• Review : Investment
• Director : Ratnakar Matkari
• Producers : Mahadwar Productions and Indu Enterprises
• Writer : Ratnakar Matkari
• Cast : Tushar Dalvi, Supriya Vinod, Sulbha Deshpande, Praharsh Naik, Sanjay Mone, Sandeep Pathak
• Genre : Drama

Critic Rating :

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Story Outline :

The movie is based on Ratnakar Matkari’s own story of the same name. Hailing from an upper middle class, married couple Aashish (Tushar Dalvi) and Prachi (Supriya Vinod) are eager to move further upwards in the social ranking. Prachi wants their only son Sohel (Praharsh Naik) to become a politician so that he can earn pots of money.

Sohel has turned out to be a spoilt brat due to Prachi’s upbringing. Whenever Aashish tries improving their son’s habits, he is sternly stopped by Prachi, who believes values and emotions are a thing of the past. This over-freedom one day lands Sohel and his parents in a deadly mess.

Review :

Well-known Marathi author Ratnakar Matkari’s directorial debut Investment hits theatres just when there is uproar in the country about the change in juvenile laws. By throwing light on an urban, modern family, the film succeeds in making a bold statement on how bad parenting can lead a child from an ‘elite’ class into committing a dreadful crime. However, the events and treatment of the second half make sure the film falls only in a one-time watch category.

During the initial moments, the writer has smartly defined the psyche of the couple and its effect on their child out of simple, everyday conversations. This provides dark amusement and mild shock regularly, especially due to Prachi’s way of thinking. At times, the treatment appears too simple but that was necessary to give an utterly realistic feel to the film. The main issue of the crime by the child is also narrated and presented intelligently. A scene between Sohel and the lawyer might give you a jolt.

Although the same grip is maintained at the start of the second half, proceedings become tedious as the climax approaches due to lack of conflict and depressing treatment. The all-important court case and the finale too lack complete conviction.

Coming to the technical department, the camerawork (Amol Gole) goes with the theme of the film. The background score adds tension and thrill but the editing (Sagar Vanjari) could have been sharper.

Praharsh Naik deserves thunderous applause for playing such a difficult role so effectively. It can be mentally taxing for any child actor to play such a role. Supriya Vinod brilliantly gets into the skin of her character. Her perfect nuances make her completely believable. Tushar Dalvi doesn’t lag behind in the role of a man dominated by his wife. His acts in scenes where he is forced to obey his wife deserve special mention.

It’s a welcome break to see Sadeep Phatak in a non-comic role. He does full justice to his character. Sulbha Deshpande and Sanjay Mone shine in their respective supporting roles. The rest of the actors provide decent support.

Overall :

Investment can be seen if you appreciate thought-provoking cinema.

Review By Keyur Seta on Halti Chitre

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Veteren play write & laureate Ratnakar Matkari’s National Award winning debut film “Investment” is set to hit theaters across Maharashtra on 20th September. A renowned Marathi writer & stage director, Mr. Matkari has made his debut by directing this film at the age of 75 years. The first theatrical trailer was launched in a grand ceremony recently in the presence of the entire star cast. The website of the film was inaugurated by Mr. Ujwal Nirgudkar, Technical director, Film Lab.

“Earning money” has pivotal significance in current scenario where it hardly matters how and from which sources money is earned. middle class is striving to be higher middle class and higher middle class is striving to be Rich and super rich by adopting any means. While attaining this, people are conveniently ignoring the ethics, values having focus only on becoming rich. People are not realizing that when did they change their perspective towards children and started considering them as their future investment. “Investment” depicts this decaying society in the most poignant manner.

Experimenting attitude, limitless creative energy, spirit, quest for always doing something new and the balance between being introvert and extrovert at the same time as well, are the distinguishing features of Mr. Ratnakar Matkari’s personality as an artist. Creation with the help of minimum possible means and to take it to the maximum possible people is the essence of his creativity. No wonder that his debut film has bagged National award at the age of 75 years. Ganesh Matkari, a film critic and son of Mr. Ratnakar Matkari is a co-director of this film.
Known actors from Marathi Industry, Mr. Tushar Dalvi, Supriya Vinod and Sandeep Pathak are spectacular in this film. Their role is greatly supported by Sulabha Deshpande, Sanjay Mone, Milind Phatak, Deepak Karanjikar and Kumar Praharsh Naik. Amol Gole is the DOP of this film. This film has been produced jointly by Matkari’s “Mahadwar Production” and ‘Indu enterprises’ owned by Mr. Anish Joshi and Mandar Vaidya.

This film has participated in various International film Festivals such in Mami in Mumbai, Piff in Pune, Chennai and Banglore. It has also participated and earned Film Critic’s appreciation at New York Indian Film Festival and Stuttgart.

In this context, Matkari said, “Audience has a strange notion that a national award winning film is not their cup of tea, that the film is not for entertainment. On the contrary, ‘Investment’ caters to all age groups as well as different spectrum of audience who seek varied form of entertainment. When the audience could connect with the story & when the film keeps them engrossed till the very end, that is the definition of an entertainment film and ‘Investment is no exception.”

This film is slated to release in theatres across Maharashtra on 20th September 2013.

