• Review : Pimpal (2018)
• Producer : Supriya Sunil Phadtare, Ashwini Sidwani, Arpan Bhukhanwala and Deepak Kumar Bhagat
• Director : Gajendra Ahire
• Screenplay : Gajendra Ahire
• Star Cast : Dilip Prabhawalkar, Priya Bapat, Alok Rajwade, Sakhi Gokhale & Kishore Kadam
• Review by : Abhay Salvi

Rating : 4/5

Pimpal Review (Marathi Movie):

Gajendra Ahire directorial ‘Pimpal’ is one of his rare movies that understands the power of minimalism & inhibits it in & out. Running around one & a half hours, ‘Pimpal’ has a very specific world & an organic structure that doesn’t follow any norms of conventional storytelling usually seen in our films.

Dilip Prabhawalkar plays an old retired man living alone with some assistance from his cook (Kishore Kadam) & his doctor (Priya Bapat). The actual people in his life are probably only these two! But in a virtual world, he is connected to his two sons & their family including grandsons & a granddaughter almost on daily basis. His sons, daughters-in-law & grandchildren all of them seem genuinely interested in the old man through their regular video chats.

There are no distinct caricaturish features assigned to this old man, which makes him more believable! Even Priya Bapat’s character isn’t created like a make-believe movie character, to some extent we feel to be at distant from her real self, which again works for the film. At first, we are allowed to wonder what the film is actually about! Slowly we get into the actual soul of the film.

That soul too is minimalistic just as the approach to the overall making of the film. We have many times heard that it’s depressing for a single old person to survive once he/she loses their life partner. This film goes deep into this feeling, it’s not depressing, neither is it pleasant. It’s a bit of both! It’s a lot like being in love! A bittersweet feeling as they call it! This loneliness is more on the sub-conscious level than in physicality. How can an old man who has a loving family eagerly waiting for his arrival be lonely? One could ask this question? That’s the point in physicality (which also includes the virtual world) he isn’t alone, but in his conscience, he misses the life he had, he misses his wife, he regrets how he couldn’t live his life at it’s fullest when she was with him!

The film doesn’t really have a strategically constructed ‘story’. It just dwells on certain real human feelings & probably the most peacefully lonesome phase in a person’s life. It uses the medium of cinema in actualizing this lonesome atmosphere & we can experience the same through our senses in a cinema hall. Provided we open up our senses & look beyond a ‘story’ & a conventional idea of ‘entertainment’.

This is Dilip Prabhawalkar’s finest performance in a long long time! You couldn’t have anyone else in his part. He is tailor-made for the role & for the film. Priya Bapat too explores a new side of her in the film! Kishore Kadam gels well in the film too. Gajendra Ahire is a passionate Marathi filmmaker who has a habit of disregarding the technical aspects of the medium many times. But here since the film had a minimalist need in every way he has managed to make the film just about perfect in every way. His biggest achievement here is that he has captured the feeling of loneliness through image, sound & the overall atmosphere he creates in the film!

In a way, it works cathartically for those who regret their life decisions & wish they could have given more time to themselves & their loved ones.

Overall:

‘Pimpal’ is a must watch for those who love thought provoking simplistic films! While there are too many options in the theatres currently (including Marathi) ‘Pimpal’ is a clear stand out amongst all of them as it can give some peace of mind to the audiences in the midst of all chaos we are in right now.

