• TV Serial : Grahan | ग्रहण 
• Also Known As : Grahan Zee Marathi Serial
• Producer : Tejendra Neswankar
• Director : Gautam Koli
• Production House : Trump Card Productions
• StarCast :
  • Sunil Barve as Abhay
  • Abhijeet Chavan
  • Yogesh Deshpande as Niranjan
  • Varsha Ghatpande as Niranjan’s Mother
  • Pallavi Joshi as Rama
  • Padarinath Kamble as Shankar (Shankar Laundary)
  • Ananda Karekar
  • Jaywant Wadkar as Wagh Kaka
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• Title Song Singer : Devaki Pandit
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• Genre : Horror
• Channel : Zee Marathi
• Starting Date : 19th March 2018
• Starting Time : Monday to Saturday at 10:30 PM

Story Outline : 
Grahan is a Marathi Horror thriller television series starring Pallavi Joshi, Yogesh Deshpande and Varsha Ghatpande. Rama, a happily married woman, lives with her husband and two lovely kids. One day, while crossing the road a speeding truck almost hits her but luckily she escapes unhurt. However, when she reaches home, she finds that everything around her has changed and that her house and family is missing. What happened to her family? Will she ever reunite with them?

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• TV Serial : Deva Shappath | देवा शप्पथ
• Also Known As : Deva Shappat Zee Yuva Marathi Serial
• Producer : Aparna Ganu Ketkar
• Director : Chandrkant Lata Gaikwad
• Production House : Right Click Media Solutions
• StarCast :
  • Kshitish Date as Krish
  • Sankarshan Karhade as Shlok
  • Vidyadhar Joshi
  • Swanand Barve
  • Shalmali Tolye
  • Abhishek Kulkarni
  • Kaumudi Walokar
  • Chaitrali Gupte
  • Ananda Karekar
  • Atul Todankar
• Story & Screenplay : Shirish Latkar
• Dialogues : Aruna Joglekar
• Assistant Writer : Sameer Kalbhor
• Background Music : Vrushabh Dhumal
• Title Song Lyrics : Guru Thakur
• Title Song Music : Ajit Parab
• Title Song Singer : Avdhoot Gupte
• Sound Recording : Roshan Tiwari
• Cinematography (DOP) : Ashok Aananda Pawar, Kumar
• Art : Rajesh maruti Sapte
• Editor : Rupesh Ratnakar Gamare
• Co-Editor : Mo. Shakir Sheikh, Vikrant Devrukhkar
• Costumes : Atharv Chavhan
• Make-Up : Santosh Sharma
• Executive Producer : Prashant Laxman Patil
• Creative Producer : Rutuja Ulhas Joshi, Anup Badodekar
• Assistance  Director : Ninad Ashokrao Jadhav
• Online Editor : Manjeet Roy
• Channel : Zee Yuva
• Starting Date : 07 August 2017
• Starting Time : 09:00 Pm Monday to Friday

Story Outline : 

The promos of Zee Yuva’s new fantasy serial ‘Deva Shappath’ have excited the audiences completely. In the midst of mythological serials on Indian television, ‘Deva Shappath’ is presenting ‘God’ or ‘Krishna’ aka ‘Krish’ in front of our audiences. There are two kinds of ideologies in our culture one who believe in the existence of god & one who do not. There are also some who find god in the nature itself, while some find gods in the idols. This serial though is maintaining a balance between atheism & strong theism.

Modern day god (who wears today’s fashionable clothes, speaks English & even uses gadgets) ‘Krish’ played by Kshitish Date arrives on earth to meet his atheist devotee Shlok played by Sankarshan Karhade. What happens after that? For that we’ll have to regularly keep watching ‘Deva Shappath’ on Zee Yuva every Monday to Saturday 9:30 pm.

This serial also stars Vidyadhar Joshi, Swanand Barve, Shalmali Tolye, Abhishek Kulkarni, Kaumudi Walokar, Chaitrali Gupte, Ananda Karekar & Atul Todankar in important characters.

