Riteish Deshmukh is an Indian actor, filmmaker, comedian, and television presenter who works in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is the son of politician Vilasrao Deshmukh.
Vishal–Shekhar are an Indian music composition, production, singing, and songwriting duo consisting of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani from Mumbai. Known predominantly for their work as music composers in Hindi cinema, Vishal–Shekhar have also recorded in Telugu, Tamil and Marathi with the likes of Akon, The Vamps, Imogen Heap and Diplo. They have been streamed over 3 billion times on YouTube, have had 72 number-one singles, and have been featured on over 350 film sound tracks. They are one of the most successful music composers in the history of Bollywood music.
Shekhar Ravjiani is an Indian singer, music director, record producer and actor, who has been one half of the Bollywood composing/producing duo Vishal–Shekhar, since 1999.
Marathi Cinema, also known as Marathi film industry, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Marathi language widely spoken in the state of Maharashtra. It is based in Mumbai. It is the oldest film industry of India and one of the leaders in filmmaking in the Indian film industry.
Sachin Khedekar is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and Malayalam language films. His well-known films include Kaksparsh, Astitva and Shyam Benegal's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero in which he portrayed Subhas Chandra Bose. Notable TV series include SailaabImtihaan and Samvidhaan in which he played B. R. Ambedkar.
Siddharth Jadhav is an Indian actor, entertainer and comedian widely known for his work in several Hindi and Marathi films and stage productions. He has received several awards including a Filmfare Award Marathi.
Natarang, also spelled Natrang, 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.
Bela Shende is an Indian playback singer. She performed several songs in Bollywood and other film Indian industries. "Mann Mohana" from the film Jodhaa Akbar, "Su Che" from the film What's Your Raashee?, "Wajle Ki Baara" and "Apsara Aali" from Natarang are some of her famous songs. In 2014 she was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Khurkhura" from the Marathi film Tuhya Dharma Koncha.
Balgandharva is a 2011 Indian Marathi-language biographical film on one of the Marathi singers and stage actors Narayan Shripad Rajhans, famously known as Bal Gandharva. The name was bestowed to Narayan by Lokmanya Tilak after listening to his public performance in Pune while he was very young.
The 59th National Film Awards, presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals, honoured the best of Indian cinema for 2011 and took place on 3 May 2012 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Awards were presented in 38 categories in the Feature Films section, 20 categories in the Non-Feature Films section and two categories for the Best Writing on Cinema section; 41 jury members chose the winners from 392 entries. The ceremony was hosted by actors Vinay Pathak and Saumya Tandon. Awards were presented by the Vice-President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari. The ceremony was broadcast live on three television channels, eleven All India Radio stations, and webcast live.
Kishor Kadam is an Indian actor and poet who has acted prominently in Marathi and Hindi movies. He has also acted in Tamil movies and has appeared in some television serials as well. He is a veteran Marathi poet, writing with his pseudonym 'Saumitra'. He is the Recipient of Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Marathi twice for his films Fandry and Partu.
Balak-Palak is a 2013 Indian Marathi-language comedy drama film on the topic of sex education. The film was directed by Ravi Jadhav and produced by Riteish Deshmukh, Uttung Thakur, and Ravi Jadhav. This is the first film produced by actor Riteish Deshmukh. The story was written by Ganesh Pandit and Amber Hadap. Balak Palak was shot by Mahesh Limaye.
Timepass is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language romantic drama film about teenage love set in the 1990s between Dagadu and Prajakta. It also stars Bhalchandra Kadam, Vaibhav Mangle, Bhushan Pradhan And Urmila Kothare. It was directed by Ravi Jadhav, who has provided prior hits like Balak-Palak, Balgandharva, and Natarang.
Rohit Phalke is an Indian actor. He made his debut with Balak-Palak film in Marathi cinema.
Yellow is a 2014 Marathi film directed by Mahesh Limaye and produced by Riteish Deshmukh and Uttung Thakur. The story explores a mother/daughter relationship involving developmental disability and childlike behaviour.
Uttung Hitendra Thakur is an Indian film producer known for the films Balak Palak and Yellow. Thakur made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi film Balak Palak on the topic of sex education, co-produced by Riteish Deshmukh and directed by Ravi Jadhav. He also remade Balak Palak in Malayalam as Swarna Malsyangal. Balak Palak created a world record through UFO Moviez and Valuable Edutainment as India's first multi-locational interactive Live Premiere of Marathi film on 3 January 2013.
Mahesh Limaye is an Indian cinematographer - director known for his work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. Some of his work include Traffic Signal, Corporate, Fashion, Heroine, Dabaang, Uttarayan, Natarang, Balgandharva, Rege and Mulshi Pattern.
Kachcha Limboo is a 2017 Marathi language feature film directed by Prasad Oak and produced by Mandar Devasthali. The film was the recipient of the 2017 National Film Award in the Best Arts/Cultural Film category.
