‘Vaalvi’ bags National award for Best Marathi film
The 70th National best film awards have been announced recently. Paresh Mokashi’s film ‘Vaalvi’ has bagged the best Marathi film National award this year. This thrill-com film produced by Zee Studios and Maysabha Karmanook Mandali is directed by Paresh Mokashi. With story, screenplay and dialogues by Paresh Mokashi and Madugandha Kulkarni, this film stars Swapnil Joshi, Anita Date, Subodh Bhave and Shivani Surve in the lead roles.
‘Vaalvi’ being the first Marathi thrill-com film had received good response even from Non Marathi film lovers, because of its new subject. Reacting to this happy moment, Director Paresh Mokashi said, “This is a very happy moment. This award is not my individual award, but it is for my entire team. I am also grateful to the audience.
‘Navra Maza Navsacha’ to return with Sequel from 20th September
After 19 years, ‘Navra Majha Navsacha’ will be returning with sequel from 20th September 2024. This time the team of the film will not be travelling by State Transport Bus, but now Konkan Railway for a change. Recently, the date of release of ‘Navra Maza Navsacha 2’ was announced at the Siddhi Vinayak temple, Mumbai, in presence of Producer-director Sachin Pilgaonkar, Supriya Pilgaonkar and Ashok Saraf.
Besides Sachin Pilgaonkar, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Ashok Saraf, this film also stars Swapnil Joshi, Hemal Ingale, Nirmiti Sawant, Vaibhav Mangale and Siddharth Jadhav in lead roles. In this film, Ashok Saraf who played a Bus Conductor earlier.
‘Vaalvi 2′ announced on the birthday of Paresh Mokashi
A new trend has already been set on the lines of Bollywood in Marathi cinema, to make Part 2 of a successful film. Recently, to celebrate the birthday of renowned director Paresh Mokashi and also success part of his recently released Marathi film ‘Vaalvi’, writer director Madhugandha Kulkarni, Paresh Mokashi and Mangesh Kulkarni Studios had come together. On this occasion, an official announcement was made about ‘Vaalvi 2′.
Speaking about making Part 2 of ‘Vaalvi’ Madhugandha and Paresh said that they received good response from the audience, after watching ‘Vaalvi’ starring Swapnil Joshi, Anita Date Kelkar, Subodh Bhave and Shivani Surve in the lead roles. “They liked the film so much that it is successfully running in the 4th week in cinema halls. This encouraged us to make official announcement of ‘Vaalvi-2. This 2nd part will be filled with more suspense,” they said.
Now, there is a big suspense over the star cast of this part 2, which is yet to be announced.
Paresh Mokashi ‘Vaalvi’ to release on 13th January 2023
Zee Talkies and Paresh Mokashi have together in the past released two successful films ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’ and ‘Chi va Chi Sou Ka’ Now, their next film ‘Vaalvi’ is all set for release on 13th January 2023. To make this announcement Director Paresh Mokashi has released an unusual teaser , in which we see him talking to the four lead artistes of the film, telling them the subject of the film, which highlights ‘termite’ a dangerous insect which feds on wood.
However, there is a lot of curiosity among the film lovers, as to what type of characters the four lead artistes in the film , namely Swapnil Joshi, Anita Date, Subodh Bhave and Shivani Surve will be playing in this film. Incidentally, ‘Vaalvi’ was won the Best film award at the 13th Chicago South Asian Film Festival and therefore there are big hopes from this film. Even otherwise, Zee Talkies and Paresh Mokashi will make a hat trick with this film’s release.
Marathi film ‘Y’ has created a lot of curiosity
Ever since its official announcement, forthcoming Marathi film ‘Y’ has created a lot of curiosity among film lovers about its unique title. Now, actress Mukta Barve has posted her own photo carrying the big printed letter ‘Y’ on social media. Subsequently, Swapnil Joshi, Neena Kulkarni and Prajakta Mali were also seen displaying the letter ‘Y’ on their posts on social media. All these artistes have shown their support for ‘Y’ and have asked the viewers, whether they also support ‘Y’?
