Sachin Khedekar

A heartfelt tribute to the Marathi-medium schools celebrating their enduring values, rich culture, vital learnings, and timeless nostalgia.

Love. Obsession. Heartbreak...

When a dynamic and dashing young man inherits his father`s Business empire along with his value system, he upscales their merchandising by expanding its wings across the globe. However an unexpected fact of life hits him hard and makes his life upside down, yet his virtue and efficacy help him to encounter reality, vanquishes the hurdles, and safeguard his personal and professional life for the benefit of all.

The film is a musical love story set in the backdrop of Europe in the 1970`s. It weaves in a heartwarming story which questions the foundations of Love, Human Nature, Science, Spirituality and Philosophy through a musical drama. It is the story of two individuals who are poles apart in terms of their ideologies, their belief system and the way they perceive life. It is the story of Vikramaditya and Prerna who are two diversified individuals. Vikram Aditya is an epitome of pure joy and innocence who believes in the language of stars, fate and destiny and lives every moment with vibrancy and passion. He is flirtatious with women, his charm is infectious and his charisma is captivating. Women adore him. He leads a life free of any commitments and believes in living each day as it comes. He is spontaneous, adventurous and happy-go-lucky. Prerna is someone who is a non believer and believes more in science than in destiny and fate. She is believed to be rude sometimes to people around her, which is only an attempt to veil her real persona. What happens when their paths cross forms the crux of the story.

Toilet - Ek Prem Katha traces the love story between `jugadbaaz` Keshav (Akshay Kumar) and progressive girl Jaya (Bhumi Pednekar), set in two villages near Mathura. TEPK is a satirical take on a battle against the age old tradition of open defecation in the country. From the panchayat to the sanitation department, from the role of the government to the superstitions of the villagers, from scams to the ethos, from first love to a matured romance, TEPK is Keshav`s journey where a common man stands up for a cause and eventually changes the mindsets.

Goutham Nanda is an Telugu movie starring Tottempudi Gopichand and Hansika Motwani in prominent roles. The movie also stars Catherine Tresa. It is a romantic action drama directed by Sampath Nandi with S. Thaman as musician, forming part of the crew.

The story is about a happ-go-lucky young man, Babu who falls in love with a girl. However, he runs into a problem while convincing her father. How he solves the problem and gets together with the girl forms the crux of the story.

The Liszt-price winner and Hungary's Worth Arstist honor-priced conductor, László Kovács is talking about his career and life with some serious and some funny moments while he is playing on the piano.

A dashing naval officer, a beautiful wife and a perfect world. This was Naval Commander Rustom Pavri`s life. Until one day he realizes his perfect life isn`t what he thought it was. As events unfold we realize his wife is having an affair with his best friend.

A love story that starts in bed! Now isn`t that as enticing as it gets? For Gaurav Mehra and Pooja Misra, it could well have been a one-night stand which was a moment to remember, only to be erased over a period of time. However, when there is a lot more to it with dancing, talking and making merry accompanied by drinking, partying and making love, a connect is bound to be formed. A connect, which is subconscious, only to be realized when destiny has its own games to play! They are happy and content as individuals. But together they are happier, more at peace. They believe that they have already found love in respective lives. Together, they realize that this intense love they have for each other is something very different. Gaurav and Pooja may not be hunting for love as they truly feel that they have it all. But can one truly ignore the signs of something special that bonds the two together? What happens after their one-night stand? Will they fall in love or go their separate ways? Was this just a drunk night-out or a life-changing moment? Watch Loveshhuda to find out.

We dance for laughter,We dance for tears,We dance for madness,We dance for fears,We dance for hopes,We dance for screams,We are the dancers,We create the dreams.Aayna Ka Bayna is the first Marathi film that depicts Hip Hop. This dance film is based on a marathi phrase aayna ka bayna, ghetlya shivay zaay naa which means, without taking what`s ours, we`re not leaving.

Kaksparsh is an incredible story of love, sacrifice, passion and values. It tells the story of Haridada, the head of the Damle family who takes on the responsibilities of his family and children, without any complaint. The trouble starts after he gets his younger brother married. Tragedy strikes on the first night of the marriage and Haridada stands by his brother`s wife through thick and thin - much to the consternation of not just other villagers, but also his own family members and his children. How he and his brother`s wife deal with this is what the film talks about in a poignant manner.

Taryanche Bait narrates the story about a father who struggles to keep the promise given to his kid. Shreedhar Surve ( Sachin Khedekar) is a government clerk living in a small village in Konkan. He takes his family to Mumbai for a picnic and his son (Ishaan Tambe) expresses his desire to have a day`s stay in a five star hotel. Now for a lower income earning group person, it is an unaffordable wish to fulfill. But he still agrees to his son`s wish on one condition that he should top his class in his next examination. His son takes it seriously and starts studying harder increasing the worries of the father. But then..does he come first? Does Shreedhar succeed in fulfilling his son`s dream? While keeping the promise given to the kid, Shreedhar realizes his financial limitations but learns the higher truth of life about dignity and self respect. This film marks Ekta Kapoor`s entry in the Marathi film industry.

