For almost two decades she ruled Bollywood with her wonderful performances through variety of roles. 5 years ago she made her grand comeback through films like ‘Dedh Ishqiya‘ and ‘Gulab Gang‘ . And now, she has opened her second innings through Marathi film ‘Bucket List‘. Yes, we are talking about Dhak Dhak Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit who has used ‘Bucket List’ for her fine debut in Marathi.

Director Tejas Deoskar who had earlier made Marathi films like ‘Ajinkya‘ and ‘Premsutra‘ has presented 50+ Madhuri Dixit in a tailor made role of a 41 year old cheerful housewife Madhura Nene from Pune. After going through a major heart transplant operation, Madhura bounces back to her routine, attending to the home Kitchen and meeting the demands of her joint family comprising of husband, two children, father in law, mother in law and Granny in law.

Though Madhura is in the process of recovery, she is keen to know the name of the person who donated this vital body organ to give her new life. She succeeds in finding the name of the girl ( Sai Deshpande) and her home address. One day, she visits her family and comes to know about the fine gesture of the deceased . Though parents of Sai welcome Madhura to their house, Sai’s twin brother Salil does not like Madhura. But, Madhura takes up the challenge and with the help of Salil’s friends. Salil feels that his sister has given Madhura her heart but cannot find his sister’s  soul in her.

When Salil is about to destroy Sai’s Bucket List, Madhura acquires it and then makes up her mind to fulfill all the wishes expressed by Sai, with the permission of her husband and support from her cheerful Granny in law( Shubha Khote). Sai’s friends and Sai’s parents except Salil help her to achieve her goal. Story screenplay writer and director Tejas Deoskar has very cleverly picturised all those humour filled sequences with emotional touch, showing the efforts made by Madhuri Dixit and its reaction . At the same time the sensible film maker passes a very timely message about the importance of organ donation.

At few places this 130 minutes length film does move with slow pace with stretched conversation, but most of the time we witness humour filled scenes, created by versatile actress like Madhuri Dixit , who is at her best. She looks a perfect fit in all those designer costumes in second part of the film. Good support comes from young Sumedh Mudgalkar in the role of Salil and he has very confidently confronted the veteran actress in all those scenes with her. Sumeet Raghvan plays the character of Madhura’s husband with total conviction. Among others, veteran artistes like Shubha Khote , Vandana Gupte, Renuka Shahane, Pradeep Velankar, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ila Bhate have performed their roles very naturally, while youngsters like Ritika Shrotri, Krutika Deo, Shalva Kinjawadekar and others have also impressed through their respective characters representing the new generation. In short, the film has representation of all generations, but highlights more the emotions of a housewife.

Those who have liked Bollywood films like ‘English Vinglish‘ & ‘Tumhari Sulu‘, will surely enjoy ‘Bucket List‘ film. All in all, it is an entertaining film and Madhuri’s fans will surely like it.

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“Pure love is readiness to give everything, without expecting anything in return.” Sanjay Vijay Deoskar’s new film ‘Premsutra’ revolves around one such theme, which goes on to define love, in its own style. It revolves around a 35 year old Mine Engineer Anand alias Andy Joshi( Sandeep Kulkarni) from Mumbai , who is a bachelor and on a job assignment in picturesque Goa. Andy, is not serious about marriage and is more focussed on his career. He becomes friendly with a young local Christian girl Saniya( Pallavi Subhash) . Initially, it is a good friendship, which moves into bed, with mutual consent . And soon, Saniya gets pregnant.
Saniya does not expect much from Andy in return; but, does keep him informed that she would deliver the child; even if he doesn’t marry her. This scene takes place at a time, when his office colleague Sujit ( Lokesh Gupte) and his Boss’( Shishir Sharma) daughter Malvika( Shruti Marathe) are around. Malvika is for a surprise, as she is deeply in love with Andy and wants to marry him at any cost. But, Sujit who is after Malvika; doesn’t get any response. Back in Mumbai, when Malvika tries to come closer to Andy, he tries to keep her away. Now, desperate to teach Andy a lesson, Malvika marries Sujit; who is just looking for that opportunity to rise above in his career.

But, the Boss has different plans in his mind. In the post interval session, we find all that which we see happen in high society and big corporate houses. It is a real test of Andy, when he gets a tempting offer, with a trap. But, all goes well at the end. With this little less than 2 hour long film; director Sanjay Deoskar has offered a simple, but well presented subject.Having already seen two films during this year, on this topic of Prem( love); this film plays a new game of love.

Through the character of Andy, Sandeep Kulkarni has tried to depict the conscience in a typical upright person, with his fine performance in a romantic role ; while Lokesh Guopte through Sujit;’s role , has tried to show the attitude of a selfish person, with complete understanding. His character aspires to become richer, marrying Malvika for his double gain. In the role of Sania, Pallavi Subhash perfectly fits into the character of a young Goan girl, who is willing to take risk in her life, to find her real love. The model turned film actress simply looks stunning, in almost all the scenes and has performed with ease. Shruti Marathe does a fine job to present Malvika- a young female from high society, who feels that money can buy everything . Though she looks pretty in close up scenes, she is found overweight in all those different costumes she displays, in comparison to slim and fit Pallavi.

Restricting the important characters in the form of close relatives of Andy and Saniya, the director has also very cleverly shown the lifestyle of Goa, in comparison to conservative Mumbai culture. Shubha Khote represents a perfect Goan grandmother cum advisor of Sania, while Shishir Sharma plays a shrewd Company chief and selfish father of a demanding daughter.

The chemistry of Sandeep and Pallvi works well with in this film. Their happy moments have been picturised well on the backdrop of picturesque Goa. Shubha Khote has a limited role; but she does make her presence felt. Others in the supporting cast like Ila Bhate, Pradeep Athavale,Prasad Pandit and others have offered good support in their small roles.

Music by Susmit Limaye plays an important role in the film with songs suited to the situations; besides good photography and perfect sound effects. ‘Premsutra’ has therefore turned out to be a clean romantic musical film; for a change.

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