‘Girlz’ shows the mirror of changing lifestyle of today’s youngsters
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With the change in lifestyle, today’s youngsters are expecting more freedom and space. Some of them get it very easily, while others who are brought up in a traditional family atmosphere, are denied the kind of extra freedom they expect from their parents. This happens especially with young college going girls, some of whom rebel against the traditional system to find their space. Latest released Marathi film ‘Girlz’ revolves around one such college going girl Mati Desai from a middle class family, whose father is a forest officer and mother an over protective housewife.
When her father is transferred to Kolhapur, Mati( Ankita Lande) along with her parents also lands in Kolhapur and takes admission in a Degree college. It is at this place, she decides to fulfill her dream of travelling all alone and selects her destination as Goa. With the help of her new friend Sakha Dhole Patil- SKD( Parth Bhalerao) she somehow manages to seek permission from her father , who allows her to go on this trip, but her mother puts a condition that every hour she should report herself on video call. In Goa, Mati meets two young girls from different culture . While Rumi ( Anvita Phaltankar) who is emotional, wants to get back her boyfriend after a break up, while Maggie ( Ketki Narayan) is a flirt who needs a new male partner daily to sleep with.
Inspired by Maggie’s lifestyle and her freedom, Mati initially tries to bring in change in her, but when her photos in swim suite become viral on social media her father calls her back. Her mother slaps her. Not satisfied with the pressure, Mati flees her home on the eve of her birthday to join her friends in Goa. But, this time she learns a lesson from the experience she gets, after meeting the family members of her friends. In short, the writer Hrishikesh Koli and director Vishal Deorukhkar have taken the liberty to highlight the new lifestyle of girls, where they go off the track only to prove themselves by adopting all those wrong habits like excessive smoking, drinking, disco and sex. Through the character of Maggie they have tried to show how she inspires and encourages others to follow her footsteps, while trying to prove how she is right in doing so.
The actual theme of the film begins after interval, when Mati gets the real experience of this so called freedom . How she faces this situation and what she finally decides, is what the writer- director have tried to present through this film. At the same time they have tried to show how important are family values , when it comes to proper upbringing of the children by their parents. Dialogues are rough and bold for Marathi a film. It seems the writer- director duo have taken this liberty to show the new lifestyle of youngsters , which was also seen in their previous films. Music does not appeal much, as there are predictable dance sequences inserted into the screenplay. But, the cinematography is good, giving better scope for the cameraman to capture the beauty of picturesque Goa.
Performances from all the characters are good. Especially, Ankita Lande in the role of Mati is more impressive. Devika Daftardar in the role of Mati’s mother also gives a notable performance. Parth Bhalerao and Anvita Phaltankar provide good humour through their respective roles. Good support comes from Sulbha Arya and Atul Kale through their character roles, while lyricist Swanand Kirkire surprises in the role of a Police officer . All in all, ‘Girlz’ shows the mirror of changing lifestyle of today’s youngsters. But, it does have the influence of some Hindi films with bold subjects. Now, it remains to be seen how the audience from different age group would respond to this subject?
‘Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande’ – Just another film from Gajendra Ahire
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Gajendra Ahire has made about 40 Marathi films in the past, on different subjects involving social issues. Now, his new film ‘Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande’ raises an important question, whether by changing your lifestyle or by changing your attitude and also your husband, have you really succeeded in changing yourself or achieved what you desired ?
The film revolves around a 30 + woman Ms. Deshpande( Sai Tamhankar) who divorces her husband Mr. Deshpande (Nikhil Ratnaparakhi) only because he is not dashing and does not satisfy her sex life. One wonders, how she had a love marriage with him? Then getting the custody of her 8 year old son ( Rohan Shah) , she sends him to a boarding school and gets involved with a well to do man Mr. Kulkarni ( Rajesh Shringarpure) who also has a son almost of Rohan’s age. Mr. Kulkarni has already deserted his wife, only because she is not keeping well. So, after enjoying their ‘live in relationship’ both Mr. Kulkarni and Ms. Deshapnde finally plan to get married and they proceed to Ladakh along with their children during their vacation time, so that they get adjusted .
