• Review :  Shentimental (2017)
• Producer : Abhay Jahirabadkar, Sameer Patil, Santosh Bodke, Manjusha Bodke
• Director : Sameer Patil.
• Star Cast : Ashok Saraf, Upendra Limaye, Vikas Patil, Pallavi Patil, Suyog Gorhe, Raghubir Yadav, Ramesh Wani, Madhav Abhyankar, Uma Sardeshmukh, Pushkar Shrotri, Rajan Bhise, Vidyadhar Joshi
• Story : Sameer Madhusudan Pati
• Music : Milind Joshi
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 4/5

Shentimental Marathi Movie Review :

Defining commercial entertainment isn’t easy. There shouldn’t be a specific ‘formula’ to it. But if we observe the films that are highly successful in India, have something in common. It’s the emotional connect! It need not be an out & out tragedy where the audiences keep shedding tears, but few basic ‘touchy’ instances that do the trick, provided the other aspects are taken care of! In case of Sameer Patil’s ‘Shentimental’ the other aspects include unforced humour, & a new approach towards the world of police! 

Sameer Patil succeeds at the most basic stage of this film, the writing! A smoothly crafted three act structure, where the actual aim was not to give us a crime investigation film, but to investigate the human side of both the police & the criminal. Just as the title suggests, this film is sentimental about both parties. Ashok Saraf’s ‘Prahladrao’ a constable, is definitely the heart of the story, but all other characters are equally important. Upendra Limaye’s ‘Dilip Thakur’, Vikas Patil’s MPSC pass out ‘Subhash Jadhav’ & newcomer Suyog Gorhye’s ‘Manoj Pandey’ (the thief) all of them & ‘Prahladrao’ are equally important in the chain of events that take place. In addition to that Raghubir Yadav makes a delightful cameo as a quintessential ‘Bihari Bad***’.

The first act happens in Mumbai, which introduces us to these police men & women working at Andheri’s D.N. Nagar Police station. There are many insightful ‘inner police jokes’ that are a treat! They should be discovered in the theatre itself! ‘Shentimental’ borrows a bit from ‘Dabbang’ for sure, in terms of the overall approach to its characters. But ‘Shentimental’ doesn’t have a hero, & that very quickly establishes an altogether different path for the film. The second act is the most fun part where we are on a railway journey from Mumbai to Bihar! But throughout the two acts ‘Shentimental’ never loses the emotional grip on the audiences.

The final act is a sheer roller coaster ride! Sameer Patil manages to actually transport us to ‘Bihar’! Only the language of this film remains ‘Marathi’ rest of it makes us forget that we are actually watching a Marathi film. We wish the third act was longer, because somewhere the end is a bit abrupt (though it doesn’t spoil our overall experience in any way). Almost every film that aspires for commercial success in India tries to mix & match humour with emotional drama. But very few of them actually manage to figure out the right blend! That too without interrupting the natural rhythm of the story! ‘Shentimental’ is one of those few Indian films that give a ‘complete’ experience to our audiences.

Ashok Saraf’s comeback has been hugely awaited by his countless fans & all of them will have a ball watching the man still dictate the big screen with the same finesse & control! Yes the energy’s not the same, but it’s understandable & also suits a man who is only two years away from his retirement. The back story of Prahladrao’s character is actually relatable to any working common man who has grown up sons or daughters & is nearing his retirement & not just the police.

There’s a little love story established in the first act between Vikas Patil’s character & Pallavi Patil’s character, that needs a mention. Mainly because it can work as a perfect example of how to treat a sub-track in a story! It’s smartly been connected with the extended point ‘Shentimental’ makes about the condition of police & their hectic life. Even their song ‘Ithech Mandu’ so beautifully represents the same.

Sameer Patil’s ‘Poshter Boyz’ & ‘Poshter Girl’ were good, but in parts! Here he has managed to give Marathi cinema an extremely essential dose of guilt free entertainment that also has few important things to say.

Overall:

‘Shentimental’ is a film that is technically well crafted, emotionally strong & refreshingly funny throughout! Not to forget it makes an essential social commentary about the regional disputes between Bihar & Maharashtra! What more can a Marathi movie fan desire!

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Not many times we see Marathi films that are set in a different part of India! Sameer Patil directorial, Ashok Saraf starrer ‘Shentimental’ is one of those few films! This trailer introduces us to the conflict of the film really well and makes us excited about the film. This film is set to mark Marathi cinema’s greatest living legend Ashok Mama’s comeback into mainstream Marathi films!

