Feature Stories - Marathi Cinema
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5 years of Kaccha Limbu: Manmeet Pem recalls playing an emotionally draining character
Prasad Oak's directorial debut had also won the National award for Best Feature Film in...
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Each and every scene in Chandramukhi was challenging, says Mrunmayee Deshpande
The actress plays the wife of Addinath Kothare's politician in the film directed by Prasad Oak....
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Opinion: Jhund and the collective silence of Marathi filmdom
What holds the leading lights of the industry back from at least a polite congratulatory message?...
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Krishnakant Dalvi, a forgotten hero of Marathi cinema – Anniversary special
On Dalvi's 96th birth anniversary, a quick look at the actor's career that lasted for more...
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Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022): Exit, the Nightingale
The legend, who died of COVID-19 complications in Mumbai today, was a perfectionist whose quiet, a...
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Ramesh Deo (1929-2022): The accidental actor who became a legend
The artiste wowed audiences and critics alike with his acting prowess over his seven-decade career....
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Remembering V Shantaram’s first foray into sound, Ayodhya Ka Raja — 90th anniversary special
Released on 23 January 1932, the bilingual film was the first talkie by Prabhat Film Company....
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Goodbye 2021: The best films of the year that you ought not to miss
For the second year in a row, viewing habits and Indian cinema were in a flux. Regardless of the the...
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10 years of Deool: A masterful satirical take on the politics of commercialization of religion
This drama, helmed by Umesh Kulkarni and written by Girish Kulkarni, made an important point to...
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How being a newsreader helped Smita Patil bag her first short film – Anniversary special
On the actress's 66th birth anniversary, veteran sound designer Hitendra Ghosh recalls how he on...
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6 films that ride on the humble bicycle – Special
On World Bicycle Day, a look at how the humble two-wheeler has served as a narrative device in some...
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10 years of Balgandharva, tale of an extraordinary artiste whose hubris led to his downfall – Anniversary special
Directed by Ravi Jadhav, the film traces the rise and fall of Bal Gandharva, a phenomenal and...
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Sumitra Bhave (1943–2021): Filmmaker who continued her social work through cinema
The National award-winning director, who died this morning in Pune at 78, always took up stories she...
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6 years of Court: Chaitanya Tamhane didn’t want us to act, says Geetanjali Kulkarni
Kulkarni played the public prosecutor who argues the case against Vira Sathidar's Narayan...
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10 evocative Sudhir Moghe songs: Anniversary special
Poet, lyricist, composer, writer, painter and anchor Sudhir Moghe, who was born on 8 February a...
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80 years of Padosi: Impassioned plea for communal harmony at a time of turmoil
V Shantaram’s last project for Prabhat Films portrays the friendship between communities in of...
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Special – The best Marathi films of 2011-20
From the groundbreaking Sairat (2016) to the artistic Lathe Joshi (2018), these are Cinestaan's...
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Goodbye 2020: The pandemic-blighted year took a heavy toll on Indian cinema too
In a year when human lives were reduced to statistics, the film industry lost many who were integral...
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Goodbye 2020: The 10 best short films of the year of the pandemic
In the absence of big-ticket features through most of the year, short films emerged as engaging for...
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V Shantaram, pioneer of woman-orientated cinema – Anniversary special
An influential filmmaker, Shantaram was willing to use cinema as an instrument of social change to...