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‘Zale Mokale Aakash’ – responsibility unlimited !

Zale Mokale Akash Poster
Rating: na
Presenter: Rajendra Anant
Producer: Suvarna Rajendra
Ex. Producer: Dyanesh Dhoke
Director: Rajendra Anant, Yogesh Mahajan,
Story: Rajesh Anant
Music: Nirmal Kumar
Camera: Mangesh Sawant
Cast: Subodh Bhave, Pallavi Vaidya
Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

Marathi films are moving in the right direction. The script of the film is finding more importance in the present day films. The latest released film ‘Zale Mokale Aakash’ falls under this category, being realistic about what could happen in the life of a couple, when they adopt a three month old girl child. Samir (Subodh Bhave) and Neha (Pallavi Vaidya) play a married couple who adopt a girl child, as Neha insists upon the same. Initially reluctant to such an idea, Samir later agrees for the same. But, when the couple come to know that their child is a special child, both are disturbed. Neha accepts the reality but Samir hates the child for her abnormal behaviour. He even takes a drastic step, but realizes his mistake soon.

When both husband and wife shower upon love on their 7 year old daughter- Bahuli, a sudden twist comes into the story. The real mother of the child comes on the scene. She claims the right over the child and then begins a court battle. Finally, the girl’s custody is given to Samir and Neha. ‘Zale Mokale Aakash’ tries to explain several things through the screenplay. Cinema, is as it is a medium to educate people, and this film not only encourages girl child adoption but also gives hope to those parents who are having children with such a syndrome. It cautions those who first adopt a child and later after having their own child may neglect the adopted one. It also warns people, especially the would be father and mother to desist from excessive use of drugs, smoking and alcohol; as the same could lead to formation of physical or mental disability in the child to be born.

A simple tale very effectively communicated, the film does not go off track, as it sticks to its theme from start till end. The emotions of every character have been highlighted well , wherever the situation demands. The sequence where Samir faces his wife back home, after feeling the guilt; has been picturised well. In another sequence, where Bahuli wins the heart of Samir and Neha watching the same, has been captured well. There is less of drama and more of pragmatic approach to every important scene in the film.
Pallavi Vaidya, Actress

Produced by Suvarna Rajendra and directed by Rajendra Anant and Yogesh Mahajan, ‘Zale Mokale Aakash’ is an effort to create awareness in the society about child adoption and the possible aftereffects. And that is the plus point of the film. Good photography by Mangest Sawant and perfect editing makes the film more realistic. One fails to understand as to why some of the Marathi films use heavy make up for artistes in close up shots. In at least two scenes the heavy make up used on Pallavi Vaidya is clearly visible and that too for the home scenes during night time. This exposes the lack of attention by the production team. Otherwise, the film is a good effort to present such a realistic subject in a cinematic form.

Both Subodh Bhave and Pallavi Vaidya make a good pair and have given their best through their respective performances. The girl child is okay in that difficult role. It was a pleasure to watch two big stars Sharad Ponkshe and Ramesh Bhatkar playing the roles of film producer and an advocate respectively. Music of the film is average. There are only two songs and one background song in the film, out of which one of them is fine but the picturisation of the duet looks outdated, reminding us about the style of 60s and 70s era.

‘Zale Mokale Aakash’ in spite of few lapses and with some predictable sequences, still holds good as a sensible film for the manner in which the subject of the film has been dealt.

‘TYA RATRI PAUS HOTA’ REVIEW

Tya Ratri Paus Hota
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.
Tya Ratri Paus Hota
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.

Tya Ratri Paus Hota
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.

Subodh Bhave

Subodh Bhave, Actor

We have seen him on stage, on television and on big screen as well. His serious roles in movies such as ‘Kshan’, ‘Sakhi’, ‘Mann Pakharu Pakharu’ were appreciated by us. He is a household name with his negative role Bhushan in Zee Marathi’s daily soap ‘Kalat Nakalat’. Recently you have seen him Shreyas Talpade’s ‘Sanai Chaughade’.

Subodh BhaveYes, we are talking about the owner of a distinguished matchmaking organization in ‘Sanai Chaughade’ – Rahul Borgaonkar alias our own Subodh Bhave… MMW brings a homely discussion with Subodh to all the netizens.

