Review: Nashibvaan
Cast: Bhau Kadam, Mithali Jagtap, Neha Joshi, Atul Aaglavey, Jaywant Wadkar, Yatin Karyekar & Rajesh Shringarpure
Director: Amol Gole
Original Story: Uday Prakash (Based on ‘Dilli Ki Deewar’)

Quick Viewpoint: ‘Nashibvaan’ is a film that loses it’s a charm because of not being clear about what it wants to be & where it wants to belong? It starts like a non-commercial festival suited film but later throughout feels more in the commercial zone, in both types it succeeds to average extent.

What Works? 

• Bhau Kadam! For the major part of the film! He plays a man who starts off being the usual innocent Bhau we are familiar with but later he has been presented in grey shades in a non-judgemental way, where his evolution over the course of time (however there’s a big issue with ‘the course of time’) does feel believable! In fact, almost every character in the film can be looked as grey characters.
• The first half of the film even after being slightly repetitive manages to keep us invested completely. The refreshing aspect here is how ‘Nashibvaan’ has portrayed poverty! It isn’t melodramatic as it is mostly seen in other recent Marathi films.
• The film isn’t bothered to give a moral lecture about anything. Though it also means the film had to work harder on what exactly it wishes to say.

What Fails? 

• ‘The course of time’ has a major logical issue. Though the change of Bhau’s character is believable the period in which it happens doesn’t make sense. Beyond his character, even the transition that takes place in his house & their family’s lifestyle in so much less time just doesn’t make sense. The time period is the issue (it is of about three weeks, where it could have been of at least 6 months) not the plot point that changes their life!
• Bhau Kadam being the principal protagonist of the film, doesn’t get any defining moment by the end of the film. It feels the film only uses him for the sake of the plot & then leaves him with its consequences without making a definite closure for him in terms of what it wishes to say through the consequences.
• As said about Bhau’s lack of closure, the overall film too lacks the same. It’s not compulsory for every film to say anything specific but then those films are throughout constructed in the same way. ‘Nashibvaan’ is never an escapist or artistically dominant film, it is about the humans it deals with & hence a definite conclusion was essential.
• The film could have been much more sharply edited! At many occasions, scenes are repetitive & don’t contribute in taking the narrative forward. In fact, even within the scenes, there are countless shots that make us wonder why are they there? Maybe the filmmaker wished to capture the realism of that scenario but then as said earlier it is inconsistent in being a festival suited film.
• While Bhau Kadam’s performance might not be different from his usual style of acting, it works well. But Mithali Jagtap who is a National award-winning actress ends up giving an inconsistent performance. In her loud emotional outbursts she feels to be very typical & fake but in the silent moments, she is effective.

Final Verdict: Amol Gole has been around as a cinematographer & even as a producer for a while, so certainly there were expectations from this film. But ‘Nashibvaan‘ doesn’t quite reward us in a way it could have, had it been more specific & confident about the things it wanted to say.

Rating: 2.5/5

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• Movie : Nashibvaan (2019) | नशीबवान
• Producer : Amit Naresh Patil, Vinod Manohar Gaikwad, Mahendra Gangadhar Patil and Vidhi Kasliwal
• Directer : Amol Vasant Gole
• Studio : Flying God Films and Giri Media Factory
• StarCast :
  • Bhalchandra Kadam
  • Mitalee Jagtap-Varadkar
  • Neha Joshi
  • Atul Aagalaavey
  • Yatin Karyekar
  • Jaywant Wadkar
  • Tejpal Wagh
  • Rajesh Shringarpure

