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  • Director Mangesh Hadawale turns creative producer for ‘Tapaal’

    Director Mangesh Hadawale turns creative producer for ‘Tapaal’

    MUMBAI: National Award winning director and script writer Mangesh Hadawale, known for films like Tingya and Dekh Indian Circus adds another feather to his hat. He is now turning into a creative producer for the Marathi movie Tapaal.

     

    To be directed by cinematographer turned director Laxman Utekar, Tapaal stars Nandu Madhav, Veena Jamkar, Milind Gunaji, Urmila Kanetkar and Rohit Utekar.

     

    Talking about his association with Hadawale, Utekar said, “I thought about making a Marathi film long back. When I was shooting as a cinematographer for Dekh Indian Circus, I discussed about it with Mangesh and asked him to write a nice story for me. He wrote a beautiful story and that is how Tapaal started.”

     

    Talking about what instigated him to turn to a creative producer, Hadawale reveals, “When the film was still at the scripting stage, I made Maitreya Mass Media hear the script which they loved and decided that it would be great if Laxman directs it, keeping his cinematography background in mind. They needed a reliable person to know the process of production and that is why I came in as a creative producer. But in true sense, it was Anant Bhuwad, the executive producer of the film, who has contributed. I have just taken care of location, shoot, permissions etc. But the execution in real sense was done smoothly by Anant Bhuwad.”

     
    The newly turned creative producer not only helped in creative aspect for the movie but also guided him in roping a stellar cast for his debut film.

    “Mangesh knew many actors from the Marathi industry. We had various aspects in mind while we were characterizing and he showed me various options for different characters. When I saw Nandu Madhav’s photograph, I could picturise him as the postman. Similarly, for Veena’s character, we had to look for an actress who could look motherly and would have been able to emote nicely. Keeping that in mind we casted her,” added Utekar.

    Produced by Maitreya Mass Media and distributed by Pickle Entertainment, Tapaal is slated to release on 26 September 2014.

  • Dekh Indian Circus to open Indian Film Festival in Stuttgart

    Dekh Indian Circus to open Indian Film Festival in Stuttgart

    MUMBAI: Mangesh Hadawale‘s Dekh Indian Circus will open the ninth Indian Film Festival in Stuttgart, Germany on 18 July.

    The film, starring Tannishtha Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Virendra Singh Rathod, and Suhani Oza, provides a metaphor for rural India‘s struggle to access the economic miracles of East Asian nations.

    Some of the other films to be screened at the festival are Shala by Sujay Dahake, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar, Teri Meri Kahaani by Kunal Kohli, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed, At the Stairs by Rajesh Jala, Deool by Umesh Kulkarni, Gattu by Rajan Khosa and Tigmanshu Dhulia‘s Paan Singh Tomar.

    The festival will be held from 18 to 22 July.

  • Imtiaz Ali to present Dekh Indian Circus

    Imtiaz Ali to present Dekh Indian Circus

    MUMBAI: Director Imtiaz Ali is set to present Mangesh Hadawale‘s upcoming film, Dekh Indian Circus. This is the first time that the Jab We Met director is presenting a film he isn‘t directly involved in.

    The film has already won the ‘Best Picture‘ award at the Busan Film Festival and the noted director hopes that it will find favour with viewers in India.

    Dekh Indian Circus is the heartwarming tale of a mother taking her children to the circus. “After watching the film, I realised that it should reach the maximum audience. It‘s the most colorful way of showing the goings on an Indian village. It is meaningful as well as an entertaining film,” said Ali.

    “When you look at Indian films these days, most of them are very urban. It‘s ironic because the maximum population lives in villages. This film is set in a small village in the outskirts of Jaisalmer, representing the life there through extraordinary performances and stunning visuals,” he added.

    The film is Hadawale‘s second after his debut directorial Tingya that won the National Film Award in the ‘Best Child Artist‘ category.

  • Tiburon film fest honour for Dekh Indian Circus

    Tiburon film fest honour for Dekh Indian Circus

    MUMBAI: Mangesh Hadawale‘s Dekh Indian Circus has won the Golden Reel Award 2012 for the Best Children‘s Film at 11th Tiburon Film Festival.

    The film is the story of maternal devotion despite harsh reality of poverty. It also won the Audience Choice award at the recently held 16th Busan International Film Festival.

    Said Hadawale, “After Tingya, I had got about 20-25 offers to direct films for several production houses. But only two of them were in Marathi, and rest of them were in Hindi. I met the people at Sundial Pictures through a common friend.

    They liked the concept of Dekh Indian Circus and wanted to produce it. I was little skeptical in the beginning as it was going to be their debut production. But then I thought of the 41 producers who had refused Tingya because it was my debut directorial venture. My producers strongly believe in the film that I have made.”