A movie that makes you taste all ‘Nava-rasas’ of the literature!
Our Sanskrut literatures believe that, emotions generated from any piece of an art could be classified as per one or more of the (नवरस, Navras) 9 essences of emotions namely: (श्रुंगार, Shrungar) Love / Erotic, (हास्य, Hasya) Humorous, (करुणा, Karuna) Compassion / tragedy, (रौद्र, Roudra) Fury / Anger, (वीर, Veer) Heroic / Bravery, (भयानक, Bhayanak) Horror / Terror, (बिभत्स, Bibhatsa) Disgust, (अद्भूत, Adbhoot) Wondrous, (शांत, Shant) Peace / tranquillity.
But ‘Sairat’ (meaning स्वैर, licentious or
self-willed) is one such movie that has optimum doses of all of the above
Navrasas. Yes! All of them!
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| Sairat - in theaters near you! |
Movie starts
with a love story of college going teens, takes you along through their
struggle till happy anti climax. But the climax is what that shatters you to the
core. Though this climax is a take on one of the horrendous social issue of our
time, it comes as a natural progression of the story. Marketing this movie on
this social issue would have been a tempting strategy but makers like the movie
are genuine to the core and thus have abstained from discussing it simply because
this story isn’t for the issue; this issue is simply an outcome of the story. Till
last 5 – 10 minutes no one can predict the end and thus even I won’t discuss
the issue so as to keep your interest intact.
There is nothing
new on story front but screen play & presentation is so strong that it
keeps you involved with the protagonists. It never leaves any loose thread. Like
protagonists, all the secondary characters also reach their natural end in the
story. We know what happens to friends and parents of the protagonists after
they run from the village. It always sticks to the logic so much so that we
know how the protagonists manage their daily cores while living on the road. It is deeply rooted in realty. Villains and protagonists don't do anything unrealistic or larger than life. Goons of the villain don't roam the village roads with dozens of revolvers in their hand. Actully there is just one local made revolver and just one gun shot in the entire movie. It
catches the raw feel of the village life without losing the touch with the
multiplex crowd. Plus as I have already said, it has all, love, humour, fear, suspense, disgust etc etc
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| Sairat |
Credit
goes to the vision of actor, director, writer, producer, casting director of
the movie Mr. Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (this is his 2nd film, first
being critically acclaimed ‘Fandry’). Credit goes to pool of talented actors
like Rinku Rajguru (Aarchi – female lead), Akash Thosar (Parshya – male lead),
Tanaji Galgude (Balya), Arbaj Shaikh (Salya), Dhananjay Nanavare (Mangya),
Anuja Mulay (Ani). All of them have done such an incredible job that no one
will believe that this is their first attempt of acting (not just in film but
acting filed as such). All of them are ably supported by the known actors like
Suresh Vishwakarma (Tatya) & Chhaya Kadam (Suman). Credit goes to the
locations. Credit goes to cinematographer Sudhakar Reddy for making this film a
visual treat. And finally, credit goes to producers Nitin Keni and Nikhil Sane
too.
It is evident from - all shows running house full that, all of them have
made a film that will appeal to classes & masses both .
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| Akash Thosar & Rinku Rajguru in Sairat |
It is a full blown love story of Aarchi and Parshya and thus it won’t do
justice to the efforts of Rinku and Akash if I casually mention their names
along with other actors. In fact both of them are so effortless and natural that
they will keep on reminding you some or the other underdog you might know or
some friend or cousin of yours. Rinku got her share of appreciation with
National Award (there seems to be some link between national awards and Nagaraj
Manjule. 2 actors from his 1st film bagged national awards while
Rinku is the 3rd one to bag it) but I felt Akash also deserved a
National Award. I was pleasantly surprised to see his performance in a scene as
an abusive partner. The violent streak of a generally shy Parshya is quite a shock
to the audience. Both - shy smile and heart breaking tears of his will tell you
his worth as an actor. If he learns pure Puneri Marathi, I bet, he can be the
next Marathi super star.
Now on negative
side, film is bit lengthy. It’s almost 3 hours long. Editor Kutub Inamdar
should have reduced it by 20 – 25 minutes for making it evenly paced. Though
Ajay Atul songs for the film are chart buster hits, I felt music is
overpowering the lyrics. Suraj Pawar (Prince) should have done something more to bring out the villainous side of his character. All his scenes of hard
hitting slaps are bang on.
These few points should be easily ignored in front of the high entertainment value of the film.
I have also read few reviews which say that this film though good, reminded them of some other movies like Ishqzade but I didn't find it similar to any other film. In fact it is different from other movies with similar plot.
I have also read few reviews which say that this film though good, reminded them of some other movies like Ishqzade but I didn't find it similar to any other film. In fact it is different from other movies with similar plot.
Congratulations
team Manjule!
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| Sairat |
