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Pune 52 trailers: Detective thrillers are back in Marathi cinema
The Marathi film, to release with English subtitles, has been in the news for its story and cinematography
After Riteish Deshmukh’s Marathi film Balak Palak received a decent response from audiences, comes another interesting Marathi film – Pune 52. The trailers of Pune 52 created the right buzz, including an endorsement by director Anurag Kashyap, and the movie was well received at the 14th Mumbai Film Festival last year. Click here to read more2 Comments
Rajinikanth’s ‘Kochadaiyaan’ adds to cast
Katrina Kaif, Sarath Kumar and Sneha join the list of actor’s in Rajinikanth’s latest film
The Superstar’s Kochadaiyaan continues to be in the news. After we heard about the strong possibility of our Katrina Kaif joining the cast, now come some confirmed tidings. Tamil powerhouse Sarath Kumar is all set to play a pivotal role in Thalaivar’s next outing. He will play Rajini’s brother-in-law. He’ll essay the role of Sneha’s husband, a role that the Superstar thought he was apt for after watching his tremendous performance in the Mammootty-starrer Pazhassi Raja. Incidentally, the film will be Sneha’s last as she’s set to retire from the arclights after making her relationship with actor Prasanna public. Click here to read moreSatyadev Dubey (1936-2011): Tribute to a legend
He was controversial, candid and had a healthy disregard for anything colonial in theatre. The death of Satyadev Dubey has sadly brought the curtains down on an era of fierce Indianness on stage
Mumbai-based director, actor, playwright, screen writer and filmmaker Satyadev Dubey was best known for his play Andha Yug – a comment on the futility of war – by Dharamvir Bharti, which he staged in 1962. It is said that Dubey, who was born in Bilaspur in present day Chhattisgarh in 1936, had moved to Mumbai to become a cricketer. But he ended up in theatre. Director Bhanu Bharti, who produced Andha Yug, told IANS: “He was a remarkable man because he had carved a space for himself on the Marathi stage despite not being a Maharashtrian. He singlehandedly started a new theatre movement.” Critics say that Dubey courted controversy with his criticism of English theatre in India in the 1960s and ’70s, saying it was a colonial legacy and only the elite took part in it. However, he later switched to English theatre himself when he felt that the medium had freed itself from the baggage of British and American influence and English had developed and Indian idiom on stage. Click here to read moreGautam Rajadhyaksha was a skillful writer as well: Sanjay Surkar, Marathi film director
Gautam Rajadhyaksha was an all-rounder, best known for his photography. But he was a good writer as well – his story for a Marathi movie, Sakhi, directed by Marathi director Sanjay Surkar, is still greatly appreciated. Sanjay says, “Gautam was a very close friend; we knew each other right from the beginning of my career. He was the best photographer, but he also had the skill to write stories for dramas and movies. His innocence was simply amazing. And that has reflected in his story of Sakhi. There was softness in his personality. When we went to his house, we always felt like we were in some other universe. His entire home is full of his photographs. Gautam had a positive energy in him, and he was always hoping for one more film to write.”
Actor Sonali Kulkarni played the lead role in Sakhi. She remembered how Gautam gave her a lot of confidence and self respect from the start of their friendship. “I knew Gautam since my first photoshoot in 1998. Apart from being the best photographer, he was very fond of Indian classical music and Marathi literature. He loved each and every art form. With Sakhi, he never forced his ‘writer’ attitude on us while on the sets of the movie. His passing away is a huge loss to the Marathi and Hindi film industries.”Click here to read more
Actor Sonali Kulkarni played the lead role in Sakhi. She remembered how Gautam gave her a lot of confidence and self respect from the start of their friendship. “I knew Gautam since my first photoshoot in 1998. Apart from being the best photographer, he was very fond of Indian classical music and Marathi literature. He loved each and every art form. With Sakhi, he never forced his ‘writer’ attitude on us while on the sets of the movie. His passing away is a huge loss to the Marathi and Hindi film industries.”Click here to read more
