• Review : Vitthala Shappath (2016) 
• Producer : Sairaj Kank, Prafull P Ajmera, Sukesh Sawardekar and Joahn Nadar
• Director : Chandrakant Pawar
• Star Cast : Mangesh Desai, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Krutika Gaikwad, Ketan Pawar, Anshuman Vichare, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi and Sanjay Khapre
• Story : Chandrakant Pawar
• Music : Chinar Mahesh
• Review By : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 1/5

Vitthala Shappath Marathi Movie Review :

Vitthala Shappath is a film that fails on so many levels that it is impossible to remember all of them. To start with the most basic flaw is the hero itself. It seems like Marathi audiences should now develop the habit of accepting incompetent actors as their heroes & heroines. However if you still have an appetite for watching good acting you could be rewarded by one or two known seasoned actors in the supporting cast.

In case of Vitthala Shappath Mangesh Desai is that reward. No matter how unapologetically pointless the plot of the film is Mangesh Desai manages to be in the skin of his character throughout. I was reminded of veteran actor-singer Vasantrao Deshpande’s little part in the cult classic Ashtavinayak. Mangesh Desai portrays a gold hearted father to our incompetent hero, though Desai’s purpose in the conflict is equally pointless as the film.  

The most unbearable parts in the film represent a very strong south Indian influence. No not just the songs, & our incompetent hero’s antics, but also the backdrop of land mafia & the political connections. In one of the songs at the background we can notice the poster of Ankush Chaudhari starrer Guru. Guru was unfortunately among the first Marathi films in the mainstream that started employing the south formula in our films. However the audiences have never shown any adulation towards the formula in Marathi especially because our audiences are already consuming the same through different multimedia mediums. Even Hindi cinema learned its lesson & put a halt on manufacturing south formula films at an alarming pace (yes they were at one point). 

Vitthala Shappath’s another primary failure is that it doesn’t try one bit to get anywhere near the real devotion of Vitthal devotees. A Vitthal devotee has enough Vitthal in himself, that he would never be in a state to fight a war just for building a Vitthal temple. Even if we forgive this error, this whole phenomenon isn’t even strong enough on an emotional level. Yes even Mangesh Desai’s honest performance isn’t good enough to establish the emotional connect. Maybe (just maybe) if this film was riding completely on Desai’s shoulders it had a better chance to make that connect.

Another good actor has been wasted in ‘Vitthala Shappath’. Sanjay Khapre as a good hearted drunk lawyer. Honestly I could see a lot of scope for Khapre’s character to be the driving force in the second half. His character of the lawyer who is supposed to save our (incompetent) hero gets a decent amount of screen time to be established. But the shocking part is that we never see how he actually saves the hero. Yes the film skips the whole court battle part, with ubrittled confidence.

The music & background of this film matches the chaotic atmosphere of the film with utter dedication. This film has been credited with a number of writers but for many montage sequences it avoids using dialogues suggesting us as if they didn’t really exist in the first place & hence the montage were improvised instead. 

The film ends on a laughable sad end that again is a poor attempt to reinforce the conflict of the film. I couldn’t really figure out why did the film hints the climax in the opening scene of the film. Not that we care, but let’s assume if an audience is really bothered about the hero & heroine’s future, they must have already predicted it, while making the exercise of going through the runtime pointless. 

Overall:

You have to be a die-hard fan of Mangesh Desai to sit through ‘Vitthala Shappath’ & be mildly satisfied by it.   

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• Movie : Vitthala Shappath (2016) | विठ्ठला शपथ
• Producer : Sairaj Kank, Prafull P Ajmera, Sukesh Sawardekar and Joahn Nadar
• Directer : Chandrakant Pawar
• Studio : Gurudarshan Films
• Star Cast : Mangesh Desai, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Krutika Gaikwad, Ketan Pawar, Anshuman Vichare, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi and Sanjay Khapre
• Story : Chandrakant Pawar
• Screenplay : Chandrakant Pawar
• Music : Chinar Mahesh
• Lyrics : Kshitij Patwardhan and Mangesh Kangane
• Dialogues : Kaustubh Savarkar and Bhanudas Panmand
• Director of Photography : Sandy
• Choreography : Umesh Jadhav
• Art Director : Vasu Patil
• Editor : Ashish Mhatre and Apurva Motiwale Sahai
• Publicity Design : Milind Matkar
• Genre  : Drama
• Release Date : 15th September 2017

Synopsis:

Vitthala Shappath Marathi Movie Poster / Still Photos :

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‘Vitthala Shappath’ is an upcoming Marathi film that is soon set to release in theatres. The new song ‘Jhakkas Chokra’ from the film has been out recently & it is getting good response on social media. The song reflects the new colourful style of dance numbers in Marathi.