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Now, with the curiosity about this film rising day by day, it is not yet clear whether all these artistes are part of this film or there are others involved with this film. According to Ajit Wadikar director of this film, “There is a lot of struggle behind this letter ‘Y’ and we have made an effort to place it before the audience , who are supporting us a lot.” Actress Mukta Barve says, “ You will come to know the meaning of ‘Y’ through this film. This is not simply a letter, but the fight of a woman to live this life.”
‘Bali’ – A suspense filled thriller under the cover of horror
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Shrikant Sathe ( Swwapnil Joshi) a widower takes his seven year old son Mandar ( Samarth Jadhav) to a hospital , after his son faints on the cricket ground during a match. At this hospital, during his medical diagnosis, Mandar comes across Bhaskar a boy of his age, who is undergoing treatment for cancer. It is at this place Mandar learns about a mystery woman Elizabeth, from Bhaskar. Like Bhaskar, Mandar also starts believing that Elizabeth who lives in the next old building in the hospital campus, would only cure his ailment.
Mandar reveals the secret of Elizabeth to his father and insists that he should meet her. To make his son happy, Shrikant goes in search of Elizabeth in the adjacent building and discovers something strange. In the meanwhile Dr. Alisha Shenoy ( Pooja Sawant) who attends Mandar in the hospital, in absence of her ailing father, gets ready for Mandar’s operation. It is at this stage, Shrikant discovers the mystery behind Elizabeth and involvement of people in her case.
‘Bali’ (बळी) as the name suggests, does succeed in presenting a gripping screenplay, but there are few flaws in the film. However, the efforts taken by director Vishal Furia to present this suspense filled thriller under the cover of horror, are worth appreciating. Above all, the performances by Swwapnil, Pooja and little Samarth certainly add extra strength to this film with the support of good cinematography by Rajan Sohani and suitable background music by Rajan Patnail and Brince Bora.
For a change, ‘Bali’ is a worth watch film, provided you are not watching this film with very high expectations from this director. Produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik Nishandar this film Is released on Amazon Prime Video.
Swwapnil Joshi and Nitish Bharadwaj to return with ‘Samantar 2′
Popular Marathi actor Swwapnil Joshi who had appeared with veteran Marathi actor Nitish Bharadwaj in the web series ‘Samantar’ released last year, is all set to reappear with him in season -2 of ‘Samantar’. Based on the book written by Suhas Shirwalkar, teaser of this series was released recently on MX Player with the news that official trailer of ‘Samantar-2’’will be released on 21st June.
It may be recalled that this series presents the story of a youngster Kumar Mahajan played by Swapnil Joshi, who comes to know that his future is what is the past life of a middle aged person Sudarshan Chakrapani played by Nitish Bharadwaj. So, after going in search of this person, Kumar finally locates him and acquires the diary from Sudarshn , to know his future. The Season 2 of this series will therefore be interesting to find how Kumar faces the different situations in his life with the help of this diary? Directed by Sameer Vidwans this series will be aired soon on MX Player .
Pooja Sawant to play a doctor in much-awaited horror film ‘Bali’
Gorgeous Marathi actress Pooja Sawant is all set to surprise her fans and admirers in the forthcoming horror Marathi film ‘Bali’. Pooja is playing a doctor in this film, which is eagerly awaited by the audience . ‘Bali’ (बळी) is Produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik D Nishandar of GSEAMS is all set to release on April 16. Directed by Vishal Furia, the film features Marathi superstar Swwapnil Joshi in key role.
Known for her rom-coms and dramatic films, Pooja Sawant has been featured against one of the most successful actors from the Marathi film industry Swwapnil Joshi. Incidentally, ‘Bali’ is Pooja’s second film with director Vishal Furia after ‘Lapachhapi’ (read review) , which was applauded by audience and critics as well. The poster of this film was released recently, with Pooja grabbing it entirely with a stethoscope in her hand.
