At present, the Mumbai-Pune expressway is under repairs, due to heavy landslide, as a result of which, commuters are facing hardships, due to heavy traffic jams. But, one failed to understand, what was the technical problem in the opening of Marathi film ‘Highway – Ek Selfie Aarpar’ on 24th July 2015. Its opening was postponed . But now finally, this ‘Highway’ will be declared open on 28th August 2015; perhaps, before the Mumbai Pune Expressway will be fully operational.

One is compelled to believe, the real reason for postponement could have been Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ which was released during Eid on 17th July 2015 and was expected to do good business. But makers of Highway gave a reason of ‘technical glitch’ for postponement of release. Now producer Vinay Ganu has categorically announced that their problems have been addressed successfully and their movie will release on 28th August 2015, positively.

Highway is produced under the banners Aarbhat Kalakruti and Karpus Films and is directed by ‘Deool’ fame Umesh Kulkarni. Writer-Actor Girish Kulkarni is playing prominent role and has been ably supported by Renuka Shahane, Mukta Barve, Sunil Barve, Huma Qureshi, Tisca Chopra, Satish Alekar, Kishor Kadam, Chhaya Kadam, Nagraj Manjule, Nandkishore Choughule, Vidhyadhar Joshi and others.

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Studio/presenter:  M. K. Motion Pictures, Chitrakar Films
Release Year: 2015
Genres: Thriller
Rating: na
Censor: U/A
Duration: 110 Min.
Producers: Mukesh Chaudhari, B. R. Dedhia
Directors: Harish Raut
Writer: Harish Raut
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Known for his wonderful timing for comedy, Hemant Dhome has succeeded in inviting the attention of audience, while performing on stage and also in front of the camera. But, not many people are aware of his identity as a scriptwriter. Hemant has already written script of films like ‘Satrangi Re’(2012) and ‘Kshanbhar Vishranti’ (2010), in the past. But, he had maintained a low profile as a writer.

Now, Hemant is back to script writing after a gap of 3 years, with new Marathi film ‘Poshter Girl’, which was launched recently, with muhurat . Luckily for Hemant, he has found the support of a big names like Pushpank Gawde & Hadi Ali Abraar , who were behind the production of ‘hit Marathi film ‘Poshter Boyz’. In fact, Hemant was so impressed by the film ‘Poshter Boyz’ that he wrote the script of a new script and suitably titled it as ‘Poshter Girl’. He then discussed about it with his wife Kshitee and later with friend Pushpank and Hadi Ali Abraar, who liked it.

Later, they engaged Poshter Boyz director, Sameer Patil for this project. But, the best thing to happen to this project was that Viacom18, who were till now into distribution and marketing of films, have themselves decided to produce this Marathi film for the first time. And, that’s a big news for Hemant Dhome. Amitraj is the music director of this film.

MarathiMovieWorld spoke to Hemant, to know more about this film. According to Hemant, through this film, he wanted to pay respect to women. “In this film ‘Poshter Girl’ Sonalee Kulkarni plays the central character and the story of this film revolves around her. I don’t want to disclose much about this rural based film; but, I can only say that behind this successful woman in this film, there are many men. I am myself playing one of the characters in this film, along with Aniket Vishwasrao, Jitendra Joshi, Hrishikesh Joshi, Siddharth Menon, Sandeep Pathak, Akshay Tanksale and others.” he said.

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The popularity of ongoing TV serial ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’ has increased, due to presence of the character of Aashu, played by Pushkraj Chirputkar. Aashu is not only popular among today’s young generation, but, also among other age groups. This was clearly noticed, when he was surrounded by young and old, present during the recent promotional event of Sanjay Jadhav’s film ‘Tu Hi Re’ at a Mumbai multiplex. All of them, were more keen on clicking photos with their favourite TV artiste. That particular day, he turned out to be the real hero of the day, much to the surprise of Sanjay Jadhav, his mentor.

