Actor Sandesh Jadhav to play Police Officer for the first time in a Marathi play
Popularly known for his character of a Police officer in Marathi films and TV serials, Actor Sandesh Jadhav will now be playing a Police officer in a suspense filled Marathi play ‘You Must Die’ . This play is produced by Aditi Rao, written by Niraj Shirvaikar and directed by Vijay Kenkre. Along with Sandesh Jadhav, this play also stars Sharvari Lohakare, Saurabh Gokhale, Neha Kulkarni, Ajinkya Bhosale, Harshal Mhamunkar, Pramod Kadam, Vinita Date and Dhanesh Potdar.
Speaking about his role in this play, Sandesh Jadhav says,” Having played a Police officer in so many films and TV serials, I was actually avoiding to play a Police officer in Marathi plays and had even rejected such offers. But, when this offer to play a Police officer in ‘You Must Die’ came to me, I was impressed by the story. Moreover, this play was directed by Vijay kenkre and therefore I agreed to play this role. My role has different shades and therefore I get the pleasure of presenting them live on stage.”
No wonder, his role in this play and this suspense filled play is well accepted by the audience.
Vijay Kenkre to celebrate Cenutry of his plays with ‘Kali Rani’
Renowned dramatist and director Vijay Kenkre is all set to celebrate the Century of his plays with his new Marathi play ‘Kali Rani‘ on 11th December 2022. Interestingly, with this inaugural show of ‘Kali Rani’ Vijay Kenkre’s other associates in this play will also be creating new records. This will be writer Ratnakar Matkari’s 90th play, Production designer Pradeep Mule’s 200th play, Music director Ajit Parab’s 40th play, Costume designer Mangal Kenkre’s 50th play, Light effect specialist Sheetal Talpade’s 125th play Akshar Shedge’s 1400th play and Dr. Girish Oak’s 50th play. Above all, Dr. Girish Oak will be appearing in his 6,666 th stage performance through this inaugural show.
Produced by Priya Patil, Dr. Madhuri Sarnaik, Anita Mahajan,Rutuja Shidam and directed by Vijay Kenkre this play revolves around three important characters in film industry- an actress who wants to rule over this industry, a writer whose every film has become a silver Jubilee hit and a showman producer who has given scope to this actress and director in this industry. Dr. Girish Oak, Harish Dudhade and Manva Naik play the lead roles along with Chandralekha Joshi and Anand Patil. We are all aware that Vijay Kenkre who has so far offered variety of subjects through his successful plays, is also expected to give his best direction in this play too
A crow named ‘Martin’ is doing the promotion of the film ‘Funeral’
Ever since the poster of Marathi film ‘Funeral (फनरल)’ was launched in a crematorium, this film has been in the news. Now, this film is the topic of discussion for its unique promotion at different film festivals, including IFFI, for using a huge crow who is named ‘Martin’ in this film.
The film gives a valid message through its unusual tagline ‘Jagu Anande Nighu Anande’ which says a lot about living happily and departing happily. This film has been made by little known young film makers pair comprising of Producer and script writer Ramesh Dighe and director Vivek Dube. Crow, which is considered to be inauspicious among other birds in our religion, is presented as an important character in this film, with whom the lead character of Aroh Velankar communicates.
In short, the film makers have tried to explain the importance of a crow, during the 10th day of the post death rituals; when people are eager to feed the crow. This film starring Aroh Velankar, Tanvi Barve, Sambhaji Bhagat, Prema Sakhardande, Vijay Kenkre is now all set to release on 10th June 2022 .
Hrishikesh and Priyadarshan come together for ‘Chhupe Rustam’
Both Hrishikesh Joshi and Priyadarshan Jadhav have established themselves as writer, director and actors in Marathi entertainment industry. Now, these two stalwarts will be coming together for a Marathi stage play ‘Chhupe Rustam (छुपे रुस्तम)’ on 15th May, when the inaugural show of this play will be presented at Dinanath Mangeshkar Natygruh at 4.15 pm followed by another show at Shivaji Mandir, Dadar on 16th May at 3.30 pm.
Produced by Priya Patil and Anita Mahajan under the banner of Pravesh and Disha this play is directed by Vijay Kenkre. This play is written by Tejas Ranade. Production design is by Sandesh Bendre, Music is by Ajit Parab and Light effects by Shital Talpade. Earlier, the producers had presented popular plays like ‘Galti Se Mistake’ and ‘Don’t Worry Ho Jayega’. Speaking about their roles in this play, both Hrishikesh and Priyadarshan have said that they consider it privilege while working with reputed director like Vijay Kenkre .
’38 Krushna Villa’ will be Dr. Girish Oak’s 50th play
Dr. Girish Oak is a versatile actor, having performed in various stage plays, TV serials and films. His 50 th play ’38 Krushna Villa (’38 कृष्ण व्हिला’)’ directed by Vijay Kenkre will soon be staged with the inaugural show to be held at Deenanath Mangeshkar Natyagruh @ 4.15 pm on 19th March 2022. This will be followed by 2nd show at Gadkari Rangayatan, Thane on 20th March 2022 @ 4.30 pm.
