• Movie : Barayan
• Producer : Daivata Patil and Deepak Patil
• Director : Deepak Patil
• Studio : Onjal Arts Productions
• Star Cast :
  • Anurag Worlikar (Protagonist)
  • Nandu Madhav (Father)
  • Pratiksha Lonkar (Mother)
  • Sanjay Mone (Neighbour)
  • Vandana Gupte (Atya)
  • Om Bhutkar (Final year student)
  • Kushal Badrike (Mechanic)
  • Uday Sabnis (Headmaster)
  • Sameer Chougule (Teacher)
  • Prabhakar More (Teacher)
  • Prasad Pandit (college professor)
  • Nipun Dharmadhikari (Ex-student)
  • Shrikant Yadav (Mama)
  • Rohan Gujar (Neighbour’s son)
  • Prarthana Behere (Pschyologist, special appearance)
  • Nandu Patil
  • Swapnil Rajshekhar
  • Umesh Bolke
  • Rajendra Jadhav
  • Vidhi Chitalia
  • Anil Gawade
• Story : Deepak Patil
• Screenplay and Dialogues : Nilesh Upadhye
• Music : Pankaj Padghan
• Lyrics : Valay, Guru Thakur, Kshitij Patwardhan
• Singers : Alka Yagnik, Nandini Sreekar, Saurabh Salunkhe, Rohit Raut
• Sound Design : Rohit Pradhan and Mandar Wadkar (Ajivasan sounds)
• Cinematography (DOP) : Marzy Pagdiwala
• Editor : Rakesh Mhadnak
• Art Director : Trupti Chavan and Pratik Chaudhari
• Supervising Producer : Santosh Shendye and Subhash Chavan
• Re-recording Mixer : Justin Jose (Futureworks)
• DI Colorist : Pramod Patil (After Studios)
• Visual Promotions : Onjal Arts Promos
• Publicity Design and Digital Marketing : Visual Junkies
• PR and Marketing : Lead Media
• Distribution : Sunshine Studio  
• Genre : Drama
• Duration : 2 hrs 10 mins
• Release Date : 12th January 2018

Synopsis : This is a Marathi feature film titled ‘Barayan’. 

As the title suggests it is a story or rather ‘Ramayan’ that revolves around the year Baravi (12th Standard).

Most of us in our school life are threatened by this number i.e. 12th standard board examination. The social surrounding of our society these days has given lot of importance to the board examination thereby resulting in unnecessary burden on the student and putting performance pressure on him/her. Parent’s knowingly or unknowingly go with the flow and expect the same from their children putting unrealistic burden on the student. The overall education scenario has become very commercial. If the student does not perform in his 12th than he cannot do anything good with his/her life is a general perception of parents in particular and the society in general. 12th has become a turning point year. If one does not perform in this year than that’s the end of his/her career. Traditional mindset of the society is that Medical or Engineering are the only two major options. The film has subtly but in an ‘entertaining manner’ tried to highlight this aspect of our educational system and how we are becoming part of this. 

The story of the film revolves around incidents based on this one year in the life of our protagonist and his journey to engineering college after that. A story that unfolds various experiences of our protagonist, his learning during the process of him seeking education and identifying his ultimate interest. How his social surrounding is enabling him to grow as a person. The protagonist of the film represents today’s student and the challenges faced by him to understand his passion. 

The story of the film is set in a serene and calm town of Konkan, surrounded by mesmerizing seashore and beautiful fort. It is purely a family drama.

 Barayan Marathi Movie Photos, Poster :

 Barayan Marathi Movie Trailer:

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Lot of Marathi films have been made in recent times involving a teenager as the main protagonist. But most of the times these films have been love stories. Other films which do involve the scenario of exam pressure where not dealing with this subject with a serious perspective. But ‘Barayan’ looks distinct from all those films. The trailer itself projects the serious perspective towards 12^th Board exams & the confusion towards choosing a stream after the exams.

But the serious subject seems to be given a perfectly relatable treatment by the makers. The film seems like a complete entertainer. ‘Barayan’ stars many seasoned actors like Sanjay Mone, Nandu Madhav, Pratiksha Lonkar, Om Bhutkar, Vandana Gupte & in the lead a familiar child artist Anurag Worlikar.

Marathi cinema at this stage need films like ‘Barayan’ which can mix & match commercial cinema with socially relevant subjects. The film releases on 12^th January all over Maharashtra & should not be missed!