While Kulkarni’s son who is shown over smart and selfish, is ready to accept Ms. Despande as his new mother, Rohan is hesitant to accept Mr. Kulkarni as his father. Ms. Deshpande’s mother ( Neena Kulkarni) is also opposed to her daughter’s decision. But, Ms. Deshpande makes all efforts to convince her son during his vacation period, finding time from her busy job. Does she succeed in her attempt? This is what writer director Gajendra Ahire has tried to show through this film. To a certain extent he has succeeded in presenting what he had to convey, but at some places he has inserted unwanted time consuming scenes including a song. Selection of Ladakh as location for vacation trip offers visual pleasure. However, after return from Ladakh trip the film’s screenplay loses its grip for sometime, till the climax.
Performances of artistes are best part of this film. Sai Tamhankar gets ample scope to display her emotions, while Rajesh Shringarpure and Nikhil Ratnaparakhi are at ease while showing their natural skills through their respective characters. But, compared to Rajesh Shringarpure, Nikhil’s character hasn’t been properly presented. As Sai’s son Rohan Shah has cleverly shown his reaction through his body language without over reacting , to express his inner feelings. Neena Kulkarni also offers good support through her limited role. Music is not very appealing as there are many people involved into it including the writer- director. Moreover, writer- director himself has appeared as a singer in the title song. However, the cinematography by Arjun Sorate & Krishna Soren is impressive and that is one more plus point of the film, besides good performances.
All in all, ‘Kulkarni Chautatla Deshpande’ is a thought provoking film but should have been better, if it was handled with more interesting and humour filled sequences .
‘Fatteshikast’ rewinds the first surgical attack by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
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The bravery of Great Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is known to all through the history books. Writer- director Digpal Lanjekar had earlier made a Marathi film ‘Farzand’ based on Kondaji Farzand one of the warriors in Shivaji Maharaj’s army. This time, the creative writer-director rewinds the first surgical attack by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj through his latest Marathi film ‘Fatteshikast’ which is also a realistic historical period drama. Through this film, Digpal presents the most important episode in Shivaji Maharaj’s life, covering his brave attack on ShaisteKhan, the general in Mughal army, who had captured his Lal Mahal in Pune.
Digpal Lanjekar presents this daring first surgical attack in the Indian history, very effectively through this film. But, before that he shows some of the incidences leading to this attack, including the atrocities by Shahiste Khan and his men on the people in and around Pune. This well planned attack was cleverly executed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj along with his brave commanders like Tanaji Malusare, Bahirji Naik, Sarjerao Jedhe, Koyaji Bandal, Chimnaji and others with the help of Keshar who posed as a domestic help in the kitchen and dasi who attended ShahisteKhan’s daughter n law .
The film gives an idea of the perfect planning by the Great Maratha King before preparing for this attack during mid night hours, based on the information gathered by him through his people on secret mission, about the changes made inside the Lal Mahal. It is just not about the surgical strike on Shahiste Khan but also about their pre planned escape within a given time, to avoid facing the huge army on duty outside his place .
Talking about the performances, which are so important in this film, Mrinal Kulkarni who has played the character of Jijamata inspires the other artistes around her with her perfect dialogue deliveries and body language. Chinmay Mandlekar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is impressive through all those scenes to his share. But, the artist who impresses the most is Harish Dudhade, who has found the most important role of Bahirji Naik. He has plenty of scope to display his multi talent in different forms. Mrunmayee Deshpande also finds a suitable challenging role of Kesar and she too has done full justice to her character. Versatile actor Ajay Purkar who seems to be the favourite of the director has also been offered an important character of Tanaji Malusare. Vikram Gaikwad, Akshay Waghmare, Ankit Mohan, Nikhil Raut , Digpal himself and others also find interesting characters.
At the same time in the Mughal team, Anup Soni presents the character of Shahistekhan effectively. He finds good support from his deputies Sameer Dharmadhikari as Namdar Khan & Astad kale as Artalab Khan in negative roles. What is good is that all these artistes from Mughal team speak good Hindi and Urdu when they communicate among themselves and others. Special mention about the beautiful cinematography at different locations by Rashmi Sarkar and brilliant music by Devdatta Manisha Baji, Not to forget the apt English subtitles by Virajas Kulkarni.
‘Fatteshikast’ is certainly a grand film with a lot of attention paid on selection of realistic locations, costumes, art design and above all the selection of renowned artistes for all those important characters in this film. So, the technical perfection and wonderful performances coming from these artistes makes this film a worth watch for all.
