Produced by Rajkumar Menda and directed by veteran cinematographer turned director Sameer Athalye ‘Bakaal‘ is an upcoming action entertainer that is all set to hit theatres this Friday on 8th of November. Here are 5 reasons why it should not be missed!

• Action in Marathi is Very Rare!

Action films in Marathi are a rarity. So an opportunity to experience an well made action entertainer in theatres shouldn’t be missed by Marathi audiences! As such films are more effective on the big screen!

• Combination of Young Talent and Experienced Veterans in the Cast!

‘Bakaal’ stars talented young dancing action star Chaitanya Mestry and beautiful newcomer Jui Belkhande whereas the film also has a brigade veteran experienced actors like Alka Athalye, Milind Gawali, Ashok Samarth, Yatin Karyekar, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Jayant Savarkar & Ravindra Berde!

• The First Marathi Film About the Effect of Drugs on Youth!

Marathi films are very well known for taking up social subjects but the social issue of drug abuse in youth hadn’t been taken in Marathi film before! ‘Bakaal’ is the first Marathi film about it and hence it has to be watched by one & all to understand the dangers of the drugs abuse and to understand why it’s eradication is necessary!

•  Healthy Family Entertainment!

Along with the social issue’s importance ‘Bakaal’ is also filled with all aspects of entertainment from music, dance, romance, comedy, family drama to of course action & nationalism! Compared to some recent adult comedies in Marathi ‘Bakaal’ can be enjoyed by the entire family sitting together in theatres!

• Representation of Vidarbha’s Culture!

‘Bakaal’ is based on true incidents that happened in the 1980s around the Vidarbha region! Moreover the film also has the backdrop of Vidarbha’s culture and traditions! The song bout the ‘Marbat’ festival in Vidarbha is the first song in Marathi cinema about the festival!

So make sure you book tickets of ‘Bakaal’ well in advance for your whole family well in advance! ‘Bakaa’ releases on 8th of November!

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• Movie : Bakaal (2019) | बकाल
• Producer : Rajkumar Menda
• Director : Sameer Athalye
• Studio : Shiv Om Visuals Private Limited
• Star Cast :
  • • Chaitanya Mestry as Chaitanya
    • Jui Belkhande as Jui
    • Alka Athalye as Mrs.Subhedar
    • Milind Gawali as Mr.Subhedar
    • Ashok Samarth as Comando Tambal
    • Yatin Karyekar as Jui’s Kaka
    • Ganesh Yadav as ins
    • Pradeep Velankar as dr lanjewar
    • Jayant Savarkar
    • Suhasini Deshpande
    • Ravindra Berde as Banwari Chacha
    • Pooja Nayak
    • Asit Redij as Makkad
• Story : Vinod deshpande, Milind Save
• Screenplay : Milind Save
• Dialogues : Abhiram Bhadkamkar
• Lyrics : Mandar Cholkar
• Sound Desinger : Bibin Dev
• Sound Recording : Avdhut Wadkar, Ajivasan Studio
• Music : Ashok Patki
• Background Music : Mahesh Naik
• Cinematography (DOP) : Sameer Athalye
• Editor : Pankaj Sapkale
• Art Director : Anil Wath
• Costume : Jimmy Z Designer
• Make-up : 
• Choreography : Dilip Mestry, Deepa Mestry
• Executive Producer : Shankar Dhuri
• Creative Producer : Dilip Mestry
• VFX : Milind Save
• Digital Promotions : Pagerole Media
• DI Colorist : Vaibhav Vaidya, Film Lab
• PR : Mayur Adkar.
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : NA

Synopsis : ‘Bakaal’ is a tale about a young man’s struggle and quest to fight against an evil anti-social phenomenon because he has faced it’s disastrous consequences.

In the 80s-90s Vidarbha was under the threat of an evil invisible phenomenon named ‘Bakaal’. Bakaal exploited the region with the spread of drug addiction and rise in many other crimes. The leader of this group was never to be caught by the security forces. But a parallel security force was formed of brave soldiers who fought ‘Bakaal’ and to everyone’s surprise demolished it. Based on this true event and the 139 year old tradition of ‘Marbat’ in Vidarbha director Sameer Athalye along with producer Rajkumar Menda has created a action film of huge canvas which can match the standard of any mainstream Bollywood film!

