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Genres: Drama Censor: A Duration: 130 min. Studio / Presenter: Genuine Productions LLP, Kiran Dagade Patil Productions Producer: Abhijit Bhosale, Punit Balan DOP: Mahesh Limaye Director: Pravin Vitthal Tarde Cast:  Pravin Tarde, Mahesh Manjrekar, Mohan Joshi, Om Bhutkar, Upendra Limaye, Sunil Abhyankar, Ramesh Pardeshi, Devendra Gaikwad, Ajay Purkar, Savita Malpekar Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke.

For the past 10 years Pravin Tarde has successfully established himself as a writer through Marathi TV serials and films. In 2014 he shot into prominence as an actor and writer through the hit Marathi film ‘Rege’ and in 2015 he made his debut as a director, besides writer & actor through another hit film ‘Deool Band’. Therefore, there were great expectations from him in his latest film ‘Mulshi Pattern’ released this Friday. Pravin who has directed this film has also written and performed an important character of a Gangster Nanya bhai.

The film is about the effects of rapid development projects in Mulshi taluka in Pune district which forces a farmer’s son turn into a criminal. We are all aware through the statistics that Urbanisation is taking place at a faster rate in India and the count has increased from 11.4% to more than 30% in just 20 years. And therefore, before the start of the film the film maker makes it clear that it is not just the story of Mulshi but of our country as situation is the same everywhere in India.

The story of this film revolves around young Rahul (Om Butkar) son of a farmer Sakharam( Mohan Joshi). The father sells his land for a huge sum offered by a builder and gets his daughter married in a big way. He also buys a big car. But, it does not take much time for him to spend the money. Soon he finds his daughter back home and has to vacate his bigger house in the village. The family then migrate to nearby city for their earnings and the father works as a labourer in market yard. However, the son who keeps on blaming his father for making such a deal of his land, prefers the other track. He wants quick money and wins the confidence of Nanyabhay( Pravin Tarde) a gangster and soon takes his place by stabbing at his back.

Rahul soon spreads his network and starts taking revenge against the builders and industrialists who have acquired the lands of farmers . We notice a lot of violence with bloodshed in the process and the Police who are otherwise known in films for their encounter practice, when it comes to eliminating the criminals, use a different modus operandi in this film. They under the leadership of Police Officer kadu ( Upendra Limaye) use the strategy of ‘divide and rule‘ to see the end of all these criminals.

Though this film has a very good subject dealing with a social issue, the director has glorified all the criminals including his own character, taking the cinematic liberties. He has however, successfully conveyed the message that one cannot take the law into his hands. ‘As you sow, so shall you reap‘. In the climax scene you get the message. The entire film’s story is shown in parts through repeated flashbacks, as we notice the connection of the chase scene in the beginning where some hired killers running after Rahul to kill him. And this goes on for little more than 2 hours till the climax scene.

Technically, it is a very good film, with finest cinematography by Mahesh Limaye and good sound recording by Tushar Pandit. In the role of Rahul, Om Bhutkar is at his best. He has found a suitable role for his angry young man image in Marathi cinema and he has done justice to this role. Good performance also comes from Mohan Joshi who plays his father. Mahesh Manjrekar in the role of another labourer in Market yard has very limited scope. He plays the poor father of a young pretty girl Deepali ( Malvika Gaikwad) who sells tea in the Market yard and who loves Rahul for his brave acts of challenging the bulk purchasers from exploiting poor farmers. Among others, Kshitij Date as Rahul’s close friend and right hand, Sunil Abhyankar as criminal lawyer, Ajay Purkar as Shinde Builder, Upendra Limaye as Police Officer,Savita Malpekar as Rahul’s mother provide good support. In short, ‘Mulshi Pattern‘ questions urbanisation at the cost of farmers .Those who have liked the films like ‘Satya‘ in Hindi and ‘Rege‘ in Marathi may like this film, which is full of violence.