Premachi Goshta (A Story about love)

I have been watching quite a few Marathi movies as you may have noticed by now.  Mumbai is unfortunately (or at times fortunately) swamped with Bollywood and people really do not make time for regional cinema of any nature.  Either, the quality of regional cinema has just gone through the roof or I have just got plain lucky.  A string of good movies in Marathi – just the lease of life I was looking for.

And if the movie has Atul Kulkarni in it, you can at least be assured of one thing – the performance from one person need not be questioned.  In this case, there was Shri Kulkarni playing the role of Mr. Ram Subramaniam. Born of a Tamil Brahmin father and Maharashtrian mother from Matunga. Which also explains the fact that they show him watching a Sivaji Ganesan flick during the movie. 

 

Ram is a struggling writer who wants to write his own stories but unfortunately has been relegated to rewriting scripts from either regional cinema (Tamil) or Hollywood / Bollywood scripts.  He is currently working on a slightly convoluted story that has been very nicely portrayed through a logical equation.  A likes B a lot.  B is however chasing C who has her eyes on D.  D in turn is trying to get A back into his life.

 

Convoluted?  Not quite actually.  It is just a story that Ram is working on as he is trying to come to terms with his separation from wife and aspiring actress Ragini (Sulekha Talwalkar).  He is at the counsellor’s office for a meeting when he bumps into Sonal (Sagarika Ghatge).  Sonal is the magnetic opposite of Ram and has no faith in love or marriage.  Considering that her 2^nd marriage has also failed, it is not surprising right?

 

Premachi Goshta (A Story About Love) then tracks the relationship that builds between Ram and Sonal as they find common ground professionally.  Ram is intrinsically a person who encourages and nudges Sonal towards writing the script from her perspective as required by the producer.  Sonal slowly but surely softens her stance against love and marriage.  In short, trouble is only a turn away.

 

Atul Kulkarni’s performance and the simple, yet not so simple love story is the reason why Premachi Goshta is running to full houses even now.  If the prints have subtitles, then it maybe a reason for loss of business for other not so great Bollywood movies.  Satish Rajawade who is both director and supporting actor for the movie does a good job on both counts.  He keeps the movie simple and acts well as Swaraj (Ram’s best friend).

 

Premachi Goshta is the kind of movie you would love to see on a nice weekend along with someone who means a lot to you. It should have been released on Valentine’s weekend or at least promoted heavily during the time frame.  I guess low budget movies make first cuts on marketing spends.  Try catching up with it.  The movie is in it’s 3^rd week as I post this review.  6 on 10.

 

Trailer on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWqjDGeCjTA