best Child Actor.
The story of campanions who stay together in the evening of life, will be seen in this film. This movie gives a new vision of life. It has a love story as well as a strong message. It also has all the spice required for entertainment, with lyrics that blend in with the flow of the story and a melodious musical edge attached to them, so that the audience can experience a film with commercial value in the form of ‘Saath Sobat’ and also conveys its message in a very simple way.
There are actors such as Raj Dutt, Mohan Joshi, Anil Gavas, Sangram Samel, Amol Redij, and Dilip Asurdekar in this film. Mrunal Kulkarni, a new face doing her debut in this film. DOP Harshal Kantak has done the cinematography of this movie. Lyrics are written by Yashshree More and Music has been composed by Mahesh Naik in this film. Background music is also given by Mahesh Naik and Abhishek Mhaskar is an editor of this film. The costumes are by Yashshree More and the makeup done by Santosh Chari and Satish Bhavsar. Art direction is done by Prakash Kamble, Dance and Hairdressing by Meenal Ghag. The film is executive produced by Kaushik Maru and Yashshree More.
Mrunal Kulkarni’s Web Film ‘Sahela Re’ on OTT Platform
Directed by Mrunal Kulkarni, forthcoming Marathi Web Film ‘Sahela Re (सहेला रे)’ is all set to release on Planet Marathi OTT platform from 1st October 2022. With the tagline ‘Kaahi Natyanna Naav Nasata – काही नात्याना नाव नसतं ’ ( Some relationships have no name) this web film stars Mrunal Kulkarni, Subodh Bhave and Sumeet Raghavan in lead roles. It may be recalled that the Teaser of this web film was launched during the Dubai Expo 2020. Highlight of this film is that besides directing and acting in this film, Mrunal Kulkarni has also written the story, screenplay and dialogues of this film.
Special show of this film was held during the Goa International Film Festival followed by recent special show of this film held at the 5th India International film festival in Boston. According to Akshay Bardapurkar founder of Planet Marathi, this film is a family film with sensitive topic unfolding the different shades in human relationship.
First look of ‘JungJauhar’ to be released on social media on 13th July
13th July 1660 will be remembered in Maratha history for the great battle of Pavankhind . The great Maratha warriors led by Bajiprabhu Deshpande and the Bandal army created a history with their bravery act. Now, this part of the history will be seen on big screen soon through forthcoming Marathi film ‘JungJauhar‘ . This will be another big offering from Writer – director Digpal Lanjekar after successfully offering grand history based films like ‘Farzand’ (read review) and ‘Fateshikast’ (read review).
360 years have passed since this great battle was fought. And therefore it was a big challenge before the makers of this film Ajay and Anirudh Aarekar of Almonds Creations, who recreated the scenes with suitable huge sets, difficult action scenes with the help of advanced technical support. Therefore, there is a lot of curiosity about this film. The film stars Mrinal Kulkarni and Chinmay Mandlekar in prominent lead roles along with the big team of 21 talented artistes. Coinciding with this day of historical battle, the first look of this film will be released on 13th July 2020 on social media.
‘Fatteshikast’ rewinds the first surgical attack by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
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The bravery of Great Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is known to all through the history books. Writer- director Digpal Lanjekar had earlier made a Marathi film ‘Farzand’ based on Kondaji Farzand one of the warriors in Shivaji Maharaj’s army. This time, the creative writer-director rewinds the first surgical attack by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj through his latest Marathi film ‘Fatteshikast’ which is also a realistic historical period drama. Through this film, Digpal presents the most important episode in Shivaji Maharaj’s life, covering his brave attack on ShaisteKhan, the general in Mughal army, who had captured his Lal Mahal in Pune.
Digpal Lanjekar presents this daring first surgical attack in the Indian history, very effectively through this film. But, before that he shows some of the incidences leading to this attack, including the atrocities by Shahiste Khan and his men on the people in and around Pune. This well planned attack was cleverly executed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj along with his brave commanders like Tanaji Malusare, Bahirji Naik, Sarjerao Jedhe, Koyaji Bandal, Chimnaji and others with the help of Keshar who posed as a domestic help in the kitchen and dasi who attended ShahisteKhan’s daughter n law .
The film gives an idea of the perfect planning by the Great Maratha King before preparing for this attack during mid night hours, based on the information gathered by him through his people on secret mission, about the changes made inside the Lal Mahal. It is just not about the surgical strike on Shahiste Khan but also about their pre planned escape within a given time, to avoid facing the huge army on duty outside his place .
Talking about the performances, which are so important in this film, Mrinal Kulkarni who has played the character of Jijamata inspires the other artistes around her with her perfect dialogue deliveries and body language. Chinmay Mandlekar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is impressive through all those scenes to his share. But, the artist who impresses the most is Harish Dudhade, who has found the most important role of Bahirji Naik. He has plenty of scope to display his multi talent in different forms. Mrunmayee Deshpande also finds a suitable challenging role of Kesar and she too has done full justice to her character. Versatile actor Ajay Purkar who seems to be the favourite of the director has also been offered an important character of Tanaji Malusare. Vikram Gaikwad, Akshay Waghmare, Ankit Mohan, Nikhil Raut , Digpal himself and others also find interesting characters.
