Rating: na Presenter: Naani Film Production Producers: Mohan Parab, Rasik Salla Director: Mohan Parab Story & Screenplay: Mohan Parab Cast: Madhav Abhyankar, Sunil Godbole, Vidyadhar Joshi, Shashikant Gandhe, Mahesh Udeshi, Dinesh Hingu, Savita Malapekar, Ashok Shinde, Jyoti Joshi, Kamalesh Sawant, Master Jay Parab Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

We are all aware of the worsening law and order situation in our country. More so, our TV news and newspapers have been updating us about the Politician- criminal nexus and helpless attitude of our Police department, when it comes to offering justice to common man. Over and above that our Judicial procedure takes somewhere between 5 to 20 years to decide over a case. Such court battles can even take few more years, if the convict appeals to higher court. In the recent past we witnessed a sensational Bollywood film ‘Wednesday’ throwing light on a similar situation, giving a clear hint as to what may happen if a common man takes the law into his own hands out of frustration.
‘Second Inning’ a marathi film from the makers of ‘Shwaas’ has also tried to show the power of well educated senior citizens, when it comes to taking on the corrupt system. It is a simple theme, but handled very effectively in an action packed thriller. After watching a crime taking place in front of their eyes, a group of well educated senior citizens unite together and lodge a complaint against a criminal turned politician at the Police station. However, experiencing the hand in glove game involving Politician-Police- Criminal nexus, they get into an act to mock the corrupt system. How they implement their plan is all that film maker Mohan Parab has presented through this sensible film. Now, whether it is a mockery of our system, only the intelligent audience can decide.

The film initially begins with a casual approach with opening sequences, introducing few characters and their links with each other during morning walk at a park. But, one sudden happening in the screenplay, gives a complete twist to the script. The director has intelligently used the central character of Mr. Sadashiv Gore, a retired judge (Madhav Abhyankar) to lead this group of protagonists with a mission. He is provided support of the characters like Doctors and other experts in their respective fields. There is no point in revealing the modus operandi, but their courageous act certainly inspires the audience from all age groups to come in the open and fight injustice; be it corruption at public places, threats issued by local goons or terrorist activities taking place in your city.
‘Second Inning’ has been released all over Maharashtra, including Mumbai along with two other films involved in heavy publicity. But, the makers of ‘Second Inning’ strongly believe in their creation and hence are banking on ‘word of mouth’ publicity. During the past month, they had arranged special shows for NGO’s and social workers as part of their promotion campaign to create awareness about the existing reality in the society. In fact, this film is a good lesson to learn for politicians and law makers, to understand the power of common man. Today, the common man has already one tool in the form of Right to Information Act and if this is supported by the methodology adopted by Mr. Sadashiv Gore in this film , it will surely open the eyes of our law makers.

Mohan Parab, who produced a sensible film like ‘Shwaas’, has directed this film very well. Madhav Abhyankar plays the retired judge turned Robinhood, exceptionally well. All others in the cast have supported well, including Dinesh Hingoo, who makes a special appearance. There are many real life characters in the film who speak in Hindi and Gujarathi, though the film is in Marathi. In all, ‘Second Inning’ is an eye opener.