Studio/presenter: Caffe Kameras Producer: Y. M. Deosthalee Writer, Director: Sachin Kundalkar Dialogues: Sachin Kundalkar Music: Debarpito, Adrian D’suza, Tejas Modak Director of Photography: Arjun Sorte Editor: Abhijeet Deshpande Genres: Drama Rating: Censor: U/A Duration: 135 Min. Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Sachin Khedekar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Satish Alekar, Jyoti Subash, Siddharth Menon, Alok Rajwade, Mrinmayee Godbole, Krutika Deo,Pournima Manohar, Rahul Mehendale, Amitriyan Patil, Suhani Dhadphale Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

Western culture has a lot of influence on our today’s youngsters. And, film maker & writer Sachin Kundalkar has lot to say on this, through his latest released Marathi film ‘Rajwade & Sons’, which presents three generations of a high profile joint business family, from Pune. Set on the backdrop of this historical city, which is known for preserving the traditional Maharashtrian culture, we find Ramesh Rajwade( Satish Alekar) , managing his family’s customary Goldsmith business very well, with the help of his two sons( Vidyadhar( Sachin Khedekar), Shubhankar ( Atul Kulkarni) and son in law Vaibhav( Rahul Mehendale). Vaibhav ,who is married to Rajwade’s daughter Laxmi ( Mrunal Kulkarni) , lives with the Rajwade family.

Ramesh Rajwade is a disciplined man and wants every member of the family to follow the set of rules. Now, let’s introduce other members of the family. Sushila Rajwade ( Jyoti Subhash) is the wife of this head of the family. Sarita( Purnima Manohar) is the wife of Vidyadhar and the couple has two children, Anay ( Alok Rajwade) and Shweta( Krutika Deo). Laxmi & Vaibhav also have two children, Virajas( Siddharth Menon) & Ananya( Mrunmayee Godbole), while Shubhankar, who is a widower, has only a teenager daughter  Tanmaya(Suhani Dhadphale), the youngest member of the family. And, how can we forget to introduce the pet dog Bubble Gum?

So, with this big team of a joint family, we see the happening of a big drama, after the sudden arrival of  the missing member of the family- handsome Vikram (Amitriyan Patil) . And, it is Vikram who brings in the desired change, required in the family, playing a perfect balance, between the older  and younger generation.

The film actually talks about the mind set  of each member of the family. And, therefore it may relate to ,many such people from the well to do joint families. All that the film maker has to convey through his film, is a message for all those parents, not to block their children’s wish, if they want to  pursue a particular career. But, All said and done through the film’s screenplay, it certainly makes you think, as to how the film would relate to middle class and lower middle class families? Anyway, the intention of the film maker being good, it is to be appreciated that he has attempted something different in Marathi films. He has certainly created that atmosphere of a rich family, clearly showing, how the young generation thinks differently, unlike their parents and grandparents, when it comes to fulfilling their dreams. The makers of this film, have cleverly endorsed many products through this film.

Director Sachin Kundalkar has lot more to convey, through some interesting happenings in the lives of almost all the family members, excluding the grandparents and Vidyadhar, who is the most obedient elder son of Rajwade family. There are lot many references to different places in Pune and hence Punekars may relate more closely with this film. Wonderful performances of all the artistes, makes this film more effective. In the role of Vikram, Amitriyan Patil adds that special flavour to this film. One fails to understand, as to why he was not used in the publicity campaign of the film? Perhaps, they wanted to surprise all.

The film has very good music and background music to suit the requirement of the subject. Arjun Sorte’s cinematography, wonderful art direction and effective sound designing, are the other assets of the film.

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First look of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Te Aath Divas’ was unveiled in presence of main artistes of the film and media persons today evening. On this occasion child artiste of the film Ashitosh Gaikwad presented a skit to introduce all the main artists in this film, one by one. And it was a unique way of introducing the artistes to the media.

The film is produced by Kishor Dhargalkar and Shekhar Pradhan and directed by Shyam Dhanorkar.DOP NavnitMisar and music Vikas Bhatavdekar are other credits. The film stars Tushar Pradhan, Renuka Shane, Atul Todankar, Aroh Velankar, Deepali Mucherkar, Avinash Masurekar, Sunil Joshi, Meena Sonavne , Abhilasha Patil ,Ashitosh Gaikwad and others.
The film is all set to release soon.