New Marathi film ‘Copy’ throws light on disorganised education system at Taluka level
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We are all aware, how the Government insists on the head count besides the passing percentage, to enable the schools from Taluka level in Maharashtra to receive the Government grant. Now, to check whether this grant received from Government is properly used for running such schools, it all depends upon the inspection carried out by the Inspectors of Education department. Not always the school authorities can manage such Visiting Inspectors. If an honest Inspector pays a surprise visit to a particular school and exposes the irregularity, it only results in stopping the grant and ultimately the closure of school.
Through the latest released Marathi film ‘Copy’ writer- directors Dayasagar Wankhede and Hemant Dhabade have thrown light on the disorganised education system followed in one of the schools, especially at the Taluka level . Very cleverly they have shown how the trustees of the schools manipulate the administrative procedure by blocking the salaries of teachers and encourage some of the teachers to run the private coaching classes and with their help allow the children to ‘copy’ during the final exams, to inflate the result percentage of the school.
But, what about those sincere committed teachers and the poor students from villages, who walk down miles to reach the school at taluka level and who work hard and are willing to study honestly with dreams in their eyes? So, through the characters of two committed teachers namely Anshuman Vichare and Jagannath Nivangune they have presented the scenario of a secondary school run by a corrupt Trustee who is also a politician. At the same time, he shows how a selfish senior teacher played by Milind Shinde, besides teaching in this school, also runs a private coaching academy , with the help of few teachers from the school. And above all, with the help of three poor children from the families of Brick kiln workers , they have shown how the corrupt system affects their dreams.
Though the method adopted by the film makers is not very appealing, they do succeed in conveying the message to all. The directors have also highlighted the importance of offering education to girls, which is very timely. There are few shortcomings in the screenplay, which has kept the two protagonist teachers always at the receiving end with no hope for their efforts to change the system. Even the closing scene aims at the people watching the film and for tolerating the exploitative educational system.
The three students played by Pratik Lad, Adnesh Madushingarkar & Shraddha Sawant from poor background have performed well, clearly showing their desire to take education in spite of financial constraints. However the other students shown in the class don’t look natural. Among the teachers, Anshuman Vichare and Jagannath Nivangune display their potential through different type of roles. However, their characters haven’ found enough scope. It is Milind Shinde through his negative character finds more scope. Good support comes from Kamlesh Sawant in the role of an upright education inspector. Music isn’t very engaging, but cinematography by Santonio Terzio is the best, covering the beautiful rural locations in and around Pen taluka area in Raigad district off Mumbai.
‘Khari Biscuit’ offers an emotion filled story of a brother and his blind sister
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Unlike his previous love stories , this time director Sanjay Jadhav deviates from his entertainment formula, to offer an emotion filled story through his latest released Marathi film ‘Khari Biscuit’. Actually, ‘Khari Biscuit’ is a sensitive emotion filled film on the life of two siblings, who turn orphans, when their mother living in slums dies in an accident. When five year old blind girl Khari (Vedashree Khadilkar) expresses her wish to her caring brother Biscuit(Adarsha Kadam) , he tries to fulfil the same by working hard as a child labourer. But, when she demands something unachievable by her brother, the determined brother goes on to make what is impossible as possible, attempting different ways.
What follows in the process, is what Sanjay Jadhav has presented through an interesting screenplay of this film. He has dedicated this film to all the brothers and sisters in this world and therefore emotions play a very important part in this film. But, what is more important is that he takes the support of the most popular game of cricket. Set on the backdrop of the ICC World Cup One day Cricket matches of 2011, when India won the World cup after 28 long years. Since this was the last World Cup of India’s master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, it turned out to be a biggest gift for him. And therefore, the director has used his popular image cleverly in the film’s story.
Though the main plot of this film is good, few happenings in the film fail to convince . But, the director has extracted the best from the two child artistes Vedashree and Adarsha and both of them have responded very well . Good support also comes from Nandita Dhuri and Sanjay Narvekar through their limited roles. There are many other newcomers in supporting roles and they too have performed convincingly. As far as the locations in and around the city of Mumbai and Thane are concerned, they give a realistic look. Music by Suraj Dhiraj goes well with the film’s subject. All in all, director Sanjay Jadhav sold a dream to many underprivileged children especially the brothers and sisters.
