Golden Gate Motion Pictures has given us two hit Marathi films of recent times; Gulabjaam starring the likes of Sonali Kulkarni & Siddharth Chandekar and ‘Lost & Found’ starring Spruha Joshi & again Siddharth Chandekar! Now the same production house has commenced the shooting of new entertainer titled ‘Manmauji‘!

Manmauji’s shooting commenced recently and the film is being directed by a young female director Sheetal Shetty! While the cast of the film hasn’t been revealed yet but we are sure that a production house that made a film like Gulabjaam will surely have talented actors in their film!

The music of the film is composed by Amitraj and the lyrics of the songs are written by Kshitij Patwardhan. The film is produced by Vinod Malgewar whereas the DOP (director of photography) of the film is Prasad Bhende! We shall soon be seeing the film in theatres and we will keep you updated about more news on this film and all other happenings in the Marathi industry!

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Guru Thakur is one lyricist who has dominated Marathi film music for a long time now! But along with doing romantic & devotional songs he has now proved that he can also suit the bill for writing a fast paced item number! And along with him the song is composed by Amitraj & sung by Vaishali Samant.

‘Tu Online Ye Na’ is part of the upcoming romantic drama ‘Premwaari’ starring Chinmay Udgirkar & Mayuri Kapadne in the lead & actors like Abhijeet Chavan & Bharat Ganeshpure in important roles. Before this song, ‘Poojachya Haldila’ became from the same film had become viral & now the audiences are reacting positively towards ‘Tu Online Ye Na’!

The item song stars actress Meera Joshi in a completely different avatar as seen by the audiences in her roles from different TV serials like Zee Marathi’s ‘Tujha Majha Jamena’. ‘Premwaari’ releases in theatres during the Valentine season on 8th of February!

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Frequent collaborators composer Amitraj & singer Adarsh Shinde have again come together for a rocking dance number! ‘Poojachya Haldila’ is a new dance number from the duo which is a part of the upcoming Marathi film ‘Premwaari’. The film stars Chinmay Udgirkar & Mayuri Kapadne in the lead & has a strong support cast of Bharat Ganeshpure, Abhijeet Chavan & others.

The lyrics of this song are penned by Mandar Cholkar, the music is composed by Amitraj & the son is sung by Adarsh Shinde & Amitraj. The song captures the crazy energy of ‘Haldi’ song in any Marathi wedding. ‘Haldi’ is widely celebrated as the most fun ceremony within the larger wedding ceremony!

The energy of this song is so infectious that in just one listening it clicks with us & instantly makes us move to its rhythm. Produced & directed by Rajendra Kachru Gaikwad ‘Premwaari’ hits theatres on 8th of February!

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‘Deva’ is an upcoming Marathi film that has already been highly awaited! And the reason is ‘Ankush Chaudhari’. Ankush’s unique look & hairstyle went viral on social media, which has created lots of buzz for ‘Deva’. Now another exciting news is out, Bollywood’s melodious queen Shreya Ghoshal is singing a song for ‘Deva’! The song is composed by Amit Raj & was recently recorded in Shreya’s voice.

Every music director dreams of working with his/her favourite singers. Amit Raj is no exception here. So, because of ‘Deva’ Amit Raj’s dream to work with his favourite singer Shreya Ghoshal has been fulfilled. The lyrics of this song are written by star writer Kshitij Patwardhan!

‘Deva’ is jointly produced by ‘Innovative Films’ & ‘Pramod Films’ & will be a major attraction in Marathi cinema in 2017. The film has been shot in the beautiful backdrop of ‘Konkan’. South’s famous director Murali Nalappa has directed ‘Deva’ & we are hoping that Shreya’s song in this film will be beautifully complemented by the entire film!

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• Review : Laal Ishq (2016)
• Producer : Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Directer : Swapna Waghmare Joshi
• Star Cast : Swwapnil Joshi, Anjana Sukhani, Sneha Chavan, Jayant Wadkar, Priya Berde, Piyush Ranade, Yashashri Masurkar, Milind Gawli, Uday Nene, Kamlesh Sawant
• Writer : Shirish Latkar
• Music : Amitraaj, Nilesh Moharir
• Genre : Romantic Thriller
• Certification : UA
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 2/5

Laal IShq Marathi Movie Review:

Swwapnil Joshi is the rare actor in the Marathi film industry who can be called a ‘star’. He does attract audience to the theatre and it is indeed a commendable achievement in a film industry deprived of such fan following. His film Friends, that released earlier this year, didn’t really make any mark and vanished from the theatres without a trace. So his fans would certainly be looking forward to Laal Ishq – a romance murder mystery, produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, no less. But, rather sadly, they are in for another major disappointment. Laal Ishq is a poor film at nearly all levels.

