Anuja Karnik and Nishant A Bhuse a couple who have been successful journalists for 22 years have now debuted as Marathi’s first co-storytellers with Filmmaker Sanjay Jadhav's ( famous for Duniyadari film) next Kalaawati which will be extensively shot at International locales.
Nishant who has had a stint as a Bollywood Crime correspondent starting with MiD DAY, has filed exclusive copies which had thrilling plots that attracted filmmakers in past and have sourced stories for Bollywood films like Shootout at Lokhandwala and Madhur Bhandarkar's Traffic Signal.
While Anuja who had a long stint with broadcast media was also associated for a couple of years with Marathi filmmaker Sanjay Jadhav and has also been a publicist and strategist for renowned Marathi films like Hrudyantar and Ventilator.
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Apr 2, 2026Popularly known as the romance king of Marathi cinema filmmaker Sanjay Jadhav’s Kalaawati is his first attempt at horror comedy penned by both Anuja and Nishant which has an intriguing and heartwarming plot with loads of humor.
“We were inspired by renowned Marathi duo filmmakers Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar who have directed and penned successful films together in Marathi and therefore we decided to do the same with writing, “ says Anuja Karnik.
Reveals Bhuse, "I and Anuja stumbled upon this intriguing but hilarious plot. As a storyteller we know such ideas would click and who better than the maverick filmmaker Sanjay Jadhav who takes the film to another level with his creative enzymes”.
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Apr 2, 2026Anuja Karnik added, " While Nishant is good at penning down reality and true plots I have a forte with fiction thus the amalgamation is sure to work. We are confident to set a benchmark in Marathi cinema and web content with our innovative and real-life stories and ideas".
The director and cinematographer of Kalaavati Sanjay Jadhav concluded, "This is a rare instance when we get an opportunity to execute entertaining and thrilling scripts and stories which will be sure shot winners on the big screens".
Ameya Vinod khopkar Entertainment, KF Films Ltd , Taher Cine Tekniqs and Swati khopkar presents “KALAAWATI” A film by Sanjay Jadhav Produced by Prajay Kamat
Co Produced by - Ninand Nandkumar Battin , Tabrez M. Patel , Pareen Mehta, Nishchay Mehta , Naveen Kohli Executive Producer - Vaishali Tuthika , Savitri Dhami
Starring - Amruta Khanvilkar, Sanjay Narvekar, Tejaswani Lonari,
Harish Dudhade, Omkar Bhojane, Dipti Dhotre, Sanjay Sejwal and Neel Salekar ( Infulencer).
