Zee Talkies will be showcasing 2016 blockbuster Jaun Dya Na Balasaheb on 23 April at 12 noon and 6 pm. The light hearted comedy stars Girish Kulkarni in the lead role. Dilip Prabhavalkar, Mohan Joshi, Reema Lagoo, Sai Tamhankar, Manva Naik, Bhau Kadam, Kishor Chaugule also plays the important roles in this film.

The film is based in a village, where a politician wants to make sure his son succeeds his power. However, things does not go as planned and the son becomes a rebel. What happens next will be seen in the film.

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• Review : Ranjan  (2017)
• Producer : Ravindra Harpale
• Director : Prakash Pawar
• Star Cast : Yash Kulkarni, Gauri Kulkarni, Pushkar Lonarkar, Anil Nagarkar, Bhau Kadam, Bharat Ganeshpure & Vidyadhar Joshi
• Writer : Prakash Janardhan Pawar
• Music : Narendra Bhide
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 1/5

Ranjan Marathi Movie Review :

The problem with our films is that we think too much for the audiences. We shamelessly take them for granted. We assume they like certain aspects & we keep hammering them with those. So they like teenage romance? They like a social message? They like songs? What more, comedy? Fine, we’ll give them all that & they will come in huge numbers at the theatres! Supposably not!

We understand that people do like these aspects but not before the actual story of the film. Though the story of Ranjan doesn’t really make any sense, but in worst case scenario if someone still wants to make a film on it, they could have wrapped it up in less than 40 minutes. A boy falls in love with a girl in his class, & is ready to do anything for her. The girl & the boy both are in 9^th standard, but they display an IQ that would appear lower even for 5^th standard kids. Fine, then there’s a cute fat kid, our hero’s friend who actually gets more dialogue & screen time as he is played by a known child artist (Ganya from Elizabeth Ekadashi). The girl puts a condition to the boy that gives rise to the main conflict of the film. Trust me you don’t want to know the condition or challenge!  

The first big issue is how insensitive the film is to the girl. In such love stories are we supposed to believe, it’s fine for boys to think of girls as objects of desire! In one of the dialogues, a boy mentions how boys should keep asking a girl, consistently until she says yes. Nowhere do we get a chance to understand what would the girl be going through? Is her mental trauma of least importance to the film? It seems to be.

So the challenge involves a task for which our hero needs to be inspired by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj! ‘Ganimi Kawa’ is the tactic he utilizes. The majority of second half focuses on the most redundant details through the implementation of this tactic. The film was supposed to make us laugh through all this but it simply bores us.

Among the supporting cast that include Bharat Ganeshpure, Vidyadhar Joshi &BhauKadam; they are simply playing their own caricatures, but still Bhau Kadam manages to interest us in some of his typical antics. It seems almost impossible for Marathi filmmakers today to make movies without Bhau! Bhau knows that & his self-confidence is reflected in his screen presence.

Ranjan has four songs, well decent if judged separately away from the film. In the film they add nothing at all & are simply there because, well the audience loved Sairat, didn’t they? They are sung by four important Marathi singers of today’s times, an attempt that might actually attract a few audiences towards this film.

Last but not the least we can’t help but feel ridiculed about the title of this film! Why is it titled ‘Ranjan’? Well, there’s an actual ‘Ranjan’ in the film but its purpose of existence is almost impossible to justify. Does this ‘Ranjan’ symbolize anything? We believe it symbolizes a stock of endless clichés this film has tried to use!

Overall:

‘Ranjan’ is a film that symbolizes everything that’s wrong with Marathi cinema today. I would suggest all current & aspiring filmmakers, artists & writers to study this film very carefully, because we really need better contributions from your side, in the immediate as well as far future.

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Love is boundless. Such boundless ‘Ranjan’ of love is set to be filled from 17th February. Produced under the banner ‘Shree Mahaganpati Entertainment’ Ranjan’s trailer has created a lot of hype among the audiences.

Many filmmakers have tried their hand at love stories in different ways. The audiences have loved such romantic films in every era. ‘Ranjan’ explores the love story of school going boy & girl. But this film goes beyond love & speaks on the basic social aspects of our society. It also portrays the perspective of these kids towards the society. This film stars Yash Kulkarni, Gauri Kulkarni, Pushkar Lonarkar, Anil Nagarkar, Bhau Kadam, Bharat Ganeshpure & Vidyadhar Joshi in important roles.

