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Akalpith (2014) : Review

Keyur Seta — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 08:15:38 +0000

Director : Prasad Acharekar
Producers : Prasad Ugle and Harshal Ushir for Nought Creations Pvt. Ltd
Writers : Prasad Acharekar and Snehal Pendurkar
Cast : Dr. Mohan Agashe, Nirmiti Sawant, Renuka Shahane, Atul Todankar, Sandesh Jadhav, Abhiney Sawant, Rutul Patil
Genre : Psychological Thriller
Review By : keyur Seta

Rating : ***

Story Outline :

Milind (Abhinay Sawant) and Shweta (Rutul Patil), a married couple, are out of Mumbai for the former’s business-related outing. But Milind’s meeting with a client is cancelled so he decides to return to Mumbai with Shweta. While they are on their way, they bump into their friend Vishal (Ashutosh Patki), who persuades them to visit his farmhouse over the weekend.

This is actually a planned set-up for someone’s murder. A random character Raj (Sumedh Gaikwad) also becomes a part of the scheme of things. After the crime is committed, circumstances force the Chief Justice (Mohan Agashe) to hold a special jury that consist the Public Prosecutor (Nirmiti Sawant), a psychiatrist (Renuka Shahane), the defense lawyer, the accused (?) and few others.

Review :

sychological suspense thrillers are hardly been explored in Indian cinema, leave alone Marathi cinema. Debutant director Prasad Acharekar not only explores the genre but does it quite satisfactorily. Although few issues stop the film from being superlative, there are enough thriller and suspense elements to keep the lovers of the said genre interested.

The non-linear narration takes a while to be friendly with you. But once the plot is established, there is no looking back as the proceedings grip you with some regular dose of thrill, surprise, intrigue and humor. The crazy antics by the character of Raj also play a big part in it. The timing of such instances play a large role in generating the desired effect and this is also where the writers get it right.

The jury scenes in the second half also help in generating interest and curiosity. But it is the all-important climax, where the main twist is revealed, that doesn’t create the effect one expected from it. The twist manages to become convincing but it should have been explained further as to how it exactly took place. The film also few other negative points – [a] Characters regularly speak loudly against someone who is in the same house. [b] A not-so-rich character stays in a posh, expensive bungalow and [c] few other flaws and some performance-related issues.

Saurabh Bhalerao’s background score, although too loud at times, plays a large role in creating the desired effect. Cinematographer Neeshank Mathure too leaves his mark by adding to the thrill. The editing is sleek and as per the requirement.

The performances could have been better. Abhinay Sawant provides a good act while playing the difficult role of Milind. However, it is surprising to see him underplaying his emotions in a scene where he should have been utterly shocked. Debutant Ashutosh Patki, in the role of Vishal, does well, except on few occasions. Rutul Patil, another debutant, is decent as Shweta although she struggles few times.

Another first-timer, Sumedh Gaikwad is the scene stealer with a lovable act. He does struggle with his pronunciation though. Dr. Mohan Agashe plays his part well but he doesn’t get much scope. Nirmiti Sawant, Renuka Shahane and the rest of the supporting actors play their parts well.

Overall :

Akalpith is worth watching for those interested in savoring an engrossing psychological thriller. Due to some low-key promotions, it needs some revolutionary word-of-mouth to make a mark at the box office.

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Akalpith | Marathi Movie

EDITORIAL STAFF — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:10:11 +0000

Movie : Akalpith (2014)
Producer : Harshal Ushir, Prasad Ugle
Written & Directed By : Prasad Acharekar
Star-Cast : Dr. Mohan Agashe, Nirmiti Sawant, Renuka Shahane, Atul Todankar, Sandesh Jadhav, Abhiney Sawant, Rutul Patil, Ashitosh Patki, Sumeydh Gaikwad, Sachin Shinde and Saurabh Oak.
Screenplay By : Snehal Pendurkar
Music : Parikrama Band
Lyrics : Guru Thakur
Art-Director : Sachin Chipkar
Genre : Psychological Thriller
Release Date : 28th February 2014

Synopsis : A strange, unrevealed and thrilling MYSTERY. The story of Akalpith movie revolves around a murder mystery. Each and every moment of movie holds your breath. The truth some times is stranger than fiction. Written and Directed by Prasad Acharekar, Akalpith is a mind twisting psychological thriller. The movie will be releasing on February 28, 2014

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Shrimant Damodar Pant (2013) Marathi Movie First look

EDITORIAL STAFF — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:01:10 +0000

Produced By: Saurabh Pradhan
Directed By : Kedar Shinde
Star Cast : Bharat Jadhav, Alka Kubal, Vijay Chauhan, Mrunal Dusnis, Sunil Barve, Chaitrali Gupte, Piyush Ranade, Abhiney Sawant
Music Director : Vaishali Samant
Banner: Cotstown Pictures Pvt Ltd
Cinematography : Sanjay Memane , Anil Katke
Sound Recordist : Atul Deshpande
Editor :V.N Mayekar
Production Controller : Nitin Pawar , Jagdish Shivgan
Screenplay : Omkar Mangesh
Story : Kedar shinde
Dialogues : Kedar Shinde ,Vinod Jadhav
Assistant Production Manager : Pravin Jagtap, Sameer Dharne, Omkar Kadu.
Chief Assistant Editor : Paresh Manjrekar.
Chief Assistant Director : Priyadarshan Avhad.
Release Date : 26 July 2013

Shrimant Damodar Pant story:

Damu’s family is middle class family consisting 6 members Damu (Bharat Jadhav), his father and mother, Damu’s married brother along with his wife and Damu’s unmarried sister. This is a typical Marathi happy family but there is one secret about their family and beside the family member no one knows about it. The secret is related with Damu, every evening after 6 pm Damu’s personality changed into Shrimant Damodar Pant who was his late grand father. Shrimant is very strict personality and every member of family including Damu’s father (Anna) afraid of him on the other side Damu is a kind of halfwit but very obedient boy. This kind of change in Damu creates lots of problem in his family life. How his family manages with Damu as well as Shrimant Damodar Pant has been shown in very comic way. Bharat Jadhav has performed both the roles with perfection. This is must watch drama in Marathi, you will never get bore while watching the drama, each one’s acting and dialogues are so perfect that audience gets involved in every scene of a drama.

Bharat Jadhav can only perform this kind of multi-personality roles, no one could catch his hand for performing this type of roles. He already has done such type of work in movie ‘Pachhadlela’ where he had shown the four different character’s expression simultaneously. Let’s hope that Shrimant Damodar Pant movie will also have the same old charisma of Bharat Jadhav.

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