• Movie : Bonus | बोनस
• Producer : Arjun Singgh Baran & Kartik Nishandar, Govind Ubhe, Sandesh Patil, Ratish Patil and M. Anupama
• Writer-Director : Saurabh Bhave
• Star Cast : Gashmeer Mahajani, Pooja Sawant, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Jaywant Wadkar, Purna Nand, Makarand Sathe & others 

Viewpoint: Most importantly ‘Bonus’ succeeds in capturing the heartland of Mumbai in it’s truest form. Mumbai in this film feels alive unlike in Many other recent Marathi films! And along with that the film has a solid protagonist about whom we are concerned throughout his journey in the film.

What Works? 

• By feeling alive I mean the way Mumbai is captured in this film shies away from any artificial exaggeration. The life in chawls around Mumbai is not always as impossible and gruesome as some films before had depicted. Neither is it all hunky-dory all the time. While the protagonist in the film finds this life challenging we are never seeing any melodramatic exaggeration of his hardships. From a visual point of view too the film stays neutral and authentic.
• Gashmeer Mahajani had played this unlikable sophisticated outsider in his films before, but never did he succeed to this extent. In this film we despise him at the beginning but slowly also start sympathizing with him and eventually feeling that there’s nothing majorly wrong with him as he comes off age through the experiences he has in a world different from the world he was born and brought up in.
• Another major aspect in making this Mumbai more authentic are a number of other characters who seem taken out directly from the real world. Whether it’s an real estate agent who shows our protagonist a house under his measly allotted budget who then tells the owner of the house that he’ll take his commission whenever he is needs any money, but drools over fried Bombay ducks that the woman (owner) prepares. Then there is the husband of that woman who had been a convicted murderer and is back after finishing his sentence, who shares his experience of doing plumbing chores inside the Yerawada jail!
• While the film is about social and economic differences in our society, it doesn’t hit us hard in a way that is disturbing and difficult to digest, it rather chooses a different path where all it asks from us is a bit of compassion towards people living a harder life.
• The humour in the first half truly keeps us glued in curiosity towards the protagonist & his journey and also helps the film settle into it’s lighter, non-melodramatic tone for the rest of the run time!
• From a technical point of view the film understands when to let the background score take over a scene and when to not disrupt the realness of a scene. That again helps the film in maintaining it’s authentic but entertaining tone.

What Fails? 

• There are a few convenient plot points that the film takes for our protagonist which makes our protagonist’s challenge a little less challenging, for example the ease with which he gets a job.
• Not necessarily a big drawback but the way Pooja Sawant’s character was setup in the film felt well gelled with authenticity of the film but later her transition into a love interest for our protagonist seemed a unnecessary.

Final Verdict: ‘Bonus’ represents the new Marathi cinema that is both mainstream and audience friendly and is also thought provoking and well crafted. It’s high time that Marathi audiences start valuing our Marathi films more and watching them in theatres is the only way to do that.

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After a series of the hit Marathi films in the last few years, producers Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar in association with Lion Crown Entertainment, Govind Ubhe, N.Anupama and Kanchan Patil are all set to hit the silver screen with one more Marathi film BONUS , which will be released Maharashtra on February 28, 2020. Presented by Lion Crown entertainment and GSEAMS, Written and Directed by Saurabh Bhave, the film will have Gashmeer Mahajani and Pooja Sawant in lead roles. The poster of the film released today.

The poster of the Bonus gives us a slight hint of what to expect. Featuring Gashmeer Mahajani and Pooja Sawant, the poster has a backdrop of the vibrant and colourful Koliwada with the lead actors standing in a romantic pose. What stands out is the suitcase in Gashmeer’s hand. The poster has raised curiosity about the film and the chemistry between Gashmeer and Pooja who are pairing up on the big screen for the first time.

Bonus, an award for audacity, is being talked about by the Marathi film audience for its glamorous star cast and the subject handled by the director. Handsome hunk Gashmeer Mahajani, in a very short span of his career, has carved a niche for himself with his recent films Deool Band, Kanha, One Way Ticket and Mala Kahich Problem Nahi.