This dance number is sung by Pravin Kunwar & is composed by the young sensational composers Chinar-Mahesh. The lyrics of this song are written by popular lyricist in Marathi today Mangesh Kangane. The video of this song reminds of the south Indian flavour that is loved by all audiences in India today.

This ‘Jhakkas Chokra Song’ intrigues us about the film. The film stars Mangesh Desai, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Krutika Gaikwad, Ketan Pawar, Anshuman Vichare, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi and Sanjay Khapre & is directed by Chandrakant Pawar. Other songs of the film will also be out soon which are sung by popular singers like Swapnil Bandodkar, Anandi Joshi, Adarsh Shinde & Rahul Deshpande.

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Recently the music launch event of upcoming Marathi movie ‘Vitthala Shappath ’ was held in a grand way in the presence of many dignitaries. The vent was a success thanks to the experiences shared by the musical team of the film & skits performed by the artists of the film. Director Chandrakant Pawar believes the audiences will enjoy the songs of ‘Vithala Shapath’.

‘Vithala Shapath’ is produced by Gurudarshan Films & Pahel Production L.L.P & is set to release on 15th September. The film will project the relation between lord Vithal & his devotees. Songs of this film complement the story of the film. These songs are penned by popular lyricists Kshitij Patwardhan & Mangesh Kangne & the music is composed by Chinar-Mahesh.

The soundtrack of ‘Vithala Shapath’ includes various songs of different genres in the voices of popular singers like Rahul Deshpande, Adarsh Shinde, Anandi Joshi & Swapnil Bandodkar. The film too stars veterans like Mangesh Desai, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi, Sanjay Khapre, Anshuman Vichare, Vijay Nikam & other actors like Anuradha Rajadhyaksha Ketan Pawar, Pranav Raorane among others.

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Here is another Marathi movie which was focused by its movie name and poster on Lord Vitthal.  Recently the first official poster of upcoming Marathi movie ‘Vitthala Shapath’ has published on social media.

‘Vitthala Shapath’ movie produced by Gurudarshan Films and produced by Chandrakant Pawar. Poster of this movie seems like it’s having unique and different concept.

“Even this movie is related to spirituality but it does not believe in superstition. Through the medium of pure devotion and true love we have presented the beautiful story in ‘Vitthala Shapath’ movie. The film will conciliate all as it is shot on real locations”, said Director Chandrakant Pawar.

Story and Screenplay of this movie written by director Chandrakant Pawar himself, dialogues penned down by Kaustubh Savarkar & Bhanudas Panmand, lyrics of songs penned by  Kshitij Patwardhan and  Mangesh Kangane, music given by Chinar-Mahesh, dance steps choreographed by Umesh Jadhav. DOP is Sandy, Art Direction by Vasu Patil, Editors are Ashish Mhatre and Apurva Motiwale Sahai and most attractive piece of work done by Publicity Designer Milind Matkar.

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Vitthala Shapath, a complete entertainment package recently completed its first schedule at Sangli. The film will be a directorial venture of renowned theatre director Chandrakant Pawar.

The shooting took place at Budhgaon, Haripur and nearby villages in Sangli. The next schedule of the film will be shot in Mumbai. The film introduces a new face as a hero and in supporting cast includes Mangesh Desai, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Krutika Gaikwad, Ketan Pawar, Anshuman Vichare, Uday Sabnis, Vidyadhar Joshi, Sanjay Khapre et al.

The music has been given by Chinar Mahesh. The film is produced by Gurudarshan Films & Pahal Productions LLP. The screenplay has been written by Bhanudas Panmand and dialogues are by Kaustubh Savarkar.

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