Marathi Movie World spoke to Pushkraj , and this talented actor was more than happy to speak about his past days. “I did my engineering from Pune’s Pimpri Chinchwad Engineering College and like a typical Puneite was totally focused on my studies, during the first two years. In the third year, I joined a theatre group and that’s how I got associated with acting. We performed at competitions and also did some short films. Though my interest in acting grew further, I decided to complete my graduation and in the final year, passed by Engineering Degree with good marks. It was only then, I became serious about acting and decided to pursue as a career.” he said.

Like any other actor, Pushkraj had to struggle to find good opportunities. But, that did not deter him from his goal. In fact, to earn some money for his pocket expenses, he even worked as a consultant, to prepare an engineering project for his friend. He was confident that he would find a suitable role, to prove his mettle. And, finally, he landed as Aashu in ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’. Among all others, his selection seems to be the perfect one.

Neatly dressed up in a designer Pink Kurta , trimmed bear and well set hair for the occasion, Pushkaraj really looked smart & trendy. So, obviously, could not resist the temptation of asking him about any similarity between Pushkaraj and Aashu. And, he quickly reacted with a broad smile on his face, ” I am not like Aashu in real life. I believe in cleanliness and like to wear tidy clothes. But, like Aashu, I am helpful to my other friends.”

Finally, when asked about his co stars in the serial and his friendly relationship with them, he said, “We are all good friends. In fact, we knew each other, even before the start of this serial. And, this helped us, to co ordinate with each other better , while working on the sets.”  “It’s more of a fun, than shooting. And, I really enjoy working with them.” he concluded.

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Studio/presenter: Cozy Homes, Akshar Films Pvt. ltd.
Producer: Meghmala Pathare
Director: Gajendra Ahire
Music: Ajay Atul
Director of Photography:  Krishna Soren
Editor: Ballu Saluja
Genres: Drama
Rating:
Censor: U/A
Duration: 120 Min.
Cast:   Omkar Govardhan, Pooja Sawant, Adinath Kothare, Neha Mahajan, VIkram Gokhale, Kishore Kadam, Rahul Solapurkar, Mangesh Desai, Pradeep Velankar

Films based on Pre independence struggle, have become a common sight nowadays, in Marathi cinema. In the recent past, we saw it, in films like ‘Viti Dandu’ and ‘Sandook’. Now, Gajendra Ahire’s latest film ‘Nilkanth Master’ is also set on the backdrop of pre independence movement, during 40s coinciding with Quit India Movement. So, obviously, there are few similarities observed about the oppression by the British Raj, in this film too. Moreover, this film also has village backdrop in its story.

Vishvanath ( Omkar Govardhan) the protagonist in this film, is a young man from a village, who cannot find time for his beautiful childhood friend Indu (Pooja Sawant), as he is more committed to India’s freedom movement. So, Indu’s efforts in pleasing her beloved, by singing and dancing in the fields with picturesque locations , goes in vain. Viswanath joins the camp of young freedom fighter Vyankatesh( Adinath Kothare) . During one risky operation and encounter with Police, Vyankatesh dies and the responsibility of giving the sad news to his wife Yashoda( Neha Mahajan), falls on Vishwanath.

So, Vishwanath who is also on the target of Police, moves to Yashoda’s village and takes shelter at a senior freedom fighter Inamdar’s ( Vikram Gokhale) house. He is given the task of teaching little children and called as Nilkanth Master. But, at this place, Vishwanath comes across Indu, who is now married to a lunatic person. She can’t resist the temptation of coming closer to Vishwanath to fulfill her sexual desire. But, Vishwanath avoids her and instead, moves along with Yashoda, from one place to other, keeping her in dark, about her husband’s death. Besides, escaping from Police chase, he also wants to move Yashoda to a safer place, as he knows that the Police would torture her.

