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  • Alpha honors Marathi entertainment industry with Alpha Gaurav ’05

    Alpha honors Marathi entertainment industry with Alpha Gaurav ’05

    MUMBAI: Alpha Gaurav, Alpha Marathi’s prestigious award show rewarding excellence in Marathi films, theatre and music, honored eminent personalities from 18 categories in Marathi films,10 categories in Marathi Theatre and 5 categories in Music industry.

    The channel also gave away awards to winners from state intercollegiate one- act play competition organized by Alpha Marathi.

    The awards comprises an eminent juries which has the likes of director Shrabani Deodhar, cinematographer Girish Karve, writer director Raghuvir Kulkarni And film critic Hemant Desai for films, director Vijay Kenkare, Prakash Buddhisagar, Achyut Vaze for commercial plays, Chandrakant Kulkarni, Premanand Gajvi, Vijay Tapas for experimental plays and Vikas Bhatavdekar, Shashank Katty and Chandrashekhar Gokhale for music.

    The event will be televised on 13 February at 7:30 pm.

    Alpha Gaurav Awards 2005

    Winners – Films

    1. Best Art Direction Arun Rahane : Savarkhed Ek Gaon

    2. Best Choreography Umesh Jadhav : Saatchya Aat Gharat

    3. Best Cinematography Mahesh Limaye : Uttarayan

    4. Best Editing Vishal Kharat : Uttrayan

    5. Best Lyrics Gajendra Ahire : Pandhar

    6. Best Music Amartya Rahut : Uttarayan

    7. Best Playback Singer(Male) Suresh Wadkar : Shegavicha Rana Gajanan

    8. Best Playback Singer(Female) Anjali Kulkarni : Pandhar

    9. Best Story Sumitra Bhave : Devrai

    10.Best Screenplay Bipin Nadkarni : Uttarayan

    11.Best Dialogue Sanjay Pawar : Saatchya Aat Gharat

    12. Best Child Artist Ankita Jog : Pheonix

    13. Best Supporting Actress Uttara Baokar : Uttarayan

    14. Best Supporting Actor Ashok Shinde : Mukhwate

    15. Best Actress Amruta Subhash : Kavdase

    16. Best Actor Atul Kulkarni : Devrai

    17. Best Direction Bipin Nadkarni : Uttarayan

    18. Best Film Uttarayan : Opticus Films

    Winners – Plays

    1. Best Set Design : Rajan Bhise – Ham To Tere Aashik Hai

    2. Best Lights : Sheetal Talpade – Gopala Re Gopala

    3. Best Writer : P.L. Mayekar – Kamalicha Kai Jhala

    4. Best Music : Bhaskar Chandavarkar- Jyacha Tyacha Vithoba

    5. Best Supporting Actess : Madhuganha Kulkarni – Lali Lila

    6. Best Supporting Actor : Ramesh Vani – Gopala Re Gopala

    7. Best Actress : Madhavi Juvekar – Lali Lila

    8. Best Actor : Ankush Choudhari -Gopala Re Gopala

    9. Best Direction : Sanjay Mone – Ham To Tere Aashik Hai

    10. Best Play : Ham To Tere Aashik Hai- Ekdant Creations

    Best Promising Play ‘Sohala-Goshta Pramachi’

    Winners – Music Album

    1. Best Lyrics Bharati Diggikar : Chandraswapna Aikale

    2. Best Singer (Male) Shaunak Abhisheki : Pandharicha Swami

    3. Best Singer (Female) Devaki Pandit : Sangu Kunas Hee Preet

    4. Best Music Mandar Apte : Door Rahila Gaon

    5. Best Album Pandharicha Swami : Fountain Music

    Alpha Mahakarandak One- Act Play Compitition
    Winners

    Best Actress Supriya Argade – Sala Ekada Tari : Pune Vidyarthi Griha
    Engineering College

    Best Actor Pravin Pawar, Sudarshan Patil- Khara Khura Natak: Birla
    College, Kalyan

    Best One- Act Play Sala Ekada Tari : Pune Vidyarthi Griha Engineering College

    Alpha Gaurav Lifetime Achivement Awards

    1. Sulabha Deshpande
    2. Ganpat Patil
    3. Ramesh Deo

  • Alpha Marathi awards give dubbed Titanic fight for ratings

    Alpha Marathi awards give dubbed Titanic fight for ratings

    MUMBAI: Another televised awards function from the Zee stable has made its mark, this time on the ratings front. The Alpha Marathi awards, Alpha Gaurav Puraskar 2004, ran a neck to neck race for the top spot in the ratings with the dubbed Titanic on Star Gold on 14 February.

    The Alpha Gaurav Puraskar 2004, in its fifth year, garnered 20.5 per cent channel share in Mumbai during its telecast in 14 February, running a close second behind Star Gold which aired the dubbed-in-Hindi Titanic the same day.

    Quoting a TAM data, in C&S 4+ in Mumbai, the Alpha Gaurav awards (which fete the best from the Marathi film industry) fetched TVRs of 5.5 whereas in Maharashtra, it got scored a TVR of 5.3. In C&S Females 15+ ABC, the Alpha Puraskar reached as high as 6.0 TVRs, claims an official release.

