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Presenter:
Zee Talkies, Shivleela Films
Producer: Nilima Lonari, Sanjay Thube
Ex Producer: Nikhil Sane, Amit Phalke, Omkar Ranade
Direction: Hemant Devdhar
Story, Dialogues:
Arvind Jagtap
Photography: Suresh Suvarna
Music: Shailendra Barve, Tyagraj Khadilkar
Cast: Makarand Anaspure,
Jeetendra Joshi, Tejaswini Lonari,
Uday Tikekar, Sagar Talashikar, Mangesh Satpute, Pari Telang, Vishakha Subhedar, Sayaji Shinde |
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'Guldasta' has light shades of humour
Zee Talkies' latest Marathi film 'Guldasta'
has hit the screens all over Maharashtra, on the auspicious Maker Sankranti day.
With comedy king Makarand
Anaspure in the lead, the film had raised some hopes, since the last three
films of Zee Talkies with Makarand had achieved good success. The theme of
'Guldasta' revolves around a model Jahnavi Deshmukh (Tejaswini Lonari),
the only daughter from a well to do family. Besides being an aspiring model, she
is also very keen on making it to Bollywood with a big banner. Her friend from
an ad agency Aman Pradhan (Sagar Talashikar) tries to help her out.
In the meanwhile,
she comes across two young men, who are childhood friends of each other. A
simple living Rajwardhan Chougule alias Raja (Makarand Anaspure) is the owner of
a winery, while Jeetu Desai (Jitendra
Joshi) is the news reporter of a TV News channel which
believes in sensational news. Both of them fall in love with Jahnavi, but try to
hide the same from each other. Jeetu develops misunderstanding about his
friend Raja, who he thinks has moved very close to Jahnavi. One day, Jahnavi
insults Raja and also slaps Jeetu for his misbehavior.
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After facing such humiliation, both Raja and Jeetu
decide to teach a lesson to Jahnavi, who also has a helper- Madhuri (
Pari Telang) at home, treated like her own sister. Jeetu, seeks help
from his colleagues to conduct sting operations to expose Jahnavi. In
the meanwhile, Raja plays another game by throwing away money at Aman
Pradhan, asking him to make Jahnavi a brand ambassador for his
farmhouse. He even manages to come closer to Jahnavi, by gifting her
costly items. This is followed by the Media game of Breaking News, which
helps Jahnavi to find a role in Bollywood.
Finally, the film concludes at a reality talk show
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Amphitheatre. In that last scene, Raja tries to send across a message to the society
and the film ends with a happy note. 'Guldasta' does not have anything very
special like non-stop entertainment, but it certainly offers light shades of humour especially shot on Makarand Anaspure and Jitendra Joshi together, to
explore their chemistry. But, how long these Marathi movies are going to depend
upon comedy subject, still remains the question? In the role of Jahnavi,
Tejaswini Lonari displays a satisfactory performance. There isn't much
scope for music, but Tyagraj Khadilkar's music isn't bad. Cinematography by
Suresh Suvarna is good, capturing those beautiful locations around the farm
house.
Among the supporting cast,
Uday Tikekar,
Sagar Talashikar, Mangesh Satpute, Pari Telang are fine.
Sayaji Shinde, is just namesake in special appearance for one scene. There
are few new faces also in the supporting cast. Director Hemant Deodhar has done
a good job as a director. But, the two hour long film drags on till interval,
with just routine passtime material, which ultimately gains momentum during the
entire second half. Some of the dialogues are tailor made to suit the duo
comprising of Makarand and Jitendra. 'Guldasta' is a display of light humour
combined with mockery of our news channels. It has a different style of
presentation supported by good performances. There is a doubt, whether the film
would receive good response in a city like Mumbai, but, it has chances of
pulling the crowds at small towns, especially with single screens, because of
the village and city connect through the characters.
by Ulhas Shirke © MMW
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