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De Dhakka, Marathi Comedy Movie.

De Dhakka Marathi Movie Poster
Rating: na
Presenter: Zee Talkies
Producer: Satya Films
Director: Sudesh Manjrekar, Atul Kale
Story: Mahesh Manjrekar
Camera: Shailesh Awasti
Music: Ajit-Atul-Sameer
Cast: Shivaji Satam, Makrand Anaspure, Siddarth Jadhav, Medha, Saksham Kulkarni and Gauri Vaidya
Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

Riding high on the success of ‘Saade Maade Teen’, Zee Talkies team is back with their latest movie ‘De Dhakka’. While ‘Saade Maade Teen’ was inspired from classic ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gadi’, ‘De Dhakka’ finds it inspiration from 2006 Oscar contender ‘Little Miss Sunshine’…

While there may be raised eyebrows over the trend of inspired movies, let us stay away from that point. What matters is whether the movie entertains or not? and ‘De Dhakka’ turns out to be a good entertainer. Credit must be given to the Zee Talkies team for successfully ‘Indianising’ the story (those of who have seen the original must know how different it was from typical hollywood movies)

This is the story of Jadhav family. A family with lots of troubles. Subhanrav(Shivaji Satam), his son Makarand (Makrand Anaspure), Makrand’s wife Sumi (Medha), Makarand’s children (Saksham Kulkarni) and Sayali (Gauri Vaidya) and Sumi’s brother Dhanaji (Siddharth Jadhav).

The movie begins with a brief introduction of all the family members and the audience gets to know the characters and their ambitions. Makrand is a motor mechanic who has spent all his money to fund his work which, he hopes, will make him millionaire. Subhanrav is sore with Makrand for this reason and Makrand hates subhanrav for drinking too much. Things don’t go well between two of them. While Makrand’s son aspires to be a wrestler. His daughter dreams of being a dancer. Dhanaji (Makarand’s brother in law), suffers from kleptomania. And Sumi, Makrand’s wife tries hard to keep the family happy.
Things change when sayali is selected for a dance competition and the whole family sets on a journey to Mumbai…on a autorikshaw. The Jadhav family is faced with many problems during the journey and how do they overcome them and also rediscover the family ties during the journey forms the rest of the story.

Makarand

First half is very engaging, all the main characters are introduced and established. Then the movie moves ahead and audience gets to know of all the problems that the Jadhav family is facing, this part has been effectively handled with the help of some comic moments. The directors have done good job of maintaining the fine balance between comedy and emotional scenes. But the second half seems to drag at someplaces. The final dance competition is ok. Makrand’s speech towards the end seems to deviate from the main theme but nonetheless it should go well with the audience as it directly appeals to your heart.

The movie has a good storyline (Well, the credit goes to the original ) but the screenplay fails to take the full advantage of the story. The way police officer is portrayed is childish. Even Dhanaji’s multiple personality disorder doesn’t fit in properly. The confrontations between Makrand and Subhanrav seem repeating in the second half. And try as hard as you can, it’s bit hard to imagine audience booing away a lavani performance in dance competition at mumbai. The writers and director should have worked on these loose ends.
Siddhart Saksham In De Dhakka

The performances are good. Shivaji Satam’s acting seems monotonous though. Makrand’s character has many shades, a loving and caring father, an angry son, a troubled husband and he shows all the emotions with ease. Siddharth Jadhav gives an energetic performance once again. Not a single moment is dull when he is on screen. Ajit-Atul & Sameer’s music is as usual catchy. The background music seems loud at some places. The title track ‘De Dhakka’ is excellent and it goes perfectly well with the story.
On the whole, ‘De Dhakka’ is a good one time watch.

‘PAK PAK PAKAAK’ REVIEW

Nana patekar, Narayani Shashtri, Pak Pak Pakaak
Rating: na
Producer: Ashish Remo
Story: Sai Paranjpe
Director: Gautam Joglekar
Cast: Nana Patekar, Saksham Kulkarni, Narayani Shastri, Jyoti Subhash…
Movie Review by: Pradip Patil

Think of movies for children and I am sure many inane and childish movies will flood your mind. But not any more!

“Pak Pak Pakaak” is the movie that breaks the stereotype associated with children’s movies. This is the movie that will entertain and enlighten the grown ups and kids equally. Pak Pak Pakaak, directed by Gautam Jogalekar and based on stroy created by his mother Sai Paranjape is a refreshing change from the usual marathi movies.

Pak Pak Pakaak has very solid storyline. The plot revolves around a village, a boy (Saksham Kulkarni) living with his grandmother and an outcast (Nana Patekar) living in the forest outside the village. Chiklu is a spoilt brat who lives with his grandmother and derives pleasure from playing pranks on everyone without caring for anybody’s feelings. Even the only two people he cares about can not change him! The whole village seems to be afraid of his pranks. To add to the villager’s woes there are rumors of a ghost called bhutya. It is said that he resides in the forrest and haunts anybody who venture inside the forrest.

One day, Chiklu slips into forrest inadvertently and stumbles upon bhutya. He realises that Bhutya is not a ghost but a normal human being who has decided to outcast himself from the society and protect the forrest. Bhutya and Chiklu soon strike a chord and become best of pals. How they both help each other to overcome the hirdles in their life forms the rest of the story.

When it comes to fine performances, this movie has plenty of them. But it’s the youngest of them all, Sakhsham Kulkarni who steals the show. He portays the innocence and the curiosity of a young mind with such an ease. Very natural performance. Nana Patekar gives very controlled performance. There are moments when you can see why he is considered as one of the best. The way he utilises his hypnotic gaze and his voice to get into the character is simply awesome. The duo has a such chemistry between them. The performances by Jyoti Shubhash(Grandma) and Narayani Shastri(Salu) are very effective.

Music is another strong point of Pak Pak Pakaak. The songs are part of the narrative and help the story move forward instead of being common dance and singing routine. The song picturisation is excellent, especially “Salu ga salu” and “Dhipadi Dhipang”. The movie captures the feel of a village very well. The supporting actors, their getups and dialogues are very natural and authentic. The cinematographer does the job of capturing various shades of the forrest very well.

This movie has social messages in it like “Education is good”, “Protect the Nature” and “Don’t be superstitious”. But instead of preachinbg them, the movie conveys them very subtely and that’s what makes this movie different from the others.

our word is that you should not miss this movie and once you watch this movie, I am sure you will keep coming back for more.