‘Whatsapp Love‘ releases in theatres this friday & it promises to be a modern day romantic drama that is very relatable to the today’s audiences especially the youth! The film stars chocolate boy hero Raqesh Bapat, beautiful actress Anuja Sathe and the gorgeous Sareh Far who is an Irani actress and for the first time an Irani artist is to be seen in a Marathi film! We give you 5 reasons why this film is a must watch in theatres!

• Actor Raqesh Bapat Breaking his Image!

Model turned actor Raqesh Bapat has had a very successful career in Bollywood and ever since he entered the Marathi film industry he has been varied roles that challenge him. ‘Whatsapp Love’ too promises to be a similar project for him where he will be seen pushing his boundaries. Different from a usual lover boy character this character of his has more shades and some of them are grey shades too!

• Contemporary Backdrop of Today’s Times

As the title of the film suggests ‘Whatsapp Love’ is a love (or lust) story set through the medium of Whatsapp! These days social media and Whatsapp has become such an inseparable part of our lives that our day to day interactions, fights even proposing our loved ones, all of that happens through it! But very few times we have seen this translated on the screen. And hence ‘Whatsapp Love’ becomes an important film as it reflects this side of our society!

• Conflict Between Love and Lust

In a normal love story there’s a boy and there’s a girl. They meet fall in love and then they try to get married but then they face many obstacles. Many of our love story films are designed such way, and hence there is no scope for the conflict of love vs lust! ‘Whatsapp Love’ promises to be a path breaking love story that deals with this conflict of love and lust and that too in very relatable and entertaining way!

• Soulful Music that Compliments the Subject Matter 

‘Whatsapp Love’ has soulful and versatile songs that explore different layers of love as well as lust as the story of the film explores! Popular singers like Asha Bhosale, Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal have sung songs of the film and the lyrics are written by Ajita Kale while the music is composed by Nitin Shankar. ‘Shona Re‘, ‘Javal Ye Na’, ‘Raat Suhani‘ all these songs have already become popular among the audiences.

• Socially Relevant Message for Married Couples 

Many married couples who are immensely in love with each other may face difficulties as time passes by in their relationship. Even though the love is there, there’s also a bit of stillness and boredom in their relationship! Even without any specific reason such couples distant themselves from each other. ‘Whatsapp Love’ explores this situation smartly and it may give a solution to such couples through it’s message in the film!

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Popular as ‘Concert King’ Hemantkumar Mahale is a well known name in the music industry. But now he has taken a new path of producing Marathi films. And his first Marathi film ‘Whatsapp Love‘ starring the like of Raqesh Bapat, Anuja Sathe, Irani actress Sareh Far & others is all set to release in theatres on 12th of July!

True to the tag of ‘Concert King’ Whatsapp Love’s music album has 5 songs of different kind and all of them are sweet to the ears! Popular singers like Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, Sufi singer Shabab Sabri and the legend of music Asha Bhosale have sung these songs! Music director Nitin Shankar has composed all these songs. These songs were revealed in an exclusive music launch event.

The film deals with the subject of extra marital affair set in today’s modern times of Whatsapp and social media! The film projects a conflict between love and lust and tries to go deep into the idea of true love! The film also presents itself as a psychological thriller in a way! So make sure you watch the film in theatres from 12th of July!

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• Movie : WhatsApp Love (2019) | व्हाटसअप लव्ह
• Producer : Hemantkumar Mahale
• Director : Hemantkumar Mahale
• Studio : HMG Entertainments
• Star Cast :
  • Raqesh Bapat as Aditya Deshmukh
  • Anuja Sathe as Anagha Deshmukh
  • Pallavi Shetty as Rucha
  • Sareh Far as Monali
• Story : Hemantkumar Mahale
• Screenplay and Dialogues : Ajita Kale
• Lyrics: Ajita Kale
• Music : Nitin Shankar
• Singers : Shabab Shabari, Shreya Ghoshal, Asha Bhosale, Javed Ali, Payal Dev.
• Sound Design : Jayant
• Background Score : Avinash Vishwajeet
• Cinematography (DOP) : Suresh Suvarna
• Editor : Vijay Khochikar
• Executive Producer : Babasaheb Patil
• Associate Director : Kshitij Sarode
• Choreographer : Vitthal Patil
• Co-Producer : Satyaprakash Joshi & Anuraag Mahale
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 12th July 2019

Synopsis : Whats App Love is a beautiful story of Aditya and Anagha. Aditya is top class executive of a company as well as a renowned painter, who is living happily with his caring wife Anagha. They are newly married and enjoying a very cozy life. One day Aditya receives a flirtatious message on Whats App from an unknown number. After consecutive ping up from unknown number, he tempted to know about the person. With the curiosity, Aditya makes a call to the sender. The call is answered by a beautiful female voice. Mesmerized with the voice, Aditya starts a search for the unknown woman . In between continuous messaging, he is tempted and starts imaging that particular woman on the ground on her beautiful voice on canvas. This creates further more issues in his life. Where will Aditya’s search take him? Who is this mysterious sender? Will Aditya find her? To get answers to these questions… don’t forget to watch …Whats App Love on 12th July 2019.’

