Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Director's Cut: Working with Stalwarts - Satish Rajwade (Director)


Director's Cut - "Honored to have the opportunity of working with stalwarts!" -Satish Rajwade


During the course of this film project, I had the opportunity and honor to work with industry stalwarts.


Dr. Mohan Agashey is a stunning personality! The camera simply loves him. He has a very arresting personality and he sweeps u away completely by his mere presence. I worked with him in my serials ‘Agnihotra’,  ‘Guntata Hruday Hey’ and now in this movie ‘Badam Rani Gulam Chor’.

Easily the finest actor in the country, I am honoured to direct a man of such great calibre and knowledge. What can i say...the audience is on for a wonderful experience!


Mr. Vinay Apte is a super Actor-Director-Producer. My generation has grown seeing his work of creativity be it in theater, television or films. He is our father figure. I started very early and have always had the fortune of working with him most of the time. A personality that can do justice to any role whatsoever and a talent about which I am too small to talk, he is someone who keeps giving you the confidence.

His greatness is such that in spite of being a class director himself, he is ready to essay any role just by believing in your concept. I wish to work with him all the time. Thank You Sir for so much trust!


Badam Rani Gulam Chor releases this July 20, 2012....

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Why Badam Rani Gulam Chor? - Satish Rajwade (Director)



Why 'Badam Rani Gulam Chor' the film?

I was destined to do this film - I feel I was the chosen one! Although there is ample talent around, I feel lucky to have bagged this film. I got this call from Mr. Vivek Bele who was at our producer Mr. Shekhar Kulkarni’s office. They had judged me by my past work and my last release ‘Mumbai Pune Mumbai’.

I felt honored to have receive a call from Mr. Bele. I am his diehard fan and jumped to this opportunity and I hope have fulfilled their and everyone’s expectations.

Such a great script comes along once in a while which has both - Content plus entertainment! Then there is no reason why one should not be making a film on this.

How the title of the film 'Badam Rani Gulam Chor' came about...


The title took around as much time to come as the making. We were struggling for the right balance of content and fun/humor..and then came up with a title after 12 different titles!
I translate ‘Badam Rani Gulam Chor’ like this... “A Thief in every Mind meets the Queen of every Heart and the mystery still continues...”.

A game where we keep one card hidden from other players...the suspense is fun and inevitable.



Badam Rani Gulam Chor releases this July 20, 2012....

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Director's Cut - 'Badam Rani Gulam Chor was a great experience' - Satish Rajwade (Director)


Director’s Cut! – by Satish Rajwade (Director, Badam Rani Gulam Chor)



Directing a cast like Upendra Limaye, Pushkar Shrotri, Anand Ingle and Mukta Barve was a treat!
Personally, directing a national award winner Upendra Limaye for the first time was a superb experience. He is such a brilliant actor and to top that an equally good human being. We were hoping to work together for a very long time and finally got the opportunity this time.

As for Anand Ingle, I have worked with Anand as a co-actor in the famous Marathi play ‘All the Best’. We did some 500+ odd shows together, but I directed him in this project for the first time and I must say he has evolved as an actor. He was good earlier…but he is there amongst one of the best now.

I worked with Pushkar earlier in ‘Ek Daav Dhobi Pachchad’, and he surprises me every time. He has the ability to get under the skin of characters he gets to play and does that effortlessly.

Mukta Barve is one of the finest actors in today’s time!  I have luckily got to work with her in back to back projects. A great sense of timing and camera comfort are her assets as an actor. She has a very good screen presence and can look both glamorous and simple.


Badam Rani Gulam Chor releases this July 20, 2012....


Thursday, 14 June 2012

BADAM RANI GULAM CHOR SYNOPSIS

Badam Rani Gulam Chor is a humorous comment made on the manipulative overtures of the political mind. Political mind, because the manipulations may be designed and applied as much in mainstream politics as much in the personal relationships.

The characters in the movie are three friends living together.

The friends address each other by names they have invented on the basis of their individual personalities. So, here we have the uncouth and aggressive ‘Chaku (Knife)’, who brings home the woman he would like to marry to meet his friends ‘Pustak (Book)’ who like his name goes by the book and ‘Makad’ a T.V channel journalist who could move heaven and earth to find news.

The lady herself is unabashed about changing her mind when it suits her, and moving on with life. With no answer ability to an erasable past she aptly renames herself ‘Pencil’.

 The story becomes a chain of witty battles between the four characters as Pustak and Chaku both woo Pencil while Makad eggs on both individually. The duel goes on parallel to the political dealings that are happening during the elections.
 


The two men vie for the lady’s favors just as the opposing candidates vie for public support. The Makad (media) meanwhile enjoy the show and tries to make it more and more complicated to get excitement for him and news for the media.






Then Pencil marries one of them and things seem to come to a dead end. But Makad would not let that happen. He now convinces another friend that he is not out of the race and that he can still have his love back.







Strategies are built, manipulations galore and wit abounds. Every time there is a possibility of stability, Makad, the media man becomes restless and succeeds in unsettling the family and political scene once again.

Who gets the lady, who gets the chair? Whom does the lady favor, whom does the public uphold?

 

Raj Thackrey launch of Marathi Cinema Badam Rani Gulam Chor



Badam Rani Gulam Chor is a Marathi movie with humorous comment made on the manipulative overtures of the political mind, where manipulations may be designed and applied as much in mainstream politics as much in the personal relationships.

 

  Raj Thackrey launch of Marathi movie "Badam Rani Gulam Chor',, Vinay Apte, UpendraLimaye, Mukta Barve, Shekar Kulkarni, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Pushkar Shrotri, RajThackrey, Anand Ingle, Salil Kulkarni, Sudhir Gadgil, Satish Rajwade, AjitBhure