During the promotions of Vishal Furia directed ‘Lapachhapi’ popular singer Vaishali Samant described a song which she sang for the film as the only breather in this horror film. The song was nothing but ‘Dil Khulas’ & it has been out on social media for some time now. As Vaishali Samant said this song truly is a source of positivity & will give the audience a breather in an otherwise intense horror film.

Pooja Sawant & Vikram Gaikwad are seen in a different happy mood in this song awaiting the birth of their child. They don’t seem to have a hint of what ‘horror’ lies in their path ahead, but we do!

The lyrics of this song are written by Prashant Ingole. It is composed by Shreyas Puranik & is sung by one of Marathi’s prominent singer Vaishali Samant. Lapachhapi releases all over Maharashtra on 14th July, don’t miss it.

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• Review : Lapachhapi (2017)
• Producer : Jitendra Patil & Aroona B Bhat
• Director : Vishal Furia
• Star Cast : Pooja Sawant, Usha Naik, Vikram Gaikwad, Anil Gawas
• Writer : Vishal Furia
• Music : Ranjan Patnaik, Tony Basumatary, Utkarsh Dhotekar & Shreyas Puranik 
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 3/5

Lapachapi Marathi Movie Review :

First & foremost ‘Horror’ is a genre that has been ignored in Marathi cinema since ages, especially in the recent years when the basic technical skills have improved of our films. Surprisingly our community of Marathi people have always been attracted towards horror through our folk tales & literature. There’s a decent following of writers who have been writing in this genre. So, director Vishal Furia deserves credit for attempting a Marathi horror film & getting many things right! 

The story begins when a young couple Tushar & Neha (Pooja Sawant & Vikram Gaikwad) decide to take shelter at their driver’s village. Tushar had been beaten up & he wishes to protect his pregnant wife from any undesirable incident. The film doesn’t feel the need to establish or explain the ‘danger’ other than through dialogues. So, then Tushar & Neha start living in a mysterious old house for a few days surrounded by nothing but sugarcane fields!

The driver’s wife played by senior actress Usha Naik takes care of their basic needs. Then the story slowly introduces the ‘horror’ parts with irregular impact. The second half is more regular & scarier. Though the twists & turns are pretty obvious they still engross you. The film unnecessarily mixes up two conflicts, rather two issues! One that makes sense but the other loses on logic feels forcefully imbibed into the scheme of things.

This film falls in the category of “could have been much better, but still not bad!”. The most important error is a confusing plot. The film has a convenient ‘compact’ feel in terms of budget & locations but plot wise it becomes a little too ambitious. The confusion isn’t deliberate it exists because the film tries to justify everything & fails to back it up with logic. Certain films especially in horror or mystery genre deliberately flaunt a confusing plot & keep it ambiguous, but then they focus on other aspects of presenting a specific philosophy or simply mocking the existence of a well rounded plot. Lapachhapi had no such intentions in any possible way.

Then it is Pooja Sawant’s performance, there is a sense of repetition in the way she expresses or maybe it’s her limitations. She definitely tried to be better, but this role needed a more matured actress. Usha Naik’s character could have been the twist in the plot & could’ve added to the suspense of the film. Instead it becomes obvious. There are other characters which bring in more impact to the film but discussing them would be a spoiler.  

The strongest aspect of ‘Lapachhapi’ is certainly its background score & sound design. This film could have lost most of what it achieves if it had a ‘scary for scary’s sake’ background. However the background can’t be called realistic. As many a times, the visuals fail to justify certain sounds & we accept that as a liberty taken on the director’s part. The most important reason why we’ve given this film ‘3 stars’ is because it achieves a mystic nature in an important sequence in the second half. The illusions are masterfully crafted & Pooja seems above average at least in them. If this film had more such sequences the result would have been different. Nevertheless this is Vishal Furia’s debut film & in the future we can expect him to improve his craft as a storyteller. 

Overall:

Lapachhapi definitely deserves a watch from audiences who cherish ‘horror’ genre. But we would also advice to not carry tonnes of expectations. This is without a doubt the most decent attempt at ‘horror’ in Marathi cinema’s recent history. Actually we can’t even remember a single decent Marathi ‘horror’ film made before.

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Ever since the trailer of ‘Lapachhapi’ has been posted on social media, it has gone viral. And the thrill of horror film has grasped one & all. This film was shot in a thrilling manner too. In a sugarcane field, away from livelihood this film’s team shot the film & had to face many obstacles.

