Weekend roundup: From Nehha Pendse and beau Shardul Bayas' Sangeet ceremony to First look of 'Shaheed Bhai Kotwal'; here are the newsmakers of the week!

From Nehha Pendse and Shardul Bayas' Sangeet ceremony to the trailer release of Ganesh Pandit ’s next 'Makeup'' a lot happened in the week gone by. In case you have missed something, here we give you a rundown of Marathi cinema's most exciting news that made headlines this week.

Nehha Pendse is one happy bride-to-be. The actress, who is all set to tie the knot on January 5 in Pune, wore a colourful lehenga with yellow pumps on her sangeet ceremony last night (January 3). Her beau Shardul Bayas was colour-coordinated with her. Sharing a sweet picture, Nehha wrote, "A little US before the big WE." In the picture, Neha and Shardul for the camera donning the same outfits. Nehha opted for fancy multi-coloured lehenga and while Shardul looks dapper in his Kurta, pyjama and jacket.

After revealing the identity of the lead actress, Rutuja Bagwe who will be seen playing the role of Bhai Kotwal's wife Indu. On January 2nd, the makers unveiled the first look poster featuring Ashutosh Patki, who will be portraying the character of a social reformer and freedom fighter, Vitthal Laxman Kotwal aka 'Shaheed Bhai Kotwal' directed by Eknath Desale and Parag Sawant. Eknath Desale's directorial 'Shahid Bhai Kotwal' is produced under the banner of Swarajai Art Media Production and also produced by Pravin Dattatray and Eknath Desale. The film is slated to release on 24th January 2020.

A week back, Rinku wooed fans over with the new poster from the movie which throws more light on her character. On January 2, the makers released the trailer of much-awaited film 'Makeup' directed by Ganesh Pandit. The two-minute-thirty second clip shows Rinku as Poorvi dons two different identities in the film. Her family is too traditional and orthodox. Hence, she behaves very sanskaari [well-behaved] at home. So, we see that in her language, behaviour, mannerisms and last, but not the least, clothes. It is definitely intriguing to see her rock both the avatars so convincingly. Overall, this potboiler will be a perfect treat for fans of the Sairat (2016) star Rinku Rajguru.

After impressing the audience with her stupendous performance in the small screen, Hruta Durgule is now all set to make her debut on the big screen with Ravi Jadhav's 'Ananya'. Today, ace filmmaker Ravi Jadhav took to his Instagram handle to unveil the first look poster of his film. The film 'Ananya' is helmed by first time director, Pratap Phad and is presented by actor-director, Ravi Jadhav. The poster features a Hruta Durgule, looking vision in white. Taking to his Instagram handle, Ravi shared the first poster and wrote "या नव्या दशकाच्या शुभेच्छांबरोबर 'अनन्या' देणार अशक्य ते शक्य करण्याचा एक नवा आत्मविश्वास!!! कारण..."शक्य आहे. तुम्ही जे ठरवाल ते शक्य आहे!"

Marathi cinema's eminent filmmaker Sameer Vidwans' political drama 'Dhurala' happens to be one of the most anticipated films of 2020 was the first film to release on the first week of this year. It featured stars like Ankush Chaudhari, Amey Wagh, Umesh Kamat, Prasad Oak, Sonalee Kulkarni and Sai Tamhankar and many more. And it has opened to pretty good numbers. According to the report, the mulit-starrer political drama collected Rs 0.90 corer at the box-office on its first day on Friday.