Actor Shreyas Talpade was present at the special screening of Marathi film ‘Siddhant’ and was completely floored by the film. The emotional drama features an adolescent boy played by Archit Dewadhar, his struggle with mathematics and other close relationships.

Shreyas told media, “I love watching good films and Siddhant is a great film combined with amazing performances.”

One of the pivotal characters of the grandfather is played by legendary actor across Marathi and Hindi films, Vikram Gokhale. An ardent fan of Gokhale since childhood, Shreyas said, “I don’t have the right to comment on a legend like Gokhale’s performance. We’ve grown up watching him in plays, television and films and as usual he is fantastic in Siddhant.”

Shreyas was particularly impressed with the subject of the movie. He explains, “It’s a combination of various relationships, one is of a grandfather-grandson relationship and another about brother bonding. In a way, it is also an underdog story. The manner in which the makers have given closure to the subject is something we should all learn from.”

The film has been selected as Official Film at prestigious festivals IFFSA Toronto, New York Film Festival and Mumbai Film Festival. It is directed by Vivek Wagh and the makers were previously associated with critically acclaimed films, Fandry and Shala. Madhavi Soman, Sarang Sathaye and Swati Chitnis among others play crucial roles.

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What made you take up acting?

While I was studying at Talegaon Balvikas School , I was not only good with the curriculum of books and subjects, I was also good in cultural activities and was more interested in arts . I was drawn towards one act plays from inter school to inter college . After completing my graduation from Fergusson College Pune, I completed my Graduation in Theater from Texas High School and while I was studying I acted in Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar’s short film ‘Bewakt Baarish. And to get an chance to work in Deepa Mehta’s ‘Midnight Chidren’ was godsend. I essayed the role of a young girl named Naseem. When I got these chances to do these roles , it gave me a direction in my acting career. My fathers is a renowned sitarist and has performed the world over and I have also learnt to play sitar proficiently from my father and maybe that’s my connect to the art world.

Were you expecting a hit film at the start of your career?

Whatever roles I have done, I consider it as my learning process and it will continue to be so and therefore every role I do will continue to be so and whatever role is challenging for me as an actress I will accept. And if you ask me about the hit film at the start of my career, the basic story of Coffee ani Barach Kahi was a simple love story that everyone could relate to it easily. I have got another role like this in Siddhant too.

What is your role in Siddhant?

I play a family member in a family in which I am not related by blood but I become an integral part of the family and why exactly I share a loving relationship within the family and how it boiled down to that is the synopsis of my role.

How good are you in mathematics?

I was good in maths in school but I got more attracted to arts and culture and films and music in my later part of studies and mathematics took a backseat.

How was your tuning with other actors in Siddhant?

The tuning that takes place between two actors on a shoot where I was entirely new and unknown to other actors, but as the shooting progressed we came closer and of course there was a veteran actor like Vikram Gokhale who is like a textbook in acting ans we could learn so much from him by just watching his dialogue delivery, expressions, and his throw of dialogues and his richness of language and I used to just stand and watch him act and hoped to continue to see him act and learn.

Now the forthcoming monsoon season is on it’s way. How do you enjoy the monsoons?

Monsoon is my favorite season and I always drench myself with the first shower and even if monsoon comes every year the feeling of getting wet in the first shower is something else. I like to take long walks on the seashore while it’s raining and I will never forget these experiences.

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Watch Marathi Song ‘Thodese ahe’ from upcoming film ‘Siddhant‘. The song is sung by Shankar Mahadevan and is composed by Shailendra Barve, lyrics by Kishore Kadam (Soumitra). Siddhant has already created a lot of buzz and with the melodious tracks the movie is just winning those brownie points. The film is produced by Nilesh Navalakha, Vivek Kajaria & Amit Ahirrao and is directed by Vivek Wagh.

The film’s story revolves around relationship between an old mathematician played by Vikram Gokhale and his grandson played by Archit Deodhar. The actors are already gathering a lot of appreciation. The movie is slated to release on May 29th.

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What made you make a movie on mathematics and a mathematician?