The entire second half of the film is about the Police hunt for two of them and both of them dodging the police, by changing places. Though, there are many interesting happenings in this half , the film moves with its limited content towards climax. The director has tried to mix the love story of Vishwanath and Indu, during Vishwanath’s mission for country’s freedom. However, in the process, he has offered beautiful songs & picturesque locations to offer audio visual delight, through the film.

Pooja Sawant looks beautiful as a village girl, while she sings and dances in the rains, on her own choreography. She has also looked stunning, in rich costumes, after her marriage to a rich but lunatic person. Her performance is noteworthy, in this film. Omkar Govardhan is a young talented actor and he has portrayed the committed freedom fighter, with total commitment. Neha Mahajan shows promise, once again, in her third film, through her challenging role. She expresses very well, through her eyes. Vikram Gokhale, Kishore Kadam, Rahul Solapurkar, Mangesh Desai, Pradeep Velankar and others, have limited scope in this film. But, Ajay Atul’s music is impressive. Looking at the perfect sound design and good cinematography, ‘Nilkanth Master’ appears, technically well presented film.

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It is very common in film industry, when a particular genre film attains success, fiscally; a lot of copy-cats follow the same theme. A few years ago, a Ravi Jadhav directed marathi movie ‘Time Pass’, which dealt with adolescent love birds, fared astoundingly well at booking office. Now, a new upcoming Marathi movie ‘Slambook’ also deals with adolescent love. Trailer of the film, which was launched recently, in Mumbai, also gives an impression of copy-paste of TP.  Even the lead pair is coincidentally a lookalike of ‘Time Pass’.

But, the director of the film, Ruturaj Dhalgade, has categorically denied it . According to him, it’s a story of adolescent lovers, which goes beyond all such previous film on teenage love .  It deals with the time span between coin-box telephone and cell-phone and shows how the internet craziness adversely affects today’s youth.

With first look, music of this film was also released. ‘Slambook’ music is composed by seven composers, viz. Shubhankar, Vishal, Rasik, Sidhaan, Sagar, Prashat and Jagdish and playback is by Sonia Mundhe, Shubhankar, Rasik Metangale, Hrishikesh Ranade. Versatile super singer Vaishali Samant has also lent her voice for ‘Morya’ song, which is picturised on Shruti Marathe.

Dilip Prabhavalkar and Kushal Badrike, who are a part of the cast were present at the function. ‘Slambook’ is produced by Dhalgade, Ruturaj Dhalgade and co-produced by Chhaya Mhatre, Rohit Mhatre and the cast comprises of Dilip Prabhavalkar, Usha Nadkarni, Mangesh Desai, Madhavi Soman, Kushal Badrike, Supriya Pathare, Abhijit Chavan, Yogesh Shirsat, Shruti Marathe and a new lead pair Shantanu Ranade and Ritika Shrotri.
The film will be released on 21st August 2015.

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Studio/presenter:  Nanda arts,  Warrior brothers motion pictures
Release Year: 2015
Genres: Drama
Rating: na
Censor: U/A
Duration: 130 Min.
Producers: Smt. Nanda Chandrabhan Thakur, Smt. Shashikala Kshirsagar
Director: Sanjay londhe
Writer: Ha
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Studio/presenter:  Singhal Entertainment & Films Pvt. Ltd.
Release Year: 2015
Genres: Thriller
Rating: na
Censor: U/A
Duration: 115 Min.
Producer: Manmohan Ghuwalewala
Director: Jai tari
Writer: na
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Studio/presenter:  Aarbhast production
Release Year: 2015
Genres: Road Movie, Drama
Rating: na
Censor: U/A
Duration: 105 Min.
Producer: Vijay Waman Ganu
Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Writer: Girish Pandurang Kulkarni
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Aarya Ambekar is a popular singer in Marathi. After being the finalist in the Zee Marathi’s music reality show ‘Sa Re Ga Ma..’ in 20018, the little champ has now grown to become a beautiful young girl.

Incidentally, as a singer, Arya has rendered her voice, in some of the recent Marathi films like ‘Rama Madhav’, ‘BalGandharva’ and ‘Goshta Tichya Premachi’. We are also hearing her voice in the title song of ongoing popular serial ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’.

