Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the most important festivals for Marathi community. As our favorite Ganpati bappa has come to stay with us in our homes, the social media is abuzz with photographs of Ganesh idol and yummy modak and other sweets. Marathi celebrities have also shared their Ganpati bappa on various social media platforms. As Ganesh is considered as patron deity of arts and performance, many artistes worship Ganpati bappa with devotion.

Here are some pics of these celebrities worshiping Ganpati bappa.

Cast of Kahediya Pardes recently celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi on the sets.

The newly engages couple Mayuri Wagh and Piyush Ranade celebrated Ganeshotsav with lots of love.

Swapnil Joshi immersed his metal idol at home in a bucket of water. A great eco-friendly initiative.

Sayali Sanjeev welcomes Ganesh in a traditional Marathi style saree!

Adinath Kothare and Urmila Kanetkar visited Ballaleshwar, a famous Ashtavinayak place.

Urmila will be seen as Ahilyabai Holkar in her next serial. Here is a pic from the same set.

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Marathi Box Cricket League (MBCL) has achieved popularity with their innovative ideas. The third season of this event will take place at Kolhapur from 4th to 6th May. The announcement was done in a star-studded event in Mumbai by Maharashtra Kalanidhi secretary Sushant Shelar. Shreyas Talpade and Dipti Talpade were present for this announcement.

For the first time, cash prizes have been announced for the winners and runner ups. These matched will be played at Shahu Stadium at Kolhapur. There will be ten teams competing in this cricket league: Dashin Mumbai, Shiledar Thane, Ratnagiri Tigers, Classic Nashik, Fataka Aurangabad, Shoor Kolhapur, Kohinoor Nagpur, Ajinkyatara Satara and Dhadakebaj Navi Mumbai has been introduced in this season.

Actors like Jaywant Wadkar, Shreerang Godbole, Siddharth Jadhav, Pushkar Shrotri, Sachit Patil, Vijay Patkar, Vijay Kadam, Vijay Patwardhan, Santosh Juvekar, Sangram Salvi, Madhav Devchakke, Suhrud Wadkar, Sukany Kulkarni, Smita Gondkar, Pari Telang, Megha Dhade, Sayali Nalawade, Viju Mnae, Ankur Kakatkar, Avadhoot Gupte, Ajit Parab, Avadhoot Wadkar et al were present for this event.

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Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival to celebrating the birthday of our Bappa. Ganpati has arrived and As everyone knows the importance of this festival people love to work for him at any busy schedule.

Like every common people celebrities also involved in this festival. Most of the actors used to have Ganesha and pujas at their home. They have been celebrating Ganesha’s festival over the years.

Many actors has taken a break from their shoot, just for bappa. Worshiping of god, making sweets like modak,pedha,puranpoli at home, collecting decorative stuff for Ganesha’s makhar are all that things that brings happiness at home. For celebrities it is time to give credit to bappa for what they are having right now just because of his blessings.

There are number of celebrities who has been wishing their fans on the social platforms with their selfie with their Bappa. Fans are enjoying watching them and after acting skill they again started feel proud about their devotion of god.

Celebrities shared their memories of this festival. Take a look at pictures you will notice some things like we mentioned.

• Swwapnil Joshi’s bappa- small silver murti with simple decoration and selfie with his family.
• Suyash Tilak’s Bappa- his sweet and simple bappa fully decorated with bappa’s favorite red and orange shoe flower.
• Lata Mangeshkar- Lata didi’s bappa and decoration as sweet and pure as her voice.
• Madhuri Dixit- Most beautiful actress Madhuri’s bappa sat on wooden table decoration.
• Shashank Ketkar– Shashank gave a royal Mahaal look to his bappa’s decoration.
• Aadesh & Suchitra Bandekar- this cute couple have large size murti at home with orchid flowers decoration and durva at bappa’s place.
• Devdutta Nage- Everyones favourite Khanderay brings bappa’s murti just same as Khandoba.
• Ketaki Mategaonkar & Kranti Redkar- at one moment we felt ketaki and Kranti’s bappa looking at us from their selfie.
• Kedar Shinde- Large murti with fully decorated with orchid flowers.
• Sharad Kelkar- Most sweet, simple and beautiful bappa and decoration.

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• Review: Dhinchak Enterprise (2015)
• Director: Nishant Devidas Sapkale
• Writers: Nishant Devidas Sapkale
• Producers: Charmi Dinesh Gala, Love Production and Box Office Films
• Cast: Bhushan Pradhan, Manava Naik, Khursheed Lawyer
• Music: Samir Saptiskar and Kashi Richard
• Genre: Drama
• Review By : Keyur Seta

Rating : 1.5/5

Review:

Marathi cinema is going through an impressive period since last five years or so. Some bold, contemporary subjects are been tried and they are well-received too, even by non-Marathi audience. This year has also seen its share of cinematic gems.

