• Movie Review :  Chaurya (2016)
• Producer : Nilesh Navalakha, Vivek Kajaria, Sameer Asha Patil & Ashwini Patil
• Directer : Sameer Asha Patil
• StarCast : Kishor Kadam, Milind Shinde, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Digvijay Rohidas, Dinesh Lata Shetty, Tirrtha Murbadkar, Ganesh Panpat, Shruti Kulkarni
• Writer : Sameer Asha Patil
• Music : Mayuresh Kelkar
• Genre : Drama
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 3/5

Chaurya Marathi Movie Review :

Last week, I had mentioned that things are looking brighter for Marathi cinema in the coming months after a rather poor start to the year. The strangely attractive promos of Chaurya had certainly made it one of the most anticipated films among Marathi cinema aficionados. And the film doesn’t fail those expectations. Chaurya is a commendable attempt at making a film in a style and mood that has hitherto been unseen in Marathi cinema.

It is actually the darkness in Chaurya that makes things look brighter for Marathi cinema. Caught in the rut of family dramas or adolescent love stories in the recent past, Chaurya is a welcome change for those who follow Marathi cinema. The film is set in a fictional temple town of Devmala which is clearly inspired from the real town of Shani Shingnapur. As the legend goes, the village deity punishes anyone who commits a theft in the village. The houses of Devmala don’t even have doors and windows as the villagers have faith in their God punishing any theft. But one day, on the eve of a large procession at the temple, a daring robbery is made on the massive collections of donation from the devotees.The identity of the robbers is withheld. The suspense involved is about who is behind the heist and who would finally get away with the money.

Chaurya doesn’t hold itself back at all. The number of corpses that fall in the opening robbery sequence makes you realise that whatever is in store has seldom been seen before in Marathi cinema. Shot in the background of a devotional song, the gruesome robbery sequence makes you sit up straight and take notice of the film. The sequence also has a darkly humourous directorial touch of having the gang of robbers wear masks of Bollywood stars. Later in the film, the robbers also rather hilariously refer to each other by theBollywood starswhose masks they were wearing and not their real names.

The stolen bag of money keeps changing hands, but it only causes trouble to the one who possess it. It is a trope common to heist films, but here it is rooted to the setting as it can be seen as the will of the village deity working its way on the characters. How I wish though that this wasn’t so heavily underlined and spoon fed by actually spelling it out. There is also a definite Tarantino influence over the film, especially of Reservoir Dogs. Here too we have people directly or indirectly related to the heist meeting each other, rather inadvertently, in a desolate location after the robbery. The characters don’t trust each other and tell their own versions of the robbery (Rashomon effect)which the other accomplices scoff at. Each of them willing to kill each other for the bag of money.The writer-director Sameer Asha Patil also seems to be fond of Westerns as he sets this scene in a vast expanse of a sunbaked arid land. To his credit the characters are rooted and don’t at all come across as ones who don’t belong to the setting.

Though there is certainly a feeling of Tarantinoish hangover on the film, the proceedings are taut till they relate to the robbery and the suspense involved about who will finally get away with money or will anyone at all? The camerawork involves a lot of close-ups of characters to get across the nastiness in their eyes. Milind Shinde as the suspended police officer made to keep a tab on the heist gives the most impressive performance. I flinched at the scene where Milind Shinde playfully presses on the wound of one of the accomplice to make him talk.  Chaurya is one of a kind with respect to Marathi cinema in what it achieves in these portions of the film. There are indeed quite a few rough edges here, but then given that it is the debut film of the director, they can be overlooked.

But what can’t be overlooked are the last portions of the film. It comes across as the director is trying a little too hard to give the film some more depth and not just keep it as a suspense thriller. Here, Chaurya enters Deool territory of commercialization of God and these scenes really test your patience. This stretching of the film dilutes the thrill generated by the earlier parts. Also, showing a character played by Kishore Kadam as the narrator of the film comes across as an intrusion of sorts as it isn’t properly integrated into the whole framework of the film.

P.S.: The producers need to be given special kudos for releasing the film in a format that allows even the deaf and the blind to enjoy the experience of a movie. It is certainly a novel initiative that needs to be replicated by others as well.

Overall:

Chaurya is a brave attempt to make a dark suspense thriller in a style seldom seen in Marathi films. Though not spotless, it is definitely an effort deserving patronage.

