“Lockdown period was for Writing, health and family”- Adinath Kothare
During the lockdown restrictions due to spread of corona virus for the past 3- 4 months, many Marathi celebrities had to stay at home, spending time with their family members and trying to do something of their interest. Marathi Movie World spoke to young film maker and actor Adinath Kothare whose film ‘Paani’ won the best feature film award on environment conservation at the 66th national awards. The film is yet to see its theatre release due to closure of theatres for the past 4 months.
Adinath who is also playing lead role opposite Tejashree Pradhan in Madhuri Dixit’s Marathi film ‘Panchak’ which is being directed by Jayant Jathar is also held up after beginning its shooting in Konkan. At the same time his own web series shooting is also held up for the same reason. So, how did he spent time, while at home? And Adinath quickly responded that he found a lot of time for his writing work. More importantly, he also added that he found a lot of time for his family. And above all, took good care of his health with home cooked food, which according to him was a good diet food. We only wish that things will return to normal and Adinath is back to work to complete his ongoing projects. At the same time we look forward to watch his award winning film and his performance in ‘Paani’.
Adinath Kothare worked very hard before launching his Marathi Film ‘Paani’
For the past four years he was working on the script of his new Marathi film, visiting many drought affected areas of Maharashtra to study the situation. And last month he began shooting of his Marathi Film ‘Paani’ . Thanks to Priyanka Chopra for coming forward to produce this film, which will be her fourth Marathi film as a producer through her Purple Pebble Pictures. Earlier this production had produced two Marathi films ‘Ventilator’ & ‘Kaay Re Rascala’ with third Marathi film ‘Firebrand’ ready for release. ‘Paani’ will be their fourth production to be directed by Adinath Kothare.
Indeed, Adinath had worked very hard on this project along with his friend Nitin Dixit. Now, shooting of this film on a topical subject is in progress. Adinath himself is playing lead role in this film, along with Subodh Bhave, Rucha Vaidya, Kishore Kadam, Girish Joshi and Rajit Kapoor. With a lot of awareness already created by actor Aamir Khan and his team, visiting various drought affected places in Maharashtra to encourage the villagers adopt water conservation methods, the subject of this film is very timely, as it is also based on the success story of a social activist behind development of the village Nagderwadi. This will also be the debut of Adinath Kothare as director.
Is Adinath Kothare following his father’s footsteps
Mahesh Kothare began his acting career as a child artiste. He acted in both Marathi as well as Hindi films. He directed his first Marathi film ‘Dhumdhadaka‘ , when he was 31 years old. This is what his son Adinath is doing today. Incidentally, like his father, Adinath too has performed as a child artiste. He too acted in Hindi as well as Marathi films. After acting in films, Adinath who is now 31 years old, is all set to direct his debut Marathi film‘Paani’ and the work on the script of this film is presently going on.
So, can we say that Adinath is following his father’s footsteps ? For the past one year, Adinath has toured many drought affected places in Maharashtra, to study the situation. At some of the places, he also saw some watershed management projects and was inspired to make a film on this subject. At present his project is in the pipeline and the details will be finalized soon.