Sonali Kulkarni

A man who faced one adversary after another with an undying spirit. His unwavering zeal and never give up attitude led to India's first individual gold medal in any form of the Olympics. "Chottu Tiger," an absolutely terrific true story of a man who has lived possibly the most incredible life unknown to the world. An unbelievable tale of a man who kept bouncing back from one adversity after another with grit, determination and undying spirit. From wrestling in the rustic interiors of Maharashtra as a teenager, to representing India at the prestigious International Services Meet held in Tokyo, to fighting a War against Pakistan and getting disabled in that, to finally making it to the Grand Munich Olympics of 1972 and facing the Black September Terrorist attack. In 2017 an old man enters a police station asking Inspector Sachin Kamble to lodge a complaint against presidents of India for not honoring him with Arjuna award over the years .The cops think he is crazy but he revels his identity as Murlikanth Petkar who represented India in the first Paralympics and also served as an army officer to India in 1965 war against Pakistan.Murli since childhood lived with a dream of winning a gold medal for India.But today he is a forgotten hero and wishes to be honored with Arjuna award not for himself but for development of his village. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com

Toofan tells the story of a boxer and the struggles he faces on his journey to get to the national level competition.

A father's obsession with his traditional old-school copy machine wreaks havoc on the family causing a change in their relationship. As the entire family opposes Nagesh's (Naseeruddin Shah) dated ways, the story intensifies. It explores the life of each family member because their lives are entwined with each other. Ad film director Sudip Bandyopadhyay presents a simple story of human emotions, told through three generations and the differences in their ideas, in a transition from the old to the new.

In a beautiful sleepy town of Panchgani lives a strict, principled professor with her equally rebellious and difficult daughter. In a quirky twist of fate, the professor meets with an accident and her memory travels back to the age of twenty. What follows is the total role reversal for the daughter, who does not know how to handle the situation. The only saving grace here is the psychiatrist who is treating her mother. On coming abreast with a completely different side of the mother's personality, she sets on a journey to find out about her mother's past. Will she be able to mend the troubled relationship she had with her mother? Will the psychiatrist be able to revive back the professor's memory? Madhuri a strict college professor and disciplined mother meets with an accident leading to loss of her memory.Madhuri's memory goes back to age of 20 years and believes she is still young and unmarried only thing causing her problem is her weight.Her daughter Kavya who was to run away from the house due her strictness takes the responsibility of her mother.Kavya with a Pshycatrist Dr Tushar tires to find past of Madhuri to get her back to normal. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com

Sugar Salt Aani Prem, a film based on the relationship shared between 3 women looking for their respective paths of life. With a slice of life feeling to it, it is a film which will give u a taste of relations, friendship and life!

The film is a story of three distinct individuals who embark on a journey in pursuit of their dreams but during this journey they come across newness and things that will change their life forever.

Ramachandra Govind Gokhale is your average retired middle class Maharashtrian until his world falls apart by an expected turn of events. `Kokanastha- Taath Kana Haach Baana` is about his fight for justice despite the turbulent situation he is plunged into. The Marathi drama embodies the never-say-die spirit of every Maharashtrian which is depicted in Ramachandra`s pursuit of justice.

The life of a private investigator with a rocky marriage takes a dangerous turn after he takes up a case that is highly complex and deeply personal.

Based on a true story of Zekarias Tibebu Mesfin. Major Tibebu Mesfin has two children including myself. He was working for the Dergue Regine in Ethiopian. During the time he was working, there was big ideological struggle and disagreement among his higher leaderships and administrations. Due to unforeseen situations, my father disappeared and his whereabouts was unknown. the result of his disappearance, his higher officials went after my mother and put her in jail. They torched her to confess. the hardship she was facing, my mother decided to get out to Dire Dawa. She escaped from Dire Dawa and went to Gonder to live with my father's relatives. As I grew older, my ambition to help my mother grew deeper. I left Gonder and went to Addis Ababa looking for work. I started working as a barber; and i was just about ready to help my mother. However, my mother was sick; and her older brother had to come from Sundan to take her to Tigray for a better treatment. My mother died and l left with no options, my last resort was migration with the help of my uncle. I planned a long trip to Israel. I started my journey from Metema travelled through Sudan; and then to Egypt. During my journey, i had faced many problems in the Sinai Desert and Egyptian prisons for two years. I tried everything to survive. during my stay in the Egyptian prison, i tried to get opportunity to immigrate to Canada. I managed to overcome all the problems i faced and travelled to Canada to start my new life.