Q: Tell us about yourself, theatre, television, movies…how this journey started as an actor?
I was a very simple guy in my school days, wasn’t much interested in acting. I used to participate in dance, plays and school activities only because my friends and family used to appreciate it. But mainly I spent more time on the ground, playing different sports. I was in sixth, when I joined ‘Natya Sanskar Kala Academy’ during summer break, that too just because my parents wanted me to join it. I learnt many things in the academy related to dramatics, right from acting, direction, art direction and many other things. I acted – directed many one act plays during my college days which gave me a confidence. I started with a play called ‘Chandrapurchya Jangalaat’, which not only gave me few awards but critics’ recognition as well. This play taught me many things. I was totally associated with theatre and drama after that and did many one act plays. My role in another play called ‘Asach ek divas’ gave me the first award in my life. It was a real boost for me to enter the world of glamour. I did many plays, TV serials and movies since then. ‘Sattesathi Saare Kahi’ was my first movie.

Q: Theatre, anchoring, television, movies….you have done everything. What’s your favourite?
Acting is my life, I can’t stay away from it. I enjoy everything, whether its a theatre, anchoring, TV serial or a movie. I am totally passionate about all this. Moreover, I am a professional and get paid for my talent. So it is my duty to give more than 100%. (Smile)

Q: Whom do you consider as idol when it comes to acting?
Its difficult to name one person. I have worked with so many talented actors and there is something to learn from everyone of them. I try to learn from every single individual. (Smile) Actually there are so many teachers around me, if I don’t learn myself from them, then thats my loss.

Q: Most of your films like ‘Kavadase’, ‘Amhi Asu Ladake’, ‘Me Tujhicha Re’, revolve around a serious theme. Don’t you feel that you will get typecasted in similar roles?
Yes, at certain point of time I felt exactly same. I was really afraid that I will get typecasted in serious roles as you have mentioned. But then came ‘Sanai Choughade’ and things changed. It helped me to break away from the ‘serious guy’ image. I have a dream that people should remember me as an actor who did varied and challenging roles.

Q: How’s your experience of ‘Sanai Choughade’ with Shreyes !

It’s a really different experience. As I said, it helped me to break away with my serious image. But it does not mean that all the 22 movies that I did before ‘Sanai….’ do not mean anything to me. It’s only because of those films that I can appreciate the importance of ‘Sanai..’ I really feel grateful to Shreyas for this film. Even after making it big in Hindi films , he produced his first film in marathi. He brought the youth back to marathi movies. Although it is a commercial movie, ‘Sanai..’ handled a serious social issue.

Q: How did you feel when you got Zee Marathi’s Best Marathi Actor Award last year for ‘Man Pakharu Pakharu’ ?
Last year has been really amazing for me. ‘Lakshmikant Berde’, ‘Ashok Saraf’ and ‘Sachin Pilgaonkar’ is the terrific trio of Marathi movies. It’s very sad thing that ‘Lakshmikant Berde’ is not with us now. I have grown up watching these guys. I got chance to work with Sachin in ‘Man Pakhru Pakhru’ and with Ashok Saraf in ‘Sakhi’. Such an opportunities is an award in itself . I don’t think that there can be any award that is more important than that.

Q: Marathi cinema is regaining back it’s glory. Many big producers from other industries are interested in Marathi films now. How do you feel about it?
It’s a great time for Marathi cinema. People are really taking Marathi films seriously. Most of the producers in Marathi industry were non Marathi and this hold true today too! But the corporate world is also taking notice of marathi cinema. Companies like Reliance, Mukta Arts and Influx are producing Marathi movies. Marathi movies are reaching to the every corner of the world. The credit for this definitely goes to all the people who have contributed to the Marathi cinema.

Q: What are your upcoming movies? Also share with us the characters that you play in them.
My next film ‘Uladhaal’ will be releasing in September. It is produced by Ajay Sarpotdar. My other films are Tanaji Gadgil’s ‘Ekada Kaay Jhala’, Gajendra Ahire’s  ‘Tya Ratri Khup Paus Hota’ and ‘KshanoKshani’. Ali Asgar’s ‘Man Pakhru Pakhru’ and Ashok Saraf’s ‘Dhobi Pachchaad’. I have played different characters in all of these films and viewers will definitely find them interesting.

