Ashok Patki is one of the most respected names in the Marathi music industry. Over the years he has garnered love from the audiences and the industry for his work on different mediums as a music composer from Television, films, to advertisements and theatre. Recently at the music launch event of Marathi film ‘Bakaal’ a fun incident happened.

Sameer Athalye, director of the ‘film ‘Bakaal‘ said in jest that Ashok Patki should shower himself with ‘goumutra’ to make him pure again after composing the item song for his film! With Bakaal Ashok Patki has reinvented his style of composing music as the film is a youth centric action entertainer! Patki has been an expert of melodious soft songs but in the album of ‘Bakaal’ you’ll find songs of all varieties that appeal to the contemporary young audience.

Ashok Patki even collaborated with new age music arrangers to get in the ‘dj’ effect in these songs! He took it as a challenge and enjoy the whole process of making music for ‘Bakaal’. Moreover cinematographer turned director Sameer Athalye has been a good friend of Patki for years and hence he couldn’t say no to him! Whatever the case be we as a audiences are lucky too see a senior composer reinventing himself at a stage in his life where he has nothing to prove to anyone and yet he is trying out new things! Isn’t that inspiring!

Rajkumar Menda produced & Shiv Om Visuals Pvt. Ltd presents ‘Bakaal’ releases on 8th of November all over Maharashtra. The film has 5 songs of different kind sung by various star singers like Siddharth Mahadevan, Jasraj Joshi, Hrishikesh Ranade, Adarsh Shinde, Mahalaxmi Iyer, and others.

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Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star is Mumbai’s beloved film festival that showcases the best of Indian and foreign films to the passionate film lovers of Mumbai! The festival is now in it’s 21st year! And like every year they are again screening Marathi films under their various sections!

in India Story section three Marathi films are being showcased. ‘Chivati’ directed by Rajkumar Tangade is about generations of a closely-knit, humorous community of sugarcane labourers who have been migrating yearly in search of work. ‘Y’ directed by Dr. Ajit Wadikar and starring popular actress Mukta Barve, is a collage of four different, interconnected stories that address sex-selective abortion and female foeticide. And the third film in this section being ‘A Thing of Magic’ directed by Nithin Anil which is about a struggling harmonium player, who aspires to join a local drama troupe.

In the ‘Marathi Talkies’ section three Marathi films are to be featured. ‘Dithi’, the much awaited multi-starrer film about the ‘Warkari’ sect directed by Sumitra Bhave stars the likes of Kishor Kadam, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Amruta Subhash, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Girish Kulkarni, Anjali Patil, Shashank Shende & others. The section also features ‘Bhonga’ by the national award winning director Shivaji Lotan Patil. Mahesh Manjrekar’s ‘Panghrun’ which is a period drama film about a widow starring Manjrekar’s daughter Sai Manjrekar will also be a part of the ‘Marathi Talkies’ section in the festival!

‘About Love’ is another Marathi film that is part of MAMI this year! A documentary film directed by Archana Phadke about the three generations of her family inside their ancestral home – the 102-year-old Phadke Building in downtown Mumbai. Mining their daily routines and rituals, ‘About Love’ deconstructs the dynamics of one eccentric household, studies its gender dynamics and brings unexpected revelations for a daughter rediscovering her family from behind the lens.

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‘Bakaal‘ the upcoming action entertainer is all set to hit theatres on 8th of November. Directed by senior cinematographer turned director Sameer Athalye and produced by Rajkumar Menda. The film stars the young and talented newcomers Chaitanya Mestri and Jui Belkhande along with a strong supporting cast of Alka Kubal Athalye, Milind Gawli, Yatin Karyekar, Ashok Samarth, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Jayant Savarkar, Ravindra Berde & Pooja Nayak.

Many of the cast members where present for the music launch that was recently held. The lead debut pair of the film performed on various tracks of the films and impressed one & all present! The music of the film is given by senior music composer Ashok Patki who also talked about the process of composing unique songs for the film. The songs are sung by various popular singers from Siddharth Mahadevan, Hrishikesh Ranade, Amey Date, and many others.

Among many tracks of the film the song about the 139 year old tradition of ‘Marbat‘ in the Vidarbha region got more media attention! The director of the film spoke about how this is the first time that the ‘Marbat’ festival of Vidarbha is being represented through a song! The eye catching visuals of the song captured from the actual celebrations of the festival from Vidarbha were larger than life! ‘Bakaal’ promises to be a one of a kind of action musical that could appeal to audiences of all age groups and tastes!

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Popular as ‘Concert King’ Hemantkumar Mahale is a well known name in the music industry. But now he has taken a new path of producing Marathi films. And his first Marathi film ‘Whatsapp Love‘ starring the like of Raqesh Bapat, Anuja Sathe, Irani actress Sareh Far & others is all set to release in theatres on 12th of July!

True to the tag of ‘Concert King’ Whatsapp Love’s music album has 5 songs of different kind and all of them are sweet to the ears! Popular singers like Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, Sufi singer Shabab Sabri and the legend of music Asha Bhosale have sung these songs! Music director Nitin Shankar has composed all these songs. These songs were revealed in an exclusive music launch event.

The film deals with the subject of extra marital affair set in today’s modern times of Whatsapp and social media! The film projects a conflict between love and lust and tries to go deep into the idea of true love! The film also presents itself as a psychological thriller in a way! So make sure you watch the film in theatres from 12th of July!

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Maharashtra Celebrity Cricket League is this year being played at Thane’s newly renovated Dadaji Konddev Stadium! And more importantly, the whole event will be live streamed on MarathiStars.com’s Facebook page! The tournament will be played over the period of three days; 1st, 2nd & 3rd February! The event is created by Thane Municipal Corporation & director Viju Mane, Akash Pendharkar & Swapnil Juvatkar.