‘Mann Udhaan Vara’ – sunshine after tears
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There have been many films in the past, where we have seen the fight of rape victims against injustice. In most of the films we have seen the revenge taken by rape victims by taking the law into their hands. In some cases, it was like teaching a lesson to the rapists, by adopting other methods. But, in the process, even in metro cities, we have seen that it is the victim who suffers the most. How does this victim overcome this trauma even if the rapists are punished by the law ? Latest released Marathi film ‘Mann Udhaan Vaara’ directed by cinematographer turned debutant director Sanjay Memane has an answer and they have tried to focus on this important aspect.
The story of this film revolves around Sarita Devrukhkar ( Monal Gajjar) a rape victim, who is a Nurse from a middle class family. Instead of focusing on the long procedure for justice, the film presents quick justice . The main focus is on the rape victim and the mental trauma she goes through. Sarita prefers to go to her village and stay with her uncle for a change. It is at this picturesque quiet village in Konkan she discovers many things and comes across people , who are filled with love in their hearts . Watching their way of facing their own problems, she finds a solution to overcome her distress. In short, it is the process of ‘sunshine after tears’ for her.
Director Sanjay Memane has paid more attention on the dialogues which are penned by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar to clearly portray each and every important character in this film, be it Binda ( Ritwij Vaidya) a young music lover from the village, who lives with his grandmother ( Uttara bavkar) and is helpful to others, Sarita’s kind hearted Uncle Bhau kaka ( Kishore Kadam) who is busy with his social commitments, a handicapped folk singer Vishnu ( Sagar karande) and his ideal house wife Chandra ( Sharvari Lohakare) , Gana Bhau ( Dr. Sharad Bhutadia) an old man, all of them living in the neighborhood of her Uncle’s house.
Very cleverly the director has shown the friendly relations developed between Sarita and Binda, but instead of unnecessarily giving it a love story angle, he has preferred to show a good understanding between them by allowing them to take their own time to take an appropriate decision about their good relationship. There are few drawbacks in the screenplay , but considering the sincere effort of the producer and director to show the way to such victims, is to be applauded.
Gujarathi actress Monal Gajjar who has already performed in some south Indian films, makes a good debut in Marathi. She perfectly fits into her character and has clearly shown distress through her facial expressions. In the role of Binda, Rutwij Vaidya shows promise. Kishore Kadam is at his best in the role of Sarita’s uncle, but it is Sagar karande who surprises the audience with his non comedy type of role, which he has done with conviction . There is no doubt that his character also derives sympathy. There are two devotional songs picturised on him. Being a Sanjay Memane film, he has obviously paid more attention on capturing the beauty of Konkan , through the camera lenses of Milind Jog. Music of the film goes well with the setting of this film.
‘Zollywood’ presents the plight of Zadipatti stage artistes with ‘Show must go on’ message
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Vidarbha region in Maharashtra is known for facing worst drought situation every year. But, this region is also known for producing talented stage artistes through ‘Zadipatti’ a hub created at places like Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gondia and part of Nagpur district . For the past 60 years the tradition of tent theatre has flourished in these areas where budding artistes get an opportunity to showcase their talent. These stage plays which are good form of entertainment in remote areas, receive a very good response from people who gather at such places in large number.
These stage plays are held between the period Diwali to Holi i.e. between October to March, when the plays are performed whole night in these regions. Forthcoming Marathi film ‘Zollywood’ presents the true story which happened in the lives of these ‘Zadipatti’ artistes and is set on the backdrop of this region. Produced by Wishberry Films and Directed by Trushant Ingale the film shows the plight of these stage artistes, in an entertaining manner. The focus of the film is on the production houses, which are called ‘Press’ who form their own group, right from selection of the script, artistes, giving publicity to the event by printing posters, erecting tents, selling tickets and making payment to the artistes. And we get to see the competition among them to attract the audience.
