• Movie : Kesari (2020) | केसरी
• Producer : Santosh Ramchandani
• Director : Sujay S Dahake
• Studio : 
• Star Cast :
  • Virat Madake
  • Mahesh Manjrekar
  • Vikram Gokhale
  • Mohan Joshi
  • Umesh Jagtap
  • Chhaya Kadam
• Story : Niyaj Mujavar
• Screenplay and Dialogues :
• Lyrics : Kshitij Padwardhan, Vaibhav Joshi, Sanjay Sathe
• Sound :
• Sound Design : Kunal Lolsure
• Music : A V Prafullchandra
• Background Music : Saket Kanetkar
• Cinematography (DOP) : Sandeep Giyan Yadav
• Editor : Sujay S Dahake
• Art Director : Amey Bhalerao
• Costume : Namdev Waghmare, Anusha Vaidya
• Make-up : Vinod Sarode
• Presenter :
• Choreography :
• Executive Producer : Ashwini Paranjpe, Anuraj Malhotra
• Co-Producer : Manohar Ramchandani
• PR : Lead Media & Publicity Pvt. Ltd
• Visual Promotions :
• Digital Promotions : Khaas Re Online Network
• DI Colorist : Venugopal Rao
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 28 Feb 2020

Synopsis :

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• Movie : Bandhishala (2019) | बंदिशाळा
• Producer : Swati Sanjay Patil
• Director : Milind Lele
• Studio : Shantaai Motion Pictures in association with shree mauli motion pictures
• Star Cast :
  • Mukta Barve
  • Sharad Ponkshe
  • Umesh Jagtap
  • Anand Alkunte
  • Ananda Karekar
  • Pankaj Chemburkar
  • Krutika Gaikwad
  • Pravin Tarade
  • Madhav Abhyankar
  • Shivraj Wavlekar
  • Vikram Gaikwad
  • Asha Shelar
  • Hemangi Kavi
  • Savita Prabhune
  • Ashwini Giri
  • Umesh Jagtap
  • Varsha Ghatpande
  • Anil Nagarkar
• Story : Sanjay Patil
• Screenplay and Dialogues : Sanjay Patil
• Lyrics : Sanjay Patil
• Sound : NA
• Music : AmitRaj
• Background Music : Vijay Narayan Gawande
• Cinematography (DOP) : Suresh Deshmane
• Editor : Bhakti Mayalu
• Art Director : Narendra Haldankar
• Costume : NA
• Make-up : NA
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : Vithhal Patil
• Co-Producer : Mangesh Ramchandra Jagtap , Payal Kadam
• Visual Promotions : Warriors Touch
• Digital Promotions : NA
• DI Colorist : NA
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 21 June 2019

Synopsis : Madhavi Sawant is a resilient police officer who tries to root out the corrupt administration in the prisons. However, she makes powerful enemies who plot a gangrape against her. The harrowing incident leaves a strong Madhavi, broken. The film attempts to bring out the discrimination and crimes against women to the forefront through Madhavi`s story.

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• Movie : Adham (2019) | अधम
• Producer : Sachin Anil Khandge and Tushar Anil Khandge
• Director : Abhishek Kelkar
• Studio : Shree Natraj Pictures
• Star Cast :
  • Santosh Juvekar as Vicky
  • Gauri Nalawade as Nandini
  • Kishor Kadam as Anna Bhosale
  • Shashank Shende as Datta Bhau
  • Suhas Palshikar as Deshpande Sir
  • Suhas Shirsat as Ranjeet
  • Umesh Jagtap as Mane
  • Padmanabh Bind as Sameer
• Story : Abhishek Kelkar
• Screenplay : Abhishek Kelkar
• Dialogues : Abhishek Kelkar
• Lyrics : Vaibhav Deshmukh and Vaibhav Joshi
• Sound : NA
• Sound Design/Recording Mixer : NA
• Music : Rohit Nagbhide
• Background Music : NA
• Cinematography (DOP) : Dhanesh Potdar
• Editor : Santosh Gothoskar
• Art Director : Padmanabh Damle
• Costume : Sayali Soman
• Make-up : Girish Shinde
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : Siddesh Dalvi & Subhas Nakashe
• Executive Producer : Sudhanwa Panase
• Co-Producer : Dattatraya Baburao Bhadale and Suresh Baburao Bhadale
• Visual Promotions : NA
• Digital Promotions : NA
• DI Colorist : NA
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 17th May 2019

Synopsis : Adham is a Marathi movie starring Santosh Juvekar and Gauri Nalawade in prominent roles. It is a drama directed by Abhishek Kelkar.

