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Vibhavari Deshpande
Vibhawari Deshpande is an Indian actress, writer and director who works in Marathi theatre and Marathi cinema. Career Writer and director Deshpande started her career with acting and off-screen works in college drama. She also attended various courses organised by National School of Drama, Delhi and workshops conducted by noted theatre personality Satyadev Dubey. While working for drama, she mainly worked off-screen in writing department. She has also written dialogues for the Marathi TV serial ''Agnihotra'' that aired on Star Pravaha. Deshpande is active in theater with an Indo-German group "Grips" that produces plays for children. Along with acting and writing scripts, she has also directed a Kannada play ''Gumma Banda Gumma''. Acting Deshpande received her first acting break for a cameo role as a receptionist in the multi-award-winning 2004 film ''Shwaas''. Her next role came in Smita Talwalkar's production ''Saatchya Aat Gharat''. Here she played the role of Ketaki, one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harishchandrachi Factory
''Harishchandrachi Factory'' (; ) is a 2009 Indian Marathi-language biographical film written and directed by Paresh Mokashi. It is about Dadasaheb Phalke, who made the first Indian feature film ''Raja Harishchandra'' (1913), and starring Nandu Madhav as him and Vibhavari Deshpande as his wife Saraswati. ''Harishchandrachi Factory'' focuses on the struggle Phalke faced during its production. The film is the directorial debut of Paresh Mokashi who won the Best Director award at Pune International Film Festival, where the film was shown. In September 2009, it was selected as India's official entry to Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category, making it the second film, after ''Shwaas'' (2004), in Marathi cinema to receive this honour. Overview The film depicts the making of India's first full-length feature film by Dadasaheb Phalke. Cast * Nandu Madhav as Dadasaheb Phalke * Vibhavari Deshpande as Saraswati Phalke * Sandeep Pathak as Trymbak B. Telang * Bhalcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natarang
''Natarang'', also spelled Natrang ( mr, नटरंग, an ornamental word for "artist", especially a theatre artist), is a 2010 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by debutant Ravi Jadhav and starring Atul Kulkarni and Sonalee Kulkarni. Composer duo Ajay–Atul composed the original score and songs of the film. Based on ''Natarang'', 1978 Marathi novel by Anand Yadav, the film depicts the journey of a young artist in overcoming hurdles in the form of family, friends, society and to finally realise the unthinkable dream. Set in the 1970s, in the backdrop of a village in Maharashtra, ''Natarang'' highlights the emotions related to gender bias and the sacrifices of an artiste for the love of his art. Plot Gunvantrao Kagalkar aka 'Guna' (Atul Kulkarni), a poor village labourer, nurtures an obsession for Tamasha - a popular theatrical folk art form of Maharashtra. Unforeseen circumstances lead him to lose his job as labourer and lands him in situation where he sets up a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacred Games (TV Series)
''Sacred Games'' is an Indian neo-noir crime thriller streaming television series based on Vikram Chandra's 2006 novel of the same name. India's first Netflix original series, it was produced and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap as Phantom Films. The novel was adapted by Varun Grover, Smita Singh, and Vasant Nath. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Erik Barmack and Motwane were the series' executive producers. Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) is a troubled police officer in Mumbai who receives a phone call from gangster Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who tells him to save the city within 25 days; the series chronicles the events which follow. Other cast members include Radhika Apte, Girish Kulkarni, Neeraj Kabi, Jeetendra Joshi, Rajshri Deshpande, Karan Wahi, Sukhmani Sadana, Aamir Bashir, Jatin Sarna, Elnaaz Norouzi, Pankaj Tripathi, Amey Wagh, Kubbra Sait, Surveen Chawla, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Amruta Subhash. ''Sacred Games'' began development afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikli And Laxmi Bomb
