‘Dhurala’ shows how Power game can split the family
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In the past there have been many films on power games played by Politicians when it was for gaining or retaining power. Films like ‘Samana’, ‘Sinhasan’, ‘Sarkarnama’, ‘Zenda’, ‘Aajcha Diwas Majha’ and few others have presented different subjects on the backdrop of this power game in politics. Now, latest released film written by Kshitij Patwardhan and Directed by Sameer Vidwans shows how the power game can split the family of a popular Village Sarpanch Nivrrutti Anna Ubhe, after his sad demise.
Set on the backdrop of a Village-Ambegaon in rural Maharashtra, the film has shown how the selfish people including MLA of the district try to prevent the eldest son Navnath ( Ankush Chaudhari) from contesting the election to carry forward the family tradition. But, he finds the clever game played by MLA( Sabnis) to declare the constituency reserved for women and suggesting the name of his step mother (Alka Kubal) by supporting her for his own political gains. If this is not enough, his otherwise ambitious sister in law Monica (Sonalee) is also convinced to contest by their family’s rival Gadhve( Prasad Oak) . Navnath has no other option but to request his obedient wife Harshada ( Sai Tamhankar) to jump into the fray , making it a triangular contest within the family.
So, the real fight which begins, is witnessed only in the second half of this about 169 minutes long film, when all the interesting happenings take place one after the other. A lot of time has thus been wasted in the first half to show how the outsiders get involved with their dirty political games to split the family. What is remarkable to see, is the strong bonding in spite of the split noticed through some of the emotion filled scenes. There are few twists and turns in the film, including the climax, but what appeals the most are the dialogues exchanged between them by the important characters at different situations.
Veteran actress Alka Kubal is at her best . Ankush Choudhari displays his commitment to social work through his powerful character. Sai Tamhankar does very well , especially when she presents ‘Bharud’ during her election campaign. Sonalee has played the ambitious woman taking it as a challenge. Siddharth does well in his role of a lazy and happy go lucky husband, while Amey Wagh gets his share to show his skills through his ‘not so easy’ character. In the role of family’s opponents Prasad Oak dos well, while Umesh Kamat has very little to his share.
There is no scope for music in this film, but the clever cinematography captures the perfect village atmosphere and close up expressions of every important character very well. Full marks to all the artistes for their wonderful performances and to director Sameer for handling all those important scenes with the help of writer Khsitij . All in all, it is good political based timely film, but should have been shortened lengthwise, especially in the first half.
Trailer of ‘Dhurala’ creates a buzz on social media
Now a days different methods are adopted by film makers to promote their film. But, before going to social media, what is more important is to connect with the general people at the grass root level. Makers of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dhurala’ did exactly that. They released the trailer of their film at a public place in Mumbai. The place selected was Shramik Gymkhana Maidan and the event was to release the trailer of this film. Perhaps this was the first film to release its trailer at an event open for all.
Anyway, this has helped to generate a lot of curiosity about this film, which is all set to release on 3rd January 2020. Highlight of this film is that after a long time Siddharth Jadhav and Sonalee Kulkarni will be seen together in this film and veteran actress Alka Kubal Known for her emotion filled roles, will be performing a different challenging role in this film. Dashing Ankush Choudhari and popular actress Sai Tamhankar will also be seen in lead important characters through this film. This is clearly indicated through the trailer of this film.
The film is set on the backdrop of political power game in rural Maharashtra and therefore has special significance. Apart from the above five artistes mentioned above, the other equally important artistes of this film are, Prasad Oak, Sulekha Talwalkar, Amey Wagh, Priyadarshan Jadhav and Umesh kamat.
Multi starrer ‘Dhurala’ to throw light on Political scenario in Rural Maharashtra
At present the political situation in Maharashtra has already exposed the greed of politicians to grab power. For the past one month the people in Maharashtra witnessed the worst happenings in which many top leaders were involved. Now, through forthcoming Marathi multi-starrer film ‘Dhurala’ Marathi film lovers will get to see election fever and involvement of politicians especially in rural Maharashtra.