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• Review : Pindadaan (2016)
• Producer : Uday Pictures
• Directer : Prashant Patil
• Star Cast : Siddharth Chandekar, Manava Naik, Paula McGlynn, Prasad Pandit, Sanjay Kulkarni ,Madhav Abhyankar, Farida Daadi.
• Writer : Avinash Ghodke
• Music : Sagar Dhote
• Genre : Drama
• Certification : UA
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 1.5/5

Pindadaan Marathi Movie Review:

When I had reviewed Prem Kahani a few months back, I was hoping there would not be any other film that would be as bad. In the back of my mind I had confidently even made its entry in the first number in a list of worst films, incase I had to make one at the end of the year.PremKahani had plunged to such depths of mediocrity that I felt that it would scarcely be likely that any film would even come close. Pindadaan almost proved me wrong.

The film is so bad that I don’t know where to start from. The plot? Well, the plot was so thin that it would not have been enough even for a 30 minutes slot on TV. Ashutosh and Ruhi are two Maharashtrians working in London for a TV channel. Ashutosh is a director of science documentaries and Ruhi is his trusted cameraman. He lives in a rented apartment with a landlady(Stella) who has had a tough life growing up all alone in a man’s world.She refers to one of the lady in the picture hung on her wall as a ‘heartless angel’ who left her behind all alone. Ruhi is a loner who has fallen in love with her director, however, unfortunately for her, the love is unrequited.

Now, Ashutosh’s Mom wants him to do his grandmom’s after-death rituals or ‘pindadaan’ by going to India. Ashutosh, who is apparently born and brought up abroad, obviously hesitates. At this point the screenwriter must have come up with the problem of having a plausible reason to send Ashu and, as Ruhi is in love with him, her too, to India. So in a dazzling display of lazy screenwriting he comes up with the very convenient reason of sending them both to India to make a documentary on what else but ‘pindadaan’!

This isn’t just where the whole believability of the film suffers. Things get even worse when the story shifts to India. In the village where he has come to do the ‘pindaadan’ and even make a documentary on it, Ashu starts falling for a mysterious white English girl in the village and it becomes obvious where the film is heading from there. But what gets on your nerves is that the film takes hell of a lot of time to get to its conclusion. Verylittle happens in the first half or even in the beginning of the second half. It is only in the last 30 mins that there is some sort of vibrancy in the film. Apart from this there are various other aspects that raise serious question marks: Ashu spends most of his time chasing the English girl Anna, so when does he work on the documentary which is apparently complete by the end of the film? What was the point of introducing the character Ruhi as she did not play any part in the story after it moves to India? Why are we mislead into believing that it is Stella’s daughter who has abandoned her?

Another thing that gets on your nerves is the terrible attempt at speaking Marathi by the English actor. It feels as if the makers of the film here just wanted to play to the fascination we Indians have for the ‘white skin’.

What salvages this film somewhat from being as bad as PremKahani is that the actors in lead roles (ManvaNaik and SiddharthChandekar)try their best, though they can’t help much about the very shoddy screenplay and direction.

Overall:

Pindadaan makes you really wonder about the mechanisms of how the film the Marathi film industry works. It seems difficult to believe that this film with such a sloppy screenplay found a producer, actors and technicians to back it and a distributor who thought it might work with the Marathi public.

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To Aani Mee, a love story directed by Mukesh Malik has completed its post-production work and gearng up for its release. The film stars Subodh Bhave, Girija Joshi in the lead roles. The film is produced by Ankush Sutar under the banner of Yash Creations.

The film also stars Shweta Shinde, Prasad Oak, Prasad Pandit, Jyoti Mhalse, Madhav Vaze, Deep Sutar et al. The film is written by Sunil Harishchandra. Editing is by Chhatrapal Ninave and music has been composed by Aslam Keyi. The choreography is by Rajesh Gamre and the cinematography is by Anil Chandel.

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Pindadan a film starring Manava Naik and Siddharth Chandekar is ready for the release. The makers of the film have released the song “Hey Mann Zhale Tujhe” on the social media platforms. The song features Manava and Siddharth in a very romantic situation.

The song has been sung by Anandi Joshi and composed by Sagar Dhote. Vaibhav Joshi has penned the lyrics. The song articulates soft and romantic expression of love through the attractive words. The song also has some passionate love making scenes picturised very beautifully. The feel of passion has been essayed by Manava and Siddharth is very good and justifies the emotions of the song completely.

Siddharth looks very cool and handsome in this film. Manava has never looked so sexy on the screen before. The silky voice of Anandi adds to the magic of the song. Use of instruments like Saxophone and flute makes the song more enchanting. The composer Sagar Dhote has manages to retain the freshness of this song in a very innovative way.

The film has been directed by Prashant Patil and written by Avinash Ghodke. The film also stars international actress Paula Mcclain in a very important role.
Pindadan will be releasing on the theatres on 17th June 2016.