Unfortunately, there has also been a regular dose of trashy Marathi films in 2015. Out of these, some even make you wonder as to how it attracted financers in the first place. Director Nishant Devidas Sapkale’s Dhinchak Enterprise is yet another film that adds to this dangerous trend.

The film is about Vishal Patil (Bhushan Pradhan), who is a salesman in a firm producing slimming tablets. His career gets a boost after he gets the Employee of the Month Award. When a fresh MBA graduate Meera (Manava Naik) joins his team, he instantly falls for her. However, Vishal’s perfect world starts crumbling suddenly. This compels him to start his own firm named Dhinchak Enterprise.

The only positive point one can find in Dhinchak Enterprise is few funny sequences in the first half. Despite the not-so-intelligent content, this part keeps you mildly entertained and generates some curiosity for the second half. But everything goes haywire post-interval.

The title indicates that the story is about the rise of a company named Dhinchak Enterprise. But the makers have given absolutely no footage to its formation and success. This is not a minor issue because this forms the crux of the main plot. However, the remaining part makes this error appear minor as you are dished out a series of silly incidents until you no longer care for the final outcome.

A (so-called) major twist in the second half is perceived by one of the main characters as an immoral and criminal activity. However, the character himself has made a fortune by unethical and illegal means. So, what right does he have to point fingers at others? More importantly, why should the audience feel for such a character?

Needless to say, the film provides a number of unintentionally hilarious moments. The biggest one is the reaction of few news reporters during a press conference.

The love track becomes a hindrance later on. It also brings with it few unwanted songs. There is also a disco track about tequila featuring the heads of a social organization. It goes against the characters and the film. The peppy and quirky background score triggers humor, mostly in the first half. The camerawork is fine.

Bhushan Pradhan displays his talent and charm yet again. However, he should seriously ponder over his choice of films. Manava Naik isn’t bad. Khursheed Lawyer, making his Marathi film debut, is irritating because of his forced bad Marathi pronunciation. His character’s over-Gujarati-ness at the start is embarrassing. But he shouldn’t be blamed as it is obvious that he was suggested to act this way.

Overall:

There is nothing dhinchak in Dhinchak Enterprise. The film suffers from a poor content. It will go unnoticed at the box office.

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She is a terrific combination of a talented actress and a great director. Daughter of an actress and a writer, Manava Naik has always been choosy about her roles and given something more to her every role. After doing many shows on National Television, Manava acted in several Marathi films like Shahanpan Dega Deva, Fakta Ladh Mhana, Kaksparsh, No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey, to name a few. A film school graduate from US, she made her debut as a director with Por Bazaar, a powerful film about child-trafficking.

Her latest film as an actress “Dhinchak Enterprise” is releasing on 21 August. Marathistars.com spoke with Manava about her role in this film. Manava also speaks how the changes in Marathi cinema will affect the industry in the future.

Tell us more about your role and the film Dhinchak Enterprise?

Dhinchak is about today’s youth who wants to make more money in less time. It is not like they don’t want to do hard work, but they prefer shortcuts. In the film you will see two salesman struggling with their corporate life, however a turning point comes and they get sudden opportunity to earn vast amount of  money in short time. Whenever you get lot of money there is always a duality and dilemma about good and bad. So eventually the story is about their conscience and decision between these two.

The girl in Dhinchak is more career-oriented than what I am in real life. I am actually a laid back type of a person. She is a very sweet simple girl next door type. I think every girl of today’s generation can can identify with such characters as rat-race and competitive corporate life has become part of our lives.

You are being paired with Bhushan for the first time. How was the experience of working with him?

Ans: Bhushan and I were not very good friends earlier but we had a bunch of common friends. We started off as just acquaintances but while working for this film we became really good friends. He is a very co-operative and warm co actor. On film sets you are spending so much of a time such friendly relationships get developed and I think good chemistry between us can reflect on the screen as well.

The film stars Meenatai as Bhushan’s mother! She will be your mother-in-law in the film. How about that?  

Ans: Isn’t it amusing? When Nishant came to narrate the script, he met my mother. So I think he had this idea of casting her as Bhushan’s mother that time only. Surprisingly he cast my mother as Bhushan’s mother and Ashwini Ekbote is playing my onscreen mother. Surprisingly, whenever I have worked with mom she didn’t play my mother. In Abhalamaya she didn’t play my mother. We both did one episode for Pratima Kulkarni way back in the 90s, there also Savita Prabhune played my mother and not her. She has played mother in so many characters; all her onscreen boys and girls are excited about working with her. However, nobody seems to cast her as my mother.