''Tikli and Laxmi Bomb'' is an Indian film released on Netflix, directed by Aditya Kripalani based on revolution in the sex trade, the story of which revolves around two sex workers in Mumbai, India who decide to attain autonomy in their profession by running a small part of the sex trade by women and for women. Plot Laxmi Malwankar is a sex worker in Mumbai who takes a shot at S.V. street and has been a piece of Mumbai's flourishing sex exchange for almost two decades. She's 40, tainted and at some level has a profound seeded dedication towards Mhatre, the pimp, who deals with every one of the young ladies on that road. Putul, 22, hails from Bangladesh and Mhatre the pimp has conveyed her to Laxmi to be instructed the ropes. Putul, defiant as she seems to be, is brimming with inquiries concerning how this framework functions and why every one of the men in this arrangement of prostitution pronounce to give security however then wind up getting to be predators themselves from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumhari Sulu
''Tumhari Sulu'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Suresh Triveni and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Tanuj Garg, Krishan Kumar, Atul Kasbekar and Shanti Sivaram Maini under the banners of T-Series and Ellipsis Entertainment. ''Tumhari Sulu'' stars Vidya Balan as the titular character, an ambitious housewife who becomes a radio jockey for a late-night relationship advice show. Manav Kaul and Neha Dhupia co-star as Sulu's husband and boss, respectively. ''Tumhari Sulu'' was released worldwide on 17 November 2017, to become both a critical and a decent box office success which earned over 508.4 million on a 200 million budget. At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, ''Tumhari Sulu'' received 9 nominations, including Best Supporting Actor (Kaul), with Balan winning her fourth Best Actress award at the ceremony. It was remade in Tamil as ''Kaatrin Mozhi'' (2018) with Jyothika reprising Vidya's role. Plot Sulochana Dubey, nicknamed Sulu (Vidya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postcard (2013 Film)
''Postcard'' is a 2013 Indian Marathi film written and directed by Gajendra Ahire. It is about a postman who gets involved in the lives of people. Synopsis The film opens with a postman in Maharashtra. He tells three stores about his life. The first story is about an old man who has worked all his life at a saw mill. The postman regularly brings him letters from his children. The postman's pregnant wife reads some of the letters. She believes they are not merely letters; they carry messages and emotions. To the postman the letters are merely his job. He delivers letters and sometimes read them aloud when the recipient cannot read. One day the old man decides to retire from his job and go live peacefully with his children. He asks the owner of the saw mill to settle his dues. The owner, shrewd and deceitful, says the old man is due nothing; in fact the old man must repay his loans, now with interest totaling one thousand rupees. The old man decides he will repay the loan by work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chintoo
Chintoo is a famous Marathi comic strip that appears in Sakal newspaper. Chintoo is written by Charuhas Pandit and Prabhakar Wadekar. For a couple of years it appeared in ''Loksatta ''Loksatta'' (''Lōksattā'') is a Marathi daily newspaper in Maharashtra, India. It is published by The Indian Express Group and was launched on 14 January 1948. ''Loksatta'' is published out of Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Thane, Palghar, Ahmednag ...''. Chintoo (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Chintu) has been popular in all age groups since it started. It was first published on November 21, 1991. Theme Chintoo, the hero of the strip, represents a typical boy in middle class Marathi family. Normal incidents in his day-to-day life are given a humorous face in this cartoon series. He faces all the problems that other boys of his age face like pressure to study from parents, getting bullied etc. He also enjoys doing pranks. He gets fun out of simple things. He enjoys watching cricket, stealing mango ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deool
''Deool'' () is a 2011 Indian Marathi dark comedy directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and produced by Abhijeet Gholap. The film stars Girish Kulkarni, Nana Patekar, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Sharvani Pillai, Sonali Kulkarni in lead roles. The film is about the effect of globalization on India's small towns and the terrible state of Indian villages, with a political backdrop. ''Deool'' won the 59th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Actor (Girish Kulkarni) and Best Dialogue (Girish Kulkarni). The film also marks the debut of veteran Hindi film actor Naseeruddin Shah in Marathi film industry. Plot In the rural areas of Maharashtra lies a peaceful village called Mangrul. Keshya (Girish Kulkarni), a simple village youth, who works for Bhau (Nana Patekar) as a cow stockman, takes one of Bhau's cows named "KARDI", to one of the hills in the village where there is an Audumber (Ficus racemosa: Indian fig tree) tree present. KARDI scratches her head over that tree and by which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balgandharva
