• Movie : Dhurala (2019) | धुरळा
• Producer : Zee Studios, Anish Joag, Ranjit Gugle
• Director : Sameer Vidwans
• Star Cast : Ankush Chaudhari, Sai Tamhankar, Siddharth Jadhav, Sonalee Kulkarni, Amey Wagh, Prasad Oak, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Umesh Kamat & Alka Kubal-Athalye
• Story, Screenplay and Dialogues : Kshitij Patwardhan
• Background Music : A V Prafullchandra

Viewpoint: Marathi cinema has had very few but great political films over the years. Most of them have lasted the test of time and are considered classics. Moreover we as a culture are very politically inclined and find day to day political incidents fascinating and exciting with our strong opinions about it. The recent chaotic political atmosphere also fueled the same, and in between all this ‘Dhurala’ is a brilliantly crafted political film that we all deserved!

What Works? 

• Unlike many other recent Indian political films, the political canvas of ‘Dhurala’ is smaller. It’s not about state level or national level politicians but about a political family working within the boundaries of a village. But the makers of this film have proved that the stakes are equally high here! In fact since the focus remains on a family and their internal as well as external politics the film becomes very character driven and we get to know all the primary characters in & out!
• The dialogue writing of the film strikes the right balance of being slightly filmy yet extremely believable! ‘Right’ because that’s what we see politicians doing too! Dramaticness or ‘filmyness’ has become an inseparable part of our politics.
• The film gives an inside view of how a political family functions from within. How in a strange way their privilege might actually be more of a curse. We understand the ruthlessness and the ugliness of the political games they have to play to survive or go forward.
• All the lead actors get an equal opportunity to shine! Siddharth Jadhav and Sonalee Kulkarni in particular get to play characters which they had never played before and shine in them! Ankush Chaudhari matches the subtle smartness of his character perfectly and Sai Tamhankar again hits it out of the park with her extremely sensitive performance!
• Technically the film is good at all levels. But it’s the background score that stands out bright and bold! The score gives context to many simpler scenes and makes us more interested than otherwise. It’s not just the quality of the score but the timing of it that makes the difference I believe and this film has so precisely got it right!
• Eventually ‘Dhurala’ works as a basic human drama. The setting is all of a political film, but somewhere we see ourselves in the film, that is what cinema is supposed to do! It has to speak to us in a very human way beyond all of it’s outer layers!

What Fails?

• No real major flaw in this film. Except a little one, I feel many a times the film doesn’t build an atmosphere. It feels a little too focused on it’s characters alone (which is great) but visually it could have done with building scenes in such a way that we feel where exactly is it happening, and we are a part of it.

Final Verdict: Post Sairat Marathi cinema has been in search of a film that works easily with a broader audience and is also brilliantly crafted. ‘Dhurala’ has that potential in my opinion. It surely feels like a hopeful resurrection of good Marathi cinema at the box office!

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• Movie : Dhurala (2019) | धुरळा
• Producer : Zee Studios, Anish Joag, Ranjit Gugle
• Director : Sameer Vidwans
• Studio : Zee Studios
• Star Cast :
  • Ankush Chaudhari
  • Sai Tamhankar
  • Siddharth Jadhav
  • Sonalee Kulkarni
  • Amey Wagh
  • Prasad Oak
  • Priyadarshan Jadhav
  • Umesh Kamat
  • Alka Kubal-Athalye
• Story : Kshitij Patwardhan
• Screenplay and Dialogues :
• Lyrics : Kshitij Patwardhan
• Sound :
• Sound Design : Avinash Sonawane
• Music : A V Prafullchandra
• Background Music : A V Prafullchandra
• Cinematography (DOP) : Akash Agrawal
• Editor : Faisal Mahadik
• Art Director : Nilesh Wagh
• Costume : Kalyani Kulkarni Gugale
• Make-up : Saurabh Kapde
• Presenter :
• Choreography :
• Co-Producer : Gautam Munot
• Visual Promotions :
• Digital Promotions :
• DI Colorist :
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 3rd January 2020

Synopsis :

Dhurala Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

Dhurala Name Marathi Movie Trailer :

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Ever since the first teaser of upcoming Marathi release ‘Dhurala‘ went out the excitement among Marathi film lovers has been on the peak! After a long long time Marathi audiences are anticipating a truly exciting Marathi film! Rightfully so as the names associated to this film from writer Kshitij Patwardhan, director Sameer Vidwans to the star studded cast of the film, all of it create expectations!

While the first teaser of the film hinted us that the film is set in a village and the politics within it. The trailer of the film goes deeper into that and now the film feels more like a story set in the internal politics of a political family! We believe the audiences might be treated with two genres in one and we might see two sides of the characters through these genres!