Nitin Chandrakant Desai comes up with another Brit-Marathi love story called Ajintha which is supposed to be based on Major Robert Gill and a local tribal girl`s love story, when he was commissioned to make copies of the frescoes at Ajanta Caves in the 19th century! Sonali Kulkarni essays the role of the tribal girl with Philip Scotm opposite her.

Deool is a multi-starrer film directed by Umesh Kulkarni and is releasing on November 4,2011. The starcast includes Dr. Mohan Agashe, Nana Patekar, Sonal Kulkarni, Dilip Prabhavalkar (who played the role of Mahatama Gandhi in Lage Raho Munnabhai), Kishor Kadam and Naseeruddin Shah (who makes his Marathi film debut with this film) among other actors. The film is about the effect of corporotisation of temple`s and pilgrimage places. The film has largely been shot in Satara district of Maharashtra.

Re-releasing in cinema on 18th October 2024. Singham is a remake of Surya`s Tamil blockbuster of the same name. The film is about Bajirao Singham, a simple police officer who is happy to toe the line till he is provoked by villain Prakash Raj to show his ferocious side. The film has hardcore raw action and machismo.

Bal Gandharva is a richly mounted, Indian musical, period film on the incredible actor-singer-female impersonator Bal Gandharva (1888-1967), set in the early years of Indian theatre. The film has historic resonances and gives remarkable insights into how today`s Indian cinema and Bollywood musicals derived their song routines, lavish spectacles and melodrama from Indian musical theatre and epics-entirely independent of Hollywood. It is an inspiring portrait of Bal Gandharva, a cross-dressing, singing icon of the sangeet natak (musical theatre) tradition. Women were not allowed to perform onstage then, and Bal Gandharva`s singing and female impersonations in beautiful saris, jewellery and mannerisms were all the rage, and his songs are sung in India even today.

Gandha portrays three independent stories about three women from different walks of life, each of whom has a profound experience involving the sense of smell.

The movie tells the story of a lone farmer and his family. Kisna, a farmer like any other, tries really hard to make ends meet. But so many things, including nature are stacked against him. Kisna`s family is trying in its own simple way to please him and avert the inevitable. His wife is convinced that he`s on the verge of suicide and ropes their 6-year old to be with him and report of anyirregularities in his behavior. Unaware of this, Kisna continues to struggle against the odds with an undying urge. But how long will he try?

Gajendra Ahire's Gulmohar is about a woman (Sonali Kulkarni), who finds solace and succor from society's rejection under a gulmohar tree, symbolizing the tree as a shelter of sorts. Her husband (Rajat Kapoor), after misunderstandings with her over her student, throws her out of their home. On her own she has to find a way to cope with the changes and eke out a living.

Sakhi is a Marathi film which is based on the friendship between a widow and a married woman and how they support each other through thick and thin.

Vasudev Balwant Phadke's sacrifice rekindled the dying flames of the 1857 Uprising and he came to be worshipped as the foremost revolutionary of the nation. Watch the movie to find out how he fought against all odds. Born in Maharashtra, British India, on November 4, 1845, Vasudev grows up in a farming community of Shirdhon near Kalyan. After completing his education, he goes to work for the Finance Ministry but is enraged when he is refused permission to visit his ailing mother. He turns his rage against the British, who had recently crushed uprisings from Tatya Tope, Jhansi's Rani, and Mangal Pandey. He is forced to flee and don the guise of Kashikar Baba but faces betrayal by his very own people, is arrested, tried, found guilty, and exiled to Eden, Africa, where he will soon attempt to escape, then try and return home to continue his struggle against the British. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

RaghavShastri (Nana Patekar), an Insurance Salesman to the world, but a caustic, instinctively witty cabbie in reality, who needs thirty thousand rupees by the end of today. And Jai Mittal (John Abraham), the equally acidic heir to a resourceful business family, who needs a bit more. Three hundred crores actually. Also by the end of the day. Jai needs to contest his father`s will in court.. and Raghu`s cab to get there. Raghu needs every rich sucker he can get as passenger....So the two meet... And a predictable cab ride kicks off a roller-coaster journey that leaves you laughing in a most unlikely place.. the edge of your seat.. Because on either side of the seat that divides them are our two problems... Two attitudes, two egos, and two distictive brands of humour.

