• Review : Braveheart Jidd Jagnyachi (2017)
• Producer : Sacchidananad Gopinath Karkhanis, Santosh Yashwant Mikashi
• Director : DasBabu
• Star Cast : Sangram Samel, Dhanshree Kadgaonkar, Arun Nalawade, Atul Parchure, Sulabha Deshpande, Kishore Pradhan, Dr. Vilas Ujawane, Vijay Chavan, Ila Bhatte
• Writer : Shrikant Bojewar
• Music : Arnab Chaterji
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 3/5

Braveheart Marathi Movie Review :

Braveheart is a film that’s not technically or logically flawless, but manages to strike the most essential chord, the ‘emotional’ one. 2017 hasn’t been a great year for Marathi cinema so far & Braveheart is one of those few films that the audiences should definitely give a try.

The film is based on a true story. A young man named Nikhil Karkhanis (Sangram Samel) suffers from a deadly disease of the spinal cord, with no possibilities of surviving. The scene in which the doctor reveals this sad truth to him & in his father Sacchidanand Karkhanis (Arun Nalawade) is where the film starts rising above average. Nikhil’s first reaction to this is not just shocking but extremely uplifting. He asks the doctor how many months, years he has with him. Nikhil is passionate about many little things in life from trekking, traveling to food & he wishes to complete as many dreams as he can in whatever time he has left.

However the narrative of the film reflects more on his struggle with the deadly disease that works like slow poison, affecting his legs first making them useless & slowly the entire body. Throughout this struggle there are two faithful helping hands to Nikhil, one being the company he works for ‘Tech Mahindra’ & the other & the most important his father Mr. Sacchidanand Karkhanis. Nikhil grew up under the love of his father & grandmother (Sulabha Deshpande) as his mother too died from a disease when he was 12-13 years old.     

Apart from this really inspiring real struggle of Nikhil, the strongest points of this film include the performances by the two lead actors Sangram Samel & Arun Nalawade. Sangram, the debutant has truly poured his heart into the performance. Both physically & emotionally he lives Nikhil’s character. Arun Nalawade is an actor who has a tendency to go over the top, but when he doesn’t he has a great gift to make his characters human! And he did make Mr. Sacchidanand Karkhanis very much human.

Talking about flaws, ‘Braveheart’ could have avoided a clichéd approach to the character of Nikhil’s love interest played by Dhanashri Kadgaonkar. A girl who is madly in love with Nikhil & wishes to marry him disregarding his disease. But after the marriage, she changes drastically without any solid reason. She was married to Nikhil for almost four years, if they wanted the character to change so drastically they could’ve shown the transition slowly & without directly making her a vamp.

‘Tech Mahindra’ as I said earlier is an important helping hand to Nikhil, but unfortunately we never really witness Nikhil’s office routine or the reason why he is so important to the company. Another major flaw is the ever-present narrator (Atul Parchure) who contributes nothing substantial to the narrative.

Many a times some important incidents in Nikhil’s journey are simply narrated by the narrator, which should’ve been shown to the audience. Obviously there are financial constraints that could’ve made the director take these decisions.

This film is written by the ‘Ek Hazarachi Note’ fame writer ‘Shrikant Bojewar’ & his dialogues are very much important for making the emotional connect. Another refreshing aspect is the background score given by Amar Mohile. Yes it’s melodramatic but still displays a lot of craftsmanship & an intent to contribute to the film’s emotional context.

This film being produced by the actual Mr. Sachhidanand Karkhanis (real Nikhil’s father) avoids any unnecessary “commercial”, “masala” sorts of additions. Directed by a non-Marathi director Dasbabu, ‘Braveheart’ is a film that could’ve been even better if it had a bigger budget & more work on the screenplay, but nevertheless this story of a real life ‘Braveheart’ & his equally brave father manages to inspire us positively & value our lives more.   

Overall:

If you love inspiring real life stories, ‘Braveheart’ is a must watch, for others too ‘Braveheart’ can surprise you emotionally!

