‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2′ offers emotion filled entertainment
 Rating: ★★★ ½
Studio/presenter: Mirah entertainment , Everest Entertainment Producer: Yashila Enterprises Ptv. Ltd. Director: Satish Rajwade Writer: Satish Rajwade Screenplay, Dialogues: Ashwini Shende Director of Photography: Suhas Gujrathi Music: Avinash – Vishwajeet Genres: Family Drama Censor: U/A Duration: 129 Min. Cast: Swapnil Joshi, Mukta Barve, Prashant Damle, Savita Prabhune, Mangal Kenkre, Vijay Kenkre, Suhas Joshi, Aasavari Joshi Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
Somebody has rightly said, “A successful marriage requires ‘falling in love repeatedly’ with the same person.” But, what if it takes time, to understand such a person , before marriage. Every, woman therefore thinks carefully, before marrying a man, be it love marriage or arranged marriage; because, she has to live with that person, in the rest of her life. Latest Marathi film ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2′ talks about the wavering mind of one such young woman, whose marriage has been fixed, with a youngster, whom she approves, in an arranged marriage.
In part 1 of ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai’, we saw Gauri (Mukta Barve) meeting Gautam (Swapnil Joshi) , when she visits Pune to approve him and finally, after spending the whole day with him, likes him to be her husband . Now, in part 2 of this film, when the marriage has been fixed, we find Gauri feeling uncomfortable at one point of time, as her previous boy friend Arnav( Angad Mhaskar) , steps in once again into her life, after their break up. Gautam being broad minded, doesn’t mind giving space to his ‘would be’ wife.
But, as the marriage between Gauri and Gautam is just few days away, their family members start meeting each other , Gautam comes to know, about Gauri’s confusion. He thoughtfully suggests her to withdraw . But, the strong bonding already developed between two families, keeps them together. The film has tried to highlight the confusion in every girls’ mind, while selecting their suitable marriage partner . As we all know, the chemistry between Swapnil and Mukta works very well, both of them have given wonderful performances, with good support coming from other versatile artistes like Angad Mhaskar, Prashant Damle, Shruti Marathe, Savita Prabhune, Vijay & Mangal kenkre .
The film’s plus point is its screenplay and well suited dialogues for every occasion. And, the credit for the same should go to Ashwini Shende. She deserves a special mention, for scripting those lovely Jingles, uttered by Swapnil Joshi, during family get together. DOP Suhas Gujarathi has also done a good job, capturing all those emotion filled and romantic moments , very well into his camera. Music by Avinash – Vishwajeet is just fine, to keep the audience engaged.
Director Satish Rajwade has shown his skills, while mixing emotions with entertainment very well; but, he has stretched the climax little longer, than required. very cleverly, he has endorsed number of consumer products through deliberately created scenes. Overall effort of the film maker has been good, to target the family audience.
So, ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2′ is the perfect entertainment for the entire family, during Diwali.
‘Saath De Tu Mala’ Marathi Song from Mumbai Pune Mumbai 2
Song: Saath de tu mala, saath de tu mala,
Movie: Mumbai Pune Mumbai 2
Lyrics: Ashwini Shende & Vishwajeet Joshi
Music: Avinash Vishwajeet
Singers: Bela Shende & Hrishikesh Ranade
Song Lyrics:
Alagad waryaavar udati bat saangati tula,
अलगद वा-यावर उड़ती बट सांगते तुला
Halakech lawati papani bagh sangate tula,
हलकेच लवती पापणी… बघ सांगते तुला
Guntale jiv he, aapale ki jase odh chandrachi saagara
गुंतले, जीव हे आपले, की जसे ओढ चंद्राची सागरा
Saath de tu mala, saath de tu mala
साथ दे तु मला, साथ दे तु मला
Saath de tu mala, saath de tu mala
साथ दे तु मला, साथ दे तु मला
Koradya matis sarr hi paavasachi saavare,
कोरड्या मातीस ही सर पावसाची सावरे,
mann punha ka hot jate valiv bede baavare
मन पुन्हा का होत जाते वळीव वेडे बावरे
chimb he sohale vaahati ki jase ye punha gaarawa
चिंब हे, सोहळे वाहती, की जसे ये पुन्हा गारवा
Saath de tu mala, saath de tu mala
साथ दे तु मला, साथ दे तु मला
Saath de tu mala, saath de tu mala
साथ दे तु मला, साथ दे तु मला
Ka tujhyasaathich mann he yet jaate saarakhe,
का तुझ्यापाशीच मन हे येत जाते सारखे
Ann punha tujhyavina he, jinkuni hi haarate,
अन् पुन्हा तुझ्याविना हे जिंकूनी ही हारते
Prem he paakharu, paratuni ki jase saanjveli ye ghara.