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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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It’s a well-known belief that love is blind! Something similar seems to have happened with Sameer & Meera from Zee Marathi’s ‘Tujha Majha Break Up’. First, they fell in love than getting married. At first, things were all fun in their married life but soon their love for each other got overshadowed by their hate for each other.

They eventually ended up being separated. Yet after all that they have been through they still stayed friends. But when Sameer got engaged to Menaka Meera felt hurt. Sameer was forced into this engagement he didn’t really want it. And after the engagement, he has lost his patience. He warns his mother & Menaka that if they force him into marriage now he will leave the city. On the other hand, Meera has decided to break all bonds between her & Sameer.

‘Aaji’ is trying her best to resolve this nuisance. She has even assigned Arnalkar his work in her plan. On the other hand, Aaji starts creating misunderstanding between Menaka & Lata! Will Aaji be successful in bringing Sameer & Meera together? Will Sameer & Meera rediscover their love? All this is to be seen in the coming of episodes of Tujha Majha Break Up only on Zee Marathi.

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• Review : Raakshas
• Producer : Vivek Kajaria and Nilesh Navalakha
• Director : Dnyanesh Zoting
• Star Cast : Sai Tamhankar, Sharad Kelkar, Rutuja Deshpande, Umesh Jagtap
• Screenplay : Dnyanesh Zoting
• Review by : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 2.5/5

Raakshas Movie Review:

The poster of this film was supposedly inspired by the poster of a modern classic directed by this year’s Oscar favorite director Guillermo Del Toro. It goes by the name ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’. Raakshas’ inspiration from the mentioned film is not restricted simply to the poster but it’s present in the film itself. It’s not a crime though filmmakers around the world do that & they add many of their own things to those films. Raakshas’ addition could be highlighted as the backdrop of the tribal culture in Maharashtra. Alike Pan’s Labyrinth this film uses the ‘Fantasy’ element & mixes it with the actual narrative of the film, moreover there are a few more similarities too. But the problem is that in ‘Raakshas’ the fantasy element doesn’t manage to create any excitement of its own. It feels like a mere narrative device used to take the other narrative set in reality forward. And it becomes repetitive throughout the length of the film.

There’s a quality about films that have ‘fantasy’ as an important part in the story. The creation of the fantasy world! It need not be done as a clear cut introduction. It can happen over time as the screenplay moves forward. In case of ‘Raakshas’ this world is never really created. You don’t really care about this world or the little girl who discovers it. The other & actual narrative of the film is not really a narrative but just a backdrop, a backdrop that had much scope of belonging to a different film, which could have treated it as closer to the real world & explore every face of it. I don’t have a problem with fantasy but it’s inclusion needs to be justified!

‘Raakshas’ is a film that over complicates the narrative & it’s connection with fantasy only to over simplify it later. Sharad Kelkar’s character is a documentary maker who was once a ‘Blasting Engineer’! A ‘Blasting Engineer’ to make the narrative convenient! The film had much scope if it had discovered a fantasy device of it’s own rather than blindly following the pattern of the mentioned film.

Having said all that ‘Raakshas’ is still a pleasing experience for your senses, the film is wonderfully shot, edited & the background score is probably the best I have heard in a Marathi film! The score inhibits the spirit of the ‘tribal’ backdrop completely. The performances are good too. Sai Tamhankar has little things to do herself as she is more driven by other characters in the film including her daughter. In a way this helplessness of making any decision on her own is an integral part of her inner conflict. And Sai Tamhankar nails it perfectly in her performance. The little girl ‘Rutuja Deshpande’ too has good camera sense & the director succeeds in bringing out her non-child like behavior. The minimalist approach in her performance again needed a better world (of fantasy).

