Sunil Sukthankar distributes PM Shah Foundation awards
The award ceremony of 10th Arogya Chitrapat Mahotsav organised by PM Shah Foundation, took place recently. National Award winning director Sunil Sukthankar was the chief guest and he distributed the prizes to the winners. Ad. Chetan Gandhi was also present on this occasion. Speaking on this occasion, the chief guest said, “During the past days, one had to spend Rs. 13,000/- to buy a reel to make a film of 4 minutes duration. Now, due to digitalisation, film making has become much easier, which is a good news. This has also helped people living at District places to make films.”
In the documentary section, the First prize was won by ‘Rebirth’ directed by Dinesh Vasantrao Aakhade, while in the short film section ‘Aarsa’ written by Ashish Ningurkar and directed by Ganesh Modak, won the first prize. This short film stars talented Shweta Pagar along with Sanket Kashyap, Chaitra Bhujbal, Geetanjali Kambli,Dr. Smita Kasar and Vaishnavi Velapure. Cinematography is by Yogesh Andhare.
Trailer of ‘Aashray’ inviting all the attention
The trailer of Marathi film ‘Aashray (आश्रय)’ which was launched recently, is inviting all the attention on social media. When you see the trailer for ‘Aashray’, you can see that it really represents the plot of the film. The trailer of the movie which was made without revealing the secret of the original subject is being appreciated everywhere. In this trailer, the divine power called mother is mentioned and that everyone’s dreams will come to reality someday. The couple also has a romantic story of a hero-heroine struggling to make their dreams come true and create their own identity. It also has a Holi festival song.
Presented by Sankalp Motion Films, ‘Aashray’ is produced by Abhishek Sanjay Phade. Ramesh Popat Nanavare and Santosh Sahebrao Kapase directors of ‘Aashray’, extended a helping hand to Maher, a social organization in Pune, a few days ago. Abhishek Sanjay Phade has written the story of ‘Aashray’ and Dixit Sarvade has written the script and dialogues.
Shweta Pagar and Amey Barve are the new couple in the lead roles in the film. Apart from this,artistes like Nishigandha Wad, Sunil Godbole, Deepali Kulkarni will also be seen in important roles. The songs written by Aarti Abhishek Phade have been set to music by composer Vishal Borulkar. Anand Shinde, Rishikesh Ranade and Aarti Phade have sung the songs of this film. Ajinkya Jain has provided background music. DOP Raju Deshmukh and Prathamesh Shirke have done the cinematography and Pradeep Panchal has done the compilation. VFX and DI Jayesh Malkapure and costumes are by Amrita Sawant Patil are the other credits.
Poster of ‘Aashray’ launched on social media
We have observed that some Marathi films are made with a sense of social consciousness. Such films do succeed in capturing the minds of the audience as well as critics. Such films also invite attention of the people all over the world, if selected for international film festivals. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Aashray (आश्रय)’, which which falls in this category, will soon appear in theatres. The first poster of ‘Ashray’ has just been launched and is being appreciated with positive reactions on social media.
This film is presented by Sankalp Motion Films and produced by Abhishek Sanjay Phade. Producers, directors, actors and technicians were present at the poster launch event along with some special guests. According to the makers of this film, an effort has been made to draw attention to the important issues in the society through this film.
‘Aashray (आश्रय)’ has been directed by Ramesh Popat Nanavare and Santosh Sahebrao Kapase. In this film, the audience will get to see the story of an orphaned little child. The film is expected to inspire youngsters who are motivated to move forward on their own. It stars Nishigandha Wad, Shweta Pagar, Amey Barve, Sunil Godbole, Deepali Kulkarni and many more actors.
The story of this film is written by Abhishek Sanjay Phade and the screenplay-dialogues are written by Dixit Sarvade. DOP Raju Deshmukh and Prathamesh Shirke have done the cinematography and the editor is Pradip Panchal. Music is by Vishal Burudkar and Aniket Jain is in charge of background music. Written by Aarti Abhishek Phade, the lyrics are sung by Anand Shinde, Rishikesh Ranade and Aarti herself. VFX and DI handled by Jayesh Malkapure.
‘Aarsaa’ a short film on Cancer awareness released on OTT platform
Due to ongoing lockdown restrictions, there is a big demand for films on OTT platform. Among these films on variety of subjects, there are many short films too. Recently, one such film ‘Aarsa’ on social issue written by Ashish Ningurkar has been released on ‘Hungama Play’ OTT platform. This film presents the story of a girl, whose mother is suffering from Cancer. The girl promises her mother to look after her. While fulfilling her promise, her boyfriend deserts her.
