चित्रपट: अश्लील उद्योग मित्रमंडळ
निर्मिती: गौरी आणि बनी दालमिया, सुरेश देशमाने आणि विनोद सातव
दिग्दर्शन: आलोक राजवाडे
लेखन: धर्मकीर्ती सुमंत
स्टार कास्ट: अभय महाजन, पर्ण पेठे, सायली पाठक, अक्षय टांकसाळे, ऋतुराज शिंदे, विराट मडके, अमेय वाघ आणि सई ताम्हणकर

व्ह्यूपॉइंट: ‘अश्लील उद्योग मित्रमंडळ’ या नावावर जाऊन जर तुम्ही अलीकडे आलेल्या मराठीतल्या काही प्रसिद्ध अडल्ट कॉमेडी सिनेमांसारखा हा हि एक सिनेमा असावा असं समजून हा सिनेमा पाहायला गेलात तर नक्कीच तुमची निराशा होऊ शकते. मात्र मराठीत नवे प्रयोग करणारे सिनेमे क्वचितच प्रदर्शित होत असतात, आणि अशा सिनेमांबद्दल तुम्हाला कुतूहल असेल तर हा सिनेमा नक्कीच पाहायला हवा!

काय जमून आलंय?

• सिनेमा सुरु झाल्याच्या १० मिनिटातच सिनेमा कुठल्या वाटेने जाणार आहे हे प्रामाणिकपणे जाहीर करतो. हि वाट एरव्हीच्या तर्कशुद्ध कथानकात असते तशी नाही. किंबहुना एरव्हीचं पारंपारिक कथानक सुद्धा इथे अस्तितवात नाही. दोन ओळीत जर हे कथानक तुम्हाला सांगितलं तर ते अगदीच बालिश आणि निरर्थक वाटेल. मात्र हा सिनेमा पाहताना कथानक दुय्यम ठरतं. सिनेमातून आपला होणारा भावनानुभव अधिक महत्वाचा आहे. या सिनेमात जर गुंग होऊ शकलो तर सिनेमा अनेकदा हसवतो आणि चांगल्या अर्थी गोंधळवून लावतो.
• ‘अब्सर्ड’ या शब्दाचा गुगल वर येणारा अर्थ ‘अनरिजनेबल’, ‘इललॉजिकल’ इत्यादी हा आहे. म्हणजेच एखादा सिनेमा ‘अब्सर्ड’ आहे असं म्हटलं तर त्यापासून तर्क जपण्याच्या अपेक्षा असू नयेत. अब्सर्डपणा एखाद्या ब्लॅक कॉमेडी किंवा सटायर पेक्षा काहीसा सारखा असला तरी वेगळा असतो. सटायरमध्ये प्रत्येक गोष्टीला विशिष्ट अर्थ असतो, अब्सर्डपणात काही गोष्टींचा अर्थ लागतो (जो प्रत्येकाचा वेगळा असू शकतो) आणि काहींचा नाही लागत. या खेळात रस निर्माण झाला तर आपलं मनोरंजन नक्कीच होतं.
• सर्व कलाकार त्यांच्या परीने त्यांना दिलेली पात्र सामर्थ्याने उभी करतात. अगदी एकाच सीनमध्ये दिसलेला कलाकारही त्याचं काम उत्तम करून जातो. हा सिनेमा बनवणारी आणि त्यात काम करणारी हि सगळी तरुण मंडळी नाटकातल्या शिस्तीत तयार झालेली असल्याने कदाचित त्यांच्या कामात नवेपण जाणवला तरी नवखेपणा अजिबात जाणवत नाही. हे दिग्दर्शक म्हणून आलोक राजवाडे याचं सर्वात मोठं यश आहे.
• सिनेमाचा मूळ विषय तरुणांच्या लैंगिक वंचितपणाशी निगडीत आहे. मात्र या विषयासोबतच एखाद्या तरुणाच्या आयुष्यात इत्तर अनेक गोंधळून टाकणाऱ्या गोष्टी घडत असतात. त्यात मिसळलेला ‘अब्सर्डपणा’ याने सिनेमाचा एकूण माहोल जो तयार होतो तो या पिढीतल्या तरुणांना रिलेट होणारा आहे असं म्हणता येईल. एखादी ‘बॅड ट्रीप’ लागते तेव्हा अवतीभवतीचं जग कसं अस्पष्ट वाटू लागतं तसा अनुभव हा सिनेमा देतो.

