• Movie : Menka Urvashi (2019) | मेनका उर्वशी
• Producer : Bharati Natekar, Avinash Chate and Kranti Chate
• Director : Macchindra Chate
• Studio :  Deoyani Movies
• Star Cast :
  • Nagesh Bhosale
  • Maithili Javkar
  • Priya Berde
  • Bhargavi Chirmule
  • Ashok Shinde
  • Sanjay Khapre
  • Abhay Rane
  • Surekha Punekar
  • Smita Shewale
  • Siddheshwar Zadbuke
  • Sandeep Pathak
  • Sukanya Kalan
  • Bharati Natekar
  • Harish Dhudhade
• Story : NA
• Screenplay and Dialogues : NA
• Lyrics : Yogiraj Mane
• Sound : NA
• Sound Design : NA
• Music : Rajesh Sarkate
• Background Music : NA
• Cinematography (DOP) : Rahul Janardhan Jadhav
• Editor : Jafar Sultan
• Art Director : Sudhir Devdatta Tarkar
• Costume : Kranti Chate
• Make-up : NA
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : Dr. Kishu Pal, Umesh Jadhav, Prachi Shailesh, Subodh Aarekar and Prakash Ghadge
• Chief Assistant Director : Bharati Natekar
• Co-Producer : NA
• Visual Promotions : NA
• Digital Promotions : NA
• DI Colorist : NA
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 15th March 2019

Synopsis : Menka Urvashi is the story and picturization of Marathi Culture in Rural Maharashtra over a period between 1955 to 1975. Tukaram Patil, the rich and powerful baron of the village, is obsessed with power and driven by self-interest. Circumstances put him at odds with a poor farmer named Dhanaji, and he plots a devious scheme to bring Dhanaji down. As Patil`s tyranny continues, destiny intervenes in the form of a lavani dancer named Ambika, who takes it upon herself to make sure that justice is served. This movie is the first directorial effort of Machindra Chate, who is the well-known personality in Maharashtra in the Education field.

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• Movie : Kay Zala Kalana (2018) | काय झालं कळंना
• Producer : Pankaj Gupta
• Director : Suchita Shabbir
• Studio : Shree Dhanlaxmi Productions Pvt Ltd
• Star Cast :
  • Swapnil Kale as Sharya/Sharad
  • Shraddha Surve as Prajakta
  • Suyash Zunjurke as Babnya
  • Girija Prabhu
  • Arun Nalawade
  • Sanjay Khapre
  • Vandana Waknis
  • Himali Karekar
  • Kalpana Jagtap
• Story : Suchita Shabbir
• Screenplay : Kiran Kulkarni and Pallavi Karkera
• Dialogues : Rahul More and Suchita Shabbir
• Lyrics : Madhuri Ashirgade, Shaunak Sirrole and Valay Mulgund
• Music : Pankajj Padghan
• Sound Design : Shrikant Kamble
• Background Score : Prakash G Nar
• Cinematography (DOP) : Suresh Deshmane
• Editor : Rajesh Rao
• Art Director : Amar More and Santosh Phutane
• Costume : Vaishali Deshmukh
• Make-up : Abhay Mohite
• Hair Dresser : Madhuri Kumbhar and Alka Shinde
• Executive Producer : Shabbir Poonawala
• Associate Director : Amol Jadhav
• Co-Producer : J M Gupta
• Choreography : Sujit Kumar and Suchita Shabbir
• Re-Recording Engineer : Nageshwar Rao Choudary
• DI Colorist : Abhishek Mehta
• Promo’s : Nilesh Naik
• Post-Production : Vikrant Studios
• B. G. M. Studio : Harmony Music World
• Distribution : Rahul Haksar
• Financer’s : Pradeep Road Carriers and Gupta Roadlines
• Publicity Design : Sanjay Khapare and Uma Gawas
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 20th July 2018

Synopsis : Kay Zala Kalana is a Marathi movie starring Swapnil Kale and Girija Prabhu in prominent roles. The movie also stars Arun Nalawade, Sanjay Khapre and Vandana Waknis. It is a drama directed by Suchita Shabbir with Pankaj Padghan as musician, forming part of the crew.

