• Review : Hostel Days
• Producer : Subhas Bora, Harvinder Singh and Chandan Gehlot
• Director : Ajay Naik
• Star Cast : Aroh Welankar, Prarthana Behere, Virajas Kulkarni, Akshay Tanksale, Sanjay Jadhav & Vidyadhar Joshi
• Story & Screenplay : Ajay Naik
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Hostel Days Marathi Movie Review:

If someone would have asked me which is the safest scenario to set a film in (before watching ‘Hostel Days’) I might have answered ‘a hostel’. But now I definitely won’t. ‘Hostel Days’ is a revelation of sorts in taking this genre, the overall Marathi cinema, & the ‘musical’ genre altogether to a new low! The film is life threateningly 2 & a half hours long! But the main conflict arrives in the last 45 minutes or so. But does it mean at least then the film becomes marginally interesting? No!

Normally when a film has a hostel scenario it’s mostly secondary or a by product of the college scenario. Yes there could be other exceptions too, but then those films justify why the film is only about hostel life! ‘Hostel Days’ tries to figure out the same throughout the film. As said earlier the actual conflict arrives much late but before that the film relies on a cardboard cutout love triangle between Aroh Welankar, Prarthana Behere & a much younger looking Virajas Kulkarni. Then there are also few other characters in which Akshay Tanksale has been given more footage. Tanksale as ‘Buchchan’ plays an Amitabh Bachchan fan for a silly reason revealed later in the film. He is also the narrator of the film, where he speaks too much but actually has very little to say. Sanjay Jadhav as ‘KuKu’ (Kumar Kulkarni) is said to be the rector of the hostel & along with his wife together they both represent the entire teaching or administrating staff of the whole college!

But then the film keeps avoiding the term ‘college’. Instead it constantly tries to convince us that it’s about the ‘hostel’. Not a single character appeals to us. Akshay Tanksale tries too hard with his usual antics but ends up making no sense. Aroh Welankar looks the part of a tough guy, the hostel GS ‘Shiva’, but delivers his dialogue with utter innocence of a studious teenager. Virajas Kulkarni as ‘Jay Dharmadhikari’ a rich spoilt brat is the exact opposite where he forcefully plays a villain while looking like a just passed out 10th grade student. Jay and his gang of friends from Mumbai & other cities who are now in a small village hostel are clearly a version of Shekhar Malhotra and his gang from ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander’!

The film has around 8 songs or so. None of them is memorable. Technically the film isn’t really bad but it’s like a body without a soul. The soul of ‘Hostel Days’ is merely a collection of a few gags, usual college film clichés & a melodrama about the rich vs poor, the corrupt vs the honest, hardworking. ‘Hostel Days’ calls itself a film about hostel life but doesn’t really get what exactly it is. It uses a hostel the way an older film used the slums, where the residents strive to save their homes from the builder mafia!

The only positive is that Sanjay Jadhav comes out as a decent minimalist character actor out of this film. But again it’s also because other actors are either trying too hard or not trying at all in their respective roles. ‘Hostel Days’ biggest issue is it’s length of around 2 & a Half hours. Had that been curbed by around 40-45 minutes this film might have entertained at least some audiences.

Overall:

We definitely deserve a lot better film about hostel life that can make an ex-hostelite nostalgic & others excited about it. ‘Hostel Days’ only manages to be a terribly tasteless clichéd ‘film’ that actually abuses the purity of hostel life. It definitely affected my personal memories of my ‘Hostel Days’, not in a nostalgic way.

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• Movie : Hostel Days |
• Producer : Subhas Bora, Harvinder Singh, Chandan Gehlot
• Director : Ajay Naik
• Studio : Shree Parshwa Productions & Ajay Naik Productions
• Star Cast :
  • Prarthana Behere
  • Aroh Welankar
  • Virajas Kulkarni
  • Akshay Tanksale
  • Vidyadhar Joshi
  • Sanjay Jadhav
  • Sainath Ganuwad
  • Chinmay Patwardhan
  • Ankita Bora
  • Ankita Lande
  • Purva Deshpande
  • Purva Shinde
  • Sagarika Rukari
• Story, Screenplay & Dialogues : Ajay Naik
• Music & Background Score : Ajay Naik
• Lyrics : Ajay Naik, Guru Thakur, Mandar Cholkar
• Sound Design : Manoj Mochemadkar
• Editor : Mayur Hardas
• Art Director : Siddharth Tatooskar
• Choreographers : Akshata Tikhe, Ajay Naik
• Makeup : Atul Shidhaye
• Costume : Nakshatra Devadiga, Mohini Nanaware
• Executive Producer :Swapnil Kore & Shardul Mohite
• Creative Producer : Ajay Naik
• Publicity Design : Sachin Suresh Gurav
• Visual Promotion : Just Right Studios
• Genre : Marathi Drama, Musical
• Release Date : 12th January 2018.

