Vahinichi Maya (1985)

Rajesh studies in a medical college and lives a middle-class life with his elder, crippled brother, Yogesh, his Bhabhi, Madhavi, who is a devotee of Bhagwan Shri Sai Baba, and a trusted servant, Ramu. Yogesh is employed as an Accountant and continues to work despite of his disability so that Rajesh could become a doctor and fulfill his dreams. Madhavi gets pregnant but due to an internal womb injury is unable and will never conceive. Then after passing his exams, Rajesh gets married to his wealthy sweetheart, Priya Deshmukh, much to the displeasure of her mom, as she would have liked her to get married to someone really wealthy. Her efforts to get Rajesh to come and live in their spacious bungalow, and open his own dispensary are all in vain. But she does get some new furniture for Priya, which does not auger well with Madhavi and Yogesh. Yogesh quits his job on Rajesh' and Priya's insistence. When Priya gets pregnant, Ramu informs Rajesh that Madhavi has stolen Priya's gold ear-rings. Rajesh does not believe this, but when Madhavi poisons a glass of milk meant for Priya, he confronts her, gets her to admit that it was indeed she who had stolen the ear-rings as well as poisoned the milk, then he and Priya move out and go to live with the Deshmukhs. With no income coming in, Yogesh starts working as a peon with Sainath Constructions. After Priya gives birth to a baby boy, Rajesh decides to forgive Madhavi and decides to let him see his son - not knowing that he is opening up a Pandora's box that will only result in more bitterness, acrimony, and create even more misunderstandings as well as a death in the family.

Cast:

Ravindra Berde ... Dinu Deshmukh
Ramesh Bhatkar ... Yogesh
Vijay Chavan
Ajinkya Deo ... Dr. Rajesh
Alka Kubal ... Madhavi
Ashok Kulkarni
Kavita Lad ... Priya Deshmukh
Archana Nevarekar ... Rupa Danghat / Rupa D. Deshmukh
Ragini Samant
Shashikant Shirsekar
Ashalata Wabgaonkar ... Mrs. Deshmukh (as Ashalata)

Shejari Shejari

Shejari Shejari (1990)

Music:

Vishvas Patankar
Director:

Dilip Kolhatkar
Cast
Laxmikant Berde ... Rajesh
Ravindra Berde ... Uncle
Ashok Saraf ... Keshav Kulkarni
Varsha Usgaonkar ... Preeti
Nishigandha Wad ... Sushila Kulkarni

GAABHARA (1999)

Director:Rajeev Khandagale
Story:Dr. Kumar Anil
Screenplay/Dialogue:Dr. Kumar Anil
Music:Anand Modak
Cast:Neena Kulkarni, Mohan Agashe, Sonali Kulkarni, Suhas Palshikar, Rajeev Khandagale

Maharashtra State Awards - Best Film, Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress.

Limited Manuski (1995)

Director:Nachiket , Jayoo Patwardhan
Story:Shyam Manohar
Screenplay/Dialogue:Nachiket , Jayoo Patwardhan / Shyam Manohar
Camera:Navroz Contractor
Music:Milind Chitnis

Cast:Rajit Kapoor, Gopika Sahani, Ganesh Yadav, Sudhir Joshi, Kishore Kadam, Ravindra Mankani, Meera Panshikar, Purnima Pendse, Lalita Pawar (Ambu), Nilu Phule


Cairo International Film Festival 1999

Vaastupurush 2002

Vaastupurush 2002

Director:Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukhtankar
Story: Sumitra Bhave
Screenplay/Dialogue:Sumitra Bhave
Camera:Sanjay Memane
Music:Shrirang Umrani

Cast:Uttara Baokar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Ravindra Mankani, Atul Kulkarni, Renuka Daftardar, Rekha Kamat

National Award for Best Marathi Feature Film
Maharashtra State Awards 2003 - 10 Awards including Best Film

BANGARWADI 1995

Director:Amol Palekar
Story:Vyanktesh Madgulkar
Screenplay/Dialogue:Chitra Palekar
Music:Vanraj Bhatia

Cast
Chandrakant Mandhare (Karbhari), Chandrakant Kulkarni (Master), Nandu Madhav (Aananda Ramoshi), Sunil Ranade (Aayboo), Nagesh Bhonsle (Dadu Baltya), Hiralal Jain (Kakuba), Kishore Kadam (Rama), Upendra Limaye (Sheku), Sushma Deshpande (Sheku's Wife), Ravindra Divekar (Bira), Mangesh Satpute (Sata), Ganesh Yadav (Jagnya), Chinmayi Surve, Pratima Joshi (Rama's Wife), Vijaysingh Sinde (Yesuba)


Maharashtra State Awards 1996 - 2 nd Best Film, Best Actor, Best Comedian, Best Cinematography, Best Sound