Sai Tamhankar, Ankush Chaudhari, Amey Wagh, Sonalee Kulkarni, Prasad Oak, Siddharth Jadhav, Alka Kubal & Umesh Kamat all these actors seem very natural in the trailer of the film and ‘Dhurala’ promises to give all of them their chance to shine! The film releases on 3rd of January 2020 and hopefully would start the new year on a great note for Marathi cinema.

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Alka Kubal, Prasad Oak, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Sulekha Talwalkar, Ankush Chaudhari, Umesh Kamat, Amey Wagh, Siddharth Jadhav, Sonalee Kulkarni & Sai Tamhankar! Who could have thought that all these above mentioned actors could be working together in a Marathi film and that too a film which isn’t a romantic drama or a comedy but a hardcore stylistic political film! Well the director-writer pair of Sameer Vidwans-Kshitij Patwardhan along with the backing of Zee Studios has made this possible with their new film ‘Dhurala‘!

Currently in a completely chaotic world of politics in Maharashtra a film like ‘Dhurala’ makes more sense than ever! However it will be interesting to see what the pair of Vidwans-Patwardhan contribute to this genre. So far filmmakers in Marathi have mostly sticked to their comfort zones, i.e artists from Mumbai-Pune have hardly focused on rural backdrops in their films, similarly filmmakers coming from rural parts haven’t tried stories set in the urban backdrop much.

But with ‘Dhurala’ Vidwans-Patwardhan have focused on rural politics! From the teaser of the film one can make out that this will be a stylistic commercial political drama about the competition and the games people play in politics! It will be interesting to see how the audiences react to it when they are already much entertained by the current political scenario of our state! ‘Dhurala’ releases in theatres on 3rd of Jan, 2020!

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‘Khichik‘ releasing on 20th September stars Prathamesh Parab, Siddharth Jadhav, Rasika Chavan, Paula L McGlynn and other artists! The film seems like a heartfelt story of people migrating from rural to urban parts! On this occasion we catched up with Prathamesh Parab and asked him about his experience of being a part of ‘Khichik’!

You don’t seem to particularly choose lead roles in your films! But still there’s something unique about the characters you play. Is it the same in ‘Khichik’?

Yes, in this film too I play a very unique character. I haven’t played a road romeo who is also a thief before! This film too is very unique. When I first heard the narration I was attracted to this character because he seemed like a boy you can easily identify with and can find anywhere on the street! In real life when we see such characters we feel we should stay away from them! And the look given to my character too is very unique!

How is the character important in the film?

Even if lengthwise it isn’t much a bigger character. But in the second half my character is important to the story. But what I felt the reason this film is important is because it brings together many genres together. The film is set in Vidarbha as well as Pune. So that also brings in different flavors of the regions along with different music, different actors in different looks! Hence it’s a very rare feat for a film to bring together all this variety together in one film.

As you are saying there are many different tracks in the film, what is the one thing that binds all these tracks together? 

The character of ‘Fatfati’ is that one thing that binds everyone together. The small kid who is the actual lead of the film and along with him the character of ‘Aaba’. How they bring all these characters together could be explored in the film itself!

Will you be seen romancing in this film? As your fans love you seeing you do that!

The character that I play does like a girl from his heart, but he is not good at wooing girls, neither does he stalk girls! But primarily my character is of a thief! So maybe audiences would be see me playing a completely new character in this film!

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‘Khichik‘ starring Siddharth Jadhav, Prathamesh Parab, Sudesh Berry, Anil Dhakate, Shilpa Thakre, Paula L McGlynn, Rasika Chavan & Yash Khond is an upcoming Marathi film that will be releasing in theatres on 20th September! The first song of the film has revealed online and is getting tremendous response from the audiences.

The song is an emotional ride throughout. Especially now when the whole country is facing a huge problem of floods and rehabilitation the songs is even more relatable to everyone. The song captures the journey of a family leaving their village and searching for shelter. Cities are known to give shelter to many homeless people but the struggle isn’t easy.

The heart touching lyrics of the song are penned by Datta Gunjal, the music is composed by Abhishek – Datta and the song is sung by Savani Kulkarni. The song intrigues us about the film and what exactly will it be about!

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One of the most popular Marathi plays of the 21st century, ‘Jago Mohan Pyaare‘ is all set to be adapted for the big screen! The play gave actor Siddharth Jadhav his first taste of stardom! And now along with Aniket Vishwasrao and Deepti Devi he is coming to meet us on the big screens!

Presented by ‘Swaroop Recreations and Media’, ‘Loki’s Studio’ & Amey Vinod Khopkar ‘Jago Mohan Pyaare’ is being directed by the super talented actor turned director Priyadarshan Jadhav! After the super success of ‘Maska‘ this will be his second film as a director. The film is produced by Amey Khopkar, Akash Pendharkar, Sachin Narkar, Vikas Pawar, Sachin Lokhande, Atul Tarkar & Vikram Barwal.

