Chintoo 2: Khajinyachi chittarkatha (चिंटू २: खजिन्याची चित्तरकथा)

"Chintoo 2: Khajinyachi chittarkatha (चिंटू २: खजिन्याची चित्तरकथा)"

Watched Marathi movie "Chintoo 2 (चिंटू २)". Directed by Shrirang Godbole, and produced by Shrirang Godbole and others. Screenplay Shrirang Godbole and Vibhavari Deshpande. Music Saleel Kulkarni. It stars Shubhankar Atre, Rumani Khare, Suhani Dhadphale, Ved Rawade, Animesh Padhye, Harshad Rajpathak, Nishant Bhavsar and Satish Alekar. The movie is about 1 hour 50 minutes long and was released in 2013.

Chintoo and his gang of friends  (Wanarwede sena) are bored of vacations and are looking for an adventure. Colonel kaka offers to take them for a camp in jungle. Chintoo finds an artefact in the lake and gets a whiff of a hidden treasure. The gang decides to find it. 

Where will they start? Will Colonel kaka allow? Is there a treasure? Are there bad guys? Can the kids find the treasure?

The story is light, bordered with mystery. Since its a kids movie, nothing serious happens. To spice up the things there are three baddies. However, they are used more for creating laughter than making the movie intense. Director does well in extracting acting from kids.

The locations and sets are first rate. The ancient mysticism is authentically created with some artistic liberty. The movie sets and locations remind you of  movies like Indiana Jones, Lara Croft etc.

All the kids act well. Especially Shubhankar and Suhani. Veteran writer Satish Alekar is pleasant, though he looks loving grandpa rather than Colonel kaka. Subodh and Vibhavari have 3 minutes screen space and can't even be called guest artists. 

Songs are good. Some you remember even after movie. But they are too many. For a movie about treasure hunt 5-6 songs is an overkill. 

Character of Chintoo caught imagination of Maharashtra through newspaper cartoon strip. Since then Chintoo is a household name. This is second movie of the series, although, I have not watched the first. 

A movie kids should watch.