MUMBAI: Shemaroo MarathiBana, the recently launched Marathi movie channel from Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. is celebrating International Women’s Day by premiering some of the greatest women centric Marathi movies on the channel. The channel will have a World Television Premiere of ‘Judgement’ starring Tejashree Pradhan in a lead role on 8th March 2020. This celebration is not restricted to a day and will go on for the entire month with special women centric movies like Miss Match, Poshter Girl, Lagan Mubarak and more on Shemaroo MarathiBana. 

Shemaroo MarathiBana believes in celebrating each occasion with its audiences to honor the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women around the world, through a special curated lineup of movies. Shemaroo MarathiBana has specially handpicked these movies, which will pay a tribute to all the women around the world and will make sure to motivate and entertain the consumers throughout the month. The film Judgement stars Tejashree Pradhan along with Mangesh Desai and is about a murder committed by an IAS officer. The movie is an adaptation of Neela Satyanarayana’s Marathi novel Rounn which is based on a true incident. It’s a courtroom drama wherein Tejashree Pradhan reopens a case after 15 years to take a revenge on her father. These movies aim at celebrating the power of women by attributing the entire month to them. 

Marathi beauty Prathana Behere, shared “On this Women’s Day, I am happy to embrace a world and age where women are portrayed as strong characters in movies and have a say in the work they do. I have had the privilege to work in movies that showcase women power by depicting them in lead roles. The recent movies I have been a part of has been a testimony to this change.

My film Lagna Mubarak was another beautiful film in which I played a character that had a strong and impactful screen presence. Shemaroo MarathiBana will be airing the World Television Premiere of Lagna Mubarak for all my fans on 5th April to celebrate women power. Hope to see more such movies and more such banners promoting women through more powerful roles.” 

Dancing diva and the gorgeous Sonalee Kulkarni, said “I have seen the Marathi film industry grow from women playing side characters to leading the entire film and it has been a wonderful journey to be part of the much-needed change. Marathi Film industry has evolved and now embraces women as strong leads. My latest movie Poshter Girl that will be airing on Shemaroo MarathiBana, addressing the social issue of female foeticide and women equality. The movie is a satirical take on the existing practices that aims to entertain and inform the audiences for a better tomorrow. I always believe women have inherent ownership for the society and how it should change, for the better and my movies have helped me raise these issues in a way that the audiences enjoy.” 

Shemaroo MarathiBana was recently launched with a sole aim to entertain Marathi speaking audiences by offering high quality Marathi movies/plays across Maharashtra and Goa. The channel has a line-up of specially curated Marathi content for its audience. Shemaroo MarathiBana believes in celebrating memorable occasions and have lined-up movies as per these special days. It is a family entertainment movie channel, and the current line-up of movies will surely entertain Marathi audience across age groups.