Cast: Ashok Saraf, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Shivaji Satam, Vikram Gokhale, Satish Alekar, Santosh Juvekar, Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar, Manjiri Phadnis & Deepti Lele

Director: Mahesh Manjrekar

Quick Viewpoint: The trailer, teaser & posters of ‘Mi Shivaji Park’ sell a completely different film! It feels like a deep intellectual drama that eventually turns out to be a poorly structured revenge drama with a forceful social context to it.

What Works?

• The theme. Though nothing new in it & having similarities to Manjrekar’s own ‘Virrudh’ (the Amitabh Bachchan starrer) it still somehow is very relatable to the audiences.
• Further rendition of the basic theme, the conceptual idea of retired old men recreating a version of a court case on their own.
• It’s just satisfying to watch stalwarts like Ashok Saraf, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Vikram Gokhale & others share screen together. Though Dilip Prabhawalkar stands out as he doesn’t miss a single beat in his performance like always!

What Fails?

• The starting conflict that initiates the narrative is so loosely set up that the there is no emotional relativity for the audiences towards the principal characters of the film.
• Absolutely horrendous silly mistakes in the detailing of the film. For e.g: In a flashback sequence set in either late 90s or early 2000s we see characters using smart phones!
• Tonnes of logical errors caused due to convenient twists & turns given to the narrative.
• The film ridicules Gandhism by unnecessarily connecting it to situations that doesn’t really have anything to do with it! For eg: a dialogue says how Gandhi followers who later became politicians resorted to violence against public agitations. The whole idea of a governing body & it’s defence is not a by product of Gandhism, it need not be associated with it.
• By the climax the film becomes a complete circus that jumbles up the whole socio-political message it wanted to endorse. You leave the theatre being clueless about what exactly did the film wanted to say?

Final Verdict: ‘Mi Shivaji Park’ suffers from serious lack of inspiration in saying something new or creating something of it’s own. It seems to just be a vehicle for the hugely respected star cast to come together.    

Rating: 1.5/5

The post ‘Mi Shivaji Park’ Quick Review: Mahesh Manjrekar’s Socio-Political Circus! appeared first on MarathiStars.

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti the trailer of upcoming Marathi film ‘Me Shivaji Park‘ was posted on the Internet! It isn’t a coincidence that the trailer is released on Gandhi Jayanti! The trailer effectively presents a debate on values & principles of Mahatma Gandhi. Can those values be useful in today’s world! Are ‘Truth’ & ‘Non-violence’ still powerful weapons to fight injustice?

Different characters in the film portrayed by acting heavyweights like Ashok Saraf, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Vikram Gokhale, Shivaji Satam & Satish Alekar represent the angst of the middle class against the injustice around. The trailer of the film suggests that these retired old men decide to change things on their own, & for that they probably resort to violence. Is this the right way? Dilip Prabhawalkar’s character who is a Gandhi follower says he might even stand against his friends if he had too!

This conflict between two opposite value systems & the solid star cast of the film promises that ‘Me Shivaji Park’ is a must watch film! Moreover the film is directed by Mahesh Manjrekar! After a long time in Marathi cinema we are seeing a strong social thriller! It also has the backdrop of political ideologies of our country! ‘Me Shivaji Park‘ hits theatres on 18th October!

The post Me Shivaji Park Trailer: Is Gandhism Dead? appeared first on MarathiStars.

Multi-starrer films are always major attractions for audiences, especially when a seasoned director like Mahesh Manjrekar is bringing one for the audiences. ‘Me Shivaji Park’ written & directed by Mahesh Manjrekar stars a brigade of solid actors which includes Ashok Saraf, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Vikram Gokhale, Satish Alekar & Shivaji Satam! Produced by Gauri Pictures Productions & Mahesh Manjrekar Movies, Me Shivaji Park hits theatres on 18^th October!

The tagline of the film, ‘Dnyaydevata Andhali Aste…Amhi Dolas Hoto’ suggests that the film deals with the subject of law, court & justice! Every actor from the cast has his own style & rich history of doing varied roles in varied mediums! Along with them the film also stars Uday Tikekar, Sharad Ponkshe, Suhas Joshi, Savita Malpekar, Santosh Juvekar, Sushant Shelar, Deepti Lele, Manjiri Phadnis & others!

The film is produced by Dilipdada Sahebrao Yadav & Siddharth Kevalchand Jain & co-produced by Manhesh Ramchandra Jagtap, Shankar Rameshwar Mitkari, Bharar Chhaganlal Rathod & Milind Sitaram Vaste! So get ready to overwhelmed by a star studded cast in an intense drama film ‘Me Shivaji Park’ from 18^th of October at a theatre near you.

