Rating: na Company: A Small Town Boy Production Producer: Anita Rai, Anand Rai, Ravi Rai Story, Screenplay and Dialogues & Direction: Mangesh Hadawale Lyrics: Prakash Holkar Director of photography: Dharam Gulati Cast: Sharad Goekar, Tarnnum Pathan, Ajit Gawande, Inesh chauhan, Sunil Deo, Madhavi Juvekar, Chitra Nawathe, Vitthal Umap, Kamlesh Sawant, Mansi Lonkar Movie Review by:  Pradip Patil

Tingya’ pays tribute to the farmers and also highlights the hardships faced by the farmers. Having this much information about the film I had certain notions but the movie proved me totally wrong.

Welcome to the world of ‘Tingya’, where he lives in a small village in Maharashtra. Tingya’s father a farmer owns a pair of bulls, Chitangya and Patangya. ‘Tingya’ shares a great relationship with Chitangya. Chitangya is an inseperable part of Tingya’s life. But one day Chitangya is injured and is unable to work on the farm. Tingya’s father, who is already burdened with debt, is left with no option but to sell the ailing bull to a butcher and buy a new one. The rest of the story consists of how’Tingya’ tries to save Chitangya from being sold to the butcher.
What stands out is the ease with which Tingya’s innocence is portrayed on screen. ‘Tingya’ is based on a solid story. It takes you on emotional lows and highs. What I liked the most about the movie is that it never tries to burden us with the despair; instead it tries to find the small moments of happiness that make the life beautiful. This is the movie that is full of hope.

The script is another strong point of ‘Tingya’. The relation ‘Tingya’ shares with Chitangya is made very clear with few scenes and then the story proceeds to hilight the dilemma faced by Tingya’s family. The parallel track of Tingya’s friend rashida and her family is also well knit with the central theme.

There are many memorable scenes like the scene where Tingya goes to town in search of a doctor or the scene where he gets drunk and talks to his friend Rashida about her grandmother’s death to save Chitangya are brilliant. Another scene that made me emotional was the scene where ‘Tingya’ is waiting for his father who has gone to bring a tractor so that his bulls can rest. This short scene brings out both the hope and despair with equal effectiveness.

The movie sticks to rural language and it adds to the authentic rural feel. The movie uses background music sparingly but to the full advantage. There are few scenes that could have been easily edited without altering the impact.
Sharad Goekar who plays the character of ‘Tingya’ has given such a confident and natural performance that it is hard to believe that he is facing the camera for the first time. Madhavi Juvekar gives a fine performance in a role of a mother who is caught between her son’s happiness and her husband’s decision.

The movie ends with a positive note. And a positive note is what ‘Tingya’ brings to the Marathi movie industry.