This play is produced by Mihir Gavali and is written by Shweta Pendse, who has also performed lead role in this play opposite Dr. Girish Oak. Production designer is Sandesh Bendre, while Mangal Kenkre has designed the costumes. Music is by Ajit Parab and Shital Talpade has handled the light effects.
In this play Dr. Girish Oak plays a high profile character of Devdutt Kamat whoi is accused by a stranger woman Nandini Chitre with some serious charges. And then begins the challenge before Devdutt Kamat to prove himself not guilty.
Sachit Patil returns to stage with Paresh Rawal presented Marathi play ‘Maharathi’
Writer Uttam Gada found fame with his super hit long running Gujarati Play ‘Maharathi’ directed and enacted by Paresh Rawal which was played in multiple languages in different countries. Now, Paresh Rawal has presented this play in Marathi, which finds good audience. This adaptation in Marathi is translated by Shweta Pendse and is Directed by Vijay Kenkre. It is understood that the original writer’s plot is inspired by a James Hadley Chase novel, “There’s Always a Price Tag”. And this will surely invite the attention of Marathi theatre audience.
Incidentally, in a short time this play produced by Vinayak Gavande & Ninad karpe under the banner of Badam Raja Productions has been receiving good response and the next two back to back shows will be staged on Friday 30th August @4.30 pm at Gadkari Rangayatan, Thane followed by Saturday 8 pm show on 31st August 2019 at Shivaji Mandir , Dadar.
Popular Marathi film star Sachit Patil has returned to Marathi stage after a long time through this suspense filled play. The other main artistes of this play are, Sunil Tawde, Madhavi Nimkar, Vivek Gore, Archana Nipankar, Sunil Jadhav & Vijay Kenkre. Lyrics by Mandar Chonkar, music by Ajit Parab, light effects by Sheetal Talpade and costumes by Mangal kenkre are the other credits of this play.
Hair ordered from Tirupati for wig in the film ‘Bhaai – Part-2′
A proper wig helps to give a perfect look of the character played by the actor. And when the character is of a famous person, then a lot of care is to be taken to give a realistic look. Surendra Salvi and Jitendra Salvi of Natural Hair Studio who had designed the wig for Sagar Deshmukh, in part I of the film ‘Bhaai’ had also taken a big challenge to design the wig for the 60+ look of Pu La Deshpande in Part 2 of ‘Bhai’. And for that they had to order hair from Tirupati to design this special wig.
Incidentally, Salvi brothers had also designed the wig of Nawazuddin Siddiqui for the film ‘Thackeray’ Speaking about their latest challenge of designing the wig for Sagar’s older look to resemble with that of Pu La during his 60+ age, Jitendra Salvi said, “Designing the wig of Sagar while playing Pu La during his young age, wasn’t that difficult, but designing a wig for person’s 60+ age was a difficult task. During the older age, the hair tend to become thinner and even the roots are noticed. If you had seen the photos of Bhaai during the older age, you will agree that his hair were curly. And therefore to show the hair on upper side, we had to shave off the front portion of hair of forehead of the lead actor.”
Anyway, ‘Bhaai – Part-2′ is all set to release on Friday and therefore there is a lot of curiosity to see how his older look is presented using this special wig for Sagar Deshmukh, who is playing his character.
Bhai Vyakti Ki Valli Part 2 (भाई व्यक्ति की वल्ली – उत्तरार्ध )
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Release Year: 2019 (08 February)
- Genres: Drama
- Rating: ★★★
- Censor: U
- Duration: 130 min.
- Studio/presenter: Viacom18 Motion, Mahesh Manjrekar Movies
- Producer(s): Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar, Avinash Athaley, Vaibhav Pandit, Mahesh Patel, Virendra Upadhye
- Executive Producer: Vishakha Joshi
- Director: Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar
- Writer:na
- ScreenPlay: Ganesh Matkari
- Dialogues: Ratnakar Matkari
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- Producer(s): Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar, Avinash Athaley, Vaibhav Pandit, Mahesh Patel, Virendra Upadhye.
- Executive Producer: Vishakha Joshi
- Co-producer: na
- Director: Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar
- Assistant Director: na
- Writer: na
- ScreenPlay: Ganesh Matkari
- Dialogues: Ratnakar Matkari
- Lyrics: na
- Music: Ajit Parab
- Playback Singer: na
- Cinematographer (DOP): Karan B. Rawat
- Editor: Abhijeet Deshpande
- Starcast: Sagar Deshmukh, Irawati Harshe, Vijay Kenkre, Shubhangi Damle, Deepti Lele, Swanand Kirkire, Madhura Velankar Satam, Neena Kulkarni, Sanjay Khapre, Veena Jamkar
- Art Director: Prashant Rane
- Costumes: Prutha Manjrekar
- Makeup: Vikram Gaikwad
- Sound : na
- Background Score: Sameer Mhatre
- Choreographer: na
- DI, VFX: Vikrant Studios Pvt Ltd.