Through this film there is a very good message delivered, comparing our life with a mirror. And questioning what if there were no mirrors in this world? ‘If our eyes were clean and clear, one would have peeped into them’ is the message the film offers. The film is directed by Ganesh Modak and edited by Harshad Vaiti. Cinematography is by Yogesh Andhare and this film stars Shweta Pagar, Chaitra Bhujbal, Sanket Kashyap, Geetanjali Kambli, Vaishnavi Velapure & Dr. Smita kasar.
Poster of new web series ‘Krantisurya Rajguru’ unveiled
4th August is the 113th birth anniversary of great freedom fighter Krantiveer Rajguru. On this occasion, poster of new web series on his life suitably titled ‘Krantisurya Rajguru – Ek Dhagdhagti Sangharshakatha’ was unveiled. The ceremony took place on behalf of Kavya Dream Movies , in presence of writer Ashish Ningurkar, Production team members Pratish Sonavane, Ankush Gabhale and Mohammed Bilal. Satyasheel and Harshavardhan Rajguru, the grandsons of Krantiveer Rajguru have stated that the concept of this web series is by Vilas Rajguru, while Siddhesh Rajguru is the creative director.
The reason for making this web series and releasing it on OTT platform is to present the sacrifice of such great freedom fighters of India before the new generation. According to the makers, this will be a biggest tribute to this Pune born freedom fighter Shivram Hari Rajguru. This web series will show how this youngster jumped into India’s freedom movement. Many well known names like Ganesh Mayekar, Jairaj Nair, Shweta Pagar, Pradeep Kadu, Ajit Vasant Pawar, Abhishek Lagas, Yogesh Andhare, Siddhesh Dalvi, Pratish Sonavane, Swarup Kasar, Anurag Ningurkar, Anuj Gosavi, Kavya Ningurkar, Ashok Kundap,Kiran Ningurkar, Swapnil Nimbalkar, Kalyani Bharambe, Sunil Jadhav and Vaishnavi Rajguru are associated as artistes and members of technical team. The shooting of this web series will begin soon.
‘Aarsaa’ wins Shirur Short Film Festival audience choice award
Written by Ashish Ningurkar and directed by Ganesh Modak Marathi short film ‘Aarsaa’ has won the audience choice Best film award at the Shirur Short Film festival recently. The festival was hosted by Krantiveer Pratishthan and Shirur Taluka Sanskrutik Mahotsav 2020 jointly. The screening of the participating films was done at the seminar hall of marvel Inn hotel , Shirur and received a good response.
The film stars Shweta Pagar in the lead role along with Chaitra Bhujbal, Sanket kashyap, Gitanjali Kambli and Dr. Smita Kasar. The film has already won awards and appreciation at different festivals in Mumbai, Pune and Indapur. ‘Aarsaa’ creates awareness about the cancer ailment and has shown how a cancer patient can be helped by common people. The film has also tried to remove some misunderstandings about this ailment.
There were instant reactions coming from the audience after the screening of this film, who not only appreciated the film but also took active part in question – answer session with the team of the film.
‘Judgement’ will show Tejashree Pradhan’s big fight against injustice
At present, there is a lot of talk about Tejashree Pradhan‘s role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Judgement’, which is now set for release on 24th May 2019. The film stars Tejashree Pradhan in the lead role with Mangesh Desai, while ‘Shree Partner’ fame Shweta Pagar plays a prominent role in this film which is directed by Samir Ramesh Surve. Based on Neela Satyanarayan’s novel , the story of this film revolves around a daughter who fights for injustice against her mother , by challenging her own father.
Recently, a song from this film rendered by Javed Ali and composed by music director Naval Shastri was released on social media, which inspires every daughter’s effort to fight injustice. Incidentally, the film presents the strong emotional bonding between the mother and daughter. The other artistes of this film are, Satish Salagare, Kishori Ambiye, Mahendra Teredesai,Shalaka Apte, Vijay Bhanu, Shilpa Gandhi, Pratik Deshmukh, Nilesh Deshpande and child artiste Chaitra Bhujbal.
Get ready to witness ‘Love & much more’ coming Friday
There cannot be an end to films based on Love Stories. Coming Friday, there are three such releases, which are based on ‘Love’. Now, ‘Love’ has been defined by many filmmakers till date, in their own way. Prakash Kunte wants to offer his creation, linked with a cup of coffee, suitably using the title of his film ‘Coffee Aani Barach Kahi’. At the same time, creative director Santosh Mainkar has set Goa , as the backdrop for his love story, ‘Prem at First Sight’. But, Dr.Mrunalini Patil through her film ‘Kay Raav Tumhi’ has other plans , which revolves around three senior citizens young at heart, trying to win the heart of a young girl.
Actually, all these films have different subjects. While ‘Prem at First Sight’ will be targeting the audience from Goa as well as Maharashtra, ‘Coffee Aani Barach Kahi’ is perhaps banking on major cities of Maharashtra. However, ‘Kay Raav Tumhi’ is likely to offer comedy generated through this ‘Shaukeen’ style of love story.
