• Review : Family Katta (2016)
• Producer : Vandana Gupte
• Directer : Chandrakant Kulkarni
• Star Cast :Vandana Gupte, Sai Tamhankar, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Kiran Karmarkar, Prateeksha Lonkar, Gauri Nalawade, Alok Rajwade, Sachin Deshpande, Sulekha Talwalkar, Sanjay Khapre
• Writer : Prashant Dalvi
• Music : Mangesh Dhakade
• Genre  : Drama, Humour, Family
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 3.5/5

Family Katta Marathi Movie Review :

Long back Maharashtra’s greatest playwright Vijay Tendulkar wrote an unusually simplistic play, “Madhlya Bhinti”. Simplistic because it was nothing like his other works. There were hardly any metaphors or something offensively violent for which he was known. Even in the sense of realism the play didn’t have much to offer. Though what it offered was a voice to the usual awkward silences. These silences can creep into any random middle class (& upper middle) family. People living in the same house hardly speak their hearts out. But a play is the correct medium for this outlet. Technically a film might not be the suitable medium for such an outburst. Family Katta is a remake of ‘Celebration” (a Marathi play by the same team) & it’s a welcome exception. The characters speak their heart out without sounding loud or animated. No they are not bombarding melodramatic monologues or glorifying the traditional concept of a big happy family. Instead their outburst appears completely genuine & non-theatrical.

So in Family Katta the whole family isn’t living together & doesn’t even consider doing so at any point, which is appreciable & path-breaking to much extent. Vandana Gupte & Dilip Prabhawalkar play the elderly couple (Mr. & Mrs. Sabnis) who are the central characters of this film. Their three sons (Kiran Karmarkar, Sanjay Khapre & Sachin Deshpande) are living in different cities & their grand kids (Alok Rajwade & Gauri Nalawade) too are well-settled in their respective careers. The fourth child, Manju (Sai Tamhankar) is somewhat disconnected from the family as she ran away with her lover during her college days. Manju is particularly a father’s daughter & her father was the hero of her life. This additional info has a unique context in the film& works pretty well. Manju has been forgiven by her mother but not by her father.

Alike last year’s Rajwade & Sons, Family Katta too uses the third generation as an ideal model for the generation that went wrong, the middle one (the four children). Though it’s pretty much debatable that no matter what it’s always the middle generation that’ll take all the beating (that’s what Rajwade & Sons stressed on & Family Katta didn’t). Sadly none of the two films ever propagated that this whole process is a cycle & will keep repeating itself till the end of time.

However Family Katta stresses on more simplistic topics & succeeds in propagating them efficiently. The first half focuses on the little treasures of human life. Those we all have an easy access to yet we all take them for granted. Even our quarrels are most of the times on so little issues. The first half is filled with many such minute moments & its positivity reaches the audiences. The second half has a potential satirical tone to it but it wasn’t explored much. It might be a conscious decision by the makers to not go that way. But the path they chose still help them in reaching the desired destination.

After Dusri Goshta it’s good to see Chandrakant Kulkarni getting over his political hangover. We now expect many such genres to be explored by him on the silver screen. Vandana Gupte has given her most smashing performance on the big screen. If she was exceptional in Double Seat & Maatichya Chuli, here she is unmatchable! Dilip Prabhawalkar as usual gives a refreshing performance & doesn’t remind us of any of his previous roles. Among the rest of the cast the two animated daughter-in-laws (Pratiksha Lonkar & Sulekha Talwalkar) have the most obvious cliché characters, yet they generate humour. Pratiksha Lonkar doesn’t really have a history of playing such characters before& it becomes quite evident but Sulekha Talwalkar is smooth in her antics!

Family Katta can be straight forwardly slotted into the A-list category of Marathi films but somewhere we feel what if the film was a little more ambitious towards defining the meaning of life in its own way through the humans it had in it, just a little more?

Overall:

Family Katta is the need of this hour, predominantly because we (Indian film viewers) deserve the right family film which is not bounded by age old ideas of how an Indian family lives happily ever after. Yet what it propagates is that even with our differences & personal spaces we should still manage to be connected to each other & react sensitively towards each other as for the long time the big differences become irrelevant & what stays are those little treasures!