Working with her is always a pleasant experience. When we both are working in the same project we are two completely different individual professionals. Even at home she doesn’t mother me too much. Similarly, she will treat me likeany other co actor on the sets.

Manava, you have also directed a movie, so while working as an actress, do you pay attention in the direction department? 

Ans:. As an actor I have always believed that director is the captain of the ship. Sonali kulkarni told me stayed with me as an actor when you feel something, you express it on the sets immediately. There is no point in regretting afterwards. I always try to follow this and while doing a scene if I feel about it, I say it to the director.  It is always good to voice yourself, which I always do. But it is very important to put away your personal beliefs and follow the director’s instructions blindly. It is very important for an actor to go by director’s view because he has an overall perspective of the product where we actors might be thinking from our point of view only.  So I think should be open communication, at the same time respecting director’s view. When I was shooting for Dhinchak post production for Por Bazaar was going on simultaneously. So, I would share my experiences or problems with the director and then it helped us to get things better while shooting.

Where do you find yourself more comfortable as an actress or as a director?

Ans: Being a film maker is always pressure-oriented work. The levels of stress and chaos are very high and hence it becomes more of a hard work. When you are in front of camera, you have to concentrate on looking good and performing well. However, I love both these jobs. After directing I feel that now I just need to work in a nice movie, and get relaxed. Then, I feel like I am ready for my next adventure as a director.  So it is a vicious circle for me, but I enjoy it immensely.

So, you are ready for your next direction? Future projects?

Yes, currently we are working on Script. The screenplay will be ready by end of the month. The film will go on floors by the end of the year.

Will you be acting in it?

No, the cast is yet to be decided, but I will not star in it for sure. I am acting in other films. Shoot is almost over for Girish Kulkarni’s Jau Dya Na Balasaheb. I am also currently rehearsing for a play as well, can’t say much about it before official announcement.

You have done serials, Theatre and films. How is the journey so far?

Ans: I have always looked at my profession as something I like to do rather than a job. Since it always been love-oriented and passionate I have always enjoyed every moment of it. I prefer projects which I really wanted to do. I never did anything because I just had to do it to pay my EMI. Money and fame are of course there, but for me job satisfaction is what matters at the end of the day. Overall it has been a great happy journey. Obviously with ups and downs, but it is still very much enjoyable. After all these working years, I realize that be it, success or failure you should be able to handle it. There are moments of high success and high failures but these are just passing moments. How you handle these moments define you as a person. On either sides of these there depression and over-happiness, but your personality can be shaken. So it is very important to be rooted and loving your work.

 It is said that Marathi film industry in changing radically. What do you think about these changes?

Ans: I think, in Marathi cinema we are creating a bubble for ourselves. We are talking about being golden age of Marathi cinema, awards, acclaims and recognitions, but what is happening in reality? More than two Marathi films are releasing every week- but what about the audience? There are five fantastic films every year, but there are more than fifty no so good films. Some of the films are getting good promotions, but many films are unattended and hence I fear that this bubble might burst. In the end, getting subsidy and making a film just for the sake of it can be a killing story for all of us. We should be able to make our films more content-oriented than making them market-oriented.

Everybody is looking at Marathi cinema with a different eye which also increases our responsibility of the industry to give good products.

Out budgets are increasing and production values are getting fine. Do you think we are ignoring the content of the film?

Ans: For making a good film, everybody’s intention should to sell the good content. We are trying right from the writers to actors to technicians to give a good content only. My point is if we are getting better technical team to make the film, unfortunately we have only Maharashtra state watching the film. So even if I hike my budget five times and decide to pay best cameraman more and increasing everything to a grand level, but problem lies with the fact that in Maharashtra there are only x number of people and out of them only y number of people will come to watch the film so my revenue is not building. We bring brilliant content with excellent technician but we need audience.

How are we going to increase the number of audience other than Marathi speakers?

Ans: I have two perspectives for this. If you look at south Indian film industry, everybody watches their own films. They do not even allow dubbed movies. In Maharashtra out of ten hardly two people are watching Marathi cinema. We should make more and more people towards theatre to watch the film. The films should reach in Marathi speaking pockets globally. Second part is Marathi cinema should be so good, that it should be viewed by various language speakers as well. That is why we should focus on reaching out and creating the curiosity for the film. But only promotions will not help. Our agenda should be to make good films; if we concentrate on just selling the films then we might die as an industry.