Kalnirnay Awards 1997 - Best Film

Filmfare Awards 1997 - Best Film, Best Director

National Awards 1995 - Best Feature Film in Marathi

Indian Panorama Selection, International Film Festival of India

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1996

Birmingham International Film Festival 1996

London Film Festival 1996

Fajr International Film Festival , Iran 1997

Cairo International Film Festival 1996

Bogota International Film Festival 1996

Sarajevo Film Festival 1996

Synopsis:



The newly appointed village schoolteacher arrives in the hamlet. Faced with hostility, he decides to win over the hearts of the people so that they would entrust him with their children. He starts to address their small concerns of daily life, help them with running errands in the small town, and mediates in their disputes. Soon his school starts flourishing with enthusiastic students and parents. The high point is the building of the community gymnasium with the participation of all the villagers and the inauguration by the prince of the state.
The usual joys and sorrows of daily life continue amidst the growth of the school. It is as if the young teacher lived through a couple of thrilling dramas, a few interesting short stories and a long epic novel about the life of simple common folk. But with time, drought forces the shepherds to migrate in search of pasture. The teacher is transferred and as he leaves by the same path as he had arrived, he now has a profound insight into the ways of nature and the lives of these simple people with their maturity, simplicity, even nobility in their self-dependence and approach to problems with conscience and a sense of justice and fair play.

Mouli Muktai (2006)

Licensor Rudraa Entertainment
Production Co Aashay Communications, Aashay Communications, Rudraa Entertainment
Producer Eknaathrao Khadse
Director Yogeshwar Gandhe
ge
Govind Dharmadhikari, Ketaki Karandikar, Madhuri Bhagwat, Yogesh Soman, Soman

Sapatnekarache Mool 2001

Produced by: Soumitra Ranade
Directed by: Soumitra Ranade
Based on the Play by: Makrand Sathe
Screenplay: Soumitra Ranade
Dialogue: Makrand Sathe
Songs: Ravindra Sathe
Cast:Atul Pethe, Ganesh Yadav, Sushma Bakshi, Dilip Joglekar, Gajanan Paranjpe

BHAGYAREKHA 1948

Producers:Tapre Bandhu
Direction:Shantaram Athavale
Story, Screenplay and Lyrics:Narayan Hari Apte
Camera:Mahohar Kulkarni
Music:Keshavrao Bhole
Cast:Pu. La. Deshpande, Shanta Apte, Baburao Pendharkar, Sudha Apte, Saroj Borkar, Madhu Apte

Daha Wajta (1942)

Cast:-
P. Ratnamala...........Asha S. Dhaneshwar
Shankar Kulkarni.....Ashok Deshmukh
Shankar Kulkarni.....Dilip
Vasant Thengadi.....Dr. Ramesh
Manajirao................Shyamrao Dhaneshwar
Baby Shakuntala.....Usha Deshmukh
Gokhale...................Appasaheb - Ramesh's dad
Kishan.....................Keshav
Lakshmibai..............Mrs. Deshmukh
Manjrekar................Principal - Bharat College
Ganpatrao Tambat..Ghadiwala
Vasant Thengadi.....Dr. Ramesh
Tulja........................Putla

A Prabhat film
Directed by Raja Nene
Written by Shankar Kulkarni
Songs by Shantaram Athavale
Music by Keshavrao Bhole

Love Story of a rich girl and a poor boy. Also shows conflict in a Doctor's mind about his duty of saving a human life or sacrificing his principles to get the girl he loves.
Asha lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Shyamrao Dhaneshwar, studies in an arts college, and adores the college's most brilliant yet poor student, Ashok Deshmukh. Both continue to meet every week at 10 O' Clock at night, and he even introduces her to his family, which consists of his widowed mother and younger sister, Usha. Asha will soon realize that being wealthy does have it's disadvantages when she will be forbidden to see Ashok anymore and must obey her dad's wishes and get married to equally wealthy Dr. Ramesh.

Sant Sakhu (1941)

Sant Sakhu (1941)


Year: 1941

Color/BW: BW


Cast: Hansa Wadkar, Shankar Kulkarni, Gauri, Shanta Majumdar

Director: Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal, Raja Nene

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Keshavrao Bhole

Sinhasan (1970)

Cast: Arun Sarnaik, Nilu Phule, Datta Bhatt, Madhukar Toradmal, Satish Dubashi, Shrikant Moghe, Mohan Agashe, Nana Patekar

Director: Jabbar Patel

Music Director: Hridaynath Mangeshkar

Screenplay: Vijay Tendulkar
दिग्दर्शक : जब्बार पटेल
कलाकार : श्रीराम लागू, रीमा लागू, निळू फुले, नाना पाटेकर आणि अरुण सरनाईक

Mukta (1994)

Mukta (1994)


Mukta is the grand-daughter of Abasaheb Kanase-Patil, a veteran of Maharashtra 's co-operative movement. She returns to her ancestral home in a district town of Maharashtra after spending her entire life in the United States where her parents, Eknath and Yashoda, are settled. But Mukta has always felt alienated in the US and has longed to return to India . A post-graduate scholarship to study sociology makes this possible. At the university she meets Milind Wagh, a fearless student leader and poet, to whom she is drawn, much to the chagrin of her Indian family. When things seem to be on the brink, news arrives that her American friend Julian is expected. Her family is happy, hoping that he will be able to ease the situation. But Julian turns out to be a black American. The triangular relationship of Mukta-Milind-Julian develops towards an unusual conclusion as issues of casteism, classism and Indianness are exposed and explored.

