GABHRICHA PAUS REVIEW
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Rating: na
Company: Pacific Entertainment Producer: Prashant Madhusudhan Pethe Story, Director: Satish Manwar Lyricst: Dasu Cinematographer: Sudhir Palsane Music: Dattaprasad Ranade Editor: Suchitra Sathe Cast: Girish Kulkarni, Sonali Kulkarni, Jyoti Subash, Amar Attar, Veena Jamkar, Mukund Vasule, Madhukar Dhore, Rajesh More Movie Review by: Kashmira Pawaskar |
It is observed that the Rain brings the sweet smell of soil with its first showers, then it’s time to pour heavily in Ashadh; which is the actual monsoon month and then it sprays gradually during Shravan . These are the different faces of rains, which makes everyone crazy, be it a child, youth or elders. But, Rain adds a special significance to the dreams and happiness in farmer’s life, especially in Maharashtra. But, many farmers sometimes call it a ‘Damned Rain’ (Gabhricha Paus), when it pours more than required.
Incidentally, ‘Gabhricha Paus’ is the name of new marathi film released recently. Every movie has a hero and a villain and we generally witness a conflict between good and bad etc. But, this movie is totally different. It highlights only two things; the farmer and the rains. You may call it a black humour, which can be seen either in the books of late P.L. Deshpande or try to locate the same in a movie like ‘Bicycle Thief’.
Kisna (Girish Kulkarni) is a poor farmer from a village in Maharashtra, who like his counterparts is eagerly waiting for the rains, in his draught hit village which is known for suicides of farmers. The story of the film is very simple. It begins with a scene where Kisna’s farmer friend Bhaskar staying in the neighborhood, commits suicide, as he is unable to repay his loan. Kisna’s family comprising of his wife Alka (Sonali Kulkarni) , his mother(Jyoti Subhash) and son- Dinu( Aman Attar) get worried as they feel that even Kisna would attempt the same. They try there level best to keep him happy and with the screenplay filled with humorous situations the film goes on to show their lifestyle in a realistic manner
The efforts of writer-director Satish Manwar have to be appreciated, for using his skill to film such difficult and serious issues throughout the film, with a difference. The succeeding suicide of another farmer is shown with a different angle, where the surviving members of family struggle hard to claim the compensation, due to their poor condition and lack of awareness about the paper work. The small kid is shown happy collecting rupee coins thrown during the last rites before cremation. The movie doesn’t have any melodrama, as witnessed during suicides. Every frame of the film is a pleasure to watch for the wonderful cinematography by Sudhir Palsane. The background score has been cleverly used with movement of train and bus, showering of rains and with the use of FM Radio and TV etc.
In the film, the performance of the small innocent boy Dinu played by Amaan Attar is more appreciable. Girish Kulkarni and Sonali Kulkarni steal the show with their beautiful chemistry. Sonali has given full justice to her role but her make-up and costume does not go well with the character. Veena Jamkar’s performance is also very nice, as she expresses all emotions through her eyes.
The whole movie talks about ‘living under the fear of death of the near and dear ones’; which makes the audience think seriously about the grave existing situation faced by poor farmers. And, this is where the film maker delivers his message effectively. The climax is very beautifully crafted, which can place the movie at par with world cinema.
Tya Ratri Paaus Hota… recently released in Pune and Mumbai
The name of Gajendra Ahire has now become common in the Marathi Movie Industry. His knack of presenting out of the box topics in an emotional and realistic way has helped him make a niche among the audience. Hopeful story-line, thrilling plot, precise dialogues and focused direction increase the expectations of the audience and the critics.
This time Gajendra has given a turn to political turn to a family story. His ‘Tya Ratri Paaus Hota…’ recently released in Pune and Mumbai
The Movie has been produced under the banner of Sunil Phadatare’s Shri Ganesh Marketing and Films. The movie focuses on today’s social issue. The story, plot, dialogue and direction is by Ahire.
A presentation of Shemaroo Entertainment, the movie has actors like Sayaji Shinde, Sonali Kulkarni, Subodh Bhave, Amruta Subhash, Milind Shinde, Sandeep Mehta. The songs have also been written been by Gajendra Ahire and are sung by Asha Bhosale, Roopkumar Rathode, Milind Shinde, Ravindra Sathe, Nandesh Umap and Amruta Subhash , The music is by Narendra Bhide.