Carrying on the tradition of entertaining the audience by tickling their funny bone is the movie ‘Ek Daav dhobi Pachad’

Ek Dav Dhobi Pachad
Rating: ★★
Presenter: Zee Talkies
Producer: Shree Mangesh Films
Director: Satish Rajwade
Story: Girish Joshi
Camera: Suresh Deshamane
Cast: Ashok Saraf, Subodh Bhave, Prasad Oak, Kishori Shahane-veej,
Movie Review by: Jitendra More

Comedy has been an inevitable element of Marathi Cinema since centuries. Carrying on the tradition of entertaining the audience by tickling their funny bone is the movie ‘Ek Daav dhobi Pachad’

Produced by Ashok Saraf and presented by Zee Talkies, the movie revolves around the life of Dada Dandke (Ashok Saraf), a crook whose business involves controlling and opening new beer bars and casinos. The so-called gunda of the village, he is fondly called as dada by his associates. Dada is notoriously known for capturing polling booths and doing vasooli from people. However, a transformation comes about in his life when he meets his long lost love, Hema (Asawari Joshi-Saraf). Dada puts a marriage proposal which Hema rejects saying that he is not the same person she had met years back. She comments on his language, clothes and way of living.

Unable to face the rejection, Dada decides to change himself and win Hema’s heart again. His attempts to improve make him appoint a Marathi teacher for his language, a fashion designer to stitch international and help all the loved ones in trouble. His journey to be a good man in Hema’s eyes, keeps his enemies wonder that he is planning to come up a new plan this time.
Dhobi Pachad

Saraf, as an authoritarian father and a man of honour suits the role well. However, his unreasonable comedy does not go with his image. Again keeping the image of a good actor intact is Subodh Bhave as the Marathi
teacher. Seeing Bhave into a sober role after the brutal role in Uladhaal is amazing and Bhave has made the transformation well. Pushkar Shrotri as Babya, the right hand man of Dada seems to be wasted and so are the acting talents of Prasad Oak (Trimbak Joshi), an accountant madly in love and Madhura Velankar (Saylee) as his lady love. Mukta Barve as Dada’s daughter in her role as Sulochana gets on the nerves of the audience.
With such a huge star cast, directed by Satish Rajwade has not been able to give justice to even one character. However, even after losing the plot of the movie, he comes out good in the end. Music by the two greats Ajay-Atul suits the theme of the movie, however, the audience would have expected a few more songs to keep with the mood of the movie. Nivedita Joshi-Saraf makes a good screen presence even after so many years.

A good movie overall but certainly not reaching the heights set by movies that have brought about a metamorphosis of Marathi movie industry.

‘Kshanokshani’ movie is based on a novel, ‘JUNE 23′

Kshanokshani based on Novel

Kshanokshani a multi-starrer and a big budget movie, made under the banner Aalhad Films, will be in the theatres soon.

The movie is based on a novel, ‘JUNE 23‘ by Pradeep Dalvi. ‘Kshanokshani‘ is a story about four friends (two girls and two boys); a doctor, a police inspector, a reporter and a lawyer. An incident shakes up their smooth moving world; the story is about their struggle to find out the reasons behind it and the happenings in the process.

The movie is directed by Sangeet Kulkarni who has made his marks through TV soaps like ‘Rimjim’, ‘Vadalvat ‘and ‘Tharar’. The production of the movie is a joint effort by the director, video-editor Prekshit Joshi, journalist Milind Limaye and Manoj Dharmadhikari.

The script is by Kulkarni and Jyoti- Sagar who has also written the dialogues, music is by Ashok Patki while the editing is done by Prekshit Joshi. The lead actors are Subodh Bhave, Madhura Velankar, Amruta Subhash and Umesh Kamat. The other stars are Dilip Prabhavalkar, Kiran Karmarkar, Atul Parchure, Ravindra Mankani, Jayant Wadkar, Uday Sabnis, Abhijeet Chavan, Manjusha Godse, Pushkar Shrotti, Kalyani Mule and many more.

‘SAKHI’ REVIEW

Sakhi Marathi Movie
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.
Sonali
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.