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We get to see the true story of the relationship between father and son in the forthcoming Marathi Movie ‘Braveheart Jidd Jagnyachi’. Under the banner of Nikhil films, producers Sachidanand Gopinath Karkhanis and Santosh Yashwant Mokashi, have produced this film and veteran Bengali director Dasbabu has directed this movie. ‘Braveheart Jidd Jagnyachi’ comes to the theatres on the 7th of April.

The movie has won commendations and laurels in many film festivals. In the recently concluded 15th Third Eye Asian film festival, critics and the general audience appreciated the movie. The story of the tenacity of the father-son duo, their struggles, their effort to lead a meaningful life and their fighting spirit, is what we are going to see in the movie ‘Braveheart’. The movie’s director, Dasbabu, has nearly 20 years of experience working in the Marathi entertainment industry.

Actor Arun Nalawade has enacted the role of the father i.e. Sachidanand Karkhanis and the young actor Sangram Samel has acted as Nikhil. Along with Arun Nalawade, Sangram and Dhanshree Kadgaonkar, we also have actors Atul Parchure, Sulabha Deshpande, Kishore Pradhan, Dr. Vilas Ujawane, Vijay Chavan, Ila Bhatte, Abhay Kulkarni, Shama Ninave, Atharva Talvelkar, Swamikumar Banavlikar, Pradip Bhide, Ashish Badde, Dev Waghmare, Aappa Korgaonkar, Dhananjay Gokhale, Santosh Ghadge, Santosh Patil, Prashant Gurav, Ashwin Sakhare and Pooja Hole.

The script, dialogue and lyrics are written by Shrikant Bojewar. Arnab Chatterjee has scored the music and background music is by Arun Mohile. Suresh Wadkar and Sadhna Sargam have sung the songs of ‘Braveheart’. Poet Soumitra (Kishore Kadam) has done the poetry reading in his distinct style. Cinematography is by Willy and sound recording is by Shrikant Kamble. The art director is Sanjay Tandel and Mahendra Gaikar, editing is by Parag Sawant. Choreography is by Shrikant Barve, Production controller is Prashant Pawar and Sujit Sahu. Having left its imprint on many national and international film festivals, this heart touching movie ‘Braveheart’ is coming to the theatres on the 7th of April.

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• Review : Manus Ek Mati (2017)
• Producer : Sharada Vijaykumar Kharat
• Director : Suresh Shankar Zade
• Star Cast : Siddharth Jadhav, Ruchita Jadhav, Smita Gondkar, Vilas Ujawane, Swapnil Rasekar, Heena Panchal, Harsha Gupte
• Writer : Suresh Shankar Zade
• Music : Prashant Hedavu, Amar Desai
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 1/5

Manus Ek Mati Marathi Movie Review :

“Oh, you could study Shakespeare and be quite elite,
And you could charm the critics and have nothing to eat,
Just slip on a banana peel, the world’s at your feet
Make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh!”

– From the Hollywood Musical “Singin’ In The Rain”

‘Manus Ek Mati’ surely made us laugh! Though unintentionally & quite ridiculously. Marathi cinema had many such wonders (read disasters) in recent times (last 2-3 months) which were competing for the ‘so bad that it’s good’ title, but most of them were simply boring. Finally we have a winner!

A decade ago, came a Marathi film titled ‘Sakka Bhau Pakka Vairi’. The film was loud, stereotypical & quite obvious. But it was a huge hit in the rural areas. There were many dying ‘touring talkies’ that were revived because of it. Why? Simply because it made a connection! Even for an ‘elite’ audience such films can have the strength to manipulate them emotionally. So the point is ‘Manus Ek Mati’ belongs to the same genre. And the genre or style is not outright waste.

The story of this film is unnecessarily told in a flashback. Baban (Ganesh Yadav) & Laxmi (Harsha Gupte) become parents to an orphan child. The child grows on to become a smart, studious, all dancing, all fighting film hero, Vijay (Siddharth Jadhav). Then he falls in love with Vidya (Ruchita Jadhav) & they get married. Now the proceedings that follow have no indications of a certain change that we see in all major characters. There’s this ever-present narrator Anna (a friend of Baban) who exists just for the sake of existing.
Later part of the film also shares resemblance to 2016’s major hit ‘Natsamrat’. A tragedy is a risky business, yes it can be loud or even theatrical in some cases but it still needs to be a decently made film. When all the basics of filmmaking are given a toss, & the whole attention is on the message & the loudness with which the message is being delivered it becomes a true disaster.

