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Genres: Drama Censor: UA Duration: 120 min. Studio / Presenter: Karan Johar, AA Films Producer: Jamashp Bapuna, Amit Parikh, Arun Rangachari, Vivek Rangachari, Ashok Subhedar, Aarti Subhedar DOP: Arjun Sorte Director: Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar Cast:  Madhuri Dixit Nene, Sumit Raghwan, Vandana Gupte, Pradeep Welankar, Shubha Khote, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ila Bhate, Renuka Shahane, Milind Phatak, Sumedh Mudgalkar Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

For almost two decades she ruled Bollywood with her wonderful performances through variety of roles. 5 years ago she made her grand comeback through films like ‘Dedh Ishqiya‘ and ‘Gulab Gang‘ . And now, she has opened her second innings through Marathi film ‘Bucket List‘. Yes, we are talking about Dhak Dhak Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit who has used ‘Bucket List’ for her fine debut in Marathi.

Director Tejas Deoskar who had earlier made Marathi films like ‘Ajinkya‘ and ‘Premsutra‘ has presented 50+ Madhuri Dixit in a tailor made role of a 41 year old cheerful housewife Madhura Nene from Pune. After going through a major heart transplant operation, Madhura bounces back to her routine, attending to the home Kitchen and meeting the demands of her joint family comprising of husband, two children, father in law, mother in law and Granny in law.

Though Madhura is in the process of recovery, she is keen to know the name of the person who donated this vital body organ to give her new life. She succeeds in finding the name of the girl ( Sai Deshpande) and her home address. One day, she visits her family and comes to know about the fine gesture of the deceased . Though parents of Sai welcome Madhura to their house, Sai’s twin brother Salil does not like Madhura. But, Madhura takes up the challenge and with the help of Salil’s friends. Salil feels that his sister has given Madhura her heart but cannot find his sister’s  soul in her.

When Salil is about to destroy Sai’s Bucket List, Madhura acquires it and then makes up her mind to fulfill all the wishes expressed by Sai, with the permission of her husband and support from her cheerful Granny in law( Shubha Khote). Sai’s friends and Sai’s parents except Salil help her to achieve her goal. Story screenplay writer and director Tejas Deoskar has very cleverly picturised all those humour filled sequences with emotional touch, showing the efforts made by Madhuri Dixit and its reaction . At the same time the sensible film maker passes a very timely message about the importance of organ donation.

At few places this 130 minutes length film does move with slow pace with stretched conversation, but most of the time we witness humour filled scenes, created by versatile actress like Madhuri Dixit , who is at her best. She looks a perfect fit in all those designer costumes in second part of the film. Good support comes from young Sumedh Mudgalkar in the role of Salil and he has very confidently confronted the veteran actress in all those scenes with her. Sumeet Raghvan plays the character of Madhura’s husband with total conviction. Among others, veteran artistes like Shubha Khote , Vandana Gupte, Renuka Shahane, Pradeep Velankar, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ila Bhate have performed their roles very naturally, while youngsters like Ritika Shrotri, Krutika Deo, Shalva Kinjawadekar and others have also impressed through their respective characters representing the new generation. In short, the film has representation of all generations, but highlights more the emotions of a housewife.

Those who have liked Bollywood films like ‘English Vinglish‘ & ‘Tumhari Sulu‘, will surely enjoy ‘Bucket List‘ film. All in all, it is an entertaining film and Madhuri’s fans will surely like it.