• Story : Uday Prakash (Based on ‘Dilli Ki Deewar’)
• Screenplay and Dialogues : Amol Vasant Gole
• Cinematography (DOP) : Amol Vasant Gole
• Music : Soham Pathak
• Sound Design : Rohit Pradhan
• Re-Recording Engineer : Justin Jose K
• Background Music : Nandu Ghanekar
• Lyrics : Shivkumar Dhale
• Editor : Karan Shetty
• Art Director : Nilesh Chaudhari
• Make-up : Shrikant Desai
• Costume : Kirti Jangam
• Co-Producer : Prashant Vijay Mayekar and Abhishek Ashok Renuse
• Presenter : Landmarc Films
• Creative Producer : Nandini Vaidya
• Executive Producer : Sachin Igve
• Publicity Design and Social Media : Visual Junkies
• Visual Promotions : Wizardry Studios
• Corporate Communication : Hema Upadhyay (Hi-Media Consultants)
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 11th January 2019

Synopsis : Nashibvaan is a Marathi movie starring Bhau Kadam in a prominent role. It is a drama directed by Amol Gole, with Uday Prakash as the writer, forming part of the crew.

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Very few honest actors work hard for their roles to such extent that it becomes effective on the screen. One such example is Bhau Kadam’s efforts for his upcoming film ‘Nashibvaan’. Bhau plays the roles of a sweeper in this film. To put life into the character Bhau in real picked up waste & cleaned just like a real sweeper!

The director of the film Amol Gole, didn’t want any adjustments & hence he made Bhau clean the actual garbage that a sweeper cleans. Bhau even cleaned public toilets! The majority of this film has been shot in Mulund, Mumbai.

Bhau Kadam says, “While playing this role I understood all the problems that sweepers & cleaners face. The diseases they tackle, the way society treats them & all of that. I started hating myself for all of this! Because it’s for us that these sweepers pick up garbage & keep our city clean. They do great work! They are real heroes for me! And now I have immense respect from them from the bottom of my heart.”

Presented by Vidhi Kasliwal of ‘Landmark Films’, & produced by Naresh Patil, Vinod Manohar Gaikwad & Mahendra Gangadhar Patil, ‘Nashibvaan’ releases in theatres on 11^th January 2019!

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Bhau Kadam starrer ‘Nashibvaan’ is all set for the release. Vidhi Kasliwal of ‘Landmarc Films’ is presenting the film. Directed by cinematographer turned director Amol Vasant Gole, the first song of the film was recently revealed online! And since then the song has gone viral. Sung by popular singer Anand Shinde & also starring him in the video of the film.

The song has been penned by Shivkumar Dhale & the dance choreography has been done by Vitthal Patil. The unique thing about the song is that this song has been shot in a real dance bar. The bar was available for the shooting only for 1 day & the ‘Nashibvaan’ team had to shoot the song in that 1 day itself.

The song has a rocking chemistry between Bhau Kadam & Anand Shinde. Never before have the Marathi audiences got the opportunity to enjoy this chemistry between two of our favorite popular icons. Based on Uday Prakash’s Hindi story ‘Dilli Ki Deewar’, ‘Nashibvaan’ releases in theatres on 11^th January.

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After entertaining the audiences through mediums like theatre, TV & films, Maharashtra’s favorite comic star ‘Bhalchandra Kadam’ aka ‘Bhau Kadam’ is all set to explore the new medium of web series! Bhau Kadam will be seen in & as ‘Lift Man’ in Zee 5’s new web series & the episodes of the series are already out on the streaming platform. On this occasion, we had an exclusive chat with Bhau Kadam!

The idea of creating an entire web series on the character of a ‘Lift Man’ as a lead is very unique! Usually, such characters are less important. How did you react to this?

Yes, it’s true! I found it very unique too. Zee 5 needs to be given the credit for it. I too thought what would a liftman do in his daily routine? One aspect of it is talking to people. I thought the people he meets would they be celebrities? But in fact, in the series, he meets common people who come to that building for their work. Now every person has his own style & subject & his/her give & take with the ‘Lift Man’ can create entertainment!

Now you have worked in all mediums of entertainment! From TV, theatre, films to now ‘Web’. How was the process in this medium different?

The process is very similar. The episode lengths are different. Every episode is around 10 minutes long. But through this medium, you reach the audiences quickly! One can become a star overnight thanks to this medium! But along with that, you can also say what really want to say through this medium. And we as actors are also a medium to say those things. And we can reach the audiences quickly with their issues as well.

