Marathi cinema has a unique genre that is only seen in our films. The films that have a backdrop of ‘Tamasha’, are popularly known as ‘Tamashapat’. From the golden age of Marathi cinema in 50s & 60s to later in 70s & 80s countless Tamashapats have entertained our audiences.

The recently revealed poster of ‘Chhand Priticha’ reminds us of those classic films like ‘Pinjra’ & ‘Sangte Aika’. Subodh Bhave will be seen in such a role for the first time. Along with Subodh Bhave the film stars Suvarna Kale & debutant Harsh Kulkarni in the lead whereas actors like Sharad Ponkshe, Vikas Samudre, Suhasini Deshpande & Ganesh Yadav will be seen in supporting characters.

This film is written & directed by N. Relekar & the film is produced by Chandrakant Jadhav. The songs of this modern day ‘Tamasha’ musical are composed by Praveen Kunwar. ‘Premala Pictures’ produced ‘Chhand Priticha’ hits theatres from 10th November all over Maharashtra.

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The film Dhondi will be releasing on 9 June. The film stars late Vinay Apte in an important role thus making it a last film by the talented actor.

The film also stars National Award winner Vivek Chabukswar, Sayaji Shinde, Pooja Pawar, Kishor Chaugule, Raghavendra Kadkol, Suhasini Deshpande, Usha Naik.

The film is based on farmer suicide issue and what tricks a 10 year old son plays to stop his father from ending his own life will be seen in this film.

The film is produced by Soil Events and Entertainments by Shivajirao Jadhav, Santosh Sutar, Nikhil Nangude. The film is directed by Monish Uddhav Pawar. Rohit Pandit, Monish Pawar are the writers while DoP is Dinesh Satankar. Music for the film is composed by Kiran Raj.

The film will be releasing on 9 June all over Maharashtra.

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Chhand Priticha, a film based on Tamasha (Marathi folk theatre) has completed its shooting schedule and is ready for the post production work. The film is produced under the banner of Premala Productions from Kolhapur. The film stars Harsh Kulkarni, Subidh Bhave, Suvarna Kale, Sharad Ponkshe, Vikas Samudre, Suhasini Deshpande, Ganesh Yadav et al.

The film has been shot at various locations at Sangli, Nande, Vasgade, Brahmanal, Bhilavadi, Haripur. The film has been written and directed by N Relekar. Music has been composed by PravinKunwar and cinematography is by JitendraAcharekar. As the film is dance based, the songs have been choreographed by Sujithkumar and DipaliVichare.

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• Review : Sarpanch Bhagirath (2016)
• Producer :  Shivkumar Lad
• Directer : Ramdas Phutane
• Star Cast : Upendra Limaye, Veena Jamkar, Mohan Agashe, Kishor Kadam, Savita Malpekar
• Writer : Asaram Lomte
• Music : Sambhaji Bhagat
• Genre  : Drama
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 2.5/5

Sarpanch Bhagirath Marathi Movie Review:

Sarpanch Bhagirath is one of those films that despite a having a good enough story suffers from a weak screenplay and mediocre direction.

Bhagirath (Upendra Limaye) has been elected as the sarpanch of Lokapur. Sadakaka Deshmukh has been the sarpanch of the village for three long decades. He finally has to relinquish his position as the office of the sarpanch came under reservation. Shrewd politician that he is, Sadakaka manages to get his man – Bhagirath – onto the office of Sarpanch. The new sarpanch is a straight-forward man with modest means. He is slightly ignorant in the matters of politics, but is grateful of getting an opportunity to make a difference to his society. Within no time he gets a good dose of how dirty politics can become.

Rahi – Bhagirath’s wife – is a mother of two girls. She harbors a wish of a third child, preferably a boy. Only after she conceives and is well into the 4th month of her pregnancy, Bhagirath comes to know that a third child will force him to surrender his position as the sarpanch. Rahi is unwilling, but Sadakaka is relentless in putting pressure on Bhagirath to abort the child.

Sarpanch Bhagirath then goes on to portray the turmoil in the mind of Bhagirath who is torn between holding on to the office of the Sarpanch and facing his wife who will naturally be very upset with the suggestion of aborting the child. While doing so, the film also makes a point to comment on the various social issues such as the caste discrimination, religious strife, corruption, etc. But, strangely, domestic violence is not considered a bad enough vice as Bhagirath, who has been shown to be a fairly liberal fellow, is remorseless about raising a hand on his pregnant wife.

