Rating: ★★ ½ Studio/presenter: Atharv 4 U Producer: Ganesh Ramdas Hajare Director: Vijay Patkar Writer: Hemant Edalabadkar Lyrics: Mangesh Kangane Music: Chinar – Mahesh, Nikhil Thakkar Cinematographer (DOP): Shabbir Naik Genres: Comedy Censor: A Duration: 130 Min. Cast: Pushkar Shrotri, Hemlata Bane, Sagar Karande, Sanjay Khapre, Manasi Naik, Seema kadam, Snehal Gore, Jaywant Wadkar, Savita Malpekar, Vijay Kadam, Jayraj Nair Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

At a time when our Marathi cinema is presenting ‘out of the box’  themes  and inviting the attention of the audience all over the world, some Marathi film makers still believe in offering the traditional comedy formula, with the sole intention of entertaining  the audience.  If you look  at Chiranjeevi’s Telugu comedy films, Prashant Damle‘s popular Marathi play ‘Gela Madhav Kunikade‘,  Makarand Anaspure‘s  film ‘Teen Baika Fajiti Aika’ or recently released Kapil Sharma’s film ‘Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon’, there was one thing very common.  The comedy of errors, arising out of  a situation, where a  man having two wives and misunderstandings created through the screenplay,  with the progress of the story. So, what’s  new director Vijay Patkar , writer Hemant Edlabadkar and producer Ganesh Hazare have offered through their latest Marathi film ‘Carry On Deshpande’?

The story of ‘Carry on Deshpande’ revolves around Mr. Deshpande (Pushkar Shrotri)  a wealthy  man living in a huge bungalow, with his two wives, Prathama (Seema Kadam) and Dwitiya (Hemlata Bane) . Surprisingly, these two wives have no issues between them; but they are suspicious about their husband flirting with  other girls. So, we see the arrival of a detective (Sagar Karande) , who     tries to help  Mr. Deshpande as well as his two wives.  So, after the arrival of another young woman (Manasi Naik) in the bungalow, we see all such happenings,  we noticed  in many  films of  the past, on this subject. If this is not enough, the story of this film, also find place for two more characters, Sunny, the brother in law of Deshpande, who lives with him  and his niece , who are already in love with each other.

The film’s length is about one hour forty five minutes; but due to lack of proper presentation of screenplay, even this is felt too long. Only good things  about the film are the performances of Pushkar Shrotri and Sanjay Khapre, who have tried their best to entertain the audience, with their spontaneity , at different situations. The  females namely Seema Kadam, Hemlata bane & Sneha Gore don’t have to do much with the acting, except for looking glamorous; but Manasi Naik certainly invites all the attention, displaying her acting skills, in all those comedy sequences to her share.  She  almost  poses the leading lady of this film.

Talking about the other areas, music of the film is not at all impressive; but, Shabir Naik’s cinematography is good. Though there are very few locations, besides the bungalow, used for shooting, he has tried to capture the expressions of the artistes very well. The film was shown to the media people, without censor certification; but now it is understood that it has been allotted ‘A’ certificate.

Anyway, ‘Carry On Deshpande’ is  just a traditional formula type of comedy  film, which can be enjoyed by those, who love to watch such subjects especially, ‘How a man handles his two wives and a girlfriend’.  Isn’t that an outdated subject now ? There is nothing wrong in presenting a traditional comedy for a change, as one can understand the hard work put in by the makers, in making of such films; but, the screenplay and dialogues should appeal to all, besides good performances.