We have heard from actors of yesteryears that in olden times comic actors were asked to improvise more often, without a script! They were expected to create comedy on their own! How has it changed now? Are there more talented writers now than they used to be before?

Once I asked Mama (Ashok Saraf) about a famous scene from his film ‘Pandu Hawaldar’. Whenever I saw the film I always thought that the scene was improvised by Mama himself. But Mama told me that the scene was in the script itself! So yes there were talented comic writers before too. I rather feel some new people today don’t really understand how to create comedy. They cast some actor to expect him to do comedy. But not everyone is like that!

Do you think the medium of ‘Web’ is the future of entertainment?

Yes, I believe this won’t stop now! It’s only going to get bigger. I think this medium will evolve with time. Just like in cricket we first had ‘Test cricket’ & now we have ‘T20’ but at the same time, we also have test cricket. So different forms of web content will evolve and all of them will have audiences. Moreover, in today’s world, the everyday traveling has become very time-consuming. People are consuming more & more content through mobile at this time.

Do you think a comic actor has a social responsibility? Sometimes humor might offend certain parts of our society. Are you conscious about it?

Yes yes, we have to be conscious all the time. Even when we do skits for ‘Chala Hawa Yeu Dya’ every now & then we edit a line because we think it is risky. Unnecessarily people would misinterpret it. Moreover, humor can have an offensive effect. And one can always do comedy without offending anyone!

There are two kinds of actors; one who is very spontaneous & other who are very serious & rehearse before they actually do a scene. What kind of an actor are you?

Primarily I belong to the first kind. I love to be spontaneous with my co-actors. But while being spontaneous an actor shouldn’t miss the basic essence of the script. Some actors keep doing their own thing & miss the point. And the other actor (co-actor) suffers because of it. I think since the time is specific for specific mediums, one should hit the punches rightly in the given time.

You have received lots of love from the audiences. How has that affected you in your personal life & has it given you emotional satisfaction?

I remember when I used to do theatre, I always wished people knew me more & loved me. Now they do! But at the same time, I also make it a point that I don’t let myself flow with it. Nowadays I quickly understand if I see a person from a distance who wishes to click a selfie with me. I try avoiding that because people are more interested in clicking selfies & showing it to other people rather than meeting & talking to me! I am right in front of you talk to me, ask me what you want & keep it with you as a memory! But when people come & see my plays I do click selfies with them. I think in that scenario it is my responsibility.   

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Though in today’s times of Whatsapp & Facebook the old ways of connecting with each other like writing letters might seem outdated people still have a special relationship with ‘postman’. One such postman has connected with Maharashtra’s audiences & has won their hearts. He is Sagar Karande from Zee Marathi Chala Hawa Yeu Dya Penned by Arvind Jagtap these letters have made people laugh & have also made them cry or think about everyday issues!

Recently a die-hard fan of Thukratwadi’s postman gifted the actor Sagar Karande a postman ‘doll’ as a token of appreciation & love towards the beloved character! Sagar posted about the same on his social media handle! This postman has in a way restored the sweet nostalgia we have about letters!

From this, we can understand how a popular ‘comedy’ show can touch people’s hearts if it is done with an honest intention of making the audiences happy! We are sure Zee Marathi’s Chala Hawa Yeu Dya & our Postman Kaka will keep on making us happy for the time to come.

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• Review : Cycle
• Producer : Amar Pandit and Sangram Surve
• Director : Prakash Kunte
• Story: Aditi Moghe
• Star Cast : Hrishikesh Joshi, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Bhalchandra Kadam, Deepti Lele
• Review by : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 3/5

Cycle Movie Review:

Prakash Kunte directorial ‘Cycle’ is similar to some of his previous works in terms of what it achieves & what it doesn’t. It achieves soulful, simplistic & technically polished story telling standards, but lacks in details of the actual ‘story’. The stories are usually simple enough that they could be described in one line. Though Kunte has that much command over the medium to make a beautiful film out of them, in case of ‘Cycle’ most of the times we don’t mind the compactness of the one line story.

