While Dr. Saleel Kulkarni is a household name & has entertained & enthralled us as a singer & music composer for years, we always knew there was more to his personality. At first, we saw him hosting television shows & web shows & now he is all set to make his debut as a film director with ‘Wedding Cha Shinema‘.

‘Wedding Cha Shinema’ is a multi-starrer magnum opus by Salil Kulkarni where he explores the whole fun-filled Maharashtrian wedding scenario through the idea of a documentary being made on the lives of the bride & groom. Starring Rucha Inamdar & Shivraj Waichal as the bride & the groom & a brigade of stars from Mukta Barve, Shivaji Satam, Bhau Kadam, Pravin Tarde, Alka Kubal, Sunil Barve, Ashwini Kalsekar & Sankarshan Karhade in important roles!

The trailer of the film truly gives vibes of a ‘Rajashri style’ family entertainer but with a Marathi flavor. Every actor cast in their respective parts looks fit in it & together their chemistry is evident from the trailer. Moreover as expected the songs of the film are very catchy & fun. All in all ‘Wedding Cha Shinema‘ feels like a perfect summertime family blockbuster for Marathi cinema. It hits theatres on 12 of April!

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• Movie : Wedding Cha Shinema (2019) | वेडिंग चा शिनेमा
• Producer : Gerua Productions and PESB
• Director : Dr. Saleel Kulkarni
• Studio : Everest Entertainment
• Star Cast :
  • Mukta Barve
  • Shivaji Satam
  • Bhau Kadam
  • Shivraj Waichal
  • Rucha Inamdar
  • Pravin Tarde
  • Alka Kubal
  • Sunil Barve
  • Ashwini Kalsekar
  • Sankarshan Karhade
  • Prajakta Hanamghar
  • Yogini Pophale
  • Pranit Kulkarni
  • Tyagraj Khadilkar
  • Adesh Aware
• Story : Dr. Saleel Kulkarni
• 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
• Hair Stylist : NA
• Make-up : NA
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : NA
• Co-Producer : NA
• Visual Promotions : NA
• Digital Promotions : NA
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 12th April 2019

Synopsis : Wedding Cha Shinema is a Marathi movie starring Mukta Barve and Bhau Kadam in prominent roles. It is a drama directed by Saleel Kulkarni.

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• Review: Dhappa (2019)
• Cast: Akash Kamble, Sharavi Kulkarni, Akshay Yadav, Sharv Vadhavekar, Shrihari Abhyankar, Dipali Borkar, Abhijit Shinde, Neel Deshpande, Vrushali Kulkarni, Iravati Harshe, Sunil Barve, Girish Kulkarni, Shrikant Yadav, Umesh Jagtap, Jyoti Subhash & Chandrakant Kale.
• Director: Nipun Dharmadhikari
• Writer: Girish Kulkarni

Quick Viewpoint: On Paper ‘Dhappa’ might sound like a bland message driven film. While in reality too the film has a very vital message to give, but beyond that it has built it’s own little world so beautifully & playfully that we are throughout hooked with it’s sweetness that lasts longer even after the film is over.

What Works? 

• Nipun Dharmadhikari the director of the film, whose first released film was ‘Baapjanma‘ actually made his debut as a film director with ‘Dhappa’. He has been directing plays for many years & that experience must have certainly shaped even the film director in him. The reason for pointing out all of this is the fact that the whole ensemble of children in this film are so masterfully directed! None of the kids ever appear fake on camera even for a moment! Even the adult renown actors in the film are functioning at a different wavelength here than their usual performances, a wavelength which matches the tone of the film which doesn’t believe in any extremities!
• As said earlier the film succeeds mainly because of it’s world, which is so directly connected to the real world & yet it is distant from it. In a way it thinks a bit wishfully while dealing with real world conflicts! This approach is what sets this film apart from films that could be similar in structure.
• In ‘Baapjanma’ there was a major sequence of an dying old man capturing moments from his son & daughter living in his house through secretly fitted hidden cameras. Here you see someone documenting the little moments that happen when children & their teacher set up a play & perform in front of their colony. The point is that Nipun’s fascination with capturing life in an unassumingly unpolished yet intimate way is evident! There’s something so positively unartistic about it in a non-pretentious way that makes us call it ‘simplistic’!
• Girish Kulkarni’s writing is also totally different from other films produced under the banner of ‘Arbhaat’. Many a times Girish Kulkarni & Umesh Kulkarni’s films can be slightly inaccessible to the general audiences. ‘Dhappa‘ isn’t that film! It would appeal to varied audiences in an equally effective way!
• Finally last but not the least the message! The message doesn’t separate itself like the ‘moral’ of the story is easily separated from a children’s story. The film can’t happen without the message being underlined & that defines how it is essentially the film itself! But what exactly is it? I would recommend you watch the film for it! But yes I could say the message is extremely timely when thought about our current social & political situation.