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• Review : Dashkriya (2017)
• Producer : Mrs. Kalpana Vilas Kothari
• Director : Sandeep Bhalchandra Patil
• Star Cast : Manoj Joshi, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Aditi Deshpande, Nandkishor Choughule, Milind Shinde, Milind Phatak, Santosh Mayekar & Uma Sardeshmukh
• Story : Based On Baba Bhand’s Novel ‘Dashakriya’
• Screenplay & Dialogue : Sanjay Krishnaji Patil
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Dashkriya Marathi Movie Review:

Dashkriya starts off on a highly dramatic ‘Dashkriya’ (10th Day Ritual of an deceased person) scene establishing Manoj Joshi as ‘Keshav Bhat’, an outright villain. Throughout the film no matter what the situations are ‘Keshav Bhat’ has been strictly projected as a villain, also in situations where he clearly classifies as ‘victim’. I agree that such scenes are few, but the point is that this film just doesn’t believe in ‘grey’. It feels to have a preconceived understanding of everything & has ruthlessly sorted the ‘black’ & ‘white’.

Another clear bifurcation is evident in the very next song sequence that follows the ‘dramatic’ opening scene. It’s the usual fun song for kids, alike countless others seen before in other films. There is nothing wrong with the song, but it’s placement itself is so baffling to the audience. It’s like you have to instantly change your state of the mind. And then this same exercise needs to be continued throughout the runtime! It’s like watching two different films at the same time, scene by scene alternatingly! One that follows the opening ‘drama’ & the other that is a ‘slice of life’ comedy! A better story teller could’ve chosen neither of the two & would have preferred a ‘dark satire’ instead!

So is it just the treatment where ‘Dashkriya’ baffles, disappoints? No! The basic story itself is baffling. There are just too many things happening! ‘Paithan’ is the place where this story is set. Most of the men (Milind Shinde, Nandkishor Choughule & Santosh Mayekar) among the important characters are drunkards. A socially relevant subject is included here, that has nothing to do with the main conflict. Now these drunkards are a part of every social, religious activity in the village. They almost appear normal when they are sober. So in a way this makes us feel that everything’s fine with their lives. And hence the whole point of alcoholism becomes weak.

Then what is the main conflict? There are two plots in my observation one is a little boy’s story & another is Keshav Bhat’s story. This little boy ‘Bhanya’ (belonging to a lower caste) skips school & works on the river banks of ‘Paithan’ where tourists come to perform ‘Dashkriya’ for their closed deceased ones. The god men who perform these rituals belong to a specific sub-caste of ‘Kirvant’. Now Bhanya works with them as a apprentice of sort, there’s another weaker ‘Kirvant’ played by Milind Phatak with whom Bhanya has a better connect than with the powerful ‘Keshav Bhat’. Then there’s an elderly righteous man ‘Savkar’ played by Dilip Prabhawalkar. Though ‘Savkar’ has less to do directly throughout the film, he seems to be important only because he is played by Dilip Prabhawalkar, a veteran!

Many tourists that come to ‘Paithan’ are supposedly feeling exploited by ‘Keshav Bhat’. In a cameo Jaywant Wadkar plays a tourist & speaks how these god men are asking too much money. The thing is we never see what actually happened. We just see Wadkar confronting Savkar about it.

Bhanya’s mother is trying her best to make ends meet, her husband (Milind Shinde) does nothing substantial. At first she scolds Bhanya for skipping school but later she seems to be happy & proud about her son who starts earning a better sum working on the river banks! This shift of perspective has never been explained! Meanwhile ‘Keshav Bhat’ & his whole sub-caste where insulted in a social gathering by Savkar. Why? Wasn’t Savkar a righteous man! Even in this situation the background score suggests that ‘Keshav Bhat’ is the baddie!

At the end of the film, bits & pieces of the two stories are hurriedly jointed & the climax is created, a climax which actually is a lot stronger than the whole film. That makes a strong social statement! But by then we are too much exhausted by the proceedings that came before. That statement makes sense to just the climax, not to the whole film. The whole film is a jumble if we try to make interpretations about social messages or statements.

Overall:

Dashkriya is a missed opportunity. Had the film realized that the whole process is as important as the final statement, we could’ve got a more pure film. Dashkriya is polluted by a need to be commercially viable to all audiences, even at that it doesn’t succeed much.

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Earlier in the year ‘Dashkriya’ Marathi movie received three important National awards Best Screenplay for Sanjay Krishnaji Patil, Best Supporting Actor for Manoj Joshi & Best Feature Film in Marathi. Now the trailer of the film is out. And it definitely lives up to all expectations.