A young college going Chaitanya and his friends are shattered by the death of their friend due to consumption of drugs. All those friends come together to lawfully protest against the impact of drugs. That is when they are noticed by the kingpin of crime & satanic drug phenomenon ‘Bakaal’. Chaitanya’s father who was a police officer had lost his life fighting against this very ‘Bakaal’, long before Chaitanya was born! Chaitanya’s mother had faced the trauma of loosing her husband yet she is the source of his energy to fight against injustice and she keeps inspiring Chaitanya to fight against ‘Bakaal’. But ‘Bakaal’ tries hard to strangle Chaitanya with different obstacles. But the sharp & smart young man, Chaitanya keeps defying all odds. He even survives a life threatening attack from ‘Bakaal’. But only because of some magical forces working for him! What are these forces that save Chaitanya? How do they keep giving strength to Chaitanya? All the answers to these questions can be found while watching this thrilling action packed entertainer!

In this film the Marathi audiences will be treated to thrilling larger than life visuals and the film promises to be a rare action spectacle that the audiences were in search of since many years!

Bakaal Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

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The little kid seen in this photo with popular choreographer Ganesh Acharya is little Chitanya! Today Chaitanya is all set to enter the film industry as an action-dancing star with his upcoming film ‘Bakaal‘. Produced by Rajkumar Menda and directed by Sameer Athalye ‘Bakaal’ is an action packed entertainer that releases in theatres on 8th of November!

Chaitanya was born and brought up in Santacruz, Mumbai in the chawls of Prabhat Colony the place where choreographer-filmmaker Ganesh Acharya was born & brought up too! Chaitanya is the son of Dilip Mestri who has been a friend to Ganesh Acharya and also his assistant for many years! Remembering his old ties with the Mestri family Ganesh Acharya has posted many videos on social media urging his fans to watch Chaitanya starrer ‘Bakaal’ in theatres!

Chaitanya was always a hyperactive kid growing up in the chawls! His naughty antics many a times made others worry! He could indulge into any physical exercises anywhere and would also fight like a filmy hero whenever he would get into a brawl. His parents then made him learn different sports and activities like skating, football, hockey, kick boxing, etc. Dance was already there in his blood through his choreographer parents! So in such a way he became the ideal choice of a young action-dancing star for ‘Bakaal’!

For ‘Bakaal’ Chaitanya has practiced and perfected Parkour jumps, Paragliding, Scuba diving, Single liner skating, rock climbing, gymnastics, body building and other different activities! He has shot for all his stunts on his own! Stunts that include jumping from 7th flour of a building to the terrace of the 3rd floor, doing paragliding in deep water, climbing up the mountain in a waterfall, doing skating on the railings of a bridge, jumping from one building to the other, riding superfast bikes, and man to man combat!

Do witness Bakaal’s larger than life action on the big screen from 8th of November!

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Ever since the first promos and posters of ‘Bakaal‘ film came out there was excitement and curiosity among the audiences about the title of the film and what it means or what it stands for! Now from the trailer of the film the mystery is finally open! ‘Bakaa’ stands for an evil organization that have spread drugs addiction among the youth of Vidarbha. This is inspired from real life too.

‘Bakaal’ is the first Marathi film to deal with the subject of drugs addiction! Moreover the film is also an action entertainer with very strong emotional backdrop to the story. The central character of the film seems to go through many obstacles to get rid of ‘Bakaal’ and while doing so he must be coming off age which adds another genre to the film.

‘Bakaal’ releases in theatres on 8th of November and promises to be the first big action hit of Marathi cinema. The response to the trailer of the film by the audience is overwhelming and it is expected that many audiences will watch ‘Bakaal’ in theatres first day first show!

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Lyrics penned by Mandar Cholkar, sung by Amruta Dahivalkar, Janhavi Arora, Kavita Raam & Madhuri Karmarkar & composed by senior music director Ashok Patki, ‘Cham Cham’ is a brand new Marathi item number from upcoming action entertainer ‘Bakaal‘! Ashok Patki Ji has for the first time composed a item song it seems like he is good at it as much good he was with his soulful melodies!

It is impossible to stop yourself from grooving to this dance number! It surely promises to be the a crowd favorite number that will be heard everywhere this festival season! Moreover the video of the song too is equally impressive and dance performers have done their work with great energy!

The choreography of the song and the way it is shot and edited all of it is also responsible in increasing the effect of the song. Overall it’s the team Bakaal’s chemistry together that makes this item number stand out among other songs in contemporary Marathi films!

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Ashok Patki is one of the most respected names in the Marathi music industry. Over the years he has garnered love from the audiences and the industry for his work on different mediums as a music composer from Television, films, to advertisements and theatre. Recently at the music launch event of Marathi film ‘Bakaal’ a fun incident happened.