The story of the film definitely had something in it to hold your attention. However, the screenplay here is rather weak with none of the characters other than Bhagirath getting fully developed. The mediocre direction also doesn’t help. The film has a dated look to it, and feels as if it has been shot in the 90s.

The director has managed to cast a lot of quality actors and it is their performance that makes the film watchable. Mohan Agashe as the shrewd veteran politician is spot on. Limaye, too, is convincing in his role of the young farmer pushed into the nasty world of politics. However, none of the performances are enough to save the film from becoming a bore.

Overall:

A potentially interesting story marred by a shoddy screenplay and dated direction.

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Sarpanch Bhagirath, a film directed by Ramdas Futane will be releasing on 4 March all over Maharashtra. Recently a press conference was held at Dadar Plaza for this film and trailer was launched. Upendra Limaye, Veena Jamkar, Kishor Kadam, Savita Malpekar, Shivkumar Lad and other celebrities. The film is produced by Shivkumar Lad. The film stars Upendra Limaye, Veena Jamkar, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Kishor Kadam, Swarangi Marathe, Savita Malpekar, Jaymala Inamdar, Vijay Joshi, Vasant Avsarikar, Uday Lagoo, Sreeram Ranade, Meera Umap, Anand Panse, Jaywant Wadkar, Prakash Dhotre, Suhasini Deshpande and child artistes Shruti and Tanvi.

The highlight of the film will be cameo appearance by Sharad Pawar and Sushilkumar Shinde. The two powerful politicians will play role of leaders in this film.

The film is about reservation and caste politics at the village level and how common people suffer. The film is written by Vishnu Surya Wagh, who himself is an MLA from Goa. The dialogues are written by Phutane. Music has been composed by renowned Shaheer Sambhaji Bhagat. Background music has been given by Rahul Ranade and editing is done by Sarvesh Parab. Cinematography is by Charudatt Dukhande and art direction is by Madhukar Patil.

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• Movie : Sarpanch Bhagirath (2016) | सरपंच भगीरथ
• Producer : Shivkumar Lad
• Directer : Ramdas Phutane
• Studio : Shivkumar Lad Productions
• Star Cast :
  • Upendra Limaye As Sarpanch Bhagirath Girme
  • Veena Jamkar As Bhagirath Wife Rahi
  • Dr. Mohan Agashe As Sada Kaka
  • Kishor Kadam As Bhagirath Friend Shridhar
  • Swarangi Marathe As Salma
  • Savita Malpekar As Yamuna Tai

  Jaymala Inamdar, Vijay Joshi, Vasant Avsarikar, Uday Lagoo, Shriram Ranade, Meera Umap, Anand Panse, Jaywant Wadkar, Prakash Dhotre, Suhasini Deshpande and child artistes Shruti and Tanvi.

• Story : Asaram Lomte
• Screenplay : Vishnu Surya Wagh
• Music : Sambhaji Bhagat
• Lyrics : Sambhaji Bhagat and Prakash Ghodke
• Dialogues : Ramdas Phutane
• Cinematography : Charudatt Dukhande
• Background Music : Rahul Ranade
• Art Director : Madhukar Patil
• Editor : Sarvesh Parab
• Genre  : Drama
• Release Date : 4th March 2016

Synopsis:

Sada kaka Deshmukh (MOHAN AGASHE) has been the head of the village of Lokapur for 30 years. But he has to step down from this powerful position due to the reservations policy. The reserved candidate in Lokapur has to be an OBC(Other Backward Classes). Knowing that a wealthy OBC village head would not heed him, Sada kaka gets Bhagirath Girme (UPENDRA LIMAYE ) elected, because he is confident that Bhagirath will do exactly as he says. Bhagirath’s small family consists of his parents, wife (VEENA JAMKAR) and two daughters. He is a simple man who lives a straightforward life, not looking beyond himself and his farm. In his family, nobody has held a powerful position in several generations. Once in awhile, he has discussions on politics and society with his friend Shridhar (KISHOR KADAM), who is a poet and believes in the eradication of caste. However, reservations mean a certificate, which can be obtained only through one’s caste. Shridhar feels that the policy of reservations has started a journey in the opposite direction while Bhagirath derives satisfaction from being able to work for poor people. But his dreams suffer a setback when Rahi, his wife,gets pregnant for the third time. Rahi wants to give birth to a baby who will become an MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly). However, since the law does not allow a person to be a village headman if he has a third child, Sada kaka wants her to have an abortion. What does Bhagirath tell Rahi? Does Rahi agree with him? This film tells the story of Rahi and Bhagirath, the OBC village headman. And also of the six thousand plus castes of this country and of the millions of voters who are tangled in the caste system. God has created only two genders – male and female, xx and xy. But man has created a third gender called ‘caste’. Who will abort that?