The best part about this trailer is that it is perfectly crafted & timed. It doesn’t reveal anything from the conflict of the film, yet it gives a good idea about the whole atmosphere of the film, the story & its social context.

Sanjay Krishnaji Patil who has previously written a masterpiece like ‘Jogwa’ is back with ‘Dashkriya’ after a long time. This trailer makes us think that this film touches on a sensitive topic about class difference & religious customs & rituals. Actor Manoj Joshi who won a national award for his role in this film looks in top form. The young child actor too looks perfect for the part. It is definitely one of the most important film of this year releasing by the end of the year!

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• Movie : Dashakriya (2017) | दशक्रिया
• Producer : Mrs. Kalpana Vilas Kothari
• Director : Sandeep Bhalachandra Patil
• Studio : Rangneel Creations
• StarCast :
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar
  • Manoj Joshi
  • Aditi Deshpande
  • Nandkishor Chougule
  • Milind Pathak
  • Uma Sardeshmukh
  • Asha Shelar
  • Santosh Mayekar
  • Pankaj Chemburkar
  • Umesh Mitkari
  • Aarya Adhav
  • Vinayak Ghadigaonkar
  • Anand Karekar
  • Jayvant Wadkar
• Story : Based On Baba Bhand’s Novel ‘Dashakriya’
• Screenplay & Dialogue : Sanjay Krishnaji Patil
• Music : Amitraj
• Lyrics : Sanjay Krishnaji Patil
• Singers : Swapnil Bandokar, Pruthviraj Mali, Kasturi Wavare, Aarti Kelkar, Arohi Mhatre
• Sound Designer : Mahavir Sabnnavar
• Background Score : Milind Joshi
• Cinematography (DOP) : Mahesh Aney
• Editor : Sunil Jadhav
• Art Director : N
• Choreographer : Subhash Nakashe
• Costumes :  Sachin Lovalekar
• Make-Up : Shrikant Desai
• Executive-producer :  Ram Kondu Kondilkar
• Genre :  Comedy
• Censor Ratings : (U/A)
• Release Date : 17/11/2017

Synopsis : After the cremation of the deceased, certain rituals are performed for the next thirteen day, as there is a belief that these rituals lead the deceased to Moksha i.e. salvation from the cycle of rebirths. Immersion of ashes is performed on the third day and the final round of rituals takes place on the tenth day. These rituals are to be performed on the banks of the Ganges, the sacred river. The emotionally vulnerable family of the deceased readily performs the rites as per the instructions of the Kirvant i. e. the section of the Brahmin community who is supposed to lead all the last rites and thereby earn their living. The Kirvants, looked down upon by the rest of the Brahmin community, exploit the emotions of the bereaved family to satiate their greed. The whole exercise is thus commercialized crossing all the limits. ‘ Dashakriya ’ ( The Tenth Day Ritual) profoundly depicts this harsh reality.

While revealing the disturbing reality around the last rites, their commercialization and the emotional exploitation of the bereaved family ‘ Dashakriya ’ focuses on how even the Kirvant kids mindlessly get involved in the business due to extreme poverty.

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Over the years the Goa Film Festival has developed a sense of credibility regarding Marathi movies. This year many National award winning movies were lined up for screenings at the festival. Among them was the National award winning Marathi film ‘Dasahkriya‘. 

Written by the ‘Jogawa’ fame writer Sanjay Krishnaji Patil, directed by Sandeep Bhalchandra Patil & produced by Kalpana Vilas Kothari under the banner ‘Rangnil Creations’, this film garnered lots of love at the festival & the screenings of this film were house full!

The film stars Dilip Prabhawalkar, Manoj Joshi, Milind Shinde, Nandkishor Chougule & around 150 more artists with Anand Karekar, Jaywant Wadkar & Kalpana Kothari giving guest appearances.

Along with the successful screenings at this festival & National award ‘Dashkriya’ has also been a part of the internationally prestigious ‘Cannes Film Festival’. This truly is a proud moment for Marathi cinema & the audiences must be looking forward towards its theatrical release!