काय फसलंय?

• सिनेमातली मुख्य पात्र आपल्यासमोर तुकड्या तुकड्यात उभी केली जातात. त्यांच्याबद्दल सहानुभूती किंवा इत्तर काही तीव्र भावना निर्माण होतील अशी सोय या सिनेमात नाही. आणि त्कया पात्दारांच्चिया एकमेकांशी असलेली नात्तयांमध्ये सुद्धा आपण फार गुंतत नाही. हे जाणीवपूर्वक केलेलं प्रयोजन असावं पण तरी त्यामुळे त्या पात्रांच्या आयुष्यात घडणाऱ्या घटना काहीश्या दुरूनच आपण पाहत राहतो.
• सिनेमाचं कथानक ‘नॉन लिनिअर’ पद्धतीने उलगडत जातं. हे प्रयोजन खरंतर एका विशिष्ट पात्रासाठी केलेलं आहे. पण ते तसं न करता त्या पात्राचं सिनेमात असणं तुकड्या तुकड्यात जर आलं असतं आणि कथानक लिनिअर पद्तधतीने उलगडललं असतं तर अधिक गुंतवणूक प्रेक्षकांची झाली असती आणि शेवटाला जेव्हा ते पात्र मुख्य घटनाक्रमात आणलं जातं तेव्हा ते जबरदस्तीने आणलं आहे असं वाटलं नसतं.
• वरच्या मुद्द्याला धरूनच, अखेर जबरदस्तीने त्या पात्राचं येणं खरंतर सामाजिक संदेश थेट पद्धतीने देता यावा यासाठी केलेलं प्रयोजन आहे. साधारणतः एखद्या ‘अब्सर्ड’ सिनेमात समाजिक संदेश दिला जाणं अपेक्षित नसतं, मात्र तो देऊच नये असाही नियम नाही. तो कसा द्यावा या बद्दल नक्कीच चर्चा होऊ शकते. इथे तो अधिक चातुर्याने देता आला असता जो सिनेमा संपल्यावर आपल्याला विचार करायला लावील.

फायनल व्हर्डीक्ट: पारंपारिक कथानकाच्या पलीकडे कथनक झेलू शकणारी रसिक मंडळी आपल्याकडे कमी प्रमाणात का होईना नक्कीच आहेत. जगभरातला सिनेमा पाहताना आपल्या भाषेत आपल्या तरुण कलाकारांनी बनवलेला हा प्रायोगिक सिनेमा आपण नक्कीच एकदा तरी पाहायला हवा!

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• • Movie : Ashlil Udyog Mitra Mandal (2020) | अश्लील उदयॊग मित्रमंडळ
  • Producer : Gauri & Bunny Dalmia, Suresh Deshmane & Vinod Satav
  • Director : Alok Rajwade
  • Studio : RRP Corp. Pvt. Ltd
  • Star Cast :
    • Abhay Mahajan
    • Parna Pethe
    • Sayalee Phatak
    • Akshay Tanksale
    • Ruturaj Shinde
    • Virat Madke
    • Ketan Visal
    • Sai Tamhankar
    • Amey Wagh
  • Story : Dharmakirti Sumant
  • Screenplay and Dialogues : Dharmakirti Sumant
  • Lyrics : Saket Kanetkar & Omkar Kulkarni
  • Sound :
  • Sound Design : Shishir Chusalkar
  • Music : Saket Kanetkar
  • Background Score : Saket Kanetkar
  • Cinematography (DOP) : Satyajeet Shobha Shriram
  • Editor : Makarand Dambhare
  • Art Director : Amit Waghchaure & Hrishikesh Nagaonkar
  • Costume : Sachin Lovalekar
  • Make-up : Ashish Hemant Deshpande
  • Executive Producer : Soumitra Vipin Gapchup
  • Presenter :
  • Choreography :
  • Co-Producer :
  • Visual Promotions : 3 Monkeys Studios
  • Digital Promotions : Be Birbal
  • DI Colorist :

• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 6 March 2020

Synopsis :

Ashlil Udyaog Mitramandal Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

Ashlil Udyaog Mitramandal Marathi Movie Trailer :

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• Movie : Dhurala (2019) | धुरळा
• Producer : Zee Studios, Anish Joag, Ranjit Gugle
• Director : Sameer Vidwans
• Star Cast : Ankush Chaudhari, Sai Tamhankar, Siddharth Jadhav, Sonalee Kulkarni, Amey Wagh, Prasad Oak, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Umesh Kamat & Alka Kubal-Athalye
• Story, Screenplay and Dialogues : Kshitij Patwardhan
• Background Music : A V Prafullchandra

Viewpoint: Marathi cinema has had very few but great political films over the years. Most of them have lasted the test of time and are considered classics. Moreover we as a culture are very politically inclined and find day to day political incidents fascinating and exciting with our strong opinions about it. The recent chaotic political atmosphere also fueled the same, and in between all this ‘Dhurala’ is a brilliantly crafted political film that we all deserved!

What Works? 

• Unlike many other recent Indian political films, the political canvas of ‘Dhurala’ is smaller. It’s not about state level or national level politicians but about a political family working within the boundaries of a village. But the makers of this film have proved that the stakes are equally high here! In fact since the focus remains on a family and their internal as well as external politics the film becomes very character driven and we get to know all the primary characters in & out!
• The dialogue writing of the film strikes the right balance of being slightly filmy yet extremely believable! ‘Right’ because that’s what we see politicians doing too! Dramaticness or ‘filmyness’ has become an inseparable part of our politics.
• The film gives an inside view of how a political family functions from within. How in a strange way their privilege might actually be more of a curse. We understand the ruthlessness and the ugliness of the political games they have to play to survive or go forward.
• All the lead actors get an equal opportunity to shine! Siddharth Jadhav and Sonalee Kulkarni in particular get to play characters which they had never played before and shine in them! Ankush Chaudhari matches the subtle smartness of his character perfectly and Sai Tamhankar again hits it out of the park with her extremely sensitive performance!
• Technically the film is good at all levels. But it’s the background score that stands out bright and bold! The score gives context to many simpler scenes and makes us more interested than otherwise. It’s not just the quality of the score but the timing of it that makes the difference I believe and this film has so precisely got it right!
• Eventually ‘Dhurala’ works as a basic human drama. The setting is all of a political film, but somewhere we see ourselves in the film, that is what cinema is supposed to do! It has to speak to us in a very human way beyond all of it’s outer layers!

What Fails?

• No real major flaw in this film. Except a little one, I feel many a times the film doesn’t build an atmosphere. It feels a little too focused on it’s characters alone (which is great) but visually it could have done with building scenes in such a way that we feel where exactly is it happening, and we are a part of it.

Final Verdict: Post Sairat Marathi cinema has been in search of a film that works easily with a broader audience and is also brilliantly crafted. ‘Dhurala’ has that potential in my opinion. It surely feels like a hopeful resurrection of good Marathi cinema at the box office!

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• Movie : Dhurala (2019) | धुरळा
• Producer : Zee Studios, Anish Joag, Ranjit Gugle
• Director : Sameer Vidwans
• Studio : Zee Studios
• Star Cast :
  • Ankush Chaudhari
  • Sai Tamhankar
  • Siddharth Jadhav
  • Sonalee Kulkarni
  • Amey Wagh
  • Prasad Oak
  • Priyadarshan Jadhav
  • Umesh Kamat
  • Alka Kubal-Athalye
• Story : Kshitij Patwardhan
• Screenplay and Dialogues :
• Lyrics : Kshitij Patwardhan
• Sound :
• Sound Design : Avinash Sonawane
• Music : A V Prafullchandra
• Background Music : A V Prafullchandra
• Cinematography (DOP) : Akash Agrawal
• Editor : Faisal Mahadik
• Art Director : Nilesh Wagh
• Costume : Kalyani Kulkarni Gugale
• Make-up : Saurabh Kapde
• Presenter :
• Choreography :
• Co-Producer : Gautam Munot
• Visual Promotions :
• Digital Promotions :
• DI Colorist :
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 3rd January 2020

