After witnessing three Marathi films ‘Bucket List’, ‘Raja’ & ‘Sobat‘ last Friday, we now understand that four more Marathi films namely, ‘Farzand ‘, ‘Maska‘, ‘Bedhadak‘ and ‘Gadbad Jhali’ have lined up for release coming Friday. If we look at the opening day bookings of last Friday, we find that except ‘Bucket List’ no other film has been able to invite the attention of film lovers. And the reason is obvious. After all the Dhak Dhak actress of Bollywood was opening her second innings with her grand debut in Marathi. And, this was enough for the film to get its seats booked online with an overwhelming response, before every show in multiplex.

Now, can this happen with any of these three films to be released next Friday ? Only time will tell. But, if we look at the past experience of many Marathi films, whatever is realistic and based on facts and true stories is well accepted by Marathi audience. In addition to this the screenplay of the film has to be strong, so as to keep the audience engaged from start to finish. Now, looking at the theme of these films, ‘Farjand’ has a backdrop of history during the regime Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and therefore much will depend on film’s presentation and performances of artistes. The other film ‘Maska’ has a common factor in the form of Chinmay Mandlekar, who is also playing prominent role in ‘Farjand’. With other popular artistes, ‘Maska’ is directed by Priyadarshan Jadhav, indicates that it could be a comedy film. Santosh Manjrekar is making his comeback as a director with a so called action film ‘Bedhadak’ coming Friday. And the fourth film ‘Gadbad Ghotala’ by writer- director Santram promises a comedy, as suggested through this film’s poster.