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• Movie : Pindadaan (2016) | पिंडदान
• Producer : Uday Pictures
• Directer : Prashant Patil
• Studio : Saarrthi Entertainment, Uday Pictures
• Star Cast : Siddharth Chandekar, Manava Naik, Paula McGlynn, Prasad Pandit, Sanjay Kulkarni ,Madhav Abhyankar, Farida Daadi.
• Story : Avinash Ghodke
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Avinash Ghodke
• Music : Sagar Dhote
• Lyrics : Vaibhav Joshi, Mandar Cholkar
• Director of Photography : Bunty Deshpande
• Editor : Nilesh Gavand
• Art : Satish Chipkar
• Sound Design : Dinesh Uchil, Shantanu Aakerkar
• Executive Producer : Chandrashekhar Nannaware
• Genre  : Drama
• Release Date : 17 June 2016

Synposis : Ashutosh and Ruhi work together in a London-based culture channel as director and camera person respectively. Ruhi covets unexpressed love for Ashutosh.
On an assignment to make a documentary on Pindadaan, they come to India and reach Nandikeshwar and check in at a heritage hotel. Driver Tukaram takes them to meet Rudrababa, a holy Godman who can provide information for their documentary.
Rudrababa is shocked to see Ashutosh but is unable to express, as he is observing silence for a week. They decide to wait till he breaks his silence.
On his early morning visit to Manganga Ghat, Ashutosh meets a British girl, Anna, who
speaks fluent Marathi and has deep knowledge of Indian philosophy, as she is a follower of Rudrababa.

Pindadaan Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

Pindadaan Marathi Movie Teaser Trailer :

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Canadian actress Paula McGlynn who will be seen in PindaDaan along with Siddharth Chandekar and Manva Naik has taken Marathi lessons for her role. To get her accent correct, Paula started reciting Gayatri Mantra. She also made sure she knew the meaning of every word she was reciting. “As I knew the meaning of my dialogues it became easy for me to memorize them and express them” Paula commented.

Paula will be playing role of a British girl Anna, who comes to India and falls in love with Indian culture and decided to stay here. The role was a very challenging for Paula as her most dialogues were in fluent Marathi and required to speak in native Marathi. However, with the help of her directors, co-actors and teachers she learnt the language perfectly.

Pind Daan has been directed by Bunty-Prashant. The shooting has been mostly done at Faltan. The film will is currently under post production and will be released very soon.

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Music Launch of the film PindaDaan was done in Zee Talkies Event Big Ticket. Actor Siddharth Chandekar, Manva Naik, Paula McClain, music composer Sagar Dhote, director Prashant Patil and DoP Bunty Deshpande were present for this event.

Singers Anandi Joshi, Priyanka Barve, Savani Ravindra, Rohit Raut performed live on the songs from the film. The film has been written by Avinash Ghodke and songs have been written by Vaibhav Joshi and Mandar Cholkar.

The Big Ticket event will be telecast on the Zee Talking on 8 May at 7 pm.

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Pindadaan, a film by Bunty Prashant has already become an anticipated film for many Bollywood and Marathi film celebrities. Bunty is a known name in the fashion industry. He has guided many models like Pooja Batra, Mugdha Godse, Prachi Desai, Tejaswini Pandit, Bhushan Pradhan.

Pindadaan will be his first film. The film is presented by Poonam Shende and produced by Uday Pictures. The film has been getting many positive comments from the celebrities. Mugdha Godse and Prachi Desai has expressed their gratitude for the help given by Bunty on their personality development and grooming. They have also wished luck for his first film.

Tejaswini Pandit said that Bunty is her friend from the past decade and his choice of the subject for his debut film is really amazing.

Former Miss India Pooja Batra and Marathi actor Bhushan Pradhan has also commented on the film and wished luck for the Bunty Prashant.

The film stars Siddharth Chandekar, Manava Naik, Prasad Pandit, Sanjay Kulkarni, Madhav Abhyankar, Farida Dadi. The film is expected to release very soon.

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Once in a while we must heard about the word “Pindadan” from our family or society. But what director wants to tell us from his upcoming Marathi movie “Pindadan a love Story”?

“Pindadan” movie directed by Prashant Patil and the story of this movie is written by Avinash Ghodke.
It’s starring Siddharth Chandekar, Manava Naik, Prasad Pandit, Sanjay Kulkarni, Madhav Abhyankar, Farida Daadi and introducing- Paula.

“A LOVE STORY” is the sub-line of this movie. It has Drama genre. What is the connection of story between Pindadan and love story? As title very curious excited to see what director will show through this movie. Definitely this movie will be something different than any other story.

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