In Swwapnil Joshi’s ‘Samantar 2’ Sai Tamhankar adds oomph factor!

After an outstanding success and record breaking hits by viewers to its first season, #Samantar2, the second season of the Marathi web series has hit the screen with many added attractions. Apart from the superstars like #NitishBhardwaj, #SwapnilJoshi and #TejeswiniPandit who added quality to the series, the second season adds Oomph factor as silver screen sensation Sai Tamhankar joins the new season of the series. It is produced by leading content producing company GSEAMS (Global Sports Entertainment and Media Solutions Private Limited) headed by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar.

Samantar became a hit with more than 200 million views in its first season. The season won applause in the form of many awards including Best Regional Web Series award at E4m Awards. Season 2 is going to have a slice of more thrill added to it as Kumar’s fight continues and a pinch of glamour comes in with the presence of Sai Tamhankar. Swapnil and Nitish are pitted against each other once again in Samantar-2 with assured dose of entertainment out of their ‘Jugalbandi’ of acting. Bhardwaj reprised the role of Sudarshan Chakrapani, who has already lived the life of Kumar Mahajan, played by Swapnil Joshi.

Samantar was the first web series through which producers Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartk D Nishandar of GSEAMS ventured into the web series segment. The web series was telecast on Over-The-Top (OTT) platform MX Player. Swapnil Joshi and Tejaswini Pandit played key roles in the series which was the first such web series for both of them. The first season of Samantar was directed by Satish Rajwade while Samantar-2 is directed by National award winning director Sameer Vidwans. The series is exclusively available on MX Player.

The first season of Samantar, which is based on great Marathi writer Suhas Shirwalkar’s novel with the same name, was a great success. Kumar Mahajan finds out that his life is already lived by a person named Sudarshan Chakrapani, and then he decides to find him to know his future. The second season with Nitish Bhardwaj playing a lead character has created buzz among the viewers and is being eagerly awaited by them. Swapnil Joshi’s lead role in the first season was widely appreciated by the viewers and his own fans.

Swwpnil Joshi, who has been a part of the industry for three decades now, says that the second season of Samantar is going to break earlier records due to its production qualities thanks to the producers. “I have been associated with Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik D Nishandar of GSEAMS for years now and have developed an emotional bonding with them. The most adorable quotient about them and the production house is the value for quality and innovations. They never compromise on quality and are open to new ideas. They give full freedom to their actors to evolved best out of them. The second season is testimony to it and I am sure, it’s going to be an all time hit,” Swwapnil said.

Talking about his role in Samantar-2, the actor said, “After spending so many years in the industry, I think I have reached a stage where I can take chances. I’d like to calculate risks. I am dying to explore new genres in Marathi cinema. This is the best phase of my career. I have begun a new phase in the past couple of years where I am doing projects which people are asking me not to. I am deliberately trying to throw the shackles off of the image barrier. People tell me that I am a successful romantic hero so I should continue playing such characters. But I want to challenge myself. I want to work on a project like Samantar. It has brought me so much love and adulation that probably ten of my romantic films wouldn’t have.”

Swapnil Joshi and Nitish Bhardwaj are great actors of their era and both are household names with their roles of lord Krishna played in two different TV serials decades ago. Nitish played the role of Krishna in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat (1988),while Swapnil portrayed Krishna in Ramanand Sagar’s Shri Krishna (1993).

“Samantar was our first web series produced for the Marathi audience which is an ardent lover of literature. One of its kind series in Marathi, Samantar’s first season had leading actors from the industry in key roles in the series. The outstanding success of the first season, we are coming with an even greater star cast in its second season. We intend to produce more such series based on a variety of subjects,” said Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik D Nishandar.

Director Sameer Vidhwans said, “Samantar is a drama series which is full of thriller and mystery elements that prevail throughout the season. This series is inspired by a novel written by Suhas Shirwalkar. Samantar is an original Marathi series that has been later dubbed in Hindi, Telugu as well as Tamil. We hope the second season raises its bar. I thank Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik D Nishandar of GSEAMS for the freedom he gave us during the conception and execution of the season.“

GSEAMS has given many hit films in various languages. Mogara Phulaalaa, Fugay, Tula Kalnar Nahi, Ranangan, Vicky Velingkar, Bonus, Bali (to be released) are the Marathi films produced by the company. Having established itself as producers of creative subjects in the entertainment industry, GSEAMS is a leading studio in Maharashtra with stakes in various sectors of the entertainment industry including production and presentation of the films, Web-series, TV production and satellite aggregation.