Newsmaker of the Day: Girish Kulkarni

Newsmaker of the Day: Girish Kulkarni

Girish Kulkarni won the best actor award for his performance in Marathi film 'Deool'. ...
10:45 PM, May 03, 2012

The 59th National Film Awards ceremony today

The 59th National Film Awards ceremony today New Delhi: It's the day the 59th National Film Awards winners have been waiting for. The National Awards will be given away on May 3 to mark the release day of the iconic movie 'Raja Harishchandra' and the beginning of the 100th year of Hindi Cinema. The winners of the 59th National Film Awards have already been announced and the Best Film award will be shared by films 'Deool' (Marathi)...
02:50 PM, May 03, 2012

99 years later, Raja Harishchandra (1913) goes 3D

Pixelated |  Soumyadip Choudhury

In India, cinema isn't just a passion. It is frenzical. We have perhaps inherited this acute addiction from the man who started it all, 99 ...
02:17 AM, Apr 21, 2012

National Award: Who's Best Actor Girish Kulkarni?

National Award: Who's Best Actor Girish Kulkarni? Mumbai: While the whole world is celebrating Vidya Balan's National Award for the best actress for her role in 'The Dirty Picture', the response to Marathi artist Girish Kulkarni winning the prestigious award for the best actor for 'Deool' has drawn a blank. "Yeh Girish kaun hai, Atul Kulkarni ka bhai," a prominent Bollywood director wonders despite the fact that his first Marathi film was produced by Bollywood megastar Amitabh...
06:52 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Marathi actress arrested for running sex racket

Marathi actress arrested for running sex racket Pune: The social security cell (SSC) of Pune police have arrested 52-year-Marathi actress of yesteryears for her involvement in a prostitution racket run at a row house in Orchid Palace society on NIBM road, Kondhwa. The actress was identified as Padmaja Vishwanath Bapat has been booked under several sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, along with two other women aged 28 and 30 who have been arrested in...
12:47 PM, Nov 30, 2011

Choreographer Subal Sarkar dead

Choreographer Subal Sarkar dead Mumbai: Renowned dancer and choreographer of Marathi film industry Subal Sarkar died here Saturday following a prolonged illness, a family friend said. He was 76. Sarkar breathed his last at his Dadar residence in the morning. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Sarkar, hailing from West Bengal, started his career as a choreographer with the Marathi movie 'Soyarik' in 1975. Since then, he never looked...
04:36 PM, Nov 13, 2011

Marathi, Kannada films to premier at Goa festival

Marathi, Kannada films to premier at Goa festival Panaji: A Marathi and a Kannada film would premier at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2011, to be held in Goa. IFFI would be held from November 23 to December 3. The inaugural function of the 10-day festival would be held in Margao, 35 km from here. 'Bhageerathi', a Kannada film, and Marathi film `Bharat Mazza Desh Aahe' will feature in the Indian Premier Section of the festival,...
02:37 PM, Nov 12, 2011

Coming soon, a Marathi movie inspired by Hazare

Coming soon, a Marathi movie inspired by Hazare Pune: In a celluloid tribute to Anna Hazare's resolve to fight corruption with non-violent methods, a Marathi film will capture the inspirational and magnetic pull of the anti-graft crusader's personality that has caught the imagination of the country. The film wants to convey that the Gandhian philosophy of 'ahimsa' (non-violence) and 'satyagraha' (peaceful resistance) is more powerful than terrorist ideologies that are spreading in the world, said Ganesh Shinde, director...
04:47 PM, Sep 03, 2011

Ace music director Shrinivas Khale no more

Ace music director Shrinivas Khale no more Mumbai: Renowned Marathi music director Shrinivas Khale passed away at his residence in neighbouring Thane early today following brief illness. He was 85 and is survived by wife and three daughters. Sources said 'Khale Kaka' as he was fondly called was not keeping well for the last few days and breathed his last at his residence in Vasant Vihar at 1.10 am. The funeral will take place later in the...
12:14 PM, Sep 02, 2011
Singer Asha Bhosle speaks about her acting debut

Singer Asha Bhosle speaks about her acting debut

Asha Bhosle is now moving out of recording studios to face the camera with her acting debut in the film 'Maaee'. ...
09:16 AM, Apr 26, 2011
MNS men on rampage again, target migrants

MNS men on rampage again, target migrants

Activists of Raj thackeray's MNS demolishing shacks and hutments in Ghatkopar suburb. ...
06:12 PM, Apr 17, 2011

Shiva Sena, MNS in a face-off in Mumbai

Shiva Sena, MNS in a face-off in Mumbai Activists of the Shiv Sena and the rival Maharashtra Navnirma Sena (MNS) came face to face today in South Mumbai at the inauguration of the MNS office in the LIC building by the party chief Raj Thackerey. Incidentally, Shiv Sena leaders Sanjay Raut and Anant Adsul had also come to meet the chairman of LIC demanding permanent jobs for some of the employees, at the same time. The confrontation resulted...
07:13 PM, Dec 20, 2010
Govt intervenes in Sena-multiplex owners' battle

Govt intervenes in Sena-multiplex owners' battle

Government has intervened in the battle between Shiv Sena and multiplex owners, with state home minister RR Patil having met the Marathi producers and theatre owners. ...
09:28 PM, Aug 24, 2010

Cinema is Thackeray cousins' latest political weapon

Cinema is Thackeray cousins' latest political weapon Mumbai: The Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) are at it again. The parties have found a new cause to champion in the name of Marathi pride. Shiv Sena activists on Monday demanded that multiplexes in Mumbai reduce the price of Marathi film tickets. The agitation comes just a week after MNS leaders vandalised multiplexes in the city demanding an increase in the number of screenings of Marathi...
01:28 PM, Aug 24, 2010

Cinema is Thackerays' latest political weapon

Cinema is Thackerays' latest political weapon Mumbai: The Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) are at it again. The parties have found a new cause to champion in the name of Marathi pride. Shiv Sena activists on Monday demanded that multiplexes in Mumbai reduce the price of Marathi film tickets. The agitation comes just a week after MNS leaders vandalised multiplexes in the city demanding an increase in the number of screenings of Marathi...
01:28 PM, Aug 24, 2010
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