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• Movie : Investment
• Produced By : Mahadwar
• Directed By : Ratnakar Matkari , Associate Director Ganesh Matkari
• Starring : Tushar Dalvi, Supriya Vinod, Sulabha Deshpande, Sanjay Mone, Sandeep Pathak,, Praharsh Naik
• Written By : Ratnakar Matkari, Based on his novella ‘Investment’
• Screenplay By : Ratnakar Matkari
• Release Date : 20th September 2013

Story : ‘INVESTMENT’ is a realistic, socially relevant, hard-hitting Marathi film primarily meant for the urban audience that can identify with its character and the nature of issues dealt within the film.

INVESTMENT tells us the story a typical ‘upwardly mobile’ couple, Aashish, an ambitious young man, about to change his job for joining an American firm and his wife, Prachi, who is encouraging and eager to move into a higher class of society. The couple has a twelve-year old son, Sohel, who is being brought up with much care and with a dream of raising a successful Politian of the Future, a field, which they believe, is promising due to its lucrative opportunities of growth, power and finance. Sohel’s unexpected involvement in a serious crime brings forth the pivotal drama about the state of morality in today’s urban society.

Investment is a directorial debut of Mr. Ratnakar Matkari, a well known name in Marathi literature and Indian theatre.

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Best Actress : Usha Jadhav for Marathi film Dhag
Best Marathi Film : Investment
Best Music Direction For Songs : Shailender Barve For Samhita
Best Female Playback Singer: Samhita for ‘Palakein Naa Moon Don’ song from ‘Aarti Anklekartikekar’ (Marathi)
Special Mention : Hansraj Jagtap for ‘Dhag’ (Marathi),

60th National Film Awards (2013) -List of All Winners

Best Feature Film: Paan Singh Tomar
Best Director: Shivaji Lotan Patil for the film Dhag (Marathi).
Best Actor: Irrfan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi)
Best Actress: Usha Jadhav for Marathi film Dhag
Best Supporting Actor : Annu Kapoor for Vicky Donor
Best Supporting Actress : Dolly Ahluwalia for Vicky Donor and Kalpana for ThanichallaNjan (Malyalam)
Best Child Artist : Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) and Minon for 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam)
Best Male Playback Singer : Shankar Mahadevan for ‘Bolo Na’ song from Chittagong
Best Female Playback Singer : Samhita for ‘Palakein Naa Moon Don’ song from ‘Aarti Anklekartikekar’ (Marathi)
Best Screenplay Writer (Original) : Sujoy Ghosh for Kahaani
Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla for ‘Oh My God’
Best Dialogue : Anjali Menon for Ustad Hotel (Malayalam)
Best Lyrics : Prasoon Joshi for ‘Chitrangadha'(Bengali), ‘Kahaani’, ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, ‘Dekh Indian circus’ and ‘Talaash’ (Hindi)
Best Choreography : Birju Maharaj for ‘Vishwaroopam’ (Tamil)
Best Popular Film for wholesome entertainment : Vicky Donor (Hindi), Ustad (Malayalam)
Best Animation Film : Delhi Safari
Best Children’s Film : Dekh Indian Circus
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation : Black Forest (Malayalam)
Best Film on Social Issues : Spirit (Malayalam)
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film On National Integration : ThanichallaNjan (Malyalam)
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director : Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam)
Best Editing : Namrata Rao for Kahaani
Best Production Design: Boontawee ‘Thor’ Taweepasas and Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja for Vishwaroopam (Tamil)
Best Costume Design : Poornima Ramaswamy for Paradesi (Tamil)
Best Make-up Artist : Raja for Vazakkuenn (Tamil)
Special Jury Award : Rituparno Ghosh for Chitrangada (Bengali) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Kahaani, Gangs of Wasseypur, Talaash , Dekh Indian Circus
Best Special Effects : Eega (Telugu)
Best Sound Designer : Anirban Sengupta and Dipankar Chaki for Shabdo (Bengali)
Best Location Sound Recordist : Radhakrishnan S for AnnayumRasoolum (Malayalam)
Best Re-recordist of the final mixed track : Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair for Gangs of Wasseypur (Hindi)
Best Cinematography : Sudheer Palsane for KO:YAD (Mising)
Special Mention : Lal for Ozhirmuri (Malayalam), Parineeti Chopra for Ishaqzaad‘, H. G. Daatatreya for Bharath Stores (Kannada), Bishnu Khargoria for Baandhon (Assamese), Hansraj Jagtap for Dhag (Marathi), Tannishta Chatterjee for Dekh Indian Circus, Thilakan for Ustad Hotel
Best Assamese Film : Baandhon
Best Bengali Film : Shabdo
Best Gujarati Film : The Good Road
Best Hindi Film : Filmistan
Best Kannada Film : Bharath Stores
Best Malyalam Film : Celluloid
Best Manipuri Film : Leipaklei
Best Marathi Film : Investment
Best Punjabi Film : Nabar
Best Tamil Film : Vazakkuenn 18/9
Best Telugu Film : Eega
Best Urdu Film : Harud
Best English Film : Lessons Forgetting
Best Mising Film : KO:YAD

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