Ajay-Atul is an Indian music composer duo comprising brothers Ajay Ashok Gogavale and Atul Ashok Gogavale. known for their works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Marathi and Hindi films. They are recipient of a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards Marathi, three Maharashtra State Film Awards, twelve Mirchi Music Awards, and two Zee Cine Awards. They made their debut in the 2015 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List securing a position of 82 and were placed 22nd in 2019. They have composed music for many hit Marathi & Hindi films.
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He works in Marathi cinema, and is best known for Sairat and Pistulya—the latter for which he received National Film Award in the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director. He made his Hindi Cinema debut in 2022, with a film called Jhund, starring Amitabh Bachchan.
Jatra is a 2005 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed and written by Kedar Shinde. The music was composed by the duo Ajay–Atul, and features the songs "Kombadi Palali" and "Ye Go Ye Ye Maina", the melodies of which were repurposed for "Chikni Chameli" and "Mera Naam Mary Hai" from the Hindi films Agneepath and Brothers respectively; both films were remakes directed by Karan Malhotra for Dharma Productions.
Sairat (transl. Wild) is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language social romantic tragedy film directed and co-produced by Nagraj Manjule under his banner Aatpat Production, along with Nittin Keni and Nikhil Sane under Essel Vision Productions and Zee Studios. Starring Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar in their debuts, it tells the story of two young college students from different castes who fall in love, sparking conflict between their families.
Prerana "Rinku" Mahadeo Rajguru is an Indian actress primarily working in Marathi and Hindi language films, best known for her role in the film Sairat for which she won a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards Marathi.
Manasu Mallige is an Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by S. Narayan and produced by Rockline Venkatesh and Akash Chawla. The film, a remake of Nagraj Manjule's Marathi film Sairat (2016), features Rinku Rajguru, reprising her role from the original, and Nishanth (Nataraj). The original soundtrack by Ajay–Atul has been re-used with Kannada lyrics, and the cinematography is by Manohar Joshi.
Akash Thosar is an Indian actor who appears in Marathi cinema and Bollywood. He is best known for his role as Parshya in the 2016 Marathi film Sairat for which he won a Filmfare Award Marathi Best Male Debut. He was ranked eighth in The Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2019.
Jhund is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film based on the life of Vijay Barse, the founder of NGO Slum Soccer. It is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sandip Singh, Raaj Hiremath, Savita Hiremath, Nagraj Manjule, Gargee Kulkarni and Meenu Arora under the banner of T-Series, Tandav Films Entertainment Pvt.Ltd and Aatpat Films. The filming began in December 2018 in Nagpur. The film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akash Thosar, Rinku Rajguru and Ankush Gedam, is written and directed by Nagraj Manjule.
Indian Idol Marathi is the Indian Marathi language version of the Pop Idol format and is part of Indian Idol. It has aired on Sony Marathi since 22 November 2021. Ajay–Atul are the judges of the show and Swanandi Tikekar and Prajakta Mali is hosting the show.
Tanaji Galgunde is an Indian actor primarily works in Marathi cinema best known for role in Sairat, which he was nominated for Filmfare Marathi Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He made his Bollywood debut in 2022 with the film Jhund.
Sairat is the soundtrack album composed and written by Ajay–Atul, to the 2016 Marathi film of the same name, directed by Nagraj Manjule that stars Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar in lead roles. The film was produced by Nittin Keni, Nikhil Sane and Nagraj Manjule under the productions Zee Studios, Essel Vision Productions and Aatpat Productions. The four-song soundtrack was released under the Zee Music Company label on 1 April 2016, to critical acclaim and fetched numerous accolades. Sairat notably the first Indian film to record the musical score at the Sony Scoring Stage in California.
Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Award for Favourite Actress is given by Zee Talkies as part of its annual Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? ceremony for Marathi films. The award was first given in 2009 for the films released in the preceding year 2008.
The 3rd Filmfare Marathi Awards is a ceremony, presented by Jio, honored the best Indian Marathi-language films of 2016.
Chandramukhi is the soundtrack to the 2022 Marathi film of the same name directed by Prasad Oak starring Amruta Khanvilkar in the titular role alongside Adinath Kothare and Mrunmayee Deshpande. The film's musical score and six-song soundtrack is composed by Ajay–Atul with lyrics written by Guru Thakur. With four songs preceded the album, the soundtrack to the film released on 28 April 2022 through Everest Entertainment, to positive response from critics and audience and received numerous accolades. The songs "Chandra" and "Bai Ga" were chartbusters.
The 14th Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Awards ceremony, presented by the Marathi television channel Zee Talkies, honored the best Marathi-language Indian films of 2023. The ceremony was held on 18 January 2024, and was hosted by Amey Wagh and Mahesh Manjrekar. The year also introduced Critics choice awards in six categories.
Arbaj Shaikh is an Indian actor known for his work in Marathi films, debuted with the film Sairat (2016) portrayed a supporting role. He also worked as supporting actor in the films Free Hit Danka (2021), Jhund (2022), Ghar Banduk Biryani (2023), Musandi (2023), Sangharsh Yoddha Manoj Jarange Patil (2024).
"Yad Lagla" is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language song from the soundtrack album of the film Sairat, directed and co-written by Nagraj Manjule. The song is written and composed by Ajay-Atul, sung by Ajay Gogavale. The music video of the track features actors Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru. "Yad Lagla" was remade in Hindi as "Pehli Baar" for the Sairat's Hindi remake Dhadak, starred Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor. The Times of India included song in their list of Top 10 Marathi romantic songs.
"Aaha Hero" is a 2023 Indian Marathi song from the soundtrack album of Ghar Banduk Biryani, composed by AV Prafullachandra and sung by Pravin Kuwar. The lyrics are penned by Vaibhav Deshmukh. The music video for the track features Sayaji Shinde and Akash Thosar. It was released on February 28, 2023, as the second single from the album after "Gun Gun" through Zee Music Company.
Ajay-Atul, are the Indian music composer duo consisting of brothers Ajay Ashok Gogavale and Atul Ashok Gogavale, have made contributions to the music industry. Their work in the Marathi film Jogwa earned them the Best Music Direction award at the 56th National Film Awards in 2008. In 2015, they entered the Forbes India Celebrity 100 List, debuting at the 82nd position, and climbed to 22nd place by 2019. Over the years, they have created music for numerous successful Marathi and Hindi films.
"Zingaat" is a popular Marathi-language song from the 2016 film Sairat, composed by the duo Ajay-Atul. It became the most-watched Marathi song on YouTube, with over 450 million views as of June 2021.
