‘Phulrani’ to appear on Big Screen on auspicious Gudi Padwa day
We have seen many versions of ‘Phulrani’ on Marathi stage over the years, since the release of Musical English film ‘My Fair Lady’ based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play ‘Pygmalion’. Now, Fincraft Media and Amruta Films will present a Marathi film ‘Phulrani – Avismaraniya Prem Kahani’ which is directed by Vishwas Joshi. Written by Vishwas Joshi and Guru Thakur this film is produced by Jai Joshi, Vishwas Joshi and Shri A Rao.
This film will be released on auspicious Gudi Padwa day, i.e. on 22nd March 2023 . Recently, the first poster of this film was released with a modern day Phulrani in a back pose holding mobile phone in her hand. So, this has raised a lot of curiosity among the Marathi film lovers, as to who will be playing this title role? However, one thing is clear that the equally important role of Vikram Rajadhyaksha will be played by Subodh Bhave. Lyrics of this musical film are by Balkavi and Guru Thakur, while music will be provided by Nilesh Moharir. Cinematography is by Kedar Gaikwad. Art is by Santosh Phutane. Viacom 18 will distribute this film.
कॉमेडी किंग भाऊ कदम (Bhau Kadam) आणि भूषण पाटील यांचा डबल धमाका
भाऊ कदम (Bhau Kadam) आणि भूषण पाटील (Bhushan Patil) यांची दुहेरी भूमिका असणारा ‘घे डबल’ हा चित्रपट ३० सप्टेंबर रोजी प्रदर्शनासाठी सज्ज झालाय. विश्वास जोशी यांनी ‘दिग्दर्शन केलेल्या ह्या चित्रपटाची निर्मित ज्योती देशपांडे आणि जिओ स्टुडिओज यांनी केली आहे. मनोरंजनाचा डबल डोस असणाऱ्या या चित्रपटात कॉमेडी किंग भाऊ कदम आणि अभिनेता भूषण पाटील बरोबरच छाया कदम, भारत गणेशपुरे, किशोर कदम, ओमकार भोजने, विद्याधर जोशी आणि संस्कृती बालगुडे अशी तगडी स्टारकास्टही पाहायला मिळणार आहे.
Who will play the ‘Phulrani’ on Marathi big screen
‘Phulrani’ has been a very popular character over the years on Marathi stage. First it was late Bhakti Barve who presented this character on Marathi stage through the play ‘Ti Phulrani’ written by late P. L. Deshpande which was based on G.B. Shaw’s old famous English play ‘Pygmalion’. We had also seen an American Musical film ‘My Fair Lady’ also based on this English play. And now, Director Vishwas Joshi is all set to begin the shoot of a Marathi film ‘Phulrani …. Avismaraniya Premkahani’ which is also inspired by ‘Pygmalion’. This will be Vishwas Joshi’s second film as a director after ‘Whats App Lagna’.
Recently, the poster of this film was unveiled making official announcement of this film. This film will release its fragrance in theatres this year. The film’s story is written by Guru Thakur along with Vishwas Joshi, while lyrics are penned by Balkavi and Guru Thakur together. Nilesh Moharir will compose music of this film with cinematography by Kedar Gaikwad. Art direction by Santosh Phutane, editing by Guru Patil , choreography by Subhash Nakashe, dress design by Sayali Soman are the other credits of this film. So far, the lead cast of this film has not been disclosed. And therefore, there is a lot of curiosity to know who will play the ‘Phulrani’ on Marathi big screen?
New Film ‘Phulrani’ inspired by George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’
We are all aware that based on renowned playwright George Bernanrd Shaw’s ‘Pygmilion’ an English musical film ‘My Fair Lady’ was made in 1964. We also saw a Marathi drama ‘Ti Phulrani’ starring Bhakti Barve and Satish Dubhashi in 70s. And now, director Vishwas Joshi will be presenting a film ‘Phulrani’ for Marathi film lovers. Vishwas has written the script along with Guru Thakur for this film which is inspired by ‘Pygmilion’.
Though the names of the star cast hasn’t been revealed, the director is confident that the subject of his film would appeal to Marathi film lovers. The name of the film has been inspired by Famous poet Balkavi’s poem ‘Phulrani’. And this poem will be reconstructed by Nilesh Moharir for this film. Fincraft Media and Entertainment who will be presenting this film propose to start the shooting of this film by end of this year and plan to release the film in 2021. Earlier Vishwas Joshi had presented the films like ‘Natasamrat‘, ‘What’s app Lagna’ and ‘Ghe Double’ which is ready for release.