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Not all the artistes are fortunate to share the dais with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and that too in a live reality show. But, Marathi actress Amruta Khanvilkar had this opportunity.  She was invited as a very special guest to entertain the first participant in Mr. Bachchan’s new TV reality show ‘Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi’.  It so happened that the first participant in the first episode of this TV show on Star Plus channel, turned out to be a great fan of Amruta Khanvilkar. And, it was to fulfill her wish, the organizers had invited Amruta Khanvilkar to perform her famous Lavani dance and the participant Hemalata joined her.

Actually, Hemlata is one among the unusual personalities, invited by the organizers of this program, based on their contribution for a social cause. And, Hemlata is a person behind forming of an Orchestra of the blind people.

After participating in the programme, Amruta said, “ It was my privilege to fulfil the wish of a person like Hemlata. And, I shall continue to support people like her, who have been doing so much for the society. I am also glad that I shared the dais with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.”

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Remembering the most talented Marathi actress of Indian Cinema, Smita Patil on her birth Anniversary.

Smita Patil graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.

Do you know , in the 1970s she was a television newscaster for Doordarshan.

Do you know, Smita Patil was awarded ‘Padma Shri’ by Government of India

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In the year 2011, he made his debut as a hero in Marathi films, through ‘Manya The Wonder Boy’. But, it seems that our Marathi film makers ignored him, as we saw him later, in Ramgopal Verma’s ‘Satya -2′ in the lead role . And now, we find Amitriyaan Patil  in a meaty role, in Atul Kulkarni produced and Sachin Kundalkar directed  latest Marathi film ‘Rajwade & Sons’. Amitriyaan plays a US returned 30+ son of  rich Business family of  Rajwades from Pune, in the film ‘Rajwade & Sons’.

Surprisingly, Amitriyaan was kept away from this film’s promotion, for the reasons best known to the producer and director. After watching this film, we feel that it could be, with an intention of  giving a surprise to the audience, to use that twist in the film. But, we personally feel that it would have been better, if they had shown his striking looks, in the promos of the film and also introduced him in the film’s promotion. His exposure would have certainly benefitted the film more.

Anyway, you cannot  hide a diamond. It will continue to display its shine, even if, it is kept in a dark place. Amitriyaan is sure to click in Marathi films, in near future. We understand that this youngster has already been praised by many veteran Marathi artistes, who were present for the Pune premiere of this film, where,  he was perhaps introduced, for the first time, by Producer Atul Kulkarni.

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Known for her typical dance steps, Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit along with Sridevi, joined the 500^th show of ‘Marathi Taraka’ in Mumbai recently. Madhuri not only played the special guest on the occasion; but also entertained the audience, by performing few steps on her favourite song ‘Hamari Atariya Pe…’ amid loud applause from the audience. Mr. Vishwajeet kadam, Secretary of Bharati Vidyapeeth and few other celebrities from Marathi entertainment industry, were present on the occasion.

This special programme was a tribute to Madhuri Dixit and Sridevi, as the 15 marathi dancing actresses comprising of Varsha Usgaonkar, Amruta Khanvilkar, Kranti Redkar, Neha Pendse, Bhargavi Chirmule,Prajakta Mali, Hemangi Kavi, Shruti Marathe, Kishori Godbole, Shruti Palav, Ketaki Palav, Teja Deokar, Sara Shravan, Sanskruti Balgude, Shweta Shinde,  & Prachi Pisat presented the dances on the songs from the films of Madhuri and Sridevi.  Needless to mention that they received appreciation from these two veteran actresses.

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After completing 300 episodes, TV serial ‘Runji‘ on Star Pravah channel, seems to be going for a change. Now, the makers of this serial have found Varad  Chavan to play an important role. And, this tall talented youngster, known for some of his negative roles in the past, has made his presence felt, on his entry into this otherwise lifeless serial. No wonder, they have also shot a Dandiya dance sequence on  Bollywood actress Aliya Bhatt , on the occasion of Navaratri festival. Aliya has performed  along with two actresses in the serial. And, this episode will be telecast soon. Needless to mention that it must be promotion for Aliya’s next film.