Speaking about her role in ‘Bali’ , Pooja says, “Yes, I am a part of Vishal’s second Marathi film as well. It is always great to work with a director who has a clear vision and knows what he is upto, perfectly well. Being part of the film is icing on the cake as I am sharing the screen with Swwapnil Joshi for the first time. I always wanted to work with Swwapnil, one of the most talented actors from the industry. Like his first successful thriller Lapachhapi, Vishal has done a fabulous job as a director. Believing his directorial ability witnessed myself during making of Lapachhapi, I immediately said yes to him when Vishal asked for this film.” the actress said.
Till now, Pooja has proved her talent by performing memorable characters with different shades in the films like ‘Kshanabhar Vishranti’ (read movie review) , ‘Dagdi Chawl’ (read movie review) , ‘Bonus’, ‘Neelkanth Master’ & Subhash Ghai’s film ‘Vijeta’ among others.
Zee Group launch their new music channel ‘Zee Vajwa’
Zee group have launched their new Marathi music channel ‘Zee Vajwa’. An official announcement of its launch was made during the Zee Gaurav Awards 2020 on Zee Marathi channel recently. The Logo of this new music channel was unveiled by artistes Swapnil Joshi and Siddharth Jadhav. The tagline of this channel is ‘Zee Vajawa Kshan Gajawa’ . The aim of this channel is to inspire the audience by keeping them engaged all through their lives.
Speaking on the occasion both Swapnil Joshi and Siddharth Jadhav wished all the success to the channel. Swapnil Joshi in particular said that by creating this platform for the Marathi music lovers , this new music channel has come forward to help the Marathi film producers , directors and singers. Siddharth Jadhav also congratulated the Zee group for launching their new venture. This music channel will come into operation from the month of October 2020.
‘Mogara Phulalaa’ emits the pleasant fragrance of mild humour
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During the 70s film makers like Hrishikesh Mukherkee and Basu Chatterjee offered some quality films generating mild humour, very successfully through their gripping screenplay. Perhaps inspired by the films of these two film makers, national award winning Marathi film maker Shrabani Deodhar has tried this experiment in Marathi through her latest released film ‘Mogara Phulala’. And well suited to the title of her film, she has successfully presented this film to emit the pleasant fragrance of mild humour.
Very effectively director Shrabani Deodhar tells you the emotional bonding between a 30+ typical most obedient ‘mama’s boy’ Sunil Kulkarni ( Swapnil Joshi) and his possessive mother ( Neena Kulkarni) . The dominating mother whose younger brother in law and elder son have married the girls of their choice, after her husband’s death, wants her younger son to marry the girl of her choice. And Sunil who is a software engineer does what his mother feels right for him.
But, after rejecting about 38 marriage proposals, Sunil finally falls in love with a woman Shivangi Gupte ( Sai Deodhar) who is almost of his age, but is a widow, who has a little daughter Reva. Shivangi works as Asst ,Manager in a co-op Bank , where Sunil along with his friend Mayur ( Sandeep Pathak) have set up a software programme for them. Both come closer, when Sunil’s bachelor uncle who is a and dramatist visits the joint family and happens to stage a play for Shivangi’s bank for competition, on the insistence of bank manager Dhaigude( Anand Ingale). When Sunil’s mother comes to know about the closeness of her son with Shivangi, she plays a game to separate them. Finally, all goes well after sequence of interesting happenings .
‘Mogara Phulalaa’ is certainly a well made film to keep the audience engaged from start to finish. The appealing story of Shrabani Deodhar supported by crisp screenplay and dialogues by Sachin Mote makes ‘Mogara Phulala’ more presentable . Music is not the base of this film, but Rohit Raut’s music is appealing for two background songs. Equally good is Amol Gole‘s superb photography. But, what appeals the most are the excellent performances of Marathi Superstar Swapnil Joshi ,popular TV star Sai Deodhar , veteran actress Neena Kulkarni , Chandrakant Kulkarni and a big team of artistes in supporting roles. Director Shrabani Deodhar has extracted the best out of all these versatile artistes, in almost all the scenes. All in all ‘Mogara Phulala’ has turned out to be a worth watch film for all.