Both Siddharth Jadhav & Ganesh Yadav are good actors, but the film doesn’t allow us to ever enjoy their skills. Not just because they are made to overdo their stuff, or have got badly written characters & situations but also because the editing of the film keeps abruptly cutting almost every single scene in which we are slightly trying to invest us. The background score of ‘Manus Ek Mati’ is unbelievably loud.

If that’s not enough the film has a truly lethal item number placed as abruptly as possible within the already messed up narrative. Indra Kumar, a Bollywood hero from the 90s makes a cameo appearance (god knows why) in this song alongside another 90s icon ‘Milind Gunaji’! Certain films that are bad, know that they are bad, but ‘Manus Ek Mati’ has no idea whatsoever about how & what it’s turning out to be. And that is the sole reason it can be enjoyed for its unbounded ridiculousness.

However the biggest absurdity arrives after the film ends. Post the runtime of the film, when the credits appear, there also appears a lady (assumably the producer) who again gives the necessary ‘message’ if at all the audience failed to ‘get it’ after watching the whole film. Even then we burst into laughter.

Overall:

‘Manus Ek Mati’ is a film that quite disrespectfully abuses the medium of cinema & story telling. Yes the film is unintentionally funny & all, but that’s not what we want. Or do we?

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‘Tujhyat Jiv Rangala’ fame Dhanashri Kadgaonkar aka ‘Nandita Vahini’ has become an household name in Maharashtra. Her portrayal of a vamp who is always planning & setting up new obstacles for Rana & Anjali has been loved by the audience. Dhanshri will soon be starring in a different role in ‘Nikhil Films’ presents ‘Braveheart – Jidd Jagnyachi’.

Dhanashri has been acting different serials since her first chance in ‘Maharashtra Superstar’ talent show. But it’s her negative character in ‘Tujhyat Jiv Rangala’ that has made her audience’s favorite. ‘Braveheart’ is produced by Sachchidanand Gopinath Karkhanis & Santosh Yashwant Mokashi & is directed by Dasbabu. Dhanashri will star opposite actor Sangram Samel & the film also stars Arun Nalawade, Atul Parchure, Sulabha Deshpande, Kishore Pradhan, Dr. Vilas Ujawne, Vijay Chavan, Ila Bhate, Abhay Kulkarni, Shama Ninave, Mst. Atharva Talvelkar & others.

‘Braveheart’ is a film based on true events & the screenplay-dialogues & songs are written by acclaimed writer Shrikant Bojewar. The music is composed by Arnab Chatterjee & the background music is given by Amar Mohile. The film has been highly awaited by the audiences & soon in April ‘Braveheart’ is all set to release in theatres.

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Braveheart Jidd Jagnyachi upcoming Marathi Movie Starring Sangram Samel Dhanshree Kadgaonkar in lead roles.

• Movie : Braveheart Jidd Jagnyachi (2017) | ‘ब्रेव्हहार्ट’ जिद्द जगण्याची
• Producer : Sacchidananad Gopinath Karkhanis, Santosh Yashwant Mikashi
• Director : DasBabu
• Studio : Atharv4u Recreations & Media Pvt Ltd.
• Lead StarCast : 
  • Sangram Samel
  • Dhanshree Kadgaonkar
  • Arun Nalawade
  • Atul Parchure
  • Sulabha Deshpande
  • Kishore Pradhan
  • Dr. Vilas Ujawane
  • Vijay Chavan
  • Ila Bhatte
• Other StarCast : Abhay Kulkarni, Shama Ninave, Atharva Talvelkar, Swamikumar Banavlikar, Pradip Bhide, Ashish Badde, Dev Waghmare, Aappa Korgaonkar, Dhananjay Gokhale, Santosh Ghadge, Santosh Patil, Prashant Gurav, Ashwin Sakhare and Pooja Hole.
• Story : Shrikant Bojewar
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Shrikant Bojewar
• Music :  Arnab Chaterji
• Lyrics : Shrikant Bojewar
• Playback Singers : Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam
• Background Score : Amar Mohile
• Sound Design : Shrikant Kambale
• Cinematography (DOP) :  Willy
• Editor :  Parag Sawant
• Art Director : Sanjay Tandel, Mahendra Gaikar
• Choreographer : Shrikant Barve
• Makeup :  Sujit Sahu, Dharmesh Waghela
• Costumes :  Prajakta Vaidya
• Hair Stylist : Jigisha Apkar
• Executive-producer :  Prashant Pawar
• Associate Director : Ujwala Gadkari
• Genre :  Drama
• Duration : NA
• Release Date : 7th April 2017