‘Prem at First Sight’ has a team of youngsters including Sumaydh Gaikwad, Shweta Pagar, Suchet Gavai, Sameeksha Desai and others, ‘Coffee Aani Barach Kahi’ has Prarthana Behere, Vaibhav Tatvawadi, Bhooshan Pradhan and Neha Mahajan in the lead. ‘Kay Raav Tumhi’ has an interesting team of young and old, comprising of Ravindra Mahajani, Satish Pulekar , Yatin karyekar ,glamorous Niyati Joshi, along with Pankaj Dhome and Bollywood actress Shital Singh. Now, it will be interesting to watch , which love story attracts maximum response.
‘Prem at First Sight’ to release on 3rd April
‘Prem’ which means ‘Love’ has been never ending topic of feature films. Over the years, many film makers have attempted to present different forms of love on big screen and they have succeeded in doing so. Now, producer-director Uday Salkar from Goa, is offering his perception about ‘Love’ trough his new film ‘Prem at First Sight’. Earlier he had made a film ‘Ek Aas Antarichi’ on the backdrop of Goa. Even in this second Marathi film, most of the artistes are from Goa, but this time, he has opted for ‘Shree Partner’ fame Shweta Pagar to play the leading lady of the film. Ace Photographer turned actor Sumaydh Gaikwad, whom we saw in parallel lead role in psycho thriller ‘Akalpit’, will be making his debut as a leading hero through this film.
Santosh Mainkar, who was associate director in the film ‘Shree Partner’ , is the Creative director of this film. Swapnil Manval, at the young age of 24, will also make his debut as Cinematographer, through this film. Lyrics by Anant Tari and music by Mukesh Ghaval are the other credits of the film. The film is all set to release on 3rd April, all over Goa and Maharashtra.
‘Shree Partner’ retains Va Pu’s original flavor
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Banner: Parv Creation, Samruddhi Creation Producer: Vimal Lohane, Sameer Ramesh Surve Director: Sameer Ramesh Surve Based on Novel: ‘Partner’ Music: Nilesh Moharir Cast: Satish Pulekar, Padmanabh Bind, Shweta Pagar, Lalan Sarang Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke |
Vasant Purushottam Kale, popularly known as Va Pu, was a renowned Marathi novelist.
He wrote about 60 books but his most popular novel was ‘Partner’. Va Pu himself was so impressed by the character of Partner from his book that he himself played the title role in a Marathi play, which was staged sometime during early 80s. Being an architect by profession, the writer had rightly chosen ‘Accommodation problem in Mumbai’ as the backdrop of this love story of a young couple.
Va Pu’s ‘Partner’ was attempted in the form of a TV serial in the past. And now, Sameer Ramesh Surve makes his debut as a director through a feature film ‘Shree Partner’ based on this novel. Sameer, a great admirer of Va Pu’s literature, was very keen on making a film on ‘Partner’. Finally when he acquired the official rights, his dream came true.
Through this film, the director had the liberties of glorifying the characters; but he preferred to stick to originality in the script and only added few meaningful melodious songs to support the expressions of the three main characters in this film; i.e. the central character of Partner( Satish Pulekar), Shree ( Padmanabh Bind) and Kiran ( Shweta Pagar). All the songs are played in the background, to create their desired impact. Some intimate love scenes have also been shot with decency.
Very effectively, these three characters have been presented in the film’s screenplay so that the audience get the feeling of reading the original novel. Shree’s first meeting with Kiran, his first interaction with his so called ‘Partner’, who later offers him accommodation in the corridor of his house and later turns his Guru; his exploitation by his selfish mother, brother and sister in law, everything has been shown realistically. The director has cleverly used the term ‘third person’ making the life of Shree miserable.
The writer’s philosophy on alphabets W & M and using the same to show how a Wife becomes wiser after becoming Mother herself, have been picturised well. Though script is the heart of the film, it is the mesmerizing music of Nilesh Moharir , sensible lyrics of Ashwini Shende and melodious voices of Swapnil Bandodkar, Bela Shende and Madhuhree make this film more appealing. Deepali Vichare’s creative choreography during one of the songs and Sandeep Dhumal’s fabulous cinematography also invites attention.
In the central role of Partner, Satish Pulekar has given full justice to his fun loving but helpful character. Talented stage actor Padmanabh Bind plays the role of Shree with responsibility. Shweta Pagar, who makes her acting debut through this film, in an important role of Kiran, has proved that she is an actress to reckon. Perhaps, her training at Anupam kher’s acting school, has boosted her confidence . Lalan Sarang in the role of Shree’s mother doesn’t have much to offer, except for one scene, where she finds some scope. Others in the supporting cast have done a good job. ‘Shree Partner’ is certainly a well presented film, for retaining the original flavour of the celebrated writer.