Synopsis :

Dhurala Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

Dhurala Name Marathi Movie Trailer :

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Ever since the first teaser of upcoming Marathi release ‘Dhurala‘ went out the excitement among Marathi film lovers has been on the peak! After a long long time Marathi audiences are anticipating a truly exciting Marathi film! Rightfully so as the names associated to this film from writer Kshitij Patwardhan, director Sameer Vidwans to the star studded cast of the film, all of it create expectations!

While the first teaser of the film hinted us that the film is set in a village and the politics within it. The trailer of the film goes deeper into that and now the film feels more like a story set in the internal politics of a political family! We believe the audiences might be treated with two genres in one and we might see two sides of the characters through these genres!

Sai Tamhankar, Ankush Chaudhari, Amey Wagh, Sonalee Kulkarni, Prasad Oak, Siddharth Jadhav, Alka Kubal & Umesh Kamat all these actors seem very natural in the trailer of the film and ‘Dhurala’ promises to give all of them their chance to shine! The film releases on 3rd of January 2020 and hopefully would start the new year on a great note for Marathi cinema.

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महाराष्ट्राच्या राजकारणात नेहमी धुरळा उडतच असतो. मात्र महाराष्ट्राने ह्या महिन्याभरात एक राजकीय सिनेमाच पाहिलाय. कारण एखाद्या सिनेमालाही लाजवेल अशा घडामोडी महाराष्ट्राच्या यंदाच्या राजकारणात घडल्या आहेत.

आणि याच राजकीय वातावरणात एका मराठी सिनेमाचा टीजर युट्युबवर रिलीज करण्यात आला. हव्वा कुनाची रं? हव्वा आपलीच रं. ह्या ‘धुरळा’ डायलॉगने तर टीकटॉक, इंस्टाग्रामवर तुफान व्हायरल झालेले आपण पहिले.

‘धुरळा’ हा सिनेमा महाराष्ट्राच्या राजकारणावर आधारित आहे असा अंदाज टीजर बघितल्यावर नक्कीच येतो. महाराष्ट्रातील सत्तास्थापनेची परिस्थिती आणि त्याच वातावरणात धुरळा सिनेमाचा टीजर रिलीज होणे हा योगयोग म्हणावा की पूर्वनियोजित सिनेमा???

ह्या सगळ्यात भर अशी कि सोशल मिडीयावर एका फोटोत डाव्या बाजूला सुप्रिया सुळे आणि उजव्या बाजूला सई ताम्हनकर, दुसऱ्या फोटोत आदित्य ठाकरे आणि अमेय वाघ एकत्रित, तिसर्यात धनंजय मुंडे आणि अंकुश चौधरी तर चौथ्यात प्रणिती ताई शिंदे यांच्या शेजारी सोनाली कुलकर्णीचा असा फोटो. हे सगळे कलाकार खरोखरच या राजकारणी मंडळींच्या भूमिका साकारताना दिसणार आहेत का? अशी चर्चा सगळीकडे चालू आहे!

सामना, सिंहासन, वजीर, सरकारनामा, ते अगदी आजचा दिवस माझा, मराठीत राजकीय पार्श्वभूमी असलेल्या सिनेमांची परंपरा कायम राहिली आहे. क्षितीज पटवर्धन लिखित, समीर विद्वांस दिग्दर्शित आणि ‘झी स्टुडिओज’ निर्मित ‘धुरळा’ हि त्या परंपरेत मानाचं स्थान पटकावेल का? हे पाहणे औत्सुक्याचे ठरेल!

