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 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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