The biggest disappointment of the film arrives when it ends. The whole narrative of the tribal people fighting against the builder mafia for their forest ends on an incomplete & problematic note. By the end the metaphor of ‘Raakshas’ gets completely messed up & so does it’s fantasy equivalent which also feels irrelevant.

Overall:

A better screenplay & a more original ‘fantasy’ world would have made wonders to this film. But still as a director Dnyanesh Zoting makes his presence felt. With a better script in hand Zoting can be a director to watch out for!

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Sai Tamhankar & Sharad Kelkar starrer ‘Rakshas’ has been a highly awaited film ever since the poster of the film was out. The fantasy thriller genre is not the staple of Marathi cinema hence the basic theme & genre itself has a novelty to it. And now the trailer of the film increases the novelty factor to another level.

Dnyanesh Zoting is a young filmmaker who seems to have a distinct voice & vision! Presented by Half Ticket fame Samit Kakkad & produced by Vivek Kajaria, Nilesh Navalakha who previously brought us ‘Fandry’ & ‘Half Ticket’, this film is definitely deeper than it appears & has a mystery that could make a social connect with the understanding audiences. Sai Tamhankar too is seen in a very simplistic avatar & she fits the part perfectly.

What exactly is the mystery of this forest that is supposedly a fantasy world? Why does Sharad Kelkar’s character go there? And how does he disappear? All this questions would soon be answered. The dark treatment visible in the trailer truly makes it a fantasy beyond fancy!

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A one of a kind mystery thriller ‘Raakshas’ starring Sai Tamhankar & Sharad Kelkar will soon be releasing in theatres. The first teaser of the film was recently revealed online. ‘Rakshas’ is  produced by Vivek Kajaria & Nilesh Navlakha under their banner ‘Navlakha Arts & Holy Basil Combine’, & is presented by ‘Half Ticket’ fame Samit Kakkad.

‘Rakshas’ stars a fresh leading pair in form of Sai Tamhankar & Sharad Kelkar. This teaser suggests us that the film revolves around tribal people & jungle. Interestingly this connection comes from writer-director Dnyanesh Zoting’s own childhood memories. This little teaser introduces us to a little family of three. We can see the little girl who tells her mother that the jungle has eaten her father! What exactly does that mean? What’s so horrific about the jungle? What has the father got to do with it?

As of now we have to keep thinking about answers to these questions! But soon when the film releases on 23^rd February we can have all our questions answered in the theatre itself.

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• Movie : Raakshas (2018) | राक्षस
• Producer : Vivek Kajaria and Nilesh Navalakha
• Director : Dnyanesh Zoting
• Studio : Samit Kakkad Films, Navalakha Arts, Holy Basil Productions
• Presenter : Samit Kakkad
• Star Cast :
  • Sai Tamhankar
  • Sharad Kelkar
  • Rutuja Deshpande
  • Vitthal kale
  • Vijay Maurya
  • Umesh Jagtap
  • Dayashankar Pandey
  • Purnanand Wandhekar
• Story : Tanmayee Deo & Dnyanesh Zoting
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Dnyanesh Zoting
• Music : Andrew T. Mackay
• Sound Design : Avinash Sonawane
• Background Score :
• Cinematography (DOP) : Mayur Hardas
• Editor : Mayur Hardas
• Co – Editor : Charu Shree Roy
• Art Director : Sachin Bhilare
• Costume : Kalyani Gugle
• Make Up : Santosh Gilbile
• Vfx : Corridor Studios Pvt Ltd
• Supervising Producer :
• Re-recording Mixer :
• Visual Promotions : Jayesh Shikarkhane & Team
• Associate Producer : Anand Bafna & Ravi Jangda
• Executive Producer : Kapil Sharma
• Line Producer : Jitesh Upade
• Creative Producer : Vivek Wagh
• Genre : Drama, Suspense
• Release Date : 23rd February 2018

Synopsis : A documentary filmmaker, who is covering the protest of a remote forest tribe, goes missing. His nine-year-old daughter, along with her mother, arrives in the remote tribal area in search of the missing man. While the mother carries an extensive search through conventional means, the daughter does the same by referencing the plot of a fairytale. The quest gets fulfilled when reality and fantasy come together to unfold an ancient tribal myth.

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