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Alka Kubal, Prasad Oak, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Sulekha Talwalkar, Ankush Chaudhari, Umesh Kamat, Amey Wagh, Siddharth Jadhav, Sonalee Kulkarni & Sai Tamhankar! Who could have thought that all these above mentioned actors could be working together in a Marathi film and that too a film which isn’t a romantic drama or a comedy but a hardcore stylistic political film! Well the director-writer pair of Sameer Vidwans-Kshitij Patwardhan along with the backing of Zee Studios has made this possible with their new film ‘Dhurala‘!

Currently in a completely chaotic world of politics in Maharashtra a film like ‘Dhurala’ makes more sense than ever! However it will be interesting to see what the pair of Vidwans-Patwardhan contribute to this genre. So far filmmakers in Marathi have mostly sticked to their comfort zones, i.e artists from Mumbai-Pune have hardly focused on rural backdrops in their films, similarly filmmakers coming from rural parts haven’t tried stories set in the urban backdrop much.

But with ‘Dhurala’ Vidwans-Patwardhan have focused on rural politics! From the teaser of the film one can make out that this will be a stylistic commercial political drama about the competition and the games people play in politics! It will be interesting to see how the audiences react to it when they are already much entertained by the current political scenario of our state! ‘Dhurala’ releases in theatres on 3rd of Jan, 2020!

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• Review: Girlfriend
• Director : Upendra Sidhaye
• Star Cast: Amey Wagh, Sai Tamhankar, Rasika Sunil, Isha Keskar, Suyog Gorhe, Kavita Lad, Yatin Karyekar & Sagar Deshmukh
• Screenplay: Upendra Sidhaye
• Producer: Anish Jog, Ranjit Gugale, Afeefa Nadiadwala Sayed, Kaustubh Dhamne, Ameya Patil & Salil Datar

Quick Viewpoint: ‘Girlfriend’ is a smart emotionally strong romantic comedy that both addresses the typical traits of the genre & also redefines most of them on it’s own! It also incorporates the changing definition of love in today’s social media savvy world.

What Works? 

• To start with, both Amey Wagh and Sai Tamhankar are exceptionally good in the film! Especially Amey has totally succeeded in convincing us that ‘Nachya’ is a real person with real issues and real fantasies! He uses a completely different physicality and mannerisms than his previous roles. Whereas Sai’s portrayal of ‘Alisha’ adds a unique sense of wonder to the film (talking more about her would be spoilers) along with her usual charm. And their chemistry together is what elevates the film overall, otherwise the narrative of the film might have felt a bit fabricated.
• Writer-director Upendra Sidhaye has crafted the film in two clearly distinct segments; up until the interval and after the interval. Both halves still work even when narratively the twists are a bit hard to believe. The strangeness of the second half is a bit difficult to digest at first (even when we are thoroughly entertained in the journey) but slowly as the characters before us start unveiling their inner natures & their chemistry starts mingling together, in no time we buy the strangeness! The film in fact celebrates “strangeness” in many ways.
• For the first time in Marathi cinema we are seeing actual understanding of our new social media infused societal culture. No longer can we have a private life when we have chosen to have people surrounding us. We are judged everywhere & in every way now. The film doesn’t criticize this new societal behaviour but it recognizes all of that. And in a rom com genre that is no lesser accomplishment to start with!
• A recent Hindi film ignited a debate about glorification of morally wrong things done by the “hero” of the film. Here, there are a few morally questionable things that our “hero” indulges in, but the contrasting approach given to the character of the “heroine” completely baffles our train of thought and makes us feel stupid to even think of anything of this sort in the first place! Now that’s what good story tellers do, they smartly manipulate you! 
• Girlfriend’s another big strength is that it never lets us realize how beautiful it is technically and how much hard work has been done by every department of the film! Later when the film keeps lingering in our mind we realize all those little details that made the film so wholesome!

What Fails? 

• Nothing. Absolutely.