Pallavi Patil, Aliya Bhatt, Sai Ranade, Runji Serial

Even otherwise, Colors channel is trying to make it big, through their forthcoming Bharat Jadhav reality show, which is being advertised heavily. This show will go on air soon, during prime time. Bharat being a big name in Marathi entertainment industry, the show is likely to pose competition to programmes on other channels. By the way, on Colors Marathi channel, we saw a film of Makarand Anaspure ‘Asa Mee Tasa Mee’, which had a 70s traditional Hindi film style story. The other artistes of this film were Rahul Mehendale, Shweta Mehendale  & Shruti Marathe in a negative role. Surprisingly, Shruti’s voice didn’t seem to be her own voice. Was it dubbed by anyone else?

Last week, Maiboli channel presented some good Marathi films  . They were, Ajinkya Deo’s ‘Jetaa‘, Subodh Bhave’s ‘Ranbhool‘ . There was also a good Marathi drama  ‘Hasat Khelat’ starring Ashok Saraf, Nivedita, Puushkar Shrotri, & Smita Tambe, shown on 14^th October.

During the week, the awards for the Zee Marathi serials have been announced in a function. And, we understand that ‘Ka Re Durava’ has bagged nine awards in different categories, including ‘Best Serial’ award. And,  Ketkar kaka and kaki bagging best Father and Mother’s awards. The best actor and actress awards have been won by Khandoba , Mhalsa and Banu respectively. ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’ was declared as best family and so on. The telecast of this awards function will be on 1^st November 2015.

By: Shweta Khot © MMW Network

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Shivani Rangole, Krishika Lulla, Madan Deodhar, Ketaki Mategaonkar & Director Sujay Dahake.

Having made films like ‘Shala‘ and ‘Ajoba‘, filmmaker Sujay Dahake has just completed shooting of his next film ‘Phuntroo’ with final schedule held in Pune.  ‘Phuntroo‘ will be  first Sci- Fi film in Marathi. Based on a love story, the film is presented by Eros International and produced by Krishika Lulla.

Producer Krishika Lulla has expressed her happiness, as the film’s shooting has been completed within scheduled time. Therefore, she has given the credit to the director and the finest co operation received from the artistes. Now, only the technical work remains, which will be completed in next two to three months and hence the makers plan to release this film in February 2016.

Highlight of this film is that singer & actress Ketaki Mategaonkar plays the female lead   in this film, along with Madan Deodhar .The other artistes in important roles are Shivani Rangole,  Rituraj Shinde,  Shivraj Vaichal, Anshuman Joshi, Rohit Nikam and others. The other credits of the film are Make up  by Vinod Sarode, costume by Ayushi Dagad, art direction by Satyajit Deshpande and camera by  Archana Bhorade .

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Team Ka Re Durava at Zee Marathi Awards Function

In spite of tough competition from artistes and their family members, Marathi serial ‘Ka Re Durava’ bagged 9 Zee Awards in different sections, during the recently concluded Zee Marathi TV awards 2015.  The telecast of this event with the concept’‘Utsav Natyancha Atut Maitricha’ filled with fun and entertainment, will be telecast on 1^st November at 7 pm, as per announcement  made by Zee Marathi channel.

Though ‘Ka Re Durava’ won the best Zee Marathi serial award and other awards, the best actor and best actress awards went to Khandoba and Mhalsa-Banu jointly. ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’ serial the best family award, while Swanandi received the fresh face of the year award, sponsored by Waman Hari Pethe.  The highlight of the entertainment programme presented on the occasion, was the couple dance event, presented by all the couples of different serials.

Popular characters Ashu and kaivalya from ‘Dil Dosti Duniyadari’ not only anchored the show, but also presented some skits to entertain the invitees. Bhau kadam & company also presented  their fun filled skit. Though, ‘Nanda Saukhyabhare’ is a recently aired serial, their artistes, Ramesh Bhatkar, Vaibhav Mangle & Nandita Dhuri invited attention, during this programme.

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Only two months ago, when the first look of Marathi film ‘Shinma’ was unveiled, we saw choreographer Ganesh Acharya, not only releasing the music of this film, but we also saw the video clip of the song on him, performing an item number with Gurleen Chopra. Now, when the makers of new Marathi film ‘Bedardi’ unveiled the first look of their film on Monday evening, we once again saw Ganesh Acharya, being used as a dancing artiste, for a Ganapati song in the film.