Narayan Shripad Rajhans, popularly known as Bal Gandharva, (26 June 1888 – 15 July 1967) was a famous Marathi language, Marathi singer and a stage actor. He was known for his roles in female characters in Marathi plays, since women were not allowed to act on stage during his time. Bal Gandharva got his name after a singing performance in Pune. Lokmanya Tilak, a social reformer and a freedom fighter of Indian independence movement was in the audience, and after the performance, reportedly patted Rajhans on the back and said that Narayan was a ''"Bal Gandharva"'' ( Young Gandharva). Personal life Narayan Shripad Rajhans was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family to Shripad Rajhans and his wife Annapurnabai Rajhans. He was born in Nagthane village of Palus, Maharashtra, Palus taluka of Sangli district in what is now the state of Maharashtra. Bal Gandharva married twice. At a very young age, he was married to Lakshmibai, a lady of his own Deshastha Brahmin community and hailin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai Meri Jaan
''Mumbai Meri Jaan'' (Hindi: , translation: ''Mumbai, My Life'') is a 2008 Indian drama film directed by Nishikant Kamat and produced by Ronnie Screwvala. It stars R. Madhavan, Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal and Kay Kay Menon. It deals with the aftermath of the 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings, where 209 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured. It won multiple Filmfare Awards. Plot Rupali Joshi (Soha Ali Khan) is a successful reporter who is getting married in two months. Nikhil Agrawal (Madhavan) is an environmentally conscious executive who rides the train to work every day and is expecting his first child. Suresh (Kay Kay Menon) is a struggling computer tech who spends his time loafing at a local cafe and criticizing Muslims. Meanwhile, Sunil Kadam (Vijay Maurya) struggles with the corruption and inefficiency of the Mumbai police force and his boss, Tukaram Patil (Paresh Rawal), who is nearing retirement. On 11 July Nikhil and Suresh are in the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dum Kaata
''Dumkata'' ( ''A Tale of a Tail!'') is a Hindi-language comedy film directed by Amol Palekar and released in 2007. The film stars Om Puri, Anjana Basu, and Sachin Khedekar in lead roles. This film also includes supporting roles played by Shernaz Patel and Aseen Desai. The film was released in India and the UK in 2007 and released to the rest of the world in 2010. Plot This movie is the story of a young boy, Saumil ( Khush Malik), who is diagnosed with a condition for which the doctor recommends an operation. Saumil refuses the operation, and his brother starts to believe he is growing a tail. Saumil and his brother Kashul ( Aseen Desai), his mom (Shernaz Patel), his dad (Sachin Khedekar), his grandfather (Om Puri) must all come together in this time of need.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1934243/ Cast *Om Puri * Jainam Shah * Viram Shah *Anjana Basu *Sachin Khedekar *Shernaz Patel *Heli Daruwala as Imlee * Aseen Desai *Viju Khote *Vibhavari Deshpande as Ananya's mother *Saloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balgandharva (film)
''Balgandharva'' is a biographical Marathi film on one of the Marathi singers and stage actors Narayan Shripad Rajhans, famously known as Bal Gandharva (''Bal''=child + ''Gandharva''=Singer of Heaven). The name was bestowed to Narayan by Lokmanya Tilak after listening to his public performance in Pune while he was very young. The film is directed by Ravi Jadhav, whose debutant film Natarang won critical acclaims as well as good box office report. The film is produced by Nitin Chandrakant Desai, the National Award-winning Art Director, under the banner of Iconic Chandrakant Productions Pvt. Ltd. The film was declared "Super Hit" at the box-office. Plot The film is a biopic on life on Balgandharva showing his struggles through poverty to riches and fame. Narayan Rajhans while in a public performance of his singing at Pune receives his new honour and name "Balgandharva". On advise of Shahu Maharaj, the king of Kolhapur state, he starts his formal training and joins ''Kirloskar Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