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• Movie : Chaurya (2016) | चौर्य
• Producor : Nilesh Navalakha, Vivek Kajaria, Sameer Asha Patil & Ashwini Patil
• Director : Sameer Asha Patil
• Studio : Navalakha Arts, Holy Basil Productions, Cine Leela Talkies
• StarCast : Kishor Kadam, Milind Shinde, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Digvijay Rohidas, Dinesh Lata Shetty, Tirrtha Murbadkar, Ganesh Panpat, Shruti Kulkarni
• Writer & Screenplay : Sameer Asha Patil
• Music & Background Score : Mayuresh Kelkar
• Lyrics : Ahankarao Dhamnikar, Vishnu Thore, Sameer Asha patil
• Cinematography : Shrishail Hiremath & Jeetendra Pandit
• Editor : Ketan Madiwale
• Sound Design : Lt.Nimish Chheda & Avinash Sonawane
• Art Director : Rahj Dagar
• Action : Ravi Pali
• Choreographers : Bhakti naik, Ganesh Chandanshive
• Make up : Chandrakant Ankolkar & Saurabh Kapde
• Costumes : Rupal Rajgor
• Production Controlles : Kiran Khandge (Cine Leela Talkies) & Anil Sharma (Nahb)
• Executive Producer : Kapil Sharma, Jitesh Upade, Siddharth Ghadge (Nahb) & Rahul Sutar (Cine Leela Talkies)
• Genre : Social Crime Thriller
• Release Date : 19th August, 2016

Synopsis : Chaurya – A Marathi Film from the makers of SHALA and FANDRY – Navalakha Arts & Holy Basil Productions and Cine Leela Talkies directed by Sameer Asha Patil

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Chaurya, a film by Sameer Asha Patil has created lot of anticipation among audience. The innovative promos and trailers have already promised us a good suspense thriller film. However, audience has to wait for some more days to see this film. The makers of the film have postponed the release of this film from 5th August to 19th August due to the flood situation in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra has been receiving heavy rainfalls since last two days, resulting in flood situation like Nasik, Satara, Pune, Raigad and Kolhapur. Mahabaleshwar catchment area has received more than 245 mms of rains since yesterday which resulted in flooding of river Savitri and a bridge collapse. As the situation is getting worse, NDRF, Armed Forces and other volunteers are working round the clock to ensure safety of the citizens.

Director Sameer Asha Patil told Marathistars.com, “Flood situation in Maharashtra is very bad. There are news of deaths and people losing shelters due to heavy rains. NDRF and our brave jawans are helping the needy once. We have taken the decision to postpone the release of our film. We want our all brothers and sisters to be in good spirit. Film can wait.”

The film stars Kishor Kadam, Milind Shinde, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Digvijay Rohidas, Dinesh Lata Shetty, Tirrtha Murbadkar, Ganesh Panpat, Shruti Kulkarni in the lead roles. The film is produced by Navalakha Arts & Holy Basil Productions and Cine Leela Talkies.

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Chaurya, a film by Sameer Asha Patil has been talk of the town for its innovative teasers and promos. The film recently received an appreciation by Central Government as this is the first film in India using accessibility format. The technology allows visually and hearing impaired persons enjoy the film. Mukesh Jain, secretary of Department of Empowerment of person with disabilities has written a letter to the filmmakers acknowledging their effort to make this film available for the differently-able persons.

The film is produced by Navlakha Arts and Holy Basil. The format has been made available by Ashay Sahasrabuddhe who has done his PhD in the same subject. It has to be noted that recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started a mission called Accessible India Mission for “Divyangjan” – disabled persons.

Though films are essentially audio-visual medium, this new technology aids visually-impaired and hearing impaired people to understand and enjoy the film.

Chaurya is an action-thriller about a temple robbery gone wrong. The film stars Kishor Kadam, Milind Shinde, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Digvijay Rohidas, Dinesh Shetty, Jayesh Sanghvi, Teertha Murbadkar and RJ Shruti.
The film will be releasing on 5 August all over Maharashtra.

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We have already shared some of the songs and teaser of this action thriller – Chaurya recently. The official trailer of this film has been released recently and again it promises us one thing: An amazing chasing drama.

The Sameer Asha Patil has brought this story about a village where no thieves can survive. The villagers do not have doors to their homes due to the belief that their God will not allow any kind of embezzlement in his village. However, these beliefs are shattered when a robbery takes place in the temple itself. Whether the God will punish these thieves? Or will there be no miracle to restore the faith of these villagers. When the beliefs are shattered and bad guys will get away with it?

The trailer has been cut very superbly. The fast pace of the trailer resonates with the plot of the film. The film stars Kishor Kadam, Milind Shinde, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Digvijay Rohidas, Dinesh Lata Shetty, Tirrtha Murbadkar, Ganesh Panpat, Shruti Kulkarni in the lead roles. The film is produced by Navalakha Arts & Holy Basil Productions and Cine Leela Talkies.

The film is set to release on 5^th August all over Maharashtra.

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Chaurya, a film by Sameer Asha Patil is ready for the release on August 5. The makers have released another song from this thriller recently- Deva vaachun sun. The song is based on a Maharashtrian Folk song and dance form “Gondhal”.

Gondhal is generally sung by the singers praising the deity and asking for the blessing. The song is written and sung by famous folk artiste Ganesh Chandanshive. The song has been used very effectively in this situation. The pitcurization of the Gondhal dance is very authentic and looks very grand at the same time.

The song also shows some gun fights and robbery happening near the temple. Though the film is a thriller with amazing chase sequences and gun-fights, the song creates marvelous basis for this film. The film is based on a village where homes do not have doors. The village has a belief that their God punishes robbers but the belief gets shattered when a robbery occurs in the same temple.

The film is releasing on 5th August all over Maharashtra.