Aarya is now all set to make her debut in acting, almost on the lines of another singer Ketaki Mategaonkar. Arya has been selected to play lead role in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Rangila Re’, shooting of which will begin soon, after finalizing other artistes. Produced by Amit Dhupe, the film will be directed by Parag Bhavsar. ‘Taani’ fame producer Ajay Thakur is the creative head of this film. Music of this film will be provided by Pravin Kunvar.

In the recent past, Arya has been receiving offers from many Marathi film makers; but, she was looking for a good role and script. In ‘Rangeela Re’ she has found the role of her choice.

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Only few days ago Colors Marathi channel presented a new serial ‘Assa Saasar Surekh Bai’ starring most popular artistes like Mrunal Dusanis and Santosh Juvekar . And, it is certainly offering good entertainment. It is certainly pleasant , to notice the smile of the face of Mrunal, all the time, in this serial. Otherwise, she gets all serious type of roles, where, she is made to suffer in the screenplay. Hope, that does not happen in this serial.

Now, Colors have also introduced an entertaining celebrity reality show ‘Dholkichya Talawar’. This show offers variety, combining dances with humour. The dances are presented by versatile Marathi actresses like Neha Pendse, Shruti Marathe, Bhargavi Chirmule ,Manasi Naik, Megha Ghadge and others along with other talented new artistes like Ashwini kasar and Gayatri Soham.

The initial episode was found very interesting, which offered the traditional Marathi folk culture. With good performances by male artistes like Abhijeet Chavan, Arun Kadam and others, through a skit. The show is anchored for the first time by singer duo Aadarsh Shinde and Nandesh Umap, who are also doing a good job.

Looking at the introduction of these new programmes, one expects Colors’ channel to replace their old shows like Asava Sundar Swapnancha Bangla’, ‘Majhe Mann Tujhe Jhale’, and ‘Kamala’, which are really testing the patience of home viewers. Also on ‘Star Pravah’ channel , their serial ‘Runji’ which has moved off the track, needs to say good bye. One expected this serial to revolve around the central character; but, that’s not happening.

On ‘Zee Marathi’, ‘Honaar Suun Mi Hya Gharchi’ is also testing the endurance of the home viewers, with wastage of time, on Pintya’s marriage, now. But, their other serial ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’, which is targeted on youth audience, has gained popularity, with the presence of the character of Aashu, played by Pushkraj Chirputkar, who is very popular among young and old. Incidentally, the title song rendered by Arya Ambekar for this serial, has popularized so much, that youngsters have started using it as ringtone, on their mobile phones.

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अखिल भारतीय मराठी चित्रपट महामंडळाच्या सदस्यांसाठी इंडस हेल्थप्लस प्रतिबंधात्मक आरोग्य सेवा कंपनीने  नुकतेच एक अनोखे शिबीर आयोजित केले होते, या शिबिराचे उद्घाटन मुंबईच्या मा. महापौर स्नेहल आंबेकर यांच्या हस्ते करण्यात आले.

या आरोग्य शिबिरात  सिरम बिलिरुबिन, सिरिम क्रीएटीनाईन, ग्लायकोसायलेटेक, हिमोग्लोबिन, संपूर्ण कोलेस्ट्रोल, एमआय, पल्मनरी फंक्शन, आहार तज्ञ अशा विविध चाचण्यांचा समावेश करण्यात आला होता.

सिनेसृष्टीतील अनेक अभिनेते, अभिनेत्री, कॅमेरामन, दिग्दर्शक, निर्माते आणि स्पॉट बॉईज अशा एकूण १२० जणांनी या शिबिरात आपली आरोग्य तपासणी करून घेतली.  अखिल भारतीय मराठी चित्रपट महामंडळाचे अध्यक्ष विजय पाटकर, तसेच संचालक मंडळ इंडस हेल्थ प्लसचे जॉईन्ट मॅनेजिंग डायरेक्टर पर्णल देखणे , गव्हनींग कौन्सिलमंदार नाईकवडी व या उपक्रमाचे समन्वयक लिड मिडियाचे विनोद सातव, प्रमुख पाहुणे पु. ल. देशपांडे प्रकल्प संचालक मा. आशुतोष घोरपडे हे देखील उपस्थित होते.