प्रेम हे पाखरू परतुनी की जसे सांजवेळी ये घरा
Saath de tu mala, saath de tu mala
साथ दे तु मला, साथ दे तु मला
Saath de tu mala, saath de tu mala
साथ दे तु मला, साथ दे तु मला
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Romantic Song of Marathi Movie ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai – 2′ Unveiled
‘Saath De tu Mala’ – First Romantic Song of ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai – 2 Lagnala Yaychach’ was unveiled in the presence of 1000 plus Students of Vidyalankar Collage in Wadala. Actor Swapnil Joshi and Actress Mukta Barve , Director Satish Rajwade , Music Director Avinash Vishwajeet , Singer Bela Shende and Hrishikesh Ranade, Lyricist Ashwini Shende and Amit Bhausali of Mirah Entertainment and Sanjay Chhabria from Everest Entertainment were present on the occasion.
Double Seat (डबल सीट)
Release Year: 2015(14 Aug)
Genres: Drama
Rating: na
Censor: U/A
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Producer: Ranjit Gugle, Anish Jog
Director: Sameer Vidwans
Writer: Kshitij Patwardhan, Sameer Vidwans
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Executive producer: Nishant Roy Bombarde
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Director: Sameer Vidwans
Writer: Kshitij Patwardhan, Sameer Vidwans
ScreenPlay: Kshitij Patwardhan, Sameer Vidwans
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Music: Hrishikesh, Saurabh, Jasraj
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Cinematographer (DOP): Arjun Sarote
Editor: Charu Shree Roy
Starcast: Ankush Chaudhari, Mukta Barve, VIdyadhar Joshi, Vandana Gupte, Sandeep Pathak, Shubhankar Tawde, aarti wadgabalkar, Pushkar Shrotri
Art Director: Siddhartha Tattoskar
Costume: Kalyani Kulkarni Gugle
Background Music: na
Make up: Santosh Gayke
Sound : Pramod Thomas
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Synopsis
‘Double Seat': “Director Sameer Vidwans has presented his Marathi film titled ‘Double Seat’ indicating, how both young husband and wife, who aspire to move to a bigger house from a chawl, work hard to make their dream come true. Actually, the film hits out at the traditional joint family system, of living in One Room Kitchen and making adjustments. But, today, with both husband and wife earning, the days are changing. And, young Maharashtrian couples are willing to work harder, to buy their own house, no matter, it is far away from the city.”
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Realistic ‘LoveBirds’ offers suspense filled entertainment
Producer: Dinesh Pednekar
Director: Girish Joshi
Writer: Girish Joshi
Lights: Girish Joshi
Set Design: Pradeep Muley
Background Music: Narendra Bhide
Costume: Supriya Vinod
Genres: Suspense
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Censor: na
Duration: 120 Min.
Cast: Mukta Barve, Vidhyadhar Joshi, Omkar Govardhan, Ketaki Saraf
Four years ago, Producer Dinu Pednekar and writer director Girish Joshi presented a suspense filled Marathi commercial play ‘LoveBirds’, starring Amruta Subhash and Aniket Vishwasrao. But, the shows of this well presented play, could not be carried on later, due to some technical problem. Now, actress Mukta Barve has not only revived ‘LoveBirds’ in the capacity of a producer, along with Dinu Pednekar; but, has also performed the lead role of Devika, in this play. However, keeping in mind the modern outlook, the end of this play has been changed this time, by writer director Girish Joshi.
The gripping story of this suspense filled thriller revolves around Devika (Mukta Barve) , a housewife, whose ad film maker creative husband Vishwas Inamdar (Omkar Govardhan) , meets with an accident and suffers from amnesia after the operation. Since, his face is damaged in the accident, he also undergoes plastic surgery. So, Vishwas has to believe, whatever his beloved wife tells him about the happenings in his life. All goes well, till Vishwas goes to office and inquires with his office secretary Supriya (Ketaki Saraf), about the bill of Purchase of Love Birds . The owner of the pet shop Niranjan Sane (Vidyadhar Joshi) is then asked to explain about this deal, over phone. But, Niranjan prefers to visit the office of Vishwas, in person, to explain Vishwas, his real profession. Then begins the real thrilling drama, on the stage.