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• Movie : Mithun (2018) | मिथुन
• Producer : Vilas Meher, Jivan Jadhav, Jitesh More, Chetan Gade and Prakash Janardhan Pawar
• Director : Prakash Janardhan Pawar
• Studio : MV Entertainment and Gulab Production
• Star Cast :
  • Vishal Nikam
  • Amruta Dhongade
  • Jaywant Wadkar as Bappu
  • Mahesh Ghag as Jaggu
  • Rohit Awale as Yuvraj
  • Shravani Solaskar as Deepa
  • Sanjay Khapre as Bhau
  • Anil Nagarkar as Wagh
• Story : Prakash Janardhan Pawar
• Screenplay : Nilesh Mahigaokar, Aamira Isak Shaikh and Prakash Janardhan Pawar
• Dialogues : Nilesh Mahigaokar
• Lyrics : Chinmay Lele, Akshay Walke, Swapnil Walke and Ganesh Helkar
• Music : Ajay Jadhav and Digvijay Joshi
• Sound : Dawn Studio
• Background Score : Ajay Jadhav and Akshay Gurav
• Cinematography (DOP) : Sopaan Purandare
• Editor : Santosh Gothoskar (WOT Studios)
• Art Director : Suresh Hanumantrao Borde
• Costume : Nigar Isak Shaikh
• Make-up : Rajashri Gokhale
• Executive Producer : Sujit Kalidas Mukate
• Promo Editor : Seema Lokhande (WOT Studios)
• Associate Director : Aamira Isak Shaikh
• DI and VFX : WOT Studios
• Publicity Design : Milind Matkar
• Outdoor Publicity : Ramesh Shetty
• Ricksha Publicity : Mangesh Ghodake
• Location Sound : Nilesh Butte
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 13th July 2018

Synopsis : It is a coming-of-age love story of Mithun and Kanchi, who are carefree and not serious about their love for each other.

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Can one man change the whole society? Maybe it’s difficult to answer this question. But if a huge group of people stand behind one person then things could be different! A young man from a small village in Satara, Ganesh Shinde has incorporated the same story in his upcoming film ‘Ek Maratha Lakh Maratha’. Recently the official poster of this film was unveiled by Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale. This film is produced & directed by Ganesh Shinde from Satara under the banner ‘Sai Cine Films’ productions & is set to release all over Maharashtra on 24^th November.

On this occasion Udayanraje Bhosale said that Ganesh has done a brave work of capturing real incidents from our society in cinema, that too at such a young age. He also felt that this film should be watched by every Marathi person. Ganesh Shinde belonged to an economically poor family, but he worked hard by working at hotels & Mandap decorators & simultaneously he kept learning the craft of filmmaking by meeting the experts of this field. Along with producing & directing the film Ganesh Shinde has also played the lead role in this film.

The film also stars Milind Gunaji, Bharat Ganeshpure, Kishore Kadam, Mohan Joshi, Vidyadhar Joshi, Arun Nalawade, Sanjay Khapre, Nagesh Bhosale, Vijay Patkar, Priya Berde, Surekha Kudchi & others along with Rinku Rajguru (of Sairat fame) parents; Asha & Mahadev Rajguru!

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Rinku Rajguru became an overnight Star with the success of ‘Sairat’. And now the surprising news is that her parents; mother Asha Rajguru & father Mahadev Rajguru are starring in an upcoming Marathi film ‘Ek Maratha Lakh Maratha’ which is set to release in theatres on 24^th November.

‘Ek Maratha Lakh Maratha’ is a story of young farmer. This young man is trying hard to get justice for his sister who has been assaulted. His struggle inspires a huge revolution in which whole lot of people participate. However, this young man has only one ambition to get justice for his sister.