If there is one level that the film is good, then it has to be the basic concept. In the film, two suspects to a murder case are being interrogated. Their stories do not match. So either one of them is lying and most likely is related to the crime. This is certainly a subject not explored in marathi cinema. But Laal Ishq, probably due to Swapnil Joshi’s romantic hero image, forces a rather clichéd and hackneyed love story, and that proves to be the major undoing of the film.

Yash Patwardhan (Swwapnil Joshi) and a theatre troupe have driven down to a resort in Lonavala to rehearse their play. Janhavi (Anjana Sukhani) is the manager of the resort. Needless to mention, Yash and Janhavi fall in love at first sight, despite both of them being committed to someone else. Meanwhile, the rather mean director of the play is murdered and police officers Randive and his assistant are investigating the case. Randive interrogates Yash and Janhavi and the story unfolds on the screen in flashback. However, as mentioned before, the stories of Yash and Janhavi don’t match, so we are not sure whose story to trust. But even as the interrogation is in process, few more murders take place in the resort and the police finally close in on the killer.

Laal Ishq would have done so much better without the love story. Not only is it as clichéd as it can get, but the love scenes are filled with such cringe-worthy dialogues that I started squirming in seat. Add to that the poor dialogue delivery of the lead actress Anjana Sukhani. The film is also full of caricatures that sometime become laughing stock. And let’s not even get to the logical loopholes -why is a film star rehearsing a fairly small time play? In a scene we see that Janhavi reaches a place faster than a car, despite herbeing shown limping! The reason given in the end behind Janhavi and Yash’s statements not matching seems devoid of logic as well.

The film does get a little engaging towards the end. Though you can predict the killer from a distance, the revelation is the better part about the film.The only performance that impresses is of Kamlesh Sawant who plays the police officer Randive.

Overall:

Laal Ishq is a poorly made romance murder mystery which the presence of even Swwapnil Joshi cannot save.

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As the release date of the SLB productions first Marathi film Laal Ishq is coming closer, the makers of the film have started using innovative methods to promote the film. Recently the cast and crew along with some film journalists spent a day at a Lonavala resort.

The cast of this film presented a skit about the film to introduce their character and also performed on the dance number “Chimani Chimani”. The story of the film revolves around a murder and how all the film characters are accused of this murder and everyone of them tried to prove of their innocence. The cast included Swapnil Joshi, Anjana Sukhani, Samidha Guru, Kamlesh Sawant, Uday Tikekar, Yashashree Masurkar, Sneha Chavan, Farjil Paradeevala, Piyush Ranade, Jaywant Wadkar et al.

Apart from the film promotions, the actors and the journalists also rewind themselves at this resort and played various games like snooker and spent some quiet time around the nature.
The film will be releasing on 27 May all over Maharashtra.

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As Laal Ishq is gearing up for its release on 27 May, the songs have been releasing by the makers. The latest released song “Chimani Chimani” is a fun party song featuring most of the cast of the film minus the leading lady Anjana Sukhani. The song seems to be the celebration, however, given the mood of the film, there is something going on with the characters and of this film.

The song shows Piyush Ranade, Sneha Chavan , Jaywant Wadkar and Priya Arun dancing in a party. Swapnil Joshi reluctantly joins them, but clearly the plot is thickening in the song. We have to see the film to know exactly what is going on in this song. The song has been composed by Amit Raj and sung by Adarsh Shinde and Amitraj. What is more surprising is actors Swapnil, Piyush and Jaywant Wadkar have also sung some lines of this song!! And they have done an excellent job. Sneha and Piyush dances really good, Swapnil as usual steals the show with his charm.

The lyrics of this song have been written by Sachin Pathak and the film is directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi. The film has been produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali Productions.

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• Review : Poshter Girl (2016)
• Producer :  Hadi Ali Abrar and Pushpank Gawade
• Directer : Sameer Patil
• Star Cast :  Sonalee Kulkarni, Jitendra Joshi, Aniket Vishwasrao, Siddharth Menon, Hemant Dhome, Sandeep Pathak, Akshay Tanksale and Hrishikesh Joshi.
• Writer : Hemant Dhome
• Music : Amitraj
• Genre : Comedy, Drama
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 2.5/5

Poshter Girl Marathi Movie Review:

Poshter Girl is directed by Sameer Patil who had also directed the film Poshter Boyz (2014). It is not exactly a sequel of the 2014 film, but it is still similar in style, flavor and intent. Now, I felt Poshter Boyz was a totally misfired attempt and did not even do well commercially. So, it did not really seem wise to make a similar kind of film. However, now that Poshter Girl is made lets shift the focus on this latest film.

Poshter Girl is definitely an improvement over Poshter Boys. Sameer Patil seems to have learnt from his debut film; his second film does not have as many issues. But, some negatives of Poshter Boyz are found in this film too.

