June 13, 2009

Marathi mansa jaga ho...


That’s what ‘Mi shivajiraje bhosale boltoy’ is all about…We went to cinema theatre after a gap of 3 years today...and we obviously chose a movie which had got great reviews all over…I mean my husband never accompanies me to a movie before making sure the reviews are good…he does not have slightest faith in my choice of movies…so we zeroed on this movie with mutual consent (that’s a rare thing I tell you…)…

frankly…I didn’t have any expectations from this movie…The theme goes something like this...city Mumbai…marathi people are routinely getting hammered, insulted, humiliated in their own backyard…in their own area…in their own state….and they are so used to it that they withstand it without ever complaining….one such marathi man represents this whole marathi community…he is a protagonist of the movie...Shivajimaharaj couldn’t bear to see this cowardice, this humiliation of his own people and decides to step in…he helps the protagonist to identify himself…to rediscover himself…and to feel proud to be a maharashtrian...so basically this is a fantasy film to some extent…to portray Shivajimaharaj successfully is a huge task….and to bring him in real world with real people and carry this theme well is another impossible target….a step here and there…and the film could have become a farce….

To some extent….what I thought I was true….it was a fantasy film…..it does get filmy in parts (this one funda I have never understood…people including yours truly routinely describe some films as ‘filmy’…)…anyways…so the film is also a bit preachy….but the message is loud and clear…overall effect of film is awesome…hats off to Mahesh Manjrekar for taking a currently running hot topic….and striking a chord with all the marathi hearts…Sachin Khedekar is wonderful…so is Mahesh Manjrekar himself…he does carry Shivajimaharaj well…. overall its a well made film..

And for once, we both agreed on the fact that it’s a well made film…and we both liked it…..

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