This film is produced & directed by Ganesh Shinde from Satara under the banner ‘Sai Cine Films’ productions. Atul Lohar & Ganesh Satordekar, have composed the music for this film. The film stars Milind Gunaji, Bharat Ganeshpure, Kishore Kadam, Mohan Joshi, Vidyadhar Joshi, Arun Nalawade, Sanjay Khapre, Nagesh Bhosale, Vijay Patkar, Priya Berde, Surekha Kudchi & others along with Rinku’s parents!

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• Movie : Ek Maratha Lakh Maratha (2017) | एक मराठा लाख मराठा
• Producer : Ganesh Shinde
• Directer : Ganesh Shinde
• Studio : Om Sai Cine Films
• Star Cast : Ganesh Shinde, Milind Gunaji, Bharat Ganeshpure, Kishor Kadam, Mohan Joshi, Vidyadhar Joshi, Arun Nalawade, Sanjay Khapre, Nagesh Bhosle, Vijay Patkar, Priya Berde, Surekha Kudchi, Usha Naik, Nafisa Shaikh, Dhole Guruji, Bhakti Chavhan, Suresh Vishwakarma & Radhika Patil.
• Story, Screenplay & Dilogues : Ganesh Shinde
• Music : Sanjay Salunkhe & Atul
• Cinematography (DOP) : Raja Patil
• Art Director : Sushilkumar Nigde
• Costume Stylist : Ganesh Wagh, Priytanka Dube
• Hair : Jyoti Lungase
• Genre  : Drama
• Release Date : 24 November 2017

Synopsis :

Ek Maratha Lakh Maratha Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos

Ek Maratha Lakh Maratha Marathi Movie Trailer

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• Review : Vitthala Shappath (2016) 
• Producer : Sairaj Kank, Prafull P Ajmera, Sukesh Sawardekar and Joahn Nadar
• Director : Chandrakant Pawar
• Star Cast : Mangesh Desai, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Krutika Gaikwad, Ketan Pawar, Anshuman Vichare, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi and Sanjay Khapre
• Story : Chandrakant Pawar
• Music : Chinar Mahesh
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 1/5

Vitthala Shappath Marathi Movie Review :

Vitthala Shappath is a film that fails on so many levels that it is impossible to remember all of them. To start with the most basic flaw is the hero itself. It seems like Marathi audiences should now develop the habit of accepting incompetent actors as their heroes & heroines. However if you still have an appetite for watching good acting you could be rewarded by one or two known seasoned actors in the supporting cast.

In case of Vitthala Shappath Mangesh Desai is that reward. No matter how unapologetically pointless the plot of the film is Mangesh Desai manages to be in the skin of his character throughout. I was reminded of veteran actor-singer Vasantrao Deshpande’s little part in the cult classic Ashtavinayak. Mangesh Desai portrays a gold hearted father to our incompetent hero, though Desai’s purpose in the conflict is equally pointless as the film.  

The most unbearable parts in the film represent a very strong south Indian influence. No not just the songs, & our incompetent hero’s antics, but also the backdrop of land mafia & the political connections. In one of the songs at the background we can notice the poster of Ankush Chaudhari starrer Guru. Guru was unfortunately among the first Marathi films in the mainstream that started employing the south formula in our films. However the audiences have never shown any adulation towards the formula in Marathi especially because our audiences are already consuming the same through different multimedia mediums. Even Hindi cinema learned its lesson & put a halt on manufacturing south formula films at an alarming pace (yes they were at one point). 

Vitthala Shappath’s another primary failure is that it doesn’t try one bit to get anywhere near the real devotion of Vitthal devotees. A Vitthal devotee has enough Vitthal in himself, that he would never be in a state to fight a war just for building a Vitthal temple. Even if we forgive this error, this whole phenomenon isn’t even strong enough on an emotional level. Yes even Mangesh Desai’s honest performance isn’t good enough to establish the emotional connect. Maybe (just maybe) if this film was riding completely on Desai’s shoulders it had a better chance to make that connect.