The old house used in the film has been there for years & without humans living in it. And since the sugarcane field was far from the village, the villagers used to throw away snakes which were caught in the village. And these snakes caused lot of problems while the shooting of the film. Many a times, actress Pooja Sawant had to give her scene with a fear of snakes in her mind, even she hurt herself while shooting but kept going on.

Moreover Pooja who never sleeps alone, she is always accompanied by her mother purposefully stayed alone in that house to get into the character. Her character is of a pregnant woman & who has to stay alone in that house facing many obstacles. Lapachhapi directed by Vishal Furia is set to release on 14th July & is set to create a new milestone in ‘horror’ genre of Marathi cinema.

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Horror film is a genre that we don’t see often in Indian films let alone Marathi films. Though we’ve a huge group of passionate audiences who actually like to be scared. Those audiences have to look for Hollywood or other International horror films.

But now we have our very own international horror film in Marathi ‘Lapachhapi‘. Yes the film has been internationally acclaimed too. It has won over 15 awards in film festivals around the world. The trailer of this film is thrillingly scary. The whole backdrop of an old house in the middle of nowhere in a village. The glimpses of performances by Pooja Sawant, senior actress Usha Naik & the terrific looking child artists too are promising.

The audience would readily welcome such a fine looking horror film. Technically the trailer looks superb too & the sound design & background score adds to the overall ‘horror’ factor of the film. This film will hopefully set a benchmark for future horror movies that would be made in Marathi or even elsewhere in Indian Cinema.

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‘Lapachhapi’ is an upcoming Marathi film that is set to release on 14th July all over Maharashtra. But right now the film & its team are in London! The film has been invited in the London Indian Film Festival.

Along with this festival, this Pooja Sawant starrer has already been screened at honoured at different festivals around the world. Total 15 awards have been bagged by this film that includes a prestigious award from International Horror Hotel situated at Hudson, Ohio, US. ‘Lapachhapi’ has also been nominated in 5 categories at the Madrid International Film Festival, & add to that a spirit award at last year’s Brooklyn Film Festival.

This film is produced by Jitendra Patil under the banner Midas’ Touch Movies, along with Aruna Bhatt & Suryaveer Singh Bhullar under their banner ‘Wild Elephant Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd’ & is directed by Vishal Phuria. So get ready to experience this international ‘Lapachhapi’ from 14th July.

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• Movie : Lapachhapi (2017)| लपाछपी 
• Producer : Jitendra Patil & Aroona B Bhat
• Director : Vishal Furia
• Studio : Wild Elephants Motion Pictures, A Midas Touch Movies
• StarCast :
  • Pooja Sawant
  • Usha Naik
  • Vikram Gaikwad
  • Anil Gawas
• Writer : Vishal Furia
• Screenplay & Dialogues : Vishal Kapoor
• Music : Ranjan Patnaik, Tony Basumatary, Utkarsh Dhotekar & Shreyas Puranik 
• Lyrics : Swayeshree & Prashant Ingole
• Singers : A
• Sound Designer : Ranjan Patnaik, Kiran Dudwadkar
• Background Score : Ranjan, Tony, Utkarsh
• Cinematography (DOP) :  Chandan Kowli
• Editor : Dinesh Poojari
• Art Director : Satish Bidkar
• Costumes :  Vrushali Kulkarni
• Make-Up : Subhash Shinde
• Associate Director : Tushar Gaware
• Post Production : Jaishreekrishna Studios, Rupesh Mayekar
• Co – Producer : Ranjitha Rammprakash
• Executive-producer :  Deepak Joshi
• Genre :  Horror, Mystery, Thriller
• Duration : 2 Hrs
• Release Date : 30 June 2017

Synopsis : Lapachapi is a haunting story of a young couple based in the heartland of India. The wife Neha (Pooja Sawant) is eight months pregnant when the couple seeks shelter in a house hidden inside a sugarcane field. But the fields are ridden with secrets of the past which start unraveling as the film unfolds, posing a threat to the mother and her unborn child. The film is the story of a mother fighting to save her baby from these spirits. Its unique blend of horror and social drama make this a thrilling as well as an emotional story, based on some horrifying facts of India – known as the land of snakes, ascetics and zealots.

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Many Hindi musicians & singers are turning towards Marathi these days. And the newest welcome addition to this list is ‘Ishqiya’ fame singer Rekha Bharadwaj. The film that she has sung for is the international acclaimed horror Marathi film ‘Lapachhapi’. Rekha Bharadwaj has sung a ‘angai geet’ called ‘Ek Khel Lapachhapicha..’. Recently the song was recorded at Bharadwaj Studios.