The post Mahesh Manjrekar’s ‘Me Shivaji Park’ is a Star Studded Film appeared first on MarathiStars.

• Movie :  Me Shivaji Park
• Producer : Dilip Sahebrao Yadav, Siddharth Kevalchand Jain
• Director : Mahesh Manjrekar
• Studio : Mahesh Manjrekar Movies and Gouri Pictures Production
• Star Cast :
  • Vikram Gokhale
  • Satish Alekar
  • Ashok Saraf
  • Shivaji Satam
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar
  • Sharad Ponkshe
  • Uday Tikekar
  • Savita Malpekar
  • Suhas Joshi
  • Bharti Achrekar
  • Santosh Juvekar
  • Sushant Shelar
  • Dipti Lele
  • Manjari Phadnis
• Story : Mahesh Manjrekar
• Screenplay : Mahesh Manjrekar
• Dialogues : Abhiram Bhadkamkar
• Singer : NA
• Lyrics : Shrirang Godbole, Vaibhav Joshi
• Music : Ajit Parab
• Sound Design : NA
• Background Score : NA
• Cinematography (DOP) : Karan Rawat
• Editor : Sarvesh Parab
• Art Director : NA
• Costume : NA
• Make-up : NA
• Executive Producer : NA
• Co Producer : Mahesh Ramchandra Jagtap, Shankar Rameshvar Mitkari, Bharat Chaganlal Rathod, Milind Sitaram Vaste
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : NA
• Publicity Design : NA
• Visual Promotions : NA
• Digital Marketing : Vizual Junkies
• Marketing : NA
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 18th October 2018

Synopsis : NA

Me Shivaji Park Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

Me Shivaji Park Marathi Movie Teaser/Trailer :

NA

The post Me Shivaji Park (2018) – Marathi Movie appeared first on MarathiStars.

• Review :  FU – Friendship Unlimited (2017)
• Producer : Mahesh Manjrekar
• Director : Mahesh Manjrekar
• Star Cast :
• Aakash Thosar, Satya Manjrekar, Shubham Kirodian, Mayuresh Pem, Pawandeep, Vaidehi Parshurami, Sanskruti Balgude, Isha Koppikar, Boman Irani, Mahesh Manjrekar, Medha Manjrekar, Chetan Hansraj, Kashmira Shah, Anand Ingle, Bharti Achrekar, Madhav Deochake, Sharad Ponkshe, Sachin Khedekar, Ashwini Ekbote, Radhika Vidyasagar
• Writer : Abhijeet deshpande
• Music : Vishal Mishra & Sameer Saptiskar
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 1/5

FU Marathi Movie Review :

That frame from Sairat where our hero ‘Parshya’ jumps straight into the water from the boat to catch a glimpse of ‘Aarchi’ gave us goosebumps! We couldn’t stop ourselves from whistling in the theatre! And rightfully so! Nagraj Manjule introduced us to this new form of ‘Hero’ who post the success of Sairat became an icon! Aakash Thosar became an household name. His second film too was hugely anticipated. But director Mahesh Manjrekar’s attempt to present Aakash in a brand new urban dude avatar has failed miserably in ‘FU’. 

Not once but countless times his English dialogues in the film sound forced & unnatural. And most importantly they keep inducing unintentional humour. However it doesn’t mean this is FU’s biggest flaw. It’s one of the many flaws that this film possess. FU suffers from the very basic stage of having a connective plot that uses the story & screenplay elements to give us the feel of an interlinked collection of situations & incidents, the basic form of a film! 

The first half is a pointless collage of shameless gimmicks. For example there’s this specific ‘Gachhi’ scene which seems to be forcefully added to justify the ‘Gachhi’ song sung by Salman Khan. This scene is so pitiful that even a Kashmera Shah’s body exposure feels tragic, out of place & outright disgusting. Many such scenes must have been made to induce humour but all they manage to induce is boredom.  

The Songs of FU are a different topic altogether. The audience loves songs? Don’t they? So they’ve forcefully included around 12-14 songs in the film! But not even a single manages to please us. It’s not necessary for a film that calls itself a “Musical” so many songs & that too when there aren’t any situations in the film to have so many songs. Films like Sairat, Jogwa have been called musicals with the presence of mere 4-5 songs. 

Now let’s move towards the most unfortunate, miserable part of FU, the conflict. There three basic plots that involve three male characters from the film. But the problem is that none of the plots appear to be the main cobflict, they all appear like side plots. One is Aakash’s love story with Vaidehi Parashurami, another is Satya Manjrekar’s’s infatuation with his professor Isha Koppikar & the third belongs to the character ‘Mak’ played by Shubham Kirodian. Aakash & Vaidehi’s love story is pointless from the word go. Satya’s conflict is even worse, where at a point the film crosses all boundaries of sanity & romanticizes hooliganism with a terrifying sound design & background score. The third involving ‘Mak’ did have a possibility to make sense. Sanskruti Balgude plays Mak’s girlfriend, one who secretly only uses Mak but loves someone else. But then Sanskruti realizes her mistake & the whole plot excersise becomes pointless. 

