Thumbs up to the Marathi manoos!
Films and telly serials are now adding that lavangi mirchicha tadka to their plots, with characters, item songs and stories rooted in Maharashtrian culture
There are probably few things that get people as excited as seeing their local culture translated on to the big screen. And if the recent spate of filmmakers and television shows are anything to go by, a booming Marathicha chaska is here to stay.
After Bolly hottie Katrina Kaif did a Chkini Chameli to the Hindi version of Marathi chartbuster Kombdi palali, it’s now actor Vidya Balan’s turn to do a lavni to Mala jau de for the upcoming Ferrari Ki Sawari. Trade analyst Amod Mehra reminds that though the trend of showing the Marathi manoos started some time back, it started picking up only now. “Ajay Devgn’s Singham saw him as an honest Marathi cop. Agneepath’s Dinanath Chauhan was a Marathi man, portayed by Hrithik Roshan. Priyanka Chopra’s character in Kaminay was that of a Marathi mulgi,” he lists.
One of television’s top serials Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV, Laagi Tujhse Lagan and the recently concluded Sapno Se Bhare Naina were based in a Maharashtrian household. “Honestly, television was ruled by serials that showed life in the North Indian set up. The audience perhaps liked one or two shows with that theme and producers went on an overdrive. Now they’re returning to local roots and since the audience is lapping it up, they’re encouraged,” says Amod.
Actor Riteish Deshmukh’s first production is a Marathi film. “My production house will make Hindi and Marathi films. As a Latur boy, I want to give back to the cinema I’ve grown up watching,” he said. Actor John Abraham, who played ACP Yashvardhan inForce, will again be playing a a real-life Marathi gangster Manya Surve in Shootout at Wadala. “Most of the characters in the film will be modelled on locals. And since John is playing one too, you can expect to see him sport a tikka on his forehead and wear Kolhapuri chappals as well,” says a source from the unit. In fact, the actor apparently will be learning Marathi for the film.
The screen — big and small — for now is certainly getting the lavangi mirchicha tadka!
Films and telly serials are now adding that lavangi mirchicha tadka to their plots, with characters, item songs and stories rooted in Maharashtrian culture
There are probably few things that get people as excited as seeing their local culture translated on to the big screen. And if the recent spate of filmmakers and television shows are anything to go by, a booming Marathicha chaska is here to stay.
After Bolly hottie Katrina Kaif did a Chkini Chameli to the Hindi version of Marathi chartbuster Kombdi palali, it’s now actor Vidya Balan’s turn to do a lavni to Mala jau de for the upcoming Ferrari Ki Sawari. Trade analyst Amod Mehra reminds that though the trend of showing the Marathi manoos started some time back, it started picking up only now. “Ajay Devgn’s Singham saw him as an honest Marathi cop. Agneepath’s Dinanath Chauhan was a Marathi man, portayed by Hrithik Roshan. Priyanka Chopra’s character in Kaminay was that of a Marathi mulgi,” he lists.
One of television’s top serials Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV, Laagi Tujhse Lagan and the recently concluded Sapno Se Bhare Naina were based in a Maharashtrian household. “Honestly, television was ruled by serials that showed life in the North Indian set up. The audience perhaps liked one or two shows with that theme and producers went on an overdrive. Now they’re returning to local roots and since the audience is lapping it up, they’re encouraged,” says Amod.
Actor Riteish Deshmukh’s first production is a Marathi film. “My production house will make Hindi and Marathi films. As a Latur boy, I want to give back to the cinema I’ve grown up watching,” he said. Actor John Abraham, who played ACP Yashvardhan inForce, will again be playing a a real-life Marathi gangster Manya Surve in Shootout at Wadala. “Most of the characters in the film will be modelled on locals. And since John is playing one too, you can expect to see him sport a tikka on his forehead and wear Kolhapuri chappals as well,” says a source from the unit. In fact, the actor apparently will be learning Marathi for the film.
The screen — big and small — for now is certainly getting the lavangi mirchicha tadka!
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