latest marathi film review: CHECKMATE
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Company: Nishad Audio Visuals Producer: Kanchan Satpute & Chandrashekhar Mahamuni Story, Screenplay, Cinematography & Direction: Sanjay Jadhav Dialogues: Vivek Apte Music: Sunil Kaushik Cast: Ankush Chaudhari, Swapnil Joshi, Sanjay Narvekar, Rahul Mehandale, Vinay Apte, Anand Abhyankar and Sonali khare Movie Review by: Saurabh Karnik |
Amazing cinematography. Awesome editing. Stunning special effects. Hey, I am not stating here specialties of Hollywood, nor I am talking about any latest Bollywood movie! These are major characteristics of our own Marathi movie ‘Checkmate’. Thanks to Sanjay Jadhav and his all team, who gifted such a beautiful movie to audiences.
It is a challenge for any writer to describe the story on paper. The story develops in front of audiences through various small pieces, which are the part of a puzzle. When all the pieces fix at appropriate position, puzzle gets solved and audiences understand complete story with a sudden shock. The story moves around three young guys who were cheated through fake financial scheme. Unfortunately all of them lost all their precious money that they had collected by cheated somebody. Now they come together and make a plan to recover their money.
So the story is all about implementation of the plan and troubles that had been faced while implementation. Everyone treat himself, as the master of the game and thus everyone became just a pawn for other character. But actual master of the game comes forward only at the end of the movie. Of course the remaining story has to be seen on screen itself and I promise all the readers that it is just a thrilling experience to watch it on a big screen. Sanjay Jadhav- one of the best cameraman in the industry has taken a huge risk in his directorial debut to come up with such kind of risky story. One small mistake in presentation could have been destroyed the whole film. But he trusted his own abilities and as a result Marathi Film Industry got such a wonderful movie.
Ankush Chaudhari, Swapnil Joshi, Sanjay Narvekar, Rahul Mehandale, Vinay Apte, Anand Abhyankar and Sonali khare are the main star-cast of the movie. None of them our new to us, and everybody has acted impressively. But Swpanil Joshi is the real surprising package for viewers. We have seen him in many hindi and Marathi serials, but none of those gave him a chance to show his real skills. This was his first opportunity had made no mistake. His ‘bolbacchangiri’, facial expressions and even dialog delivery is extremely good. Ankush, Vinay and Sanjay are as good as expected. Sonali doesn’t have much scope in the film.
As I stated earlier, technical side is the real strength of the movie. Sanjay Jadhav himself handled camera, cinematography, and direction and he did every job perfectly. Sunil Kaushik’s background music adds good essence in the story.
Marthi Film Industry had never faced shortage of good stories or actors. It was the technical part, where it was lacking. With this movie we can surely say that the industry has came over this aspect also. We can surely consider it as a new beginning and if others will also follow Sanjay, golden days of Marathi Film Industry are not long away.
“If I were not an actor, I would have been a cricketer or a footballer.” – Sanjay Narvekar
Today, Sanjay has to his credit more than 25 Hindi films in different roles, a sizable number of Marathi films with lead and variety of roles and above all few hit plays through which he has entertained one and all non stop. His latest play ‘Bajirao Mast Me’ is creating waves all over Maharashtra and reaching popularity heights. MMW met Sanjay Narvekar after his performance in one of the shows at Prabodhankar Thackeray Auditorium and the evergreen actor spoke freely about his career in the open, in spite of interruptions from well wishers and audience, who wanted to greet him for his outstanding performance.
Q: If Sanjay Narvekar were not an actor, what he would have become ?
A: I would have become a Cricketer or a Footballer as I was good at these games.
Q: How did you land into acting ?
A: It was all by chance, as one may call it. I was made to stand in place of other actor who backed out at the eleventh hour,while I was in college and that first appearance itself educated me about acting.
Q: Your actual journey as an actor began with ‘All the Best’ Isn’t it ?
A: It had begun much before that with two plays I performed for an Amateur group. All The
Best just turned out to be a beginning of my professional career.
Q: You were more popular in Hindi films, having acted in so many of them with variety of roles. Did you engage a PRO ?
A: No, not at all. By engaging a PRO, I would not have got so many films. I always believed in my own self, once I got my first break. In Hindi, I just managed my dates well. That’s how, I could maintain good relations.
Q: Are you doing any Hindi films now ?
A: No, not at the moment. At present I am more focused on this play and few other marathi films, including my own production.
Q: Tell us something about these forthcoming films .
A: There are few comedy films like ‘Be Duni Sade Char’, ‘Kama Purta Vima’ and so on which are comedy . ‘Lonavla Bypass’ is a thriller and now released at few places in Maharashtra, excluding Mumbai. My own film ‘Are Baap Re’ is 45% complete and the shooting is going on. This film is directed by my friend Samir with a new girl Pooja Sawant playing female lead opposite me. There are many popular faces in this film.
Q: Whom do you admire the most in this profession?
A: I cannot name any single person, as there are many seniors who inspired me.
Q: Being a dedicated stage actor, what do you have to say about the record created by ‘Vastraharan’ with 5000th show scheduled on 21st November 2009?
A: It’s a great moment for the makers and all of us. We will only miss its mentor Macchindra Kambli. I am happy to be part of the celebration on that day, as I am playing the role of Arjun in this celebrity show, which will also have many other popular stars as guest artistes.
Q: As an actor, what do you expect from the people ?
A: I don’t expect anything from people, whether they are my audience or well wishers. In fact, it is my duty to offer something to them in the form of good entertainment. It is they, who are expecting something from me. If you shower love on them, they will reciprocate. But, never keep expectations. We actors survive only on their support. It is my belief that it is because of them we are here in this profession.