Writer director Girish Joshi has very cleverly presented this suspense filled plot, to keep the audience engaged for about 2 and half hours. He has made clever use of AV presentation, to show the past happenings through flashback. He takes the break for interval, at the most appropriate time, to generate more interest among the audience. The play has become effective, because of the wonderful performances by all the four important artistes. The presence of one more character of Abhijeet is made to believe, most of the time, which is the skill of the director. Set design by veteran Pradeep Muley, also needs a special mention, as he has used the colour schemes very well. The perfect light and sound effects have helped to create the desired impact, in this suspense filled drama.
Mukta Barve is at her best in the role of Devika. She has been able to display her changing emotions very cleverly, like a versatile professional actress. It is because of her spontaneity, the play has become more appealing. Nevertheless, good performances also come from upcoming actor Omkar Govardhan (‘Nilkanth Master’ fame), who has been able to portray the confused lead character effectively and of course Vidyadhar Joshi, who has shown that a good actor, always needs a good role and an efficient director to exploit his full potential. Ketaki Saraf is the common factor in the original and this revived version of the play. Therefore, she had to be perfect and natural in her performance, as office secretary.
‘Love Birds’ is a ‘never to be missed realistic drama, which offers suspense filled entertainment.
Inspiring ‘Double Seat’ shows the way to young dreamers
 Rating: ★★★ ½
Studio/presenter: Essel Vision Producer: Ranjit Gugle, Anish Jog Director: Sameer Vidwans Writer, Screenplay : Kshitij Patwardhan, Sameer Vidwans Music: Hrishikesh, Saurabh, Jasraj Director of Photography: Arjun Sarote Editor: Charu Shree Roy Genres: Drama Censor: U/A Duration: 120 Min. Cast: Ankush Chaudhari, Mukta Barve, VIdyadhar Joshi, Vandana Gupte, Sandeep Pathak, Shubhankar Tawde, aarti wadgabalkar, Pushkar Shrotri; Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
Mumbai chawl life is not new to Marathi films. But, to make the entire film on the backdrop of a chawl, is always challenging. Way back in 1970 filmmaker Raja Thakur first depicted the chawl culture of Mumbai, through his film, ‘Mumbaicha Javai’ starring Arun Sarnaik, Ratnamala, Surekha Kudchi & Sharad Talwalkar. Then, inspired by this film Basu Chatterjee made ‘Piya Ka Ghar,’ starring Anil Dhavan & Jaya Bhaduri ( Now, Bachchan) which was a remake of this Marathi film. Then, in 2003, we saw Mahesh Manjrekar making a Hindi film based on Mumbai chawl culture.
Now, director Sameer Vidwans has presented his Marathi film titled ‘Double Seat’ indicating, how both young husband and wife, who aspire to move to a bigger house from a chawl, work hard to make their dream come true. Actually, the film hits out at the traditional joint family system, of living in One Room Kitchen and making adjustments. But, today, with both husband and wife earning, the days are changing. And, young Maharashtrian couples are willing to work harder, to buy their own house, no matter, it is far away from the city.
Through this film’s story, writer Kshitij Patwardhan and director Sameer Vidwans have tried to generate lots of humour through this emotion filled film. Being the elder son in the family and that too just married, Amit ( Ankush Choudhary) quickly understands the problems faced by his wife Manjiri (Mukta Barve) in their One Room Kitchen house in a chawl located at Lalbaug, Mumbai. So, Amit , who works as a supervisor in a Courier Company earning Rs. 25 thousand a month, takes his wife into confidence, to have their own house, where they can have their privacy. Manjiri, who works as Insurance agent, supports his idea.
After hearing about the bold step taken by her elder son, his Mother (Vandana Gupte) and Amit’s younger brother ( Shubhankar Tawde) also support him, selling some home made products to raise money. Only his stubborn father (Vidyadhar Joshi) , does not approve his idea. The film’s screenplay moves ahead, with lots of hurdles faced by Amit and Manjiri, with Manjiri also becoming pregnant. But, as they say, there is always sunshine, after the darkness. And, so we notice happy ending in ‘Double Seat’, with joint effort of entire family.
However, the end of the film, is not very impressive, except for showing the way. But, there is no solution, as to how the couple is going to travel for their jobs from a far away place, to the city. It would have been better, if the film had shown, some other way, of starting their own business. But, the new latest mobile phones shown in the last scene, only indicates, their prosperity.