Actually, using the choreographer in a dance sequence of the song is much easier for the makers of the film, as he is the one, who manages the shoot. So, Ganesh Acharya has set a new trend of being part of such songs. And, if these two songs become hit, then our other heroes will have no other option than just to watch, Ganesh on the screen, performing with their lead actress. Anyway, producer of ‘Bedardi’, Mr. Suresh Bhagat is confident that whatever his director son Sahil has done, is right, to popularize the film’s song, before its release on 30th October 2015.
The young lead pair of the film is played by Omkar Kulkarni & Pooja Narang. Arun Nalawade plays an important role in this film, music of which is composed by Pravin Kunwar.

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First Look Poster of ‘Friends’ Marathi Movie

For a long time there was no news about Swapnil Joshi’s film ‘Friends’. One doesn’t know, whether this film is also a remake of any south film. Because, now days even in Marathi, it has become a practice of making south film remakes.  But, one thing is sure that  this is the  debut film of South film director R.Madhesh. The film stars Sachit Patil along with Swapnil Joshi for the first time. ‘Friends’ starcast also includes actress Gauri Nalawade in lead actress role.

Recently, Swapnil Joshi had an occasion to celebrate his birthday differently, as Poster of this film was launched by him on this day, in the company of the film’s team. Produced by Sanjay Kelapure, Manish Chanda, Prem Vyas, under the banner of Blue Eye Arts, the film will be releasing in January 2016. Kartik Nishandar & Arjun Barhan are also associate producers of this film.

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Actress Amruta Khanvilkar, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Music Director Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy with Director Subodh Bhave, while releasing music of release of the film ‘Katyar Kalajat Ghusali’

Music directors Shankar Ehsan Loy have already made it big in Bollywood. But, the celebrity trio is all set to offer biggest Diwali Gift to Marathi film audience. Shankar Ehsan Loy are making their grand debut in Marathi films through classical music based Marathi film ‘Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali’,which is inspired by the popular old Marathi play, with the same name. Incidentally, Shankar Mahadevan is also playing an important role of a classical singer, in this period film.

Recently, music CD of this film was released, in presence of the team members of this film, including Sachin Pilgaonkar, who is playing a parallel role of another singer, opposite Shankar Mahadevan, actor- director Subodh Bhave and producers of the film Sunil Phadtare, Nitin Kini & Nikhil Sane. On this occasion, besides unveiling the promo of this film, video of three songs were also played. And, they displayed not only the rich heritage of Indian classical music; but also gave an indication of the majesty of the film.

Besides Shankar Mahadevan, Subodh Bhave and Sachin Pilgaonkar, the film also stars other talented artistes like Amruta Khanvilkar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Pushkar Shrotri & Sakshi Tanvar, who is also making her debut in Marathi, through this film.  There are 21 classical songs in Katyar Kaljat Ghusli’, which also include few original songs from the Marathi drama.

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Studio/presenter: Chitraksha Films Producer: Vitthalrao Nanasaheb Karhade Writer, Director: Bhaurao Karhade Music: Rohit Nagbhide Director of Photography: Veerdhaval Patil Editor: Roshan Patil Genres: Drama Rating: Censor: U/A Duration: 125 Min. Cast: Shashank Shende, Anil Nagarkar, Bhau Shinde, Surekha, Yogesh Dimbale, Rasika Chavhan, Vaishnavi Dhore, Chandrakant Dhumal, Prashant Ingale, Vaishali Kendale, Amol Thorat, Hemat Kadam Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

Marathi films have shown us rural Maharashtra, highlighting the problems of drought affected areas and suicides of farmers. But, we have neither seen the lifestyle of shepherds nor their rough journey for survival. Latest released Marathi film ‘Khwada’- ( Obstacle), which has won two national and five state awards, not only shows the exploitation of these poor shepherds; but, also shows, how the helpless young lot of this community, revolts against the administrators, when the injustice becomes unbearable.

