Renowned veteran Marathi actor Ramesh Deo is no more
Renowned veteran Marathi actor Ramesh Deo is no more. He passed away yesterday due to heart failure. He was 93. Ramesh Deo worked in 190 Marathi films and 285 Hindi films during his acting career of almost 65 years. He was the senior most Marathi actor who was active till 2019. Always cheerful, he attended many events, wherever he was invited and gave inspiring speeches.
Ramesh Deo had his own production company and produced Marathi films and TV serials. He also produced many advertisement films through his company. In January 2013, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF). Ramesh Deo married his former co star Seema and has two sons Ajinkya and Abhinay. Many prominent personalities have paid homage to the veteran Marathi actor. MarathiMovieworld pays sincere tributes to the legendary Marathi actor.
Biopic on Dr. Tatya Lahane gets ready for release on 12th January
Known for his innumerable contribution to medical field, Dr. Tatya Lahane was conferred with PadmaShri civilian award in 2008. But, that was not enough to recognise his work in the field of medical science. Now, a biopic in Marathi titled ‘Dr.Tatya Lahane – Angaar..Power is within‘ directed by Virag Madhumalati Wankhade is getting ready for release all over Maharashtra on 12th January 2018.
Known for his clean image, Dr. Tatyarao Lahane has worked as a Dean of Grant Medical College and J. J. Hospital, Mumbai, and as an Ophthalmologist he has set a world record with more than 100,000 cataract surgeries. He has always been committed to helping poor people, as he was born in a small village named Makegaon in Latur district of Maharashtra state in a farmer’s family . Today he is 60 years old, but at a young age, both of his kidneys were not functioning and his mother donated one of her kidneys to him.
‘Dr.Tatya Lahane – Angaar..Power Is Within‘ film will certainly highlight his emotional bonding with his mother and his days of struggle during his childhood. Makarand Anaspure plays the lead role in this film along with Alka Kubal, Nishigandha Wad, Ramesh Deo and Bharat Ganeshpure. So, after ‘Dr. Prakash Amte‘, we look forward to watch another inspiring biopic next week.
Marathi stars promote ‘Geet Ramayan’ with a new look
We are all aware of the presentation of ‘Geet Ramayan‘ penned by poet G.D.Madgulkar through the mesmerising voice of Late Sudhir Phadke popularly known as Babuji. Recently actor turned producer Sunil Barve’s Subak in association with legend Ramesh Deo’s Ramesh Deo Productions gave a new look to this ‘Geet Ramayan‘ through dance performances combined with beautiful lyrics and songs. And, it was very well received by the large audience present at the Shanmukhanand Hall, Mumbai.
Speaking on the occasion, Sunil Barve thanked Mr. Ramesh Deo for supporting the idea of presenting this unusual show. Mr. Ramesh Deo said that it was necessary to add songs and dances to invite the attention of the new generation, to understand this great epic. He was all praise for Sonia Parchure, who presented the most important sequence Jatayu dance. He also announced that in future this show will be presented at different places on public demand. In fact, the idea of presenting ‘Geet Ramayan‘ in this form was of Sonia Parchure and her husband Atul Parchure anchored the show and Kamlesh Bhadkamkar provided the music. Ajit Parab, Hrishikesh Ranade, Vibhavari Apte & Shamika Bhide also presented the original songs of Sudhir Phadke.
Besides Ramesh Deo and Sunil Barve, other dignitaries like Abhinay Deo, Ajinkya Deo, Seema Deo, Sachin Khedekar, Anand Ingale, Pushkar Shrotri were also present.
Marathi films ‘Dabba Gull’ & ‘Swabhiman’ launched together
Now days, new producers are coming forward to offer Marathi films on different subjects. Some prefer to present social issues with a touch of humour, while others send a strong message through their sensational subjects. Apsara Media Entertainment Network recently launched their two films together at a grand ceremony in presence of chief guest Ramesh Deo , the grand old man of Marathi cinema. The names of these two films have been announced as ‘Dabba Gull‘ and ‘Swabhimaan’. Both these films will be directed by Rohit Arya.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Ramesh Deo was all praise for Rohit and offered his best wishes to him. Both these films have different subjects and the shooting for both these films will begin from October 2017. There will be renowned artistes in these two films, but besides them the makers of these films will be on tour of Maharashtra to select some new faces also, to be part of this film. Rohit Arya has himself written the story, screenplay and dialogues of ‘Dabba Gull‘ and ‘Swabhimaan’ films, while the music will be by Sai-Piyush.