The intention of the film, is to inspire today’s youth and see big dreams and work hard, to find their own house, no matter it is small and far away from the city. At the same time, it sends a message to those Maharashtrian people, who keep adjusting themselves, in this expanding and developing city, without themselves becoming part of this development. The film does go against the Joint family system; but if one has to live in this city of Mumbai, one needs to plan better future for their little ones.That’s what the writer had to suggest, through this film.
Looking at the performances, Ankush Choudhary, is at his best. He hardly finds such an opportunity, as he is generally seen in multi starrer films. The director, knowing his stage background well , has tried to exploit his full potential, through this film. Mukta Barve, who is always comfortable playing such roles, has once again proved that she is a talented actress. But, through this film, she has gone one step further, to be part of intimate love scenes. There is also a lip lock kissing scene, shot on this lead pair. But,one should not call it a bold scene. Best performances also come from versatile artistes like Vidyadhar Joshi, Vandana Gupte and other TV and film co stars like Sandeep Pathak, Pushkar Shrotri, Aarti, Shivani, Vikas, Shubhankar and others.
Music of this film goes very well with the story, with good lyrics noticed in two songs. Editing of the film is good with good camera work, especially in all those close up scenes.
‘Double Seat’ is certainly inspiring and shows the way to young dreamers.
LoveBirds (लव्हबर्डस) Marathi Natak
Rating: ★★★★
Opening Date: 2015 (25 April)
Production House: Anamika and Rasika Production
Producer(s): Dinesh Pednekar and Mukta Barve
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Writer: Girish Joshi
Director: Girish Joshi
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Director: Girish Joshi
Writer: Girish Joshi
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Artist: Mukta Barve, Vidyadhar Joshi,Ketaki Saraf, Omkar Goverdhan
Set Design: Pradeep Muley
Lights: Girish Joshi
Costume: Geeta Godbole
Background Music: Narendra Bhide
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Music: Narendra Bhide
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Synopsis
‘Love Birds': Mukta & Omkar play a married couple. At the very beginning Vishwaas (Omkar) meets with an accident & ends up with partial memory loss.His loving wife Devika (Mukta) nurses him back to health.
The story starts when he returns to his office after many months & sees a bill of Rs. 5 lakhs on his table for love birds purchased by him.
When even his secretary Supriya (Ketaki Saraf) has no idea about this expense he ends up calling the shop owner from whom he had purchased the love birds.
It turns out that the man is in fact a private detective he had hired to spy on his wife. Vishwaas had suspected his wife of having an affair with a man named Abhijeet.We see Abhijeet & their past through a projector & few slides.
The needle of suspicion passes from Devaki to Vishwaas constantly. But even the accusations keep changing. An extra marital affair turns into a murder.But then the murdered person turns out to be alive & the one who was supposed to be alive is actually someone else entirely.
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Shooting for ‘Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai’ sequel to begin
‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai’ was a runaway hit a few years ago. It helped Swwapnil Joshi to find his base in Marathi films, after working in hindi television shows. Through this film, Mukta Barve once again proved her mettle as a splendid performer. Though Mukta is not visible on screen these days, Swwapnil has become a sought after star, of Marathi films.
Satish Rajwade, who directed ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai’, wanted to make sequel of the same, for quite some time now. Almost five years have passed after the release of ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai’, but, it was getting delayed due to various reasons. Now, it seems he is all ready to roll the sequel and will start the shooting soon. He wants the complete team of the original film on board this time too, like Mirah Entertainment, Director of photography Suhas Gujrati, Music duo Avinash-Vishwajit, Editor Rajesh Rao, co-writer Parag Kulkarni, all technicians, and even the spot boys.
The sequel will be called ‘Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai-2′ with a tagline … ‘Lagnala Yayachach’. The makers are targeting for a Diwali release. One thing for sure, superstition does prevail in entertainment world!
‘Jogwa’ cinematographer turns director with ‘Ganvesh’
‘Jogwa’, a milestone Marathi movie, directed by late Rajiv Patil which won five national film awards including best film, was appreciated by critics and audience equally and was also acclaimed internationally. It dealt with discrimination, sexual oppression, superstition, archaic traditions, hypocrisy, exploitation of oppressed section of our society. The rustic beauty of rural India was beautifully captured through his lenses by cinematographer Atul Jagdale.
Now, Atul Jagdale is getting ready to shoot a film on rural background in the form of a new Marathi movie ‘Ganvesh’. He has locked a script written by Tejas Ghadge. Mr Ghadge has also penned the screenplay and dialogues of the said film.
