The much-awaited Madhuri Dixit debut in Marathi industry with ‘Bucket List’ directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskarhas been hugely celebrated by the audiences. The film revolves around a woman finding her way back to life and discovering the new meaning of it.

Madhura Sane’s character played by Madhuri Dixit was well received by critics and audiences across India and overseas, where the movie is still receiving an overwhelming response. Bucket List is produced under the banner of Dark Horse Cinemas, Dar Motion Pictures and Blue Mustang Creations Pvt.Ltd.

Karan Johar completed one task from his own wish list of entering into Marathi Film industry by presenting Bucket List along with AA films. The collaboration of Dhak Dhak girl Madhuri Dixit and Karan Johar took the industry by storms. Bucket List released on 25th May is already a Hit on Box Office & still running fair in theaters in India as well as overseas.

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Madhuri Dixit’s first ever Marathi film released worldwide on 25^th May. And all around the world, the film has got a great response. In the opening weekend on 25^th, 26^th & 27^th May Bucket List made over 3.66 Crores at the box office. Whereas now the number has gone over 5 crores!

Bollywood’s iconic heroine Madhuri transformed herself completely to fit into the role of a middle-class Maharashtrian housewife for ‘Bucket List’. And the audiences too have responded back to Madhuri’s efforts as they are watching the film in theatres in big numbers.

Presented by ‘Bahubali’ fame A A Films & Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions this film is directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar & is still running with packed theatres in the second week. If you still haven’t seen ‘Bucket List’ make sure you book your tickets at your nearest cinema theatre.

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• Review : Bucket List (2018)
• Producer : Arun Rangachari, Vivek Rangachari, Aarti Subhedar & Ashok Subhedar
• Director : Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar
• Screenplay: Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar
• Star Cast : Madhuri Dixit Nene, Sumeet Raghavan, Vandana Gupte, Shubha Khote, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Krutika Deo & Sumedh Mudgalkar
• Review by : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 2.5/5

Bucket List Movie Review:

The one-liner for Bucket List would appear considerably interesting on paper. The film even achieves some of it’s ‘fun’ aspect in the first half. But even that has a problem of perspective. The whole idea needed to be looked as a comedy, a true blue comedy that could only get slightly serious in the climax. Instead ‘Bucket List’ appears confused about it’s perspective. It unnecessary creates drama out of situations that are outright illogical in the narrative. It even underplays the humorous moments to keep the film family friendly.

The first half starts off on a terrific note, where we didn’t expect this film to make Madhuri a true believable middle aged housewife. We also notice there’s a slight cutely dumb side to her (one that is never seen again). I was reminded of Sai Tamhankar’s character from ‘YZ’. Imagined that in this scheme of things! But Madhura (Madhuri Dixit Nene) is hardly a complete character on her own. She is a roughly created generalized version of a middle aged house wife from a upper middle class family.

As we know the narrative of the film is about Madhura completing a ‘Bucket List’, a Bucket list that belonged to a teenage girl who lost her life before completing her 21^st birthday. Why Madhura is supposed to take this responsibility on herself? From the promotions of the film I realized the Bucket List team doesn’t want the audience to know about it, so I won’t reveal. But I would say whatever the reason is it makes sense as also it’s a part of the basic idea which is interesting on it’s own.

However the journey of the completion of this Bucket List doesn’t bring about any substantial change in Madhura’s life. She does a number of things, by the end she says she has learned so much & has changed so much, but this change is only present in the dialogues not in the actual screenplay. One major reason for this error is that since the film didn’t really figure out Madhura’s character before the Bucket List entering her life the changes too are difficult to incorporate!

The second half as major issues throughout, almost every dramatic moment feels forced & which are unnecessarily added to have a conflict in the story. The climax is shockingly absurd! The fast paced, high energy party song ‘Houn Jau Dya’ kills the entire novelty of the subject brutally! The song just didn’t belong to the film. Why would parents of a dead 20 year old celebrate her birthday with such over the top excitement just after 6 months from her death? The birthday party makes sense but the excitement is just mindlessly absurd.

