Rating: ★★★ ½ Genres: Drama Censor: U/A Duration: 120 mins Studio/presenter: Pooja Jyoti Producer: Shekhar Jyoti Director: Gajendra Ahire Writer: Gajendra Ahire Lyrics:  na Music: Hridaynath Mangeshkar Cinematographer (DOP): Krishna Soren Cast: Adinath kothare, Urmila Kanitkar-Kothare, Makarand Anaspure, Vibhavari Deshpande, Kishore Kadam , Bhargavi Chirmule Movie Review by: Ullhas Shirke

Now Writer – director Gajndra Ahire is back again. This time, he strikes with a psycho thriller which makes an attempt to remove blind faith among the people, about ghosts and spirits. The film begins with the arrival of a young doctor Vinay ( Adinath kothare) with his nature loving beautiful wife – Madhura ( Urmila Kanitkar-Kothare) to a remote village. They are welcomed by the attendant at the deserted village hospital- Sadanand Kamat ( Makarand Anaspure). Behaving like a typical government servant, Mr. Kamat has that ‘Yes Sir’ attitude. So, when Doctor Vinay expresses his desire to visit the village clinic, on his arrival, Mr. Kamat is taken for surprise.

During that evening hour, while Dr. Vinay goes to inspect his clinic along with Kamat, Madhu, who is made comfortable in an old big house; she interacts with a suspicious looking house maid Bayjama ( Vibhavari Deshpande). Later, she walks out of the old house to inspect the surroundings and clicks photos. Out of curiosity, she also clicks the decors at the haunted tree and also brings home a dried scented leaf lying over there. Trouble begins for her, when she develops the photos in her readymade dark room. Even otherwise, the entire house is in the dark, with the lights going off, every now and then, perhaps due to heavy power cuts in that region. The use of old telephone at home, gives a clear indication of the period, around 70s.

So, with that ideal location, with jungle like surroundings, the director finds an excellent opportunity to present this psycho thriller, with the strange happenings experienced by Madhu. Dr. Vinay however, not believing in such things, dares to go into the origin of the problem, besides doing his regular medical practice. In the meanwhile, Kamat keeps moving around suspiciously, with his entry and exit in different scenes and so is the behaviour of the maid Bayjama. The clever director, with the help of cameraman , sound designer and background music at appropriate places, manages to hold the mystery; which he unfolds in the climax.

To make this film more effective, the artistes in this film namely Adinath Kothare, Urmila kanitkar Kothare, Makarand Anaspure, Vibhavari Deshpande, supported by kishore kadam , Bhargavi Chirmule and others,play an important role. They have all put in a great effort. Urmila in particular, has a big role to play and she has lived up to the expectations of the director. Her clicking the photos in dark places, moving all alone in the forest area, however looks odd. But, she has performed her part very well. Makarand does well with his puzzled and suspicious looks. Adinath looks totally different in his new look, while Vibhavari has done well with her quick changing expressions, according to situation. Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar ‘s music has been cleverly used to describe the climatic changes.

‘Anvatt’ is a cleverly executed psycho thriller, which holds your attention; but fails to make a deep impact. The film, however succeeds in passing a social message