The story of this film is about a man working at a bricks making factory. His son gets selected to deliver a speech in his school on an Independence Day, 15th August. But, it is on a condition of wearing an Uniform while doing so. To acquire Uniform, what this down trodden family goes through, is the one liner of the film. Apart from cinematography, Mr Jagdale is directing ‘Ganvesh’ and also is producing it under the banner Vijayate Entertainment. The ‘Jogwa’ connection continues. Three principal cast members, Mukta Barve, Kishore Kadam, Smita Tambe, of ‘Jogwa’, will also be part of ‘Ganvesh’. It will be interesting to see, whether this ‘Jogwa’ connection will work this time round.
‘Mangalashtaka’ deserves ‘Once More’
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Rating: ★★★★
Studio: Shree Aadya Films Producer: Renu Desai Writer, Director: Sameer Joshi Music Director:Nilesh Moharir Cinematographer: Sanjay Jadhav Cast: Swapnil Joshi, Mukta Barve, Kadambari Kadam, Vijay Patwardhan, Sai Tamhankar Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
After their first Marathi film ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai’, the pair of Swapnil Joshi and Mukta Barve had become so popular that their subsequent TV serial ‘Eka Lagnachi Doosari Goshta’ became a super hit on small screen. Still, popularly known as Ghana and Radha with their character names in the serial; they have once again come together in the latest released film ‘Mangalashtaka Once More’ directed by Sameer Joshi.
The film talks about the lifestyle of a young married couple Satyajit Phatak ( Swapnil Joshi) and Aarti ( Mukta Barve). While Satyajit Manages the Sales Department of a popular FM Radio Company, Aarati being an MBA prefers to be a housewife and take extra care of her husband. Already worried about the work pressure, Satyajit vents out his frustration on his over caring wife Aarti, who is always worried about his health. Suddenly reacting one day, Satyajit demands for his space and both of them get separated from each other; much against Aarti’s wish.
Being helpless, Aarti takes shelter at her younger sister- Reva’s ( Kadambari kadam) place, only to be reminded by her to be an independent woman. But, Aarti being a typical Bharatiya Naari, is not able to forget Satyajit, though she takes up a job. She tries to contact him and wants his friend Nikhil( Hemant Dhome) to help them bring them together. But, that doesn’t work, as Satyajit is shown more busy with his office work, only to create misunderstandings about his close relationship with his senior office colleague Shalini ( Sai Tamhankar) , who wants him to focus his attention on achieving business target. All is well at the end, to make everyone happy.
‘Mangalashtaka Once More’ offers quality entertainment through a subject, which is so relevant to today’s busy lifestyle. It describes the frustration of youngsters, while handling the work pressure in office and goes on to show how it affects their personal life. The film also shows how a happy marriage could turn into a disturbed married life for want of space, with unfolding of events, causing disturbance. Through the character of Reva, the film shows the other way of handling such situations and through the character of Shalini, it is shown how a woman gives importance to her career, sacrificing her personal life.
Best part of the film is its story written by the director himself, who knew his job very well, while directing all those important scenes. Be it the parting time between the couple, their reunion during the meeting in a coffee shop, Aaart’s communication with Reva while defending her husband and finally coming together of the couple in climax scene , after removing all the misunderstandings, between them.
Cinematographer Sanjay Jadhav has done a very good job once again after ‘Duniyadari’ with his wonderful camera work. Director Sameer Joshi makes a fine debut with his notable work. He seems to have received good support from producer Renu Desai, who has paid more attention on making this film technically perfect with selection of suitable locations, besides using well known playback singers and good music from Nilesh Mohrir.
Looking at the performances, Swapnil Joshi is at his best, displaying sudden change of his behaviour on different occasions with spontaneity. Mukta Barve has also shown her wonderful acting skills while expressing her emotions. Their chemistry has worked very well this time too, clearly indicating that they deserve to be together ‘Once More’, in another film in near future. Kadambari kadam has got a better role , though she plays Aarti’s younger sister. She seemed to be at ease while performing that role. Though the name of Saie Tamhankar appeared as friendly appearance, she has a sizable role and she perfectly fits into that character of career minded Sahlini. However, Hemant Dhome has very limited scope, though he has done his job well. Vijay Patwardhan is a waste in this film. But, others in the supporting cast have done a good job.
The film is very well presented in the first half and continues with the same pace immediately after interval. But, few scenes consume little more time than required. The final scene of their coming together has been wound up little hurriedly in a predictable manner. Barring this, the film is a pleasure to watch. It’s a neat and clean entertaining film for the entire family. The young couples shouldn’t miss it.