Final Verdict: Urban Rom Coms made anywhere in India today are slightly similar to each other consciously or otherwise. But ‘Girlfriend’ stands out in all of them because of it prioritizes the people in the love story more than the love story itself! As we only buy into the love story when we love the people in it!

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Written & directed by Upendra Siddhaye and starring an odd but exciting pair of Amey Wagh and Sai Tamhankar. Straight from the poster to the teaser, trailer & songs ‘Girlfriend‘ has caught the fancy of the audiences. The film promises to entertain today’s audience by making them feel that the story belongs to them and could happen with them! So we are putting out 5 reasons why the film is a must watch in theatres from this Friday, the 26th July.

• Amey Wagh’s Choosy Nature About Films

Very few actors in Marathi have earned the kind of credibility in so less time as Amey has. We as audiences trust his choices as he has been very choosy about his work ever since he became a household name through the success of Dil Dosti Duniyadari. ‘Girlfriend’ to promises to be one such unique film for Amey Wagh!

• Sai Tamhankar’s Comeback in the Light Hearted Genre

After 2016 Sai has done only one Marathi film which was psychological thriller ‘Rakshas’. Now after some gap she is back in a light hearted entertainer where the audiences like to see her in! While in ‘Girlfriend’ her character seems to be kept a secret we are sure that Sai would impress us with her performance!

• Long Time Writer (Now Turned Director) Upendra Sidhaye’s Credibility

Upendra Sidhaye has been writing quality content in Hindi as well as Marathi cinema and for the new found limited series medium. Some of his popular and acclaimed works include ‘Drishyam’ (adapted), ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’, ‘Killa’ (dialogues) & ‘Manjha’! Whenever a writer turns a director his films are more likely to be good in content and the same is expected from Upendra Sidhaye!

• Reflection of Today’s Contemporary Times

The teaser, trailer, and songs of ‘Girlfriend’ all of that reflect a very contemporary world. The sensibilities of today’s youth are not seen that often on the screen even in today’s content oriented films. This representation makes the audiences feel very close to the film and also the story of the film becomes very relatable!

• The Blend of Romance, Comedy and Drama

‘Girlfriend’ promises to be a right blend of romance, comedy and drama. The film seems to be entertaining in all these aspects combined probably giving us a wholesome emotional experience! The films that are only funny all the time or only dramatic all the time end up loosing certain sections of the audiences. ‘Girlfriend’ instead is catering to a wider audience for sure!

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Amey Wagh, Sai Tamhankar starrer ‘Girlfriend‘ is all set to release in theatres on 26th of July! The music of the film has played a vital role in creating excitement among the audiences. Composers Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj understand the sound that works for today’s audiences pretty well and for a contemporary rom com! We look at the 4 songs of the film and how they work for the audiences!

• Kode Sope Thode

This soulful romantic piece resembles the purest form of love, a feeling that is known to all of us and makes us very emotional whenever we come face to face with it! Unlike all other funky experiments in the album this song is more simplistic but equally effective. The soulful voice of Shruti Athavale and the words penned by Kshitij Patwardhan make it even more meaningful & charismatic.

• Nachya Got A Girlfriend

The first song of the film that came out and went viral. The song became a anthem of sorts for all the geeky single guys who always dreamt about having a girlfriend. The song both spoofs and glorifies this group and doesn’t make fun of them, but inspires them to be like ‘Nachya’. Amey Wagh’s incredible energy in the song also makes it more special.

• LoveStory

A broadway styled musical song where Amey Wagh’s character narrates his love story to his colleagues, relatives and friends! The love story seems very exaggerated and maybe even false as the trailer of the film hints us that there’s a twist in this love story! The innovative lyrics of the song by Kshitij Patwardhan stand out along with the colourful choreography of the song.

• Querida Querido

Now from brodway musical we now move on to another international inspiration, which is Spain! ‘Querida Querido’ marries the beauty of the Spanish language with Marathi so skillfully that it feels like they belong together! Shalmali Kholgade’s highly classy and internationally suited voice takes the song to another level! The entire team of Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj & Kshitij Patwardhan have surely succeeded in this unique experiment again proving that both music and love have no barriers of language!

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