Pooja, one fo the most beautiful actresses in Marathi to have done many popular films such as Daagdi Chawl, Vrundavan, Poshter Boyz, Lapachhapi, Junglee is in the main role.

The film is directed by well known young directed Saurabh Bhave, who is also been appreciated for his skills in screenplay and writing. He had penned screenplay for many hit Marathi films including Haapus, Taryanche Bait, Hrudayantar, Chumbak among others.

Saurabh Bhave says “Bonus is that extra bit that we all deserve.. Extra bit of money, joy and happiness, But Unfortunately some people are too privileged and some are not. Bonus tries to bring these two worlds together – The world of Haves and Have Nots. He adds that Bonus Is the joyride journey of a boy who in process of providing his worth encounters with the whole new world that changes his life and beliefs upside down… it is story of his coming of age

“As the title suggests, it is about courage, audacity and the path differently treaded.Bonus will be another film which will keep our tradition of powerful story and star cast as witnessed in our previous films,” say Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar of GSEAMS.

GSEAMS, is a leading company in entertainment sector, had earlier produced Fugay, Tula Kalnaar Nahi, Ranangan, Vicky Velingkar and presented films like Bhikari. GSEAMS is one of the top studios in Maharashtra having its vertical spread across film productions and presentation, TV productions, talent management, movie marketing and promotion and satellite syndication.

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• Movie : Bonus (2020) | बोनस
• Producer : Arjun Singgh Baran & Kartik Nishandar, Govind Ubhe, Sandesh Patil, Ratish Patil and M. Anupama
• Director : Saurabh Bhave
• Studio : Gseams , Lion Crown Entertainment
• Star Cast :
  • Gashmeer Mahajani
  • Pooja Sawant
  • Mohan Aghase
  • Jaywant Wadkar
• Story : Saurabh Bhave
• Screenplay and Dialogues : NA
• Lyrics : Rishikesh Jadhav, Mandar Cholkar, Arvind Mohite
• Sound : NA
• Sound Design : Dinesh Ucchil, Shantanu Akerkar
• Music : Rohan Rohan
• Background Music : NA
• Cinematography (DOP) : Sanjay Memane
• Editor : Devendra Murdeshwar
• Art Director : Abhishek Radkar
• Costume : Sachin Lovalekar
• Make-up : NA
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : Kruti Mahesh
• Co-Producer : NA
• Production Design : Abhishek Redkar
• Visual Promotions : Worriors Ttouch
• PR : Ginger Media
• Digital Promotions : Pagerole Media
• DI Colorist : Prime Focus
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 28 Feb 2020

Synopsis : Bonus is a Marathi movie starring Gashmeer Mahajani and Pooja Sawant in prominent roles. It is a drama written and directed by Saurabh Bhave, with Sanjay Memane as the cinematographer, forming a part of the crew.

Bonus Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

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• Movie : Ek Raadha Ek Meera
• Producer : Avinashkumar Prabhakar Ahaley
• Director : Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar
• Studio : Ahaley’s Movie Magic & Mahesh Manjrekar Movies
• Star Cast :
  • Gashmeer Mahajani
  • Mrunmayee Deshpande
  • Surabhi Bhosale
• Story : NA
• Screenplay : NA
• Dialogues : NA
• Singer : NA
• Lyrics : NA
• Music : Vishal Mishra
• Sound Design : NA
• Background Score : Vishal Mishra
• Cinematography (DOP) : Ajith Reddy
• Editor : Sarvesh Parab
• Art Director : NA
• Costume : Laxman Gollar, Prutha Manjrekar
• Mixing Engineer : Sunil Agarwal
• Make-up : Sujit Jagtap
• Associate Director : Sudesh Manjrekar
• Executive Producer : Umesh Shinde
• Production Designer : Abhishek Vijaykar
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : Umesh Jadhav, Sandeep Chavan & Jani Basha
• Post Production : Vikrant Studio
• Publicity Design : Milind Matkar (Poster Boys)
• Visual Promotions : NA
• Marketing  : Amit Bhanushali (52 Friday Cinemas)
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 23th November 2018

Synopsis : NA

Ek Raadha Ek Meera Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

Ek Raadha Ek Meera Marathi Movie Teaser/Trailer :

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Gashmeer Mahajani’s is considered as the most handsome hunk in Marathi industry. After proving his skills on the big screen, now he is all set to make his mark on the small screen with a unique new show on Star Pravah.