Dignitaries like Maharashtra’s Cabinet Minister Eknath Shinde, Mayor Meenakshi Tai Shinde, Thane’s Municipal commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal, chairman of Municipal Corporation’s education committee Vikas Repale, ex-cricketer & commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, international cricketer Abhishek Nayar, & national cricketer Raju Kulkarni are present for the event.

There are six teams in the Maharashtra Celebrity Cricket League (MCCL); ‘Mumbaiche Mavale’ led by director-actor Sanjay Jadhav, ‘Banedar Thane’ led by Superstar Ankush Chaudhari, ‘Kokanche Wagh’ led by the super energetic Siddharth Jadhav, ‘Khatarnak Mulshi’ led by the iconic Pravin Tarde, ‘Parakrami Pune’ led by the chocolate boy hero Saurabh Gokhale & ‘Ladhvayye Media’ led by Bavesh Janavlekar (Head of Zee Talkies & Zee Yuva). The opening match will be between Mumbaiche Mavale & Banedar Thane! This match & all the other matches over the period of three days from now can be watched live here:

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Zee Marathi’s ‘Majhya Navryachi Bayko’ has garnered lots of love & appreciation from the audiences. The trio of Radhika, Gurunath & Shanaya have become like family for the audiences and the chemistry between the characters too is flawless. Just recently we met Isha Keskar as the new ‘Shanaya’. She replaced Rasika Sunil in the serial.

Isha too is fond of shopping in her real life just like ‘Shanaya’. And her style sense too is very hatke & fun! One can say this based on her get up in the recently held Zee Marathi Awards 2018 Nomination Party! The theme of the party was ‘Neon & Pop’ & Isha explored the theme in her own way! She stood out among the guests at the party!

Isha wore a neon florescent coloured outfit along with a pink boa & a pink wig! Isha carried the look very confidently throughout the party! Isha has been nominated in three categories; Best Character, Best Villain & Best Comic Character in this year’s Zee Marathi Awards!

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Zee Marathi Awards is an award show that celebrates the serials & shows off Zee Marathi. Both the audiences & the artists look at it as their own function & eagerly await it every year. The excitement too is very high amongst the fans & the industry about who’ll win in different categories & who’ll perform what skits & dances! Similar to this actual event there’s a nomination part of these awards!

This year’s theme of Zee Marathi Awards 2018 Nomination Party was ‘Neon & Pop’! The number of Marathi stars attended this party & followed the theme through their costume & get up. Stars of Chala Hawa Yeu Dya, Sagar Karande & Shreya Bugde hosted this party! This time there will be a tough fight between Tuzhat Jeev Rangala, Majhya Navryachi Bayko, Jago Mohan Pyare, Lagira Jhala Ji, Baaji & Tula Pahate Re. These serials are nominated in different categories like Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Siblings, Best Jodi, Best Family, Best Serial, etc.

The list of guests for this party included Subodh Bhave, Abhijeet Khandkekar, Anita Date-Kelkar, Isha Keskar, Hardeek Joshi, Akshaya Deodhar, Bharat Ganeshpure, Bhau Kadam, Mahesh Kothare, Shruti Marathe & others. All the Marathi stars enjoyed themselves as most of them are usually busy working for entertaining us! It will be exciting to see which serial wins the most awards this year!

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Sony Entertainment is a trustworthy brand in the history of Indian T.V. industry. Almost after 2 decades of their entry into the industry, they are now entering the Marathi entertainment industry. And they had a grand launch party at the lavish JW Marriot hotel. From the meaning behind their logo to the objectives they have in mind were spoken about by Ajay Bhalwankar (Business Head of Sony Marathi).

Popular actor & lyricist Jitendra Joshi was hosting the event & was introducing the shows one by one. From a romantic serial like ‘Julta Julta Jultay Ki’, ‘Duniyadari Filmy Style’ a story of a struggling actor who leaves Mumbai & decides to make a film in his village with the help of his villagers, A story of a weird marriage between a boxer girl & a singer boy titled ‘Saare Tujhyachsathi’. A dance reality show featuring countless celebrities, ‘Maharashtracha Favorite Dancer’ hosted by Pushkaraj Chirputkar & the super judge being Supriya Pilgaonkar!

Jitendra Joshi apart from being the host of the evening also revealed that he himself will be a part of a unique show on the channel titled ‘Garja Maharashtra’. This show will showcase the folk culture & traditions of Maharashtra & the will be a tribute to the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj & their forts! The show’s telecast will commence from 19^th August at 7 pm with a grand award show, 55^th Maharashtra State Marathi Film Awards! The whole entertainment industry will in this way wish Sony Marathi a successful future.

So don’t forget to tune into Sony Marathi from 19^th of August!

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Savvy Women Empowerment Awards is a widely respected award. One of Marathi cinema’s pride Sai Tamhankar has now been awarded with the award. Mostly given to page 3 celebrities & Bollywood celebs & hence Sai getting the award is commendable. She was awarded this in the category ‘Outstanding contribution in films’. And she is the first Marathi actress to win this award.

In a career spanning over 10 years, Sai Tamhankar has done over 50 films & has been awarded with different honors. This prestigious award too is now added to her list of achievements. Sai says, such awards boost her confidence & inspire her to do greater work.

Sai is proud of being an independent woman in today’s times & living her life on her own terms. In the past few years along with Marathi cinema she has also become a known artist in Bollywood, moreover her international film ‘Love Sonia’ is also set to be premiered in the prestigious Indian Film Festival in London, were it’s also the opening film of the festival.

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