Taxi No. 9 2 11 focuses on Raghav Shastri (Nana Patekar), a cab driver in Mumbai who lies to his wife Sunita (Sonali Kulkarni) about his job (he has lost 23 jobs in 15 yrs because of his bad temper), pretending to be an insurance salesman. Raghav owes 3 months of taxi rent (Rs 30,600) to Tiwari (Shankar Sachdev).. One day, he gives Jai Mittal (John Abraham), the spoiled son of a late businessman, a ride. Jai is fighting for ownership rights of his late father's estate. The cab gets into an accident (Jai paid Raghav a lot of money to drive fast, since he was late for court) with Jai escaping as he's in hurry (and leaves Raghav to deal with the angry mob). Jai loses the key to the vault containing his father's will in the back of Raghav's taxi. Shyam Mittal (Akash Khurana), Jai Mittal's father was sick of Jai's casual attitude towards life. When Shyam died, Jai finds that Shyam left everything to his friend Arjun Bajaj (Shivaji Satam).. Jai had a court case that day and he was heading to the bank vault to fetch the will on his way to the court. His own car was wrecked in an accident the night before and hence he was cabbing it. Jai realizes that he the lost the key, when he gets to the vault. Jai returns to the accident site only to find that the police has arrested Raghav. Jai goes to the police station to demand his key back. Raghav decides to hide it from Jai. Jai is clueless and visits the vault again to get help.. Meanwhile Raghav is being transferred to another station and he encounters his wife on the way. Before she can see him, Raghav escapes from police custody. Jai returns to the station, frustrated, as the vault people wont do anything without the key.. He takes Raghav's address from the Inspector. In retaliation, Jai goes to Raghav's house and tells his wife what he really does for a living. Its 2 pm and Jai is already late for court. Sunita leaves Raghav, taking their son. Raghav decides to take revenge. Raghav and Jai vow to kill each other in their fight for their properties. When Raghav fails to kill Jai (He removes the nuts from Rupali's car tires, which she had lent Jai to try and find the vault key. Jai is stranded on the highway when the wheel comes off and narrowly misses an oncoming truck that plows into Rupali's car) he targets Jai's girlfriend, Rupali (Sameera Reddy). Meanwhile Advocate Shivraj Behl (Nasser Abdullah) and Rupali struggle in court to convince the judge that Jai is on his way. The judge gives a final deadline of 11 30 am the next morning to produce this "other" will according to which Shyam left his property to Jai. Jai and Shivraj conspire to send goons after Raghav to recover the key. But Raghav fights them off. Raghav then chases Rupali, when she leaves Jai's apartment, and she is saved by Jai by hair's breadth. Jai lets Rupali escape and he attacks Raghav. They have a dirty car fight but both survive, but Raghav's cab is destroyed by an oncoming train after its gets stuck at a crossing. Raghav goes to the vault and tricks the staff there to gain access to Jai's vault. He withdraws the will and goes to Jai's place. Jai returns to his apartment at night and discovers the will, torn to pieces and pasted on the wall of his apartment. Jai becomes depressed and lonely after his friends leave him. Rupali dumps him, indicating she wanted him only for his fortune. Jai tries to make a deal with Arjun Bajaj, offering to withdraw the case for half the property. But Arjun refuses as Shyam really wanted Jai to mend himself and make a life without Shyam's wealth. Losing everything that used to be precious, Jai realizes the hard-hitting life and starts respecting his father and his work. On the other side Raghav is caught again by police (when he goes to deposit the fees for his kids school) and taken to police station where his wife tells him his real character and problem within himself. Soon, he realizes his mistake. Jai, having realized the value of close ones, then bails Raghav out of jail. Raghav insists they have a drink and they go to Jai's house for one. They find out that they share the same birthday. Raghav gives back his will, which he had hidden in the sofa, and says that he had never destroyed it - the torn will on the wall is a fake. Raghav then goes to the railway station to stop his wife and son from leaving him, but arrives a little too late. He goes back home where he sees a birthday cake on the table. He feels that he is hallucinating, but gets a pleasant shock when he sees his wife and son standing there, singing him a birthday song (and finds out that it was Jai who brought them back). Jai confronts Arjun Bajaj (Shivaji Satam), the friend and custodian of the property of Jai's father, whom he tells that he has realized the value of life and does not want his father's property and takes a leave. Just as he drives out, his car collides with another car driven by a Woman (Priyanka Chopra), though initially both seem to be angry at each, later Jai apologizes and asks for her number, promising to pay for damages. The movie ends as both smile at each other and drive away; indicating a new romantic beginning.

