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Zee Theatre is celebrating the birth anniversary of eminent playwright Vijay Tendulkar with teleplays Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai and Sakharam B. Tendulkar redefined Marathi theatre with his searing commentaries on socio-political issues and often rattled conventions and questioned oppressive norms. Both teleplays perfectly exemplify the incisive and powerful writing that Tendulkar's peerless oeuvre stands for. Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai is an adaptation of his 1967 Marathi classic Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe and Sakharam B is based on the 1972 masterpiece Sakharam Binder.

Vijay Tendulkar's Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai

Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai

This is an adaptation of Tendulkar’s Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe. The story which is a simple and engrossing one begins with a theatre group which plans to stage a make-believe play in a village. This make-believe however slowly turns into the grim reality when real stories come out in the open. Issues such as gender discrimination and time-worn social...

National award winning filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra hosted a special screening for the cast and crew of the film. Apart from Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and his wife Bharti Mehra, Anjali Patil, Om Kanojia, Rashika Aghashe and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub attended the screening. The renowned filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj also graced the event. The film, which aims at bringing a change in our society, has been appreciated by eminent personalities like Sadhguru, Milkha Singh and Sunil Gavaskar.

Mere Pyare Prime Minister presents the bond between a son and mother building the essence of the story. The film traces the journey of Kanhu who struggles to reach the Prime Minister for his mother who met with an ugly heartbreaking incident due to unavailability of toilets. It delivers a social message with an emotional narrative highlighting the dark shades of the city and yet again Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra who has earlier helmed Rang De Basanti,...

The makers of Mere Pyare Prime Minister released a behind-the-scene video showcasing the fun moments of the filming during the title track.?Mere Pyare Prime Minister brings together National Award winning director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, National Award winning lyricist Gulzar, National Award winning Musicians Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, National Award winning actress Anjali Patil with the music sensation of the Nation Arijit Singh to create the title track of the film. Showcasing the convergence of the experts of all aspects of filmmaking, the behind the scenes video puts forth the candid and fun moments of the shoot.?

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra shared the video on social media saying, " Here's how @ShankarEhsanLoy, #ArijitSingh, #Gulzar and I came together to make #MerePyarePrimeMinister Title Track - https://youtu.be/L0a0_YI1QQY ?@ROMPPictures @PenMovies @jayantilalgada @Shankar_Live @sonymusicindia @hussainthelal @OmKanojiya1 @AnjaliPOfficial @NiteeshWadhwa?.

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In a unique attempt, Mere Pyare Prime Minister teams up with Kokuyo Camlin and gives people a unique opportunity to make their voice heard by sharing their messages/grievance with the Prime Minister of India.?

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's upcoming next titled 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' opts for a unique strategy in association with Camlin.?

The film revolves around 8-year-old Kanhu who lives in a slum of Mumbai and writes a letter to the Prime Minister after an ugly incident happens with his mother.?

Leading stationery brand Kokuyo Camlin has joined hands with the makers of the film to initiate a campaign asking people to send messages to the Prime Minister via #PMKoChitthi.?

Starting from 5th March, the contest would accept entries on leading social platforms in the form of letters, audio/video blogs, tweet or post as the makers wish to keep the contest as open and simple as possible.

National award winning director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is all set to present an ode to veteran Indian filmmaker V. Shantaram with the song 'Bajaa Bajaa' from Mere Pyare Prime Minister releasing tomorrow.?

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has always been a huge admirer of the veteran filmmaker V. Shantaram, hence, as a mark of respect, Mehra decided to dedicate the song upcoming song Bajaa Bajaa to V. Shantaram.

Titled 'Bajaa Bajaa', the peppy song is set against the backdrop of holi and is recreated version of Natkhat from V. Shantaram's Navrang.?

Giving a glimpse into the song, Rakeysh Mehra shared a video announcing the song's release tomorrow, "

Can't wait to Bajaa, Bajaa, Bajaa this song on a loop!?

Holi song Bajaa Bajaa Bajaa Dhol Bajaa Re - coming out tomorrow @RakeyshOmMehra?

@ROMPPictures @PenMovies @jayantilalgada @saregamaglobal @ShankarEhsanLoy #Gulzar @aslidivyakumar @ashabhosle @rekha_bhardwaj @shrinidhi496 https://t.co/uydnQyfEuA".

Composed by the musical trio of Shankar Ehsan and Loy,...

After releasing the title track and garnering a great response from the audience now the makers of Mere Pyare Prime Minister has released the fun track from the film titled 'Rezgaariyaan' which will give you the light feel to ears.

'Rezgaariyaan' is a fun song having light tunes features eight years old Kanhu and his friends where all of them seen doing child labour on the streets of Mumbai. The 'Rezgaariyaan' will bring the magic of Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Gulzar as the song is composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy and the lyrics are penned by legendary lyricist Gulzar.

The makers of Mere Pyare Prime Minister shared the second song 'Rezgaariyaan' on their official social media handle and captioned it, "Hear @Shankar_Live and ?#ShivamMahadevan first time together with @ShankarEhsanLoy 's music and #Gulzar Ji's words. #Rezagaariyan Out Now! ?http://bit.ly/Rezgaariyaan?

@RakeyshOmMehra @PenMovies @jayantilalgada @sonymusicindia ?@hussainthelal @OmKanojiya1 @AnjaliPOfficial...

Makers of Mere Pyare Prime Minister dropped the exciting making video of the film where it shows the exciting journey of Khandoba Slum becoming the home of 8 years old Kanhu and all the exciting journey of shooting in Khandoba Slum by accepting the challenge.

The video has shown the whole Mere Pyare Prime Minister team accommodating in the Khandoba slum which is situated on the hills and the team's struggle shooting in the most challenging location. Om Kanojia a.k.a. Kanhu also explains the struggle when he was first introduced to Khandoba Slums.

In the video, director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra also shares an incident where he explains how the localities understood the depth of the film themselves during the shoot.?

Sharing this unique transformation of thoughts among the localities from Khandoba Slum director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra shared, "Sharing this unique transformation of thoughts among the localities from Khandoba Slum director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra shared,...

In August 2017, we had Akshay Kumar starrer Toilet ? Ek Prem Katha directed by Shree Narayan Singh where a husband has the task of making a proper toilet on his wife demands, here we have yet another tale about building a toilet. The trailer of Mere Pyare Prime Minister was released yesterday where the team members including the cast of the film attended the launch event in the suburbs. Lead actress and National award winner Anjali Patil, Niteesh Wadhwa, Nachiket Purnapatre, child actor Om Kanojia, Adarsh Bharti, Prasad along with the film's producer P S Bharati and Dr. Jayantilal Gada (Pen).

The trailer showcases the journey of little Kanhu, which embarks to fulfill his dream to build a toilet for his mother?s safety, the struggle that goes to the Prime Minister of the Nation. It also has shown the real-life problem faced by people who stay in the slums. The...