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Movie : Tuhya Dharma Koncha?

Director: Satish Manwar

Producers: IME Motion Pictures and Sprint Art Creations Pvt. Ltd.

Writer : Satish Manwar

Cast : Upendra Limaye, Vibhawari Deshpande, Kishor Kadam, Suhas Palshikar, Suhas Shirsat, Gauri Konge

Music : Dattaprasad Ranade

Genre : Drama

Rating : * * * *

Story Outline : Kavudu (Upendra Limaye) lives a tribal life with his wife Bhulabai (Vibhawari Deshpande) and two children near a tiger sanctuary in the interiors of Maharashtra. After their already struggling life goes through another bad turn, Bhulabai has no option but to convert to Christianity. The film focuses on the consequences of the conversion.

Review : A character in Satish Manwar’s Tuhya Dharma Koncha? is once heard saying, “Our survival is more important that our religion and name.” The movie gives this bold message in such a realistically fearless yet enchanting manner that one is forced to stand up and applaud. In fact, Tuhya Dharma Koncha? is a high quality celluloid experience in all aspects that has the potential to please audiences world over.

Thankfully, the film doesn’t aim to be a tear-jerker about the tragic struggle of a tribal family. The focus is completely kept on how struggle for survival forces someone to happily change their religion or God. The issue of religious extremism is also portrayed fearlessly. What makes the film special is how beautifully the visual medium is exploited to put forth the message rather than making it preachy with the use of dramatic dialogues.

As a writer and director, Mawar easily succeeds in getting us involved with the family’s tribal life without making the proceedings appear as a docu-drama whatsoever. Even the simplest of everyday scenes are presented in a manner that will amuse you. This ensures that you instantly feel for the characters and their decision to convert. The story flow is maintained perfectly with the important issue of conversion being introduced and developed in an intelligent manner.

There is always a danger of the writer or director going overboard with the consequences of such an act in such genre of films but fortunately that doesn’t happen here. That part is portrayed in a sensible yet mature manner which stops the proceedings from going chaotic or loud. But it is the climax that takes the cake for it delights you for the daring message it gives in a simple yet most appealing manner.

There does come a moment in the second half where the film shows signs of becoming a drag. This is also felt during a song on Jesus which should have been shortened. But since that doesn’t happen for a longer period, it won’t bother you, especially after the final culmination. All in all, after Gabhricha Paus, Manwar has again given a loud message that he is here to stay.

What further gives an international feel to the film is the artistic camerawork (Parixit Warrier) and an impressive background score (Augustine Samuel). Perfect art direction (Ranjeet Desai) and costume designing (Geeta Godbole) help in adding realism. Some taut editing also needs to be lauded. Dattaprasad Ranade composed tracks suit the subject. The song ‘Ravavani Lanka’ deserves special mention, also for the lyrics.

In a performance-oriented film, the actors rise to the occasion. Upendra Limaye once again proves himself as one of the top performers in the Marathi film arena by giving a realistically mature act. Vibhwari Deshpande is simply outstanding! The way she gets every nuance right in a difficult role speaks volumes about her talent.

Kishor Kadam shines as a Catholic Priest. Some earnest support is provided by Gouri Konge, Yash Sutar, Suhas Palshikar, Sneha Majgaonkar, Shashank Shende, Padmanabh Bind, etc.

Overall, Tuhya Dharma Koncha? is a superlative realistic saga that deserves to be seen by all. Due to the low hype, there film is in desperate need of positive word-of-mouth to have an impact at the box office.

Review By – Keyur Seta

Website – http://haltichitre.blogspot.in/

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After the sucess of Gabhricha Paus Director Satish Manwar coming with Movie “Tuhya Dharma Koncha? (What’s Your Religion?)”
Starring National Award-winner Upendra Limaye (Jogwa), Vibhawari Deshpande (Natarang, Harishchandrachi Factory), Kishor Kadam (Balgandharva, Deool).
Movie : Tuhya Dharma Koncha? (What’s Your Religion?)
Director: Satish Manwar
Cast:
Upendra Limaye as Kavadu
Vibhawari Deshpande as Bhulabai
Suhas Palshikar as Gurudev
Ramesh Medhekar as Goma
Kishore Kadam as Father
Shashank Shende as Bija
Gouri Konge as Dhunabai
Sneha Majgaonkar as Nun
Other cast: Suhas Sirsat,Padmanabh Bind,Shantanu Gangne,Umesh Jagtap,Aman Attar,Yash Sutar
Music: Dattaprasad Ranade
Background Music : Augustine Samuel
Banner: IME Motion Pictures and Mohan Damle (Sprint Art Creations Pvt. Ltd.)
Producer: Mohan Damle,Abhay Gadgil,Shrirang Godbole
Executive Producer: Sahil Deshmukh,Suhrud Godbole,Rahul Odak,Nitin Vaidya
Cinematography: Parixit Warrier
Editor : Suchitra Sathe
Story : Satish Manwar
Screenplay : Satish Manwar
Release Date : 15th March 2013

Awards : Hubert Bals Fund for Script Development from the International Film festival of Rotterdam.

Plot Outline : Set in the forests of a tiger sanctuary in India, ‘Tuhya Dharma Koncha? (What’s Your Religion?)’ is an intense story of a tribal Indian family, their quest for survival, their self-discovery of religion and their encounters with new ‘systems’ in their life. When presented with a desperate hope of survival, a mother willingly converts into Christianity, only to face the wrath of local sentiments and religious fanatics. How that family journeys through these systems is what the film is about.

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