But the reason I have still rated the film decently is the way it created an interesting give & take between today’s younger generation & the generation of their parents. Madhura too is backed by a few friends of the deceased teenager. Madhura also has few interesting & relatable moments with her own teenage daughter. Deceased teengaer’s twin brother played by Sumedh Mudgalkar too suffers from the unnecessary dramatic angle of the film, or else he could have made a better connect with the audiences, also because he is a good performer.

Finally talking about Madhuri’s performance! Her Marathi isn’t a problem, neither is her overall performance, but then she doesn’t save an average film. A better actress in this part could have surely elevated the overall film as there were many moments for the character to shine above the mediocre script. I was reminded of Sridevi’s heart warming performance from ‘English Vinglish’ & how she literally appeared ‘Shashi Godbole’ in & out.

Overall:

Bucket List’s biggest problem is the directorial decision making, from the tone of the film to the overall flow of the screenplay, the inclusion of irrelevant drama & the absurd climax. Yet for audiences who are fans of Madhuri Dixit, the film would be a pleasing experience overall.

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• Movie : Bucket List (2018) | बकेट लिस्ट
• Producer : Jamashp Bapuna, Amit Pankaj Parikh, Arun Rangachari, Sethumadhavan, Vivek Rangachari, Aarti Subhedar and Ashok Subhedar
• Director : Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar
• Studio : Dark Horse Cinemas, Dar Motion Pictures and Blue Mustang Creations
• Star Cast :
  • Madhuri Dixit as Madhura Sane
  • Sumeet Raghavan as Mohan Sane
  • Vandana Gupte as Sudha Sane
  • Shubha Khote as Panji
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar as Anil Chitale
  • Renuka Shahane as Anjali Deshpande
  • Sumedh Mudgalkar as Salil Deshpande
  • Ila Bhate as Shobha Chitale
  • Pradeep Welankar as Keshav Sane
  • Krutika Deo as Riya
  • Shalva Kinjawadekar as Adi
  • Milind Phatak as Prakash Deshpande
  • Resham Tipnis as Lavina Mewara
  • Neel Sane as Atharva Bedekar
  • Radhika Sane as Ritika Shotri
• Story : Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar
• Screenplay and Dialogues : Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar and Devashree Shivadekar
• Singer : Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan and Sadhana Sargam
• Lyrics : Mandar Cholkar and Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar
• Music : Rohan Pradhan and Rohan Gokhale
• Sound Design : NA
• Original Background Score : Rohan-Rohan
• Cinematography (DOP) : Arjun Sorte 
• Editor : Abhijeet Balaji Deshpande
• Art Director : Siddharth Tatooskar
• Costume : Chandrakant Sonawane
• Make-up : Nilesh Patkar
• Choreography : Shampa Gopikrishna
• Executive Producer : Jitendra Kulkarni
• Line Producer : Omkar Hardikar
• Cast : Shantanu Shrikant Bhake
• Production Designer : Siddharth Tattoskar
• Casting Director : Shantanu Bhake
• Assistant Director : Abhishek Wadodkar
• Aerial Cinematographer : Tarun Achpal
• Helicam Operator : Shitiz Kumar Goel
• Associate Editor : Sourabh Prabhudesai
• Associate Director : Raj R Gupta
• Action Director : Hanif Mohammad
• Publicity Design : Sachin Suresh Gurav
• DI : Pixel D Post Pvt Ltd
• Colorist : Prakash Nikharge
• Language Consultant : Harshad Godbole and Yogesh Shejwalkar
• Presenter : Karan Johar (Dharma Productions) and AA Films
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 25th May 2018

Synopsis : The story of a woman trapped in the confines of her own choices, Bucket List chronicles the life of a 40-year-old housewife, Madhura Sane, who takes off on a journey to self-discovery when she stumbles upon a choice that could change her life forever.

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