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Valu (film)
''Valu'' is a 2008 Indian comedy Marathi film directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni. The film featured in various international film festivals as ''The Wild Bull''. It also became the first Marathi film to be selected in Rotterdam International Film Festival 2008, the Netherlands. Plot In the small village of Kusavde, there is a lonely misunderstood wild bull. The bull, "Valu", is actually a holy, consecrated bull which is the responsibility of the village. It is allowed to roam free and is the responsibility of the entire village. But lately, Valu becomes very aggressive and is blamed for every single act of chaos and destruction that happens in and around the village. Now, catching the bull becomes equivalent to establishing power in the village for the leaders and for those who are interested in the fringe benefits. The film intertwines various stories of the war between the two leaders; love stories that bloom in the midst of the adventure; an amateur filmmaker who struggles to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni is a Marathi film director. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India ( FTII), Pune. He is known for Marathi films such as '' Valu'' (The Wild Bull), '' Vihir'' (The Well), ''Deool'' (The Temple) and ''Highway''. He is known for short films such as ''Girni'' (Grinding Machine), ''Three of Us'', ''Vilay'', ''Gaarud'' and ''Darshan''. He received a National Film award for Best Debut Director for his short film ''Girni''. ''Deool'' (The Temple), his feature film, received a National Film Award for best film in the year 2011. Early life and career Umesh Kulkarni was born on 6 December 1976 in Pune to Vinayak and Vishakha Kulkarni. He graduated in commerce from BMCC, Pune besides acquiring a law degree. He joined FTII Pune in February 2000. Kulkarni also directed short films such as ''Girni, Three of Us, Vilay'' and ''Gaarud''. ''Girni'' won the National Film Award for the Best Non Feature Film. His first feature film '' Valu'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandrakant Gokhale
Chandrakant Raghunath Gokhale (7 January 1921 – 20 June 2008) was a well-known veteran Marathi film and stage actor and singer. Gokhale's mother, Kamlabai Gokhale (nee Kamlabai Kamat) was the first female child actor of the Indian cinema. Gokhale has acted in several superhit marathi films such as "''Dhakti Jau''" and many more. His son Vikram Gokhale Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theatre and film actor, Chandrakan ... was also involved with Marathi theatre and the Indian cinema. References 1921 births 2008 deaths Male actors from Maharashtra Indian male stage actors Male actors in Marathi cinema Male actors in Marathi theatre Marathi actors {{India-stage-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultra Media %26 Entertainment
Ultra may refer to: Science and technology * Ultra (cryptography), the codename for cryptographic intelligence obtained from signal traffic in World War II * Adobe Ultra, a vector-keying application * Sun Ultra series, a brand of computer workstations and servers * ULTRA (machine translation system), a machine translation system Music * Ultra (British band), an English pop band * Ultra Music Festival, an annual electronic festival in Miami, Florida * Ultra Worldwide, a series of annual electronic music festivals each called Ultra * Ultra, a collaboration between two members of hip hop group Ultramagnetic MCs, who released the album ''Big Time'' * Ultra (music), a post-punk movement in the Netherlands * Ultra house, a music place in Handen, Sweden * Ultra Records, a record label Albums and songs * ''Ultra'' (Depeche Mode album), 1997 * ''Ultra'' (Laura Põldvere album), 2009 * ''Ultra'' (Ultra album), 1999 * ''Ultra'' (Zomby album), 2016 * ''Ultra'', by Mickey Kojak, 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pune International Film Festival
The Pune International Film Festival (also known as PIFF) is an annual film festival held in Pune, a city in Maharashtra, India. Open to general public, the films are screened at National Film Archive of India, NFAI, INOX Leisure Limited, Inox, City Pride, PVR Cinemas, PVR cinema halls, all located in Pune city. Jabbar Patel, Dr Jabbar Patel is the chairman and director of the festival. The festival commences on the second Thursday and concludes on the third Thursday of January. First Edition of PIFF was started in year 2002 and has been running annually except for 2004. Latest PIFF was concluded on 16 January 2020 in its 18th edition. The theme of year was 'Samyukta Maharashtra movement, 60 Years of Foundation of Maharashtra'. It celebrated the centenary year of legends - Federico Fellini, Kaifi Azmi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shamshad Begum, and Ravi Shankar, Pandit Ravi Shankar. It also paid tribute to late Shriram Lagoo, Dr Sriram Lagoo. Festival categories *World Competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultra Media & Entertainment
Ultra Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., earlier known as Ultra Distributors, is an Indian Film production company established in the year 1982. It started out in Home Video distribution and gradually forayed into film production and theatrical distribution. It is also engaged in multiple aspects of entertainment, including post production services and film distribution. Ultra has a library of over 1500 titles of award-winning and blockbuster feature films, TV dramas, animation, music and digital content. The company is into post production services such as scanning, restoration, colorization, 2D to stereoscopic 3D conversion and merchandising. Film production It produced the films '' Yash'' released in 1996 and ''Jalpari'', released in 2012. Restoration The company has restored and digitized classic Hindi movie ''Pyaasa'', which was directed by Guru Dutt. As per the report, the original camera negative had come to them from the archives completely melted, with parts damaged or l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrikant Yadav
