'Mast Chalalay Aamcha'- Laughter is the best medicine
New lifestyle has forced today's common man under tremendous stress. A bank
manager is worried about the boy of his daughter's choice and strange behaviour
of his wife. A housewife is worried about her husband's affair. An auto-rickshaw
driver wants a break after a tiring day. A female Vada-Paav vendor is trying to
save her money from her alcohol addict husband. A policeman is making all
efforts to find a good sound sleep after overworking. Above all, the common man
in general is fed up with the happenings around. The news on scams and the
violent type of TV serials are already bothering him and his family members. All
that he needs is distressing in the form of entertainment. Laughter is the best
medicine and very few can offer it at a cost.
But,
Zee
Talkies' new film 'Mast Chalalay Aamcha' comes with an ideal
prescription for distressing. Produced by Shemaroo and distributed by Zee
Talkies, the film offers non-stop entertainment for all age groups. It is not an
easy job to keep the audience involved in laughter for more than an hour, but
the duo comprising of Sachin Mote, the writer and Sachin Goswami the
director with all their stage experience behind, have succeeded in offering
something in a cinematic form to the people of Maharashtra, who certainly needed
that break to relieve their stress. The film is based on the popular
Marathi
play 'Ek Daav Bhatacha'.
Picking up a simple theme dealing with attitude of different persons from the
same family, the film tries to link them with few characters in the society to
create enough of humour lasting for a little more than two hours. The actual
story of the film revolves around Madhav Bhatt (Bharat Jadhav) a branch manager
with a bank, who is worried about the presence of his son-in-law (Bhushan
Kadu)
an auto-rickshaw driver in his house, as his only daughter (Devyani Deshmukh)
has married against his wish. His wife (Vishakha Subhedar) is however very much
pleased with her son-in-law, as he knows how to please his mother-in-law. Ms.
Bhatt is a devotee of one Anna-Baba (Vijay Patkar) who does all his tricks
related to superstition, to invite the attention of his devotees.
Now, how the family is linked with a Vadaa Paav vendor Vastlabai Khade (Kishori
Ambiye), her alcohol addict husband (Kamlakar Satpute) and a Police constable (Bhalachandra
Kadam) is another story. But, the main plot revolves around Madhav
Bhatt and his son-in-law Baban Thorat. Very cleverly the writer and director
have presented every scene with relevant dialogues to create that spontaneity to
produce laughter. A perfect timing maintained by all artistes further makes this
film more hilarious. In the recent past, we have seen comedy films, but 'Mast Chalalay Aamcha' presents a comedy with a difference. This was possible only due
to efforts of the skilled writer and talented director to produce that desired
effect.
Marathi films generally don't require big star-cast, if the script is superior.
This film has only one big star in the form of Bharat Jadhav and the others
being talented bunch of artistes from stage and TV shows. But, watching their
respective performances, certainly makes you think about their tremendous
potential. And, if you have to measure their performances, they all had a very
good team work. Bharat Jadhav,
Vishakha Subhedar, Bhushan Kadu, Kishori Ambiye,
Devyani Deshmukh, Kamlakar Satpute and Bhalchandra Kadam all contributed equally
towards the neat presentation of this film. None of them over acted and when the
time came for the same in the climax, the director concluded the film. Though
there are few predictable scenes, the film still manages to entertain
frenziedly. The scenes between Bharat Jadhav and Bhalchandra Kadam are more
appealing. One wonders as to why the latter has not been offered roles in films?
With perfect editing, good photography and limited music, the film does offer a
complete entertainment package to all sections of the society.