To begin with the flaws, two of the prominent characters in the film, of two thieves played by Priyadarshan Jadhav & Bhalchandra Kadam lack the comic energy between them. Strangely both seem to be giving deliberate understated performances, which didn’t work for me. The subtleness works better when there’s more to read between, here it was limited. Keshav played by Hrishikesh Joshi, his wife (Deepti Lele), Keshav’s father & Keshav’s little girl all of them aren’t enough familiar to us when the conflict of the film has begun.

The problem isn’t that, the problem is that we expect to know them more now that the conflict is active. Instead the narrative is completely concerned with the thieves. I felt since the film was already shorter in length it did have scope for more screen time for Keshav & his family in the second half. ‘Cycle’ is a story which has a sense of fantasy to it, or a sense of allegory, hence finding logic in every little incident that occurs isn’t fair to the film. Yet the incidents that are primary in taking the narrative forward need to be logically backed. ‘Cycle’ lacks this backing at quite a few instances especially in the whole track connected with the thieves.

Hrishikesh Joshi’s performance is one of the biggest strength of the film, his father, wife, daughter all of them are a picture perfect family. The visual feel of the film makes a larger impact in making us feel what the story wants us to feel, more than the story itself, cinematographer Amalendu Choudary deserves the credit for it. The overall openness of the story’s ‘message’ or what it wants to say gives good depth to the film. It shies away from telling us exactly what it meant, it let’s us choose between a few meanings or maybe it says it means all of them. That is the reason why ‘Cycle’ works when seen in totality.

The casting is pitch-perfect, yes even with Bhau Kadam & Priyadarshan (though their understated style didn’t work for me), Deepti Lele is a talented actress who should be seen in interesting roles in the future. The little girl too is lot better than what we see kids doing in daily soaps these days. ‘Cycle’ manages to make us feel it’s 1948 in a small coastal village & also encapsulates the beautiful locales of Konkan.

‘Goodness’ has a merit of it’s own when it’s translated in art earnestly, ‘Cycle’ manages that first & foremost. Better characterizations of the thieves, slightly more screen time to Keshav & co. ‘Cycle’ would have been a ‘complete’ feel good adventure, yet it is good enough to be seen in theatres with our families this summer holidays!

Overall:

‘Cycle’ is family entertainment set in the old world where ‘goodness’ was more common than today. And it has been backed by the technical fluidity of today’s times.

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• Review : Shikari (2018)
• Producer : Vijay Patil
• Director : Viju Mane
• Dialogue Writer : Rajesh Deshpande
• Star Cast : Neha Khan, Suvrat Joshi, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Prasad Oak & others
• Review by : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 1/5

Shikari Movie Review:

Marathi cinema in the 70s & 80s went through the most ‘commercially’ successful phase because of a single man ‘Dada Kondke’. We’ve grown up hearing his legendary tales of how the great Raj Kapoor used to make sure if there isn’t a Dada Kondke movie in theatres before releasing his films. There was a distinct ‘double meaning’ humour that he introduced us to & made it work for a audience that were only interested in having a good time in theatres especially in the rural parts. Since then whenever anyone has tried a hand at this kind of humour has failed miserably or has been easily discarded as cheap ‘b’ or ‘c’ grade stuff. Even there has never been the same response from the audiences.

Viju Mane directorial ‘Shikari’ proudly promoted itself as a film that endorses the same ‘Kondke’ brand of humour. The truth is Shikari’s humour doesn’t really belong to the same brand, in fact it doesn’t even belong to any brand of humour. A few adult jokes here & there, some slapstick humour here & there (which doesn’t work) but the film is more of an erotica especially in the first half. An erotica that is so deliberately designed which doesn’t have any logical backbone of it’s own! While doing so it makes a fool of an aspiring actress played by Neha Khan. Her character of ‘Savita’ has been exploited in the story of the film by opportunist men. Sadly her character in the scheme of things of the actual film too has been exploited. How dumb can her character be? She never understands if a man is lusting for her!