Synopsis : 

Braveheart Marathi Movie Still Photos, Poster:

Braveheart Marathi Movie Trailer :

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Currently different subjects & content are being made in Marathi Cinema. ‘Manus Ek Maati’ is one such unique film. Set to release on 24^th March, the content of this film is just as profound as the title of the film. Even if it’s true that all human beings ultimately end up being one with the mud, but what if a person’s life turns into mud while he is still alive? 

Many times we have seen films made on the greatness of a ‘Mother’, but seldom do we see a film that emphasizes the importance & greatness of a ‘Father’. ‘Manus EkMaati’ is a film that focuses on the sacrifices & hardships that a father goes through. Hence, ‘Manus Ek Maati’ is a film that should be watched by the whole family together.

Sharda Vijaykumar Kharat, the producer who believed in this subject decided to make this film under the ‘Shivam Entertainment India Ltd.’ banner along with co-producers Dr. Vijaykumar Kharat, Dilip Nimbekar & executive producer Deva Pande.

The film stars the highly energetic Siddharth Jadhav, Ganesh Yadav (in the father’s role), Ruchita Jadhav, Swapnil Rajshekhar, Harsha Gupte, Dr. Vilas Ujavne, Varad Chavan, Kishore Mahabole & Jagannath Nivangune. The lyrics & compositions for Manus Ek Maati’s songs are credited to Prashant Hedao& are sung by popular singers like Adarsh Shinde, Swapnil Bandodkar, Dr.Neha Rajpal, Bela Shende, Sheena Arora & P Ganesh.  

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• Movie : Manus Ek Mati (2017) | माणूस एक माती
• Producer : Sharada Vijaykumar Kharat
• Director : Suresh Shankar Zade
• Studio : Shivam Entertainment India Limited
• Star Cast :
  • Siddharth Jadhav
  • Ruchita Jadhav
  • Smita Gondkar
  • Vilas Ujawane
  • Swapnil Rasekar
  • Heena Panchal
  • Harsha Gupte
• Story : Suresh Shankar Zade
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Raju Sapkal
• Music : Prashant Hedavu, Amar Desai
• Lyrics : Prashant Hedaoo, Vinod Dhotre, Arun Patekar
• Playback Singers : Swapnil Bandodkar, Dr Neha Rajpal, Adarsh Shinde, Bela Shende, Shinz Arora
• Cinematography (DOP) : Sandip Shinde
• Editor : Vijay Wamanrao
• Art Director : Arvind Ghodkiya
• Choreographer : Rajesh bidve, Sanjay Korave
• Action Director : AhjajBhai
• Costumes : Akhtar Shaikh, Rinku Singh
• Co-producer : Vijaykumar Kharat, Dilip Nimbekar
• Genre : Drama
• Duration : 2 hr 10 min (130 min)
• Release Date : 24 March 2017

Synopsis : 

Manus Ek Maati Marathi Movie Photos, Poster :

Manus Ek Mati Marathi Movie Trailer :

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Popular for comic roles & action packed energetic performances Siddharth Jadhav aka Siddhu will soon be seen playing an exciting serious role. On the occasion of Republic Day Siddhu revealed the first look of his upcoming Marathi film ‘Manus Ek Maati’.

From the poster we can make out that Siddhu is essaying an old man in this serious looking film. Along with Siddhu the film also stars Ruchita Jadhav, Ganesh Yadav, Swapnil Rasekar, Vilas Ujawne & Harsha Gupte. The logo of the film depicts a man with his child. It suggests that this film would be based on father-child relationship. The tagline of this film “Karan..Ajun Barach Kahi Karaycha baki Ahe” is extremely intriguing & suggests that Siddhu’s character will be a person who does something visionary or important in the story of this film.