    “If one studies the minute-by-minute rating of this 31/2 hrs show, Alpha Gaurav has got more than 9 TVRs in Mumbai as well as Maharashtra. In 1 mn+ towns this event got as high as 10.6 TVRs. The channel share of Alpha Gaurav within Marathi regional channels was 91 per cent in Mumbai and 86 per cent all over Maharashtra in CS 4+,” says the release.

    Titanic, aired at the same time, had a channel share of 24.7 per cent in Mumbai and 20.9 per cent in the rest of Maharashtra. Alpha Gaurav got 20.5 per cent and 19.7 per cent respectively.

    The Alpha Gaurav Puraskar 2004 was a ground event held at the NSE grounds in Mumbai on 8 February, and telecast on 14 February. Cinthol sponsored this show for the third consecutive year. A Tam Adex study earlier had showed that last year, Cinthol had benefited with tremendous exposure on this event, showing that the Cinthol brand had continuous exposure for two hours 13 mins and 25 seconds.

  • Alpha Gaurav 2004 salutes the talent, spirit and essence of Mumbai

    Alpha Gaurav 2004 salutes the talent, spirit and essence of Mumbai

    MUMBAI: Will the real Mr Mumbaikar stand up please? No this time it isn’t one of the “Mee Mumbaikar” campaigns, but it was Cinthol Alpha Gaurav Puraskar 2004’s clarion call.

    With attendees comprising biggies of the Marathi entertainment industry to the political hot shots including the former chief minister of Maharastra Vilasrao Deshmukh and minister of state Kripashankar Singh, the fifth annual awards based on the theme Mumbai was true to the Marathi spirit… witty, yet wry.

    Just like its predecessor ceremony- the nomination night, the award ceremony started bang on time. Held at NSE complex, Goregaon, Mumbai on 8 February 2004, the Cinthol Alpha Gaurav tried to encapsulate the journey of the city from being a cluster to seven islands, to being a British Empire to the cosmopolitan city that it is today.

    Every thing from the venue to the Gateway of India set designed by Ajit Dandekar spelt big. The grounds were packed to its capacity much before the event started. Resplendent was the word to describe the welcome dance number by Resham Tipnis and Rajeshwari Sachdeva. That sort of set the ball rolling for the evening. While neither the technical finesse nor the special effects were anything to write home about, the sheer energy of the show was such that nothing seemed amiss.

    While Sandeep Kulkarni (Shwas) and Uttara Borkar (Vastupurush) took home the honour of being the best actors male and female respectively, Shwas was adjunct as the best Marathi motion picture of the year. The show held under the aegis of Alpha Marathi -Zee’s Marathi entertainment arm- conferred honours on Bapu Chitaranjan Kolhatkar, Prabhakar Panshikar and Vijaya Mehta for their contribution to the Marathi regional cinema and theatre in its life time achievement category.

    Be it angst ridden, musical act by Sachin Khedekar or the playful “Mala Bhi Mumbayit Rahudya kii” (let me stay in Mumbai), there was always an underlying message that the show aimed to send across. Akin to the Marathi culture, the programme was all about poking humour at oneself and yet trying to look at the brighter side. What it came across loud and clear was that Maharastrians desperately need to get rid of their underdog mentality and pursue their dreams with keen and focused interest. The messages of the lifetime achievement award winners seconded the same views.

    An old hat at Marathi theater Panshikar, used the stage as a platform to voice his views on the sorry state of Marathi theatre while urging the politically sound invitees to look into the matter of excessive entertainment tax.

    The penultimate act of the evening, by the man that made it big in the big bad Bollywood, Mahesh Manjrekar was fun act…. loads of style and minus any messages. As for the final act of the day, all the winners gathered on the stage for an impromptu prayer.

    Here is the list of winners:

    Motion Picture honours:
    Best Art Direction- Sumati Bhave – Vastupurursh
    Best Dance Direction- Manisha Sathe- Tarunyachya Latewar
    Best Cinematography- Deboo Deodhar- Anahat
    Best Narration- Neraj Vohralia – Shwas
    Best Lyricists- Ilahi Jjamdar- “Suryoday Ek Navi Pahaat” Shapit Majhi Priti
    Best Music- Ashish Keskar- Tarunyacha Latewar
    Best Playback Singer (male)- Salil Kulkarni – Vithal Vithal
    Best Playback Singer (female)-Devki Pandit- Not only Mrs Raut
    Best Story- Ajay Ahire- Not only Mrs Raut
    Best Screenplay- Sandeep Sawant- Shwas
    Best Dialogues- Sandeep Sawant- Shwas
    Best Child Artiste- Ashwin Chitale- Shwas
    Best Actor (male)- Sandeep Kulkarni- Shwas
    Best Actor (female)- Uttara Borkar- Vastupurush
    Best Director- Sandeep Sawant- Shwas
    Best Movie- Shwas