Siddharth Jadhav will be reprising his role of ‘Mohan’ in this film, which he played in the play first! It would be interesting to see the chemistry of a fresh trio; of Siddharth Jadhav, Deepti Devi and Aniket Vishwasrao! Priyadarshan Jadhav himself has written the adapted screenplay of the film. The poster release of the film has already garnered lots of love and excitement for the film, which is only going to increase in the near future.

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• Movie : Khichik (2019) | खिचीक
• Producer : Sachin Anil Dhakate
• Director : Pritam S.K.Patil
• Studio : Sunil Dhakate And Sachin Dhakate Films
• Star Cast :
  • Siddharth Jadhav
  • Prathamesh Parab
  • Rasika Chavan
  • Paula L McGlynn
  • Shilpa Thakre
  • Pranjalee Pawar
• Story : Pritam S.K.Patil
• Screenplay and Dialogues :
• Lyrics :
• Background Score : Vijay Gavande
• Sound : Rashi Butte
• Music : Abhijit, Datta
• Background Music :
• Cinematography (DOP) : Yogesh Koli
• Editor : Amrit Malkani, Rohan Patil
• Art Director : Nitin Borkar
• Costume : Shriya Bhide
• Make-up : Kumar Magare
• Presenter :
• Choreography :
• Co-Producer : Parag Gangadhar Jambhule, Amitkumar Madankumar Bidla
• Production Manager : Vishnu Ghorpade, Akshay Gavsane
• Executive Producer : Sachin Dubale patil.
• Line Producer : Kiran Pajgade, Dnyaneshwar Ghuge
• PR : Darshan Musale
• Publicity Design : Rajesh Ghadigaonkar
• Digital Promotions :
• DI Colorist :
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 20th Sept 2019

Synopsis :

Khichik Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

Khichik Marathi Movie Trailer :

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• Movie : Jago Mohan Pyare (2019) | जागो मोहन प्यारे
• Producer : Swati Khopkar, Akash Pendharkar, Sachin Narkar, Vikas Pawar, Sachin Maruti Lokhandem, Atul Janardan Tarkar, Vikram Barwad
• Director : Priyadarshan Jadhav
• Studio : Ameya Vinod Khopkar Entertainment, Swaroop Recreation & Media Pvt. Ltd. & Loki’s Studio
• Star Cast :
  • Aniket Vishwasrao
  • Siddharth Jadhav
  • Dipti Shrikant Devi
• Story : NA
• Screenplay and Dialogues : NA
• Lyrics : NA
• Sound : NA
• Sound Design : NA
• Music : NA
• Background Music : NA
• Cinematography (DOP) : NA
• Editor : NA
• Art Director : NA
• Costume : NA
• Make-up : NA
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : NA
• Co-Producer : Ninad Nandkumar Battin & Tabrez Patel
• Visual Promotions : NA
• Digital Promotions : NA
• DI Colorist : NA
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : NA

Synopsis :

Jago Mohan Pyare Marathi Movie Poster/Photos :

Jago Mohan Pyare Marathi Movie Trailer :

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Maharashtra Celebrity Cricket League is this year being played at Thane’s newly renovated Dadaji Konddev Stadium! And more importantly, the whole event will be live streamed on MarathiStars.com’s Facebook page! The tournament will be played over the period of three days; 1st, 2nd & 3rd February! The event is created by Thane Municipal Corporation & director Viju Mane, Akash Pendharkar & Swapnil Juvatkar.

Dignitaries like Maharashtra’s Cabinet Minister Eknath Shinde, Mayor Meenakshi Tai Shinde, Thane’s Municipal commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal, chairman of Municipal Corporation’s education committee Vikas Repale, ex-cricketer & commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, international cricketer Abhishek Nayar, & national cricketer Raju Kulkarni are present for the event.

There are six teams in the Maharashtra Celebrity Cricket League (MCCL); ‘Mumbaiche Mavale’ led by director-actor Sanjay Jadhav, ‘Banedar Thane’ led by Superstar Ankush Chaudhari, ‘Kokanche Wagh’ led by the super energetic Siddharth Jadhav, ‘Khatarnak Mulshi’ led by the iconic Pravin Tarde, ‘Parakrami Pune’ led by the chocolate boy hero Saurabh Gokhale & ‘Ladhvayye Media’ led by Bavesh Janavlekar (Head of Zee Talkies & Zee Yuva). The opening match will be between Mumbaiche Mavale & Banedar Thane! This match & all the other matches over the period of three days from now can be watched live here:

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