When Balraj, a London barrister of Indian origin, visits Amritsar for a friend's wedding, he brings along his sister Kiran and his American friend, William Darcy (Martin Henderson). While there, they make the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Bakshi and their four daughters, Jaya, Lalita, Maya, and Lakhi ("Lucky"). Balraj and Jaya (Namrata Shirodkar) feel an immediate attraction, but Lalita (Aishwarya Rai) is offended by William's condescending attitude toward India and Indians, and even his attempts to apologize all seem to go wrong. After the wedding, William wants to visit Goa, to see whether his company should build a hotel there. Balraj and Kiran will be going with him, and Balraj invites Jaya to accompany them. Mr. Bakshi (Anupam Kher) observes that this would hardly be proper, but Mrs. Bakshi is very eager to see all of her daughters married and suggests that Lalita go along as Jaya's chaperon. While in Goa, Lalita quarrels with William, saying that a beach resort in Goa is nothing but a way "to go to India without having to deal with Indians". But, during a concert by Ashanti, she meets, and is drawn to, Johnny Wickham (Daniel Gillies), the son of the nurse who helped raised William, who explains that William kicked him out of the Darcy household as soon as the elder Mr. Darcy died. Back in Amritsar, the Bakshi family is visited by Mr. Kohli, a distant cousin who has emigrated to "Am'Rica" (as he calls it) and become a successful accountant in California. He is very proud of his "green card", and very dismissive of India. But one thing that he cannot find in his new country is a nice, old-fashioned, subservient Indian girl, and, as he puts it, "No life -- without wife." Johnny turns up again and attends a dance with Lalita. William tries to warn Lalita that Johnny is not all he seems, but she is too angry to listen. Lakhi is also very taken with the handsome Johnny. At a family dinner, Mr. Kohli continues to speak disparagingly of India, when, much to Lalita's surprise, William objects that he has seen much to admire in India; in particular, he thinks rather more of the loving Bakshi family than his own. Mrs. Bakshi speaks openly of her plans for her daughter's future lucrative marriages, to her daughters' embarrassment, despite her husband's attempt to change the subject. Mr. Kohli proposes to Lalita, who turns him down in no uncertain terms, to Mrs. Bakshi's dismay; but Mr. Bakshi is proud of his daughter. The next day, Balraj claims a sudden change in plans is forcing his party to return to London early. The Bakshis hear that Mr. Kohli has proposed to Lalita's best friend, Chandra Lamba (Sonali Kulkarni), and that she has accepted. There will be a small wedding here, and a larger one in America. That evening, Johnny claims that he has to meet some friends in another village and leaves as well. When all the visitors have left, both Jaya and Lalita are disappointed. Neither Balraj nor Johnny are keeping their promises to stay in touch by e-mail. Lakhi does not tell anyone that Johnny is answering her emails. Mr. Kohli, for all his vulgarity, has a good heart, and sends four tickets to Los Angeles (via London) for Mrs. Bakshi and three of her daughters to attend the wedding. In London, they visit Kiran, but Balraj, it appears, is in N.Y., where their parents are introducing him to some marriageable girls. At Heathrow Airport, the travelers run into William, who is taking the same flight. He offers to trade his first-class seat with Mrs. Bakshi, which lets him sit next to Lalita. Impressed with his kindness, she finally has a polite conversation with him. He tells her he is glad that Johnny Wickham has not stayed in touch with her, as he is a 'nasty piece of work,' and discusses his own and Balraj's problems of parental influence. Mr. Kohli is having his wedding at one of the Darcy family hotels, and there we meet William's unpleasant mother, who says that they have lost a fortune over William taking Lalita's words to heart and passing on the Goa resort idea. William's young sister, Georgina ("Georgie") then adds that William has been telling her many nice things about Lalita. Lalita and William are soon dating, but at the wedding, Mrs. Darcy introduces Anne, the vapid, well-connected woman that she wants him to marry, as Darcy's girlfriend. After the ceremony, Georgie tells Lalita how William had advised his friend Balraj not to marry an Indian woman with a horrid, fortune-hunting mother. Lalita realizes that Georgie is talking about Jaya, and when immediately after Darcy tries to deny any future with Anne and confess his love for Lalita, she blows up completely at him. "Only you could say you love me and insult me at the same time!" she says. He admits having a part in breaking up Jaya and Balraj and she angrily walks away from him. Darcy tries to see Lalita the next day, only to find the Bakshis have already left for London. In London, Lakhi leaves "to go shopping", but instead goes off to meet Johnny Wickham and does not come home that night, sending a note telling her family who she is with. The Bakshi family is still in shock when William shows up to apologize to Lalita the next day. He says that he has apologized to Balraj, too; that he simply hadn't realized that Jaya was really in love. But Lalita has no time for this; she tells him how Lakhi has run off with Johnny. Darcy is thunderstruck and tells her that Johnny got Georgina pregnant when she was only sixteen, and attempted to elope with her for her money, and that Darcy had been "left to pick up the pieces". They both go to track them down, first to Johnny's home on a canal boat, then to the London Eye, and, finally, into a Bollywood cinema. There, William and Johnny get into a fist fight in sync with the fist fight on the screen, and, as William and Lalita are pulling Lakhi away, Johnny's big mouth makes it clear even to Lakhi that he's worthless. When they get back to the family, everyone's relieved, and they are greeted with the news that Balraj is there, that he has proposed to Jaya and that she has accepted. Back in Amritsar, it seems the whole city is there to celebrate the double wedding.