Where do you see yourself in the next five years?

Ans: I don’t have goal based conditions and ambitions. I am more interested in being happy and enjoying every phase of my life. I just wish to have good work and good life. I do not want to keep running in a rat race, but desire for moments making me enjoy the happiness of my life.

Tell us about your Fitness Mantra.

Ans: I don’t really follow any fitness mantra. I tend to eat less in the night, and prefer having heavy breakfast. My bedroom in on the third floor, and hall is on first floor, so going up and down on staircases becomes my workout regime.

What you like to do when you are free?

I love to travel. I make it an attempt to travel to one foreign country for the past six-seven years not just a pleasure trip, but understanding the culture by visiting museums, artiste villages. I do some free workshops for not so priviledged people and screening films for people in my locality. I also like to cook. I am a non-vegetarian so I like to prepare typical Marathi style Chicken and fish rassa.

Manava, it was really nice speaking with you. We wish you every success for Dhinchak and other future project. Talented artistes like you always make us proud in our Marathi cinema.

Interview By : Nandini Desai

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Munmun Dutta, mostly known as glamorous Babita from Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma will be debuting in Marathi films with Dhinchak Enterprises. The film will be releasing on 21 August all over Maharashtra.

Munmun will be seen in a role of glamorous professor. Munmun also learnt Marathi for her role. The film stars Bhushan Pradhan and Manva Naik in lead roles. The film is directed by Nishant Sapkale and produced by Charmi Gala.

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The trailer of highly anticipated film “Dhinchak Enterprise” is out on social media. This Nishant Sapkale directed film stars Bhushan Pradhan and Manva Naik in leading roles. The pair is coming together on screen for the first time.

The film revolves around two ambitious salespersons and how they achieve money and fame through their innovative ideas. The money creates problems between these friends and how they start going away each other. The music for this film is given by Sameer Saptik and Kashi Richard. Lyrics are by Sachin Pathak and Mayur Sapkale. Various singers like Mika Singh, Harshadeep Kaur, Papon and Adarsh Shinde have sung for this film. The Song “Re Mana” has already become chartbusters.
The film releases on 31 July all over Maharashtra.

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Manva Naik and Bhushan Pradhan starrer Dhinchyak Enterprise has already created an anticipation among audience. The first look and music of this film was released recently in a Suburban club in Mumbai.

The music for this film is given by Sameer Saptik and Kashi Richard. Lyrics are by Sachin Pathak and Mayur Sapkale. Various singers like Mika Singh, Harshadeep Kaur, Papon and Adarsh Shinde have sung for this film.

The story of Dhinchyak revolves around marketing and how itchanges the dynamics of human emotions. The film is directed by Nishant Sapkale and produced by Charmi Gala. Uday Singh Mohite is a cinematographer and editing is by Devendra Murudeshwar.

The film releases on 31 July all over Maharashtra.

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Dhinchyak Enterprise, a film about marketing stars Bhushan Pradhan and Manva Naik. This pair has been cast together for the first time. The film is directed by Nishant Sapkale and produced by Charmi Gala.

The cinematography is done by Udaysingh Mohite. Music has been given by Sameer Saptiskar and Kashi Richard. The lyrics have been written by Sachin Pathan and Mayur Sapkale. The songs of this film has been sung by Mika Singh, Harshadeep Kaur, Papon and Adarsh Shinde.

The film is slated to release on 31st July all over Maharashtra.

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• Movie : Dhinchak Enterprise (2015)
• Producor : Charmi Dinesh Gala
• Director : Nishant Devidas Sapkale
• Studio : Box Office, Love Production
• StarCast : Bhushan Pradhan, Manava Naik
• Writer : Nishant Devidas Sapkale
• Screenplay & Dialogue : Nishant Devidas Sapkale
• Music : Samir Saptiskar, Kashi Richard
• Lyrics : Sachin Pathak (Yo), Mayur Sapkale
• Singers : Mika Singh, Harshadeep Kaur, Papon and Adarsh Shinde
• Cinematography : Udaysingh Mohite
• Background Score : Madhav Vijay
• Sound Designer : Abhijeet Shreeram Deo
• Editor : Devendra Murudeshwar
• Associate Director : Vinita Nair
• Executive Producer : Shyameli Dutta Menezes
• Line Producer : Archana Tombaskar Bhati
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 21st August, 2015

Dhinchyak Enterprise Marathi Movie Photos/Poster

Dhinchyak Enterprise Marathi Movie Trailer

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