‘Aaghat’ – Vikram Gokhale’s directorial debut
Veteran stage-film-TV actor is debuting with his first Marathi venture Aaghat for Sprint Art Creations Pvt Ltd and producers Mohan Damle, Sanjay Sathaye, and Shriram Dandekar. The film is an account of the medical profession narrated in a realistic way after a lot of research and first hand experiences of leading doctors including pshyciatrists and neuro-oncologists. The film stars Mukta Barve, Aniket Vishwasrao, Arun Nalawde, Anant Jog, Smita Tambe, Manoj Joshi,Suhas Joshi, Kadambari Desai, Dr. Amol Kolhe, Deepa Lagoo, Vidyadhar Joshi and top Hindi villain Kiran Kumar for the first time in a Hindi film. The film has background music by Narendra Bhide but no songs. The DOP is Bharat Raval.The film is set for an early release.
Heebie-Jeebies
Producer Yash Patnaik’s Kaalo and director Wilson Louis (Mallika) is India's First Creature Film. Set in the deserts of Jaisalmer, this supernatural thriller is shot in scorching daylight at the peak of summer. Based on a folktale, the story of Kaalo - The Desert Witch revolves around a desert witch by the same name. Hundreds of years ago witchery/witchcraft was practiced heavily in Europe, Africa and Asia. Kaalo’s story is inspired by one such folktale about a witch named Kaalo. Kaalo was a witch who lived in Kulbhata during the 18th century. She was killed and buried by angry villagers for sacrificing young nubile girls to satisfy her greed for immortality, but her fear lived on. Years later villagers spoke of Kaalo’s sightings yet again. They claimed she was even more angry and dangerous.. And she was back to finish what she left incomplete. Kulbhata was vacated overnight by scared villagers. The film releases today.
Highflier
Karan Arora, CEO of Highground Enterprise and co-producer of the much-awaited movie, Tera Kya Hoga Johnny is all praise about his forthcoming release. Karan says, “I have always believed in making content driven movies that strike a chord amongst the masses, success will follow”. The film is about the city of Mumbai, and a child who sells tea on its streets. It's set at a time when Mumbai wants to be Shanghai. With movies like Bhindi Baazaar in post-production, starring Kay Kay Menon, Deepti Naval, Prashant Narayanan and Shilpa Shukla, almost ready for release early next year, venturing into new markets such as the Fiji Islands for film production and distribution to getting international pop icon Shakira to play Kaali for his upcoming British venture, Kaali – The Warrior Goddess, Karan is on a roll.
Samudra to release today
Gajendra Ahire’s Samudra produced by Amogh Creations and Maxwell Entertainment, starring Sonalee Kulkarni, Dr.Mohan Agashe, Sachit Patil, Anand Abhyankar, Seema Deshmukh etc is all set to release today. The film shot in the picturesque locations of Konkan is essentially a love triangle between a mistress, her lover, and her master. Debutant Amogh plays a stellar role. The music is by Rahul Ranade and the story is by Ahire himself. Will it repeat the success of Paaradh? Let’s wait and watch.
‘Toonpur Ka Superrhero’ music launched
Producers Krishika Lulla and Kumar Mangat Pathak magnanimously launched the music of their eagerly awaited film Toonpur Ka Superhero at Novotel, Juhu. Directed by Kireet Khurana, Toonpur Ka Superhero is India's First Live Action animation film. The music score has been given by none other than the outstanding music composer, Anu Malik. Present at the event was the entire star cast and crew of the film. Toonpur Ka Superhero is all set to hit theatres across the country on December 24 Be sure to catch this extravaganza, set in the multicoloured universe of animation.