The highly awaited Vishal Devrukhkar directorial ‘Girlz‘ stars Ankita Lande, Ketaki Narayan, Anvita Phaltankar, Parth Bhalerao, Devika Daftardar & others. There’s another extremely talented cast member in the film, the national award winning actor Swanand Kirkire (for the film ‘Chumbak’)! While the length of his role would be less it would be still be very important!

Naren Kumar the producer of ‘Girlz’ & also the producer of ‘Chumbak’ is good friends with Swanand Kirkire. And when he narrated the idea of ‘Girlz’ to Kirkire, Kirkire expressed his wish to be a part of the film! So he ended up being a part of ‘Girlz’! And it is going to be a huge surprise for the audiences!

Kirkire will be seen playing the character of cop in ‘Girlz’ and it is something that the audience haven’t seen him doing! But then surprising the audiences has always been his forte! Kirkire first started out as lyricist, then became a playback singer and now he is a national award winning actor! ‘Girlz’ hits theatres this Friday on 29th of November!

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• Review : Chumbak (2018)
• Producer : Aruna Bhatia, Naren Kumar and Cape of Good Films
• Director : Sandeep Modi
• Screenplay : Saurabh Bhave & Sandeep Modi
• Star Cast : Swanand Kirkire, Sahil Jadhav, Sangram Desai & Vibhawri Deshpande
• Review by : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 5/5

Chumbak Review (Marathi Movie):

Backed by Akshay Kumar ‘Chumbak’ is a buffet of cinema or entertainment! There’s enough food for everyone here! It’s impossible to define it as one particular ‘cuisine’! Though the film has won at many prestigious film festivals all over the globe, ‘Chumbak’ isn’t a typical ‘festival’ affair! Neither is it typically commercial. I can confidently tell you this is a film for all kinds of audiences with all kinds of tastes & preferences in cinema!

Directed by Sandeep Modi & written by Saurabh Bhave, this film is a battle between the good & the evil within a person & not the usual good vs evil battle! The metaphor of ‘Chumbak’ or a ‘Magnet’ can be interpreted in two ways in the context of the film. One is that there are two opposite poles of a magnet. One can tilt towards either of them. The other is the direct context of Swanand Kirkire’s character ‘Prasanna’ who in a way is representing the positive side of the magnet that is naturally attracted towards the negative side of the magnet (the con kids Balu & Disco).

Though scientifically the positive side of a magnet cannot change the properties of the negative side even after being attached to it! But in real life & with real people it is possible, that’s what makes us humans & not objects! A positive within a person can have an influence on the other person’s negatives, not to forget the other person also has his own conscience that is again a magnet within with both positive & negative poles!

I was also reminded of last year’s wonderful Marathi film ‘Ringan’. In that film we had a ‘Ringan’ (cycle) of happiness & sorrow one after the other. In ‘Chumbak’ the cycle is of the good within the protagonist (Balu) winning over the evil within him & the evil within him winning over the good within him! But throughout the journey of ‘Balu’ never does the film judge him for letting the evil within him come out, it instead embraces it, understands it & presents it in a beautifully objective way!

‘Chumbak’ is also groundbreaking in a very subtle way in another context. Marathi films are clearly bifurcated into urban films & rural films. There are very strong leanings of our films towards either of the two bifurcations & sometimes even if the film on it’s own has tried hard to avoid leaning towards any one of the two, the audiences instead have clearly sorted them out. The journey of Chumbak’s protagonist begins from Mumbai & then goes through the rural parts in the time frame of the narrative of the film & before this time frame his journey has been from rural to urban! Not that this must be a conscious decision from the makers of the film, but unconsciously they have diminished the geographical differences to much extent in the film! We don’t look at the humans of these regions differently like we do in other films!

The film is a visual delight & the cinematographer Rangarajan Ramabadran & the editor Chandrashekhar Prajapati deserve credit for it along with the director! The detailing in the craft of the film from production design to the use of background score & sound too enhances the experience of the film. Last but not the least the film involves mainly the three lead characters only & is standing on their capable shoulders throughout!

While the kids Sahil Jadhav (hailing from Pune, who has done a bit of theatre) & Sangram Desai (completely new to acting, comes from Kolhapur) haven’t missed a single beat in their performance it’s Swanand Kirkire who has given a spellbinding performance in Chumbak! A star is born! If compared with such roles seen in different films before, Swanand Kirkire’e performance is totally different from all of them & has been so organically developed & projected by the actor & the director too who has orchestrated the performance! Sandeep Modi is one bright director to watch out for! He has probably made a masterpiece straightaway in his debut, a very rare feat to achieve!