Arya Ajinkya Deo’s short film selected at LIFA Fest
Like his Grandfather Ramesh Deo and father Ajinkya Deo, Arya Ajinkya Deo has also entered the film industry. Arya has turned a short film maker and has directed a short film ‘Metanoia’ based on psychological disorder. And, the good news for Deo family is that it has been selected for screening at the prestigious London Independent Film Award( LIFA) Festival. On 29th July 2017 this 15 minute duration film will be screened at London’s Roxy Bar & Screen .
Incidentally, Arya doesn’t have much experience of film making, except for assisting his uncle Abhinay Deo during the making of his TV serial 24 part 2. Reacting on his son’s recent achievement, Ajinkya Deo said, “Arya is very hard working and focused. And I consider this a biggest gift from him on the occasion of ‘fathers’ day.” One doesn’t know, what will be Arya’s next plans. But, surely, we can expect him to direct his next home production.
Cricket to come alive through ‘Well Done Bhalya’
The game of cricket plays a very important role in offering sports entertainment, in our country. The popularity of this game was clearly indicated, when there were grand celebrations by the lovers of this game, when the Indian Cricket team won the Cricket world cup twice i. e. in 1983 and 2011.
Set on the backdrop of this crazy game, producers K. Chaitali, Amol Kale and director Nitin Kamble are offering a new Marathi film ‘ Well Done Bhalya’ , which revolves around an Adivasi boy, for whom cricket is just a passion and he can not live without this game.
The film stars Ramesh Deo, Sanjay Narvekar, Alka Kubal, Mitalee Jagtap, Ganesh Yadav, Sharad Ponkshe, Sanjay Khapre, Anshuman Vichare and others. Child artiste Nandkumar Solkar plays the central role of Bhalya, in this film.
Music by Trupti Chavan and DOP I Giridhar & Sher Singh Rajput are other credits of this film, which will be released soon.
Veteran actor Ramesh Deo to sponsor 50 shows of ‘Cindrella’ for Orphanage children
The grand old man of Marathi and Hindi cinema Mr. Ramesh Deo is still active at the age of 86. He is the only actor in the world, who is still active, performing in the films for the past 64 years. Last week , he was shooting for a film, at a college in kandivali.On Tuesday evening, he was present as the chief guest for the music release of Kiran Nakti’s forthcoming Marathi film ‘Cindrella’. One never expected him to speak for more than 3 minutes; but the evergreen actor, spoke at length, praising the efforts of the film maker, to make a film on two orphan children.
Mr. Ramesh Deo, not only entertained the invitees, with his humour filled speech; but when veteran actress Meena Naik , who is also part of this film, suggested him to come forward to finance such films, in future, the ever smiling actor, quickly responded with a fine gesture. Mr. Deo agreed to sponsor 50 shows of this film, to the children from different orphanages in Maharashtra. He was all praise for the two child artistes Rupesh Bane and Yashasvi Vengurlekar, who were present on the occasion and appreciated the perfect choice of the the director, to cast them for these roles. After watching the first look of this film, he compared the film , with the standard of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and hoped this film also to win Oscars.
The film revolves around little brother and sister, who turn orphans, after demise of their grandmother and have to face tough challenges in life. Newcomers Kiran and Gaurav have provided the music to this film, story of which is penned by Kiran Nakti along with Aditya Halbe. Produced by Abhinay Katta and Krupa Sindhu Pictures in collaboration with Shree Sankalp Film Productions, the other important artistes of this film are Yakub Syed, Janardan Parab , Mangesh Desai and ‘Chala Hawa Yeu Dya’ fame Vineet Bhonde. The film is all set to release on 4th December 2015.
