Rating: na Banner: Sai Shankar Films Producer: Shankar Mitkari Director: Raju Parsekar Story: Rajan Agrawal Screenplay: Arvind Jagtap, Dilip Yadaw Cinematographer: Abdul Wahab Cast: Makarand Anaspure , Kranti Redkar , Nisha Purulekar , Tejshree Khele , Surkha Kutchi , Vijay Chavan, Kuldip Pawar , Singers: Anand Sinde , Reshma Sonvane, tyagaraj Khadilkar, Eknath Mali Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

At a time when Marathi films are winning the national awards for their realistic sensible presentation, the wave of comedy films hasn’t stopped. Now, coinciding with the new Maharashtian year, we find one Masala stuffed comedy film, made by veteran director Raju Parsekar. Being well versed with the art of film making at the commercial level, the director has picked up this time a subject based on marital relations, where the husband belonging to a traditionally rich family from a village, is required to marry another woman with the kind permission of his first wife.

Makarand Anaspure who plays the 32 year old son- Vishwasrao of a deceased landlord of a village, is already married to Madhavi ( Nisha Parulekar), but the couple has no issue after 5 years of marriage. So the mother-in-law does not leave any opportunity to taunt her daughter in law. One day, when the family attend a wedding of a close family friend’s daughter- Prajakta ( Kranti Redkar) , they find the Bridegroom deserting his would be wife, over dowry issue. As per the village tradition, this is considered inauspicious for the girl. So, Vishwasrao’s mother, who is present there, suggests her son to marry the girl, to fulfill her wish of getting a heir to her family. When Madhavi also agrees for the same, Prajakta arrives at home. Both the girls get along well with each other; but they don’t find time for Vishwasrao. So, to teach them a lesson, Vishwasrao hires a girl, to pose as his girlfriend.

But, his live in show off relationship with the new girl – Pari ( Tejashree Khele), invites a new problem for him. The Police officer( Kuldeep Pawar) , who is under Vishwasrao’s obligation, keeps on coming and going to create the required humour in the screenplay. Finally, the film ends with a climax, in a typical Priyadarshan style comedy. Director Raju Parsekar realizing the potential of Makarand Anaspure to play such a character, has used his timing very well, whether it was with Kranti, Nisha or Tejashree. But, his interaction on three occasions with Kuldeep Pawar, creates the required humour in this fast paced film.

Most of the sequences in the film are picturised on Chiranjivi style Telugu films. But, the base being Maharashtra, the director has not deviated from the typical semi urban culture in the state. Some of the local idioms and phrases have been timed well in the screenplay by Arwind Jagtap. Therefore, if the audience decide to forget their logical thinking process, the film is good enough to entertain them for little more than two hours. The focus of the film maker seems to be on getting good collections from single screen theatres at district places like Pune, Nashik, Kolapur, Satara, Nagpur and other places in Western Maharashtra.

The leading man of the film Makarand Anaspure has played the flamboyant Vishwasrao in his typical style. Suited to his rich family character background, he is also shown wearing some designer tops. Surekha Kudchi perfectly fits into the character of his mother with authority. Vijay Chavan makes his special appearances through the photo frame to remind his wife about his last wish. His son Varad Chavan has a small negative role. All the three leading ladies have equal share to their credit and have done a good job. Kranti in particular has timed her mimicry well besides usage of broken English . The new girl Tejashree makes her surprise entry at the stroke of interval. She too has done her job well in the company of all known artistes. Perhaps, her exposure to south films has come to her advantage. Among the other artistes, Digamber Naik and the girl playing the maid servant-Madhuri have done their jobs well.

Music and Camera are the plus points of this film. Photography by Wahab is good . All the five songs are well timed. The already popular Rikshawala song has been cleverly picturised on Manasi Naik, who is now experienced enough to perform such item numbers. But, if the audience is keen on watching this item number, they should not miss the beginning of the film, as the song forms part of first ten minutes of the film. As a director, Raju Parsekar has done a fairly good job to offer entertainment with U/A crertification, compared to what he offered in the films like ‘Durga Mhantyat Mala’ and ‘Tata Birla Ani Laila’ in the recent past.