‘Lagira Jhala Ra’ & other songs of ‘Ranjan’ have already been loved by the audiences. The songs are written by Vaibhav Joshi & are composed by Narendra Bhide. Popular singers Ajay Gogavale, Avadhoot Gupte, Nandesh Umap, Adarsh Shinde & Deepali Jog have sung these songs. Shree Mahaganpati Entertainment’s Ravindra Kailas Harpale has produced ‘Ranjan’. The story & screenplay of this film is written by the director Prakash Janardan Pawar himself whereas, the dialogues are written by Prakash Pawar & Nilesh Bhosale.

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Ranjan (2017) Upcoming Marathi Movie Release date, Cast, Wiki Starring Yash Kulkarni & Gauri Kulkarni in lead roles.

• Movie : Ranjan (2017) | रांजण
• Producer : Ravindra Harpale
• Director : Prakash Pawar
• Studio : Shree Mahaganpati Entertainment
• Star Cast : Yash Kulkarni, Gauri Kulkarni, Pushkar Lonarkar, Anil Nagarkar, Bhau Kadam, Bharat Ganeshpure & Vidyadhar Joshi
• Story : Prakash Janardhan Pawar
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Prakash Janardhan Pawar
• Music & Backgrpond Score : Narendra Bhide
• Lyrics : Vaibhav Joshi -Lagira Zhala Ra, Ganesh Nigade – Maate Maate Song
• Cinematography (DOP) : Shivaji Kale
• Editor : Mayur Hardas.
• Make Up : Kiran Sidgiddi
• Costumes : Nigar Isak Shaikh
• Co-Producer : Sonali Ravindra Harpale, Yogesh Jaysing Zende, Jaywant Jyotiba Kale, Mayur Satyawan Sasane
• Associate Director : Aamira Iska Shaikh
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 17th February 2017

Synopsis : 

Love is boundless. Such boundless ‘Ranjan’ of love is set to be filled from 17th February. Produced under the banner ‘Shree Mahaganpati Entertainment’ Ranjan’s trailer has created a lot of hype among the audiences.
Many filmmakers have tried their hand at love stories in different ways. The audiences have loved such romantic films in every era. ‘Ranjan’ explores the love story of school going boy & girl. But this film goes beyond love & speaks on the basic social aspects of our society. It also portrays the perspective of these kids towards the society.

Ranjan Marathi Movie Photos, Poster :

Ranjan Marathi Marathi Movie Trailer:

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Laageer Jhaala Re- a song from the upcoming film Ranjan has become immense hit among netizens. Ranjan is a love story of two teenagers, but it also has a social angle. The song also introduces new romantic pair- Yash and Gauri. The song is written by Vaibhav Joshi and composed by Narendra Bhide. The song is sung by Ajay Gogavale.

The song is picturized on Yash Kulkarni and Gauri Kulkarni. This is a soft romantic song and echoes the love from the childhood. The lyrics (by Vaibhav Joshi) are very fresh and convey the emotions of the one-sided love very nicely. Narendra Bhide has composed the song very simply yet beautifully. Ajay Gogavale’s rustic voice gives a perfect rural touch to this song. The picturisation is done in scenic village locations. The soothing frames and slow taking of the song makes it a perfect love ballad for this valentine.

Ranjan is produced by Ravindra Kailas Harpale under the banner of Shree Mahaganpati Entertainment. The film is directed by Prakash Janardhan Pawar and dialogues are by Prakash Pawar and Nilesh Bhosale.

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Ajay Gogavale has earned lots of love & greatness through his work as a composer alongside Atul. Ajay’s voice too is an integral part of their work. But now very soon, Ajay’s collaboration (as a singer) with another composer is coming to please us. Narandra Bhide is that luck composer! The song is titled ‘Lagira Zhala Ra’.

Recently the motion teaser of movie ‘Raanjan’ was released on social media & this surprise was revealed. In that motion teaser we can catch a glimpse of Ajay singing ‘Lagira Zhala Ra’. The lyrics of this song are written by Vaibhav Joshi.

‘Raanjan’ is a love story about youngsters & is directed by Prakash Janardhan Pawar. This might be the very first instance when Ajay is singing on someone else’s compositions. ‘Lagira Zhala Re’ sounds just as magical as every Ajay song we have loved before. Let’s hope from now on we can listen to his beautiful voice more often in Marathi films!