‘MANN PAKHARU PAKHARU’ REVIEW

Mann Pakharu Pakharu
Rating: ★★★
Company: Kloud9 Tv & Entertainments
Producers: Ali Asgar, Probal Raha, Ashish Malshet
Director: Ankush Bhatt
Music: Jitendra Kulkarni
Lyricst: Praven Damne
Cameraman: Mangesh Sawant
Art: Ramakant
Cast: Sachin, Girija Oak, Subodh Bhave, Mohan Joshi, Prashant Damle, Jr. Mehmood…
Movie Review by:  Saurabh Karnik

We have seen many great movies based upon medical profession like ‘Anand’, ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ or even ‘Shwaas’ in Marathi. Despite the same base, every movie carried different aspect of medical profession and human relations. ‘Man Pakharu Pakharu’ is belongs to the same tradition, which discovers a beautiful relation between a doctor and a patient while dealing with problems of people facing neurological disorder.

The story starts at hospital, where Dr. Neelay Raje (Subodh Bhave) joins as new doctor. He is a sensitive guy, unlike other doctors his emotions are not died yet. He wants to discover his own path and wants to treat patients from his heart instead of brain. He finds his inspiration from Dr. Pandit (Prashant Damle) in same hospital. While treating the patients facing neurological disorder, he interacted with a young patient- Sarang (Sachin Pilagavkar). Sarang is like an alive dead body. He has lost all his senses. Neelay finds out extraordinary willpower of Sarang and gives all the efforts to bring him back in this world. Further story develops through amazing relations, emotions and dialogs between Sarang and Neelay. Different aspects of relations of a doctor and a patient, a mother and a son, doctor and hospital owner or even between two patients have been covered brilliantly in the movie. The story provides quiet lot information about neurological disorder without breaking flow of story. Though it is a very static subject, Iravati Karnik- story and screen play writer has taken enough care to make it interesting. It is extremely good and successful attempt of Iravati- a new generation author to write such an informative but still entertaining story. All the time she had kept in mind that it’s a commercial movie, not a documentary and audiences admire her efforts a lot.
Subodh Bhave

Movie has got really good star cast. ‘Subodh Bhave’, ‘Sachin Pilgavkar’, ‘Mohan Joshi’, ‘Prashant Damle’, ‘Ila Bhate’ and ‘Girija’. Names are enough to state the high class acting and it would be better experience to watch them on screen, instead of reading about their high-quality acting over here. Sachin has spent more than 4 decades in the industry but day by day his acting is getting more and more younger. He himself is a school of acting and we have seen many great renowned actors inspired by him.

All the feature of his role has been presented incredibly by Sachin. It is a challenge for any actor to perform a mentally handicapped patient, yet Sachin has presented it magnificently. He hardly cries in the movie, but his facial expressions, body language and dialog delivery literally make the audiences cry. A patient of neurological disorder, a young man, a good son and beyond all, an enthusiastic and kind hearted human being, all these aspect of Sarang’s character has charmingly shown by Sachin. He had actually got into the skins of Neelay. He had lived the character and I have no doubt in my mind that it is going to be milestone character in Marathi Film Industry. Subodh Bhave sounds good in role of Neelay. All the characteristics of Neelay like a shy doctor, emotional human being and helpless friend in the case of Sarang has played nicely by him. Prashant Damle, Ila Bhate and Mohan Joshi are as usual acted well. Girija hasn’t got much scope to show her skills.

Director Ankush Bhat had taken fine efforts to present such a beautiful story without losing depth of it. Thanks to Ankush, for not converting such a sensitive story into a mockery or ‘filmy.’ Music of Jitendra Kulkarni adds nice essence to the story. Especially, the symphony that he has used as theme music is really heart-touching.

Old is gold is true, but young talent is not at all less than good. When fresh talent like Iravati and experienced actor like Sachin works together, impact is much better than any other film. I think both of them have set an ideal example of a symphony of old and new. If others too follow them, audiences will definitely get the nice treat of gracious movies.

“Every role is challenging for me” – Subodh Bhave

Subodh Bhave

Not very long ago a chocolate faced young boy from Pune shifted to Mumbai, as he had few films in hand and also some assignments for television serials. Today, he is a well established actor. Be it television, films or stage, Subodh Bhave has always given equal importance to every medium, totally getting involved into the characters he played. We have seen his maturity through some of his recent appearances in films like ‘Kon Aahe Re Tikade’, ‘Raanbhool’ and a popular TV serial ‘Kulavadhu’. Some of his forthcoming releases are ‘Jhale Mokale Aakash ‘ and much talked about ‘Haapus’..