Writer Kshitij Patwardhan and Director Sameer Vinwans two big names in Marathi film industry are coming together to offer this political based film which as a big star cast comprising of renowned artistes like Ankush Choudhari, Sai Tamhankar, Siddharth Jadhav, Amey Wagh, Umesh Kamat, Alka Kubal, Sonali Kulkarni and others. So, with the current ongoing murky political situation in Maharashtra , it will be interesting to see what the writer – director duo have in store for the film lovers. But, the teaser of this film just released , has raised big hopes from this film.
Diwali offering in the form of ‘Triple Seat’ & ‘Hirkani’ for Marathi film lovers
For a long time Marathi film lovers have been waiting for a good film which would keep them engaged besides offering entertainment. Now, for this Diwali they have a choice, as two Marathi films of different genres are released this Friday. While ‘Triple Seat’ starring Ankush Chaudhari, Shivani Surve and Pallavi Patil seems to be a light hearted entertaining love story, ‘Hirakani’ starring Sonalee Kulkarni and Chinmay Mandlekar presents the historical story of a mother, from the period of Shivaji, who scaled down the steep edges of the Raigad fort to reach out to her baby, not caring for her own life. It is this courage displayed by this leading lady , she received the honours with the title ‘Hirkani’.
As Ankush will be returning to Marathi films in the lead role after a gap of two years, it will be interesting to watch him in this so called masala entertainer. Another highlight of this film is the entry of Bollywood actor Rakesh Bedi in an important role. Directed by Sanket Prakash Pavse, , the film also stars Pravin Tarde along with Vaibhav Mangale and Vidyadhar Joshi. On the other hand, ‘Hirakani‘ which is a period film directed by Prasad Oak, has something worth to convey from the history of Maharashtra. Other highlights of this film are, music composed by Amitraj and one song rendered by renowned singer Asha Bhosale.
Sonalee Kulkarni to play historical character of ‘Hirkani’ on Big screen
Hirkani has a history in Maharashtra. She projects a brave character of a mother who takes the risk of coming down the steep hill only for the sake of her little child. This famous story of Hirkani will now be presented on Big screen by Iraada Entertainment forthcoming Marathi film ‘Hirkani’ . Written by Chinmay Mandlekar and directed by Prasad Oak, the new motion poster of this film was released recently at Pune’s Chatushringi temple, clearly revealing that actress Sonalee Kulkarni will be playing the title role in this film. Actor Sachin Khedekar has given his voice for this motion poster.
Present on the occasion were lead artistes of this film Sonalee Kulkarni, Amit Khedekar, Prasad Oak, Rajesh Mapuskar the creative producer & Lawrence D’souza the co producer. After the launch of this motion poster the artistes took the blessings of the of the goddess. Falguni Patel is the producer of this film, while Ratnakar Jagtap is the executive producer and they have planned the release of this film all over Maharashtra on 24th October 2019.
Will this film will turn out to be a big comeback for Sonalee Kulkarni after a long time? It remains to be seen. But, one thing is certain that this character is very powerful.
‘Picasso’ poster raises a lot of curiosity about ‘Dashavtara’
We aware that Dashavatara refers to the ten primary avatars of God Vishnu. Vishnu is said to descend in form of an avatar (‘incarnation) to restore cosmic order. A popular traditional folk art based on ‘Dashavatara’ which has a history of over 800 years, is still practiced in Laxmi Narayan temple based in Waval village in Konkan. There are 3500 folk artistes who have still kept this art alive, despite no financial help coming from government.
Therefore, Platoon One films (founded by Shiladitya Bora) has produced a Marathi film ‘Picasso’, which is based on this subject. This film is directed by Abhijit Mohan Warang. The film is dedicated to all the folk artistes involved in this folk art. Incidentally, the film has been selected at two popular film festivals- The Jagran Film festival in Mumbai and Brahmaputra Film Festival in Guwahati and will be screened towards the end of this month.