Sarpanch Bhagirath Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

Sarpanch Bhagirath Marathi Movie Official Trailer:

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• Review : Chiranjeev (2016)
• Producer : Ramdas K. Menon
• Directer : Ramesh More
• Star Cast : Bharat Jadhav, Kishor Kadam, Alka Kubal-Athalye, Bhargavi Chirmule, Ravi Kale, Prasad Oak, Suhasini Deshpande, Sandhya Kamble, Anil Gavas and Rohit
• Story : Ramesh More
• Music : Mahesh Naik
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 1.5/5

Review:

Chiranjiv starts with a disclaimer that goes something on the lines of ‘ This film does not support any superstitions, but is raising a case against it.’ Now, just the fact that this disclaimer has been added is an ominous sign that it has failed to achieve what it had set out to.

The film is about a family in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, who have supposedly been cursed with at least one of the male members of every generation of their family losing their mind. The film begins with the youngest member of their family winning a Sahitya Akademi award for his book titled ‘Chiranjiv’. The film goes into a flashback which is also supposedly what the story of the novel is.

The plot which is based in the 1980s of rural Maharashtra also seems to belong to that rather forgettable era of puerile melodramas. In the film, we have Ganya Kaka (Ravi Kale) who has been chained and locked into the loft as the aforementioned curse has supposedly made him lose his mind. After he commits suicide, the family, which has blind faith in superstitions, is shown to be worried who the curse will pass on to. Within a day after Ganya Kaka’s death, his nephew, Keshav (Bharat Jadhav) wakes up startled from a nightmare. This episode makes the family fear that the curse has been passed on to Keshav. After consulting a fraud fortune teller, the family starts to believe in the curse and also the social circle in which Keshav hangs around. The film attempts to portray how a society that has blind faith in superstitions can make the sanest of mind insane.

The film then goes on to milk the melodrama in the plot. The second half shows the downward spiral of Keshav into insanity. The idea here was to show how a society steeped in superstitions and blind faith can turn a sane mane into an insane one. However, the scenes are so clichéd and the treatment so loud that you are left wondering what the makers of the film were exactly trying to do here. The staging of the scenes is quite poor and the amateurish acting by some of the supporting actors does not help either. The only opposition to the evil act shown in the film is by Keshav’s brother. But the character is so shoddily written that it irritatingly flip flops from supporting superstitions in one scene and opposing them in the next.

The director Ramesh More, who has previous made films like Amhi Ka Tisre and Champions, had a decent cast at his disposal with actors like Kishore Kadam, Bharat Jadhav and Alka Athalye. However, the bizarre plot, inferior screenplay and loud direction blunts any impact their performances could have made.

Overall :

Chiranjiv is a film that belongs to the 1980s, much like the period it is based in. It is unbearably melodramatic with a plot that borders on being ridiculous. It totally fails to raise any sort of a case against blind faith in superstitions.

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• Movie : Chiranjeev (2016) | चिरंजीव
• Producer : Ramdas K. Menon
• Directer : Ramesh More
• Studio : Carnival Motion Pictures and Mumbai Cine International Productions
• Star Cast : Bharat Jadhav, Kishor Kadam, Alka Kubal-Athalye, Bhargavi Chirmule, Ravi Kale, Prasad Oak, Suhasini Deshpande, Sandhya Kamble, Anil Gavas and Rohit
• Story : Ramesh More
• Screenplay : Ramesh More
• Music : Mahesh Naik
• Lyrics : Ramesh More and Yashashri More
• Singer : Nandesh Umap, Vaishali Samant and Reshma Menon
• Dialogues : Ramesh More
• Director of Photography : Sameer Athalye
• Art Director : Mahesh Dhamanaskar
• Editor : Kshitija Khandagale
• Make Up : Nityanand Vaishnav
• Costumes : Yashashri More
• Executive Producer : Krishna More,Navnath Waghmare, Shashikant Nikharge and Dharmendra Sharma
• Sound : Appa Tarkar
• Genre  : Drama
• Release Date : 15th Jan 2016

Synopsis:

Chiranjeev Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

Chiranjeev Marathi Movie Official Trailer:

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DAR Film Distributors (DFD) today announced that it would be releasing Jayshree Motion Pictures National Award winning Marathi feature film ‘Dhag’. Directed by Shivaji Lotan Patil, the film which has won over 47 Awards, including 3 National Awards, is set for a 07 March 2014 release.