What Fails?

• Nothing really fails in ‘Dhappa’ but either consciously or unconsciously the structure of the film is similar to ‘Chillar Party’. But then one can say even Chillar Party’s structure wasn’t completely original.

Final Verdict: ‘Dhappa‘ won a national award for the best film on ‘National Integration’ a value that has been slightly on the backseat in our society & in our mainstream films! For rediscovering that alone, ‘Dhappa’ is a must watch!

Rating: 4/5

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• Movie : Dhappa (2019) | धप्पा
• Producer : Sumatilal Shah
• Director : Nipun Dharmadhikari
• Studio : Wishberry Films and Ink Tales
• Star Cast :
  • Akash Kamble as Suhrad Sharangpani
  • Sharavi Kulkarni as Sharavi
  • Akshay Yadav as Chetan Patil
  • Sharv Vadhavekar as Mihir
  • Shrihari Abhyankar as Rutvik
  • Dipali Borkar as Dipali
  • Abhijit Shinde as Dasharath Suryvanshi
  • Neel Deshpande as Aditya
  • Vrushali Kulkarni as Anuradha Devdhar
  • Iravati Harshe as Vrunda Sharangpani
  • Sunil Barve as Makarand Devdhar
  • Girish Kulkarni as Prabhakar Sharangpani
  • Shrikant Yadav as Patil
  • Umesh Jagtap as Bhau
  • Jyoti Subhash as Mohite Aaji
  • Chadrakant Kale as Soman Kaka
• Story : Girish Pandurang Kulkarni
• Screenplay and Dialogues :
• Singers : Avani Bhat, Rugvaed Inamdar, SHalmali Kholgade and Lakshya Bhatanagar
• Lyrics : Vaibhav Joshi
• Sound Recordist : Anil Radhakrishnan
• Sound Design : Anthony B Jayaruban
• Music : Gandhaar
• Background Music : Gandhaar
• Cinematography (DOP) : Swapnil Sonawane
• Editor : Suchitra Sathe
• Costume : Kalyani Kulkarni-Gugle
• Presenter : Arbhaat Films
• Production Design : Satyajit Deshpande
• Co-Producer : Girish Pandurang Kulkarni and Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
• Visual Promotions : Just Right Studioz NX
• Stills : Abhijeet Chaudhari
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 1st February 2019

Synopsis : A motley bunch of children living in an urban housing society join hands to rise beyond discrimination and religious bigotry to do what is right. Winner of the National Award for Best Film on National Integration, Dhappa is an uplifting tale that is of great relevance in contemporary times.

