‘Jhilmil’ song unveils the theme of ‘Musafiraa’
Known for its dramatic landscape comprising of freshwater lakes surrounded by mountains. This picturesque location is captured by forthcoming Marathi film ‘Musafiraa’. After releasing two songs from this film, now the third song titled ‘Jhilmil…’ has been released by the makers of this film, which presents the lead artistes Pushkar Jog, Pooja Sawant, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Smruti Sinha and Disha Pardeshi together displaying their wonderful boding of friendship, while exploring the natural beauty of this wonderful place.
Speaking about this song actor- director Pushkar Jog says, “This is a pleasing song which is pictured at the picturesque Scottish Highlands. Anybody can fall in love with this beautiful location.While watching the song video you imagine yourself at that place. This journey was a memorable journey for all of us. I am sure, while watching this song, each one of you will recall your happy friendship days.”
This song is rendered by Salim Merchant on the lyrics of Aditi Dravid with music provided by Sai-Piyush. This film is now due for release on 8th march 2024.
Abhishek Gunaji to make his debut as a director – Ravan Calling
Abhishek Gunaji son of renowned Marathi & Bollywood actor Milind Gunaji is making his debut as a director through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Ravan Calling’. Recently, muhurat of this film was performed with first clap for muhurat shot given by Amit Raj Thackeray. Abhishek Gunaji will be directing this film along with Sandeep Bankeshwar and the screenplay of this film is written by Abhishek Gunaji, Sandeep Bankeshwar and Sandeep Dandavate. Additional screenplay and dialogues are by Sachin Darekar.
Produced by Shree Gajanan Productions, this film stars Sachit Patil, Pooja Sawant, Vandana Gupte, Gaurav Ghatnekar, Ravi Kale, Bipin Nadkarni, Raju Shirsatkar ,Sonali Kulkarni and Milind Gunaji in lead roles. Speaking about this film director Abhishek Gunaji says, “This is my first independent film as a director, Earlier I had assisted Satish Rajwade for his film. Since my name is associated with two big names in this industry, I am working on this project with full responsibility and shall give my 100%.” The shooting of this film has started in Mumbai and very soon this film will be released.
Pushkar Jog’s film ‘Musafira’ promises an Unusual Journey
After offering a horror film ‘Victoria’ which took the audience on the trip of Scotland, the team comprising of Anand Pandit, Nitin Vaidya and Pushkar Jog have come together once again along with producers Vaishali Shah, Rahul Dube and Dr. Kandambari Jethwani to make another Marathi film ‘Musafira’. Shooting of this complete and highlight of this film is that this film will take you on an unusual journey of The Isle of Skye n Scottish Highlands.
Directed by Pushkar Jog, this film stars Pushkar Jog along with Pooja Sawant,Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Bhojpuri star Smruti Sinha and Disha Pardeshi in lead roles. According to the makers of this film, this film is based on the subject of friendship and is presented in a different way and will be a heart touching family film. Director Pushkar Jog feels that this film has taken one step ahead to establish a new record of finding a new destination for shooting on a foreign location
‘Aale Re Poshter Boyz 2’s Teaser poster released in Plaza theatre
In 2014, ‘Poshter Boyz’, which was released. This movie literally blew up the box office and became a super hit.
Due to this love of the audience, now these boys are going to meet the audience once again in a new form in a new way. Directed by Ajay Mayekar, the film ‘Aale Re Poshter Boyz 2′ has been recently announced and with the tagline ‘दिसतं तसं नसतं म्हणून जग फसतं’ (The world is deceived by what it looks like)’,
Dilip Prabhavalkar, Hrishikesh Joshi and Aniket Vishwasrao will once again be seen in this film. The grand poster of the film was launched in Plaza Cinema , Dadar area of Mumbai amid the sound of drums. A 25 feet long poster of the film was unveiled on this occasion. The whole area of Dadar was crowded at this time.
‘Bali’ – A suspense filled thriller under the cover of horror
Shrikant Sathe ( Swwapnil Joshi) a widower takes his seven year old son Mandar ( Samarth Jadhav) to a hospital , after his son faints on the cricket ground during a match. At this hospital, during his medical diagnosis, Mandar comes across Bhaskar a boy of his age, who is undergoing treatment for cancer. It is at this place Mandar learns about a mystery woman Elizabeth, from Bhaskar. Like Bhaskar, Mandar also starts believing that Elizabeth who lives in the next old building in the hospital campus, would only cure his ailment.
Mandar reveals the secret of Elizabeth to his father and insists that he should meet her. To make his son happy, Shrikant goes in search of Elizabeth in the adjacent building and discovers something strange. In the meanwhile Dr. Alisha Shenoy ( Pooja Sawant) who attends Mandar in the hospital, in absence of her ailing father, gets ready for Mandar’s operation. It is at this stage, Shrikant discovers the mystery behind Elizabeth and involvement of people in her case.
‘Bali’ (बळी) as the name suggests, does succeed in presenting a gripping screenplay, but there are few flaws in the film. However, the efforts taken by director Vishal Furia to present this suspense filled thriller under the cover of horror, are worth appreciating. Above all, the performances by Swwapnil, Pooja and little Samarth certainly add extra strength to this film with the support of good cinematography by Rajan Sohani and suitable background music by Rajan Patnail and Brince Bora.
For a change, ‘Bali’ is a worth watch film, provided you are not watching this film with very high expectations from this director. Produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik Nishandar this film Is released on Amazon Prime Video.