The patients at a hospice for senior citizens leave for their final destination. Pierre Creton provides the follow-up to his film Maniquerville.

A look into the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma. Inspired by the real life of Raja Ravi Varma, a young Raja Ravi Verma looking for an inspiration for a painting. He meets a girl and starts the painting. His first two paintings of Lakshmi and Saraswati are praised but after the woman starts feeling love for him, she seduces him. He then starts a relationship with her, which destroys his inspiration, and he starts painting inappropriate images, which brings anger in people. —Sumer Singh

In a small rural village in India, two fathers are set on a collision course: Thakur Avadh Narayan Singh, a cruel and powerful landowner who rules with an iron fist, and Rudra, a poor laborer who remains complacent under Thakur's tyranny to protect his family. Rudra lives a modest life with his wife Paro, two sons, and his nine-year-old daughter, Durga, cherishing their love and unity despite the harsh realities of village life. The Thakur's cruelty is revealed through the tragic tale of Shiva, his now mad gardener, and Shiva's son Kisna. Kisna, an educated and idealistic young man, sought to empower the villagers through education, which Thakur saw as a threat to his control. Thakur ordered Shiva to tell Kisna to stop educating the villagers, but Kisna's fate was sealed when Thakur discovered his romantic relationship with his only daughter. Shiva, desperate to protect his son, decided to send Kisna away from the village and even slapped him in private for daring to dance with the Thakur's daughter. However, the Thakur's daughter, after being beaten by her father and brothers for her relationship with Kisna, sought refuge at Shiva's house. Bhola, the younger brother, stormed Kisna's home with the Thakur's men and forcibly took her back, while Bacchu, the elder brother, humiliated Shiva by slapping him repeatedly despite his pleas for mercy. Kisna, enraged by his father's mistreatment, retaliated by striking Bhola. The Thakur left without retaliation that day, but his revenge came the next morning. As Shiva escorted Kisna to the train station to leave the village, Thakur, Bacchu, Bhola, and their men ambushed them. In a brutal display, they beat Kisna mercilessly while Shiva begged for mercy, and Thakur personally delivered the fatal blow, killing Kisna in front of his father. Thakur's daughter, devastated by the loss of Kisna, later committed suicide. Thakur, devoid of remorse, refused to attend her funeral, leaving Shiva broken. Years later, Rudra's complacency is shattered when tragedy strikes his family. Thakur's sons, Bacchu and Bhola, drunk and enraged after being humiliated by a courtesan named Naina who chose another man over them despite being paid, encounter Durga as she returns from the market with groceries due to her mother being ill. They brutally rape and beat her before abandoning her unconscious in a ditch. When Durga fails to return home, Rudra and the villagers organize a search and find her barely alive. The horrifying attack devastates Rudra and his family. The turning point comes when Bacchu and Bhola return to the crime scene to recover Bacchu's golden chain, which he accidentally left behind. The police inspector catches them in the act, exposing their guilt. The village, along with Rudra, learns the truth about the assault, and the Thakur begins bribing his way out of trouble. The local doctor, initially willing to confirm Durga's injuries, is bribed to falsify the medical report. The local police inspector, though not loyal to Thakur, is also bribed to declare a lack of evidence. With no options left, Rudra resolves to take justice into his own hands. On the day Bacchu and Bhola are to appear in court, he ambushes and kills them both with a rifle. Furious, Thakur sends his trusted right-hand man, Uddam, to capture Rudra and his family who flee the hospital into the forest at night. Shiva, still haunted by Kisna's fate, steps in to help but is tragically killed by Uddam in the process. At Paro's urging, Rudra confronts and kills Uddam the next day when he captures Rudra and his family, avenging Shiva's death. Meanwhile, the doctor, overcome with guilt for his complicity, commits suicide. Determined to end the violence, Rudra confronts Thakur directly. In an emotional moment, he apologizes for killing Thakur's sons and pleads for peace and safety for his family. Thakur's wife, recognizing Rudra's anguish and her husband's cruelty, forgives him and allows him to turn himself in. However, Thakur, blinded by rage, orders his men to attack. The inspector, having a change of heart and attempting to arrest Thakur, is killed by his men. In the final confrontation, Rudra kills Thakur's remaining men and beats the Thakur into submission Paro then delivers the final blow, crushing Thakur to death with a rock and ending his reign of terror. Rudra then surrenders himself to the police and is sentenced to six months in prison. Upon his release, he reunites with his family, finally at peace.

Mumbai-based Shantanu Joglekar weds his fellow-collegian, Sharmila, and they soon become parents of Meeta. After 8 years they re-locate to live in a bungalow in Pune where they enroll Meeta in a school. Their harmonious lifestyle will suddenly change after Meeta starts having nightmares, and Sharmila complains of being stalked by an unknown male.