Synopsis :

The story of the film is set in the 1990s. The film narrates the tale of a set of students who are residing in a hostel which is located in Kopargaon, Satara. How they bond with each other and how hostel becomes a home away from home for them forms the crux of the film.

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To fall in love is something so sacred that it need not be about winning or losing all the time. The braveness to sacrifice & dedicate yourself with everything you have for that one special person is love. Prem He’s next story is about such dedication & conviction titled ‘Samarpan’.

‘Rege’ & ‘Ghanta’ fame Aroh Welankar will be starring opposite ‘Kamla’ fame Ashwini Kasar in this love story of Divyesh & Rama. Divyesh (Aroh) is the US return son of an extremely rich but evil father. Rama (Ashwini) is a strong middle class girl who can stand up against injustice & something that’s wrong. Divyesh’s father ‘Mr. Karkhanis’ is played by senior actor Yatin Karyekar. Mr. Karkhanis is a rich, money-minded builder who wants Rama’s home. Divyesh at first supports his father but later after falling in love with Rama, he stands by her side.

So does Rama accept Divyesh’s love? Can Mr. Karkhanis succeed in his intentions? For answers don’t forget to watch Zee Yuva’s ‘Prem He’ on 3^rd & 4^th April at 9pm!       

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• Review : Ghantaa (2016)
• Producer : Rohit Shetty
• Directer : Shailesh Shankar Kale
• Star Cast : Aroh Velankar, Amey wagh, Saksham kulkarni, Shivani Surve, Anuja Sathe, Kishor Kadam, Pushkar Shrotri, Viju Khote, Murli Sharma, Bhau Kadam, Kanchan Pagare, Vijay kadam, Ganesh Mayekar, Mayur Khandge
• Screenplay : Sumit Bonkar Rahul Yashod
• Music : Samir Saptiskar
• Genre  : Comedy
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 2.5/5

Ghanta Marathi Movie Review :

Ghantaa belongs to a genre that hardly has a history in Marathi, but has many examples in Bollywood & of course Hollywood. The most direct comparison could be well made with Aamir Khan’s Delhi Belly. Though the basic plot is common in these two films there is one significant difference. The three leads in Delhi Belly have a darker, realistic edge to them whereas here Raj (Amey), Umesh (Saksham) & Angad (Aroha) are cardboard cut outs. Though this is situational crime comedy, you still need interesting lead characters.

The actors though succeed in doing their jobs. The rest of the cast that has Pushkar Shrotri & Kishore Kadam as leaders of two gangs (one of which is political) are fabulous as always. The character of Murli Sharma needs a special mention. He has been established pretty well & brings in the essential unpredictability in this “Hira Kahan Hain” mystery. Though it could have been more justified if they had used him efficiently in the climax. Another stock character will stay memorable is that of a simple secretary (Pushkar’s) who is not bothered about the conflict at all instead he simply wants to go home early.

Ghanta is directed by a first timer, who has no background of this industry & deserves a lot of credit because he has genuinely made the film he wanted to make. Because there is nothing in the film that has been forcibly added to please any specific lot of audience. But throughout the film his inexperience is evident. Still it will be exciting to see what he comes up with when he brings his second film.

Visually Ghanta experiments a little too much & unnecessarily, the same applies to the omnipresent background score. However there’s a unique exception in a deliberately pretentious (& satirical) sad romantic song titled “Unbreakable” voiced by Hariharan. It works well in this setting. We would have actually loved a similar approach to the lives of these three characters especially in the first half.