Along with Mama the film also stars Upendra Limaye, Vikas Patil, Pallavi Patil & others. This film has a unique thriller comedy feel to it as the story involves the investigation of a case for which these police team travels to Bihar! Sameer Patil previously gave us unique comedies ‘Poshter Boyz’ & ‘Poshter Girl’. ‘Shentimental’ too has glimpses of his trademark unique style of comedy which is a combination of both slapstick & situational comedy.

‘Shentimental’ is set to release on 28th July all over Maharashtra.

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The music launch event of upcoming Marathi film ‘Shentimental’ starring Ashok Saraf’ was staged in a unique way, where the atmosphere of a police station was created. Not just that many individuals who have been working towards the betterment of the society were felicitated by Maharashtra state’s D.J.S.R.P.F respected sir Sandeep Bishnoi, respected madam Kirantai Diliprao Valse Patil & of course one of Maharashtra’s most loved actor Ashok Saraf!

The list of individuals who were felicitated includes Dr. Rajesh Sinha, Dr. Rajgopal Kalani, Ronny George, Jaywant Wadkar, Medha Manjrekar, Sugandha Lonikar, Nitin Vaidya & Dr. Uday Nirgudkar. ‘Shentimental’ is produced by Abhay Jahirabadkar, Samir Patil, Santosh Bodke & Manjusha Bodke through their banner ‘E.C.M.’ Pictures. Samir Patil who previously directed hits like Poshter Boyz & Poshter Girl has directed this film with similar fun approach to the story about police.

The unique songs of ‘Shentimental’ are penned by lyricists Milind Joshi, Dasu Vaidya, Guru Thakur & are composed by Milind Joshi. Popular singers like Avadhoot Gupte, Bela Shende, Shaan, Nihira Joshi Deshpande & Pavni Deshpande. These songs reflect the routine of police in a fun & heartfelt way.

Don’t forget to watch Ashok Mama’s ‘Shentimental’ in theatres from 28th July!

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The highly awaited teaser trailer of Sameer Patil directorial ‘Shentimental’ was recently posted on social media. In this teaser we are actually invited right into the conflict of the film. And the film truly looks a fun ride. Most importantly Ashok Mama’s character looks fantastic.

The director of this film, Sameer Patil has previously given super hit comedies like ‘Poshter Boyz’ & ‘Poshter Girl’. Apart from Ashok Saraf this teaser also reveals the rest of the starcast of the film, which includes Upendra Limaye, Pallavi Patil, Vikas Patil, Suyog Gorhe, Rajan Bhise, Pushkar Shrotri, Vidyadhar Joshi & popular Hindi actor Raghubir Yadav.

As the teaser reveals this film has an important part of the story that is set in Bihar which brings even more fun to the happenings. For a generation of Marathi film lovers who’ve loved Ashok Mama’s comedy films for years, it’s going to be a fun ride for sure. We know it’s going to be really difficult for us to wait for upcoming Marathi movie ‘Shentimental’ till 28th July, which is the release date of this film.

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• Movie : Shentimental (2017)| शेंटीमेंटल
• Producer : Abhay Jahirabadkar, Sameer Patil, Santosh Bodke, Manjusha Bodke
• Director : Sameer Patil.
• Studio : RRP Corp, Engineers Combined Motion Pictures LLp, 
• StarCast :
  • Ashok Saraf
  • Upendra Limaye
  • Vikas Patil
  • Pallavi Patil
  • Suyog Gorhe
  • Raghubir Yadav
  • Ramesh Wani
  • Madhav Abhyankar
  • Uma Sardeshmukh
  • Pushkar Shrotri
  • Rajan Bhise
  • Vidyadhar Joshi
• Writer : Sameer Madhusudan Pati
• Music : Milind Joshi
• Lyrics : Milind Joshi, Dasu Vaidya, Guru Thakur
• Singers : Avdhoot Gupte, Bela Shende, Shaan, Nihira Joshi Deshpande, Pavani Pandey
• Sound Designer : Vijay Bhope
• Background Score : Mangesh Dhakde
• Cinematography (DOP) :  Mahesh limaye
• Editor : Jayant Jathar
• Art Director : Narendra Rahurikar
• Costumes :  Sachin Kamble
• Make-Up : Vijay Patil
• Associate Producers: Avanika Productions, Yashraj Mukhate
• Executive-producer :  Shankar Dhuri
• VFX : Javvadi Studios
• Visual Promotion : Kiran Kshirsagar
• Genre :  Drama, Comedy
• Duration : NA
• Release Date : 28 July 2017

Synopsis : Shentimental is an upcoming Marathi movie slated to release on 28 July, 2017. The movie is directed by Sameer Patil and will feature Ashok Saraf, Upendra Limaye, Vikas Patil, Pallavi Patil, Suyog Gorhe as lead characters.