‘Manus Ek Maati’ is presented by ‘Shivam Saheli Pariwar’ & is produced under the banner ‘Shivam Entertainment India Ltd’ by Sharda Vijaykumar Kharat. Suresh Shankar Zade is the director of this film & the promotion of this film has commenced from 26th Jan on the occasion of Republic Day. ‘Manus Ek Mati’ is all set to hit the theatres from 24th March.

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• Movie : Aata Majhi Hatli (2016) | आता माझी हटली
• Producor : Shaleen Singh & Aditya Narayan Singh
• Director : Mahendra Devlekar
• Studio : Vasu films Global, Shaleen Arts Production
• StarCast : Bharat Jadhav, Ruchita Jadhav, Vilas Ujawane, Kiran Sharad, Amey Hunaswadkar
• Story & Screenplay : Anil Kalelkar
• Music : Prashant Hedau
• Lyrics : Prashant Hedau
• Cinematography : Ajay Vishwakarma
• Editor : Faijal Mahadik
• Art Director : Mohammad Aslam
• Action : Ajaj Bhai
• Choreographers : Dilip Mestry
• Executive Producer : Sammanika SIngh
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 2nd September, 2016

Synopsis : Aata Majhi Hatli is the story of a simple and honest auto driver – Shankar (Bharat Jadhav) and an independent, modern and arrogant young woman – Neha (Ruchita Jadhav) who meet accidentally.

They don’t get along at all and yet destiny has them meeting over and over again. To know if Neha and Shankar get along or hate each other forever, watch Aata Majhi Hatli.

Aata Majhi Hatli Marathi Movie Posters, Still PHotos

Aata Majhi Hatli Marathi Movie Trailer

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• Movie : Faqt Tujhyach Sathi (2016) | फक्त तुझ्याचसाठी
• Producor : Kanak S Patel, Jayesh Dand, Rajendra Rawat, Milind Pande and Omprakash Singh.
• Director : Pyarelal S Sharma and Jaganath S Rangdhop
• Studio : Panchameshwara films entertainment.
• StarCast : Siyaa patil, Yash Kapoor, Leena B, Ankita Tare, Nafe Khan, Vilas Ujavane, Anjali Ujavane, Hetal Rathod, Devdas Dongre, Bhavna Kareka, Dr.anju Dhar,
• Writer : Pyarelal S Sharma and Jaganath S Rangdhop
• Music : Darshan Khar
• Lyrics : Anil Ahire
• Singers : Aniran Chakraborty, Sujata Patwa, Khushbu Jain & Dolly Peter
• Cinematography : Shejju Paul
• Editor : Jai Paramar
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 2nd September, 2016

Synopsis : Arranged marriage has been an essential part of Indian culture since decades, but the thinking of today’s generation is quite different. Today, the youth is more attracted towards being in a live-in relationship.

Aditya Thakur (Yash Kapoor), the C.E.O. of a construction company has similar thinking. He falls in love with his colleague, Sonia (Leena), and soon they start living together.

The story takes a turn when Aditya’s father, Amarnath Thakur (Vilas Ujawane) comes to know about their relationship. Aditya is forced to marry a girl that his father approves of. After the marriage, Aditya brings Sheetal to Mumbai but doesn’t give her the position of his wife. Sheetal tries to win him over, but he only ends up brutally raping her. This causes a a break down and it affects Sheetal’s health enormously. They go see a doctor who asks Aditya to take her out for a change.

Another turn of events takes place when Bhaskar Shetty (Nafe Khan), abducts them and rapes Sheetal. After the unfortunate event, Sheetal asks Aditya to get Bhaskar arrested but Aditya refuses to do so. Instead, he opts for divorce. However, the law requires them to to stay together before a separation.

Staying home, Sheetal learns from her neighbour that extra-marital affairs are common in the city. Does she then go to Bhaskar? What happens when or if she does? Will Aditya accept her? Watch to find out.

Faqt Tujhyach Sathi Posters :

Faqt Tujhyach Sathi Marathi Movie Trailer

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