Is the ongoing monsoon dampening the spirit of Marathi film lovers?
The entire month of July was a wet spell in different parts of Maharashtra including the city of Mumbai and suburbs. This certainly affected the business of Marathi film industry, as there was poor turnout at cinema halls. And, the situation seems to be no different in the beginning of August. Recently, due to continuous rains, some of the better films like ‘Smile please’, ‘Girlfriend’, ‘Baba’ could not find the regular crowd at ticket windows across Maharashtra.
Now, during this week the situation has been worst in places like Konkan, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Pune. As per latest reports received, some of the areas in Maharashtra are still under water and the people have either left their houses for safer places, or preferred to remain inside their homes. T here has been lot of damage to the crop and property.
Some of the big Hindi films are releasing around 15th August, but this week a multi starrer Marathi film ‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2′ has been released as per schedule and the film will be screened at maximum cinema halls all over Maharashtra. Now, it remains to be seen, how this film does the business at the ticket windows in Mumbai and Maharashtra? Actor turned director Hemant Dhome who has directed this film is looking forward to good response for his film. According to him there is no calculation to make a successful film. The film should connect with the audience . And, this is most important.
‘Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2′ has been shot in London and therefore it is a big budget film with multi star cast in it. It has renowned artistes like Sanjay Narvekar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Aniket Vishwasrao, Mrunmayee Godbole, Pushkar Shrotri, Prasad Oak, Anand Ingale & Smita Gondkar. The film has music by Bollywood music directors Troy- Arif and cinematography by award winning cinematographer Sanjay Memane. So, there are big expectations from this film. But, once again as rightly said by the director, this film has to connect with the audience.
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.
Deepak Dobriyal is high praise for his debut Marathi film ‘Baba’
Deepak Dobriyal who makes his debut in Sanjay Dutt’s forthcoming Marathi film ‘Baba’ seems to have been very much touched by the story of this film and his own role. Speaking about his role, he said, “The character I play in ‘Baba’ has brought a lot of change in me. It made me aware of my social responsibilities. I Keep aside all my roles played so far and only think of my role in ‘Baba’. For the past 12 years of my career, what satisfaction I couldn’t get, I received while playing this role.”
Then speaking about his experience while working in Marathi he said, “I received so much of love affection that I didn’t even realise that I was working for a Marathi film. I am really happy that I got an opportunity to work in this Marathi film industry, which really cares for performances. Even otherwise, after watching a Marathi film, you understand its uniqueness. Lastly, I would say that this film has given me rebirth.” Directed by Raj R Gupta this film is all set for release on 2nd August 2019
Teaser of Marathi film ‘Baba’ released
Ever since the announcement was made that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will be presenting a Marathi film ‘Baba’ which is dedicated to his late father and legendary actor Sunil Dutt, there has been a lot of curiosity about this film’s subject. The film’s poster could not give much hint. But now, with the release of the teaser of this film, it clearly suggests that it is a story of a father and his little son with speech problem. Set on the backdrop of rural area, the film is likely to present father’s struggle to give proper education to his son.
Produced under the banner of Sanjay Dutt productions with Ashok and Aarti Subhedar of Blue Mustang Creations , the film will be released on 2nd august 2019. With this film Bollywood actor Deepak Dobriyal will be making his acting debut in Marathi and his co star in this film will be Nandita Patkar. The lead pair is supported by Spruha Joshi, Abhijit Khandkekar, Chittaranjan Giri, Jaywant wadkar and child artiste Aaryan Menghji. The film is directed by Raj R Gupta, who strongly believes that ‘emotions have no language. “It is a bittersweet tale of how a family pursues happiness over everything.” he says.
Sanjay Dutt’s first Marathi production ‘Baba’ to release on 2nd August
After Amitabh Bachchan, Akhay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Riteish Deshmuk and Priyanka Chopra, now it is the turn of actor Sanjay Dutt to turn producer of Marathi film. Sanjay is producing this Marathi film ‘Baba’ along with his wife Manyata under the banner of Sanjay Dutt Productions and with co producers Ashok and Aarti Subhedar. The first poster of this film was released recently and the film will be released all over Maharashtra on 2nd August 2019.
‘Baba’ stars NSD actor Deepak Dobriyal ( ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ fame) in the lead role along with renowned Marathi film actress Nandita Dhuri Patkkar as female lead. The other artistes of this film are, Spruha Joshi, Abhijeet Khandkekar, Chitaranjan Giri, Jaywant Wadkar and popular child star Aryan Menghji. The film is directed by Rajan R Gupta, who was earlier Asst. Director for Madhuri Dixit’s Marathi film ‘Bucket List’. Set on the backdrop of picturesque Konkan, it is the story of a father and his son. Sanjay Dutt has dedicated this film in memory of his late beloved father Sunil Dutt.