Bhushan Manjule starrer ‘Reelstar’ starts shooting second schedule!
In today’s times, social media reels have been receiving immense popularity and that arena too is witnessing the emergence of ‘stars’. These reel stars are getting huge amounts as an aporearance money. A new Marathi film is based on these developments and aptly titled ‘#Reelstar’. #BhushanManjule, brother of well-known director-actor #NagarajManjule, will be seen in the lead role in and as ‘Reelstar’. The second schedule of ‘Reelstar’, which shows the reality of the virtual society, is currently underway.
‘Reel Star’ is produced under the banners of JFives Entertainments and Initiative Films. Simmy Joseph, the director of the multi-starrer ‘Anya’, and Robin Varghese are directing ‘Reelstar’. Bhushan Manjule has got an opportunity to play the hero in such an important film. Bhushan has previously played a supporting role in Marathi films like ‘Fandry’, ‘Sairat’, ‘Karkhanisanchi Wari’, ‘Ghar Banduk Biryani’ as well as in the Hindi film ‘Zund’. He will be seen in the lead role for the first time in ‘Reelstar’.
The characters played by Bhushan have always been appreciated. Therefore, the role in ‘Reelstar’ will hopefully be liked by the audience. Bhushan is working hard for this film and is studying hard to present the nuances of his character in front of the camera. Regarding the selection of Bhushan, Simmy Joseph said, “We wanted a fresh face for the role of the hero, who should not feel new to the audience.” Bhushan is known to the audience as he has acted in many films. Bhushan was selected as his acting style is good and he is sure that he can do proper justice to the role in the film. The moment Bhushan heard the story, he was overwhelmed. He gladly accepted the offer of ‘Reelstar’, a film with a different storyline.
The screenplay and dialogues are credited to Robin Varghese and Sudhir Kulkarni. Along with Bhushan, it stars Urmila Jagtap, Prasad Oak, Ruchira Jadhav, Milind Shinde, Swapnil Rajshekhar, Suhas Joshi, Vijay Patkar, Kailas Waghmare, Mahesh Subedar, Shivaji Patne, Mahendra Patil, Deepak Pandey, Ganesh Revdekar, Abhinav Patekar and child actors Arjun Gaykar, Tanishka Mhadse. Cinematographer Shinob has done the cinematography and Rahul Sharma has done the production design. Mahendra Patil is the creative producer of the film and Nandu Achrekar is the Associate director. Music is composed by Vinu Thomas and lyrics are by Guru Thakur, Mandar Cholkar and Prashant Jamdar.