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Sameer Asha Patil’s new film “Chaurya” has created anticipation among audience with its amazing teasers. The teasers give us a glimpse of a plot of the film, but do not give away any hint of the lead actors. Interestingly, the song released on the social media “Choratyancha Fad” also does not showcase any actors from the film.

The song is a very soulful representation of the today’s temples where devotion takes a back step and money is given preference. The real dedication to the god does not matter much, but the power of money is more important. The expressive words of this song are penned by Vishnu Thore and amazingly sung by Adarsh Shinde. His voice carries a magical quality and gives a very soothing feeling to this song. The song has been composed by Mayuresh Kelkar.

Though the film is a thriller with amazing chase sequences and gun-fights, the song creates marvelous basis for this film. The film is based on a village where homes do not have doors. The village has a belief that their God punishes robbers but the belief gets shattered when a robbery occurs in the same temple.

The film is releasing on 5^th August all over Maharashtra.

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Chaurya is one of the more interesting Marathi films to release in the coming month. The film isbased in ShaniShingnapur wherein the villagers believe their local deity will punish any person who commits a theft. So the houses there don’t have any doors or windows. But one day, to the shock of the villagers, a big theft does take place and then the film goes on to investigate this matter. Chaurya is full of suspense and thrills.

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Another special aspect about this film is that Chaurya is the first Marathi film to be released in the Accessibility Format. This format helps deaf and even blind people to enjoy the experience of a film. The music was launched at the event at the hands of the students of the blind school Kamala Mehta Blind School.

Sameer Asha Patil has directed Chaurya, and he says, “This is my first Marathi film and with the help of my producers whose interest in film production helped me to make my first Marathi film and with the creativity of my technicians and rest of the crew, the film has been made in an interesting way. This is the first Marathi film to be shot in the dreaded Chambal area of Rajasthan.”

At the launch of the music the composer MayureshKelkar said, “I am working on this film from the day one so I knew about the characters in the film and we created the title song of the film first. Then we returned to the  rest of the three  songs for composition. These songs were recorded with the voice of AadarshShinde, UrmillaDhangar and Dr. Ganesh Chandanshive  and the lyrics are by Sameer Asha Patil , ShankarraoDhamnikar and Vishnu Thore. All the three songs are of a different genre and will be liked by the masses.”

The film has been produced by Navalakha Arts and Sadhana Cinema in collaboration. The film stars Kishore Kadam, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, MilindShinde, DigvijayRohidas, Dinesh Lata Shetty, JayeshSanghavi, TirrthaMurbadkar andShruti Kulkarni. The camera department is helmed by the duo SrishalHiremath and JitendraPandit. KetanMadivale has done the editing. The art direction is by Raja Dagar and the choreography is by Ganesh Chandanshive and Bhakti Naik.

Chaurya is all set to release on 5^th August, 2016.

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Shani Shingnapur – the temple town close to Nashik is known for, as the name suggests, its Shani temple. Women aren’t allowed in the inner sanctum of the temple and women empowerment activists protested against this practice. It created quite a controversy recently. However, there is another peculiarity regarding this village – Shani is a god known for punishing theft. So the houses in the village, believe it or not, have door frames, but no doors! The villagers believe that their beloved God will not let any kind of theft happen in the village.

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An upcoming film called Chaurya is about this faith of villagers in their God to protect their village from robbery of any kind. In the film, despite the villagers strong faith a robbery takes place and that too in the temple itself! We then see an investigation into the strange matter. This suspense thriller has been directed by debutant Samir Asha Patil and stars Kishor Kadam, Ganesh Yadav, Milind Shinde, Pradeep Velankar, Digvijay Rohidas, Dinesh Lata Shetty, Teertha Murbadkar, and Shruti Kulkarni in important roles.

Navlakha Arts and Holy Basil Company’s Nilesh Navlakha, Vivek Kajaria and Cineleela Talkies’s Ashwini Patil has produced this film with Rajan Amle as the co-producer. Holy Basil and Navalakha Arts have produced acclaimed films like Shala and Fandry before.

A unique initiative in the film is that it will be released in an accessibility format that will help even blind and deaf people to enjoy the film as announced by the producer Nilesh Navalakha.

Suspense thrillers in Marathi are as rare as they come. So, here’s hoping that the hatke story with its thriller elements appeals to the audiences!

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The makers of ‘Shaala’ and ‘Fandry’ have come out with their new venture ‘Chaurya’. Directed by Sameer Asha Patil and produced by Nilesh Navlakha, Vivek Kajaria Sameer Asha Patil and Ashwini Patil.

It is a social crime thriller. The makers of the movie have managed to create hype, by keeping the suspense on in the teaser. Trailer intents to leave the audience’s wanting for more. The film is Officially Selected to Film Bazaar Goa 2013 in Viewing room section as a Film Bazaar Recommends (FBR), IFFI Goa.

This social crime thriller stars Kishor Kadam, Milind Shinde, Ganesh Yadav, Pradeep Velankar, Digvijay Rohidas, Dinesh Lata Shetty, Tirrtha Murbadkar.

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