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• Movie : Family Katta (2016)
• Producer : Vandana Gupte
• Director : Chandrakant Kulkarni
• Studio : Sister Concern Entertainment
• Star Cast :
  • Vandana Gupte
  • Sai Tamhankar
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar
  • Kiran Karmarkar
  • Prateeksha Lonkar
  • Gauri Nalawade
  • Alok Rajwade
  • Sachin Deshpande
  • Sulekha Talwalkar
  • Sanjay Khapre
• Story , Screenplay , Dialogues : Prashant Dalvi
• Music : Mangesh Dhakade
• Lyrics : Dasoo
• Cinematographer : Mahesh Limaye
• Art : Siddharth Tatooskar
• Editor : Jayant Jathar
• Action : Prashant Naik
• Sound : Vijay Bhope
• Choreography : U
• Costume Design : Rohini Salekar
• Make Up : Satish Bhavsaar
• Associate Director : Rani Varma
• Executive Producer : Jitendra Kulkarni , Shripad Padmakar
• Genre : Drama, Humour, Family
• Release Date : 7th October, 2016

Plot : A heartwarming and eye-opening film starring Sai Tamhankar, Dilip Prabhavalkar and Vandana Gupte. Directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni. Produced by Vandana Gupte

Family Katta Marathi Movie Posters

Family Katta Marathi First Look Teaser Trailer

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Family Katta, a film directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni will be releasing on 7 October. The trailer of this film was recently released on social media. The film stars Vandana Gupte in the lead role and it will be her first film as a producer.

The couple is celebrating their 50^th wedding anniversary and wishes to spend this weekend with their children. However, the second generation of this family has become rather distant with each other. Coming face-to-face with each other after so many years spark some old discontent and the celebration turns into a fight.

The emotional family drama stars Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Sai Tamhankar, Kiran Karmarkar, Pratiksha Lonkar, Gauri Nalawade, Alok Rajwade, Sachin Deshpande, Sulekha Talwalkar, Sanjay Khapare et al.

The film will be releasing on 7 October all over Maharashtra.

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Actress Vandana Gupte and singer Rani Verma has started their production house “Sister Conern” recently. Their first film as a producer “Family Katta” has completed its production and getting ready for the release. The teaser for this film was recently released. Chandrakant Kulkarni has directed this heartwarming film and Mangesh Dhakade has composed the music. The film will be releasing on October 7.

As the title of the film suggests this is a family drama involving relationships and misunderstandings of the family members. This is a story of a Sabnis family where most members are staying away from the family. The senior couple of the family played by Dilip Prabhavalkar and Vandana Gupte invites family members to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary. The highlight of the teaser is the old photographs of the star cast. It is amazing and immediately revokes nostalgia for every age group.

The Teaser promises us a good film with an excellent cast ensemble. Apart from Prabhavalkar and Gupte, the film also stars Sai Tamhankar, , Kiran Karmarkar, Pratiksha Lonkar, Gauri Nalawade, Alok Rajwade, Sachin Deshpande, Sulekha Talwalkar, Sanjay Khapare in the lead roles.

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Vandana Gupte, a name known for her great acting in films, stage and TV series will be doing one more role. After spending more than four decades in the industry, Vandana has become a producer. Her first film, Family Katta will be releasing on 7 October all over Maharashtra.

Vandana Gupte has partnered with her sister Rani Varma and named their banner as “Sister Concern”. Family Katta, as the name suggests is a family entertainer and stars Vandana in an important role.

Vandana and Rani are daughters of legendary singer Manik Varma and lyricist-writer Amar Varma. Both sisters have started performances from the early age and received highest honours in their field. Vandana has done numerous plays, films and TV serials. She always has been very choosy about her roles and tried to do something different and challenging everytime.

Rani Varma is an accomplished singer and recordist. She has given many hits as a playback singer. She has done many albums for children including famous “Adam Tadam Tad Tad Baja” Rani also owns a recording studio Saptak in Mumbai.

We wish every success int he world to this new team of producers and expect same good and thought provoking cinema from this banner.

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