This week on ‘ChalaHawaYeuDya’ first on Monday we saw the team of ‘Dhyanimani’. And on Tuesday we can witness the valentine’s special episode with special Marathi ‘Jodis’. On Monday we saw actors from ‘Dhyanimani’; Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashwini Bhave, Abhijit Khandkekar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, writer Prashant Dalvi & director Chandrakant Kulkarni. Medha Manjrekar the producer of the film too was present. On this occasion the members of ‘Thukratwadi’ performed a fantastic spoof on Ashwini Bhave’s film ‘Halad Rusli Kunku Hasla’.

On Tuesday in the Valentine’s special ‘Chala Hawa Yeu Dya’ have special guest couples! They include Chinmay Udgirkar, Sankarshan Karhade & Abhijit Khandkekar along with their respective wives. Dr. Nilesh Sable has a special connection with all three of them! They all were a part of Zee Marathi’s talent hunt show ‘Maharashtracha Superstar’!

Many audiences still remember that fantastic show & now they will gifted with many nostalgic memories of it shared by all of them in this episode of ‘Chala Hawa Yeu Dya!

The Participating Couples are –
Chinmay Udgirkar – Gayatri
Sankarshan Karhade – Shalaka
Abhijit Khandkekar – Sukhada

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Ek Hoti Rani, a love-story directed by Prasad Tarkar is getting ready for the release on 19 February. The film stars Aniket Vishwasrao and Meenal Ghorpade in the lead roles.

The supporting cast of the film includes Uday Tikekar, Kishori Ambiye, Usha Nadkarni, Ashwini Ekbote, Kamlakar Satpute, Arun Kadam, Gayatri Deshmukh, Megha Dhade and Neha Thakur. The film has entirely been shot in the picturesque locations of Goa.

The film has five songs of diferent genres which are composed by Salil Amrute. The lyrics are penned by Ashwini Shende, Dhanashreee Kumbhar, Nilesh Lotankar. Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shaan, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Jahnvi Prabhu Arora, Nisha have give playback for these songs.

The story of this film has been written by Mahendra Patil and cinematography has been done by Sitharam Sandhiri. The editing has been done by Bunty Sani. The film has been produced by Yogesh Bhalerao.

The heart-touching simple love story will be releasing on 19 February all over Maharastra.

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• Review : Mumbai Time (2016)
• Producer : Somnath Chitra
• Directer : Sushrut Bhagwat
• Star Cast : Umesh Kamat, Rahul Mehendale, Ramesh Bhatkar, Kishor Choughule, Mahesh Manjrekar, Deepak Shirke, Sanjay Mone, Ashwini Ekbote, Mrunal Dusanis & Others
• Writer : Udaydada Lad
• Music : Ashok Patki and Yogita Chitale
• Genre : Action, Love Story, Revenge Drama
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 1.5/5

Review:

Post Guru, Mumbai Time is another film that seems to have been strongly influenced by the loud cinema from the South.

Mumbai Time is a gangster film that shows how a young man from a lower middle class background gets caught in the world of crime and then traces his journey there. We have seen many such films in Hindi and also in Marathi like the recent Dagadi Chawl. This film is no different than the ones that have already released. These kinds of gangster films are dime a dozen.

Amar Surve (Umesh Kamat) has an issue with a villain in a South Indian gang who’s head honcho played by Deepak Shirke. Amar has to go through the entire hierarchy to exact his revenge. He cannot directly take revenge. There is also another Muslim Gang whose leader is played by Ramesh Bhatkar. Mahesh Manjrekar plays the role of an ACP who is only shown playing chess most of the time.

The film starts on a loud note and bizarrely that loudness is maintained right throughout. The film somehow has very few scenes which are at a low pitch and this works against the film. The drama unfolding on screen loses its impact. Umesh Kamat is an interesting casting as we have seldom seen him in such roles; his performance is one of the better parts of the film. Apart from him all other actors are theatrical or over the top. This results in the film becoming very loud. Marathi films of the recent past seem to have borrowed this over the top story telling from their southern counterparts. Guru clearly had an influence of Telugu and Tamil commercial potboilers. Mumbai Time too seems to be influenced by cinema from the South.

Another negative aspect of the film is that it is predictable. Nearly every point in the story can be guessed from a distance.

Overall:

A loud and predictable gangster film that has nothing new in it.