- D.I. Colourist: Nirmal Sharma
- Promos: na
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- Distributor : Niraj Goswamy
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Review: ‘Bhaai – Vyakti Ki Valli- Uttarardha’ (Bhaai – Part 2) which covers more events which had taken place in the later part of the life of legendary writer- actor- director, has been released along with seven other Marathi films this week. But, this film stands tall, because it goes on to show more interesting happenings in the life of ‘Pu La’ while interacting with many more prominent personalities of Maharashtra. The only drawback of this Part 2 is for not presenting the screenplay in first half that well as compared to second half. But, certainly a worth watch film for all those admirers of Pu La the great… full review
New Marathi plays are offering quality entertainment
Unlike Marathi films, which need a very good script and music to satisfy the film lovers, our Marathi plays are well accepted by drama lovers not only in major cities of Maharashtra, but also at places like UK and USA. Many a times, we often find the tour dates announced by the Drama production house, to indicate that there will be no shows of the play during that period.
One such play ‘Eka Lagnachi Pudhchi Goshta‘ starring Prashant Damle and Kavid Medhekar and written-directed by Adwait Dadarkar has already announced that they have booking for 19 March 2019 in Manchester, UK. This play which was launched with inaugural show last month has celebrated silver jubilee show and is drawing houseful crowds. One thing is sure that if there are popular artistes and a good subject with nice presentation in a particular play, it receives an overwhelming response everywhere.
There are other plays like ‘Aamchya Hicha Prakaran‘ starring Nikhil Ratnaoparakhi, Bhargavi Chirmule, Nandita Patkar directed by Sachin Goswami and ‘Tila kahi Sangaychay‘ starring Tejashree Pradhan and Astad kale with the direction of Hemant Edalabadkar are also receiving good response from the Marathi drama lovers. There is one more comedy play ‘9 Koti 57 lakh‘ which is also inviting the attention of drama lovers. This play also stars popular artistes like Rajan Bhise, Sulekha Talwalkar, Anand Ingale and others. This play is directed by Vijay kenkre. In short, all these new Marathi plays are offering quality entertainment .
‘बालरंगभूमी अभियान’ संघटनेचा उदघाटन सोहळा
महाराष्ट्रातील बालरंगभूमी चळवळ परिपूर्ण होण्यासाठी बालरंगभूमी संघटनेची निवड आम्हाला प्रकर्षाने जाणवली. यासाठी आम्ही महाराष्ट्रातील या क्षेत्रात कार्यरत असलेल्या २५ रंगकर्मींना एकत्र घेऊन अनुभवी ज्येष्ठ रंगकर्मींचा सल्ल्याने आणि त्यांच्या मार्गदर्शनात ‘बालरंगभूमी अभियान‘ या संघटनेची दि. ५ जुलै २०१७ रोजी स्थापना केली. नुकतेच ‘बालरंगभूमी अभियान‘ संघटनेचा रीतसर उदघाटन सोहळा नुकताच मुंबई येथे दिमाखात संपन्न झाला. याप्रसंगी मा.सौ.वर्षाताई विनोद तावडे तसेच ज्येष्ठ रंगकर्मी मा.श्री. विजय केंकरे, बालरंगभूमी अभियानाच्या अध्यक्षा मा. कांचनताई सोनटक्के आणि नाट्यक्षेत्रातील मान्यवरांच्या उपस्थितीत हा सोहळा संपन्न झाला.
बालरंगभूमी विषयक विविध उपक्रमांची संख्या, व्याप्ती व दर्जा उंचावून बालरंगभूमी सकस व समृद्ध करण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करणे. शालेय शिक्षकांना नाट्यप्रशिक्षण देणे. बालनाट्य किशोरनाट्य कुणारनाट्य सादरीकरणासाठी येत असलेल्या अडचणी दूर करण्यासाठी महाराष्ट्र शासन, महानगरपालिका, जिल्हा समिती स्तरावर प्रयत्न करणे. बालनाट्याच्या प्रयोगांना महाराष्ट्र शासनाचे अनुदान मिळविण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करणे. शासनाच्या सह्याद्री आणि इतर खाजगी वाहिन्यांवर बालनाट्यासाठी वेळ राखून ठेवण्यासाठी तसेच रंगभुनीच्या इतर पुरस्कारांबरोबर बालनाट्याला पुरस्कार ठेवण्यासाठी व मिळविण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करणे, दर्जेदार बालनाट्य संहिता संग्रहित करणे. बालनाट्य मार्गदर्शनपर पुस्तिका छापून शासनाच्या मदतीने त्या शालेय शिक्षकांपर्यंत पोहचविणे ही बालरंगभूमी अभियानाची उद्दिष्टे आहेत.