In school I was very bad in maths and barely scraped through but what got my goat was the scoring marks pattern of the examination rather than a student understanding the mathematical problem and getting an answer by applying his mind to it rather than just giving the right answer. I want to convey that mathematics can be enjoyable to learn also.

Why the title ‘Siddhant’?

I want to focus on people who have principles in life and are idealists and which can lead them to problems in life and my advice to them is to compromise a little and live life in a reasonable way which could be the better for everyone involved.

How did you zero on , on the cast ?

I always had visualized Vikram Gokhale for the title role of the mathematician and if he had said no to my film, the film wouldn’t have been made but luckily he liked the concept of the film and the film was on and the rest of the cast just filled in.

What kind of message do you want to the audiences?

I am not so big a man to give any message but I have tried to make an entertaining film with a subject like maths and have explored the thought on how principles of mathematics can also lead us to the principles of living a life as a mathematic problem has a beginning and a solution.

Did you face any problems while making the film and overall how was the experience?

Not really. I had enough experience while making films as an executive producer with much appreciated films like ‘Fandry’, ‘Shala’ and ‘Ajinkya‘. It was a pleasurable experience while making this film.

Interview By Pradnya Mandhare

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• Movie : Siddhant (2015)
• Producer : Nilesh Navalakha, Vivek Kajaria & Amit Ahirrao
• Directer : Vivek Wagh
• Studio : Navalakha Arts & Holy Basil Productions and Virtue Entertainment
• Star Cast : Vikram Gokhale, Swati Chitnis, Ganesh Yadav, Madhavi Soman, Sarang Sathaye, Archit Devadhar, Neha Mahajan, Chandrakant Kulkarni, Prashant Tapasvi, Suraj Satav, Baba Aphale and Kanchan Jadhav.
• Writer : Shekhar Dhavlikar
• Music : Shailendra Barve
• Lyrics : Kishor Kadam (Soumitra)
• Cinematography & Editor : Mayur M Hardas
  
• Production Designer : Sidharth Tatoskar
  
• Costume : Nakshatra
  
• Makeup : Vikram Gaikwad
  
• Executive Producer : Kapil Sharma
• Genre : NA
• Release Date : May 29, 2015

Synopsis:
The movie revolves around Appa Thosar (Vikram Gokhle) and his grandson Vakratund Thosar (Archit Dewadhar) and their bonding with a thread of Mathematics. The movie has beautifully bloomed with various emotions of love, relations, family, principles and faith. Each elements enacted by the actors in this movie are beyond words and limit.

Siddhant Marathi Movie Poster :

Siddhant Marathi Movie Official Trailer:

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Watch Official Trailer of upcoming Marathi film “Siddhant” starring Vikram Gokhle, Swati Chitnis, Ganesh Yadav, Archit Deodhar, Kishore Kadam, Sarang Sathaye, Neha Mahajan and Madhavi Soman.

Produced by Nilesh Navalakha, Vivek Kajaria and Amit Ahirrrao.

Releasing in theaters 29th May 2015

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Today Marathi industry is going through a golden phase and a lot of good content driven subjects are being made like ‘Fandry‘ ‘Shala’, and ‘Anumati‘ which were brought to you by the house of Navlakha Arts and Media Entertainment headed by Nilesh Navlakha and Holy Basil Productions Pvt Ltd headed by Vivek Kajaria is adding one more good subject driven film to its oeuvre but this time Virtue Entertainment headed by Amit Ahirrao is co-producing ‘Siddhant’ which is a slice of life film about how to lead a principled life and the mathematical representation of life and how we lead lives by subjecting ourselves to it.

The grand music launch function of ‘Siddhant’ was recently held amidst the august gathering of actors Vikram Gokhale, Swati Chitnis, Kishor Kadam, Ganesh Yadav, Sarang Sathaye, Neha Mahajan, Madhavi Soman, Chandrashekhar Kulkarni, Prashant Tapasvi, Suraj Satav, Baba Afle, and Kanchan Jadhav. The evening was regaled by the singing of Shankar Mahadevan and Makarand Deshpande with lyrics like ‘Thodese Guntlele’ ani Ghatt Kahi Sutle’ written by Soumitra aka Kishore Kadam and composed by Shailendra Barve and both the singers confessed that the songs were the soul of the film. And the film is making waves on foreign shores like the selection for Toronto International Film Festival of South America (IFFSA) and the New York Film Festival .