The fate of Ghanta (in terms of box office) depends on those huge numbers of Amey Wagh fans. Importantly these fans also somewhat represent the new target audience of popular Marathi Cinema. The right amount of hype has been created by the Ghanta team. And if they watch Ghanta they’ll definitely enjoy it.

Overall:

Ghantaa is enjoyable & definitely worth a watch, the errors are there but they won’t hit you on the face. If you belong to a certain section of young audience who are still aloof from Marathi Cinema Ghantaa is worth to start with!

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• Movie : Ghantaa (2016)
• Producor : Rohit Shetty
• Director : Shailesh Shankar Kale
• Studio : Brahmapura Pictures, Dashmi Creations
• StarCast : Aroh Velankar, Amey wagh, Saksham kulkarni, Shivani Surve, Anuja Sathe, Kishor Kadam, Pushkar Shrotri, Viju Khote, Murli Sharma, Bhau Kadam, Kanchan Pagare, Vijay kadam, Ganesh Mayekar, Mayur Khandge
• Screenplay : Suumit Bonkar & Rahul Yashod
• Dilouges : Fransis Augustine & Vinod Jadhav
• Music : Samir Saptiskar
• Lyrics : Abhishek Khankar
• Background Score : Aditya Bedekar
• Sound Design & Mixing : Dinesh Uchil & Shantanu Akerkar
• Editor : Pankaj Deepak Hurne
• Art Director : Akhilesh jambhavdekar
• Action : Ravi Kumar & Harpal Singh
• Costume Designer : Ashwini Kocharekar & Dipti Panchal
• Cinematography (DOP) : Siddhartha More
• Genre : Comedy
• Release Date : October 14, 2016

Synopsis : Ghanta is a story about 3 friends, who just passed out from college and try their hand in betting to earn money. The story is about how they get into a big mess because of betting and comes across three Villans in their life. The film is about their struggle to get out of this situation and how.

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Ghanta is getting ready for 14 October release. The recently released trailer of this film promises us a good film with some great performances. This black comedy is directed by Shailesh Kale.

The film is about three youngsters who dreams to make it big in their life. How the situations change and their life bring some new twists and turns will be seen in this film. Out of the three youngsters one wants to become a famous dubbing artiste, another is an idiot and third is a charmer. However, a certain decision by these three friends goes wrong and they end up in the hands of two rival gans. What happens next- will see it on the big screen. The film stars Dil Dosti Duniyadari’s Kaivaly – Amey Wagh along with Aroh Welankar and Saksham Kulkarni in the lead roles. Pushkar Shrotri and Kishor Kadam also play important role in this film.

The film is produced by Rohit Shetty and presented by Brahmapura Pictures and Dashami Studioz

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The makers of the film Ghanta recently released the music in an innovative event. Ghanta Toast (similar like Comedy Roast) was done with the three heroes of this film by Mahesh Manjrekar, Jitendra Joshi.

Amey Wagh, Saksham Kulkarni and Aroh Welankar and Amruta Khanvilkar were present for this Ghanta Toast. The event was hosted by Pushkar Shrotri, who is playing an important role in this film.

Ghanta has been using different techniques for the promotions including live motion poster and live chats on the social media. The film has been directed by Shailesh Kale. The film is produced by Dashami Creation, Brahmapura Pictures and Yellow Incorporation.  Dashami has earlier given hit serials like Durva, Majhe Man Tujhe Jhale and Pasant Aahe Mulgi. The film is written by Sumit Bonkar and Rahul Yashod.

The film will be releasing on 14 October.

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Ghanta– a film starring Amey Wagh, Saksham Kulkarni and Aroh Welankar has released its teaser. The teaser promises us a complete entertainment with the hint of black comedy. The film is direceted by Shailesh Kale and will be releasing on 14 October.

The film also stars Pushkar Shrotri and Kishor Kadam in leading roles. The teaser shows three young boys and how they find themselves in difficult situations. The film has all the elements like love, lust, action, thriller, chase to give us a complete entertainment package. Amey Wagh, who rose on popularity charts with his role as “Kaivaly” is Zee Marathi’s serial Dil Dosti Duniyadari will be seen as not so good boy in this film. Saksham who is currently seen in Zee Yuva’s Love Lagn aani Lochya is also playing an important part in this film. Aroh was seen in critically acclaimed “Rege”.