At the same time in the Mughal team, Anup Soni presents the character of Shahistekhan effectively. He finds good support from his deputies Sameer Dharmadhikari as Namdar Khan & Astad kale as Artalab Khan in negative roles. What is good is that all these artistes from Mughal team speak good Hindi and Urdu when they communicate among themselves and others. Special mention about the beautiful cinematography at different locations by Rashmi Sarkar and brilliant music by Devdatta Manisha Baji, Not to forget the apt English subtitles by Virajas Kulkarni.
‘Fatteshikast’ is certainly a grand film with a lot of attention paid on selection of realistic locations, costumes, art design and above all the selection of renowned artistes for all those important characters in this film. So, the technical perfection and wonderful performances coming from these artistes makes this film a worth watch for all.
The second schedule of ‘Awanchit’ extends to other parts of Kolkatta
Many a times locations of the film play a very important role in giving a realistic look to the film, especially when the story of the film is based in that region. In order to present the culture of West Bengal through their Marathi film, Bengali film makers Producer Pritam Choudhary and director Shubho Basu after completing the first schedule of their film’s (Awanchit) shoot in North Kolkatta’s Lahabadi and different Cafeteria and Oligo in South Kolkatta, they will now move to capture scenic beauty of some parts of Kolkatta in their second schedule of shooting which begins from 7th November.
Perhaps, the makers expect to give boost to tourism to West Bengal by covering such beautiful locations. The film already has a combination of Marathi and Bengali artistes as well as behind the screen technicians. Those fortunate Marathi artistes who are part of this film’s star cast are, Kishore Kadam, Mrunal Kulkarni, Abhay Mahajan, Mrunmayee Godbole, Dr. Mohan agashe, Suhas Joshi, Yogesh Soman, Sulbha Arya & Rajesh Shinde along with Bengali artistes Barun Chanda, Asim Das, Dilip Dave, Arun Guha Thakurta & Rana Basu Thakur . Cinematographer Atul Jagadale besides doing the cinematography of this film is also creative producer of this film.
Mrunal Kulkarni is all praise for Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar
We are all aware of the enormous contribution made by director duo Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar to give a new look to Marathi films. Together they have offered sensible award winning feature films like ‘Doghi’, ‘Dahavi Fa’, ‘Nital’’ Ek Cup Chya’, ‘Samhita’, ,’Astu’ and ‘Kasav’ besides other award winning short films. For more than 30 years now, they have worked together on creative subjects. Their forthcoming film ‘Welcome Home’ is now all set for release, with Mrinal Kulkarni in the lead along with multi star cast.
When Mrunal was asked to give her reaction about her role in this film, she was all praise for the director duo and their working style. “Actually Sumitra Maushi had narrated the story of this film to me about 8-10 years ago and she wanted me to play this important role. Finally that day came when I got an opportunity to do this film. I have seen all the films of this director duo and liked the way they think about the subject and make it happen realistically on screen. There is lot to learn from them. I admire their work and salute them.” she said.
Finally, talking about the film’s subject, Mrinal says that this film is a must for all women and their husbands too.
छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या कुशल युद्धनीतीचे दर्शन घडविणारा ‘फत्तेशिकस्त’ प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस
दिग्दर्शक दिग्पाल लांजेकर यांनी दिग्दर्शित केलेला ‘फर्जंद‘ चित्रपटाच्या यशानंतर आता इतिहासातलं एक सोनेरी पान उलगडू पाहत आहेत. ‘फर्जंद‘ नंतर आत्ता छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या कुशल युद्धनीतीचे दर्शन घडविणारा ‘फत्तेशिकस्त’ लवकरच इतिहासप्रेमींच्या भेटीस येणार असून पन्हाळगडावर कलाकारांच्या उपस्थितीत नुकताच या चित्रपटाचा मुहूर्त करण्यात आला आहे.
आलमंड्स क्रिएशन्स प्रस्तुत ‘फत्तेशिकस्त‘ हा चित्रपट शिवाजी महाराजांनी फत्ते केलेल्या एका थरारक गनिमी काव्यावर आधारित आहे.
मृणाल कुलकर्णी, चिन्मय मांडलेकर, निखिल राऊत, हरीश दुधाडे, अजय पुरकर, अंकित मोहन, समीर धर्माधिकारी, मृण्मयी देशपांडे, आस्ताद काळे, तृप्ती तोरडमल, रमेश परदेशी, नक्षत्रा मेढेकर यांसारख्या मातब्बर कलाकारांची भट्टी ‘फत्तेशिकस्त‘च्या निमित्ताने पुन्हा एकदा जुळून आली आहे. शिवाय हिंदी चित्रपट-मालिकांमधील प्रसिद्ध चेहरा अनुप सोनी सुद्धा या चित्रपटाद्वारे मराठी मनोरंजन क्षेत्रात पदार्पण करणार आहे.
इतिहास हा असा दुवा आहे जो आपल्याला तत्कालीन घटनांशी जोडून ठेवतो, आणि हा दैदिप्यमान इतिहास छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या अजरामर पराक्रमाशिवाय पूर्ण होऊच शकत नाही. अशाच एका शिवकालीन रोमांचकारी सर्जिकल स्ट्राईकची आठवण करून देणारा ‘फत्तेशिकस्त‘ आपल्या भेटीला येण्यासाठी सज्ज होतोय.