The six main characters in the film Aman (Anil Uttalwar) & Raja (Kajal Rangari) the two cousins running the ‘Press’ who separate over financial matters, NarayanRao ( Dinkar Gavande) a well wisher of theatre art, who believes in keeping this art alive, Dipak (Ajit Khobragde) a young writer who later turns producer, Poonam(Ashwini Ladekar), Rajni (Asawri Naidu) look so natural through their respective characters. They bring liveliness in every scene . In addition to this, the superior photography by Yogesh Rajguru, clever editing work by Vaibhav – Dabhade and excellent sound recording by Anmol Bhave provide very good technical support to this film.
Very cleverly the director who is himself a writer has created a perfect environment within his budget, through selection of suitable artistes who utter their dialogues in typical Varhadi dialect to give that local feel . Though the content is limited , the director has created many interesting sequences to generate humour in the screenplay right from the beginning till the climax. And towards the end he doesn’t forget to send across a strong message to the viewers that no matter whatever happens, the show of this traditional art must go on.
The film was screened at the ongoing Jagran Film Festival on Thursday 26th September 2019.
‘Palshichi PT’ presents the plight of budding female athletes from villages
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Sports based subjects are not new to Marathi films. The uniqueness depends on how the subject has been dealt with. And this makes latest released Marathi film ‘Palshichi PT’ look different from others. Set on the backdrop of a village Palshi from Satara district, the film revolves around teenager Bhagi (Kiran Dhane) who is a daughter of a Shepherd who grazes his goats on the outskirts of village . Bhagi assists her mother in household work besides attending the school. Being always late for school, she gets punished and is made to run on the school ground. So, we find an athlete produced by compulsion.
When it is time to send the school’s entry for the Taluka level sports meet, Bhagi becomes an automatic choice of the PT teacher. However, not much of interest is taken in her participation and therefore One handicapped drawing teacher Bidkar Sir (Rahul Belapurkar) is sent along with Bhagi and other school girl for this competition, in which Bhagi tops and bags a prize. So, it is time for sending her entry for the State level meet. With no support from school authrities, finally, with the support coming from the drawing teacher, Bhagi is able to participate in state meet and sets a new national record in 400 mts run.
This new record brings her name and fame. As she is all set to participate at the national level, Bhagi receives an arranged marriage proposal from a newly recruited Police Hawaldar Vikas ( Rahul Magdum) . To keep with the village tradition, it is time for her marriage. On the other hand Bhagi does not want to live life like her elder sisters who are married and living in misery. Her well wisher and coach Bidkar Sir tries to persuade Bhagi’s father.
What finally happens, is what film maker Dhondiba Balu Karande has shown skilfully in the concluding part of his film. Getting inspired by the progress made by village level athletes Kavita Raut and Lalita Babar , he has tried to highlight the hurdles faced by such sportspersons who come from poor background. PT is the name given to her ironically by her critics.
Very systematically the director has shown the mindset of the parents and also attitude of school authorities from district places towards sports. At the same time, he has touched upon the most important aspect of coaching, where the real coach who trains the budding athlete is left behind and the selfish and powerful people take the credit of their success. This selfish attitude can be seen through the characters like school principal, PT teacher and the politician and trustee of the school.
The film has a very good subject and the director has handled it well, but with limited script, he has tried to wrap up the film in just little over 100 mins. Being a low budget film, the technical support to this film fails to create the desired impact of the theme. Nevertheless, the efforts of the film maker to present this subject and the performances of the lead artistes have to be appreciated. The lead actress of the film Kiran Dhane is today a popular TV star among home viewers with ongoing hit serial ‘Ek Hoti Rajkanya’. Her popularity should have been used to promote this film. But, that didn’t happen. The film has been released in very few theatres without any advertisement in newspapers and this will deprive the real sports lovers from watching this sensible sports based subject.
Emotion filled ‘Baba’ is a tribute to all fathers
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In the past, through films like Gulzar’s ‘Koshish’ and Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s ‘Khamoshi’ we have seen the struggle of speech and hearing impaired parents, while communicating with their child . Similarly in Marathi film like Samruddhi Porey‘s ‘Mala Aai Vhaychay’ we saw the problems faced by a surrogate mother, when after taking care of the child , the absconding Mother suddenly comes to take the possession of the child. The film had also shown the story in legal and emotional perspective of who should the child be with.
Now, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt presented and Raj R Gupta directed latest Marathi film ‘Baba‘, we find a speech and hearing impaired poor village couple Madhav( Deepak Dobriyal) & Anandi ( Nandita Patkar) taking unconditional charge of a three day old illegitimate child born to an unmarried woman Pallavi( Spruha Joshi) , whose father refuses to accept the child.