‘Bhetali Tu Punha 2′ announced with new director Jayant Pawar
On 28th July ‘Bhetali Tu Punha’ completed four years of its release. On this occasion, the producers of this film Girish Parab, Aakash Pendharkar, Sachin Narkar and Vikas Pawar have announced on social media the sequel of this film ‘Bhetali Tu Punha 2′ with new director Jayant Pawar. Actor Vaibhav Tatwavadi and actress Pooja Sawant will be seen together once again in this sequel.
As a director Jayant Pawar had directed many TV serials but in films he will be making his debut as a director through this film. The previous film was known for excellent performances by the lead pair and supporting artistes besides good music and best technical presentation. Now, the Marathi film lovers will be keen to know the progress of the love story of this couple . But, they will have to wait for some time, till the release date is announced.
Pooja Sawant to play a doctor in much-awaited horror film ‘Bali’
Gorgeous Marathi actress Pooja Sawant is all set to surprise her fans and admirers in the forthcoming horror Marathi film ‘Bali’. Pooja is playing a doctor in this film, which is eagerly awaited by the audience . ‘Bali’ (बळी) is Produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik D Nishandar of GSEAMS is all set to release on April 16. Directed by Vishal Furia, the film features Marathi superstar Swwapnil Joshi in key role.
Known for her rom-coms and dramatic films, Pooja Sawant has been featured against one of the most successful actors from the Marathi film industry Swwapnil Joshi. Incidentally, ‘Bali’ is Pooja’s second film with director Vishal Furia after ‘Lapachhapi’ (read review) , which was applauded by audience and critics as well. The poster of this film was released recently, with Pooja grabbing it entirely with a stethoscope in her hand.
Speaking about her role in ‘Bali’ , Pooja says, “Yes, I am a part of Vishal’s second Marathi film as well. It is always great to work with a director who has a clear vision and knows what he is upto, perfectly well. Being part of the film is icing on the cake as I am sharing the screen with Swwapnil Joshi for the first time. I always wanted to work with Swwapnil, one of the most talented actors from the industry. Like his first successful thriller Lapachhapi, Vishal has done a fabulous job as a director. Believing his directorial ability witnessed myself during making of Lapachhapi, I immediately said yes to him when Vishal asked for this film.” the actress said.
Till now, Pooja has proved her talent by performing memorable characters with different shades in the films like ‘Kshanabhar Vishranti’ (read movie review) , ‘Dagdi Chawl’ (read movie review) , ‘Bonus’, ‘Neelkanth Master’ & Subhash Ghai’s film ‘Vijeta’ among others.
Pooja- Gashmir to star in ‘Love U Mitra’
Producer Varun Bagla and director Mansi Bagla have announced their debut Marathi film ‘Love U Mitra’ with the release of this film’s poster. ‘Love U Mitra’ stars gorgeous Pooja Sawant and dashing Gashmeer Mahajani in the lead roles. Though this is the first film of Baglas, they have a team of all the experienced people with them. According to the makers, this film will give a new outlook towards love and is very relevant to the new generation. The shooting of this film will begin soon.
Though the names of the lead pair have been announced, the name of the third important artist in the film’s cast has not been disclosed yet. And therefore, it has raised a lot of curiosity about this artist among the Marathi film lovers. The makers of the film say that the kind of subject dealt in this film is being handled for the first time. Actress Pooja Sawant is very excited to do this film and has wished director Mansi, ‘all the best!’.
Hero No. 1 Govinda to appear on ‘Maharashtra’s Best dancer’ Platform
The TV reality show ‘Maharashtra’s Best Dancer’ has popularised in a short time among the home viewers. In this show, talented dancers from different parts of Maharashtra are making their presence felt. To encourage these participants and their Gurus, the presenters of this show have invited Hero No. 1 Govinda as a special guests in the coming week i.e. on 21st and 22nd December 2020. In these two episodes the participants will pay special tributes to the dancing star.
It is understood that during the shooting of these episodes Govinda was overwhelmed with the presentations made by the participants and could not resist the temptation of shaking his legs along with them in this show. So, the home viewers will get an opportunity to watch all these dances of Govinda performed by the talented dancers. Dharmes Sir, who is one of the judges along with Pooja Sawant, has always been a great admirer of Govinda and therefore according to the presenters, this show is expected to receive good response. Moreover, this will be the first week of elimination round and hence there is curiosity to know who among these 12 contestants will be eliminated. One of the contestant Arya Dongre will be presenting a surprise rare gift to Govinda on this occasion.
Pooja Sawant to Judge for ‘Maharashtra’s Best Dancer’ on Sony Marathi
‘Maharashtra’s Best Dancer’ reality show is all set to begin on Sony Marathi Channel from 30th November at 9 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. The highlight of this show is that top Marathi actress Pooja Sawant will be the Judge for this programme along with Dharmesh Sir. It may be recalled that Pooja Sawant who has reached the popularity heights now, had made her beginning with a dance show on Sony TV through the reality show Boogie Woogie.
Both Pooja and Dharmesh Sir were part of this Boogie Woogie show in the year 2008 . While Dharmesh Sir had won this competition, Pooja was among the Top 5 participants of this show. Later, both of them made progress in their respective fields. And, we are all aware of Pooja’s progress in both Marathi as well as Hindi films. Now, both Pooja and Dharmesh Sir will be seen in the role of Judges. This will be a good combination as both of them have earned good name in this filed.