Sameer Athalye, director of the ‘film ‘Bakaal‘ said in jest that Ashok Patki should shower himself with ‘goumutra’ to make him pure again after composing the item song for his film! With Bakaal Ashok Patki has reinvented his style of composing music as the film is a youth centric action entertainer! Patki has been an expert of melodious soft songs but in the album of ‘Bakaal’ you’ll find songs of all varieties that appeal to the contemporary young audience.

Ashok Patki even collaborated with new age music arrangers to get in the ‘dj’ effect in these songs! He took it as a challenge and enjoy the whole process of making music for ‘Bakaal’. Moreover cinematographer turned director Sameer Athalye has been a good friend of Patki for years and hence he couldn’t say no to him! Whatever the case be we as a audiences are lucky too see a senior composer reinventing himself at a stage in his life where he has nothing to prove to anyone and yet he is trying out new things! Isn’t that inspiring!

Rajkumar Menda produced & Shiv Om Visuals Pvt. Ltd presents ‘Bakaal’ releases on 8th of November all over Maharashtra. The film has 5 songs of different kind sung by various star singers like Siddharth Mahadevan, Jasraj Joshi, Hrishikesh Ranade, Adarsh Shinde, Mahalaxmi Iyer, and others.

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‘Bakaal‘ the upcoming action entertainer is all set to hit theatres on 8th of November. Directed by senior cinematographer turned director Sameer Athalye and produced by Rajkumar Menda. The film stars the young and talented newcomers Chaitanya Mestri and Jui Belkhande along with a strong supporting cast of Alka Kubal Athalye, Milind Gawli, Yatin Karyekar, Ashok Samarth, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Jayant Savarkar, Ravindra Berde & Pooja Nayak.

Many of the cast members where present for the music launch that was recently held. The lead debut pair of the film performed on various tracks of the films and impressed one & all present! The music of the film is given by senior music composer Ashok Patki who also talked about the process of composing unique songs for the film. The songs are sung by various popular singers from Siddharth Mahadevan, Hrishikesh Ranade, Amey Date, and many others.

Among many tracks of the film the song about the 139 year old tradition of ‘Marbat‘ in the Vidarbha region got more media attention! The director of the film spoke about how this is the first time that the ‘Marbat’ festival of Vidarbha is being represented through a song! The eye catching visuals of the song captured from the actual celebrations of the festival from Vidarbha were larger than life! ‘Bakaal’ promises to be a one of a kind of action musical that could appeal to audiences of all age groups and tastes!

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Ever since the first news came out about ‘Bakaal‘ film the audiences have been excited to know what exactly is the meaning of ‘Bakaal’. Slowly they got to know that ‘Bakaal’ stands for everything that is wrong and against the society! It represents not just a person or a group of people but a mentality!

Now the first teaser of the film starring the likes of Alka Kubal Athalye, Ashok Samarth and the first Marathi action star Chaitanya Mestry is out and one can make out that ‘Mission Bakaal’ is a struggle against an evil force! An evil force that is affecting our youth and leading them to the path of self destruction.

‘Bakaal’ promises to be an action packed entertainer with everything for all audiences of different age groups and tastes. The film is directed by senior filmmaker Samir Athalye and produced by Rajkumar Mendha also starring Jui Belkhande, Milind Gawali, Yatin Karyekar, Ganesh Yadav & Pradeep Velankar among others. It hits theatres on 8th of November!

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Festivals like Ganeshotsav, Navratri, Govinda, Holi etc. have had ample representation in the world of films through songs and stories surrounded around them but a festival called ‘Marbat’ is unknown to those outside of Vidarbha! The festival has a rich cultural heritage of around 139 years! And yet the festival has never been represented in the mainstream art!

But upcoming Marathi film ‘Bakaal‘ directed by Sameer Athalye and produced by Rajkumar Menda is finally representing this great tradition through a song titled ‘Gheun Ja Ge Marbat’! The whole world would get to see the huge canvas of the festivities of Marbat festival celebrated in Vidarbha!

The backdrop of ‘Bakaal’ film is connected with the idea of Marbat festival! Just as the festival is celebrated as a symbol of ending all that is wrong in our society the film too deals with a similar story! ‘Gheun Ja Ge Marbat’ song is penned by Surendra Masram, the music is composed by Moreshwar-Nistane and sung by Adarsh Shinde & Dhanashri Deshpande. The song stars senior actors like Alka Kubal, Yatin Karyekar & other artists.

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