Sonali Kulkarni’s parents to make guest appearance in ‘Short and Sweet’
Versatile actress Sonali Kulkarni’s parents will be seen in her forthcoming film ‘Short and Sweet’. It so happened that Sonali Kulkarni’s mother and father had visited her during the shooting of her film ‘Short and Sweet’ in Pune. At that time, a scene was being shot in a bus. As Sonali’s parents were available there, the director of the film offered them an opportunity to act in that scene. And both of them agreed to do that scene willingly, as it was with their dear daughter.
Speaking about their first experience in front of the camera, her parents said that they were more than happy to work with their daughter. Even Sonali reacted stating that it was a great experience. The film is directed by Dinkar Kadam and besides Sonali the other lead artistes of this film are Harshad Atkari, Shridhar Vatsar and Rasika Sunil. Made under the banner of Shubham Productions and produced by Payal Ganesh Kadam and Vinod Rao, this film is all set for release on 3rd November 2023.
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.
‘Chitrakarmi’ is an inspiring precious treasure – Sonali Kulkarni
Every artiste leaves behind something, when he says ‘goodbye’ to this world. Tributes are paid to such artiste on social media for next one or two days. Actually, the contribution of this artiste is to be remembered forever. Writer- lyricist and screenplay writer Ashish Ningurkar has written a book titled ‘Chitrakarmi‘ which covers such artistes and their contribution.
Recently, this book was released by renowned actress Sonali Kulkarni, who was all praise for this book. “This book is an inspiring precious treasure,” she said . Along with Sonali other dignitaries present on this occasion were, actress Prarthana Behere, Sr. Journalist Mr. Rahul Ranalkar, Sagar Vaidya( senate Member of Savitribai Phule University – Pune) , organisrer Mr. Motilal Tayde and Writer- Ashish Ningurkar.
This book covers the life journey of 30 well Known artistes namely, Durga Khote, raja Paranjape, Sharad Talwalkar, Ganpat Patil, Dr. Shreeram Lagoo, Ramesh Deo, Shrikant Moghe, Nilu Phule, Prabhakar Panshikar, Jagdish Khebudkar, Prof. Madhukar Toradmal, Shashikala, Dada Kondke, Arun Sarnaik, Kishore Pradhan, Rajshekhar, Ravi Patwardhan, Ashalata Wabgaonkar, Viju Khote, Jayashree Gadkar, Sumitra Bhave, Ilahi Jamadar, Kuldeep Pawar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Vinay Apte, Laxmikant Berde, Vijay Chavan, Smita Patil, Satish Tare and Rajeev Patil.
Savi Goel’s Marathi film ‘Pension’ gets recognition at Filmfare Awards
Produced by Savi Goel under his banner Saveena Creations, Marathi film ‘Pension (पेन्शन)’ which is based on a sensible subject is in the news today. Versatile Actress Sonali Kulkarni was awarded critics award for best actress 2021 for her outstanding performance in this film.
Filmmaker Mr Goel is very passionate about making subjective Marathi films. In fact, he appeared very optimistic about his two more Marathi films being released this year, for its rich and sensitive content, melodious songs and best performances. In one film, ‘Gaurichya Lagnala’ the focus is on the typical problem and hurdles faced in marriage of a dark-complexioned girl. This is shown in a humorous way. This film is directed by Pundlik Dhumal and stars lead Actors like Smita Tambe and Mangesh Desai.
The second film ‘Fake Marriage’ is written and directed by Swatantra (Savi) Goel himself and deals with a problem of a last-minute cancellation of marriage by groom. Bhushan Pradhan, Neha Mahajan and Dipti Dhotre are leading artists of this film. Highlight of this film are its Dialogues and songs .
Multi starrer ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ gets ready for release on 22nd April
Multi starrer Marathi film ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ which introduces newcomer Sagar Sant is now all set to release on 22nd April 2022. Recently, the trailer and music launch of this film took place in a big way. On this happy occasion, the entire star cast of this film along with writer director Hrishikesh Gupte, presenter Dr. Nivedita Ekbote and technicians of the film were present.
