Avadhoot Gupte is an Indian singer, musician, writer, music & film director, film producer, television presenter and actor who works primarily in Marathi Cinema. He started his career as a film director with Zenda in 2010.
Prabha Atre was an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana. She was awarded all three of the Padma Awards by the Government of India. She died after experiencing breathing difficulty in the early hours and was taken to Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital. She died from cardiac arrest before reaching the hospital. Atre died on 13 January 2024, at the age of 91.
Vasant Desai (1912–1975) was an Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram films like Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Vijay Bhatt's Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), Sampoorna Ramayan (1961), Ashirwad (1968) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Guddi (1971).
Aarya Ambekar is a Marathi playback singer and actor from Pune, Maharashtra. She has recorded numerous songs for films and albums in Marathi and Hindi. She has also performed at various prestigious concerts across India and overseas including UAE, USA amongst others. Aarya has won numerous accolades including a Filmfare Award.
Marathi Abhimaangeet is a song written in Marathi by the noted poet Suresh Bhat and set to music by well known composer Kaushal Inamdar.
Saraswati Rane was an Indian classical singer in the Hindustani Classical genre. She was a daughter of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan (1872–1937), the founder of Kirana Gharana. Her family had a long and great music tradition. She got her initial training of vocal music of the Kirana Gharana style from her elder brother Sureshbabu Mane and elder sister Hirabai Barodekar, who themselves were the doyen of Indian classical music of their times. Later she also sang along with elder sister, Hirabai Bododekar, especially in jugalbandi style.
Sulochana Mahadev Kadam, better known as Sulochana Chavan, was an Indian singer who was known for her lavanis in Marathi.
Crazy Kutumba is a 2010 Kannada comedy film directed by B. Ramamurthy and produced by Ravi Joshi for Luv Kush Productions banner. The story is a remake of Marathi film De Dhakka (2008) which was inspired from the Hollywood film, Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
Vitti Dandu was released on 21 November 2014. Directed by Ganesh Kadam and produced by Ajay Devgn and Leena Deore, the movie was the first Marathi film produced by Ajay Devgn FFilms. Dilip Prabhavalkar (Daaji) and Ashok Samarth played lead roles. The film had a budget of ₹2.5 CR.
Dharmaveer is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language biographical political drama film written and directed by Pravin Tarde and produced by Mangesh Desai under the banner of Zee Studios. It covers the story of late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe. The film features Prasad Oak, Kshitish Date, Makarand Paddhye, Snehal Tarde and Shruti Marathe in the lead roles.
Campus Katta is an Indian Marathi language film directed by Sanjeev Kolte and produced by Prathamesh Gadve. The film stars Santosh Juvekar, Namrata Gaikwad and Sheetal Dabholkar, Swati Chitnis. Music by Pravin Kuvar. The film was released on 18 April 2014.
Elnaaz Norouzi is an Iranian-German model, actress and singer who mainly works in Bollywood. She is known for playing the role of Zoya Mirza in Indian crime thriller Sacred Games. She made her Hollywood debut with Gerard Butler in Kandahar, a movie by Ric Roman Waugh.
Takatak 2 is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language romantic comedy film directed by Milind Kavde. It is the sequel for the 2019 film Takatak. The film stars Prathamesh Parab, Akshay Kelkar, Ajinkya Raut, Bhoomika Kadam and Pranali Bhalerao. The popular song "Hridayi Vasant Phulatana" in the 1988 Marathi comedy drama film Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi was adopted with the same title, featured Iranian-German actress Elnaaz Norouzi.
Shabas Sunbai is an Indian Marathi-language family drama film produced and written by Bhalji Pendharkar and directed by Prabhakar Pendharkar, starring Ajinkya Deo and debutant Ashwini Bhave in the lead roles.
"Hridayi Vasant Phulatana" is an Indian Marathi-language song, composed by Arun Paudwal, with lyrics written by Shantaram Nandgaonkar and sung by Suresh Wadkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Sudesh Bhosale, Shailendra Singh, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Aparna Mayekar.
Takatak is a 2019 Indian Marathi-language adult comedy film directed by Milind Kavde and produced by Purple Bull Entertainment. The film starring Prathamesh Parab, Ritika Shrotri, Abhijeet Amkar and Pranali Bhalerao in the leading roles. The film was a commercial success grossed over ₹14.27 crore (US$1.8 million) in three weeks.
"Sukh Kalale" is a Marathi-language song from the soundtrack album of the film Ved, directed by Riteish Deshmukh. The song is composed and written by Ajay-Atul, sung by Shreya Ghoshal. The song depicting Shravani's one-sided love in the film. It became a huge hit. A new version of the same song is featured in the voice of Ajay Gogavle.