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• Movie : Pimpal (2018) | पिंपळ
• Producer : Supriya Sunil Phadtare, Ashwini Sidwani, Arpan Bhukhanwala and Deepak Kumar Bhagat
• Director : Gajendra Ahire
• Studio :
• Star Cast :
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar
  • Priya Bapat
  • Kishor Kadam
  • Vrinda Gajendra
  • Alok Rajwade
  • Sakhi Gokhale
• Story : Chintamani
• Screenplay : Gajendra Ahire
• Music and Background Music : Narendra Bhide
• Cinematography (DOP) : Krishna Kumar Soren
• Editor : Kutub Inamdar
• Art Director : Santosh Suresh Phutane
• Executive Producer : Rohan Shah, Amar Singh and Abhijeet Yadav
• Trailer : Kutub Inamdar and Vaibhav Dabhade
• Promo Sound Design : Roshan K Sharma
• Post Production Design : Amar Singh
• Digital Marketing : Loki’s Studio
• Genre : Drama
• Release Date : 08th June 2018

Synopsis : A retired widower, Arvind, lives all by himself in Pune and is asked by his children to move to the US to live with them. As he begins to pack, he comes across various things that bring back old memories.

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Gajendra Ahire is one of the most talented and prolific of Marathi film directors having given us classics like ‘Not Only Mrs.Raut’, ‘Neelkanth Master’, etc. and now his most ambitious film ‘Shasan’ is set for release and we caught up with the director to know more about his new film.

How did you conceptualize ‘Shasan’?

I wanted to make a film based on the background of politics and when I got this script based on the happenings in state politics for the last six months or so, I got my script ready to film and I shot this film within no time.

How did you cast for the film?

I had the characters in mind and when I started thinking about them, the names and faces came easily to my mind like Jitendra Joshi and Manva Naik in the lead roles along with Bharat Jadhav and Makarand Anaspure in leading character artiste roles and my casting was complete. And I must say that all my actors have done a fabulous job and the film is looking great.

Where has the film been shot?

Basically the film has been shot in various locales of Mumbai, Pune and other interior of Maharashtra locations.

Has the film been shown in festivals?

That is totally the producers call and I have no say in the matter.

You are such a prolific director having made more than 40 films? How do you manage it?

Nothing at all. I consider it as my job and set myself like doing it a daily job and not as something just as a lark.

What’s next?

I have a film called ‘Silence’ coming up.

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• Movie :  Shasan (2015) | शासन
• Producer : Shekhar Pathak
• Directer : Gajendra Ahire
• Studio : Shreya Films Pvt. Ltd
• Star Cast : Makarand Anaspure, Bharat Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manava Naik, Siddharth Jadhav, Dr.Shriram Lagoo, Vrinda Gajendra, Vikram Gokhale, Mohan Joshi, Vinay Apte, Nagesh Bhosle
• Story : Gajendra Ahire
• Screenplay : Gajendra Ahire
• Music : Narendra Bhide
• Lyrics : Kavivarya Vinda Karandikar, Sant Tukaram (Abhang)
• Singers : Jaydeep Vaidya , Jasraj Joshi
• Dialogues : Gajendra Ahire
• Director of Photography : Surya Mishra
• Original score : Greg Sims
• Choreographer : Deepali Vichare
• Art Director : Datta Londhe
• Editor : Rahul Bhatanakar, Santosh Gothoskar
• Costumes : Vrinda Gajendra
• Production Manager : Dr. Rajiv Thakur
• D.I Colourist : Tushar Jadhav
• Line Producer : Dilesh Gupta
• Associate Producer : Rohini Pathak
• Genre : Political Drama
• Release Date : 15th January, 2016

Synopsis: A story of raw ambition, of personal turmoil, of getting to the roots of cause and paying the price for it, characters stuck in a dilemma of what is right and what is wrong, the nexus of politics and mafia, political ambitions, and the ever suffering common man. All of them, pawns in the bigger game called Life. Who is the actual ruler and who is getting ruled is the bigger question.

On the backdrop of a dying factory, the game of politics is being played and how everyone involves gets entangled in this game. How an upcoming young union leader use this situation to fulfill his ambition of becoming a political bigwig. A bureaucrat who is fighting his own battles helps him out but get disillusioned in the long run. A young news reporter decides to get under this and finds out a Mafia leader who is pulling the strings. The reporter and her editor pay’s a big price for this. Issues get escalated to the legislative assembly of the state and powers that matter gets involved.