The screenplay is by Shekhar Anna and the executive producer is Janaki Amrute. Lets hope audience will love this filck as previous
‘TYA RATRI PAUS HOTA’ REVIEW
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Rating: ★★ ½
Presenter: Shemaroo Entertainments, Gipsy & Janaki Productions Production: Shree Ganesh Marketing and Films Story- Screenplay – Director: Gajendra Ahire Music: Narendra Bhide Cinematography: Chandrashekhar Iyyer Cast: Amruta Subhash, Subodh Bhave, Sayaji Shinde, Sonali Kulkarni, Sandip Mehata, Milind Shinde Movie Review by: Namrata Thosar |
Socio-political criticism has remained no more a new thing. Many political satires and feminist issues were introduced in different films. What makes Gajendra Ahire always outstanding is the rich permutation –combination of story, plot, dialogue and direction present in his mind at a time. His treatment to traditional issues gives them novelty. This time, his ‘Tya Ratri Paus Hota’ gives us the treat of socio-political thriller.
Two travelers moving towards different destinations but sharing the same past-this theme has gained a new life in the hands of the director Gajendra Ahire. The movie starts with raining. It is a time of election fever. A journalist named Avinash (Subodh Bhave) raises a question before the politician of the area (Sayaji Shinde). Avinash is now kidnapped and sent to the guesthouse where he meets Raavee(Amruta Subhash). They recognize each other and the glimpses of their past are flowed. The interest should be maintained in experiencing the thrill in the movie, rather than telling the further story.
The artistry of the director lies in his successful creation of a breathtaking suspense. The recurring references to violin, to a train passing from a bridge, to the rain, to the ‘Sahebrao’ and to the murders he has committed-darken the suspense and underline the theme of past.
Every character stands in its individual light and as a human being. The same action is shown and justified from several point of views. Sayaji Shinde’s shrewd and cunning politician would serve as a landmark in the film industry. Amruta Subhash has marvelously portrayed a subtle blending of the world of a little girl with her soaked up life forcing her to get mature before time. Milind Shinde’s role of insane assistance to Sayaji Shinde’s cunning activities and the silver lining to it of his affection towards Amruta Subhash is heart touching. The accomplishment of master star cast Subodh Bhave, Sonali Kulkarni, Sandip Mehta has put the graph of action in the ascending order. Still, the use of limited setting, the termination of suspense before the interval fails to help the ongoing action.
The songs are also written by Gajendra Ahire. Their rich meaning is preserved by Narendra Bhide’s soft and subtle music and given voice by Asha Bhosale, Roopkumar Rathode, Milind Shinde, Ravindra Sathe, Nandesh Umap and Amruta Subhash. Throughout the movie, we feel like actually sitting in the rain. The effective music whether it is drizzling, rains with thunderbolts, with lashes or the heavy downpour; it adds meaning to the every incident and emotions of the character. Still, the effect could be further enhanced.
The shades of feminisms are effectively articulated, though there are only two female characters. It may be the courageous, independent social figure of Sonali kulkarni in the beginning or a craving mother and wife for her happy family life in her or the drug-addicted girl-Amruta Subhash-who is governed by her own morality. The last speech by Sayaji Shinde comments on the contemporary politics as well as the mal practices for dictatorship beyond time and space. In this way the movie puts the socio-political reality under its atistis microscope.
The Marathi main stream film industry is jam packed with comedy films. But even in the era of commercialization, few directors are making the efforts of going with good scripts, social message and ethical values. Their main object is to provoke the society rather than making profit. Gajendra Ahire’s ‘Tyaa raatriPaus hota’ keeps the same essence alive and stands out strongly in the trend of so called comedy movies.
‘SAKHI’ REVIEW
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Rating: na
Company: Shree Chintamani Vision Producers: Lata Narvekar, Bharati Acharekar Director: Sanjay Surkar Story: Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Yogesh Khadikar Music: Ashok Patki Lyricst: Sudhir Moghe Cameraman: Harish Joshi Cast: Ashok Saraf, Sonali Kulkarni, Subodh Bhave, Usha Nadkarni, Raghavendra Kalkol, Pushkar Shotri, Lokesh Gupte, Santosh Juvekar, Jyoti Joshi, Kishor Mahabole… Movie Review by: Nisha Garud |
Far of from the usual storylines of commercial movies where two people meet, develop romantic love for each other and then live a happy life every after, Sanjay Surkar’s Sakhi is a movie which is unusual in all respects and aspects. It moves away from typical comedy forcibly included in movies to deviate the audience’s attention from a weak script and keep the movie going. Sakhi is a story of a relationship that develops between two strangers brought together by fate.