But then the other characters of her husband (Prasad Oak), Phulwa (Mrunmayee Deshpande) too are equally dumb. Whereas Suvrat Joshi, Bharat Ganeshpure & Siddharth Jadhav play opportunist men who only care about lust, this is the entire range of the characters in the film. The other supporting characters played by Bhau Kadam, Vaibhav Mangle & Kashmera Shah are completely irrelevant to the film. Again Kashmera Shah has been unnecessarily exploited as an object of ‘lust’.

There are two films that are mixed up together here. One is a straightforward copy of the 80s Hindi film ‘Anubhav’ that starred Padmini Kolhapure & Shekhar Suman. A childish girl who doesn’t understand a bit about post marital proceedings between a husband & wife (though here, one fine day just one watch of an adult film all of a sudden makes her matured!). The other film is about ‘casting couch’ in the film industry. And the ‘Shikari’ is a metaphor for all lustful men! The irony is that the first half feels targeted towards these exact Shikaris among the audiences. While the second part of the film has mindlessly dumbed-down Savita’s character to make her a victim to give us a message.

Neha Khan though thoroughly exploited in the plot of the film & in the actual film is a really effective actress. We hope she finds good films. Mrunmayee Deshpande usually entertaining to watch is ineffective here. Suvrat Joshi is good in his part but that doesn’t save the film in any way. ‘Shikari’ is a crude film that is supposedly about the exploitation of women in today’s world but ironically ends up exploiting the female cast of the film! The makers believed it’s a commercial film & not for an intellectual audiences. If it ends up becoming a super-hit, that would surely say a lot about today’s society of our’s with countless Shikaris roaming free.

Overall:

‘Shikari’ could entertain only those who watch films to satisfy their lustful urges, for the rest this film will only end up being highly offensive as it was for me.

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Prakash Kunte who has given us films like ‘Coffee Ani Barach Kahi’, ‘Hampi’ & ‘& Jara Hatke’ is back with his new film ‘Cycle’. One thing we are sure of that in Kunte’s film every little detail will be given utmost importance. In ‘Cycle’ too this detailing is very much evident. The look of the film, the cinematography & the way it has created a little world of a small village by the sea is pleasing to our senses.

The film stars Hrishikesh Joshi, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Bhau Kadam & Deepti Lele. ‘Cycle’ seems like a light hearted comedy that uses the conflict of a bicycle being stolen to present how such little tings can matter to the simplest of people.

This simplistic style of storytelling reminds us of the old classic Hindi filmmakers Hrishikesh Mukherjee & Basu Chatterjee who made many such beautiful films that dealt with the common man in a light-hearted humorous way!

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Once upon a time during the reign of Marathi’s biggest blockbuster star Dada Kondake double meaning erotic comedy was a norm! And all that happened in the mainstream of Marathi cinema. However after that this genre could only be associated with b grade films in Marathi or even in Hindi.

But now Viju Mane directorial ‘Shikari’ a film presented by Mahesh Manjrekar is making this brave attempt. The trailer reminds us of an old Hindi film ‘Anubhav’ in one way. ‘Anubhav’ starred Shekhar Suman & Padmini Kolhapure in the lead. The track of a childish girl (played by Mrunmayee Deshpande) getting married to the hero (Suvrat Joshi) of the film & then the hero looks elsewhere (Neha Khan) to satisfy his needs is pretty much common with ‘Anubhav’.

However the other track of ‘Shikari’ one that is connected with the film industry looks completely new! The makers of the film also said that ‘Shikari’ is a term that represents the mentality of many powerful men in the industry who hunt their prey. These preys could be any young artists that are looking for opportunities. It would be interesting to see how ‘Shikari’ manages to mix together these two different subjects together while also entertaining the audience.

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