True-vision Teleflms and producers Sameer Gupte and Mahendra Waghmare production’s ‘Batti Gul Powerful’ is a hilarious comedy with comedy star Makarand Anaspure in the lead. The film deals with the serious problem of ‘load-shedding’ in a lighthearted way. Kisha(Makarand Anaspure) is a failed technical student, who runs an appliance repair shop in his village. One day he chances upon a machine which is very powerful and has the ability to detect if a person is speaking the truth or otherwise.

Kishya uses the machine to hoodwink the innocent villagers into believing that he can solve any humanitarian problems and from thereon he solves the problem of a colossal nature facing the country. The film also stars dancing star Jyoti Joshi, Bhushan Kadu, Prakash Dhotre, Sheetal Shukl, etc. The film is directed by Mahesh Deshpande and the story-screenplay-dialogues are by Dr.Anand Deshpande.

The music is by Rohit Nagbhide on the lyrics of Dr.Yashwant Patil and songs are sung by Vaishali Samant, Anand Shinde and others. The film releases soon, all over Maharashtra.

Another film ‘Ek Shodh’(The Search), which is also due for release in February, all over Maharashtra, is a Suspense Thriller. In fact, Detective suspense thrillers are a rarity in Marathi films. But now debutant director Drona Lendhre and producer Arvind Lendhre’s suspense film ‘Ek Shodh(The Search) are offering this so called thriller.

The film is about a grieving widow of a rich man, who dies mysteriously. This widow, who is also his second wife, hires a detective, to solve the mystery behind her husband’s death. Various characters then loom on the scene, making the mystery more deeper and darker; finally, leading to a shocking revelation in the climax of the film. The film stars Milind Gunaji, Pradeep Patwardhan, Kishore Nandlaskar, Ravi Patwardhan,Deepa Chaphekar, Dr. Vilas Kulkarni, and Anita Chatwal.

The music is by Dr.Vilas Kulkarni and lyrics by Chandrakant Jadhav. The songs are sung by Vaishali Samant, Sudesh Bhosle, and Devaki Pandit.. Krishna Shelar is the executive producer.

Another multi-starer film ‘Ek 7 Free’,which was launched few months ago, has completed its shooting and is at dubbing stage. Produced by Suhas Naik and directed by Sanjay Krishnaji Jadhav, this film is a fantasy and will be released soon. The big star-cast of the film comprises of Sanjay Narvekar,Nirmiti Sawant, Resham Tipnis, Deepali Sayyed, Vijay Chavan, Pushkar Shrotri, Rajashri Landge, Usha jadhav, Kishori Ambiye and Madhavi Juvekar.

Based on the story written by diector himself, the cinematography of the film is done by Girish Udale, while Music is provided by Shashank Powar.