None of the above mentioned actors shine whatsoever though Vaidehi Parashurami holds her ground to some extent, but her character is so underdeveloped & logic defying that most of it goes in vain. Apart from this Mayuresh Pem stands out among the male cast for his sheer talent of performing well no matter what the plot-scene-dialogues are! 

Mahesh Manjrekar is one of the most respected filmmakers in Marathi. And even beyond Marathi, the man that gave an era defining film like ‘Vaastav’. It’s both shocking & sad to see a film like ‘FU’ from him at this stage of his career. 

Overall:

FU is a film that takes its audience from granted, & in today’s times it’s a unforgivable sin.

The post FU Movie Review: FU takes the Audience for Granted appeared first on MarathiStars.

Thank God! That’s what we said after watching FU Trailer (Friendship Unlimited trailer). First of all, it is not a love story of school-going kids. Second, the story is set in current era and not in the backdrop of 70s or 80s. The film has huge expectations since beginning as it stars Sairat star Akash Thosar in the lead role. The trailer is very fresh and not unlike many Marathi films. If Sairat was all about rural youth, FU takes a completely different turn and defines urban youth in a playful way.

Akash looks very convincing as an urban college youth. His look brings out a stylish yet simple persona very charmingly. As the name suggests it is a story of college friends who think nothing can set them apart. Apart from Akash and Satya, the gang of friends includes Mayuresh Pem, Pawandeep and Shubham Kirodian. The film has a definitely very big star cast including Sharad Ponkshe, Sachin Khedekar, Boman Irani, Madhav Deochakke, Bharati Achrekar, Anand Ingle, Isha Koppikar, Chetan Hasraj and Mahesh Manjrekar. The female lead has been taken care by glamorous girls like Sanskruti Balgude and Vaidehi Parshurami. The film also has sizzling diva Kashmira Shah in a very important role.

The trailer is very colorful and very smartly edited. It gives us a glimpse of the story, at the same time makes some interesting points about the film. The music by Sameer Saptiskar and Vishal Mishra is already topping the charts.

The film promises us a complete entertainer with some cracking performances by the lead cast. Do  not forget to watch this college romance comedy in the theatres on 2 June all over Maharashtra.

The post Trailer : FU – Friendship Unlimited brings a fresh breeze appeared first on MarathiStars.

Salman Khan has sung a Gachhi Marathi song for Mahesh Manjrekar’s new youth-centric film “FU (Friendship Unlimited)” The song is composed by Sameer Saptiskar and along with Salman Khan, Vishal Mishra has lent his vocals for the song. The tune of the song is very much similar to old classic song “Pancchi Banoo Udti Firoo”. Salman Khan’s voice is very great to listen!

However, the song has some witty and double-meaning lyrics. Sachin Pathak has given some catchy lines for the song. The song has been picturized on Akash Thosar, Satya Manjrekar, Vaidehi Parshurami, Sanskruti Balgude and Kashmira Shah. Kashmira looks absolutely gorgeous in this song. The dance moves are very simple and Akash and Satya follow them perfectly. We loved glamerous look of Vaidehi and Sanskruti. Girls are already waiting for this film as this will be second film of Akash. Akash was last seen in Nagraj Manjule’s Sairat as male lead Parashya.

The film is directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and produced by T-Series.

The post Gachhi : FU presents a brand new Mast anthem for the youth | Salman Khan appeared first on MarathiStars.