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• Movie : Ek Hoti Rani (2016) | एक होती राणी
• Producer : Yogesh Nivrutti Bhalerao
• Directer : Prasad Appa Tarkar
• Studio : Swaroop Samartha Entertainment
• Star Cast : Aniket Vishwasrao, Minal Ghorpade, Uday Tikekar, Usha Nadkarni, Kamlakar Satpute, Bharat Ganeshpure, Ashwini Ekbote, Kishori Ambiye, Gayatri Deshmukh, Neha Thakur and Megha Dhade
• Story : Mahendra Patil
• Screenplay : Mahendra Patil
• Music : Salil Amrute
• Director of Photography : Seetharam Sandhiri
• Background Score : Salil Amrute
• Art Director : Pankaj P. Sarang
• Editor : Bunty Saini (Movie Lab)
• Choreography : Danny-Savio-Kunjan
• Sound Design & Mixing : Dinesh Anand Uchil and Shantanu Hemant Akerkar
• Costumes : Purnima Oak and Bharti Jain
• Executive Producer : Rahul Khandare
• Look Design : Abhay Mohite
• Creative Head : Amit Pawar
• Action Director : Prashant Naik
• Chief Assistant Director : Girish Sawant and Vaishali Petkar
• Co-Producer : Deepali Yogesh Bhalerao
• DI & VFX : PLL Motion Pictures
• Publicity Design : Sachin Maruti Lokhande (Loki’s Studio)
• Genre  : Comic Dramma
• Release Date : 19th Feb 2016

Ek Hoti Rani Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

Ek Hoti Rani Marathi Movie Official Trailer:

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• Movie : Mumbai Time (2016) | मुंबई टाईम
• Producer : Somnath Chitra
• Directer : Sushrut Bhagwat
• Star Cast : Umesh Kamat, Rahul Mehendale, Ramesh Bhatkar, Kishor Choughule, Mahesh Manjrekar, Deepak Shirke, Sanjay Mone, Ashwini Ekbote, Mrunal Dusanis, Upendra Date, Ashok Samel, Adwait Dadarkar, Anil Khopkar, Rekha Kambale, Anil Nagarkar, Rahul Gore, Vivek Gore, Nandesh Umap, Janardan Kadam, Pramod Pawar, Shivraj Walwekar, Anil Gavas, Sagar Satpute, Mayur Bhatkar, Harshal Shastri, Tushar Gaware, Bhushan Telang, Ajay Purkar, Sameer Chougule, Gayatri Deshmukh, Kaliprasad Shah, Vikas Sonawane.
• Story : Udaydada Lad
• Screenplay : Ashish Pathre
• Music : Ashok Patki and Yogita Chitale
• Lyrics : Guru Thakur
• Dialogues : Ashish Pathre
• Singers : Madhura Datar, Pooja Gaytonde and Shalmali Sukhtandar
• Director of Photography : Ajith V. Reddy
• Art Director : Shamim Khopkar
• Editor : Rajesh Rao
• Choreographer : Dipali Vichare
• Sound : Aditya v. Oke
• Costumes : Aparna Apte
• Executive Producer : Nitin Gosambe
• Genre  : Action, Love Story, Revenge Drama
• Release Date : 5th, February 2016

Synopsis:
It’s a film based on a journey of a well educated middle class Marathi boy who’s forced to be a part of Mumbai Underworld in the era of 1985 to 1990.

Mumbai Time Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

Mumbai Time Marathi Movie Official Trailer:

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• Review :  Partu (2015)
• Producer : Nitin S. Adsul, Clark McMillian , Darrel Cox, Rupesh Mahajan and Sachin S. Adsul
• Directer : Nitin Adsul
• Writer : Nitin Adsul
• Star Cast : Kishor Kadam, Smita Tambe, Navni Parihar, Yash Pandey, Saurabh Gokhale, Gayatri Deshmukh, Raja Bundela, Ravi Bhushan Bhartiya and Anshuman Vichare
• Genre  : Drama
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 2.5/5

Review:

Some films have so much heart in them that it is difficult not to get charmed. Every good moment is cheered in your mind, and a false note leaves you upset. Partu is certainly that kind of a film. But, quite disappointingly, the film hits a false note a little too often.

Partu, based on a rather fascinating true story, is about how in the 1960s a seven year old Rajasthani boy Prithvi Singh gets lost while visiting his Uncle in Mumbai, then gets on to a wrong train and reaches Ahmednagar. There, Lakshman, a benign farmer, takes him home and treats him like his own child. Partu or Prithvi on receiving the care and affection fast becomes a member of the family and the longing for his home steadily dries up. However, despite the language barrier Lakshman does not give up on finding Partu’s parents and resolutely continues the search even as decades passes by.

If there is one aspect that holds the film together, it has to be the solid performances by most of the cast. Smita Tambe and Kishore Kadam as the husband-wife pair that big-heartedly accept a lost child into their family and raise it like their own are easily the best part about the film. It wouldn’t be too much to say that if it wasn’t for their arresting performances, the film could have well fallen flat on its face. Both Tambe and Kadam have done similar kind of roles before, but never together. Here, they feed off each other to great effect. The Rajasthan based portions in the film have actors that speak the native language and special kudos must be reserved to the makers of the film to have casted local Rajasthani actors who all shine in their cameos.

