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‘Bali’ – A suspense filled thriller under the cover of horror

  Bali Marathi Film Poster
  • Rating: 3/5
  • Genres: HorrorDrama
  • Censor: UA
  • Duration: -
  • Studio / Presenter: GSEAMS, Amazon Prime
  • Producer(s):  Arjun Singgh Baran & Kartk D Nishandar (GSEAMS).
  • Director: Vishal Furia
  • Story, and Screenplay: Swapnila Gupta, Vishal Furia
  • Cast: Swwapnil Joshi , Pooja Sawant, Samarth Jadhav, Pritam Kagne, Rohit Kokate, Sanjay Ranadive, Shraddha kaul, Abhishek bachankar, Mahesh bodas, Sanjay ranadive
  • Editor: Abhijit Deshpande, Sourabh Prabhu Desai
  • Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke

Shrikant Sathe ( Swwapnil Joshi) a widower takes his seven year old son Mandar ( Samarth Jadhav) to a hospital , after his son faints on the cricket ground during a match. At this hospital, during his medical diagnosis, Mandar comes across Bhaskar a boy of his age, who is undergoing treatment for cancer. It is at this place Mandar learns about a mystery woman Elizabeth, from Bhaskar. Like Bhaskar, Mandar also starts believing that Elizabeth who lives in the next old building in the hospital campus, would only cure his ailment.

Swapnil Joshi in Marathi movie 'Bali', Movie Poster
Swapnil Joshi in Marathi movie ‘Bali’, Movie Poster

Mandar reveals the secret of Elizabeth to his father and insists that he should meet her. To make his son happy, Shrikant goes in search of Elizabeth in the adjacent building and discovers something strange. In the meanwhile Dr. Alisha Shenoy ( Pooja Sawant) who attends Mandar in the hospital, in absence of her ailing father, gets ready for Mandar’s operation. It is at this stage, Shrikant discovers the mystery behind Elizabeth and involvement of people in her case.
Bali’ (बळी) as the name suggests, does succeed in presenting a gripping screenplay, but there are few flaws in the film. However, the efforts taken by director Vishal Furia to present this suspense filled thriller under the cover of horror, are worth appreciating. Above all, the performances by Swwapnil, Pooja and little Samarth certainly add extra strength to this film with the support of good cinematography by Rajan Sohani and suitable background music by Rajan Patnail and Brince Bora.

Actress Pooja Sawant in Marathi film 'Bali'
Actress Pooja Sawant in Marathi film ‘Bali’

For a change, ‘Bali’ is a worth watch film, provided you are not watching this film with very high expectations from this director. Produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik Nishandar this film Is released on Amazon Prime Video.

 

Pooja Sawant to play a doctor in much-awaited horror film ‘Bali’

Swapnil Joshi in Marathi movie 'Bali', Movie Poster
Swapnil Joshi in Marathi movie ‘Bali’, Movie Poster

Gorgeous Marathi actress Pooja Sawant is all set to surprise her fans and admirers in the forthcoming horror Marathi film ‘Bali’. Pooja is playing a doctor in this film, which is eagerly awaited by the audience . ‘Bali’ (बळी) is Produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik D Nishandar of GSEAMS is all set to release on April 16. Directed by Vishal Furia, the film features Marathi superstar Swwapnil Joshi in key role.

Known for her rom-coms and dramatic films, Pooja Sawant has been featured against one of the most successful actors from the Marathi film industry Swwapnil Joshi. Incidentally, ‘Bali’ is Pooja’s second film with director Vishal Furia after ‘Lapachhapi’ (read review) , which was applauded by audience and critics as well. The poster of this film was released recently, with Pooja grabbing it entirely with a stethoscope in her hand.

Actress Pooja Sawant in Marathi film 'Bali'
Actress Pooja Sawant in Marathi film ‘Bali’

Speaking about her role in ‘Bali’ , Pooja says, “Yes, I am a part of Vishal’s second Marathi film as well. It is always great to work with a director who has a clear vision and knows what he is upto, perfectly well. Being part of the film is icing on the cake as I am sharing the screen with Swwapnil Joshi for the first time. I always wanted to work with Swwapnil, one of the most talented actors from the industry. Like his first successful thriller Lapachhapi, Vishal has done a fabulous job as a director. Believing his directorial ability witnessed myself during making of Lapachhapi, I immediately said yes to him when Vishal asked for this film.” the actress said.

Till now, Pooja has proved her talent by performing memorable characters with different shades in the films like ‘Kshanabhar Vishranti’ (read movie review) , ‘Dagdi Chawl’ (read movie review) , ‘Bonus’, ‘Neelkanth Master’ & Subhash Ghai’s film ‘Vijeta’ among others.