Producer director Bhaurao Karhade, who has shot this film with many new faces, has opted only for one known face from Marathi films, Shashank Shende. The film is set on the backdrop of the outskirts of villages in Pune district, with focus on a family of shepherd community, which is always on the move, to find feed for the herd of their sheep, their only belonging. Raghu( Shashank Shende) , the head of the family, does all the work of taking good care of the herd of his sheep, with the help of his two sons, one of them Panda, who is married with wife and two children and the other, who is a bodybuilder youngster Balu( Bhau Shinde) . The two ladies in their family cook food for the family in the open. In fact, the living condition of this community is clearly shown by the director, through this film.

Moviestill from ‘Khwada’

The screenplay of the film moves in a natural way, showing how the family fix the marriage of Balu and how the family becomes helpless, when the corrupt village administrator, cheats them, by picking up lambs from the herd, as and when required, without paying them. The film takes a sudden turn, in the post interval stage, when young Balu cannot stand to the harassment by the village administrator and turns a protagonist in the concluding part of the film.

During the entire film, it is one actor Shashank Shende , in the role of Raghu, steals the show, with his brilliant performance, with superb body language and use of perfect dialect, suited to his character. In his presence, Bhau Shinde has done his best to make his presence felt. Anil Nagarkar plays the cruel villain in Bollywood style; but has impressed with his performance. Good support comes from the other newcomers. There are only three fight scenes in the film and they are very natural. In fact, it is because of the perfection in sound design, usage of their language of communication between all the characters, selection of real locations and the perspective of the film maker, The film leaves a deep impact on the audience.

From the start till end, the audience imagine themselves, as part of the film; with director taking them on a rough journey, along with shepherd family. There are few flaws in the film’s screenplay. The period of this story, signifies present days, showing use of mobile phones by the family. But, the filmmaker has avoided the police and the media, over happening of serious matters. The Village head, who plays the villain in this film, represents the ‘One man rule’. But, the villagers are shown literate, reading news papers. Therefore, whatever happens in climax is not very convincing, considering the present time. The filmmaker does give a hint at the end of the film that he would return with a sequel, in 2017, showing some members of the family migrating to Pune city. So, we will have to wait for Part 2, to know more about the progress of this community and change in attitude of the administration.

Certainly, not a film for the masses; but those who like to watch realistic films on the lives of poor and oppressed people, shouldn’t miss this film. It throws light on Government’s apathy towards the shepherd community and warns all those corrupt and atrocious village administrators, about the revolt from the poor, when things become unbearable for them. Last but not the least, the efforts of the film maker, on making a film on this subject, have to be appreciated.

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Mr World Sangram Chougule

Last year he won the 2014 Mr. World Bodybuilding award and this year, he is all set to make his acting debut through forthcoming Marathi film ‘Dambha’, which is being written and directed by Prasad Appa Tarkar. So, finally Marathi cinema has found a perfect bodybuilder, as the new action hero.

According to the makers, this will be an action packed film and Sangram Chougule finds a suitable role as the lead hero of this film. The actual shooting of this film will begin next month. On the poster of this film, Sangram takes the look of Hollywood actor Dwayne Douglas Jhonson. The action director of this film will be Peter Hein, while DOP will be Shailesh Awasthhi

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Ishwari Deshpande, Marathi actress

At a time when Bollywood actresses like Urmila Matondkar, Vidya Balan. Hrishita Bhatt, and few others have entered Marathi films, throwing a challenge to existing Marathi actresses; there are also few glamorous and ambitious actresses all set to make their debut. And, one of them is Ishwari Deshpande. Very glamorous, that she is, Ishwari is presently studying law at Sinhgad College, Pune. Her ambition is to become top actress in Marathi. She is a great admirer of actresses Madhuri, Deepika ,Priyanka & late Smita Patil.

Though Ishwari’s debut film ‘Premache Side Effects’ is directed by Sunil Chauthmal she is looking forward to work with reputed film makers like Ravi jadhav, Sanjay Jadhav, Umesh Kulkarni & Sujay Dahake. Ishwari has been casted opposite two new faces Pritmik and Dramaholic in this film; while the other prominent artistes of this film are Deepak Shirke, Ravi Kale, Kishori Ambiye & Supriya Pathak. Music by Dev Ashish and cinematography by Ravi Chandran are other credits of this film. The film is produced by Jayashree Deshpande.