Earlier the poster of this film had taken the viewers down memory lane of the Eastman colour period of 80s and now the trailer of this film has promised them dual entertainment. It will offer the entertainment formula of 80s in the present time. Highlight of this film is the entry of an promising actor like Sagar Sant, who has already proved his ability as an actor on Marathi stage through Purshottam Karandak one act plays, followed by his experience of directing a Hindi short film.
Along with Sagar the film also stars popular artistes like Sonali Kulkarni, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Pushkar Shrotri, Kishore Kadam, Anand Ingale, Vaibhav Mangle, Mayuresh Pem, Sanskruti Balgude, Sakhee Gokhale,Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Revati Limaye, Meghana Erande, Sanjay Kulkarni Vinit Bhonde. Cinematography is by Saleel Sahasrabuddhe.
Marathi film ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ to release on 22nd April
Sa Creations Marathi film ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ is all set for release on 22nd April in theatres all over Maharashtra. Recently, poster of this film was released on social media, inviting the attention of film lovers. This multi starrer film poster reminds you of 80s and 90s period. Moreover, the unusual tagline of this film says, “Aaj Tak Filmo mein 3 bhai bichade the, lekin un mein Bahan kabhi nahi thi.” ( Which means that till now you have seen three brothers separating, but there was no sister among them.)
Wriiten and directed by Hrishikesh Gupte ‘Dil Dimag aur Batti’ has a strong star cast comprising of Sonali Kulkarni, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Pushkar Shrotri, Kishore Kadam, Anand Ingale, Vaibhav Mangale, Sagar Sant, Mayuresh Pem, Sanskruti Balgude, Sakhi Gokhale, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Revati Limaye, Meghana Erande, Sanjay Kulkarni and Vinit Bhonde. Avadhoot Gupte has composed the music of this film on the lyrics of Hrishikesh Gupte with cinematography by Salil Sahasrabudhe.
Marathi artistes offer a video on the occasion of State’s Diamond Jubilee Year
Due to the spread of coronavirus, the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Maharashtra State’s formation day could not be celebrated on 1st May, 2020. But, our Marathi artistes came up with an idea by observing the lockdown rule of ‘stay at home’. They have presented a video suitably titled ‘Vaibhav Maharashtracha’ on this occasion.
The most important thing is that these artistes shot the video at their respective homes taking the help of out latest technology. Aakash Pendharkar and Hemant Dhome with the help of social media platform ‘Helo’ have produced this video which is based on the song ‘Baghtos Kay Mujara Kar’ from Hemant Dhome’s film. This new song has been written by Kshitij Patwardhan, while music is provided by Amitraj.
Singers Hrshavardhan Wavare & Kasturi Wavare have rendered this song in their voices, while this song is pictured on popular Marathi artistes Sonali Kulkarni, Hemant Dhome, Aniket Vishasrao, Sumeet Raghavan, Shashank Ketkar, Rasika Dhabadgaonkar, Sanjay Jadhav, Prarthana Behere, Amitraj, Abhinay Berde, Anuja Sathe Gokhale, Saurabh Gokhale, Chaitrali Gupte, Lokesh Gupte, Siddharth Menon, Kirti Pendharkar, Suyash Tilak, Sayali Sanjeev & Prajakta Mali. This video has received good response on social media.
Lockdown Film festival – a novel concept
During this period of Lockdown, in order to keep the creative people busy, Virus Marathi a YouTube channel has organised a ‘Lockdown Digital Film festival’ . The film could be a short film or a documentary , shot at home, observing all the rules of lock down set by the Government.
This offers a good opportunity to young film makers to attempt something creative which could be noticed . The film can be shot on a mobile or a camera and should have neat presentation with proper editing.
This unique Digital Film festival will offer three prizes in short film section as well as documentary section. The first prize will be of Rs. 7,500/- Second Prize : Rs. 5,000/- and the third prize : Rs. 3,000/-.
