Rating: ★★★ Studio/presenter:  Shree Navkar Films Producer: Veeja Haria, Pramod Lokhande Writer, Director: Rajesh Latkar Dialogues: deepak bhagwat Music: Veeshy – Neemo Director of Photography:  Shakeel Khan Editor: Mansoor Azmi Genres:  Action Censor: U/A Duration: 120 Min. Cast:  Santosh Juvekar, Prarthana Behere Movie review by:  Ulhas Shirke

For more than 60 years, Hollywood has offered hundreds of action packed films for bikers. ‘The Pace that Thrills’, ‘Easy Riders’, ‘Stone’ & ‘Biker Boyz’ are just to name a few. 10 years ago, Bollywood offered something for Bikers, through action filled ‘Dhoom’ and followed the same stunts through ‘Dhoom 2′ and ‘Dhoom3′. So, don’t be surprised, if a Marathi film maker like Rajesh Latkar offers something like ‘Biker’s Adda’, targeting at young bike lovers. Perhaps, this is the first Marathi film, about the bikers and their lifestyle.

Starring angry young man of Marathi films, Santosh Juvekar in the lead, ‘Biker’s Adda’ offers four passionate Bikers, wanting to prove themselves, by participating in Bike races. So, they form their team D5 and practice hard. Without the knowledge of their mentor Krish, they join a club, ‘Biker’s Adda’, and register their team for the race. Krish(Jay Aditya Giri) is against Vicky (Santosh Juvekar) and his friends joining this club, as he knows the main business of the owners of this place.

Soon, Vicky and his D5 team comprising of Hrishi, Salim & Abhi, prove their skills, at this place; which also helps Vicky to find a good looking girlfriend Aditi ( Prarthana Behere). But, soon they notice foul play by organizers, who are into betting, game fixing and drug business. The rest of the film is all about their fight against the bad guys and revenge against the evil doers. But, it all happens in a typical Hindi action film style, with a typical climax, where the hero always stands a winner, in spite of facing all the hurdles.

But, good thing about this film, is its presentation style, which is something new to Marathi. Watch the costumes, hair styles of the characters. They are specially created by Costume Designer Chaitrali Dongre for this film. Other plus points of this film are the action scenes by stunt directors, some of whom are themselves part of this film. The wonderful sound design and the superb photography by Shakil Khan , including aerial photography is also noteworthy.

Santosh Juvekar is at his best in this film, while Prarthana Behere has been used just as a show piece, with one song sequence. But, she looks stunning, in those few scenes. There is another actress Tanvi Parab, who plays a female biker. But, she too has limited scope. In short, this is a male dominated film, with all bikers around, seen on the screen, most of the time , either involved in street fights or racing their bikes. Model turned actor Jay Aditya Giri, has played his part well. After all, he too is a real life biker. Good support comes from Devendra Bhagat, Anirudh Harip and few others. Veteran actor Shrikant Moghe, is namesake in this film.

There is less scope for music directors Vishi and Nimo to get noticed through few songs; but they have done a good job in background music. There is not much in the story, except for passing a social message, through its action filled screenplay. Therefore, this film may not appeal to regular artistic Marathi film lovers. But, this stylish ‘Biker’s Adda’ may appeal young bikers.