Three Marathi films to release on 24th August
With ‘Bharatiya’ still holding the fort in 35 theatres in Mumbai during the second week; we did not notice release of any Marathi film during the week. But, on coming Friday, i.e. on 24th August 2012 will see release of three Marathi films together.
‘Aghor’ a sensational film made by Nagpur film makers, talks about corruption in medical field, especially taking place in so called Multi-specialty clinics. According to the makers, the film shows the good and bad side of the profession with two popular heroes from Marathi film industry- Santosh Juvekar and Aniket Vishwasrao heading the star cast in the company of Sai Tamhankar, Manasi Kulkarni, Tejasvi Patil, Kishori Shahane, Dr. Vilas Ujavane and others. The film is directed by Salim Shaikh a theatre personality from Nagpur.
Another film ‘Hridaynath’ is a film by Amar Gupte, revolves around a teacher from Konkan and is based on crisis with principles. Jackie Shroff, who made his debut in Marathi through Renuka Shahane’s film ‘Rita’ will be playing the lead role in this film along with other Bollyowood actor Aditya Panchol besides a team comprising of Chinmay Sumeet, Swarang Marathe and Ameya Husanwadkar. Highlight of this film is that Urmila Matondkar performs an item number for the first time in Marathi.
The third film ‘Yedpat Gaon’ is presented by Ajay R Singh and directed by debutant S. Vikram. This is comedy film, which presents the story of cursed village. Bajrang Badshah and Nisha Parulekar play main lead. Others in the cast comprise of Milind Gunaji, Mohan Agashe, Usha Nadkarni, Ashalata, Ujjwala Shinde, Twinkle, Deepa Tapekar, Deepak Shirke and Kishor Nandalaskar. Music of this film is by Milind Shinde.
Three Marathi films to release on 9th December
Three Marathi films are all set to release together on 9th December. While ‘Pratibimb’ directed by Dr. Girish Mohite is a so called Fear and Mystery Thriller, ‘Dambis’ is a sort of touching story, directed by Makrand Anaspure and ‘Parambi’ directed by Satish Salagare is based on this backdrop of today’s youth in search for stability and happiness
Produced by Prashant Hire, the star-cast of ‘Pratibimb’ includes a team of renowned artistes like Ankush Chaudhari, Sonali Kulkarni, Ravindra Mankani, Ganesh Yadav, Santosh Juvekar, Lokesh Gupte along with other capable actors and actresses like Sushant Shelar, Shama Ninave, Ujjwala Jog, Bharat Ganeshpure, Pradeep Navale, and Ankita Sakre.
The story, screenplay and dialogues of this film that add to the puzzling atmosphere have been written by Aniruddha Potdar and Abhay Dakhane whereas the cinematography has been handled by Santosh Shinde that aptly captures the art direction of Sonia Parchure. Make-ups are borne by Amod Doshi and Special Effects have been taken care of by Jayant Hadke with the thrilling background music composed by Avinash-Vishwajeet.
On the other hand, the concept and story of ‘Dambis’ is written by Makrand Anaspure himself, while the screenplay, dialogues and songs have been written by Arvind Jagtap. The music of ‘Dambis’ has been composed by Anand Modak and cinematography has been handled by the sharp eyes of Suresh Deshmane.
The star-cast includes Makrand Anaspure, Lokesh Gupte, Dr. Pradnya Shastri, child artiste Subhankar Atre, along with Vinod Khedekar and Dr. Sudhir Nikam. Famous writer Dr. Anil Avachat shall be appearing in a role of guest-artiste.
And finally, ‘Parambi’ is the film aimed at offering entertainment with a timely message. Starring Bhushan Pradhan, Sai Lokur, Uday Tikekar, Suhas palshikar, Nandesh Umap, Usha Naik, Jayant Savarkar, Dr. Shreeram Patki, Bhooshan Ghadi, Kamalesh Sawant and others.
Now, it all remains to be seen how these three films succeed in getting their share of audience to the theatres.