The camerawork is steady and some shots in the deserts of Rajasthan are picturesque. The efforts to maintain the period details are visible when you see a young Partu riding on a model of a motorcycle that does seem from that period. These signs of genuineness are exactly why you are left rather upset with the film. Take for example, just about when you have started caring about the film and its characters the director typically throws a rather tawdry and needless ‘lavani’ at you. The Rajasthani cum marathi song towards the end of the film also feels uncalled-for. This, despite other songs giving you a glimpse of the reasonable talent the director poses to picturise songs. You are definitely left wondering why the need for these cheap gimmicks.

Then comes the inconsistencies in the screenplay. Seven year old Partu gels a little too easily with Lakshman and his family. It seems implausible that a seven year old kid would so soon choose to stay with a stranger family and not wish go back home. But then, it is after all based on a true story so we may choose to overlook this. But, the portrayal of Partu’s wife cannot escape our scrutiny. Partu after growing up, gets married to a girl who is seemingly born and brought up in Mumbai. However, much to our surprise, this girl (played by Gayatri Deshmukh who bears a striking resemblance to Ketaki Mategoankar) looks and acts like a village belle.

The film does start to further lose the plot as it nears its finale. The melodrama is expected and also to a certain extent apt. But in the first place we are not convinced why a family from Ahmednagar would go on a pilgrimage to Rajasthan. There is a rather amateurish attempt at surrealism at one point in the journey. A scene written to put across how bringing up Partu has made Laxman courageous, ends up being too filmy.

All these blemishes hurt as otherwise Partu is a fairly engaging film. There is undeniably an endearing quality to the whole plot and the acting keeps you hooked for the most part. The makers do seem to have made an honest effort at telling the tale. Unfortunately, the film hits the false notes a little too often to make it a smooth ride.

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Partu is an upcoming Marathi movie coming in December 2015 directed by Nitin Adsul, written by Nitin Adsul, Nitin Adsul, Clark B. McMillian Jr. and Darrel E Cox and produced by Nitin S Adsul, Darrel E Cox, Clark B McMillian Jr, Rupesh Mahajan, Sachin S. Adsul. It’s starring Kishor Kadam, Smita Tambe, Navni Parihar, Yash Pandey, Saurabh Gokhale, Gayatri Soham, Raja Bundela, Ravi Bhartiya, and Anshuman Vichare.

Partu has won 2015 DC South Asian Film Festival -Audience Choice Best Film and 2015 DC South Asian Film Festival – Best Actor – Kishor Kadam.

Partu is based on the true story. This movie’s story about seven years old boy along with his uncle came to enjoy Mumbai all the way from Rajasthan. As the trip came to an end, the boy got separated from his uncle on a crowded train station. A poor good hearted farmer at Ahmednagar introduced him to his family. As the time passed, the boy dissolved with the family. 17 years later, the boy is a married man and settled in Ahmednagar. The family adventurously found the boy’s real parents. He was torn between the family who raised him and the family who lost him. This is a true life story of Prithvi.

Meet Prithvi in the upcoming marathi movie ‘ Partu ‘. Partu is releasing on 4th December 2015.

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Partu, a film shot at Rajasthan and Maharashtra is in the news for its unusual plot and Indo-American connections. However, the producers of this film also did their bit of social responsibility while shooting.

The road was constructed in a Rajasthan village for the ease of villagers.
The house which was used as ruined house for the shooting was rebuilt after completion of the schedule in Sinnar. This house is being used as a rest-house.

While shooting in Dhulwad village near to the Sinnar, producers came to know that the local school is in the need of a loudspeaker. The producers promptly gifted a loudspeaker to this school.
The film has been produced by East West Films of Nitin Adsool, Sachin Adsool, Rupesh Mahajan Derel Cocks, Clarke McMillian.

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Partu, a film based on a real life story of a boy has made its mark in the fourth DC South Asian Film Festival. The film bagged Best Actor (Kishor Kadam) and Best Film by audience.

The Film Festival was organised by 25 to 27 Septemebr in Washington USA. There were 28 films competing for various awards.

The film stars Kishor Kadam, Smita Tambe, Saurabh Gokhale, Gayatri Soham, Anshuman Vichare, Navni Parihar, Raja Bundela, Ravi Bharateey and Child artiste Yash Pande.

The story of  this film has been written by Clarke McMillan, Derell Cocks and Nitin Adsool. Editing is by Rajesh Rao. Music for this film has been given by Shashank Powar.

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Partu – a film based on a true incident has been selected for the prestigious 4th DC South Asian Film Festival in USA. The festical will take palce in Washington DC from 25 to 27 September. Kishor Kadam and Smita Tambe will be attending this festival.

The film has been directed by Nitin Adsool and produced East West Films.

Partu also stars Saurabh Gokhle, Gayatri Soham, Anshuman Vichare, Navni Parihar, Raja Bundela, Ravi Bharateey and child artiste Yash Pande in important roles.

This festival showcases best films from various south asian countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Srilanka. This year the festical will be paying a special tribute to late director Rituparno Ghosh and actors like Aparna Sen, Konkana Sen, Raima Sen and Anant Mahadevan will be attending this festival.

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