Golden period of Marathi Cinema started from Shwaas (Director: Sandeep Sawant, Released on December 2004, recipient of two National Awards - Best Feature Film and Best Child Actor) and is gaining strength since then.
I
have always regretted that Indian movies (majorly Hindi) lack the content,
dialogue or performance which holds an audience to his seat. I will borrow from
Natsamrat; the performance has to be such that the audience holding chips in
his hand and watching the performance should not be allowed to put it in his
mouth, even though the distance is very small.
Now
about movie, for a Maharastrian, Natsamrat is a name frequently heard as a book written by V V
Shirwadkar (popularly referred with his pen name Kusumagraj). The character Ganpatrao
was immortalized by Dr Shriram Lagoo through innumerable stage shows.
Movie
is about a stage actor Ganpatrao resigns from stage and hands over all his
wealth to his son and daughter, despite wife “Sarkar” suggesting otherwise.
Subsequently the problems faced by both Ganpatrao and Sarkar runs through the
entire movie.
The
story appears to be a typical emotional age old sentimental family issues. Yes,
I agree with that it is an emotional family drama.
Now
what separates this movie and why it should be seen, I will list it down the separators:
·
Exceptionally electrifying and die hard
performance of Nana Patekar ( Ganpatrao)
·
An easy looking but strong performance by
Vikram Gokhale (Rambhau)
·
Heavy dialogues which relates audience to
real life scenario
·
There are many scenes where the audience suddenly
feels himself in the shoes of Ganpatrao, Sarkar and Rambhau.
Some
of the dialogues are worth reproducing here as they epitomize the heart beat of
the movie:
Pratishtha
mhanje ek bhaakad oza. Kadhi yogyata nastana milta. Kadhi chook nastana nighun
jaata
Kuni
ghar deta ka? Ghar? Eka toofanala kuni ghar deta ka? Ek toofan bhinti vaachun,
chhapra vaachun, manasachya maye vachun, devacha daye vachun, dongra-dongrat
hindta aahe. Jithun kuni uthavnar naahin ashi jaga dhoondta aahe. Kuni ghar
deta ka re? Ghar?
Naahin,
raagavun kay faayda aahe? Aani radnaar suddha naahin. Mazya dolyat asva jama
hovayla laagli tar khi... khi... khile maarun khacha karun taakin pan hya adhai
samor mee radnaar naahi.
In
fact I want to reproduce all the good dialogues but due non availability of it I
fail do so. Especially, on the death bed of Rambhau, when Rambhau and Ganpatrao
speaks about Mahabharat character Karna.
For
people who do not understand Marathi (English subtitles are there, even though
they do not connect to the heart) please watch performance of Nana Patekar,
Vikram Gokhale and Medha Manjrekar (eye expressions especially).
There
is no doubt that Natsamrat Movie and Nana Patekar will walk away with National
Award for Best Feature Film and Best Actor. I can only hope that the movie goes
on to Oscar as nomination from India under category (Best Foreign Film). Even
though I know it is difficult, I will pray if Nana Patekar’s performance is
send for Oscar for Best Actor.
Worth
watching many times. Once in a life time of a performance by an actor.
Movie: Natsamrat
Directed
by: Mahesh Manjrekar
Produced
by: Nana Patekar and Vishwas Joshi
Story
by: Kusumagraj
Written
by: Kiran Yadnopavit, Abhijeet Deshpande
Release
date: 1st January 2016
Actors:
Nana Patekar, Vikram Gokhale, Medha Manjrekar
Excellent movie
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