Gashmeer has met audiences through different characters he has played in films. Now Star Pravah & Gashmeer together are bringing a brand new show for the Marathi audiences. It’s currently the biggest talking point in Marathi industry. This show is all set to experiment on Marathi television in a new way.

Audiences have developed a special relationship with the audiences over the years. They are well known for creating unique content & giving variety of options to the viewers. This untitled show is no exception to that! We will keep you updated about this show & Gashmeer’s role soon!

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One of the important awards in Marathi entertainment industry ‘Sanskruti Kala Darpan’ honours the best of Marathi films, plays, T.V. serials all together on one platform. Along with the awards, there’s also an excitement among the audiences of watching their favourite ‘Marathi Stars’ dance perform in such award shows.

Organized by Archana Newrekar Foundation this year’s Sanskruti Kala Darpan awards was a grand hit. Moreover, most of the popular stars & celebrities of the Marathi entertainment industry were present for the evening. Senior actor Ramesh Deo was honoured with the ‘Kala Gaurav’ award this year. The actor became very emotional while accepting this award.

Don’t forget to tune into Star Pravah this Sunday on 10^th June at 1 pm in the afternoon & 7 pm in the evening to catch the telecast of this year’s Sanskruti Kala Darpan. Your favourite stars like Sai Deodhar, Gashmeer Mahajani & Manasi Naik will be performing in the award show!

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Ever since Salman Khan gave clap for Lion Crown Entertainment produced Marathi movie ‘Bonus’, the excitement among movie goers regarding the film has activated. The first teaser poster was launched on social media and now the poster is creating even more eagerness among people.

‘Bonus’ has a gripping story about understanding humanity, a story of survival and coming of age with bit of a humor in it which totally takes us on a joyride. Whereas the poster shows Gashmeer Mahajani wheeling a bag out of a small congested room and there is not much we can gather from and it’s surely giving us hard time thinking and guessing about story of the film.

Bonus is directed and written by Saurabh Bhave under the banner of Lion Crown Entertainment led by Govind Ubhe, Ratish Patil, Sandesh Patil and M. Anupama. So be ready to watch your favourite star Gashmeer along with Pooja Sawant in a brand new role!

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• Review : Mala Kahich Problem Nahi (2017)
• Producer : P S Chhatwal, Reecha Sinha & Ravi Singh
• Director : Sameer Vidwans
• Star Cast : Gashmeer Mahajani, Spruha Joshi, Nirrmite Saawaant, Kamlesh Sawant, Vijay Nikam, Mangal Kenkare, Sahil Koparde, Seema Deshmukh, Arash Godbole, Snehlata Vasayikar, Satish Alekar
• Story : Ravi Singh
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Kaustubh Sawarkar
• Music : Hrishikesh, Saurabh & Jasraj
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 2.5/5

Mala Kahich Problem Nahi Marathi Movie Review :

‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi’ is directed by Sameer Vidwans who previously gave us films like ‘Time Please’, ‘Double Seat’ & ‘YZ’. This is clearly Vidwans’ weakest film. It was also the first time Vidwans was working with a different writer (Kaustubh Savarkar). His partnership with Kshitij Patwardhan gave a fresh perspective to Marathi cinema, their best being ‘Double Seat’. The basic problem with ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi’ is the screenplay. Elsewhere the film is just as good as Vidwans’ previous works in terms of craft & technique.