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Kanika, a horror film will be releasing on 31 March all over Maharashtra. The film speaks about female feticide and deals with this issue in a different way. The film stars Sharad Ponkshe, Smita Shewale, Chaitrali Gupte, Kamlakar Satpute, Ananda Karekar, Falguni Rajni. The film is directed by debutant Pushkar Mahohar. The film is produced by Sandeep Manohar under the banners of seven Wonders Motion Pictures. The film does not have any song. The film is edited by Kuldeep Mehan.

Kanika has used large amount of special effects and new technologies as the subject was about horror. The makers of the film says that they has not used such effects to create horror, but to make it more realistic. The film also deals with an important social issue like female feticide.

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Many a times, a trailer is an underrated tool in terms of film promotion or marketing especially for horror/thriller films. The trailer of upcoming Marathi film ‘Kanika’ starring Sharad Ponkshe in the lead is one such well-crafted trailer.

It introduces us to the basic plot of the film & what the film is about. But more importantly it gives us the perfect indication of what we should expect from the film. The length of this trailer is well timed & doesn’t give any secret! What the trailer also tempts us through an actor of Sharad Ponkshe’s caliber! He seems to have given a great performance here.

The ending voice over of ‘whether you believe in ghosts or not?’ adds more to the horror element that is reflected in this trailer. Even though Marathi literature has a great tradition of horror stories not often have we seen good horror movies in Marathi.

Hopefully ‘Kanika’ would turn out an exception & all the Marathi horror lovers would finally get the film they deserve. ‘Kanika’ hits theatres from 31^st March, so make sure you give it a try!    

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• Movie : Kanika (2017) | कनिका
• Producer : Avinash Ahaley
• Director : Sandeep Manohar & Pushkar Manohar
• Studio : Seven Wonders Motion Pictures
• Star Cast :
  • Sharad Ponkshe
  • Smita Shewale
  • Chaitrali Gupte
    
  • Kamlakar Saatpute
    
  • Aananda Karekar
    
  • Falguni Rajni
    
  • Vandana Marathe
    
  • Nilesh Behere
• Story & Screenplay : Pushkar Manohar
• Background Score : Ameya Nare, Sajan Patel
• Sound Design : Dinesh Uchil & Shantanu Akerkar
• Cinematography (DOP) : Chandrashekhar Arun Nagarkar
• Editor : Kuldeep Mehan
• Art Director : Ravindra Naik
• Make Up : Jitendra Mhatre
• Executive Producer : Arjun Jawalkar
• Genre : Revenge, Horror Film
• Release Date : 31st March 2017

Synopsis : 

Kanika is revenge horror film. The film stars Sharad Ponkshe, Smita Shevale, Chaitrali Gupte, Kamlakar Saatpute, Aananda Karekar and Falguni Rajni.

One renowned and reputed doctor encounters unusual paranormal activities and finds his colleagues in same mess. It is his past and involvement of entire team for misuse of their knowledge and positions. Situation becomes critical when killings of crime partner’s start and doctor is helpless. He confesses his crime with near ones but they refuse to help and he finds himself alone in the hands of a girl which is a GHOST. Watch this movie to find interesting facts and loopholes in medical practice.

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Many kinds of films are being made in Marathi today, but very few horror films are made. Soon ‘Seven Wonders Motion Pictures’ produced ‘Kanika’, a Marathi film will be hitting the theatres. This Pushkar Manohar directorial debut is set to release on 31st March.

PushkarManohar is a businessman turned filmmaker. His passion for films made him enter this field. ‘Kanika’ is ‘horror’ film based on a contemporary story that reflects today’s times. This will be a new experiment in Marathi cinema. The film stars Sharad Ponkshe, Smita Shewale, Chaitrali Gupte, Kamlakar Satpute, Ananda Karekar & Phalguni Rajni among others. Pushkar Manohar has himself wriiten this film. A unique aspect about ‘Kanika’ is that it won’t have any songs. This film is produced by Sandeep Manohar under the banner ‘Seven Wonders Motion Pictures’. The music is given by Amey Nare, cinematography by Chandrashekhar Nagarkar & editing by Kuldeep Mohan.

The director PushkarManohar stressed, “In Marathi similar kind of social or comedy films are made in abundance. Beyond all that many other things are happening around us. They are very sensitive but are not seen in films. I have tried a new genre ‘Revenge Horror’ in Marathi. Hopefully the audience we love it.”

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