‘Kaasav’ shows the way to overcome depression with a purpose in life
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Renowned director duo Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar made 17 Marathi films together and won various national and international accolades for their previous films like ‘Doghi’,‘Dahavi Fa’ , ‘Vastupurush’,‘Devrai’, ‘Samhita’ and ‘Astu’ (movie review). Two of these films were based on mental illness such as Schizophrenia and Alzimer’s disease. And they presented these two subjects very skilfully handling the subject with the support of Dr. Mohan Agashe himself a Psychiatrist, who was part of both these films.
In ‘Kaasav’ (कासव) we saw Dr. Mohan Agashe contributing in the form of a producer along with the film maker duo Bhave and Sukhtankar. This film has won the National award for the best feature film at the 64th National Film awards. Unfortunately, this film could not be released in a big way in theatres like other Marathi films, but was released recently on Sony Liv OTT platform, which has made it possible to reach out to the Marathi film lovers scattered all over the world.
‘Kaasav’ truly stands to the appreciation it received during the Golden Lotus National award for best feature film. The film’s story is presented in a beautiful cinematic way, to show the relevance of the issues of depression suffered by the youngster (Alok Rajwade) in the film, in relation to the life and nesting cycle of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, being researched by Janaki (Iravati Harshe) a middle aged divorcee, who herself consults a psychologist for her panic attacks.
Shot at the beautiful beach location of Devgad in Sindhudurg district, the film captures some realistic moments to show, how this middle aged woman tries to treat the depressed youngster, by understanding his problems with the help of a local doctor. There are few other important characters in the form Yadu( Kishore Kadam) driver cum cook of Janaki, Dattabhau (Mohan Agashe) a local, who is working on an olive ridley sea turtles conservation project, Devika Daftardar ( short appearance) playing the step mother of the depressed youngster and others with their perfect Malvani accent, who provide very good support.
Beautiful cinematography by Dhananjay Kulkarni captures the beauty of Devgad beach, while Saket Kanetkar’s music provides good support to this artistic film with a timely message of showing the purpose of living life to a depressed youngster. Perfect editing by Mohit Takalkar has made this 104 minutes length film look very interesting. But, the overall credit goes to the director duo Sumitra Bhave – Sunil Sukhtankar for handling this difficult subject brilliantly with the help of Dr. Mohan Agashe, who has contributed his bit as an actor, but more as a producer. Certainly a worth watch film for all.
Prabhat Chitra Mandal Film Fest to open with ‘Kaasav’
Prabhat Chitra Mandal in association with Thane Art Guild (TAG) and with the support of Cinematic Cinevision will be presenting a festival of Indian Films, which will be held from 15th May to 19th May 2017. The venue of the festival will be Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute Auditorium, Matunga. Feature Films, documentaries and short films, which have won National award this year and which have been part of various international film festival, will be shown at this festival.
The festival titled Chitrabharati will open with National award winner Marathi film ‘Kaasav‘, directed by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar. The five day festival will also present other Marathi films like ‘Lathe Joshi‘ directed by Mangesh Joshi and ‘Ek Albela‘ directed by Shekhar Sartandel. On this occasion, the host will also felicitate those who have won National awards. Those interested in watching films at this festival are requested to contact Prabhat Chitramandal office at Sharda Cinema Bldg, Dadar.
17th SKD Film festival to present 11 best Marathi films
Sanskruti Kala Darpan Gaurav Rajani, which is in its 17th year, have announced the list of their final 11 films, which will compete with each other at their Film Festival scheduled on 18th and 19th April 2017 at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi. This 17th SKD Film festival will open with National award winning Marathi film ‘Dashakriya‘ followed by films like ‘Ghuma‘, ‘Kaasav‘, ‘Naatee‘, ‘Khel‘, ‘Machivarla Budha‘, ‘Ventilator‘, ‘Half Ticket‘ & ‘Vazandar‘.
All the above mentioned films will be screened with special ticket rates of Rs. 50/- for the film lovers. During the screening of these films, the artistes of these films will also be present, which will give an opportunity to the audience to meet them personally. Rest of the three films also selected, namely, ‘Guru‘, ‘Poshter Girl‘ & ‘Kiran Kulkarni V/s Kiran Kulkarni‘, will not be screened for technical reasons. The 11 films shortlisted, have been selected from 47 films. Mr. Chandrashekhar Sandve and Ms. Archana Nevrekar the heads of SKD have already announced a prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh to the winner in this category.