‘Lapachhapi’ is produced by Jitendra Patil under his ‘Midas Touch Movies’ banner & Aruna Bhatt, Suryaveer Singh Bhullar under their ‘Wild Elephant Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd.’ banner. The film is directed by Vishal Phuria. Though this song from ‘Lapachhapi’ was originally sing by Nandini Borkar, Rekha Bharadwaj’s unique voice will add a unique dimension to the song.

This ‘Angai’ is written by Swayeshri Shasin & is composed by the trio of Ranjit Patnaik, Tony Basumatri & Utkarsh Dhotekar. The horror element has also added to the composition of this song. The film stars Pooja Sawant, Usha Naik, Vikram Gaikwad, Anil Gawas & is set to release on 14th July.

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• TV serial :  Tu Jivala Guntvave
• Star Cast : Prasad Limaye as Ninad, Shivani Surve as Ananya, Vikram Gaikwad, Apurva Namlekar, Priya Berde
• Tv Channel : Star Pravah
• Starting Date : 20th February 2015
• Show Time : 9 pm Monday to Saturday

Story Outline :

Ananya, in her fight to secure a place for her sister Soumya at her in-laws, lies her way to get into the Budhwadkar family and falls for Ninad, Soumya’s brother-in-law.

Tu Jivala Guntavave‬ Star Pravah Serial Photos :

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• Review : Dr Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero (2014)
• Director : Samruddhi Porey
• Producers : Samrouddhi Cine World and Essel Vision
• Writers : Samruddhi Porey
• Cast : Nana Patekar, Sonali Kulkarni, Dr Mohan Aagashe, Ashish Chougule, Vikram Gaikwad, Sushant Kakde, Tejashri Pradhan
• Music : Rahul Ranade and Aniruddha Wankar
• Genre : Biopic
• Review  By : Keyur Seta

Rating : * *½

Storyline:

The film is a biopic on the lives of Dr Prakash Baba Amte, the son of the great social worker Baba Amte, and his wife Mandakini Amte. It throws light on his selfless service towards tribals of Maharashtra and animals, including the wild ones.

Review:

Having access to a fascinating life story isn’t enough while making a biopic. It is equally important for the film to succeed in its basic motto of telling a story. While director Samruddhi Porey’s Dr Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero brings to light the heart-wrenching, selfless story of the great social worker, it doesn’t succeed completely as a film as it hardly provides an emotional impact one expects from such biopics.

Talking about the few positives, Porey and the entire unit should be lauded for showing Amte’s humanitarian efforts with utmost reality. This is because shooting with real tribal people and animals is a painstaking task for anyone. Apart from this, the dialogues are intelligent and long lasting with some rib-tickling humor being the surprise element.

But the job of every feature film is to narrate an interesting tale and this is where this biopic falters. Although things aren’t that bad pre-interval, the second half tests your patience as on a number of occasions the film appears more like a documentary disguised as a feature film. In fact, there comes a period where scenes of tribals carrying their ill family members to Amte’s place are repeated again and again. A screenplay without proper flow and faulty pacing of events are to be blamed for this.

Mahesh Anye’s camerawork is noticeable quite regularly. The background score is passable while the editing should have been tighter. The music (Rahul Ranade and Aniruddha Wankar) turns out to be average as not a single track stays with you after the film.

Nana Patekar is very impressive and reliable as he displays his talent while playing the central character. However, on a number of occasions, you can’t help but notice that it appears as if he is playing himself. Sonali Kulkarni also shows why she is considered a fine performer. Mohan Agashe, as Baba Amte, excels in a supporting role. Sushant Kakde and Tejashri Pradhan, as younger Prakash and Mandakini Amte, play their parts well. The rest of the actors provide good support.

Overall:

Although Dr Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero carries out the important task of highlighting Dr Prakash and Mandakini Amte’s great work, it doesn’t quite succeed as a feature film. Due to the hype and star cast, it will draw crowds initially. But its performance at the box office is doubtful after the first week.

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• Movie : DR.PRAKASH BABA AMTE -The Real Hero (2014)
• Produced By : Adv. Samruddhi Porey
• Directed By : Adv. Samruddhi Porey
• Studio : Samruoddhi Cine World Pvt.Ltd & Golden Globe
• Star Cast : Nana Patekar, Sonali Kulkarni,Mohan Aagashye, Ashish Chougule,Vikram Gaikwad, Bharat Ganeshpure, Tejashri Pradhan, Aniruddha Wankar,Vinayak Patwardhan,Kunal Gajbhare,Sushant Kakde,Sukumar Day, Prasad Dhakunkar, Naina Rani, Krishna Dharme,Vinod Raut

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