MMW spoke to Subodh on this occasion. Excerpts from an interview :

Subodh Bhave Q: What is that special quality in Subodh Bhave, which invites praise from senior artistes?
A: It could be my honesty or may be my constant struggle to attempt at something different every time. Frankly speaking, I always admire my senior co-artistes and love to learn something from them.

Q: How is Subodh Bhave off screen ? Is he a reserved person or socializing with new friends?
A: I am not at all a reserved person but always love to be friendly with all. Now, how much time it may take to be friendly with them, nothing can be said about that; but
once a friend, I can guarantee about its long existence.

Q: We have also seen you as an Anchor for Kitchen programmes on TV . Do you really enjoy doing such kitchen based programmes and how much are you interested in different food recipes ?
A: To be very honest, I really enjoy playing an anchor for such programmes. Unfortunately, I am a very poor cook. I am still unable to prepare a cup of tea. But, I enjoy tasting different recipes and that’s the reason I am there in this programme. I just love the food , especially vegetarian cooked for me by others.

Q: How was your experience performing in historical classical stage play like ‘Kattyar Kaljaat Ghusli and especially directing the same ?
A: Performing in this play itself was an amazing experience. It was almost after 12 long years, I was directing a play and that too a classical based. Obviously, there was pressure building up prior to the inaugural show, as this drama which had become so popular in the past. I had a doubt whether I will be able to give justice; but, luckily the play is receiving a good response. Now, after directing this play, I would certainly be interested in directing a film. Hope to find an opportunity soon.

Q: Will you be missing your co-stars , as ‘Kulvadhu’ has now come to an end ?
A: Certainly, I miss them a lot. For three years we all worked together. For me, ‘Kulavadhu’ was special, as it offered me my first role in the lead on television.

Q: Tell us something about your role in ‘Haapus’ ? Are you playing a protagonist ?
A: I am playing Ajit- a typical youngster from Konkan, who fights hard for the rights of a farmer who actually grows the Haapus crop. In this film neither me nor anyone else play the lead role, as it is only ‘Haapus’ who plays the lead.

Q: You played a fun loving character in ‘Kon Aahe Re Tikade’, then a negative role of a psychic person in ‘Raan bhool’ and now a totally different role in ‘Haapus’. How challenging was this new role ?
A: For me, every role is challenging, as for different characters I have to be different. Moreover, there is variety in every films story and the people around you are also different. Subodh Bhave in Hapus

Q: Do you believe that to give your best, you need to have equally strong artistes around you ?
A: Yes, I truly believe in what you have said. A film is never a one man show. Till now, whatever films and serials I have performed in, there has been a great contribution coming from my co-artistes and also the technical team. It was only because of such lovely surrounding I had, I could give my best.
Q: How important is director in extracting the best out of the artiste?
A: Yes, the director plays a very important role, as he is the one who is so well connected with the actual script. How and when to use a particular character, only he knows it well.

Q: Why should ‘Haapus’ be a hit film ? Give us some positive points that would make this film hit ?
A- There is one strong reason for ‘Haapus’ to be a hit, as the name of the film says it all. As it is, ‘Haapus’which arrives once in a year, wins the heart of everyone whoever tastes it. Another advantage for the film is its script and last but not the least, the entire team of  ‘Haapus’ would certainly make it victorious.

AAMHI ASU LADAKE REVIEW

Aamhi Asu Ladake
Rating: na
Movie : Aamhi Asu Ladake
Year: 2006
Producer: Abhiram Bhadkamkar
Director: Abhiram Bhadkamkar
Music: Ajay-Atul
Cast: Subodh Bhave, Dilip Pravalakar

Aamhi Asu Ladke” (WE – THE LOVED ONES) directed, produced, and screenplay by Abhiram Bhadkamkar drives its inspiration from “Reason and Life.” In this film the chasm between the capabilities of young men and women, and the expectations of their parents is explored. The film is based on mentally retarded children. Mr. Bhandamkar said that he started writing and in a flow of consciousness the story emerged. The story is also based on his own experiences and the character Abhijeet is a reflection of Abhiram himself. He chose the film method of expression rather than writing because the impact of the movies is much more potent.
Subodh Bhave