The film is produced by Dashami Productions, Brahmaputra Pictures and Yelow Inc. The film will be releasing on 14 October all over Maharashtra.

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‘Te Aath Diwas’ movie is about the relation of mother and daughter and importance of family. Story of a mother, who came back after 18 years for her daughter’s wedding, and story of a girl who is getting married and suffering from so many doubts related to her life. In this situation her mother understands her very well and supports her. Actress Renuka Shahane played the role of mother and Actor Tushar Dalvi will be seen in father role. What’s happening in these 8 days is the twist of this movie.

‘Te Aath Diwas’ produced by Shweta Jadhav and directed by Shyam Dhanorkar. This movie starring Renuka Shahane, Tushar Dalvi, Aaroh Velankar, Deepali Muchrikar, Avinash Masurekar, Sunil Joshi, Atul Todankar, Meena Sonavane, Abhilasha Patil, Suhasini Paranjpe, Abhishek Deshmukh, Ashay Kulkarni, Pandurang Kulkarni, Ramesh Solanki and child artist Ashitosh Gaikwad.

‘Te Aath Diwas’ will release on 30th October.

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‘Kadhi Kadhi Ha Lagnacha Gunta Sodvayla Lagtat 20 Varshe… Tar Kadhi Kadhi Pure Astat Fakta…“Te 8 Diwas”

First look of marathi movie ‘Te 8 Diwas’, entire star cast details has been disclosed yesterday in the event which is held at Famous studio in Mumbai.

‘Te 8 Diwas’ produced by Shweta Jadhav and directed by Shyam Dhanorkar. This movie starring Renuka Shahane, Tushar Dalvi, Aaroh Velankar, Deepali Muchrikar, Avinash Masurekar, Sunil Joshi, Atul Todankar, Meena Sonavane, Abhilasha Patil, Suhasini Paranjpe, Abhishek Deshmukh, Ashay Kulkarni, Pandurang Kulkarni, Ramesh Solanki and child artist Ashitosh Gaikwad.

“Te 8 Diwas movie’s story about woman who came back after 18 years for her daughter’s wedding and she feel sorry and want to stay with her daughter, husband as a family.

The story is also about girl who is getting married and she have lots of confusion in mind but only her mother can understand her very well. For daughter she took a bold decision but while doing this she doesn’t want to lose her family again.

This is the story about love, attachment of woman, mother, wife and her binding with family even after return of 18 years. Thus this is the story of family reunion.”

‘Te 8 Diwas’ is the Deepali Muchrikar’s first debut marathi movie. When we asked her about her excitements she replied, “This is my first movie feeling awesome. I am already excited. Got a chance to work with superb people. All are so good and I had great bonding with all.”

After long time smiling Renuka Shahane is back on screen. It is good news for her fans. Renuka saying about her role, “The character doesn’t set in common rituals. She stays away from home for her career and directly after 18 years she comes for her daughter’s wedding. Even I changed in those 8 days the journey from negative to positive.”

Tushar Dalvi’s character is like gentleman, he shared his experience with us, Tushar said, “Me and Renuka working together after long time. New young actors are there. We had great fun while shooting and it’s very nice and enriching. Wait and watch you will come to know what happen in those 8 days. ”

Now the time has come for the main people of the movie, director and producer. Director Shyam Dhanorkar shared his great feelings while working on this movie with all star cast. He enjoyed a lot. He is coming with different type of story. The story of mother-daughter relation and the support of family. In short this is the full family entertainer movie.

Shweta Jadhav is young dynamic producer of this movie from law background. For her father’s wish to make marathi movie, she took a first step towards ‘Te 8 Diwas’.  ‘Now I am planning for reality based movie and will move forward towards Marathi movie industry’, Shweta added.

‘Te 8 Diwas’ produced by Kishor Dhargalkar, Shekhar Pradhan, dialouges, story-screenplay written by Shashank Kevale, music composed by Vikas Bhatavdekar, background music given by Pankaj Padghan, lyrics penned by Saumitra and songs sung by singer Shailaja Subramanyam.

This movie is going to release on 30^th October all over Maharashtra.

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