Shrikant Mohan Yadav is a film actor. He is known for Marathi films such as Badha,'' Valu'' (The Wild Bull),Vihir, ''Deool'', '' Ajoba'', Masala, Pune 52, Killa, Half Ticket, Faster Fene, Chiththi, Nude, Mauli,Trijya,Dhoorala,Bhirkit,Hutspa Zala Re, Dagadi Chal 2, Har Har Mahadev, Baghatos Kay Mujara Kar, Poster Girl, Highway, Night School,Vartul, ILU ILU, Dithi, Ek Hazarachi Note, Highway, '' Jaundya Na Balasaheb'' Hindi: Umrika, Daddy, Aajji, Bhonsale, Section 375, Jalsa, Munjya Web series: Breath 1, Inside Edge 3, Broken News 1, Broken News 2, Lust Stories-2 His performance in Marathi films ''Deool'', '' Ajoba'' and '' Jaundya Na Balasaheb'' has been widely appreciated. Filmography *''Section 375'' (2019) * Lathe Joshi (2018) *'' Faster Fene'' (2017) * '' Baghtos Kay Mujra Kar'' (2017) * '' Jaundya Na Balasaheb'' (2016) * '' Half Ticket'' (2016) * ''Highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyoti Subhash
Jyoti Subhash is an Indian actress who works in Marathi film, television and theatre industry. She is best known for her works in Marathi films like '' Valu'' (2008), ''Gabhricha Paus'' (2009) and Bollywood films like '' Phoonk'' (2008) and '' Aiyyaa'' (2012). Career Jyoti Subhash started her career through theatre and then moving to television and films. She was recognised in her early works of television. Aired on Doordarshan, she featured in the telefilms '' Rukmavati Ki Haveli'' (1991) and ''Zazeere'' (1992). Directed by Govind Nihalani, the 1991 show ''Rukmavati Ki Haveli'' was based on the Spanish play ''The House of Bernarda Alba'', which was written by Federico García Lorca. A story of a new-widow, Rukmavati, raising her five unwed daughters in her ''haveli'' in Rajasthan, was shot on 16 mm film and was later blown up to 35 mm. In 2009, the film was shown in a special session by National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai. In 1999, she translated the Marath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathi Cinema
Marathi cinema is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Marathi language, which is widely spoken in the state of Maharashtra. It is based out of Mumbai. It is the oldest film industry in India and one of the leaders in filmmaking in the Indian film industry. ''Raja Harishchandra'', directed by Dadasaheb Phalke and released in 1913, was the first Marathi-language film ever made, and was also India's first full-length feature film. The claim is disputed and some claim that Dadasaheb Torne's ''Shree Pundalik'' (1912) was the first film made in Maharashtra. The first Marathi talkie film was ''Ayodhyecha Raja'', released in 1932, one year after ''Alam Ara'', the first Hindi talkie film. All Marathi films until then were silent films with intertitles. Pinjara (film), ''Pinjara'' (1972), directed by V Shantaram, V. Shantaram, was first colour film in Marathi cinema. Kolhapur was a centre for film production during the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girish Kulkarni
Girish Pandurang Kulkarni (born 25 November 1977) is an Indian actor, writer, and producer. He is a recipient of two National Film Awards namely, National Film Award for Best Actor in 2011 for his performance in '' Deool'' and National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the same film. He is well known for Marathi films such as '' Valu'', '' Vihir'', ''Deool'', '' Gabhricha Paus'' and '' Jaundya Na Balasaheb''. He is known to Hindi audiences for his role in the Aamir Khan starrer '' Dangal'' and Anurag Kashyap's movie '' Ugly''. He received acclaim for his portrayal of gangster 'Appa' in the 2017 Marathi crime thriller Faster Fene opposite Amey Wagh. He also starred in India's first Netflix original series '' Sacred Games'' as the Maharashtra home minister Bipin Bhosale character. Personal life Kulkarni was born on 25 November 1977 in the Paranda Taluka of Osmanabad district and grew up in Pune. He pursued his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Puranmal Lahoti Governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrishasen Dabholkar
Vrishasen Dabholkar () is an Indian film actor born and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. About Vrishasen Vrishasen Dabholkar first acted at the age of five when he played the role of Bal Shivaji in the famous Marathi play Janata Raja. He had performed in theatre, serials and movies and had won several awards. Most recently he played the central character named 'DJ' in Balaji Telefilms Mission Dosti.com, a Marathi serial on Saam TV, which was a story of how social networking can be used by youth to help people in need. Vrishasen was also the central character in the movie '' Dahavi Fa'' – a movie about the underdogs in the educational system, their anger and the channelisation of their violent attitude into a positive creative energy with the help of their teacher. He acted along with Atul Kulkarni, Jyoti Subhash, and Milind Gunaji in the movie. In his first year of college, he won the Purshottam award for his acting where he represented his almamater Fergusson College, Pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amruta Subhash
Amruta Subhash is an Indian actress who works in Marathi and Hindi films, television, and theatre. She is a graduate of the National School of Drama, National School of Drama, New Delhi. She has received several awards, including a National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards, a Filmfare Awards Marathi, Filmfare Marathi Award, and a Filmfare OTT Awards, Filmfare OTT Award. Career Subhash made her debut with the National Award-winning film and India's Oscar entry for the year 2004, ''Shwaas''. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2013, for her role in the Marathi film ''Astu'' and has starred in numerous critically acclaimed films that have won various awards around the world, such as the Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Fedeora Award at the Venice Film Festival. Subhash is also a classically trained singer who has lent her voice to various Marathi films. As a playback singer, she has won accolades such as the Maharashtra Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