Produced by Vishal Pandit Gaware ‘Dhag’ stars Hansraj Jagtap, Usha Jadhav, Upendra Limaye, Nagesh Bhosala, Suhani Deshpande and Neha Dakhinkar in leading roles. It has won 3 National Awards, 4 Maharashtra State Awards and many others like South Asian Film, Mata Sanman, Dadasaheb Falake Marathi Chitrapat Pariwar and many others.

Commenting on the association with Dhag, Murli Chhatwani, Head- Distribution & Syndication, DAR Film Distributors, said: “At DAR we are focused on backing and promoting content driven cinema and Dhag is yet another really good association in this direction. We are confident that it would have as good an impact on audiences and the box office as it has done with critics across the board.”

‘Dhag’ is the story of Krishna, his mother and their seemingly ambitious aspirations for Krishna, against the backdrop of their socio- economic standing. Raised by a father who cremated people for a living, Krishna’s mother always wanted him to pave a path for himself that takes him away from the sorrows and hardship of his legacy. While his father’s untimely death opens the gates of opportunity for young Krishna, the plight of his widowed helpless mother reels him back to his origins. Dhag has been crafted to beautifully capture the moments, trials and tribulations of young Krishna along this journey.

Commenting on the movie, Producer Vishal Pandit Gaware, said : “This movie is very special to me and it is next to impossible, to put in words the gratitude I have for the support this film has received from the fraternity. I believe that Marathi Cinema in at a very crucial juncture, where film makers are exploring new subjects and the audience is eager for fresh content. At this moment we needed the support of a Distribution channel that has the understanding of good content beyond all barriers including language. Dar Film Distributors, as is evident from its last couple of release, is the best suited for this and we are really glad to have them on board as the films distributors.”

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National award winning, produced by Vishal Pandit Gavare and Jayashree Motion Pictures presents ‘Dhag‘, a world class cinema titled with 47 National and International awards. Acclaimed movie Vavatal directed by Shivaji Loten Patil has recreated his magic for the movie Dhag as captain of the ship (director) which won several awards. Dhag is honoured with three National Awards which includes awards to actress Usha Jadhav and child actor Hansraj Jagtap.

The entire team of technicians and artists of Dhag were present during the recent press conference in Mumbai. “Nitin Dixit first told me this script on a tea stall and that was the moment I confirmed to do this movie. Honestly accept Upendra and Nagesh entire team is new. First time when this movie was screened at Goa Film Festival we received very positive response from the audience. Post than; Dhag kept on climbing ladders receiving several awards on National and International level. I’ve received strong support from everyone in the team while making this movie. I hope this movie to get equally positive response on box-office”, said producer Vishal Pandit Gavare.

“Till date wherever Dhag was screened on various occasion, we got a common reply of great story including judge panels from various festival to eminent personalities. Everyone has given their best and the performance of each artist is apt to the story, making this movie truly a world class cinema”, said actress Usha Jadhav.

“Nitin Dixit is not only a great writer but a very dear friend to me. Everyone has given their share of best because of which the end result is paramount. I would like to give my special thanks to Vishal to accept such fine story as producer and make wonders of it”, said Upendra Limaye.

The story of the film Dhag is of a young boy wanting to break the successions of traditional jobs of the family in village where Upendra Limaye, Usha Jadhav, Nagesh Bhosle, Suhasini Deshpande, Hansraj Jagtap, Neha Dakhinkar has enacted in this movie. Story, screenplay and dialogue is by Nitin Dixit, Cinematographer Nagraj Divakar, and song written by Shiv Kadam which was beautifully sung by Aadi Ramchandra on the background music by Sunil Kaushik.

Coming March 7th, Dhag will be released across Maharashtra.

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