• Review : Lagi Toh Chhagi (2018)
• Producer : Shivdarshan Sable, Ajit Patil, Dipti Vichare and Swati Phadtare
• Director : Shivdarshan Sable
• Screenplay & Dialogues: Shivdarshan Sable and Hemraj Sable
• Star Cast : Abhijeet Satam, Nikita Giridhar, Ravinder Singh Bakshi, Milind Uke, Yogesh Soman & Asit Redij
• Review by : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 1.5/5

Lagi Toh Chhagi Review (Marathi Movie):

“Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound & fury, signifying nothing.” – William Shakespeare. I must be using this quote in my reviews for the second time! Well because again there’s another Marathi film that suits this statement perfectly. Though it’s not one bit poetic as Shakespeare had made life sound like, ‘Lagi Toh Chhagi’ is an unbearable tale full of sound & fury, signifying nothing! Having said that ‘Lagi Toh Chhagi’ is also an ambitious commercial film when analysed as a ‘Marathi’ film, but they earn no grace points for the intentions.

There’s a pointless argument heard from enthusiasts of south Indian dubbed movies that the use of editing, music & cinematography of those films is very superior to our Marathi films. In most of the cases ‘superior’ stands for over the top use of editing, music & camera angles. This overblown exploitation of the medium was also seen a few Bollywood movies when they were in that ‘south-inspired’ phase a few years ago. ‘Lagi Toh Chhagi’ does exactly that, it almost abuses the idea of non-linear story telling & cutting in between scenes. It’s so out of place & unnecessary that it keeps the audience at a safe distance from the narrative.

The confusion stays forever in the first half. By the time the film starts joining the points we as audiences are least interested in the narrative. Add to that the equally abusive use of background music that is over the top, stereotypical & outright chaotic at times. The film promoted itself on the basis that it had too many characters! These characters just don’t stop being introduced! Sometimes the same character is introduced twice, with a specific loud background sequence. Avenger: Infinity War must have had lesser characters than this!

The genre or story of the film is indescribable to be honest. It wishes to be a crime comedy of errors with an equally serious ‘suspense’ track while there are traits of a cop movie & buddy movie & god knows what else. Strangely most of the performances in the film are decent! The clear standout is the young lady cop from the narcotics department played by actress Nikita Giridhar. But in totality even her performance goes in vain. What kills ‘Lagi Toh Chhagi’ is being insanely ambitious. It’s just too much to focus on for any kind of audiences (class or mass).

Another aspect that contributes to the ‘messy’ part of the film is the use of language & giving different regional backgrounds to different characters. The film could easily be called ‘multi-lingual’. Hindi, English, Punjabi & even Gujarati, there’s room for everything! It desperately wanted to represent the new modern ‘metro’ lingual state of Maharashtra I guess, but again it makes the film even more messy & over the top. In hand of a different writer & director this setting could have resulted into a decent entertaining film, here it just becomes an unbearable mess.

Overall:

If at all you wondered about the title of the film, it stands for ‘chance’. It associated the game of cricket throughout the narrative maybe just to justify the title. If you connect! It’s six, well if you not? You’re out! This film swinged it hard desperately hoping to connect, but it didn’t. However this mad unrestrained approach might benefit the makers some other day with a different film, you never know!

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• Movie : Lagi Toh Chhagi (2018) | लगी तो छगी
• Producer : Shivdarshan Sable, Ajit Patil, Dipti Vichare and Swati Phadtare
• Director : Shivdarshan Sable
• Studio : Magic Hour Creations
• Star Cast :
  • Abhijeet Satam as Aalap Sahastrabuddhe
  • Nikita Giridhar as ACP Surabhee Mhapsekar
  • Ravinder Singh Bakshi as Bunty
  • Milind Uke as Ungali Shetty
  • Yogesh Soman as Commissioner Marathe
  • Asit Redij as Jagdish
  • Shaila Kanekar as Inspector Rudra
  • Raju Bavadekar as Inspector Bavdekar
  • Sagar Athalekar as Jhony
  • Mahesh Subhedar
  • Akshay Bhosale
  • Surendra Pal as Pathan
  • Pradnya Shastri
• Story, Screenplay and Dialogues : Shivdarshan Sable and Hemraj Sable
• Lyrics : Mangesh Kangane and Devadatta Sable
• Music : Devadatta Sable and Anurag Godbole
• Sound Design and Mixing : Abhijit Shreeram Deo
• Background Score : Anurag Godbole
• Cinematography (DOP) : Pradeep S Khanvilkar
• Editor : Apurva Motiwale Sahai and Ashish Mhatre
• Art Director : Pramod Maharana
• Costume : Sachin Lovalekar
• Choreographer : Sujit Kumar and Karishma Chavan
• Creative Producer : Amruta Sable
• Publicity Design : Milind Matkar
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 08th June 2018

Synopsis : A whacky comedy suspense thriller set in Mumbai and Goa, ‘Lagi Toh Chhagi’ is a pacy, crazy and entertaining fare involving an ambitious loser, a compulsive gambler, a bunch of ruthless drug dealers, crooked cops, loan sharks, international gangsters and a wild card.

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You can’t ever tell where your destiny will take you. Taekwondo player Himanshu Visale would certainly attest to the former statement. Only last year Himanshu was participating in international Taekwondo tournaments and had even managed to win a gold. But the martial arts champion has now found a new vocation, that of acting! Yes, he would soon be seen on the big screen as he’s making his debut in the upcoming Marathi film titled Sobat. Produced by Kashmira Films and presented by Gurunath Mithbavkar, Sobat will be releasing all over Maharashtra on 25th May.

Actress Monalisa Bagal will be seen opposite Himanshu Visale in the lead role. The film also stars Ruchira Jadhav, Girish Pardeshi, Smita Gondkar, Nagesh Bhosale, Pradeep Velankar, Vijay Gokhale, Manoj Takne, Abhilasha Patil, Ashwin Patil, Kaustubh Joshi among others. Directed by Milind Ukey, Sobat is a love story of the young college-going Karan and Gauri who tie the knot despite opposition from Gauri’s family. He reasons that if the youth can vote at the age of 18 years, then why they don’t have the right to choose their own life partner? An 18-year-old is treated as an adult by the court in case of crimes, but can’t marry someone. The film attempts to raise such pertinent queries in an entertaining manner.

Talking about his debut, Himanshu said, “The producers cast me in their film on seeing my picture on the posters that were plastered all over after I had won the gold medal in the Taekwondo competition. Though I have no acting experience, I have taken part in school plays in my childhood.

“It was a pleasure to work with the entire team of Sobat and especially with an experienced director like Milind Ukey. We had done extensive rehearsals, so the shoot was a breeze.”

Talking about his future plans Himanshu said, “Well, I haven’t decided if I would pursue acting full-time, but if ever an opportunity arises I would definitely think about it.”

It would certainly be interesting to see a Taekwondo master like Himanshu performing on the big screen when Sobat releases on 25th May. Wishing him all the luck!

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