The film revolves around a grandson Vakratund Deodhar played Archit Devdhar and his grandfather Appa Thosar played by Vikram Gokhale and the thin thread of relationship between them and their performances are the crowning glory of the film. The director Vivek Wagh thanked the cast and the producers for showing confidence and implicit trust in a debutante director like him . Vivek who till now has been the Executive Producer in many successful films like Ringa Ringaa, Checkmate, Ajinkya, Shala, Fandry , expressed that direction has given him a different sensibility from producing which has really touched him. Producer Kajaria said that film is a medium of social change and the mirror of society and it is their endevour to present a film which gives out a message to society and Siddhanth has done precisely that and the entire team is responsible for taking this film to a glorious high.

This sensitive tale releases May 29 all over Maharashtra.

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Siddhant, a Vivek Wagh directorial debut is set to release on 22 May all over Maharashtra. The film has already generated buzz among audience due to its unusual plot. The movie revolves around Appa Thosar (Vikram Gokhle) and his grandson Vakratund Thosar (Archit Dewadhar) and their bonding with a thread of Mathematics.

Navalakha Arts and Holy Basil, a headed by Vivek Kajaria and Nilesh Navalakha have once again joined hands with Amit Ahirrao, Virtue Entertainment and adds to their milestone of quality cinemas ‘Siddhanth’. The film also stars Swati Chitnis, Kishor Kadam, Ganesh Yadav, Sarang Sathaye, Neha Mahajan, Madhavi Soman, Chandrashekhar Kulkarni, Prashant Tapasvi, Suraj Satav, Baba Aphale and Kanchan Jadhav. Though this if first directorial by Vivek Wagh, he as already years of experience as Executive Producer for the movies ‘Checkmate’, Ringa-Ringa’, ‘Shala’, ‘Ajinkya‘, and ‘Fandry‘.

“Being in production for long gave me the idea and perspective beyond direction. I’m sure when you watch the movie those small detailing will be seen by the audience. We’ve lived with the emotions shown in the movie.” said director Vivek Wagh.

“We always believed marathi movies are content driven. Therefore we always wanted to offer our audience quality marathi cinema. Hope with Siddhanth we’ll again be able to touch the hearts of the audience.” said producer Nilesh Navalakha.

Audience is really curious to know about how principles of Maths can be used in real life emotional situation- the film’s basic plot. Well, we all have to wait till May 22 to quench our curiosity, isn’t it?

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Navlakha arts and Holy Basil are the two major banners in Marathi film industry who had produced social drama like Shala, Anumati, Fandry. Taking one more step for such content-driven cinema, another film Siddhant will be released very soon. The star-cast includes Vikram Gokhale, Ganesh Yadav, Kishor Kadam, Swati Chitnis, Neha Mahajan, Madhavi Soman and Child artist Archit Deodhar. Here is the official trailer of Siddhant.

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Navlakha arts and Holy Basil are the two major banners in Marathi film industry who had produced social drama like Shala, Anumati, Fandry. Taking one more step for such content-driven cinema, another film Siddhant will be released very soon. This film is directed by VivekWagh who had produced Shala and worked as a creative producer for many films. The film has been selected in 16th MAMI under the category of India Gold 2014 which will be held between 14th to 21st October.

The star-cast includes Vikram Gokhale, Ganesh Yadav, Kishor Kadam, Swati Chitnis, Neha Mahajan, Madhavi Soman and Child artist Archit Deodhar. Screenplay and dialogues are written by Shekhar Dhawalikar. Lyrics are by Saumitra while music has been given by Shailendra Barve. Recently a song has been recorded in the voice of Shankar Mahadevan for this film.

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