Recently, the poster of this film was released on social media, which has actor Prasad Oak in a traditional get up of a folk artiste. The film has been shot at the location of this old temple in Konkan and stars child artiste Samay Sanjeev Tambe in lead role, while his father’s role is played by renowned actor Prasad Oak. Tushar Paranjape who was writer of National Award winning film ‘Killa’ is the creative director of this film. According to him the subject of this film had always raised his curiosity about the lifestyle of these folk artistes and therefore took extra efforts in presenting their plight through this film.
‘Hirkani’ song presenting the grand Coronation of Shivaji Maharaj launched
There have been many songs in the past based on the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj , the biggest historical event. But, director Prasad Oak has given a grand look to this event on screen through his forthcoming much talked about Marathi film ‘Hirkani’. Recently, the song video of this film was launched in style in a ceremony held in Mumbai in presence of the team of this film.
This eight and a half minute length song has been pictured on nine Marathi artistes including popular names like Suhas Joshi, Pushkar Shrotri, Siddharth Chandekar, Jitendra Joshi, Hemant Dhome, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Kshiti Jog, Rajashri Thakur, Chinmay Mandlekar and Rahul Ranade, displays six different forms of folk arts. The film is produced by Falguni Patel , co produced by Lawrence D’souza with creative direction by Rajesh Mapuskar. After watching this grand song, one thing is certain that this film is an ambitious project of director Prasad Oak.
This song penned by Sandeep Khare on the music of Amitraj has been rendered in the voices of singers like Nilambari Kirkire, Vivek Naik, Amitraj, Deepali Desai, Jiya Suresh Wadkar & Gaurav Chati. Speaking about this song, director Praad Oak said that Coronation of Shiv Chhatrapati Maharaj is one of the most important events in the film and therefore he wanted to be pictured in a grand way.
Motion poster of ‘Hirkani’ launched
Prasad Oak who directed National award winning Marathi film ‘Kachha Limbu’ has teamed up with another National award winning director Rajesh Mapuskar for his forthcoming Marathi film ‘Hirkani’, which is to be directed by Prasad oak, while Rajesh Mapuskar will be creative director of this film. With a tagline ‘Pratyek Aai Astech …Hirakani’ this film is obviously based on the history about the brave adventure of a mother to meet her little son.
Till now, Marathi films based on history have always received very good response and therefore the story of this film is expected to invite the attention of Marathi film lovers. The film is due for release on 24th October all over Maharashtra and therefore Aakash Pendharkar, Sachin Narkar & Vikas Pawar of Swarup entertainment have shouldered the responsibility of marketing this film. Falguni Patel of Iraada Entertainment has produced this film while Lawrence D’souza is the co producer.
Till now, nothing has been disclosed about the artistes performing in this film. But, the poster of this film has certainly generated a lot of curiosity of this film.
