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Genres: Drama Censor: UA Duration: 130 min. Studio / Presenter: Ashwini Ranjeet Darekar, ARD Entertainments and Deevas Productions Producer: Ranjeet Darekar DOP: Rajesh Madone Director: Kedar Vaidya Cast:  Prathamesh Parab, Chinmay Kambli, Saksham Kukarni, Hansraj Jagtap, Aman Attar, Devansh Deshmukh, Amruta Subhash, Nachiket Purnapatre, Vimal Mhatre, Deepak Karnjikar, Praveen Tarde. Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

Well Known writer and Journalist Arun Sadhu is no more. But, the illustrious Marathi writer will always be remembered for the wonderful gift he has offered to the voracious readers through his 26 books. And one of them is his novel ‘Ziprya’, which described very effectively the actual lifestyle of the group of teenaged shoeshine boys in the city of Mumbai. With this interesting story in hand, film maker Kedar Vaidya who has also written the screenplay and dialogues of his new film with the same title, has actually paid tributes to the prolific writer & Journalist.

Keeping all the original characters of the writer intact, Kedar has worked hard on presenting this subject very realistically, by choosing the right locations in Mumbai. And the result on screen has been too good. In short, Kedar has brought every important character of the writer lively on screen and this is his biggest achievement. With the maximum number of scenes shot outdoors, has given a very realistic look to this story. The inter connection of every shoe shine boy with the other and their willingness to come out of their routine and see big dreams, has also been shown very effectively , using the cinematic liberties. What is more appealing is that he has also succeeded in sending across a strong message to the society, through this action filled film with emotional touch.

Kedar has picked up the right artistes to play all those important characters, which is also another plus point of this film. And all these artistes, namely Chinmay Kambli( as Ziprya) , Prathamesh Parab( as Aslam) , Hansraj Jagtap( as Ganju), Amruta Subhash( as Leela), Nachiket Purnapatre( Pinglya), Pravin Tarde( Pakyabhai) ,Deepak karanjikar ( Kirtane Master),and few others, have done full justice to their respective characters. The action scenes of Abbas Ali Mughal , background music of Toufiq Qureshi and fine editing work by Devendra Murdeshwar makes this film more presentable. There are very few drawbacks noticed in this film. But, looking at the efforts of the team in presenting this interesting tale, it is certainly a worth watch film.