The two strangers, Suryakant Jagdale(Ashok Saraf) and Nishi ( Sonali Kulkarni ) find each other at a such a time in their life when both need support and a mentor to guide them. Suryakant, an accountant returns to his village Jatgaon, where he is born and brought up by his godmother Kunda Tai (Usha Nadkarni). He hides the fact from her and his friends that he is actually been fired from his job. He decides to spend his time by doing something for the villagers. But his all efforts end in vain. Restless, frustrated and tired, Suryakant contemplates on what is to be done next when he hears a woman’s cry for help.
Soaked in blood and badly bruised, he sees Nishi (Sonali Kulkarni) being chased by two men. He saves her and takes her to his house. Nishi narrates the tale of how she was married of by her brothers into a rich Inamdar family. She comes to know on her wedding night itself that her husband is not loyal to her. Her brother-in-law eyes her every time with bad intension and her mother -in-law turns a blind eye to all this and reminds her that she should actually be obliged to them for taking her into their family and not complain.
Sonali Kulkarni gives her best performance ever as a woman suppressed by the conditions, trying her best to adjust to her cursed fate. Unable to bear the brunt any longer, she runs away from the house. When is refused an entry into her brother’s house, she admits herself into a women’s ashram but there too she does not find solace. She escapes from the ashram only to be chased by two men and finally being saved by Suryakant.
Ashok Saraf gives a strong performance after a long time by playing a role of a mere understanding friend who strives to give a new meaning to his Sakhi’s life, a woman who needs support, care and security. A relationship which is beyond friendship develops between the two. Sonali’s voice gives her an advantage in playing out well her role of a tortured wife and of innocent village lass.
The movie drags too much with in the second half. The ego clashes shown between Subodh Bhave and Saraf are unnecessary. Some scenes are too obvious in the movie. The end of the movie is seems to have well thought about but was also dragged a lot. Though the movie loses its touch in the here and there, it is brought back by effective dialogues and strong performances by Saraf and Usha Nadkarni, who plays an understanding and supportive character. Certainly a bold subject to make a movie on but would have been effective if the script was more intense.
‘VASUDEV BALWANT PHADAKE’ REVIEW
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Rating: na
Producers: Ramesh Deo Production & Maharastra Govt. Director: Gajendra Ahire Music: Hridaynath Mangeshkar Art Director: Nitin Desai Cinematography: Krishnamurthy, Rajen Kotharis Background Score: Amar Mohile Dialogue: Ashish Deo Cast: Ramesh Deo, Ajinkya Deo, Sonali Kulkarni, Rahul Singh, Shrikant Moghe, Kamlesh Sawant, Vijay Kadam, Vijay Patkar, Smita Gondkar… Movie Review by: Nisha Garud |
Ajinkya Deo gives a mesmerizing performance as Vasudev Balwant Phadke in the much awaited movie of the year. The movie depicts the journey of the life of a great revolutionary and takes one from the green fields of his birth place in Shirghon (Raigad district) to the deserts of Eden where he takes his last breath.
Working as a assiduous clerk with military accounts department in Pune, Vasudev is denied a day’s leave to meet his ailing mother, an incident which becomes a turning point in his life and he takes up the task of liberating his Mother Land. He tours the country giving lectures; motivating and urging people to stop serving the British and break the bonds of slavery. He takes the help of the lower classes and forms an army to fight against the British. He and his army looted rich zamindars to fund their activities. His knowledge of working with military and handling their accounts helps him to know the hideouts of the arms and ammunitions of the Britishers. Touched by the condition of the farmers in Maharashtra, he rises to the cause of becoming their savior. Cause of his surpise attacks on the tyrant British officers he was known among the British Officers. British Officers announces reward of Rs 4000 to whoever got Vasudev Balwant Phadke in their notice. But this man has dare to place ‘wanted’ posters offering a reward of Rs 5000 for capturing same british officers. against that Rs. The Govt. is compelled to send more army officials to capture him and put an end to the terror he has caused among the Officers. To continue to carry his task forward, he is asked to go into hiding as Kashikar Bhooaa by his colleagues. A losing battle against the British takes him to Andhra Pradesh where he initiates ties with Ismail community and they decide to employ people as army officials and make a new army of their own to fight against the Britishers. Deteriorating health, ending rainy season and deception by the local Vaidya (doctor) lead to his imprisonment. Unending torturous life in the prison of Eden jail finally takes away this great martyr to the doors of death.