प्रमुख पाहुणे आशुतोष घाटपांडे यांनीदेखील या अनोख्या उपक्रमाचे कौतुक केले. व अशा विषयांवर काम करण्याची इच्छा व्यक्त केली. महामंडळाचे अध्यक्ष विजय पाटकर यांनी देखील आपल्या भावना व्यक्त केल्या.

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The great Legend of Marathi theatre Bhalchandra Pendharkar is no more. He passed away today morning at a private hospital in Mumbai. Bhalchandra Vyankatesh alias Anna Pendharkar was being treated for sometime in the hospital, due to some health problem. But, he could not respond to the treatment due to old age. He was 94. His body was kept at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga, for the last public viewing, to enable his admirers to pay tributes.

Anna , who was a singer ,actor, producer, was born on 25th November 1921 . He looked after LalitKalaDarsh’ theatre Group formed by late Keshavrao Bhosale, like his own child. He had taken charge of this group at the age of 17. Today, this group has completed 107 years. The group had presented many popular plays, including revival of old plays. Many prominent personalities like Lata Mangeshkar, Chittaranjan Kolhatkar, Chandrakant Gokhale and many others,

Bhalchandra Pendharkar had won many prestigious awards, including Sangeet Natak kala Academy(2004) and the Maharashtra State Lifetime award in 2008. MarathiMovieworld.com pays sincere tributes to his departed soul and offer deep condolence to his family members.

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‘VG Enterprises’ Chandrakant Pandharinath Pawar & Sangita Gautam Satdive have produced their maiden Marathi film ‘Mohar‘. Renowned actor- director Vijay Patkar has directed this Marathi Film, story of which is written by Rekha Surendra Jagtap , with Screenplay, Dialogue & Lyrics penned by Deepak Bhagwat. Rahul Satdive is the Associated director of this film .

Lead stars of this film are, Sayaji Shinde,  Prasad Oak,  Aditi Sarangdhar , along with Vijay Kadam, Hemalata Bane, Pritam Patil & Pandurang Phadatare. Two child artistes Prajakta Jagtap & Chaitany Ghadage are also making their acting debut through this film.

‘Mohar‘ will have one Lavani, performed by Manasi Naik, which is choreographed by Deepali Vichare. DOP is Raja Phadatare & Music composition is by Milind More. The songs are sung by talented Belaa Shende, Prasannjit Kosambi, Kavita Nikam, Chang & Sakshi. This film is getting ready for release soon.

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Love for Marathi plays hasn’t diminished at all, over the years. This has been possible, because of the patronage of established actors and audience equally. Many well known Marathi artistes, started their acting career with experimental plays. This can happen only in Marathi entertainment industry.

Talking about Marathi experimental theatre, a new play in this category, will hit the drama theatres very soon. ‘Veer Daudale Saatach‘ will be a play, directed by Pralhad Kudtarkar, who bagged best director (experimental) trophy, alongside best play, at a recent television awards function. Pralhad Kudtarkar, was an assistant director for a popular Aadesh Bandekar show ‘Home Minister’. He has to his credits Marathi serials, ‘Aambat Goad’, ‘Bhagyalaxmi’, ‘Aabhas Ha’,’ Lakshya’, ‘Ka Re Durava’ as a writer. But , his love for theatre, prompted him to stage Veer Daudle Saatch.

The play is about a Marathi school , deciding to be part of state inter-school dramatic competition and hand over the responsibility to school’s history teacher, who in turn decides to imbibe history through a drama and selects a historical play . Ironically, seven students who happen to be disinterested in history, get selected to act in it. And, what happens next, is all that the play is about.

