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For Marathi actor Prathamesh Parab returning to the superhit Marathi film franchise ‘Timepass’ with its third instalment was a homecoming. ‘Timepass 3’ directed by Ravi Jadhav, the third film in the franchise stars Prathamesh Parab and Hruta Durgule in lead roles.

Talking about the film Prathamesh Parab said, “Timepass 3′ is a film really close to my heart and returning to this franchise felt like returning home. I am glad that I could be a part of this mass entertainer.”

Director Ravi Jadhav came up with ‘Timepass’ in 2014 and followed it up with a sequel in 2015. The first film told the love story of two adolescents, Dagdu and Prajakta, played by Prathamesh Parab and Ketaki Mategaonkar. ‘Timepass 2’ was set 15 years after the first one and starred Priyadarshan Jadhav and Priya Bapat. In the third instalment of the franchise, the story returns with a younger Dagdu played by Prathmesh Parab again.

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Ever since the launch of its promo around a month back, there was good excitement created by Phuntroo. A Marathi sci-fi flick that is set in a campus, the film is an urban tale of a youngster who finds love in the most unexpected of places. The film has released over the weekend gone by and has managed to find good critical and commercial response coming its way.

Starring Madan Deodhar [Balak-Palak] and Ketaki Mategaonkar [Timepass], popular names in Marathi cinema, the film has a unique stage, setting and narrative as its strengths. Directed by Sujay Dahake, the film has marked a successful entry for producer Krishika Lulla into the world of Marathi films.

Even as the accolades are coming her and the film’s way, Krishika isn’t resting. She has already unveiled the promo of her next Marathi film, which is interestingly titled & Zara Hatke.

“This film too is based on a very interesting concept.

Eros International Media Ltd (Eros International), a leading global film company in the Indian film entertainment industry has announced its grand line up for 2016. The company will release an unparalleled 65 plus films across multiple languages again this year, making it the biggest slate by any Indian studio.

Following 2015’s critically acclaimed and commercial successes like NH10, Badlapur, Tanu Weds Manu Returns and the top grosser of the year, Bajrangi Bhaijaan along with Telugu and Bengali super hits Srimanthudu and Bela Seshe respectively, Eros is all set to announce another impressive pipeline of releases. The company ended a highly successful year with the maximum hits by a studio with the release of one of its most ambitious projects, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani that opened in cinemas globally to fabulous reviews and collections. The film still continues to run successfully in cinemas worldwide and Eros plans to release it in...

Is there anything more pure and less corrupt than young love? That first sensation that comes when boys and girls start transitioning into men and women is a powerful charge. The feeling is so often mutually felt but rarely expressed in as gentle and kind a way as the way observed in Sujay Dahake's beautifully observed Marathi film, Shala (School).Mukund Joshi (Anshuman Joshi) is a 14 year-old boy, and Shirodkar (Ketaki Mategaonkar) is his female classmate in rural India in the mid '70s. Theirs is that beautiful and pure puppy love that one often only experiences once. Love free from disappointment, free from baggage, and free from fear. Their courting is equally chaste; no touching, no kissing, for Joshi, a simple shared smile, or...

The 12th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff), presented by the Indo-American Arts Council announced the nominations for various categories of awards.

The festival will be held from May 23 to 27 at the Tribeca Cinemas in Lower Manhattan.

Nyiff will more than 50 features, documentaries, and short films over a span of five days.

Best Film

Nominees:

Aadukalam Chitrangada Chittagong Gangs of Wasseypur Gattu Shala Best Documentary Film

Nominees:

Big in Bollywood Inshallah Football Kumare Saving Face Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret Best Screenplay

Nominees:

Pooja Desai, Anvita Dutt, Rajesh Narasimhan, Ashish Patil (Mujshe Fraaandship Karoge) Avinash Deshpande (Shala) Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada) Vetri Maaran (Aadukalam) Bedabrata Pain, Shonali Bose (Chittagong) Best Director

Nominees:

Sujay Dahake (Shala) Rituparno Ghosh (Chitrangada) Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur) Vetri Maaran ( Aadukalam) Prashant Nair (Delhi in a Day) Bedabrata Pain (Chittagong) Best Young Actor

Nominees:

Sihle Dlamini (Lucky) Dilzad Hiwale (Bubble Gum) Dilzad Hiwale (Chittagong) Ashuman...

Director: Sujay Dahake, Story: Milind Bokil, Screenplay: Sujay Dahake, Actors: Dilip Prabhavalkar, Nandu Madhav, Anshuman Joshi, Ketaki Mategaonkar

The name can be misleading. Shala is not about kids going to school nor is it a children’s film, even remotely. All that it has in common with Stanley ka Dabba begins and ends at the animated sequence that plays with the opening credits. Shala takes you to the next level: while you are still at school and your friends are important, you step onto the threshold of the adult world and start making sense of it.

Based on a story by Milind Bokil, Shala is a ravishing debut feature by Sujay Dahake. It is an adolescent love story set in a small town in the politically charged decade of the 70s. In the backdrop, there is the fear of the Emergency on one side and the insinuation of rebellion in...