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udha Chandran is making her debut in Marathi films with Mahalakshmi Films’ Durge Durghat Bhari. Directed by Yogeshwar Gandhe, the entire shot of the film was completed at Shalini Cineton Studios, Kolhapur. The film also stars Subodh Bhave, Sharad Ponkshe, Shailesh Datar, Sagar Talashikar, Chandrakant Joshi, Nandu Pol, Shailesh Pitambare, Sunil Godble, Prasad Oak and Subhash Lokhande. Music by Ashok Patki, cinematography by Imtiaz Bargir, sound by Keshav Pandare, art by Satish Bidkar and Jyoti Navre, story by Yogeshwar Gandhe, screenplay-dialogue by Abhiram Bhadkamkar are the other credits.

Dinkar D Patil is no more
Dinkar D Patil, veteran script and dialogue writer and director of Marathi films died at the age of 90 recently at Kolhapur.
In an era of Marathi films depicting rural life with rural themes, Patil was considered authority in both script writing and also directing. The script and dialogue of the first Marathi film with rural theme Jay Malhar were written by Patil who later continued in the industry for 40 years. He wrote script and dialogue for 101 films and directed 35 films including two Hindi films, Mandir and Gharbar. He received a number of awards including the pretigious Dadasaheb Phalke award in the year 2002.
During his long span and career, Patil faced a number of difficulties. Under the burden of huge loan, he once had to declare insolvency. But without any setback, he continued writing and directing films which later gave him both money and reputation. Being inspired by Master Vinayak, the pioneer actor and director in Marathi films and who was also teacher during Patil’s school days, he dedicated himself to the career in Marathi films. He also respected Bhalji Pendharkar as his Guru particularly in script writing.
He was residing in Mumbai for several years but recently returned to Kolhapur with a desire to spend the last years of his life there. Due to attachment to the studios in Kolhapur namely Jayaprabha and Shalini, he reportedly expressed his last desire to immerse his ashes in the premises of the two studios. Despite old age, he completed a film on Maharani Tara Rani (daughter-in-law of Shivaji, the Great) and wrote dialogue for the serial on Rajarshi Shahu Maharaja, the great social reformer and ruler of the erstwhile Kolhapur state. He has written an autobiography named after one of his films Patlacha Por in which he has elaborately narrated his career in films and varied experiences in his life.
He is survived by three sons and five daughters and their families.