Writer Arvind Jagtap, actress Sonali Kulkarni, director Santosh Kolhe, director Sameer Patil have been appointed as Judges for this contest. Last date for submission of entries is 10th May 2020. The bet 10 films will be shown on Virus Marathi channel. For more details: e mail : vmffest[at]gmail[dot]com
‘Madhuri’ presents emotion filled bond between Mother and daughter
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Now days, our Marathi films have been presenting new scripts offering variety to film lovers. And the latest released film ‘Madhuri‘ falls in this category. Set on the backdrop of picturesque Panchgani in Satara district, ‘Madhuri‘ presents an emotion filled bond between middle aged mother and her daughter, who has attained adulthood. So, it is the generation gap clearly noticed in the initial part of the film, between Single Mother Madhuri( Sonali Kulkarni) who is a College Professor and her happy go lucky daughter Kavya ( Sanhita Joshi) .
When the differences between mother and daughter attain a particular level, we find a particular happening , which takes Madhuri into Coma. After being operated, she survives, but suffers Retrograde amnesia and this brings Kavya closer to her mother and she does exactly what the treating psychiatrist ( Sharad Kelkar) advises her to do. Kavya’s boy friend Amar( Virajas Kulkarni) who is possessive about Kavya finds her drifting away from him. At this crucial stage we find another youngster Rohan ( Akshay Kelkar) who happens to be student of Madhuri, coming closer to mother and daughter, while treating her to recover completely.
Director Swapna Waghmare Joshi has paid more attention on emotions of the mother and daughter while handling this sensible subject. Through the characters of Shard Kelkar and Akshay Kelkar, she has brought the required humour into the screenplay. At the same time, the film has delivered a very good social message effectively, in the concluding part.
After ‘Kachcha Limbu‘ and ‘Gulabjam‘ , Sonali Kulkarni has found another good film to display her potential and she has played the title role wonderfully. But, the real star of the film is Sanhita Joshi who grabs all the attention with her fabulous performance. Sanhita has got an opportunity to exhibit different shades of her character through the role of Kavya. And, she has lived up to the expectations of not only her mother but also the audience. Sanhita certainly deserves an award for her performance in this film. Sharad Kelkar who plays the bridge between the mother and daughter offers excellent support, while good support also comes from Akshay Kelkar and Virajas Kulkarni. The film does surprise the audience with the presence of two actors in special appearance.
Music has very less scope in this film, but the background music is good. Cinematography is excellent and the costume designing of all the characters is also impressive. All in all, ‘Madhuri‘ is certainly a worth watch film for the entire family. Thanks to Urmila Matondkar for presenting a Marathi film on a sensible subject.
Madhuri ( माधुरी )
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Release Year: 2018 (30 November)
- Genres: Drama
- Rating: ★★★1/2
- Censor: U
- Duration: 121 min.
- Studio/presenter: Mumbapuri Productions, Urmila Matondkar
- Producer(s): Mohsin Akhtar
- Executive Producer: Ajay Shewale
- Director: Swapna Waghmare Joshi
- Writer: Shirish Latkar, Sameer Arora, Swapna Waghmare Joshi
- ScreenPlay: Shirish Latkar, Sameer Arora
- Dialogues: Shirish Latkar
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Cast & Crew
- Producer(s): Mohsin Akhtar
- Executive Producer: Ajay Shewale
- Co-producer: Nita Manek, Nirali Manek, Umesh Yamgar
- Director: Swapna Waghmare Joshi
- Assistant Director: na
- Writer: Shirish Latkar, Sameer Arora, Swapna Waghmare Joshi
- ScreenPlay: Shirish Latkar, Sameer Arora
- Dialogues: Shirish Latkar
- Lyrics: Vaibhav Joshi
- Music: Avadhoot Gupte
- Playback Singer: Swapnil Bandodkar, Janhavi Arora, Mugdha Karhade
- Cinematographer (DOP): Prasad Bhende
- Editor: Kshitija Khandagale
- Starcast: Sonali Kulkarni, Sharad Kelkar, Sanhita Joshi, Akshay Kelkar, Virajas Kulkarni, Subodh Bhave
- Art Director: Manohar Jadhav
- Costumes: Geeta Godbole, Sonu Singh
- Makeup: Avinash Patil
- Sound : na
- Background Score: Ashish Rego
- Choreographer: na
- DI, VFX: Somesh Ghosh
- D.I. Colourist: na
- Promos: na
- Music Label: na
- Publicity Designs: na
- P.R.O.: Kartikee Yadav (Media Buzz)
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