Kaasav ( कासव )
Genres: Drama
Rating: na
Censor: U
Duration: 130 min.
Studio/presenter: Vichitra Nirmitee, Dr. Mohan Agashe
Producer(s): Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar
Executive Producer: na
Director: Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar
Writer: Sumitra Bhave
ScreenPlay: Sumitra Bhave
Dialogues: Sumitra Bhave
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Cast & Crew
Executive Producer: na
Co-producer: Dr. Mohan Agashe
Director: Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar
Assistant Director: na
Writer: Sumitra Bhave
ScreenPlay: Sumitra Bhave
Dialogues: Sumitra Bhave
Lyrics: Sunil Sukthankar
Music: Saket Kanetkar
Playback Singer: na
Cinematographer (DOP): Dhananjay Kulkarni
Editor: Mohit Takalkar
Starcast: Irawati Harshe, Alok Rajwade, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Devika Daftardar, Santosh Redkar, Omkar Ghadi
Costumes: na
Makeup: na
Sound : Anmol Bhave
Background Score: Saket Kanetkar
Choreographer: na
DI, VFX: na
D.I. Colourist: na
Promos: na
Music Label: na
Publicity Designs: na
P.R.O.: na
Distributor : na
Synopsis
‘Kaasav’ : Marathi movie ‘Kaasav‘ is a story of Janaki, a divorcee trying to find meaning of life in a sea-turtle conservation project run by the conservationist Dattabhau in a coastal village, accidentally meets an young man. Janaki, with her empathy for the young man, Manav, tries to create a non-judgmental, non-intrusive, warm atmosphere to help him bloom. Janaki herself, her driver-assistant Yadu, conservationist Dattabhau, servant Bablya and street-kid Parshu – none of them not related to each other – become the vulnerable young Manav’s support system.
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Now, Marathi International Film Festival in Sweden
Marathi films have gone worldwide. We have seen Marathi entertainment awards held in different parts of the world. So, don’t be surprised if Marathi film festivals are held in Sweden. Yes, Sweden Film Association and Winson World are organizing Marathi International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden between 20th and 24th April 2017, when 20 films will be screened.
The festival will open with the Premiere of Anant Mahadevean’s film ‘Dr.Rakhmabai‘, followed by films like ‘Harischandrachi Factory‘, ‘Astu‘, ‘Ek Hazarachi Note‘, ‘Fandry‘, ‘Ek Albela‘, ‘Vazandar‘, ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal‘, ‘Natee Khel‘, ‘Natasamrat‘, ‘Half Ticket‘, ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali‘, ‘Kasav‘, ‘Dr. Prakash Baba Amte‘, ‘Mala Aai Vhaychay‘, ‘Sanhita‘, ‘Rama Madhav‘, ‘The Silence‘ and ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’.
‘Dashakriya’, ‘Kasav’ & ‘Ventilator’ bag National awards
Marathi film ‘Kasav‘ produced by Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar and Mohan Agashe has won Golden Lotus National award for best film at 64th National awards declared on Friday, while Priyanka Chopra‘s first Marathi film ‘Ventilator‘ as a Producer has bagged three national awards. In the regional film category awards, film ‘Dashakriya‘ was declared the best Marathi film. The director of the film ‘Ventilator‘ Mr. Rajesh Mapuskar has won the award for Best direction, Rameshwar Bhagat won the award for best editing, while Alok De won the Best Sound design award, bringing a big smile on the face of their celebrity producer. The technical team in the presence of director Rajesh Mapuskar celebrated this happy occasion, by cutting the Victory cake late in the evening.
It may be recalled that this film had many well known artistes from Marathi film, television and Drama field to bring humour into this emotion filled film on a thought provoking subject. Highlight of the film was return of Ashutosh Gowarikar as an actor in ‘Ventilator‘ film, playing an important role. Well Known Bollywood artiste Boman Irani was seen in a special appearance , while Priyanka Chopra was also seen in a guest appearance. The film had received good response from Marathi film lovers and now these three National awards are sure to raise the morale of the entire team.