Sonali Kulkarni plays Bhavani, who is secretly in love with Vasudev. She is a great supporter of his cause and accompanies him on his all expeditions. Sonali is fabulous in her performance as a Ramoshi girl with the rustic language and accent. Legend Hridaynath Mangeshkar’s music and Amar Mohile’s background music adds a heroic, patriotic and vibrant touch to the story. Nitin Desai’s art direction is as marvelous as ever. Cinematographers Krishnamurthy and Rajen Kothari have done wonders to make the film realistic and lively.
Though the movie loses its thread in the middle and also lacks effective dialogues, a must watch for all those Marathi movie freaks
Bakula Namdev Ghotale, Directed by Kedar Shinde
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Rating: ★★
Presenter: Shemaroo Entertainment Producer: Atul Maroo, Ketan Maru Director: Kedar Shinde Dialogue & Lyrics: Machindra More Music: Devdutt Sabale Cast: Bharat Jadhav, Siddharth Jadhav, Sonali Kulkarni, Vijay Chavan, Kushal Badrike, Ganesh Revdekar… Movie Review by: Pradip Patil |
Kedar Shinde and Shemaroo films continue their successful association with the latest movie ‘Bakula Namdev Ghotale’. To churn out 3 movies in the gap of 6 months, now that’s something interesting.
This time Kedar plays it safe by doing what he does best, That is directing a comdey. Yet there are few important things that show that he is indeed trying to do something new instead of sticking to the tried and tested path. So let’s have a look at those ‘different’ things.
First of all, This movie has Bharat Jadhav, but not as a hero. This time he is the bad guy.
Second and I think most important, it has Siddhart Jadhav in the role of protagonist, though he is not your typical hero material.
And last but not the least, this movie atleast deals with an issue which is much discussed these days, but let me tell you that’s not the main aim of this movie. Every new movie from Kedar raises the expectations high, so does his latest offering entertains? The answer is yes, but not as much as his earlier works.
The movie’s biggest drawback is it’s weak first half. The plot revolves around a newly wed couple Namdev (A forgetful simpleton), Bakula (Namya’s intelligent wife) and Ghotale (the wicked landlord). When Namya and Bakula come to Ghotale to take his blessing, Ghotale falls for Bakula and decides to win her at any cost. So he hatches a plan to kill namya. But namya survives the attack and returns home after few days. But its too late as the compensation money for Namya’s accidental death is about to be handed to bakula. So what games the couple play to make the most of the situation forms the rest of the story.
Unfortunately the first half drags on. The characters are effectively established but it could have been easliy achieved with less reels. The first half leaves viewers hoping for more action but nothing happens except few funny moments.
In the second half, Kedar has managed to salvage the movie and from there onwards it is total timepass. The second half is so well made that it actually makes you overlook the insipid first half. Full marks to the entire team for this. Ghaotale and Bakula’s efforts to outsmart each other keeps the audience entertained.
Devdatta Sabale’s music works pretty well. The movie has two lavani songs, both are picturised on gorgeous Resham Tipnis. The another duet song is really catchy and nicely picturised. I bet you will be humming it after the movie. Dialogs are funny and serve their purpose well.
Newcomer Sonali Kulkarni plays her part with confidence. Siddhart Jadhav is fun to watch and does justice to his role. Bharat Jadhav is excellent, Even though his character is picturised as funny for most of the part, he effectively portrays the mean and cunning shades of the character. I wonder why an actor like Vijay Chavan is wasted in such an insignificant role.
Bakula Namdev Ghotale has its own faults, but it does what it is supposed to do, that is to make you laugh.