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Khatarnak,
last year’s top grosser
According to Mahesh Kothare, who has directed Khatarnak and
also played one of the leading roles in it, the film has been
a top grosser among the Marathi films released during the
year 2000. It had had a spectacular opening at the Prabhat
cinema in Pune where it ran for 10 weeks (in daily 3 shows)
and was shifted, in continuation, to the Deccan talkies in
daily matinee and went on to celebrate its 101-day run in
the city. At the time the film was released in Pune, it was
mentioned in these columns that, despite the popular TV show
Kaun Banega Crorepati, the film had done houseful business
during its first week and that the collections during the
initial few weeks were eye-catching.
During an informal chat, Mahesh Kothare also disclosed that
Khatarnak had done extremely well in some of the centres of
Vidarbha and Marathwada, including Nagpur, Amravati and Nanded.
Professor Visarbhole in Kolhapur
Krishna Films’ Professor Visarbhole has been released
at the Shahu cinema in Kolhapur from January 19. The title
role of the professor has been essayed by the late Raja Gosavi,
probably the last one he enacted. The story of the film, written
by Bhaskar Jadhav, who has also directed it, is in the nature
of a fantasy revolving round a retired professor of the science
faculty. In order to while away time, he carries out all sorts
of experiments and believes himself to be a research scientist
of note. He is sold on the idea that it is possible for human
beings to conquer nature and, in order to prove his point,
undertakes all sorts of experiments in the small laboratory
he has set up in a portion of his house. How his experiments
result in bringing about tumultuous changes in his personal
life has been conveyed in the film through the medium of fantasy
in a hilarious and humourous manner.
Professor Visarbhole, written and directed by Bhaskar Jadhav
for producer Kishankumar, a debutant not only in the field
of production but also screen acting, has been cinematographed
by Sharad Chavan and edited by Vijay Khochikar. Besides Raja
Gosavi and Kishankumar, the film also stars Pramod Shinde,
Usha Naik, Vijay Gokhale, Kishori Shahane, Chetan Dalvi and
Nayana Apte. Jagdish Khebudkar has written the lyrics, which
have been set to music by Dinkar Powar.
Sarja Raja in Ichalkaranji
Dattatraya Productions’ Sarja Raja, directed by Pitambar
Kale and produced by Dnyaneshwar Vidhate and Sharad Deshmukh,
has been released at the Prakash cinema in Ichalkaranji from
January 19. Written by Pratap Gangavane, the story of the
film is of an off-beat nature revolving round a peasant family
and their two bullocks, named Sarja and Raja. The emotional
involvement of the mute animals and the members of the family
form the core of the narrative. Cinematographed by Prakash
Shinde and edited by A Rafiq, the film stars Vijay Chavan,
Pramod Pawar, Mugdha Shah, Prema Kiran and Rajshekhar. The
musical score is by Achyut Thakur.
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