Overall:

If you are watching only one Marathi film this year, it has to be ‘Chumbak’! Doesn’t matter what your genre preferences are this one is a must watch for everyone!

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• Movie : Chumbak (2018) | चुंबक
• Producer : Aruna Bhatia, Naren Kumar and Cape of Good Films
• Director : Sandeep Modi
• Studio : Kyra Kumar Kreations Production
• Star Cast :
  • Swanand Kirkire as Prasanna
  • Sahil Jadhav
  • Sangram Desai
• Writer : Saurabh Bhave and Sandeep Modi
• Lyrics : Omkar Kulkarni
• Music : Saket Kanetkar
• Sound Design : Allwin Rego and Sanjay Maurya
• Cinematography (DOP) : Rangarajan Ramabadran
• Editor : Chandrashekhar Prajapati
• Art Director : Prashant Bidkar
• Costume : Sachin Lovalekar
• Hair and Make-up : Serina Tixeria
• Executive Producer : Mahesh Korade
• Presenter : Akshay Kumar
• Co-Producer : Sujatha Kumar and Shreni Modi
• Associate Director : Saurabh Bhave
• Location Sound : Yatrik Dave
• Casting : Romil Modi and Tejas Thakkar
• DI Colorist : Kirankumar Kota (Prasad Labs)
• Re-Recording Mixer : Boloy Kumar Doloy
• Visual Promotion : Just Right Studioz
• Marketing : Amit Bhanushali (52 Friday Cinemas)
• Publicity Design : Chaitanya Sant (Mantra SDS)
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 27th July 2018

Synopsis : A 15-year-old busboy Baalu is on the verge of making life choices when he stumbles upon a 45-year-old Prasanna, who is mentally challenged. Wanting to pursue his dream, Baalu is caught in a conflict between his aspiration and morality.

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Chumbak Marathi Movie Teaser/Trailer :

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Chumbak (Trailer) has been a highly awaited film for two reasons, one being the fact that this film has been highly appreciated at film festivals around the world & the second reason being the association of Bollywood Star Akshay Kumar as the presenter of the film. The trailer of the film introduces us to the basic plot of the film precisely.

Prasanna (Swanand Kirkire) is being conned by two young kids from Mumbai who are pretending to be the RBI governor! But instead this simple minded man doesn’t let them con him so easily, he just doesn’t leave them! In a way their destinies bring them together! What change do these characters undergo is to be seen in the film. And do they complete their desires or not also to be seen!

This journey seems to be both funny & heartfelt at the same time. The story of the film starts from Mumbai & later flows through different parts of Maharashtra. The trailer suggests the locations used in the film are real & they give an authentic feel to the film.

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The Marathi film industry has been abuzz ever since Akshay Kumar took to social media to speak his heart out in ‘Marathi’ about the film ‘Chumbak‘ which is presented by none other than Akshay Kumar himself. The team of Chumbak has now released the first look of three key characters in the film – Prasanna Thombre played by the two-time National Award winner noted lyricist, singer, musician and writer Swanand Kirkire, Disco played by debutante teen actor Sangram Desai who hails from a village near Kolhapur & Balu played by another debutante teenager Sahil Jadhav from Pune.

Acting in a leading role for the first time, Swanand Kirkire plays the role of a mentally slow simpleton from a village near Solapur. One of top lyricists and music artist of the country, Swanand says “I had assumed the team wanted to meet me for its music, but I was taken aback once I realized they wanted me to act, that too in a leading part, that too in one of the toughest parts I have heard! But hearing the script and the faith the team had, we dived into it all together – me, Sandeep, Saurabh and Naren.”

” Building on the part of a mentally slow naive man with our own personal observations of people around us  and extensive research  with doctors and counselors working in this area, we all built this part together  brick by brick, with the love and dignity we wanted to bring to it.”, adds director Sandeep Modi.

On the other poster, Sangram Desai plays Disco, a migrant mobile repairer in Mumbai. The casting team led by Romil Modi and Tejas Thakkar unexpectedly discovered Sangram from a village near Kolhapur. Playing a part of a street-smart migrant, Sangram who had never been to Mumbai spent a month in the city observing and learning its pulse under the guidance of director Sandeep Modi and writer Saurabh Bhave to build the part. Acting for the first time, Sangram even learned the basics of repairing a phone for preparing the part.

The third poster starring the character of ‘Balu’ played by Pune’s Sahil Jadhav is a character of a young boy who works as a waiter in Mumbai & he has a dream! The team of Chumbak found Sahil at the very last moment when just 25 days were left for the shooting. Before that, they auditioned over 250 kids but couldn’t find the perfect ‘Balu’. Sahil was found from his work in amateur theater.

