Actor Milind Gawali is mainly known for Hindi serials Campus, Parivartan, Mano Ya Na Mano’, Hindi movies Waqt se pehle, Chanchal, Hum bacche Hindustaan ke, Vartaman, Anumati and Marathi movies Aai, Asach Pahije Nava Nava, Devaki, Maratha Battalion, Vitthal Vitthal, Sakkha Bhau Pakka Vairi and his recent movie Than Than Gopal.

Now Milind Gawali coming back on screen with triple responsibilities. ‘Eka Multi Ventures Pvt. Ltd.’ presents upcoming Marathi movie ‘Athaang’ releasing on 5^th February all over Maharashtra and Milind Gawali is playing the three roles of responsibilities as an actor-producer and director.

Milind Gawali said, “Even after the journey of Advertising, Modeling, Daily soaps and movies I wanted to try something different and here I produced ‘Athaang’. I have always given the first importance to director and his skill. I was impressed when I hear the Athaang story and decided to direct this movie. For this movie besides acting I got a chance to direct and produce this movie.”

Milind Gawali has worked in many movies; he always tried to give his best to the audience and he is truly living his talent and performances.  Now he is handling three responsibilities, which is not so easy job therefore he is trying to be perfect and capable man.

‘Athaang’ story is about a girl Shilpa who is an orphan, talented painter. At a moment she received a bouquet and after that her life takes a new turn. Basically it’s about Complex relationships, infinite Love, Sacrifice, loyalty and artistic presentation of Emotions. It has an Emotional family Drama, Suspense, romantic genre.  This movie starring Tanvi Hegde, Smita Shewale, Milind Gawali, Amit Dolawat, Pooja Nayak, Bhushan Gadi, Mousami Hadkar, Sheetal Gaikwad, Child Artist Karishma Patade and special guest will be Kannan Ayyar, Praful Sawant, Vandana Marathe, Ravi Phaltankar, and Suzan Burnet.

This movie co-produced by Chandru Tilwani, DOP by Aniket K. songs written by Kedar Parulekar, music composed by Pandit Sharang Dev.  Story of this movie written by Vasant Hankare and screenplay by Lekha Trailokya, dialogues by Lekha Trailokya and Vinaya Mantri. Sound design by Shailesh Sakpal and background music by Madhav Vijay. Assistant Director is Aakash Gursale and executive producer is Shankar Dhuri.  ‘Athaang’ is releasing on 5^th February all over Maharashtra.

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• Review: Than Than Gopal (2015)
• Director: Karthik Shetty
• Producers: Om Ganesh Production
• Writer: Karthik Shetty
• Cast: Milind Gunaji, Milind Gavali, Vivek Chabukswar, Suzanne Bernert
• Music: Amit Shetye
• Genre: Drama
• By: Keyur Seta

Rating : 1.5/5

Review:

In director Karthik Shetty’s Than Than Gopal, child actor Vivek Chabukswar’s convincing act as a visually challenged moves you. Unfortunately, apart from this aspect, the film gets everything else wrong. It turns out to be a case of a noble concept messed up.

The film centers round the adolescent Gopal (Vivek Chabukswar). He is visually challenged since birth. That’s not his only tragedy though. Four years ago, his parents passed away in a road accident. Ever since that incident, he has been staying at an orphanage in Mumbai. Despite such major issues, Gopal is mature enough to take life positively and be cheerful most of the times.

He decides to stay at his maternal uncle’s (Milind Gunaji) place in the same city for his summer vacations, much to the disappointment of the latter. For the outside world, his uncle is a social worker. But in reality, he is not only a fraud but also a womanizer. He shows utter carelessness towards Gopal despite his condition. Just then, a struggling painter (Milind Gavali) enters their chawl and becomes a Godsend angel for Gopal.

There is no doubt that Than Than Gopal has noble intentions. It makes a point that a visually challenged person can carry out any task in the world provided he is given proper motivation and support. The film also makes an appeal for eye donation. But noble intentions aren’t enough to make a good film.

The praiseworthy basic plot is executed poorly through some wayward screenplay, amateurish dialogues and unconvincing presentation. The writer takes the entire first half just to introduce characters and their psyche with almost no story development. Although the tale finally moves ahead positively later in the second half, the waywardness continues. This part also offers some unintentionally hilarious moments. The biggest one is the behavior of news reporters.

There are also issues with the characters of the uncle and Gopal. The uncle’s selfish and fraudulent ways are irritating, especially the way he leaves his visually challenged nephew to fend for himself alone. Gopal is shown to be someone who has achieved wisdom at a small age. But in between, he keeps on behaving immature and silly, which appears weird.

Coming to the technicalities, the DoP has taken some creative shots. As far as the music is concerned, none of the songs are worthy of taking home.

Vivek Chabukswar has received the National Award for Best Child Actor for his performance in this film. Looking at his act, he deserves this honor. Playing a visually challenged character and at the same time displaying starkly opposite emotions can be draining for any qualified actor. The flaw in his characterization doesn’t affect his performance that much.

Milind Gavali gets to play a lovable character and he makes it look believable. On few occasions though, he overdoes. Milind Gunaji doesn’t impress. His character sketch is also responsible for this. The actress playing a foreigner lady provides a decent act. However, making her speak in Marathi doesn’t work.