Ramesh Deo – The Grand old man of Marathi Cinema is still active
“No actor from Bollywood or even Hollywood is actively involved on cinema screen at the age of 90. I am the ONLY one.” A proud, but without sounding egoistic, Ramesh Deo was talking while sitting at Sound Ideaz Academy.
Born in a wealthy ‘Rajput‘ family, Ramesh Deo did a small scene with Pritviraj Kapoor in a Hindi film ‘Aawara‘ when he was a child and debuted in the form of a cameo in a Marathi film ‘Paatlachi Por’. His first big break as a leading man came in 1956, through noted director Raja Paranjape’s Marathi film ‘Aandhala Magto ek Dola’. Later he went on to become a much loved actor of Marathi movie world and was also appreciated as a versatile actor in the Hindi film world. He acted in his first Hindi film ‘Aarti’ in 1962. He has to his credit more than; 350 Hindi 240 Marathi 70 Gujarathi, and a few Bengali, Bhojpuri, South Indian; films. He has also done around 30 plays on Marathi stage. He and Seema Deo (Nalini Saraf, who became his wife later on) was the much sought after leading pair, in Marathi Movie World those days.
His Marathi movie ‘Jagachya Pathivar’, gained immense popularity. Later, he was a part of Hindi films like ‘Anand’, ‘Saraswatichandra’, ‘Jaise ko Taisa’, ‘Dus Lakh’, ‘Zameer’, ‘Khilona’, ‘Rampur ka Laxman’, ‘Kora Kagaz’, to name a few. He was last seen in a hindi movie ‘Jolly LLB’ in a small but significant role.
Though he was slightly in awe of superstar Rajesh Khanna initially, they became great friends later on. Remembering the superstar, Mr. Ramesh Deo said “When I used to visit Rajesh Khanna in his last days, ‘the once superstar’ was anguished and used to say even after calling people over, they do not visit me, giving flimsy excuses”. Ramesh Deo mentioned that he has worked with all noted Marathi and Hindi film directors. He has worked with Hindi film industry’s first family Kapoors. He has worked with all the Kapoors starting with Prithiraj Kapoor, but except recent Ranbir Kapoor.
Ramesh Deo has his own production house and has produced many feature films, Television serials, Advertising films. In fact he narrated an incident about dream girl Hema Malini, being reluctant to be featured on small screen in an ad.
He said, “Now when I meet her I remind her about that and tell her that nowadays you are all over small screen (she being honorable Member of Parliament)”. He has acted with all the top heroes of his time, one regret being his movie with Dilip Kumar couldn’t see the light of the day (Kalinga). Currently, he is busy shooting for a Marathi film ‘Sankasur’.
Long live Mr Ramesh Deo. Our best wishes are always with you.
Ramesh Deo and Seema celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary
Having spent 50 glorious years together, popular veteran Marathi artistes Ramesh Deo and Seema celebrated their anniversary in a big way on 1st July 2013 at Iskon , Juhu. 50 years ago, the couple got married at Kolhapur, when both of them were on the top of their acting career.
Besides their official marriage, both of them got married several times on screen. But, Monday’s ceremony was a special one; when in the presence of family members, well wishers from film industry and media representatives, they performed all the rituals of marriage once again.
‘Chandi’ fails to create the original humour in cinematic form
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Rating: ★★ ½
Studio: Prabhakar Films Producer: Dnyaneshwar Govekar Director:Sameer Naik, Dnyaneshwar Govekar Music:Pravin Kuwar Cinematography: Sameer Athalye Cast: Ramesh Deo, Dipak Shirke, Vaibhav Mangale, Santosh Pawar, Bhalchandra Kadam, Ganesh Divekar, Sanjeevani Jadhav, Vikas Samudre, Kishori Ambiye, Kishor Nandalaskar, Ashish Rane, Chetan Dalvi, Prabhakar More… Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
Last year, a Marathi film ‘Golaberij’ based on P. L. Deshpande’s popular characters from his stories was released. The film was directed by Kshitij Zarapkar. In that film, the short story of ‘Mhais’ was also there. But, since the makers of ‘Chandi’ who had exclusively acquired the rights of the story of ‘Mhais’, issued legal notice to the makers of ‘Golaberij'; which forced them to delete that particular episode from the film. But, those who attended the press show of ‘Golaberij’ had the privilege of watching that part, which was very well presented.