Veer Daudale Saatach is produced under the banner Rudra Theatre by Sarika Naik and Pallavi Bhojne. Set to be designed by Ajay Pujare and light design will be by Amogh Phadke while background music is to be provided by Samihan. Omkar Bhojne, Ajay Kambli, Abhishek Gaonkar, Sanjay Jamkhandi, Bhagyashri Paane, Santosh Sarode, Priyanka Hande, Ketan Salvi, and Snehal Shidam will be the artistes of this play, to be on staged from 21st August 2015 onwards.

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Twenty two years ago the deadly earthquake tragedy hit Killari village in Marathwada region, at 3.56 am. And within two minutes many homes were destroyed, killing thousands of people. The after effects of this earthquake, are still heard today. New Marathi film ‘3.56 Killari’ is set on the backdrop of the after effects.

Recently, a press conference of this film was held, when producer Girish Sathe, director Deepak Bhagwat ,costume designer Chaitrali Dongre and child artiste Gauri Ingavale ( the central character of this film) were present. In this film, Sai Tamhankar and Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff are playing important roles. Along with them are other artistes like Shrikant Moghe & Anurag Sharma in prominent roles.

This film which has been made under the banner of DGS entertainment, will be released in 125 theatres across Maharashtra on 21st August 2015.

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Swarajya ha Maza janmasiddha Hakka aahe, aani to Mi Milavnarach!’ These are the famous words every school going child has learned in school text book. It portrays the grit and determination of the person, who said it and these words are the utterances of the great leader of the nation Bal Gangadhar Tilak, during the rule of Britishers.

On the occasion of Independence day,  Zee Marathi is premiering ‘Lokmanya Ek Yug Purush’. The film will be a special treat to this Independence Day to home viewers. The movie comments on the socio-political situation in India today, with a Voiceover narration in the beginning of the movie, by Nana Patekar in his typical style.

‘Lokmanya, Ek Yugpurush’ is being produced by Neena Raut for Neena Raut Films and is directed by Om Raut. The film has Subodh Bhave playing this challenging role of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

The movie premieres on Zee Marathi today. on 15st August 2015 at 12 noon.

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Studio/presenter: Essel Vision
Producer: Ranjit Gugle, Anish Jog
Director: Sameer Vidwans
Writer, Screenplay : Kshitij Patwardhan, Sameer Vidwans
Music: Hrishikesh, Saurabh, Jasraj
Director of Photography:  Arjun Sarote
Editor: Charu Shree Roy
Genres: Drama
Rating:
Censor: U/A
Duration: 120 Min.
Cast:   Ankush Chaudhari, Mukta Barve, VIdyadhar Joshi, Vandana Gupte, Sandeep Pathak, Shubhankar Tawde, aarti wadgabalkar, Pushkar Shrotri

Mumbai chawl life is not new to Marathi films. But, to make the entire film on the backdrop of a chawl, is always challenging. Way back in 1970 filmmaker Raja Thakur first depicted the chawl culture of Mumbai, through his film, ‘Mumbaicha Javai’ starring Arun Sarnaik, Ratnamala, Surekha Kudchi & Sharad Talwalkar. Then, inspired by this film Basu Chatterjee made ‘Piya Ka Ghar,’ starring Anil Dhavan & Jaya Bhaduri ( Now, Bachchan) which was a remake of this Marathi film. Then, in 2003, we saw Mahesh Manjrekar making a Hindi film based on Mumbai chawl culture.

Now, director Sameer Vidwans has presented his Marathi film titled ‘Double Seat’ indicating, how both young husband and wife, who aspire to move to a bigger house from a chawl, work hard to make their dream come true. Actually, the film hits out at the traditional joint family system, of living in One Room Kitchen and making adjustments. But, today, with both husband and wife earning, the days are changing. And, young Maharashtrian couples are willing to work harder, to buy their own house, no matter, it is far away from the city.