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The highly awaited Marathi movie post Sairat has released all over Maharashtra today. The magic of Ajay- Atul & the solid backing of Zee Studios will definitely give rise to a deserving Superstar. And that Superstar is Girish Kulkarni, the writer, director & main actor of “Jaundya Na Balasaheb”. The music of this film has already created tremendous buzz among the audiences & that will definitely result into more & more houseful shows for the film!

Jaundya Na Balasaheb intends to entertain the audience but also by telling a story & giving an important message through it. The main focus of this film is on those fake powerful individuals who are present in every village of Maharashtra. These people have no authorship whatsoever yet they keep believing that they are big stalwarts & heroes of their village or district. The character of Balasaheb is somewhat based on such people, however Balasaheb has a golden heart so he manages to break these boundaries & becomes one with people from all religions & castes.

Jaundya Na Balasaheb gives an essential message on inter & intra religious tolerance. It also shows that no matter what it’s never too late to achieve your dreams. The path to success however can be filled with obstacles & hence one needs to give away all the prejudices & be ready to face the problems on their own merit. This philosophy too has been imbibed in this film.

We are pretty sure that along with being entertained the audience will be inspired by this film positively. Jaundya Na Balasaheb is one film that can be enjoyed with the entire family & it doesn’t matter if you are from rural area or cities, it will appeal to you in any situation.

The performances of Sai Tamhankar, Mohan Joshi, Reema lagoo, Shrikant Yadav, Nandkishore Choughule, Savita Prabhune& Bhau Kadam are all fantastic & they all will make you laugh as well cry. So if you haven’t booked the tickets for Jaundya Na Balasaheb make sure you do right now!

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• Review : Jaundya Na Balasaheb (2016)
• Producer : Ajay-Atul, Poonam Shende, Vinay Ganu, Prashant Pethe and Umesh Kulkarni.
• Directer : Girish Kulkarni
• Star Cast : Girish Kulkarni, Sai Tamhankar, Mohan Joshi, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Reema, Manava Naik, Bhau Kadam, Srikant Yadav, Spruha Joshi, Kishore Chaugule, Savita Prabhune
• Writer : Girish Kulkarni
• Music : Ajay-Atul
• Genre  : Comedy, Political sattire
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 2.5/5

Jaundya Na Balasaheb Marathi Movie Review :

No matter what it’s impossible to unlearn things you’ve already learnt. And what we learnt is that Girish Kulkarni is one of the rarest artists to have ever worked in Marathi Cinema or even Indian Cinema. As an writer-actor his filmography ranges from good, great to outstanding& nothing less than that. Sadly his directorial debut is far away from such adjectives. “Is it because Umesh took a backseat & half of Girish’s writing magic vanished?” This would be a truly idiotic question! Anyways the point is that Jaundya Na Balasaheb had tones of expectations from cinephiles like you & me. The 18 minute “Pishi” (Press Conference) got around 1 lakh views & hinted that Jaundya Na Balasaheb is going to be one hell of a ride, prominently a political satire!

Our memories are still fresh with two of Girish’s marvelous satires “Valu” & “Deool” & we start watching the film expecting Girish to outdo himself (as there is hardly anyone else in Marathi who can compete against his writing skills). We are welcomed by a truly rocking, sharply written DJ song & we start anticipating the joy ride. The film goes on smoothly as we see a depressed Balasaheb (Girish) who visits a doctor who prescribes a few medicines for Balasaheb’s heart-break. Yes Balasaheb’s wedding was called off at the very last moment (due to political reasons). Two years have gone by but he hasn’t been over it. Things move at a much slower pace than what the introductory song suggested. But the film becomes indulgent with its protagonist & allows us to enter his little world. At this moment we are enjoying it, we are expecting something larger than life in the second half. It’s tilting towards two prominent genres ‘Coming of Age’ & ‘Political Satire’ & we don’t mind.

Meanwhile a different track has been established in the first half, I don’t wish to write about it in detail as it really felt out of sync & the main cause of errors in the second half. It’s about theatre, stage, plays! Yes Balasaheb’s outlet of expression becomes theatre though a little unwillingly! Till a point we are fine with watching those rehearsals & stuff but after a while we find ourselves uneasy & restless in our seats. In this whole exercise of using theatre as a leveling medium for people from castes & religions the original theme vanishes. Everything becomes single faced & straightforwardly preachy. The climax scene in a different context or in a different film could have been genuinely hilarious but here it just depresses us.

