I have spent my entire childhood being the Doordarshan person. Hence I saw many Marathi movies on Sundays. Most of them were the "typical" Ashok Saraf and Lakshimikant Berde's comedy. After few years other actors like Mahesh Kothare added the "Damn It" dialogues in it ;). The movies were either non-sense comedy else intense drama (How can we forget Alka Kubal's Maherchi Sadi!). The Marathi movie industry must have seen its "not-so-good" period then.
One must not forget about classy movies like "Pinjra" which showcased the potential Marathi movie industry had which was left unused.
As a kid I enjoyed and watched all these movie but could not take the repetitive loud over-acting eventually. And when I used to see the marathi movies board with stupid names like "Dhangad Dhinga" I was like, "ye movie kaun dekhta hai bhai!!"
But today I see major transformation in Marathi film industry with wonderful movies like Harischandrachi factory, Rita, Samantar, Natrang etc. raising the bar and the standard.
Among all of them I liked "Harishchandrachi Factory" the most! Awesome is the word for this movie!
Gosh, I utterly butterly loved the story telling part of the movie. Its a simple story so well said.
The struggle in his life and the sacrifices done by his wife are shown with such positive attitude. Their attitude towards life teaches us soo much. Also the direction is very good. Acting, no doubt, each and every character, may it be Phalke himself or the character who was Shiv in his movie, all were so much in character. Its clearly a milestone in Marathi cinema.
I am so happy Marathi cinema is out of loud and not so funny movies.
loved that movie.....yeah i agree being a Doordarshan person too...i still am.....i think Harishchandrachi Factory, Natrang and Jogwa mark a definite turning point for Marathi cinema, which was in the past only lucky to have one such film in 2-3 years.....
ReplyDeleteIn good golden Doordarshan days Chitrahar was THE program NOT to miss. I never watched many marathi movies as a kid, except for the boisterous and funny ones. And I liked them :) But I always maintained that most Marathi actors were better than most mainstream Bolly actors.
ReplyDeleteThey way you described this movie, I am tempted to watch it: simple, nice attitude and good acting are the keywords that are forcing me to! Thanks for sharing the feedback!
I might stop by again if I get around watching it.
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ReplyDeleteI m happy to know to have ur fond in marathi movies...we the marathi people(might b non-marathi too) are those to save "Marathichi Picturechi Utarati kala"...bye take care