    Theatre honours:
    Best Screenplay- Pravin Mulay- Celebration
    Best Light effects- Sheetal Talphade- Kaala ya laglaya jiva
    Best Story- Dr Shirish Athavle- Mitr
    Best Music- Nirmal Kumar- Lagnakallol
    Best supporting actor (female)- Geetanjali Kulkarni-Lagnakallol
    Best supporting actor (male)- Vaibhav Mangle- Lagnakallol
    Best Direction- Paresh Mokashi- Lagnakallol
    Best Theatre Production – Lagnakallol

    Best Experimental Play- Darshan- Mita Arts Kalyan

    Intercollegiate Theatre Production
    Best Actor (female)- One act play- Purva Shinde – Black Out
    Best Actor (male)- One act play- Sachin Shinde- Black Out
    Best One act play- Black Out – HPT abd AIK Commerce and Arts University Nasik

    Music Album:
    Best Lyricists- Chandrasekhar Sonkar- “Jivant Aahe Jara Jara Me” Bedhund
    Best Singer- Swapnil Bandodkar- “Ha Chandra Tujhya Sathi” Bedhund
    Best Singer (female)- Panchami- Tanuja Jog ” Tanha” Yaad tujhi chhalte
    Best Music – Nandu Honap- Yaad tujhi chhalte
    Best Album- Yaad tujhi chhalte – Wings

    Special Cinthol Alpha Gaurav Awards 2004:

    Special
    1. Cinthol Bright face- Sulaja Prabhudesia
    2. Cinthol Best debut- Aanchal
    3. Godrej popular couple- Sachin and Supriya Pilgoankar

  • Alpha Gaurav 2004 nomination night runs full house

    Alpha Gaurav 2004 nomination night runs full house

    MUMBAI: Star-struck! That must have been the common sentiment at the Alpha Gaurav 2004 Nomination Night, held Friday at Rangsharda in Bandra, Mumbai.

    Running to a packed house, the ceremony had everybody who was anybody from Marathi television, cinema, theatre, music and advertising in attendance.

    The fifth award ceremony will be held on 8 February 2004 at NSE complex, Goregaon, Mumbai.

    It was punctuality with a capital P (a point worth noting considering how it has almost become a style statement for many of Indian award functions to start late). The show starting dot on time at Rangsharda’s banquet hall and what’s more, all the stars reached the venue on time. With the hall filled to capacity in no time, the passage seemed to overflow with celebrities.

    Besides officially announcing the nominations for the different categories, the special contributors in the theater categories including Achyut Vaze, Pradeep Velankar, Hemu Adhikari, Premanand Gajvi, Pratima Kulkarni and Sachin Khedekar were felicitated at the event. In the music category, Ashok Patki, Devki Pandit and Chadrashekhar Gokhle were awarded with special prizes for their contribution to the Marathi music.

    Attendees included the board of governors members Jabbar Patel, N Chandra, Kamlakar Sontake, Jayant Salgoankar and Dr Shrirang Adarkar, the jury members- director Kanchan Nayak, cinematographer Harish Joshi, novelist PL Mayekar, music director Ashok Patki and film critique Sudhir Nandgoakar.

    That besides throng of film artists including Ashok Saraf, Yatin Karyekar, Dr Girish Oak, Ramesh Bhatkar, Reema Lagoo, Bharati Achrekar, Nina Kulkarni, Suhas Joshi, Mohan Joshi, Mrinal Kulkarni, Sharvani Pillai, Deepa Parab, Resham Tipnis, Nivedita Joshi-Saraf, Sachin Khedekar and Tushar Dalvi made their presence felt at the awards.

    Food was aplenty and the atmosphere was jubilant but underneath all this one could feel a sense of despair. Although the Maharastra government is pumping in the moolah (Rs 1.5 million per film) to encourage the Marathi film industry to produce quality films, there seems to be just a handful of movies worth mentioning and that was reflected in the nominations. The often repeated titles included, Not only Mrs Raut, Shwas, Anahat, Tarunya Chya latewar and Yugpurush.

    A point mentioned during the presentation was difficulty the Marathi movie industry was facing in attracting newer talents. In a bid to popularise Marathi cinema, Zee’s Marathi entertainment arm has tied up with YB Chavan Pratishthan for a film festival. Starting 2 February, the five nominated films for Alpha Gaurav 2004 will be showcased at YB Chavan centre in Mumbai.

    The five-day movie fest will conclude with the awards night on 8 February. This year, Alpha Gaurav has constituted 16 categories from the Marathi film industry, 10 categories from Marathi theatre and five categories from Marathi music industry. The Alpha Gaurav will also honour the winners from the state intercollegiate one act play “ekankika” competition. Besides that the award ceremony will also fete renowned personalities from film and theatre for the lifetime achievement awards.

    The award ceremony will be telecast on the channel at a later date. Last year’s awards telecast received a channel share of 22 per cent among all entertainment channels in the general entertainment category in Maharastra and over 80 per cent amongst the Marathi channels receiving 10.3 TVR. Channel officials seem confident of upping those figures this year. Wish the same could be said about the actual state of Marathi regional cinema.