Cast: Vikram Gokhale, Reema Lagoo, Sonali Kulkarni, Avinash Narkar, Mohan Agashe, Caleb Obura Obwatinyka

Director: Jabbar Patel

Ramshastri (1944)

Ramshastri (1944)


Language: Marathi

Year: 1944

Color/BW: BW


Cast: Gajanan Jagirdar, Shakuntala Paranjpye, Anant Marathe, Lalita Pawar, Ganpatrao Tambat, Master Vithal, Hansa Wadkar, Master Chhotu

Director: Gajanan Jagirdar

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Keshavrao Bhole, G Damle

Shejari (1941)

Shejari (1941)

Language: Marathi

Year: 1941

Color/BW: BW

Cast: Keshavrao Date, Gajanan Jagirdar, Jayshree, Chandrakant, Master Chhotu

Director: V Shantaram

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Master Krishnarao

Manoos (1939)

Manoos (1939)


Language: Marathi

Year: 1939

Color/BW: BW


Cast: Shanta Hublikar, Shahu Modak, Sundarabai, Gauri, Ram Marathe, Budasaheb, Ganpatrao Tambat

Director: V Shantaram

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Master Krishnarao

Kunku (1937)

Kunku (1937)

Language: Marathi

Year: 1937

Color/BW: BW

Cast: Shanta Apte, Keshavrao Date, Vimala Vasishta, Vasanti, Parsuram, Raja Nene, Gauri, Shakuntala Paranjpye

Director: V Shantaram

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Keshavrao Bhole

Dharmatma (1935)

Dharmatma (1935)

Language: Marathi

Year: 1935

Color/BW: BW

Cast: Bal Gandharva, Ratnaprabha, K Narayan Kale, Master Chhotu, Vasanti, Vasant Desai, Budasaheb, Rajni, Kelkar

Director: V Shantaram

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Master Krishnarao

Amrut Manthan (1934)

Amritmanthan (1934)

Amrit Manthan, Amrut Manthan, The Churning of the Oceans

Country: India

Language: Marathi

Year: 1934

Color/BW: BW

Cast: Nalini Tarkhad, Shanta Apte, Keshavrao Date, Sureshbabu Mane, Kelkar, Budasaheb

Director: V Shantaram

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Keshavrao Bhole

Gopal Krishna (1938)

Language: Marathi

Year: 1938

Color/BW: BW

Cast: Shanta Apte, Ram Marathe, Parsuram, Shankar Kulkarni, Ganpatrao Tambat, Haribhau, Manajirao

Director: Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Master Krishnarao

Sant Dnyaneshwar (1940)

Sant Dnyaneshwar (1940)


Language: Marathi

Year: 1940

Color/BW: BW

Cast: Shahu Modak, Datta Dharmadhikari, Manju, Shankar Kulkarni, Ganpatrao Tambat, Sumati Gupte

Director: Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal

Production House: Prabhat Film Company

Music Director: Keshavrao Bhole

Karna (1928)

Karna (1928)
Directors:
Vishnupant Govind Damle
Sheikh Fattelal
Writer:
Vedavyas (story)

SANT TUKARAM b/w (1936)

Details of Movie : SANT TUKARAM b/w (1936)
Producer: Prabhat Films,
Director: Visnupan Damale, Sheikh Fattelal
Music Director: Keshav Rao Bhole,
Language: Marathi
Genre: Social Drama

Writing credits
Shivram Vashikar writer

Cast
Vishnupant Pagnis ... Tukaram
Gauri ... Jijai
B. Nandrekar
Shankar Kulkarni
Kusum Bhagwat
Shanta Majumdar
Master Chhotu
Pandit Damle
Sri Bhagwat ... Brahmin Salomalo