Overall:

Despite a heartwarming act by Vivek Chabukswar, Than Than Gopal doesn’t impress due to the content. The absence of proper marketing and publicity will work against it at the box office.

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Chris Gayle, a smash-hit batsman from West Indies has announced on Twitter that he is planning to watch Marathi film Than Than Gopal very soon.

Tomorrow when I’m in India I’m going to watch this movie ‘Than than Gopal’ https://t.co/iu3TkucNCr check it out ????????

— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) October 28, 2015

This is a pleasant surprise for Marathi film industry when an international cricket player has announced to watch an upcoming Marathi film with enthusiasm.

“Than Than Gopal” is directed by Mumbai-born Kartik Shetty. The plot of the film revolves around a blind eleven-year old boy who befriends a Warli painter, and how his life takes a turn. The film stars Milind Gunaji, Milind Gavli and Vivek Chabukswar in lead roles. The film also stars German actress Suzan Barnett in a very important role.
The film releases on 30 October all over Maharashtra.

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Than Than Gopal- a film directed by Kartik was recently praised by none other than Bollywood’s most successful director Rajkumar Hirani after a special screening.
“Though this is a first attempt of direction by Kartik, the film has turned out very well. I have specially liked Vivek Chabukswar who plays role of a blind kid. It was a very challenging role, but he has done a commendable job,” commented Hirani after a special screening.

The film is directed by Mumbai-born Kartik Shetty. He has learnt art of film making from Digital Film Academy. He has acted in many Hindi and Kannada plays. The concept of this film was given to him by Sameer Bhosle and Kartik decided to make this into a Marathi film as Marathi audience always give preference to such strong content. The film is produced by Siddhant Shetty, Nidhi Shetty, Shriniwas Shinde, Rahul Pote and Vijay Shetty under the banned of Om Ganesh Productions.

The plot of the film revolves around a blind eleven-year old boy who befriends a Warli painter, and how his life takes a turn. The film stars Milind Gunaji, Milind Gavli and Vivek Chabukswar in lead roles. The film also stars German actress Suzan Barnett in a very important role.

The film releases on 30 October all over Maharashtra.

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• Movie : Than Than Gopal (2015) | ठण ठण गोपाल
• Producer : Siddanth Mahesh Shetty, Nidhi Prakash Shetty, Shrenivas Shinde, Rahul Pore and Vijay Shetty.
• Directer : Kartik Shetty
• Studio : Silver Stallion Movietones and Om Ganesh Production
• Star Cast : Milind Gunaji, Milind Gavali, Vivek Chabukswar, Suzanne Bernert
• Story : Kartik Shetty
• Screenplay : Kartik Shetty, Shrinivas Shinde and Rahul Pote
• Music : Amit Shetye
• Dialogues : Vaibhav Parab
• Director of Photography : Manjunatha Nayaka
• Sound Design : Stephen Theo Gomes
• Background Score : Simmab Sen
• Choreographer : Chinni Prakash
• Art Director : Mahendra Raut
• Executive Producer : Shrinivas Shinde and Rahul Pote
• Editor : Dattatray Ghodke
• Costumes :
• Genre  : Comic Satire
• Release Date : 30th Oct 2015

Than Than Gopal Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

Than Than Gopal Marathi Movie Official Trailer:

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Than Than Gopal – a film directed by southern director Karthik Shetty recently released its first look and music in Mumbai. The trailer was launchecd by Pahlaj Nihlani, censor board chairman and Vijay Patkar launched the music. The entire cast and crew of the film was present for this event.

The story of the film revolves around an eleven-year blind boy and his unusual friendship with a Warli Painter.

The film is produced by Siddhaant Shetty, NIdhi Shetty, Shrenivas Shinde, Rahul Pore and Vijay Shetty. The film stars Milind Gunaji in the lead along with Milind Gavali, Child Actor Vivek Chabukswar and German actress Suzanne Bernert. The film releases on 30th October 2015.

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After VK Prakash from Kerala directed Marathi film Shutter another director from South is ready with his new Marathi film. The film stars Milind Gunaji, Milind Gavali Child Actor Vivek Chabukswar and German actress Suzanne Bernert.

As an actor Kartik Shetty is known for his Tamil films like ‘Yuvaa’, ‘Agnimrushti’ and a Kannada film to be released titled ‘Akshate’ will be directing his next film “Than Than Gopal”. Kartik has left his mark as an actor but with ‘Than Than Gopal’ he is all set to prove his directorial abilities. This film is produced under the banner of ‘Om Ganesh ProductIons’ . Born in Mumbai, Kartik is a student of Digital Film Academy and has acted in Hindi and Kannada plays as well.

The film revolves around a vision challenged but determined eleven year old boy who befriends a Warli painter and how his life changes after this friendship.

The film has a story by Kartik Shetty along with a screenplay by Rahul Pote, Shrinivas Shinde and Kartik Shetty and dialogues by Vaibhav Parab. Director Amit Shetye has composed two songs penned by Aditi Jahagirdar sung by Udit Narayan and Shankar Mahadevan and DOP is Manjunath Nayak.

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