But as it is believed ‘a good script’ is essentially important, the overall film suffers due to it. The story is of a couple who got married in a hurry. And then after a few years & having a child they realize there’s something wrong between them. The husband (Gashmeer) is a man of less words & that is the major conflict of the film, his wife (Spruha) can no longer go through with the ‘auto-pilot’ (as they say in the film) mode on in their life. Suddenly in the middle of this, arrive their parents! Yes it was a love marriage & both parties (families) had a unpleasant history together. So then the mother (Nirmiti Sawant) of the husband initiates an act of redemption, by deciding that all of them will spend a few days in Konkan where the other party resides.

This idea (of shifting this film to Konkan) is not really out of logic, but it is certainly ambitious. And that’s where the film starts to struggle. Countless characters & tracks are introduced & we keep wondering what has all this got to do with the film we saw in the first half! The thing is this idea could’ve been novel enough only when it had lasted for a while, & the narrative had shifted back to the world where the husband & wife actually belong too. The end of the film becomes as expectedly abrupt & we are left exhausted by the whole exercise the second half makes us do.

Actually the second half isn’t that bad, it could’ve worked in a different context. It just doesn’t match the first half & the actual conflict of the film. All the character actors (Satish Alekar, Nirmiti Sawant, Kamlesh Sawant, Vijay Nikam & others) who are a part of it have played their parts beautifully & save the film from becoming a disaster. Among the lead, Spruha looks a bit out of sorts & frankly appears unsuitable for the role. Surprisingly Gashmeer gave a better performance, better than anything he has done before! In fact that is the biggest positive from ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi’!

The end of this film reminds of Vidwan’s previous film YZ’s end! This film could’ve been better had the second half was developed better on the paper. In the first half, one actor shines in the role of a friend, philosopher & guide to the couple. Vinod Lavekar is that actor who has been working as director in T.V. He is hardly seen in films, the last we saw him was in the video adaptation of ‘Sakharam Binder’ play. Imagine a regular sidekick actor in this role, & the whole spice of that character goes away! The ‘Gaaj Yeta Go’ is very much addictive & has a beautiful soul to it, but only if this soul was reflected in the film, the film could’ve turned better.

Overall:

As the title goes, ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi’ is definitely problematic but is fine for a one time watch or if you are a huge Gashmeer Mahajani fan!

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Sameer Vidwans has given many interesting films like ‘Double Seat’, ‘YZ’, & ‘Time Please’. But now for the first time Sameer Vidwans isn’t collaborating with writer Kshitij Patwardhan. However the teaser of his upcoming directorial ‘Mala Kahich Problem Nahi’ seems to interest us just as his other films interested us.

The film stars a fresh pair in the form of Gashmeer Mahajani & Spruha Joshi. Both Spruha & Gashmeer look natural in their role if judged by this first look. The film presents a modern setting of urban relationships & somewhere highlights the need of communication in between relationships. Even in this short teaser the journey of these characters has been interestingly collaged & presented.

The film is set to release on 28th July & this teaser will definitely intrigue the audiences about the film. Both Spruha & Gashmeer have a huge following & it seems like their fans will be treated with an interesting story & characters.

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Marathi cinema’s new dashing jodi Gashmir Mahajani and Spruha Joshi starrer ‘Mala kahich Problem nahi’ introduced it’s poster on social media recently. It has generated an instant likability among the Marathi audience.

In today’s time, where the concept of family time is shrinking due to stress, workload, ego issues, priorities, this film looks highly relatable yet engaging to the audience. Like thousands of others Gashmir and Spruha are portraying an urban couple with a complex relationship. But that’s not all, they have some really interesting family members to accompany.

A range of talented actors like Nirrmite Saawaant, Kamlesh Sawant, Vijay Nikam, Mangal Kenkare, Sahil Koparde, Seema Deshmukh, Arash Godbole, Snehlata Vasayikar and Satish Alekar are there in the film to add the much needed family flavour.

Directed by Sameer Vidwans who has given urban relationship based super hit films like ‘Time Please’, ‘Doubleseat’ and ‘YZ’, this film has already created huge buzz. Produced by P.S.Chhatwal, Richa Sinha and Ravi Singh this film will slated for release on 28th july.

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