The premier of Chi va Chi Sau Ka was a very glossy affair. The event was attended by many Marathi celebrities along with the cast and crew of the film. Mrinmayee Godbole was looking very glamorous in her stylish dress. Lalit was as usual very handsome in his casuals. The event was also attended by Paresh Mokashi and Madhugandha Kulkarni- director and writer of the film.

The film has been receiving great reviews from the critics and audience has loved the film. The film is a love story of a eco-conservationist and an animal lover. The great story, beautiful performances and witty dialogues have made a film big hit.

The premiere was attended by Shashank ketkar, Sai Tamhankar, Parna Pethe, Jitendra Joshi, Sukanya Kulkarni, Supriya Pathare, Amruta Subhash, Jyoti Subhash, Amey Wagh, Akshay Bardapurkar Suhrud Godbole, Girija Oak, Omprakash Shinde, Rasika Sunil, Paresh Mokashi, Nikhil Sane, Madhugandha Kulkarni, Purnima Talwalkar, Suhita Thatte, Rohini Hattangadi along with other cast & crew of film.

Here are some photographs of this event:

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• Review : Chi Va Chi Sau Ka (2017)
• Producer : Nikhil Sane
• Director : Paresh Mokashi
• Star Cast :Lalit Prabhakar, Mrinmayee Godbole, Bharat Ganeshpure, Pushkar Lonarkar, Sharmishtha Raut, Jyoti Subhash, Supriya Pathare, Pradeep Joshi, Sunil Abhyankar
  Purnima Talwalkar
• Writer : Paresh Mokashi & Madhugandha Kulkarni
• Music : Narendra Bhide
• Review By : Aditya Savnal

Rating : 3/5

Chi Ka Va Sau Ka Marathi Movie Review :

After narrating stories of human triumph in Harishchandrachi Factory and Elizabeth Ekadashi, director Paresh Mokashi attempts a rather quirky love story with his latest Chi. Ka Va Sou. Ka.

Savitri a.k.a Savi (Mrunmayee Godbole), a veterinary doctor and a staunch vegetarian (or ‘vegan’ as she calls herself in the film) and Satyaprakash a.ka. Satya(Lalit Prabhakar), an electrical engineer and an obsessed water conservationist are forced to marry each other by their parents. However, Savitri and Satyaprakash (a nod to the mythical pair of Satyawan and Savitri) are apprehensive about the same and unanimously take a decision, which leads to chaos among their families.

Romcom as a genre has been lately been explored too often by Marathi cinema. Be it adolescent love stories or tales that deal with Gen Y couples, many recent films have dealt with the same. Paresh Mokashi and co-writer Madhugandha Kulkarni give this love story a fresh spin by incorporating a unique twist in the tale. The twist comes in form of the condition put forth by Savi before she gives her to marrying Satya and is best left to be discovered by audiences.

The quirks of the lead characters and the apprehensions of their parents towards their terms help to add some interesting twists to the story. Mokashi and Kulkarni also use these quirks to take the story forward. Satya is omnipresent on social media but an introvert in real life. Savi is an individual striving for a cause and unable to bear any harm towards animals. Satyaprakash thrives on non vegetarian food, while Savitri despises those who consume it.  

The makers waste no time in setting up the story and introducing us to the family members and friends of the lead actors who are equally loony. Among these, the characters that deserve a mention are Satyaprakash’s grandmom (Jyoti Subhash) who is going around with her next door neighbour (Satish Alekar), Savitri’s heavily pregnant sister (Sharmishtha Raut) who is understandably impatient and her overactive younger brother (Pushkar Lonarkar)adding to the chaos. And there’s also the marriage registrar employee (Bharat Ganeshpure) who doubles up as the narrator of the film.

The initial meeting between Satya and Savi’s families, the latter’s announcement of the dumbfounding condition to test their compatibility are much in sync with the film’s quirky tone. Yet these moments keep you glued to the seats thanks to the various laugh out loud moments. A standout scene is the one in which Satyaprakash and Savitri’s parents bond and pray for the alliance to not fruition. It works as a complete contrast to the usual matchmaking process where parents hope and do their best to make the twain meet.

A relationship can be successful when the partners accept each other’s weaknesses and help to overcome it. Mokashi dwells on this aspect as the lead characters help each other to fight the obstacles prevailing in their respective lives. Savi helps Satya to get the much needed for his solar project, while he helps her to raise funds for her hospital through social media.