Now, a year later, we find this much talked about film ‘Chandi’ based on the story of ‘Mhais’ by eminent writer late P. L. Deshpande; being officially released on 14th June 2013, all over Maharashtra. A big hype was created about this film, inviting dignitaries like Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare & Ms. Vijaya Rajadhyaksha, who showed their physical presence at the Premiere show held at Sun City, Vile Parle on 12th January, which was the death anniversary of P. L. Even MNS Chief Raj Thackeray attended this show, as a special invitee.
Frankly speaking, the original short story of ‘Mhais’ is based on an incident of a buffalo being knocked down by a State transport Bus, on its way to Mumbai from a village in Konkan. This results in a big show, as the real owner of the buffalo not allowing the Bus to proceed further, till police party arrives for investigation. The situation goes on to show the reactions of the stranded bus passengers and their arguments with villagers, coming in support of the owner of the buffalo.
To present this film in cinematic format, the director duo Sameer Naik & Dnyaneshwar Govekar have taken the liberties to add some more characters, which were not in the original story and hence clearly deviating from the original story. The film begins well with the three characters from a village ‘Savarde’, off Chiplun, on Mumbai Goa highway . So, we find Gaja Khot (Bhau kadam) and Sane (Pradeep Patwardhan) trying to overpower the buffalo owned by Dharma Mandavkar (Prabhakar More), which goes out of control.
In the meantime, we watch the scene at another village, where a senior citizen and well known personality from the village Bapusaheb More( Ramesh Deo) getting ready to proceed to Mumbai, to begin his indefinite fast, over his demand of reviving the Marathi schools in villages. He hires a ST Bus and looks for support from other villagers.
Taking advantage of this situation, different people from the village, take a free ride on the bus to Mumbai to attend to their personal work . So, we find a big team of characters led by Bapusaheb More, followed by chatterbox Dattu( Vaibhav Mangale), his flirt young sister Keshar ( Rupali Bhosale) and a forced character of Gampu, played by Santosh Pawar, to create a place for hero in this film. Writer Anil Pawar has thus taken unnecessary liberties to show the affair of Gampu, besides Keshar also being crazy after him. Finally, the big troupe leave by bus, till it comes to a halt, after knocking down Dharma’s buffalo on the road off. Savarde.
It is at this stage, the original short story of ‘Mhais’ , gets too loud and is stretched too long with unnecessary sequences. The progress of happenings thereafter, clearly indicate that the director duo were running short of ideas to create spontaneous laughter among the audience. You just can’t compare the pleasure of reading the original story with that of watching its cinematic form for little more than two hours, with unnecessary additions. Moreover, the use of mobile phone in the film, brought the film’s story into the present days and that lost the originality.
The only surprise given in the climax is the creation of the original owner of the buffalo, in the form of P.L. Deshpande. Thanks to the special effects team. ‘Chandi’ offers good performances from 86 year old evergreen actor Ramesh Deo. His enthusiasm is to be highly appreciated. Vaibhav Mangale, Bhau kadam, Prabhakar More, Pradeep Patrwardhan, Sanjivani Jadhav, kishori Ambiye & Rupali Bhosale are at their best along with a big team of artistes; but they have not been able to make use of more dialogues over and above the few original jokes of P.L.
You find a big crowd of characters. But, Only Rupali Bhosale finds an author created role, which is most suited to her. Music of this film is just ordinary; but, Sameer Athlye’s cinematography is good. The film just needed that proper attention on its screenplay, which failed to capture the audience. If you compare ‘Chandi’ with ‘Golaberij’, the former was a better presented film with realistic characters. Even that sequence of ‘Mhais’ in that film looked more realistic. ‘Chandi’ has thus turned out to be an average comedy film.