Release of 5 films on a day, is good or bad for Marathi Cinema?
We had heard about Marathi films making progress, with more and more filmmakers coming forward to make Marathi films. Last year, the number of Marathi films released had crossed the hundred mark. Which means that on an average, there were two Marathi films released every Friday. And, this year, it indicates that the figure will touch 150 mark. In the first month of this year, after watching 3 films released till now, we are expecting at least a dozen of films more, to be released by end of this month. Now, this is good or bad for the progress of Marathi films, the audience will have to decide.
Coming Friday, there are with as many as 5 Marathi films to be released on the same day. They are, ‘Chiranjeev’, ‘Shasan’, ‘702 Dixits’, ‘Chahato Mi Tula’ & ‘Friends’. Now, isn’t that a new record ? Because, all these 5 films are either having popular stars or are big banners. ‘Chiranjeev’ which is directed by Ramesh More has Bharat Jadhav, Alka Kubal Athlye and other well known artistes and banks on its script. Gajendra Ahire’s film ‘Shasan’ also stars Bharat Jadhav along with other big stars and is a multi starrer political thriller.
There is a teenage love story made by Vishal Puwar with newcomers along with Shruti Marathe , Prasad oak and others and is presented by Bollywood producer Bharat Shah. Then, there is a mystery filled Marathi film ‘702 Dixits’, which has also raised expectations, as the first look of this film is well presented. Moreover, the film has Gauri Nigudkar , a popular face from Hindi TV serials and ‘Classmates’ fame Pallavi Patil along with talented Vijay Andalkar in the lead. This film is directed by Shankh Rajadhyaksha.
And, finally, much talked about ‘Friends’ is also releasing on coming Friday, with popular south Indian film maker R.Madhesh making his debut in Marathi. With Swapnil Joshi, Sachit Patil & Gauri Nalawade together in the lead, there are big hopes from this film too. But, the big question still remains, how these films are going to share the screens among themselves? With ‘Natasamrat’ still going strong and drawing more crowds, with ‘word of mouth’ publicity, there is little hope from cinema halls, removing this film. Someone’s gain, is the loss to others. Isn’t it ? But, let’s wait for the audience reaction, this weekend.
Jitendra Joshi all praise for Kiran Karmarkar
The occasion was unveiling the first look of ‘Shasan’, Gajendra Ahire’s forthcoming film on Maharashtra’s political situation. But, the director was no where to be seen. Producer Shekhar Pathak, who is from the stage background, who was present at the function, was the first to appear on the dais, to speak about the film and the artistes. And, he almost narrated the details of all the characters played by six prominent artistes; namely Bharat Jadhav, Makarand Anaspure, Siddharth Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manva Naik & Aditi Bhagwat, who were present during this event.
Though each one of them, praised the dynamic director and his ability to present films on social subjects; Jitendra Joshi was all praise for actor Kiran karmarkar, who is also part of this film; and could not attend the function due to his shooting commitments. “Kiran has limited role in this film; but in every scene, he has been part of; he has given excellent performance,” he said.
There are many senior artistes, part of this film, in small but important roles. They are Dr.Shreeram Lagoo, Vikram Gokhale, Sudhir Dalvi, Mohan Joshi, Late Vinay Apte, Nagesh Bhosale, Vrunda Gajendra & Amey Dhare. All the artistes in the film will be seen playing different characters in the film, connected with the present political scenario in the state. Music of this film has been composed by Narendra Bhide and the film will be released on 15th January 2016.
Shasan (शासन)
Genres: Political Drama
Rating: ★★ ½
Censor: U/A
Duration: 125 min
Studio/presenter: Shreya Films Pvt. Ltd.
Producer: Shekhar Pathak
Director: Gajendra Ahire
Writer: Gajendra Ahire
ScreenPlay: Gajendra Ahire
Dialogues: Gajendra Ahire
Art Director: Datta Londhe
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Co-producer: na
Executive producer: na
Production Manager: Dr. Rajiv Thakur
Director: Gajendra Ahire
Writer: Gajendra Ahire
ScreenPlay: Gajendra Ahire
Dialogues: Gajendra Ahire
Lyrics: Vinda Karandikar, Sant Tukaram
Music: Narendra Bhide
Playback Singer: Jaydeep Vaidya, Jasraj Joshi
Cinematographer (DOP): Surya Mishra
Editor: Rahul Bhatankar, Santosh Gothoskar
Starcast: Makarand Anaspure, Bharat Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manava Naik, Siddharth Jadhav, Vrinda Gajendra, Aditi Bhagwat, Vikram Gokhale, Sudhir Dalvi, Nagesh Bhosale, Milind Shinde, Anjali Walsangkar, Amey Dhare, Ravindra Berde, Jayant Savarkar, Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Mohan Joshi, Kiran Karmarkar
Art Director: Datta Londhe
Costume: Vrinda Gajendra
Background Music: Narendra Bhide
Make up: Sandy
Sound : Post-Production Assistants: Ishaan Devasthali, Tanaji Kande, Jayesh Kamble, Sujata Kulkarni, Baban Pote
Choreographer: na
DI, VFX: na
Production Designer: na
D.I. Colourist: Tushar Jadhav
Promos: Omkar Shivde, Santosh Gothoskar and Vikrant Bedekar
Publicity Designs: na
Distributor : na
Synopsis
‘Shasan': “A story of raw ambition, of personal turmoil, of getting to the roots of cause and paying the price for it, characters stuck in a dilemma of what is right and what is wrong, the nexus of politics and mafia, political ambitions, and the ever suffering common man. All of them, pawns in the bigger game called Life. Who is the actual ruler and who is getting ruled is the bigger question.
On the backdrop of a dying factory, the game of politics is being played and how everyone involves gets entangled in this game. How an upcoming young union leader use this situation to fulfill his ambition of becoming a political bigwig. A bureaucrat who is fighting his own battles helps him out but get disillusioned in the long run. A young news reporter decides to get under this and finds out a Mafia leader who is pulling the strings. The reporter and her editor pay’s a big price for this. Issues get escalated to the legislative assembly of the state and powers that matter gets involved.”
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