But there are times when one gets the impression that the makers are trying too hard to be funny and quirky. Subsequently, certain scenes come across as loud and so do the characters that are a part of it. The conflict between Satyaprakash and Savitri lacks heft and could have been handled in a better way.

Lalit Prabahakar and Mrunmayee Godbole share a warm chemistry that makes their characters and performances even more relatable. The rest of the cast members also do a fine job though they appear loud at certain places

Despite its shortcomings, Chi Ka Va Sau Ka has several enjoyable and laugh out loud moments. If you are in the mood for some laughs and need to get over your everyday blues, then do give it a try.

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Mrinmayee Godble was earlier seen in critically acclaimed Vees Mhanje Vees and Rajwade and Sons. Her next film “Chi va Chi Sau Ka” will be releasing this Friday. The Paresh Mokashi directed light hearted film has already created buzz as it marks the debut of Television heart-throb Lalit Prabhakar.

Tell us about your experience of working with Lalit?

We didn’t know each other before we started working for this film. As I am not an ardent fan of Marathi serials, I haven’t followed his work on the television. But I knew that he is a very popular household name due to his TV series. We both belong to theatre basically and we are passionate about acting.  Though this is Lalit’s first film, he is more experienced than me in front of camera. Because of his day today shooting for a TV serial he has great camera presence and understanding of the medium. This made very easy for him to adjust on the sets. Lalit motivated me and encouraged me for better work. A costar has to be very supportive, as I believe acting is not just saying your line and be done with it, but it is primarily reacting to what person in front of you is saying.

Tell us about your role and also how did you prepare for it.

This is a romcom- a comedy with a romantic angle. I am playing role of Savitri, she is a veterinary doctor and this is not just a profession for her. By nature, she is an animal lover and Lalit plays role of an environmentalist. Both of our characters have very strong principles which will create some unimaginable situations for us as well as for our families.

Interestingly, I and Lalit both are Kung Fu players in the film. Lalit has been learning this type of martial arts since sometime. But I have to learn Kung Fu for this film. As I was a national level basket ballplayer and also done Kalaripayettu ( Kerali martial Arts) so it became very easy for me to follow. Lalit and I had taken out Kung Fu sessions together where Paresh (director) and Madhugandha (writer) also joined us. This it worked as an ice breaker for all of us. As we started practicing together, we also get to know about the film and our characters. It was more like workshop and certain amount of chemistry was built. We had lots of fun on the sets, but at the same time we all were very professional and did out homework required for the shoot.

Paresh and Madhugandha have consistently delivered us good content driven cinema with a hard hitting message. How was your experience?

In my earlier film, Vees Mhanaje Vees, Madhugandha played a very small role and we met each other during the shoot. So far I have done the films which are not just about the entertainment but also has a very strong message which I would like to give out personally as well. Rajwade spoke about youth and its problems. Vees Mhanje Vees was about education scenario in rural Maharashtra. Chi vs Chi Sau Ka talks about animal welfare and environment, but this is not a very prechy film. The core of the film carries a message but it is wrapped in a complete entertainment package.

Paresh is a great director as he understands what an actor wants and actors are really vulnerable, and emotional. It is very imp for the director to be more compassionate, patient and clear in the communication. It made things a lot easier. He has very nice great healthy one -on-one relationship with all of the cast members. I have a great respect for him, but for me he is a great friend and very approachable for an actor.

Are you an animal lover in your real life as well?

Oh yes, I have two dogs at my Pune home. They are called Cyrus and Munshi. I have also adopted a dog at Mumbai residence.. He is very curious by nature so we have named him Sherlock. I have always been fond of animals. We shot at an actual animal rescue shelter in Mumbai. This was a great learning experience for me. I spent long time during shoot at this shelter, and observe how the animals are rescued, treated and relocated. I learnt a great deal about the animals and the cruelty of the human beings. This will help me in the future whenever I will see an animal torture.

Tell us about your future projects.

I am doing a bilingual film in Hindi and English directed by Kranti Kanade. His film revolves around a prestigious drama competition- Purushottam Karandak in Pune. I am looking forward for this film as the subject very close to me. I have also done a very small part in Akshay Kumar starrer Batman. Also, in theatre I am performing three plays. One is with Paresh Rawal called Dear Father (in Hindi and Gujrati) and another is an experimental play in Marathi with Asakt Kalamanch, a Pune based group. I am also doing a Hindi play based on the subject of Palestine. As the film will be releasing this weekend, I will resume my theatre work very soon.