Another good actor has been wasted in ‘Vitthala Shappath’. Sanjay Khapre as a good hearted drunk lawyer. Honestly I could see a lot of scope for Khapre’s character to be the driving force in the second half. His character of the lawyer who is supposed to save our (incompetent) hero gets a decent amount of screen time to be established. But the shocking part is that we never see how he actually saves the hero. Yes the film skips the whole court battle part, with ubrittled confidence.

The music & background of this film matches the chaotic atmosphere of the film with utter dedication. This film has been credited with a number of writers but for many montage sequences it avoids using dialogues suggesting us as if they didn’t really exist in the first place & hence the montage were improvised instead. 

The film ends on a laughable sad end that again is a poor attempt to reinforce the conflict of the film. I couldn’t really figure out why did the film hints the climax in the opening scene of the film. Not that we care, but let’s assume if an audience is really bothered about the hero & heroine’s future, they must have already predicted it, while making the exercise of going through the runtime pointless. 

Overall:

You have to be a die-hard fan of Mangesh Desai to sit through ‘Vitthala Shappath’ & be mildly satisfied by it.   

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• Movie : Vitthala Shappath (2016) | विठ्ठला शपथ
• Producer : Sairaj Kank, Prafull P Ajmera, Sukesh Sawardekar and Joahn Nadar
• Directer : Chandrakant Pawar
• Studio : Gurudarshan Films
• Star Cast : Mangesh Desai, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Krutika Gaikwad, Ketan Pawar, Anshuman Vichare, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi and Sanjay Khapre
• Story : Chandrakant Pawar
• Screenplay : Chandrakant Pawar
• Music : Chinar Mahesh
• Lyrics : Kshitij Patwardhan and Mangesh Kangane
• Dialogues : Kaustubh Savarkar and Bhanudas Panmand
• Director of Photography : Sandy
• Choreography : Umesh Jadhav
• Art Director : Vasu Patil
• Editor : Ashish Mhatre and Apurva Motiwale Sahai
• Publicity Design : Milind Matkar
• Genre  : Drama
• Release Date : 15th September 2017

Synopsis:

Vitthala Shappath Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

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‘Vitthala Shappath’ is an upcoming Marathi film that is soon set to release in theatres. The new song ‘Jhakkas Chokra’ from the film has been out recently & it is getting good response on social media. The song reflects the new colourful style of dance numbers in Marathi.

This dance number is sung by Pravin Kunwar & is composed by the young sensational composers Chinar-Mahesh. The lyrics of this song are written by popular lyricist in Marathi today Mangesh Kangane. The video of this song reminds of the south Indian flavour that is loved by all audiences in India today.

This ‘Jhakkas Chokra Song’ intrigues us about the film. The film stars Mangesh Desai, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Krutika Gaikwad, Ketan Pawar, Anshuman Vichare, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi and Sanjay Khapre & is directed by Chandrakant Pawar. Other songs of the film will also be out soon which are sung by popular singers like Swapnil Bandodkar, Anandi Joshi, Adarsh Shinde & Rahul Deshpande.

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Recently the music launch event of upcoming Marathi movie ‘Vitthala Shappath ’ was held in a grand way in the presence of many dignitaries. The vent was a success thanks to the experiences shared by the musical team of the film & skits performed by the artists of the film. Director Chandrakant Pawar believes the audiences will enjoy the songs of ‘Vithala Shapath’.

‘Vithala Shapath’ is produced by Gurudarshan Films & Pahel Production L.L.P & is set to release on 15th September. The film will project the relation between lord Vithal & his devotees. Songs of this film complement the story of the film. These songs are penned by popular lyricists Kshitij Patwardhan & Mangesh Kangne & the music is composed by Chinar-Mahesh.

The soundtrack of ‘Vithala Shapath’ includes various songs of different genres in the voices of popular singers like Rahul Deshpande, Adarsh Shinde, Anandi Joshi & Swapnil Bandodkar. The film too stars veterans like Mangesh Desai, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi, Sanjay Khapre, Anshuman Vichare, Vijay Nikam & other actors like Anuradha Rajadhyaksha Ketan Pawar, Pranav Raorane among others.

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