Shesh was a intelligent boy who grew in the village with his mother and sister Seena and cousin Kalyani.He loves spending his time in forest with the nature of trees called Devrai.Shesh starts to like Kalyani upon knowing this his mother asks Kalyani to go back to her father's house.Shesh creates a imaginary world of Devari a sacred mangrove and asks money for research from his mother.His mother refuses it as she has to get Sheen married.Shesh slowly becomes lonely after his mother's death and Sheen's wedding and believe's villagers will destroy Devrai.His loneliness his imaginary world more realistic and also thinks that Parvati wife of his servant Shambu is Devrai. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Devrai is the story of Shesh Shahi (Atul Kulkarni) , a brilliant but eccentric man . While living with his family in a village in the Konkan region of the state of Maharashtra in India , Shesh becomes increasingly obsessed with a small patch of forest near his home which he calls as "Devrai" (meaning 'sacred grove' in Marathi) and starts o feel that the perfect harmony between the biological factors in Devrai offer a solution to the chaos which he perceives in the outside world . He is later diagnosed with schizophrenia and his younger sister Seena Gore (Sonali Kulkarni) tries to cure him by seeking professional help . —Soumitra

Three old friends coincidentally take part in the same singing contest. They soon realize that each of them has a personal reason for competing - but only one man can win.

Karthik and Shakti marry against the wishes of their families and start their new life. However, they soon realise that marriage is not the bed of roses they had imagined it would be.

When the government announces quotas to increase women's political representation, Annasaheb, an MLA, for the last thirty years compels his intelligent daughter Vasudha to take over from him and continue so that nothing changes for him and his family. In due course of time Vasudha realizes that she is a mere puppet in the hands of her father and that she has no power as an MLA. Even when her wayward brother's atrocities increase, the family turns a blind eye. However, Sameer Shinde, Vasudha's college friend, opposes, and the family doesn't take it too kindly resulting in, Sameer being murdered. Now Vasudha reaches her breaking point and vows to bring the killer to justice, even if it means breaking all ties with her family. —Everest Entertainment