The poor couple living in a remote village make all the efforts to offer love and affection to the child named Shankar ( Aryan Menghji) for eight long 8 years. Though the child can hear, he cannot speak, obviously because of the environment around him. When after eight years, the real mother returns with her husband Raajan ( Abhijit Khandkekar) after four years of their marriage, to claim the child, Madhav and Anandi are dragged into court by their lawyer Mr. Sapre ( Shailesh Datar) to prove their claim right. So, the Public Prosecutor Mr. Madke ( Jayant Gadekar) is provided to the poor couple. What transpires in the court of Judge ( Jaywant Wadkar) handling this legal battle and how the poor father Madhav makes desperate efforts to make his little son speak during the hearing period of the case, is an interesting emotion and humour filled story presented through the film’s screenplay.
What impresses the most, is the battle in the court, with Madhav and Anandi trying to prove their point through their family friend Tryambak(Chittaranjan Giri) who stammers while speaking. The director has very skilfully shown the lifestyle of Madhav and Anandi, while meeting the small demands of little Shankar. Moreover, the struggle of Madhav is clearly noticed through his efforts so as to not lose the custody of his beloved Shankar.
The film’s screenplay and presentation style seems to have been inspired by award winning Iranian Film maker Majid Majidi and therefore there is a lot of scope for this film to receive invitations from various international film festivals. The performances of the lead artistes are the best. They find very good support from the supporting artistes. The film has also received good technical support, with superb cinematography by Arjun Sorte, good art direction by Siddharth Tatooskar, Bhakti Tatooskar suitable sound design of Shijin Hutton- Abhishek Nair and perfect music and background music by the team of Rohan, Rohan & Susmit Limaye to create the perfect village backdrop during the period of 1990.
All in all, ‘Baba’ is an artistic film for all those film lovers who love to watch something sensible that touches their heart. This emotion filled film with some added humour, is also a tribute to all fathers in this world.
‘Girlfriend’ Movie Review – Girlfriend with Spanish connection
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Writer& screenplay writer Upendra Sidhye who shot into fame after receiving Filmfare & Cine Blitz awards for best screenplay for the film ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ has now turned writer and director into Marathi with his latest release ‘Girlfriend’. So, being a writer himself, he has systematically developed the screenplay of this film on the backdrop of his own Pune city and using the social media very well, to target the young audience.
Through ‘Girlfriend’ Upendra presents the story of a simple and nice young man Nachiket Pradhan( Amey Wagh) a boy next door, who resembles the looks of Amol Palekar of 70s. Being simple, he has kept himself away from girlfriends. But, that comes in the way of his promotion in office and also spending time with his childhood friends, who are already in relationship. Being a graphic designer himself and active on social media, he prepares a fraudulent fb account by lifting a photo of Payal Mehta( Sai Tamhankar) and naming her as Alisha Narvekar to pose his girlfriend. What happens thereafter is a humour filled screenplay, which entertains especially the young audience.
The office and home atmosphere of Nachiket has been nicely created. Initially moving at a slow pace, the film does pick up little before the interval showing many interesting happenings in Nachiket’s life. His birthday coinciding with Valentines’ day has also been presented well to show his helplessness to find a girlfriend. The entry of Sai Tamhankar has been used well in the screenplay just before the interval. However, showing her in the narrative through a song sequence little before that has spoiled the show.
What keeps the audience engaged post interval is its Spanish connection through the character of Sai Tamhankar . Both Amey and Sai have offered variety through their respective performances, but without the support of other artistes in this film , they would not have been able to offer their best. Thanks to Yatin karyekar, Kavita Lad who play his supportive modern day parents and many other artistes who have played his close friends and office colleagues in the film. Prominent among them is popular TV star Rasika Sunil, who has impressed the most. Unfortunately, this talented actress hasn’t been used much to tap her potential. She is certainly worth considering for lead roles in Marathi films.
Other positive aspects of this film are, the music and background music by Hrishkesh , Saurabh & Jasraj , who have combined well to offer musical entertainment and nice photography of Milind Jog. All in all, ‘Girlfriend’ is an entertaining film which may draw more young audience to cinema halls.