Mrinmayee, Thanks for sharing us your thoughts about the film.  We wish you a best luck for the release of the film.

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Lalit Prabhakar was shot to fame with Zee Marathi’s ‘Julun Yeti Reshimgathi’ serial & now his silver screen debut too is happening with Zee Studios’ ‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka’. Here’s a little chat with Lalit about his debut release.

Tell us about Chi Va Chi Sau Ka! What is the story about?

The story of this film revolves around a young couple Satyaprakash and Savitri played by me and Mrinmayee Godbole respectively. Satyaprakash is an electrical engineer, Savitri is a Veterinary doctor. Both are busy with their professions and firm on their decisions. An arranged marriage is fixed for them but they want to try out their compatibility with each other and their in laws and their relatives and other friends before marriage and only then they would like to go ahead with the marriage.The post marriage happenings in their life have been presented in humorous way in this film.

Tell us about your character ‘Solar Putra – Satyaprakash’?

Satyaprakash is a die-hard environmentalist and is always thinking about how to conserve energy, and electricity and uses solar power and is known as Solar in the film. He goes to any extent for the environmental issues he believes in and is an interesting character.

How was it like to work with Mrinmayee Godbole?

We both have a theatre background and we gelled with each other and we understood each other very well and it was great fun to work with her as her character too is interesting and she knows martial arts and her character will certainly be loved by the audiences.

Tell us about your director,Paresh Mokashi?

He is a very good and sorted director having made acclaimed films like ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ and ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’ and it was a great learning experience to work with him and his wife and writer Madhugandha Kulkarni.

Your debut film is produced by Zee Studios! How does it feel?

Yes. Their films are different and have very good content and they are marketed and distributed well and their chief Nikhil Sane has all the knowledge of making good films and marketing and distributing them in such a way that most of the audiences are drawn in the first week.

So after ‘Chi Va Chi SauKa’ what’s next?

I have an interesting film called ‘TTMM – Tujha Tu Majha Mi’ coming up very soon.

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The leading lady from the film Chi Va Chi Sau Ka, Mrinmayee Godbole has to prep her role with some serious moves of  Kung Fu. To make the role more intense Mrinmayee underwent Kung Fu training especially for the film. The film also stars Lalit Prabhakar in the leading role.

Sharing about her Kung Fu training Mrinmayee Godbole said, “So I have done Kalaripayattu in the past and I played basketball for almost ten years till the national level. But I had never done Kung Fu! Lalit and I trained for Kung Fu for one month before we started shooting. I’m supposed to be a blue belt in the film. Our trainer Shrikant Sir made us do very difficult exercises, stretches and strict training. He would make us do push-ups on our knuckles so we had bruised, black and blue knuckles all through the shooting and the film! It was a very hectic and grueling process and he helped us during the shoot also. We also got hurt and hit each other a lot,not intentionally, but while shooting.”

The trailers of the film have already created curiosity among the audience and the screen chemistry of Lalit and Mrinmayee looks wonderful.

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Paresh Mokashi directorial, Zee Studios’ ‘Chi Va Chi SauKa’ continues to interest us about the film through the different teasers, trailers & now with the title song. Sung by popular Hindi singer & lyricist Swanand Kirkire, composed by Narendra Bhide & written by Paresh Mokashi himself, this title song symbolizes the actual soul of the film so perfectly.

There are so many things happening in this song, whether it’s is unique rhythm or sound of the song or whether it’s the video that introduces us in many chaotically funny incidents & situations of the film. If at all someone was in a doubt to watch this film or not, this title song must have cleared all the confusion & would have made this film a must watch.

The unique leading pair of Lalit Prabhakar & Mrunmayee Godbole & the rest of the cast look perfect in their parts. Technically too ‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka’ looks of high quality. This video has already got many hits & many audiences would have seen it repeatedly as they definitely miss out many things in just one watch.