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• TV Serial : Grahan | ग्रहण 
• Also Known As : Grahan Zee Marathi Serial
• Producer : Tejendra Neswankar
• Director : Gautam Koli
• Production House : Trump Card Productions
• StarCast :
  • Sunil Barve as Abhay
  • Abhijeet Chavan
  • Yogesh Deshpande as Niranjan
  • Varsha Ghatpande as Niranjan’s Mother
  • Pallavi Joshi as Rama
  • Padarinath Kamble as Shankar (Shankar Laundary)
  • Ananda Karekar
  • Jaywant Wadkar as Wagh Kaka
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• Title Song Music : Ashok Patki
• Title Song Singer : Devaki Pandit
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• Genre : Horror
• Channel : Zee Marathi
• Starting Date : 19th March 2018
• Starting Time : Monday to Saturday at 10:30 PM

Story Outline : 
Grahan is a Marathi Horror thriller television series starring Pallavi Joshi, Yogesh Deshpande and Varsha Ghatpande. Rama, a happily married woman, lives with her husband and two lovely kids. One day, while crossing the road a speeding truck almost hits her but luckily she escapes unhurt. However, when she reaches home, she finds that everything around her has changed and that her house and family is missing. What happened to her family? Will she ever reunite with them?

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The trailer of Mukta Barve, Subodh Bhave starrer & designer turned filmmaker Vikram Phadnis’ debut Marathi film ‘Hrudayantar‘ went viral since yesterday post it’s upload on social media.

We don’t remember the last time we saw a Marathi film that deals with the issue of separation with such maturity & emotional brilliance. The trailer is simply perfect in creating the right image in the audience’s mind about what the film is about.

The concept of arrange marriages is still very relevant in our society, but it doesn’t mean that such marriages are completely tasteless. This film deals with a middle aged couple (Subodh & Mukta) who have two lovely daughters. But suddenly they start realizing that there aren’t reasons for the husband & wife to stay in this marriage as the ‘love’ part seems to be missing.

By the end of the trailer we also see a glimpse of none other than Hrithik Roshan who plays a cameo in the film. Hrudayantar is a film that should be in your must-watch list if you love Marathi films & want them to blossom more & more commercially & content wise.

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• Review : Saha Gun (2017)
• Producer : Ujwala Gawade
• Director : Kiran Sabhaji Gawade
• Star Cast : Amruta Subhash, Archit Deodhar, Sunil Barve, Atul Todankar, Panav Raorane
• Writer : Kiran Sabhaji Gawade
• Music : Raj Pawar, Kapil Redekar
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 1.5/5

Saha Gun Marathi Movie Review :

The one thing that filmmakers who are trying to deliver a clear message should do is be sure about what exactly is the message. ‘Saha Gun’ fails at this basic stage. However the storyline of the film is not all nonsense. If written by a skilled screenwriter & equally sound director ‘Saha Gun’ could have at least scored average marks.

The film is set in a small village in Konkan& deals with lives of a few 8^th std. kids studying in ‘AdarshVidyalaya’. I am reluctant to call the character of VidyaSarvode (ArchitDeodhar) as the protagonist of this story, because the film ignores his perspective almost completely. Vidya is under the dictatorial rule of his mother (sadly, AmrutaSubhash) who is ferociously obsessed with her son’s first rank in studies. Yes the film tries to justify this obsession later but it’s completely powerless. Vidya considers every other child in the class as beings belonging to inferior species. And along with his mother quite confidently believes that he’s the ‘Rajhans’, so that obviously makes the entire class hate him except one girl (for no apparent reason). Then enters RajuPanse; the new kid in town who quite effortlessly becomes the class favorite. Raju is marvel of modern science! The kid’s perfect in every possible way!

So the film quite mercilessly becomes all about winning & defeating your opponent, whether it’s studies or a ‘Kabaddi competition’! Never do we see a perspective that reminds us about the ‘fun’ part in studies or sports. Actually the character of the father (a scientist who once also competed in ‘Kabbadi’ & won some prestigious award – again the ‘perfect dad’) makes a few half-hearted attempts to make his child enjoy his life, but then the last say again goes to the win-obsessed mother.

The film takes the primitive route that no matter what your parents love you & all they do is for the good. If you remember that in ‘Dangal’ the  father asks for one single year of training the daughters & promises his wife that once they don’t feel like continuing it, they can leave it. This little addition makes a whole lot of difference in the moral department.

Never do we understand her side or feel connected with the mother. Though AmrutaSubhash plays the ‘hitler’ mom with decent effect, but we can’t stop comparing her previous films to this messed up dosage of ‘fighting spirit’.