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‘Aasara’ is an upcoming Marathi film that portrays the life of people living slums. This film is produced by Sadanand Shetty under the banner ‘Padma Vision’ productions. The film is based on real incidents from producer’s own life. The people who live in slums struggle for the basic needs of human life & ‘Aasra’ spotlights this cruel reality.

The film stars Atul Kulkarni, Raghuvir Yadav, Ashok Samarth, Sunil Pal & Omkardas Manikpuri in important roles. The story of ‘Aasra’ is written by M.K. Shankar; the dialogues are written by Vishudh Anand Sharma, whereas the screenplay is written by the director of this film, Raj Sagar. Songs of ‘Aasra’ are composed by Abdhesh Goswami & are sung by Raghuvir Yadav, Siddharth Mahadevan, Abhijit Kosambi & Abdhesh Goswami himself. The credits for cinematography & editing belong to Krishna Soren & B. Mahanteshwar respectively.

‘Aasra’ has a strong message & an effective team to deliver it! The film has been shot at real locations as mentioned by the director Raj Sagar. The film stars comedy star Sunil Pal in an pivotal role & Singham fame Ashok Samarth in out & out different role. ‘Aasra’ will very soon release in theatres from 2nd December.

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“The Silence” by Gajendra Ahire has bagged the “Best Indian Film” award at the 8^th Bengaluru International Film Festival which took place in Bengaluru and Mysore from 28^th January to 5^thFebruary 2016.

“The Silence” has also participated in film festivals in Brazil, Czech Republic, Mumbai (MAMI), Delhi and Jaipur. “The Silence” was the first Indian film to be screened at the Brasilia International Film Festival. Over the next few months “The Silence” will be traveling to Madrid, Singapore and Cameroon.

“The Silence” began its journey in Germany at the Indian Film Festival Stuttgart where Gajendre Ahire won the German Star of India 2015, Directors Vision Award.

SMR produced “The Silence” is based in a true story. Young Chini traveling late at night in the local train witnesses an incident that forces her to face up to demons from her past.  Blending past and present and with forceful drama, the film tackles crucial, taboo topics, tracing the recurring question of responsibility – or silence.

Raghuvir Yadav, Mugdha Chaphekar, Anjali Patil, Nagraj Manjule and Kadambari Kadam, child actress Vedashree Mahajan have played very important roles in the film. Indian Ocean, Indian rock band has composed tracks for this film.

Ashwini Sidwani, Arpan Bhukhnawala and Navneet Hullad Moradabadi have produced this film. Gajendra Ahire has also written the dialogues and screenplay of the film. Krishna Soren is the DOP and the editor is Mayur Hardas.

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‘The Silence’, a film by Gajendra Ahire will be screened at MAMI on 4th November, 2015 at 8.30pm, PVR Juhu.

Based on a real life incident, the story of ‘The Silence’ is about Chinee – happily living in Konkan region with her father. On an unfortunate day in her life how her loved one becomes devil for her and how those memories haunt her in different steps of life is beautifully depicted by Ace director. The film stars Kadambari Kadam and Nagraj Manjule as leads.

After earning good reviews for her work in Hindi industry Anjali Patil is taking her first step in Marathi industry through ‘The Silence’. While Raghuvir Yadav a well known face from Hindi industry can be seen as one of the central characters. ‘The Silence’ launches two new faces Mugdha Chaphekar and Vedashree Mahajan.

This film is also in the race for an award at Brazil International Film Festival. Total 8 films are competing in the race, and countries like Mexico, Belgium, Paraguay, Germany, Bulgaria, Cuba, Argentinaare participating along with India. The Brazil International Film Festival commences on 6th November, 2015 and will continue till 15th November, 2015.

‘The Silence’ has previously been appreciated at the Germany’s Indian Film Festival as well. Director Gajendra Ahire has won German Star of India 2015’s ‘Director’s vision’ award.

Ashwini Sidwani, Arpan Bhukhanwala and Navneet Hullad Moradabadi have collectively produced the film. The story of the film is written by Ashwini Sidwani. The concept of the film is by Mayur Hardas and Krishna Soren is the DOP. Through ‘The Silence’, Rockband Indian Ocean debuts in Marathi film industry.

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Every kid from 70s and 80s will know what a bioscope is. The Bioscope was a childhood memory spinning various tales from those moving images. Bioscope title song revokes that same nostalgia.

The title song is sung by legendary actor and singer Raghuveer Yadav. The song beautifully synopses four short stories directed by four directors. The lyrics for this song are by Viju Mane, who has directed a short story in this film. The music has been given by Sachin-Jitendra. The video of the title song shows different shots of the film and Raghuveer Yadav recording this mesmerizing song. The tune immediately reminds us of the Bioscope-wala calling children!

The film releases on 17 July.

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