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Meet your favourite film stars in Auckland
Indian Newslink June 1, 2015
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Staff Reporter
Ravi Jadhav Priya Bapat Priyadarshan Jadhav Vaibhav Mangle
Dorothy Winstone Centre at
Auckland Grammar School,
which has witnessed a number
of national day festivities,
cultural programmes, and graduation
ceremonies, will transform itself into a
theatre later this month.
It would be a veritable venue for lovers
of Marathi Cinema on Sunday, June 21,
2015 at 3 pm as ‘TimePass2,’ a box office
hit, is screened at the Centre.
Tickets priced at $25 and $20 are
available at a number of Indian retail
outlets. They can also be booked on
telephone 022-1098071 or 021-552299.
Payment options include Cash, Credit
Card and Paypal.
For further information, please email
rushali.entertainment@gmail.com
‘TimePass 2’ is Rated PG and childcare
is available at the venue in Auckland.
Stars attraction
Ravi Jadhav, Director of the film,
Vaibhav Mangle who portrays the
character of ‘Shakal,’ Priyadarshan
Jadhav (Dagdu) and Priya Bapat (Praju)
will be present at the screening and chat
with the audience.
Rushali Entertainment Limited
and Global Gurus Limited are jointly
organising the special screening and
coordinating the visit of the artistes.
Highest grosser
Neha Mokashi, Director of Global
Gurus said that the first version of
‘TimePass,’ released in January 2014
was one of the most successful films in
Marathi film industry.
“It was the first Marathi film to cross
the Rs 30 Crores (about $6.47 million)
mark. It set a benchmark for Marathi
Cinema as the highest grosser. The
film also marked a spectacular victory
for Jadhav, who is a pride of our film
industry,” she said.
Ravi Jadhav
She said that ‘Natarang,’ which was
his debut film as director, won the 2009
National Film Award for Best Feature
Film in Marathi.
“He has many other notable films to his
credit, including ‘Balak Palak,’ produced
by Ritesh Deshmukh and ‘Balgandharva,’
which won three national awards at the
59th National Film Awards. He is known
for promoting new film directors in
Marathi Cinema by co-producing and
presenting ‘Rege,’ (directed by debutant
Abhijit Panse) and ‘Coffee Aani Barach
Kahi’(by Prakash Kunte),” she said.
Jadhav has the distinction of being
one of the most creative directors in the
Marathi film Industry. ‘Balak Palak’
received critical acclaims and was a major
commercial success.
He has directed ‘Tomorrow’s
Decided,’a music video for Pentagram, an
electro-rock band based in Mumbai and
written lyrics for Saazani, a Marathi single
by Shekhar Ravjiani, and has directed its
music video.
Several Awards
Jadhav has won a number of Awards.
These include the Rajat Kamal Award at
the National Film Awards for ‘Natarang,’
as the Best Marathi Film (2010); National
Film Awards and Film Festivals at Cannes
and Venice- ‘Balgandharva’ (2011); Best
Short Fiction Film at the 62nd National
Film Awards Official Selection at IFFI
(Indian Panorama) for ‘Mitrra’ (2014).
His films have also been shown at
the Chicago South Asian Film Festival;
Iris Prize Festival (Cardiff, UK); Prague
Bollywood Festival; Homochrom,
Cologne, Germany; and Darpan Film
Festival, Singapore.
Priya Bapat
The lead actress of TimePass 2 was a
student of the Balmohan Vidyamandir
School.
Priya Bapat madeher Bollywood debut
in Dr Jabbar Patel’s film ‘Dr Baba Saheb
Ambedkar’ as young Ramabai.
She did a cameo in the 2006 Bollywood
box-office hit ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai.’
Priya plays a lead role in Marathi Stage
drama ‘Nava Gadi Nava Rajya’ with her
husband Umesh Kamat and sings for
his music album, ‘Anandi and Anand
Reunite.’
In 2009, She performed the role
of Shashikala in Marathi film ‘Me
Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy.’
Priya will be in Auckland in June 21
for the screening of TimePass 2.
He filmography includes Dr Babasaheb
Ambedkar (2000), Munna Bhai MBBS
(2003), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006),
Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy (2008),
Andhali Koshimbir (2010), Kaksparsh
(2013), Lokmanya (2014), TimePass
(2014), Happy Journey (2014) and
TimePass 2 (2015).
She is also an artiste in a number of
TV serials including ‘Shubham Karoti,’
‘Aamhi Travelkar’ that she hosts,
‘Natak’and ‘Navaa Gadi Navaa Raajya.’
Priyadarshan Jadhav
This Marathi actor is also a writer
and director. A multitalented person,
Priyadarshan Jadhav entered the Marathi
film industry at a young age with the zeal
to become a filmmaker. He made his
acting debut ‘Vijay Aso’ (2012).
As well as writing the screenplay for
the prequel, Priyadarshan has written the
story of ‘TimePass 2’ and acted in the film
opposite Priya Bapat.
His other film credits include ‘Chintoo
2’(2013)as actor and ‘Hapus’(2010) as
associate director. Portraying comic
roles became his forte and he entertained
the audience in films such as ‘Jay
Maharashtra Dhaba Bhatinda’ (2012).
Priyadarshan has also directed a few
Marathi Plays including ‘Mr and Mrs’
and ‘Jago Mohan Pyare.’ He is known for
his skits in ‘Fu Bai Fu,’a Marathi stand-up
comedy TV show on Zee Marathi. His
filmography included ‘Vijay Aso’ (2012),
‘Chintoo2’ (2013) and ‘TimePass 2’
(2015).
Vaibhav Mangle
Vaibhav Mangle is a popular Marathi
and Hindi film, television and stage actor,
noted for his comic roles He is a winner
of ‘Fu Bai Fu season 1.’
His films include ‘Harishchandrachi
Factory,’ ‘Kaksparsh,’ ‘Shikshanachya
Aaicha Gho,’
‘Navra Majha Navsacha,’ ‘Shahanpan
Dega Deva,’ ‘Fakta Ladh Mhana,’
‘Shala,’‘Touring Talkies,’ ‘TimePass’
and ‘TimePass 2.’
He played the main role in the Marathi
play ‘Ek Daav Bhatacha,’ and was a part
of the famous Marathi play ‘Mukkam
Post Bombilwadi.’