The film is about a village called Tekawade and how due to female infanticide and a rampant misogynist thinking, the village is devoid of any young girl. Tekawade has been blacklisted by all the neighboring villages and nobody is willing to marry off their daughters into that village. However, a strong willed and pretty girl named Rupali (Sonalee Kulkarni) comes to live in the village and all hell break’s loose. A group of five young men – Bharatrao (Hrishikesh Joshi), Bajrang (Aniket Vishwasrao), Arjun (Siddharth Menon), Ramesh (Akshay Tanksale) and Suresh (Sandeep Pathak) – enter into a game of one-upmanship to win Rupali’s heart and get her hand in marriage.

Now, the biggest positive of the film has to be its casting. Hrishikesh Joshi was one of the best things about Poshter Boyz and most likely that is why he has been given a lead character here. In Poshter Girl, too, he steals the show and brings out the most laughs as the childless Uncle Kishan of Rupali who is supervising over this competition (or swyamvar) among the young and most eligible bachelors of the village. Sonalee Kulkarni does justice to her part in the film and doesn’t overact for the most parts. The bunch of eligible bachelors too are well casted and do bring out laughs at some places, but they cannot help being over the top, much like the acting in Poshter Boyz.

Another negative of Poshter Boyz that is found here is the lack of fully developed characters. Apart from Kishan and Rupali almost all other characters are mere caricatures. The screenplay credited to Hemant Dhome and Sameer Patil, has interesting back stories to Bharatrao and Bajrang, however it just scratches the surface and does not allow us to connect with the characters at all. It has all the obvious double meaning jokes and other slapstick scenes that people expect from such a comedy. The gags hardly have anything novel in them, but they might work for the target audience. Poster Girl, thankfully, does not have any ridiculous product placement like Poshter Boyz and neither does it have any inane cameo just for the heck of it.

The attempt to tackle social evils of female infanticide and misogyny in Poster Girl are also marginally more successful than the tackling of the taboo of vasectomy in Poshter Boyz. But, the way the message is put across is certainly a bit pushy and preachy. However, though not fully successful, the attempt to deliver a message in the form of humour is definitely worthy of a little praise.

Overall:

Despite being better than Poshter Boyz, the film is only partially successful in delivering a message under the garb of humour.

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Poshter Girl Team recently visited Siddhivinayak Temple at Prabhadevi to seek blessings from the beloved Bappa for the film. The film is slated to be released on the 12 February. Lead pair of the film Sonalee Kulkarni, Hemant Dhome, director Sameer Patil, Music composer Amit Raj, choreographer Phulwa Khamkar and producers Pushpank Gawde and Hadi Ali Abrar visited the temple.

Hemant Dhome who will be seen in this film has also written the story and screenplay for the film.

Sonalee  said, “How mother understands what her child wants in the similar way God does and he is the creator he has already decided what and when to give. So we are here to thank him for what he has given to us”.

The film deals with a strong social message yet this message has been conveyed through light hearted comedy.

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• Movie : Poshter Girl (2016) | पोश्टर गर्ल
• Producer : Hadi Ali Abrar and Pushpank Gawade
• Directer : Sameer Patil
• Studio : Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Chalo Film Banaye
• Star Cast :
  • Sonalee Kulkarni as Rupali Thorat
  • Jitendra Joshi as Bharatrao Zende
  • Aniket Vishwasrao as Bajrang Dudhbhate
  • Siddharth Menon as Arjun Kalal
  • Hemant Dhome as Suraj
  • Sandeep Pathak as Suresh Yadgaokar Patil
  • Hrishikesh Joshi as Kisanrao Thorat
  • Akshay Tanksale as Ramesh Yadgaokar Patil
  • Anand Ingale and Vaibhav Mangale.
• Story : Hemant Dhome
• Music : Amitraj
• Lyrics : Kshitij Patwardhan
• Singers : Anand Shinde and Adarsh Shinde
• Director of Photography : Pushpank Gawade
• Editor : Kshitija Khandagale
• Choreography : Phulwa Khamkar
• Costume : Kalyani Gugale, Uma and Biju
• Visual Promotion : Just Right Studioz
• Production Design : Siddarth Tattoskar and Shree Kumar Nair
• Publicity Design : Chaitanya Sant (Mantra SDS)
• Genre  : Comedy, Drama
• Release Date : February 12, 2016

Synopsis:
Poshter Girl takes you on a mad roller coaster ride of a quaint, little village in Maharashtra – Tekawde, which is ill-famous for female infanticide and as a result there are no girls left within the village. When the question of boys’ marriage is on heat, a beautiful and Intelligent girl enters the scenario and changes everything. This is the story of the girl Rupali and her chosen 5 candidates who would do anything to win her heart.

Poshter Girl Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

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