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Chi Va Chi Sau Ka – Zee Studio’s upcoming Marathi Movie 

• Movie : Chi Va Chi Sau Ka (2017) | चि.व.चि.सौ.कां
• Producer : Nikhil Sane
• Director : Paresh Mokashi
• Studio : Zee Studio’s
• Star Cast :
  • Lalit Prabhakar as Satya
  • Mrinmayee Godbole as Savi
  • Bharat Ganeshpure
  • Pushkar Lonarkar as Savi brother
  • Sharmishtha Raut as Savi Sister
  • Jyoti Subhash
  • Supriya Pathare as Satya’s Mother
  • Pradeep Joshi as Satya’s Father
  • Sunil Abhyankar as Savi Mother
  • Purnima Talwalkar Savi Mother
• Story : Paresh Mokashi & Madhugandha Kulkarni
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Paresh Mokashi & Madhugandha Kulkarni
• Music :  Narendra Bhide
• Playback Singers :  NA
• Cinematography (DOP) :  Sudhir Palsane
• Editor :  Abhijeet Deshpande
• Art Director : Siddharth Tatooskar
• Makeup :  NA
• Costumes :  NA
• Executive-producer :  NA
• Genre :  Comedy, Drama
• Duration : 2 hrs 16 mins
• Release Date : 12th May 2017

Synopsis : Savitri, a veterinary doctor and Satyaprakash, an electrical engineer who are polls apart in personalities are being forced to marry each other by their parents. However, the two who are apprehensive about getting married unanimously take a decision, which creates chaos in their families.

Chi Va Chi Sau Ka Marathi Movie Photos, Poster :

Chi Va Chi Sau Ka Marathi Movie Motion Teaser Poster :

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Paresh Mokashi mixed an interesting scientific perspective in his last film ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’. And this time too, he seems to be using the science part as an important element to the story. However, beyond this Chi Va Chi Sau Ka definitely appears to redefine how our films have been portraying the institution of marriage for years.

We were introduced to Satyaprakash (Lalit Prabhakar) & Savitri (Mrinmayee Godbole) in the previous teasers of the film, but now this trailer gives more insights about these characters & they don’t appear mere caricatures. The film has a flavor of a slightly slapstick family comedy, but it definitely seems to have a point.

The changing idea of marriage & love in our world today needs to be given a perspective through our films & this new Zee Studios’ film definitely seems to be on the right track.

As usual Zee have preferred letting out the trailer just a few weeks before the film release, but we are sure that this trailer has everything that could attract today’s Marathi audience towards the film. Chi Va Chi Sau Ka releases all over Maharashtra from 19th May!

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The first real teaser of Zee Studios’ ‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka‘ is finally out. And this time it has clearly let us into the plot of the film. The boy ‘Solar Putra’ (Lalit Prabhakar) actually runs a business of installing Solar panels & the girl ‘Veg Kanya’ (Mrinmayee Godbole) is actually passionate about animals. She even left her MBBS seat & instead became a ‘Vet’ (Doctor of Animals).

But the real twist seems to be how this film deals with the supporting cast. Whenever an arranged marriage is fixed both families matter & everyone’s opinion & views are being bombarded. The same picture can be seen in this teaser.

Directed by ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ & ‘Elizabeth Ekadashi’ fame director Paresh Mokashi ‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka’ seems to deal with two individuals who have chosen strange career paths & this definitely is an aspect that’ll be important in the narrative of the film.

‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka’ releases on 19th May so make sure you watch this family entertainer with your whole family.

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Zee Studios’ upcoming Marathi film ‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka’ directed by Paresh Mokashi is already the most awaited Marathi film currently. First they hinted us about the lead star cast, later revealed Lalit Prabhakar as ‘Solarputra’ & Mrinmayee Godbole as ‘Vegkanya’. If this was not enough recently they also introduced the rest of the fantastic star cast through a unique, funky & stylized motion poster.

In this poster we can notice many other Marathi actors as one of the 10 heads! Starting from Jyoti Subhash, Pradeep Joshi, Supriya Pathare to Bharat Ganeshpure, Sharmishtha Raut, Pushkar Lonarkar & others. Apart from these characters this poster also includes robots & different sorts of animals! It definitely says so much about the madness this unique romantic comedy will explore!

Paresh Mokashi is one of the few Marathi filmmakers who hasn’t made a bad film & has a great following among the movie fans. Now with the solid backing of Zee Studios he is ready to enter into a different style of story-telling with ‘Chi Va Chi Sau Ka’ that is set to hit the theaters soon.

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