व्ही. जी. दामले, व्ही. शांताराम, एस. फातेलाल यांनी सुरु केलेल्या 'प्रभात फिल्म कंपनी' चा १८वा चित्रपट.
'विष्णुपंत पागनीस' यांच्या अभिनयाने अजरामर झालेली ही कलाकृती महाराष्ट्रासह, बंगलोर, मद्रास, दिल्ली, तसेच इंग्लंड, चीन व पूर्व अशियेत प्रदर्शित झाली. मुंबई मधे ५७ आठवडे चालेल्या या चित्रपटाने विश्वविक्रम केला व १९४० साली ७.९१ लाख रुपयांचा नफा कमवून भारतीय चित्रपटसृष्टीला Blockbuster या शब्दाची ओळख करून दिली.
म्हैसूरच्या राजाने या चित्रपटाची विशेष प्रत मागवून घेतली होती व व्हेनिस (Italy) मधे या चित्रपटाची जगातील ३ सर्वोत्कृष्ट चित्रपटांमध्ये निवड झाली. सदर महोत्सवाला खुद्द हिटलरने हजेरी लावल्याचे, तसेच प्रभातच्या संचालकांकडे चित्रपटाच्या उत्कृष्टतेबाबत प्रशंसा केल्याचे सांगितले जाते.
आजही पागानिसांचा फोटो लोक घरात तुकारामांचाच म्हणून पूजतात व ७५ वर्षांनंतरही चित्रपटाच्या DVDs ला मागणी आहे.

 

Chandrasena (1935)

Chandrasena (1935)
Producer: Prabhat Films,
Director: V. Shantaram,
Music Director: K. Bhole,
Language: Marathi
Genre: Devotional
Starcast: Shankar Kulkarni, Nalini Tarkhad

The 1935 Marathi classic movie Chandrasena holds a special place in the heritage of Indian cinema.The black-and-white mythological drama film had a star cast of Nalini Tarkhad, Sureshbabu Mane, Kelkar, Mane Pahelwan, Budasaheb, Manajirao, Shankar Kulkarni and others. It was directed by V Shantaram (Amritmanthan, Ayodhyecha Raja, Agnikankan).
Chandrasena is a production of the legendary Prabhat Film Company with music directed by Keshavrao Bhole.

Saade Maade 3 (2007)

Producer: Anubhuti Arts, Zee Talkies
Director: Ankush Chaudhary, Sachit Patil
Story: Ankush Choudhury, Sachit Patil, Sanjay Mone
Dialouges: Sanjay Mone
Screenplay: Ankush Chaudhary, Sachit Patil, Sanjay Mone
Music: Ajit Parab, Hrishikesh Kamerkar
Cast: Amruta Khanvilkar, Arun Nalavade, Ashok Saraf, Bharat Jadhav, Kushal Badrike, Makarand Anaspure, Rahul Gore, Siddharth Jadhav, Sujata Joshi, Uday Tikekar

Tya Ratri Paus Hota (2009)

Tya Ratri Paus Hota (2009)


Producer: Sunil Fadtare, Supriya Fadtare
Director: Gajendra Ahire
Story: Gajendra Ahire
Dialouges: Gajendra Ahire
Music: Narendra Bhide
Ex.Producer: Janaki Amrute
Cast: Amruta Subhash, Subodh Bhave, Sayaji Shinde, Sonali Kulkarni, Sandip Mehata, Milind Shinde

“Tya Ratri Paus Hota” is a Marathi film released very recently in 2009. The title translated literally would mean ‘it rained that night’. It is not, however, the story of just one long rainy night. In fact, nothing much happens during the night except towards the climax.

The rainy night brings together by chance Avinash (Subodh Bhave) and Raavi (Amruta Subhash), brother and sister, after many long years of separation. Earlier in their childhood, the two children and their father Vishwas (Sandeep Mehta) and mother Gayatri (Sonali Kulkarni) have been a happy family. But there is a villain in the story, politician Shripatrao (Sayaji Shinde), a man of evil designs. He falsely implicates Vishwas and gets him sent him to jail. When Gayatri seeks his help to get her husband released, he agrees but makes her pay a heavy price for this favour. Vishwas is furious when he comes to know of it, and unaware of the fact that what Gayatri did was only for his sake, he leaves home with Avi, and Raavi is left with Gayatri.

When Avi and Ravee meet on that rainy night, they exchange the half-truths that they had known and lived with, and the real and complete truth emerges. By that time it is morning and the movie ends on a ray of hope.

Unlike most other rain-soaked movies, thunder and lightning are conspicuous by their absence in “Tya Ratri Paus Hota”. The film does begin with a scene shot in a heavy downpour, but the rain continues in the form of intermittent showers, some of them heavy, to use the meteorologist’s language. Rains are also a part of some of the flashback scenes, and the songs speak of overcast skies and cloudbursts. However, there are no particularly good natural shots of rain that would justify the title of the film. What we see is mostly water trickling down the roofs, or rainwater drenched in blue light, or car headlights beaming through the rain.

The story attempts to revive memories washed away in floods and long forgotten. It has flashbacks of happiness drowned in cloudbursts of lust, greed and exploitation. “Tya Ratri Paus Hota” is more like a night of artificial rain that the story could even have done without!