Through this film’s story, writer Kshitij Patwardhan and director Sameer Vidwans have tried to generate lots of humour through this emotion filled film. Being the elder son in the family and that too just married, Amit ( Ankush Choudhary) quickly understands the problems faced by his wife Manjiri (Mukta Barve) in their One Room Kitchen house in a chawl located at Lalbaug, Mumbai. So, Amit , who works as a supervisor in a Courier Company earning Rs. 25 thousand a month, takes his wife into confidence, to have their own house, where they can have their privacy. Manjiri, who works as Insurance agent, supports his idea.

After hearing about the bold step taken by her elder son, his Mother ( Vandana Gupte) and Amit’s younger brother ( Shubhankar Tawde) also support him, selling some home made products to raise money. Only his stubborn father (Vidyadhar Joshi) , does not approve his idea. The film’s screenplay moves ahead, with lots of hurdles faced by Amit and Manjiri, with Manjiri also becoming pregnant. But, as they say, there is always sunshine, after the darkness. And, so we notice happy ending in ‘Double Seat’, with joint effort of entire family.

However, the end of the film, is not very impressive, except for showing the way. But, there is no solution, as to how the couple is going to travel for their jobs from a far away place, to the city. It would have been better, if the film had shown, some other way, of starting their own business. But, the new latest mobile phones shown in the last scene, only indicates, their prosperity.

The intention of the film, is to inspire today’s youth and see big dreams and work hard, to find their own house, no matter it is small and far away from the city. At the same time, it sends a message to those Maharashtrian people, who keep adjusting themselves, in this expanding and developing city, without themselves becoming part of this development. The film does go against the Joint family system; but if one has to live in this city of Mumbai, one needs to plan better future for their little ones.That’s what the writer had to suggest, through this film.

Looking at the performances, Ankush Choudhary, is at his best. He hardly finds such an opportunity, as he is generally seen in multi starrer films. The director, knowing his stage background well , has tried to exploit his full potential, through this film. Mukta Barve, who is always comfortable playing such roles, has once again proved that she is a talented actress. But, through this film, she has gone one step further, to be part of intimate love scenes. There is also a lip lock kissing scene, shot on this lead pair. But,one should not call it a bold scene. Best performances also come from versatile artistes like Vidyadhar Joshi, Vandana Gupte and other TV and film co stars like Sandeep Pathak, Pushkar Shrotri, Aarti, Shivani, Vikas, Shubhankar and others.

Music of this film goes very well with the story, with good lyrics noticed in two songs. Editing of the film is good with good camera work, especially in all those close up scenes.
‘Double Seat’ is certainly inspiring and shows the way to young dreamers.

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Known for his conceptualized song and dance Programme, Producer-director Mahesh Tilekar held a special show of ‘Marathi Taraka’ in Kargil recently, to entertain for the Army Jawans on the border. The army Jawans were offered salute by this Team of ‘Marathi Taraka’ besides tying Raakhis on their wrist.

The show ‘Marathi Taraka’ presented by popular Marathi celebrities, has already become popular both Nationally and internationally. The show has already been staged in the Rashtrapati Bhavan and has also received a lot of appreciation from all the dignitaries from various fields .Performing at Kargil was a challenging , as on their way from Srinagar to Kargil, they faced lot of hurdles; but, the brave girls overcame them all, during their 14 hour long journey.

Actresses, Bhargavi Chirmule, Shweta Shinde, Teja Devkar, Prachi Pisat, Choreographer Subhash Nakashe, Rajesh Bidwe, Cedric D’Souza, Hitesh Patil, Child artiste Aditya Gholap, Vishal Jadhav, presented their performances for the Jawans, who enjoyed it, with claps and whistles. The Jawans also danced with these stars.

Singer Vishwajit Borwankar sang patriotic songs, which became an emotional moment for everyone. Mahesh Tilekar himself compered the programme with excellence. The show was choreographed by Hitesh Patil.

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