Smile Please (स्माईल प्लीज)
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Release Year: 2019 (19July)
- Genres: Drama
- Rating: ★★★
- Censor: UA
- Duration: 130 min
- Studio/presenter: Everest Entertainment
- Producer(s): Nisha Shah, Sanika Gandhi
- Executive Producer: Umesh Shinde
- Director: Vikram Phadnis
- Writer: Vikram Phadnis
- ScreenPlay: Vikram Phadnis, Iravati Karnik
- Dialogues: Iravati Karnik
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Cast & Crew
- Producer(s): Nisha Shah, Sanika Gandhi
- Executive Producer: Umesh Shinde
- Co-producer: NA
- Director: Vikram Phadnis
- Assistant Director: NA
- Writer: Vikram Phadnis
- ScreenPlay: Vikram Phadnis, Iravati Karnik
- Dialogues: Iravati Karnik
- Lyrics: Mandar Cholkar
- Music: Rohan – Rohan
- Playback Singer: Rohan – Rohan,Sunidhi Chauhan, Mugddha Karhade , Avadhoot Gupte, Bela Shende Music – Rohan – Rohan
- Cinematographer (DOP): Milind Jog
- Editor: Faisal Mahadik, Imran Mahadik
- Starcast: Mukta Barve, Lalit Prabhkar, Prasad Oak, Vedshree Mahajan, Satish Alekar, Trupti Khamkar, Aditi Govitrikar
- Art Director: Asit Kumar Chhatui
- Costumes: NA
- Casting Director: Rohan Mapuskar
- Makeup: NA
- Sound : Rohan Pradhan
- Background Score: Praful Karlekar , Swpnil Godbole
- Choreographer: Bosco- Caesar
- DI, VFX: NA
- D.I. Colourist: NA
- Promos: NA
- Music Label: NA
- Publicity Designs: NA
- P.R.O.: NA
- Distributor : NA
Synopsis :
‘Smile Please’ : The trauma faced by the wife after divorce, while facing her teenage daughter, who hates her and lives with her husband.Nandini (Mukta Barve) a divorcee, who is an award winning fashion photographer, lives with her father (Satish Alekar) and housekeeper Jyoti (Trupti Khamkar). On few occasions, she keeps meeting her ex husband Shishir (Prasad Oak) and her around 12 year old daughter Nupur ( Vedashree Mahajan) . But, her daughter’s strange behaviour with her mother, disturbs Nandini, who undergoes disturbed state of mind. Life is not easy for her , as she has to keep away from her busy work schedule. At this crucial period of time, a little before the stroke of interval a youngster Viraj ( Lalit Prabhakar) who is known to her father’s friend walks in their house, as a guest for few days. Viraj wins the trust of all members of the family, except Shishir, who hates him….
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Vikram Phadnis returns with another emotion filled subject ‘Smile Please’
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Having made his debut as a director in Marathi film industry through an emotion filled drama ‘Hridayantar’ two years ago, renowned Bollywood Costume designer Vikram Phadnis has now returned with another Marathi film ‘Smile Please’. While in his previous film Vikram presented the marital crisis of a couple married over 12 years, yet glued to their brittle married life, in the present film he presents the trauma faced by the wife after divorce, while facing her teenage daughter, who hates her and lives with her husband.
Nandini (Mukta Barve) a divorcee, who is an award winning fashion photographer, lives with her father (Satish Alekar) and housekeeper Jyoti (Trupti Khamkar). On few occasions, she keeps meeting her ex husband Shishir (Prasad Oak) and her around 12 year old daughter Nupur ( Vedashree Mahajan) . But, her daughter’s strange behaviour with her mother, disturbs Nandini, who undergoes disturbed state of mind. Life is not easy for her , as she has to keep away from her busy work schedule. At this crucial period of time, a little before the stroke of interval a youngster Viraj ( Lalit Prabhakar) who is known to her father’s friend walks in their house, as a guest for few days. Viraj wins the trust of all members of the family, except Shishir, who hates him.
So, in the post interval stage we notice how the efforts of Viraj help Nandini to face such a situation by regaining her self confidence . He also helps Nupur to understand her mother . In short, Viraj plays a good Samaritan. ‘Smile Please’ is a good effort from director Vikram Phadnis selecting a social problem which exists in families where both husband and wife have busy lifestyle. He has also shown the way but his screenplay really takes off only after the arrival of Viraj, however, the interaction between Trupti Khamkar in the role of Jyoti, the housekeeper and Satish Alekar (as Nandini’s father) , helps bring some humour into the screenplay.
Nevertheless, the performances by Mukta Barve, Prasad Oak, Satish Alekar, Lalit Prabhakar, Aditi Govitrikar and Vedashree helps give a realistic look to the film. Mukta Barve in particular has stole the show with her superb performance. Music has limited scope in this film, with two songs, but Rohan-Rohan have made their presence felt . Costumes designing done by Vikram Phadnis is no doubt worth appreciating, but above all, it is the photography by Milind Jog which impresses the most. Though this film deals with a serious subject, it is certainly a worth watch film for the sake of superb performances by the main artistes.