Barring a few scenes the film also fails in utilizing the beautiful locales of the region. The ‘n’ number of child artists are cardboard cutouts including ‘RajuPanse’ who has an important role in the story. Though ArchitDeodhar has been around now post ‘Killa’, he manages to display no sense of maturity as an actor. The most unintentionally amusing character is of a kid named ‘Babban’ who is the son of local politician who is again almost ‘perfect’. Now this seems to be an agenda of showing powerful families of villages as rightful, noble & in-born with great leadership skills. The of course there’s a fat kid & thin boy who are prescribed for a few laughs (which they never deliver).

There’s one accepts that one can’t make out even after watching the whole film & that is the period in which it’s set, however whichever period it’s supposably set in quite maniacally represents our education system as equally (as the mother) obsessed about the ‘first ranker’ in class! Where we that bad really?

Overall:

‘Saha Gun’ is a film that a parent or a child should think twice about, (or maybe thrice) before watching it together. 

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Fashion designer turned filmmaker Vikram Phadnis’ upcoming Marathi movie Hrudayantar’s release date was revealed recently by Hrithik Roshan on twitter.

Produced by ‘Vikram Phadnis Productions’ & ‘Young Berry Entertainment’ (of  Pratap Sarnaik & Purvesh Sarnaik) & directed by Vikram Phadnis himself ‘Hridayantar’ stars Sonali Khare, Mukta Barve & Subodh Bhave in lead roles.

Famously known as Bollywood’s ‘Greek God’ Hrithik revealed the release date of this film 9th June 2017 through his official social networking handle. Moreover he also revealed in his twit that he is a part of the film & he is happy to declare its release date.

Director Vikram Phadnis expressed his excitement & also the pressure that he is currently in. He has been waiting for this film for three years & now finally it’s releasing on 9th June. Whereas producer Purvesh Sarnaik says that this film is extremely close to his heart & it deals with Family & relationships.

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Many a times we have seen a hero-heroine pair repeated in films. But seldom do we say a mother-son duo being repeated. Amruta Subhash & Archit Deodhar are a welcome exception. After playing reel life mother & son in Avinash Arun’s ‘Killa’ both of them will again be seen playing mother & son in ‘Saha Gun’ an upcoming Marathi film set to release on 14th April. The film also stars Sunil Barve in an important role.

The poster of ‘6 Gun’ was recently revealed on social media. It appears from the poster that film is about education. Soon the trailer of the film will also be revealed. It’s directed by debutant Kiran Gawade & is produced by Ujjwala Gawade & co-produced by Ashok Kotian & Sheila Rao. This film has been honoured in many film festivals.

The Archit-Amruta duo has definitely made the audience excited about the film & in addition it also stars the evergreen actor Sunil Barve. ‘6 Gun’ will hopefully continue the legacy of beautiful Marathi films about childhood.

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• Movie : Saha Gun (2017) | सहा गुण
• Producer : Ujwala Gawade
• Director : Kiran Sabhaji Gawade
• Studio : G.K. Production Creations
• Star Cast :
  • Amruta Subhash
  • Archit Deodhar
  • Bhushan Pradhan
  • Sunil Barve
  • Atul Todankar
  • Panav Raorane
  • Arati Solanki
• Story & Screenplay: Kiran Sabhaji Gawade
• Music : Raj Pawar, Kapil Redekar
• Playback Singers : Suresh Wadkar, Kapil redkar, Ravindra Khomane
• Sound : Nageshwarrao Chaudhary
• Cinematography (DOP) : Suresh Deshmane
• Editor : Rohita More
• Art Director : Veda More, Sachin Gawade
• Executive-producer : Ganesh Gaonkar
• Co-Producer : Ashok Kotian & Sheelaa Rao
• Associate Producer : Rajendra Jadhav, Abhishek Jathar
• Genre : Drama
• Duration : NA
• Release Date : 14th April 2017

Synopsis : 

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