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Shasan is an upcoming Marathi movie which has picturized on political situation. In this political drama many well-known actors are coming together for the first time through Shasan movie. Shreya Films Pvt. Ltd. presents ‘Shasan’ produced by Shekhar Pathak and directed by Gajendra Ahire. This movie has multi star cast like Makarand Anaspure, Bharat Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manava Naik, Siddharth Jadhav, Aditi Bhagwat, Dr.Shriram Lagoo, Vrinda Gajendra, Vikram Gokhale, Mohan Joshi, Nagesh Bhosle, Kiran Karmarkar, Milind Shinde, Anjali Walsangkar and Sudhir Dalvi.

Politics is the heavy word to express and understand. Every person has their own definition of politics by their point of view. Politics has captured many places in society. In society there is different type of people who wants to enter in politics and some people are fed up with politics. You will never know when politics will take a turn to change the side. ‘Shasan’ movie is based on Indian politics and this movie will show you the side of politics.

‘Shasan’ movie releasing on 15th January 2016, till that be an observer of ‘Shasan’ trailer.

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Two things make a man wise, one is the book and second one is the people, this useful thought from upcoming Marathi movie “Shasan” directed by Gajendra Ahire.  Shreya Films Pvt. Ltd. presents and Shekhar Pathak produced ‘Shasan’ movie is based on the politics.

Unknowingly common man gets involved in politics.  Police Force is always there to protect every individual i.e. from common man to celebrities, political leaders. A policeman is also a person, he also have the basic needs. But in today’s situation no one even think of him.  This film shows problems faced by police and their family.  Our country is having shortage of police force, on an average 500 police for 1 lakh citizens.  They are forced to do over times in Ganesh Festival, Navratri Festival, elections, and VIP duties.  This makes them over work even beyond physical capacity.   This leads to health problems, family problems etc.

Siddharth Jadhav is playing the role of police constable.  He has done excellent performance in this movie and shown that the Policeman is also a human being.  Film is having multi-star-cast Makarand Anaspure, Bharat Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manava Naik, Siddharth Jadhav, Dr.Shriram Lagoo, Vrinda Gajendra, Vikram Gokhale, Mohan Joshi, Vinay Apte, Nagesh Bhosle and music composed by Narendra Bhide.

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Gajendra Ahire is back with his new multi-starrer Shasan. The film is a political saga starring Makrand Anaspure, Bharat Jadhav, Siddharth Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manava Naik, Aditi Bhagwat, Vrunda Gajendra, Vikram Gokhale, Mohan Joshi, Nagesh Bhosle, Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Amey Ghare and Kiran Karmarkar.

The film features famous poem “maajhya manaa ban dagad” by Vinda Karandikar. This poem is composed by Narendra Bhide and sung by Jasraj Joshi. The story screenplay and doaligues of this film are written by Ahire himself. The film is produced by Shekhar Pathak under the banners of Shreya Films Pvt. Ltd.

The film will be releasing on 22 October all over Maharashtra.

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Two things make a man wise, one is the book and second one is the people, this useful thought given by none other than the great director Gajendra Ahire from his next upcoming Marathi movie “Shasan“. Many great actors are working together in this movie for the first time.

Shreya Films Pvt. Ltd. presents ‘Shasan’ produced by Shekhar Pathak. It’s starring Makarand Anaspure, Bharat Jadhav, Jitendra Joshi, Manava Naik, Siddharth Jadhav, Dr.Shriram Lagoo, Vrinda Gajendra, Vikram Gokhale, Mohan Joshi, Vinay Apte, Nagesh Bhosle and many more.

Shasan movie’s story depends on politics. This is the story of raw ambition, of personal turmoil, of getting to the roots of cause and paying the price for it, characters stuck in a dilemma of what is right and what is wrong, the nexus of politics and mafia, political ambitions, and the ever suffering common man. Overall it is political drama and you will know the more story on 22nd of October. This story written screenplayed by Gajendra Ahire.

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