• Movie : FU – Friendship Unlimited (2017)| फ्रेंडशिप अनलिमीटेड
• Producer : Mahesh Manjrekar
• Director : Mahesh Manjrekar
• Studio : Cut2Cut Movies, Mahesh Majrekar Movies
• StarCast :
  • Aakash Thosar
  • Satya Manjrekar
  • Shubham Kirodian
  • Mayuresh Pem
  • Pawandeep
  • Vaidehi Parshurami
  • Sanskruti Balgude
  • Isha Koppikar
  • Boman Irani
  • Mahesh Manjrekar
  • Medha Manjrekar
  • Chetan Hansraj
  • Kashmira Shah
  • Anand Ingle
  • Bharti Achrekar
  • Madhav Deochake
  • Sharad Ponkshe
  • Sachin Khedekar
  • Ashwini Ekbote
  • Radhika Vidyasagar
• Story : Abhijeet deshpande
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Mahesh Manjrekar & Abhijeet Deshpande
• Dialogues (Marathi) : Gaurav patki
• Music : Vishal Mishra & Sameer Saptiskar
• Background Score : Vishal Mishra
• Lyrics : NA
• Cinematography (DOP) :  Karan Rawat
• Editor : Satish Patil
• Action Director : Pradyumna Kumar (Pk)
• Choreographer : Arvind Thakur, Sujeet Kumar, Pravin Bhosle, Rajesh Bidwe & Umesh Jadhav
• Costumes :  Laxman Gollar
• Make-Up : Sudhir Jagtap
• Hair Stylist : Arnav Dhanjal
• Executive-producer :  Umesh Shinde
• Vfx & Titles : Yunus Bukhari
• D.I Colourist : Nirmal
• D.I & Sound Line Producer : Manav Shrotriya (Vikrant Studios)
• D.I & Processing Lab : Vikrant Studios
• Distribution : Aa Films
• Pro : Lead Media & Publicity
• Production Designer : Abhishek Vijaykar & Eknath Kadam
• Assoc. Director : Sudesh Manjrekar
• Chief Assoc. Director : Ganesh Modak
• Post Production Incharge : Satish Padwal
• Genre :  Musical
• Duration : NA
• Release Date : 2nd June 2017

Synopsis : Fu is an upcoming Marathi movie. The movie is directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and will feature Akash Thosar, Satya Manjrekar, Vaidehi Parshurami and Sanskruti Balgude as lead characters.

FU – Friendship Unlimited Marathi Movie Photos, Poster :

FU Marathi Movie Teaser Trailer :

The post FU – Friendship Unlimited (2017) – Marathi Movie appeared first on MarathiStars.

Yes Salman Khan is currently on the ‘Gachhi’ & he is waiting for someone to come up. No it’s not his new film as an actor, but an iconic Marathi song that he sang in the Marathi musical ‘FU – Friendship Unlimited‘. Samir Saptiskar who previously had a college group band called ‘SAY’ that had created this song ‘Gachhi’ along with many other songs like ‘Breakup Ke Baad’ which became hugely popular among the young audiences back then.

Now Samir has reprised his iconic ‘Gachhi’ song for ‘FU’ with none other than Salman Khan. Ever since the news came out that Salman has sung a song in FU’s album everyone was curious & excited. Finally the song is out & it’s a treat to listen Salman’s version of ‘Gachhi’.

Aakash Thosar starrer & Mahesh Manjrekar directorial ‘FU’ has a wholesome & a diverse soundtrack, songs of different genres & their different version which include different Marathi & Hindi version. Two different jukeboxes are out on YouTube. Some of the songs are composed by Vishal Mishra & some by Samir Saptiskar. Singers include Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Avdhoot Gupte, Prajakta Shukre, Benny Dayal, Sukhwinder Singh, Neeti Mohan & Jonita Gandhi, Mahesh Manjrekar & of course Salman Khan. Moreover Salman Khan’s friend Iulia Vantur has sang a song too.

Salman’s ‘Gachhi’ song is included in the Jukebox 2 of FU’s music album on Youtube.

The post Salman Khan on the ‘Gachhi’?; Listen to FU’s Rocking Music! appeared first on MarathiStars.

At first huge Bollywood names like Salman Khan & Amitabh Bachchan associated themselves with Aakash Thosar starrer, Mahesh Manjrekar directorial grand Marathi musical movie ‘FU’. And now none other than MNS Chief Raj Thackeray is been associated with ‘FU’. He attended the recently held music launch event of ‘FU’. In his unique style Raj Saheb brought life into the launch event & appreciated the music composers of ‘FU’.

‘FU’ is produced by ‘Cut to Cut Production’, ‘T – Series’, Mahesh Manjrekar, Abhay Gadgil, Mahesh Patel & Dinesh Kirodia. The songs of ‘Friends Unlimited (FU)‘ are composed by young composers Vishal Mishra & Samir Saptiskar. These songs represent the flavor of today’s youth. 14 different songs of different genres are sung by popular singers Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Avdhoot Gupte, Prajakta Shukre, Benny Dayal, Sukhwinder Singh, Neeti Mohan & Jonita Gandhi. Moreover Salman Khan’s friend Iulia Vantur has sung a song in ‘FU’.

The film stars a brigade of young actors along with Sairat star Akash Thosar they include Satya Manjrekar, Vaidehi Parshurami, Sanskruti Balgude, Madhav Deochakke, Mayuresh Pem & other young actors. ‘FU’ is all set to hit the theatres & influence the youth of Maharashtra from 2nd June.

The post Raj Thackeray Attends FU’s Grand Music Launch appeared first on MarathiStars.