The film has a number of cliché characters performed efficiently by good actors. To start with Mohan Joshi, Sai Tamhankar, Reema Lagoo, Nandkishore Choughule, Shrikant Yadav & the epitome is Manava Naik’s character. The film doesn’t permit anyone including Girish himself to rise above the mediocrity of the second half. The over hyped Bhau Kadam performance is probably the most forgettable in the lot. The only character that manages to create some kind of novelty factor is Savita Prabhune’s as a 35 something married woman who once dreamt to be a dancer & finally lives her dream to some extent. Nandkishore Choughule’s Jeevan (the only true literate in the group who belongs to a lower caste) could have well been utilized to much deeper impact but gets wasted.

Having said that the second half might please a huge group of audience provided they are not bored by the self-indulgent (in a good sense) first half. This was exactly the same group of audience who found Sairat’s second half (apart from the climax) ineffective. In the beginning of this year we had Sameer Patil’s Poshter Girl which had a similar (to some extent) scenario in the second half though it had much more logical plot holes it was certain about its intent throughout. In Jaundya Na Balasaheb the intent might be clear on their part but might hardly reach the commoners even if they have simplified it & have forcibly tried to give it an emotional context.

The Ajay-Atul factor has done its job (except one song titled Mona Darling) but only time will tell whether it will be sufficient to get Balasaheb through at the box office. The takeout scene of Balasaheb justifies all the problems we have had with this film, & i.e. Girish Kulkarni served us an out & out hero centric film (with a message) as main course & the rest was just added as accompaniments.

Overall:

Jaundya Na Balasaheb might appeal to a certain lot but the lot that has romanticized Girish & Umesh’s previous works will be disappointed at many levels. What this lot needs to do is still watch the film to study the uncertainty of this beautiful medium called Cinema!

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The Most Awaited Marathi Film –Jaundya Na Balasaheb Trailer Post Sairat is finally out! And well it’s literally everything we expected & still has much more to it.

From the trailer it’s pretty much clear by now that Jaundya Na Balasaheb is all about Balasaheb himself (Girish Kulkarni). Even though this film is one character centric we also realize that the world in which Balasaheb belongs to is an integral part of the film. Hence the other characters & the actors playing them are also relevant.

This film has a brigade of brilliant actors from Sai Tamhankar, Manava Naik, Mohan Joshi, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Reema to Shrikant Yadav, Bhau Kadam, Nandkishore Chougule & Girish Kulkarni himself.

In this trailer you can also spot popular Marathi star Spruha Joshi who also plays a unique cameo in this film. Girish Kulkarni, a national award winning actor & writer is for the first time directing a film. Umesh Kulkarni is also an integral part of this team & so are the music maestros Ajay-Atul who are also the producers of this film along with a solid backing by Zee Studios.

Jaundya Na Balasaheb releases all over Maharashtra this Friday, 7th October.

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• Movie : Jaundya Na Balasaheb (2016) | जाऊद्या ना बाळासाहेब
• Producer : Ajay-Atul, Poonam Shende, Vinay Ganu, Prashant Pethe and Umesh Kulkarni.
• Directer : Girish Kulkarni
• Studio : Saarrthi Entertainment, Arbhaat Films & Ajay-Atul Productions, Saaga Films
• Star Cast :
  • Girish Kulkarni as Balasaheb
  • Sai Tamhankar as Karishma
  • Mohan Joshi
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar
  • Reema as Aaisaheb
  • Manava Naik
  • Bhau Kadam
  • Srikant Yadav
  • Spruha Joshi
  • Kishore Chaugule
  • Savita Prabhune
• Story, Screenplay & Dilogues : Girish Kulkarni
• Music : Ajay-Atul
• Sound Design : Anmol Bhave
• Cinematography : H.M.Ramchandra
• Editor : Abhijit Deshpande
• Art Director : Amit Ghate
• Genre  : Comedy, Political sattire
• Release Date : 7th October, 2016

Plot: The film addresses issues related to the younger generation in politics, and argues that one need not have a problem with dynastic politics, if the heirs are worthy and manage to prove their eligibility.

Jaudya Na Balasaheb Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

Jaundya Na Balasaheb Marathi Movie Trailer :

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