Rating: ★★ ½ Studio: Sudha Productions, Zee Talkies Producer: Anaya Mhaiskar Director: Swapnaneel Jaykar Writer: Yogesh Vinayak Joshi Cinematographer: Amalendu Choudhary Cast: Sayaji Shinde, Aniket Vishwasrao, Santosh Juvekar, Vijay Maurya, Neelam Shirke, Atul Parchure, Sai Tamhankar Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

Three years ago Director Nitin Kamble had used his creativity to present a sensitive subject showing the contrast between two generations and passing a social message of understanding true human relations through his film ‘Dho Dho Pavsatli One day match’ In that film, he had cleverly used the clean image of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, to connect with his screenplay, on the backdrop of cricket commentary during crucial scenes.

Now, director Swapnil Jaykar presents his film ‘Tendulkar Out’ once again on the backdrop of cricket commentary; but, choosing a story of one night, about three men engaged in a deal to kill a film producer with the name of Sunil Tendulkar. And that is the big difference between these two films.

In the film ‘Tendulkar Out’, the character Mr. Tendulkar(Sayaji Shinde) , who is a producer of C grade films, has himself planned the delivery of his pregnant wife( Neelam Shirke) to coincide with the birthday of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, so that his son could become like Sachin. Like her flamboyant husband, who flirts with his artiste Velvet Manisha ( Sai Tamhankar), Ms. Tendulkar too has her boyfriend Dhanu ( Atul Parchure) who is always dressed up in blue shirt with No.10.

As Sunil Tendulkar dances with his Velvet in a night club, the trio comprising of Lefty ( Aniket Vishwasrao), Sharpshooter Nayar( Santosh Juvekar) and Abbas ( Vijay Maurya) also follow him. While Lefty tries to flirt with the girls around , the other two spend their maximum time in the fresh room., playing pranks and testing the patience of the audience. While Ms. Tendulkar is trapped in her own house in the company of her boyfriend with her labour pains, the trio fail in their attempts to finish off Sunil Tendulkar. And during one of the scenes in the screenplay, you come to know, who has hired the contract killers.

Every time an important happening takes place in the film, we hear the cricket commentary in the background, resembling the action filled situation. And that is the only best part of humour noticed in this film. The film has been dragged for almost 1 hour 15 minutes before interval, without creating any interesting situation. It is only in post interval stage, the screenplay takes some momentum, to conclude in a farcical form.

The ultimate motive behind making this film is just to present an action filled entertainment, using the surname of Sachin to generate curiosity. Luckily for the film maker, the master Blaster played his last innings on the day of its release and became out on the same day, with a respectable score. By the way, don’t mistake ‘Tendulkar Out’ as a tribute to the Master blaster. The film has just used his name and its release time, to coincide with his retirement from Cricket.

Talking about the performances, all the artistes have done a good job, including those in supporting cast,. Aniket, Santosh and Vijay make a good team. The director has made them behave differently, exposing the attitude of their characters at different situations. But, Sayaji simply rocks with his flamboyant looks. Neelam and Atul support well. However, Sai Tamhankar is a waste in the film. She doesn’t find any scope in this film, except for shaking her legs during one of the songs while flirting with Sayaji and Aniket for a while. Amalendu Chaudhary’s photography is good. Art direction is good. But, Music by Amar Mohile is just average, as this is not a musical film. The screenplay lacks grip, as there is less content and more farce.

Be prepared to watch the ‘Dangers of Smoking’ documentary giving statutory warning twice during this film, first in the beginning and then before the post interval session. This is only because of the characters in this film especially Lefty shown a frequent smoker. Being an ‘adults’ film, it is not a film for the family, as it has been targeted at a section of audience, with the kind of language used in the dialogues of this film. Thankfully, there are many whistles blown, for blocking some words. In short, ‘Tendulkar Out’ is just an average entertaining film, with nothing very special about it. While we saw Wankhede stadium filling to its capacity, on Friday to watch Tendulkar, only 35 people mustered their attendance on the first day 3 pm show of ‘Tendulkar Out’ at PVR Goregaon.