‘Kshanokshani’ movie is based on a novel, ‘JUNE 23′
‘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
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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.
‘MANN PAKHARU PAKHARU’ REVIEW
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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.
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
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
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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.