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Marathi Television

Till now, we find that only a particular channel hosts TV serial awards, restricted to serials aired on its channel. But, why can’t we have such awards open to Marathi serials, aired on other channels too ? If this happens, it will be a good competition to watch. When we can have awards instituted by different Groups and sponsors for Marathi films and Marathi stage, why there is injustice to Marathi serials, which has been offering talented artistes ? Few years ago, an event management company, which hosts TV serial awards in Hindi, had come forward with the proposal of hosting awards for Marathi serials too; but, that proposal remained on papers only, for want of sponsors.

Now days, we observe that popular TV artistes are in big demand for Marathi film and stage award functions held abroad, for performing dances or for anchoring shows. So, why can’t these Organisers also include awards for Marathi TV serial artistes and their makers? If these awards are added to the existing awards, they will help increase the popularity of these awards.

If such awards are introduced, it will create good completion among different channels and their producers, to offer their best creation. It will also be interesting to see Mrunal Dusanis competing with Dipti Ketkar , Suruchi Adarkar and Santosh Juvekar competing with Suyash Tilak and so on. Today, we find many TV serial makers, taking the viewers for granted. In many serials, we find the popular characters repeating the same dialogues again and again, with the same expressions on their face. To make a serial interesting, it is very necessary to have good communication among the characters, with quality and effective dialogues. There was a time, when we noticed good dialogues in past serials like ‘Damini’, ‘Vadalvaat’’, ‘Avantika’, ‘Agnihotra’, ‘Ya Sukhanno Ya’ & ‘Asambhav’. Why can’t we have such quality dialogues in the present day serials ?

To offer a good Marathi serial, there has to be a complete script ready, with dialogues. A popular TV serial director once said that he preferred to make a serial, which would be over within six months. But, today, we find many serials dragging on for more than a year. Sometimes, two years or even three years, with some of the artistes and even the director being replaced. And, that’s not fair.

By: Shweta Khot © MMW Network

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Ashutosh Kulkarni, Varsha Usgaonkar, Raj Rathod, Rahul Mahajan at music release of ‘Lord of Shingnapur’.

Television Celebrity Rahul Mahajan is playing an important role of close friend of the hero, in forthcoming Marathi film ‘Lord of Shinganapur’, which is produced and directed by Raj Rathod. Tall and smart that he is, Rahul was present during music release of this film, on Saturday evening, in Mumbai. Seated next to him was Marathi’s gorgeous actress Varsha Usgaonkar, who is also part of this film.

When the artistes and music team members were called on the dais, they were felicitated one by one, by the Trustee of Shani Shinganapur temple, who had travelled all the way, for this occasion. When it was the turn of Rahul Mahajan to speak few words, he showered all the praise on actress Varsha Usgaonkar. “Varsha is the prettiest actress I have seen in the entire Indian film industry. I have been watching her, for the past several years on screen and she still looks beautiful and charming. More than the likes of Rekha and other actresses in Bollywood. And hence, I consider myself fortunate, for having got an opportunity to work with her.” he said. And, that was the biggest compliment Varsha received that evening.

Also present on the occasion were producer director Raj Rathod, Music director Farhan Shaikh, cinematographer Prashant Jadhav, lead hero of the film Ashutosh Kulkarni & popular singer Sukhvinder Singh, on whom a 6 minute song has been picturised in the film. The lead actress of the film Vaibhavi Shandilya and Milind Gunaji, who is playing an important role in the film, were absent.

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Mukta Barve and Swapnil Joshi performing song ‘Band Bajaa Varaat Ghoda’. from Mumbai Pune Mumbai 2

Much talked about Marathi film ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai-2′, starring Swapnil Joshi and Mukta Barve, is gearing up for its Diwali release. Only few days ago, the makers of this film, launched their fist song, in presence of the students of a Mumbai college. And, this time, to launch the another song..‘Band Bajaa Varaat Ghoda’ .they had actually erected the set of actual wedding, at an auditorium in Mumbai.

To bless the couple, i.e. lead pair Swapnil and Mukta, their screen parents were present. So, for the first time Prashant Damle, Savita Prabhune, Vijay Kenkre and Mangal kenkre were present for this film’s promotion. Also present on the occasion were Mr. Sajnay Chhabriya of Everest Entertainment, Mr. Amit Bhanushali of Mirah Entertainment and director of the film Satish Rajwade.

