Rating: na Presentor: Zee Talkies Producers: Pentagon Productions, Director: Nagesh Bhonsale Stroy: Arvind Jagtap Cast: Sayaji Shinde, Makarand Anaspure, Nagesh Bhonsale Movie Review by: Rohan Desai

Marathi Cinema has a great tradition of movie in the areas of politics as well as comedy. When it comes to political movies, the real blockbusters, whose powerful impact still there in the minds of viewers are ‘Sinhasan’, ‘Vajeer’, and ‘Sarkarnama’. These are the milestones when it comes to political movies.

“Gallit Gondhal …..” has almost nothing in common to these movies except that it is also a political movie and like Sarkarnama it is about the political rivalry (to some extent) .What will happen if comedy and politics merge together ; the answer is the movie “Gallit Gondhal ….”, a complete entertainer .

Story of a movie revolves around 3 characters, Aamdar Chandrakant Tope (Sayaji Shinde), Sarpanch Bajirao Dole (Nagesh Bhosle) and Narayan Wagh (Makrand Anaspure). Tope and Dole are the strong enemies to each other and both compete for election tickets from a party. Narayan is a patch up guy between them, who is friendly with both of them and shows both of them that he is with them only. But Narayan is a smart guy who is also competing for the same ticket with these two. So, who finally wins and what funny strategies were made to win over other on every step is a treat to watch in a movie.

Movie is all about village politics, yet one can identify that there is no urban and rural when it comes to politics. “Gallit Gondhal…..” is a highly predictable as a concept but still its presentation is hilarious and enjoyable. Movie comments on the politics in very sarcastic way and does not lose the track from start to end. There is only 1 song in the movie which also comes as part and not feels like distraction. Strong start, effective dialogues, good presentation, powerful performances and appropriate ending are the biggest strengths of the movie. Rivalry sequences between the families of Tope and Dole are really well made.
The movie is full of funny sequences which makes viewer’s experience even lighter.

All the 3 leads in movie performs very well. Sayaji, retuning after a long time to Marathi screen gives full justice to character. Same with the Nagesh and Makarand. Nagesh, who is also director of the movie, looks amazing as Bajirao Dole, Sarpanch. But to mention one thing, Nagesh – perform really remarkable in his first venture as a director. Throughout the movie we feel that Nagesh as a director is competing strongly with Nagesh as an actor.

And finally, what to say about Makrand. He literally rules the movie from beginning. He makes movie really enjoyable through his unique style of dialogue delivery and performance. This movie will be another landmark in his career as an actor.

Overall the movie is enjoyable, perfect for current political situation and fully enjoyable. Go for it….!