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It’s a known fact that Akshay Kumar is very much fond of Marathi artists & Marathi films. He has earlier produced a Marathi film ’72 Mile – Ek Pravas’ which was very well appreciated. Now he is again backing a meaningful Marathi film ‘Chumbak’.

Akshay was mighty impressed when he saw ‘Chumbak’ & couldn’t remove the film from his mind & hence he decided to present the film & make the release of the film possible. ‘Chumbak’ stars lyricist-singer turned actor Swanand Kirkire in the lead role & a bunch of young actors. It has already won many awards at film festivals around the world.

Akshay Kumar revealed this news by posting a video on social media were in talked in pure Marathi & said how ‘Chumbak’ had a great impact on him & couldn’t leave his mind & hence he decided to present the film! This is definitely a great initiative by Akshay Kumar to back meaningful Marathi cinema.

This film is directed by Sandeep Modi & is a feel-good story about a simple-minded middle-class man played by Kirkire who is bluffed by two young Mumbai boys! But these boys go through a life-changing journey in the course of the film & Swanand Kirkire’s simplicity & honesty teaches them a life lesson. The film releases on 27^th July so don’t forget to watch it at a theatre near you!

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The man who is the creator of ‘Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh…’ song from 3 Idiots, Swanand Kirkire the best Lyrist, Director and singer is ready to sing a Marathi folksong ‘Bharud’ in upcoming Marathi movie ‘Youth’.

‘Pani Haravla, Koni Te Chorla’s lyrics penned by Vishal Jagdish.  This Bharud gives us meaningful and important message through this Bharud about the water conservation and the problem we are facing, Swanand Kirkire also admitted this as his new experience and Director Rakesh Kudalkar handled Bharud, the impact of this Bharud will spread a social message in the society.

Victory Films presents ‘Youth’ movie produced by Sunder Seturaman. This movie is expressing their views along with a flow in this contemporary developing world. This movie starring Vikram Gokhale Neha Mahajan, Satish Pulekar, Akshay Waghmare, Mira Joshi, Akshay Mhatre, Ketki Kulkarni, Shashank Jadhav.  ‘Youth… Badal Ghadavaychi Takaad’ releasing on 15 January 2016.

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• Movie : Por Bazaar (2014)
• Producor : Ashwini Ranjit Darekar
• Director : Manava Naik
• Studio : ARD Entertainment & Video Palace
• StarCast : Ankush Chaudhari, Sai Tamhankar, Chitra Nawathe, Swanand Kirkire, Chinmayee Sumeet, Prajakta Kulkarni, Swarangi Marathe, Satya Manjrekar, Anurag Worlikar, Dharmaj Joshi, Sakheel Parchure, Swapnil Joshi (Special Appearance in Song – Chal Hawa Aane De)
• Music : Shailendra Barve
• Lyrics : Guru Thakur, Shrirang Godbole, Mandar
• Screenplay : Parag Kulkarni
• DOP : Dhananjay Kulkarni
• Sound Design : Anmol Bhave
• Editing : Apurva Ashish
• Costumes : ManaliJagtap
• Art : Sumeet Patil
• Cinematographer : Umesh Jadhav, Sonia Parchure
• Genre : Adventurous Drama
• Release Date : September 19, 2014

Por Bazaar Marathi Movie Posters/Still Photos

Por Bazaar Marathi Movie Trailer

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Spruha Joshi, a household name with the television series and films published her second collection of poems “Lopamudra” recently by famous lyricist Swanand Kirkire. At this function along with many Marathi actors senior poet Arun Mhatre and legendary actor Sachin Pilgaonkar were also present.

This book has four parts: Sakharjag, Jaag, Madhyanha and Niramay. The foreword is written by Arun Mhatre and sketches by Sumeet Patil. The book is being published by Tarangan Publications’ Mandar Joshi. This is Spruha’s second book, her first book Chandanchura was published in 2009 and was acknowledged by the readers very well.

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At this function a special program of poems was arranged to celebreate the last century’s female poets. Subodh Bhave, Jitendra Joshi, Chinmay Mandlekar, Amruta Subhash, Veena Jamkar, Siddharth Chandekar, Adinath Kothare, Mrunmayee Deshpande and Spruha Joshi recited poems by these poetesses.

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Check out the trailer of the upcoming marathi movie Por Bazaar starring Swarangi Marathe, Sai Tamhankar, Anurag Worlikar, Sakheel Parchure, Dharmaj Joshi & Satya Manjarekar. Directed by Manava Naik, Produced by Ashwini Darekar. Music by Shailendra Barve.

Manava returns to the Marathi big screen with Por Bazaar which is a full-length commercial film, dealing with a very relevant issue, which concerns all. Por Bazaar is a gripping adventure story that highlights the exploits of five college-goers.

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