So, during coming Diwali, we will see a big competition between this film and Zee Studios film ‘Katyar Kaljaat Ghusali’. But, ‘Katyar kaljaat Ghusali’ has already scored on account of its first look. Now, it is for the audience to decide their preference at the ticket window. Because, for the success of Marathi films, it is the actual headcount in the cinema halls, that counts.

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Studio/presenter: Supremo Entertainment Producers: Shweta Sudhir Snehal Jadhav, Kishor Dhargalkar, Shekhar Pradhan Director: Shyam Swarnlata Dhanorkar Writer: Shashank Kevale Music: Vikas Bhatavdekar, Pankaj Padghan Director of Photography:  Navnit Misar Editor: Anant Kamat Genres: Drama Rating: Censor: U/A Duration: 124 Min. Cast: Renuka Shahane, Tushar Dalvi, Aaroh Velankar, Deepali Muchrikar, Avinash Masurekar, Sunil Joshi, Atul Todankar, Meena Sonavane, Abhilasha Patil, Suhasini Paranjpe, Abhishek Deshmukh, Akshay Kulkarni, Pandurang Kulkarni, Ramesh Solanki, Ashutosh Gaikwad.Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

Looks like, it’s time for family entertainers, in Marathi films. So, after ‘Rajwade & Sons’, we now find the story of Deodhar joint family, in latest released Marathi film ‘Te Aath Divas’.  In ‘Rajwade & Sons’, we saw a foreign returned stylish Uncle of the children, returning home after so many years; while in ‘Te Aath Diwas’, we find the high profile mother of the young would be bride, returning from abroad, after many years.

With this resemblance, ‘Te Aath Divas’ begins with the marriage preparations of young granddaughter Prajakta (Deepali Muchrikar) of Mr. Deodhar( Avinash Masurekar), head of the joint family. The big family comprises of Prajakta’s father Sudhakar( Tushar Dalvi), her eldest Uncle (Sunil Joshi), youngest Uncle( Atul Todankar) , their wives and their children. Prajakta’s mother Vasundhara( Renuka Shahane) who deserts her, while she was just one year old, to take up a foreign assignment, is returning home, after so many years, only to attend the marriage of her daughter.

Not all , except Sr. Deodhar is happy with the arrival of Vasundhara. But, soon she becomes friendly with all, including Prajakta. With just a week left for Prajakta’s marriage, her foreign returned mother notices unhappiness on her daughter’s face. Finally, she tells her mother that she doesn’t want to marry Shrirang (Aroh Velankar), as she likes Jay, a young budding cricketer, living in the neighborhood. And, the mother assures all the help to her. With so many characters around, the story of the film takes a turn, in the post interval session, to surprise the audience, with happy ending.

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The theme of the film itself, is not very suitable to Maharashtrian culture, as it is very difficult to believe that a mother would desert her little baby and husband and leave abroad, on a job assignment, to remain totally detached for several years. Therefore, her returning for her daughter’s marriage, doesn’t indicate any attachment, towards her family.

However, the intention of the filmmaker, has been good, to deliver a simple and timely message. Good performances come from all the important artistes, Renuka Shahane, Tushar Dalvi, Sunil Joshi, Atul Todankar Meena Sonavane, Abhilasha Patil and others. Newcomer Deepali Muchrikar, who has portrayed the role of a confused young girl Prajakta, has impressed on her debut. Young Aroh Velankar (‘Rege’ fame) has played his limited role, showing a lot of maturity, like a versatile actor.

It was nice to see veteran actor Avinash Masurekar in Grand father’s role; but, he and the child artiste Ashitosh Gaikwad have performed, as if they were performing on stage. At least, their style of delivering the dialogues indicated it. This was because, the director hasn’t taken cinematic liberties to make the film more interesting. Most of the film is shot indoors, in the house, except for few outdoor scenes. But, it is only because of the performances and the message delivered by the film, it has turned out to be a wholesome family entertainer.

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Studio/presenter: Zee Studio, Essel Vision
Release Year: 2015 (12 November)
Genres: Musical Drama
Rating:  na
Censor: U/A
Duration: 130 min.
Producers: Sunil Phadtare, Nitin Kini, Nikhil Sane
Executive  Producer:  na
Director: Subodh Bhave
Writer: Purushottam Darvekar, Prakash Kapadiya
ScreenPlay: Prakash Kapadiya
Dialogues: na
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