Urmila Kanitkar Kothare is one such actress, whose real potential is noticed, if she is offered a good emotion filled role. We have already noticed her skills, through an award winning film ‘Mala Aai Vhaychay‘ and popular TV serial ‘Asambhav’, few years ago. Now, she finds a lifetime role, in Kranti Redkar’s film ‘Kaakan‘ And, Urmila has portrayed the lead character of Sudhamati, by pouring her heart into this role. Making her entry in the 24th minute of the film, she holds the attention of the audience till the last scene, so much has been the impact of her role. And the credit goes to Kranti Redkar, who has made her selection for this role, while making her debut as a director, through this film.

Set on the backdrop of a village in Sindhudurg district of Konkan, the film narrates a tragic and intense love story of Kishu (Jitendra Joshi) and Sudhamati (Urmila kanitkar Kothare). The film begins with a little 12 year old boy Gopi (Ashutosh Gaikwad), noticing a lonely and sick old man, near the sea shore of his village. Initially, mistaking him to be lunatic, he tries to tease him along with his friends. But, when he is saved by old Kishu, from drowning, he shows sympathy towards him. Gopi finds out Kishu’s past and discovers that his beloved Sudhamati got married to a businessman Mr. Kamat from Mumbai.

Gopi goes out of his way, to make Kishu happy and runs away from his house, in search of Sudhamati in Mumbai. Things aren’t easy for him. But, he meets a hard working young boy Wasim (Aakash Banerjee) , who has his own story. Wasim who is a helper at a tea stall, offers shelter to Gopi and also helps him to locate the address of Sudhamati. It is the meeting between Gopi and Sudhamati, that brings Sudhamati back to her village, after almost 32 years, for a yearly festival. The climax of the film is very touchy, but predictable.

Kranti Redkar on her debut as a director, has made a good attempt. But, there are few lapses in the film’s screenplay, which are clearly noticed. How can a poor Kishu, who cannot even pay Rs. 5 to a visiting Doctor, can afford to prepare a thick designer Gold bangle for his beloved? Don’t exactly know the reason, to show Sudhamati with her tanned skin after 32 years, when she was shown fair enough, in her early 20s ? Also, the second half of the film has been stretched a little longer, than the first half.

To say something about the direction, Kranti Redkar has expertly narrated the story, with the present happenings, using flashback to show the love story of a girl from rich family and boy from poor family. She has also tried to show the after effect of a train blast by the terrorists, through the character of Wasim, a hard working tea boy, working at a tea stall.

Wonderful performance by Urmila kanitkar Kothare makes ‘Kaakan’ appealing. Very cleverly, she has used the Malavani accent, to suit her character, when she is shown young. She certainly deserves an award for the same. Urmila gets good support from Child actor Ashutosh Gaikwad, who has proved his acting ability through this film. Watch her scene with him, when he comes to meet her in her office in Mumbai. Jitendra Joshi doesn’t have much scope in the film, as most of the time, he is shown in isolation, without any dialogues and with his face covered by long hair and beard.

Excellent camera work ,meaningful lyrics and fine music are the plus points of this film. Good support comes from character artistes Madhavi Juvekar and Ashok Shinde. If you love to watch tragic love stories and good performances, ‘Kaakan‘ is just your choice.

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To entertain the invitees, lead artistes Urmila Kanetkar Kothare and Jitendra Joshi performed live on the title track of this film. Live performances were also given by other artistes of the film, namely, Madhavi Juvekar, Ashok Shinde and child actors Ashitosh Gaikwad and Aakash Banerjee. Film Kaakan (Bangle), revolves around a tragic love story of a young couple set on the backdrop of 1970s.

Produced by Mangorange Productions, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics of this film by Kranti Redkar and Omkar Mangesh Dutt, cinematographer Bithin Das and art director Mahesh Kudalkar. The film will release across Maharashtra on April 10, 2015.

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During the 27 years of his career in the field of acting, he has worked on stage, television and films, as a hero, villain and anti hero. As on date, he has done 111 films and 100 TV serials, apart from 42 daily soaps on Sahyadri Channel . After successfully completing 1200 episodes of ‘Swapnanchya Palikadale’ in the prominent role of Yashwant Patkar , he has come with new avatar in ‘Lagori – Maitri Returns’ on Star Pravah, which is his 100th TV Serial. He also did a guest appearance, in Nana Patekar’s Hindi film ‘Yashwant‘. Now, Ashok Shinde is returning to Marathi stage after a log gap of five years. Marathi Movie World spoke to him, on this occasion.

The excerpts from the interview :

Q : You have come back to stage after a gap of 12 years? How do you feel?
A : That’s right. I have come back with a play ‘Prem Prem Aste’. Feeling great and enjoying. I love to work on stage, but due to other commitments, I could not give time for stage, but I will definitely do more plays in future.

Q : Can you please share with us your experiences about your co-actors? What would you tell about Laxmikant Berde and Kuldip Pawar?
A.: Yes, certainly. Laxmikant Berde, was my best friend, he was very jolly. Kuldip Pawar was Full of life. Both were very good human beings and I am missing them a lot. I also enjoyed working with Alka Kubal, Aaishwarya Narkar, Surekha Kudchi, Pratiksha Lonkar, Asavari Joshi etc. I did maximum films with Alka Kubal, in 22 films she was my heroine. I was very fortunate to work with the great actors like Shriram Lagoo, Vikram Gokhale, Nana Patekar, Mohan Joshi and could learn a lot from them.

Q: Do you think it’s a better time for Marathi films?
A: Yes, that’s true. In the past two to three years, there has been an increase in the screening and success of Marathi films. Now market for Marathi cinema is almost unexplored and has the potential to give tough competition to Bollywood.

Q: How many awards did you get during your acting career as on date?
A: I was nominated Nine times and got Five awards, 2 for TV serial and 3 for Marathi films. I was also nominated for two international awards for ‘Evadhase Aabhal’,one was ‘Heart of England festival award’ and another ‘Mauritius film award’.

Q : To establish as an actor what are the important things?
A : Firstly, you should be a good human being, be with your producers, when they are going through a bad patch, you should have self-respect, try to adjust with all generations. You have to be humble for your long run career. Don’t underestimate your people, fans, do your work neatly and wholeheartedly.

Q: What are your hobbies?
A: My favorite hobby is to watch movies. I also like doing regular exercise. Whenever I am free, I give time to my family. I have a limited friend circle.

Q: What is a secret of your fitness?
A : In 27 years of my career, I daily give 1 hour to myself, I do exercise regularly. After shooting if it is possible, I go walking from studio to hotel. While on outdoor shootings I take morning walks regularly.

Q: Who is your ideal and who is your favorite actor?
A: Mohan Joshi is my ideal, guru, friend, everything. My favorite actor is Amitabh Bachchan.

Q: Besides these what are your upcoming projects?
A: I have just completed, Kranti Redkar directed film ‘Kaakan‘, in which Urmila Kanetkar-Kothare is my wife and Jitendra Joshi has played as her lover. It is expected to be released in the next 2-3 months. Second film is Pradyumn Aangre directed ‘Aadesh-The Power of Law’, made on the life of famous Advocate Ujjwal Nikam, in which I have played the role of one of the advocates.

Marathi Movie World wishes him best of luck for his future career.

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