WhatsApp Love Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

WhatsApp Love Marathi Movie Trailer :

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Many artists from the Hindi film industry & music industry are being seen in Marathi these days. The latest addition to this list of artists is the acclaimed singer Javed Ali, who has worked with every great music composer from A.R. Rehman to Pritam!

His new song in Marathi is titled ‘Shona Re’ & is part of the upcoming romance drama ‘Whatsapp Love‘ starring Raqesh Bapat and Anuja Sathe Gokhale in the lead. The film hits theatres on 5th of April & is produced & directed by Hemantkumar Mahale.

The video of the song was recently posted online & it looks stunning & presents the hero of the film Raqesh Bapat in a beautiful avatar. The lyrics of this song are penned by Ajita Kale while the music composer of the song is Nitin Shankar. Javed Ali’s voice truly adds soul to this song & makes it memorable.

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• Movie : Rajan (2019) | राजन
• Producer : Surekha Vaman Patil
• Director : Bharat Shripat Sunanda
• Studio : Vansh Enterprises
• Star Cast :
  • Raqesh Bapat as Rajan
  • Minal Patil
• Story and Dialogues : Bharat Sunanda
• Screenplay : Vinod Jadhav and Bharat Sunanda
• Singer : NA
• Lyrics : Lokesh Gondhali, Yogesh Chaudhari, Minal Surve and Nitesh Dongre
• Music : Rupesh Gondhali
• Sound Design : NA
• Background Score : Amar Anil Mohile
• Cinematography (DOP) : Shekhar Nagarkar and Satish Sista
• Edit and Visual Promotion : Ajay Naik
• Art Director : Prashant Rane
• Costume : Purnima Oak
• Make-up : Sanjay Kargutkar
• Executive Producer : Tushar Patel
• Co-Producer : Kunal Naithani
• Presenter : Vaman Patil
• Choreography : Chetan Chini and Subodh Arekar
• Action : P K Swain
• Associate Director : Ganesh Modak and Rupesh Mane
• Motion Graphics : Karan Neharkar
• Publicity Design : Milind Matkar
• Digital Marketing : NA
• DI Lab  : Scrabble Digital Ltd
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : Coming Soon

Synopsis : Rajan is a Marathi movie starring Raqesh Bapat and Minal Patil in prominent roles. It is a drama directed by Bharat Shripat Sunanda.

 Rajan Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

 Rajan Marathi Movie Trailer :

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A popular actor & star from both the Hindi & Marathi film industry, Raqesh Bapat is now showing interest in spirituality. What must have happened in his life? That he is suddenly pulled towards spirituality. This query is legit. But there’s a twist in the story. This ‘chocolate hero’ isn’t becoming spiritual in his real life but in his reel life, in his new film ‘Savita Damodar Paranjape’.

Former Mr. India Runner Up & Mr. International contest winner entered the film industry with Hindi films like ‘Tum Bin’ & ‘Dil Vil Pyar Vyar’. Like in his every role Raqesh looks for a challenge. In ‘Savita Damodar Paranjape’ Raqesh plays the character of Ashok who is a ‘Hasta Mudra’ expert. Even after being highly educated Raqesh’s character leans towards spirituality! The secret behind this will be revealed in the film! Raqesh says his character gives a new turn to the story of the lead couple (Subodh Bhave & Trupti Toradmal).

‘Savita Damodar Paranjape’ is directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi, the story is by Shekhar Tamhane while the screenplay & dialogues are by Shirish Latkar. This film is produced by Bollywood star John Abraham! Along with Subodh, Raqesh & Trupti the film also stars Angad Mhaskar, Pallavi Patil, Savita Prabhune, & other actors. The songs of this film are composed by Nilesh Mohrir & Amitraj while the lyrics are written by Vaibhav Joshi & Mandar Cholkar. Presented by ‘J.A. Entertainment’ & ‘Panaroma Studios’ ‘Savita Damodar Paranjape’ hits theatres on 31^st August!

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Raqesh Bapat is a person with many hidden talents. The handsome actor who stole many hearts with his Marathi debut Vrundavan is known for his boyish charms and captivating smile. He has recently shared his video of playing Jan Gan Mana on the flute as a tribute to the nation on the occasion of Independence Day.

What is more surprising is that Raqesh has learnt to play the flute by himself. “As a kid, I loved to play all the instruments but flute was my favorite. I also learnt to play sitar, an Indian classical instrument from my guru Mrs. Swadi. But still, I love playing various tunes on my flute. I love playing our National anthem. It has got such an inspiration lyrics and soothing music. The history of our anthem is also very interesting. As I was playing it on the flute, my wife Riddhi decided to record it on the phone. After this recording, we shot some scenes at my building terrace and edited at home.”

Though, the video is home-made but its black and white scenario along with beautiful backdrops of Mumbai monsoon clouds has made it truly spectacular.

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