• Review : Damlelya Babachi Kahani (2016)
• Producer : Vishal Dhanwade, Nitin Chavan
• Directer : Yogesh Jadhav & Nitin Chavan
• Star Cast : Sandeep Khare, Kishor Kadam, Sanskruti Balgude, Astad Kale, Dipti Bhagawat, Pravin Tarade, Jyoti Chandekar.
• Writer : Nitin Chavan
• Music : Salil Kulkarni
• Genre : Family Drama
• Certification : U
• Review By : Rasik Tirodkar

Rating : 2/5

Damlelya Babachi Kahani Marathi Movie Review:

This is one of those films that have a misleading title. The intention behind it is obvious. Damlela Babachi Kahani is a very popular song by the composer – lyricist pair of Salil Kulkarni and Sandeep Khare. The song about a father lamenting about how he is missing his daughter’s childhood due to the long distance he has to travel to work and that leaves him with no time at all to mingle with his daughter (Sanskruti Balgude), has touched the hearts of many. The title is an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the song. The film, in fact, is hardly about what the song is. It is more about female infanticide than anything else.

Ingulkar is a meek young man who is newly married and stays with his wife in the city. He has a rather bigoted and cruel mother who is hell bent on Ingulkar’s wife bearinga male child. She even insists on the killing of the foetus even if it is a female. Ingulkar astonishingly caves in to his mothers demand, but on seeing the ghastly process followed by the hospital of killing the foetus and feeding it to the dogs, Ingulkar realises his blunder and can’t forgive himself for almost going ahead with killing his own daughter even before she was born. That traumatic experience makes a permanent impression on his mind and leaves him with a kind of mental disorder. The disorder makes him violent whenever he sees a woman being harassed, and once in the spur of the moment he kills a man attempting to rape a woman. He is tried in court for the murder and the film reveals his past to us in a long flashback.

So, the film is hardly about what the song Damlela Baba is about. It tries to tackle the menace of female infanticide and adopts a rather preachy approach. The aesthetic of the film is old fashioned and comes across as one of those social marathi films from the 90s. The negative characters are all caricatures and are very unreal in a film that aims to realistically tackle a relevant subject. The film ends in an all too convenient manner which is also predictable.

Sandeep Khare who has played the lead role as Ingulkar does well here. That he is a lyricist and acting is not his area of expertise is quick forgotten. Scenes involving Kishore Kadam are engaging as well. There is hardly anything else that is either not cliched or heavy handed.

Overall:

The film misleads with its title and that is not it’s only negative aspect. Though it should be applauded for tackling a relevant subject like female infanticide, but caricatures, tv serial aesthetic and an all too convenient finale makes proves to be its downfall.

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Damlelya Babachi Kahani is arguably the most popular song by the lyricist-composer duo of Sandeep Khare and Salil Kulkarni. The song expressing the turmoil and the helplessness a Father feels towards missing being a part of his daughter’s childhood as he is busy working, invariably leaves people teary-eyed. The touching song wasn’t really released as a video when it was composed. But now it is part of a film by the name of the song itself.

The video of the song has Sandeep Khare, the lyricist, himself playing the damlela baba. Sandeep has worked in a marathi film called Bioscope before, so he has had acting experience and it shows that he is natural at expressing his own words. The song traces the journey of the father right from when his daughter was a baby to her wedding day. You can notice Sandeep’s hairline receding as the time passes by. The video otherwise has a very TV serial like aesthetic.

Nevertheless, a popular and vivid song like this deserved a video and it finally has one.

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Damlelya Babachi Kahani, a a debut film as an actor for poet Sandeep Khare will be releasing on 24 June all over Maharashtra. The film is directed by Nitin Chanvan and Yogesh Jadahv and the story is inspired by the poem of Khare with the same title. Interestingly, the film also stars Kishor Kadam, another poet who writes under the name Saumitra. Music has been composed by Dr Salil Kulkarni.

Sanskruti Balgude will be seen portraying role of Khare’s daughter in this film. The film also stars Praveen Tarade, Astad Kale, Deepti Bhagwat, Jyoti Chandekar, Kishor Chaugule and child artiste Shreya Pasalkar.

The story of the film revolves around a father and son relationship where they struggle against social taboos. The story –screenplay and dialogues are written by Nitin Chavan. The producers have announced that some part of this film’s earning will be donated to the drought affected farmers of Maharashtra.

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• Movie : Damlelya Babachi Kahani (दमलेल्या बाबाची कहाणी)
• Producer : Vishal Dhanwade, Nitin Chavan
• Director : Yogesh Jadhav & Nitin Chavan
• Studio : Palavi Creation
• Star Cast : Sandeep Khare, Kishor Kadam, Sanskruti Balgude, Astad Kale, Dipti Bhagawat, Pravin Tarade, Jyoti Chandekar.
• Story : Nitin Chavan
• Screenplay : Nitin Chavan
• Dialogues : Nitin Chavan
• Music : Salil Kulkarni
• Lyrics : Sandeep Khare
• DOP : Mayuresh Joshi
• Genre : Family Drama
• Release Date : 24th June 2016

Synopsis : An eternal bond between father and daughter is beautifully captured through the journey of Protagonist . The father (Sandeep Khare) has a mysterious past and is very possessive about his daughter (Sanskriti Balgude). He identifies his daughter in every troubled girl he witnesses and wants to protect her. The story explores the contemporary social issues of Women Empowerment, Child Abusing and Female Fetid through the journey of Protagonist.

Damlelya Babachi Kahani Marathi Movie Still Photos

Damlelya Babachi Kahani Marathi Movie Trailer

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Vishal Dhanawade produced “Damlelya Babachi Kahani” is ready for release on 24 June and the promotion for this film was started with the Maha Arati at the Sharda Ganpati at Pune. The promo and poster of this film was also launched at this event.

Sandeep Khare who will be seen in a very important role in this film was present at this event along with actress Dipti Bhagwat and Shreeya Pasalkar. The film has been directed by Nitin Chavan and Yogesh Jadhav.

The story of the film is based on the one-act play “Ojhe” which shows tender relationships of a father and daughter. The film will be releasing on 24 June all over Maharashtra. The makers are planning to release this film in US in the July. The film has been already selected in the international film festivals of Nashik and Goa.

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