"15 August (१५ ऑगस्ट)"
Watched Marathi movie 15 August (१५ ऑगस्ट). Directed by Swapnaneel Jaykar, Produced by Madhuri Dixit and Shriram Nene. Story & Screenplay Yogesh Vinayak Joshi. Cinematography Milind Jog. It stars Mrunmayi Deshpande, Adinath Kothare, Rahul Pethe, Abhishek Deshmukh, Namrata Kadam, Satish Pulekar, Vijay Patkar, Naina Apte, Vaibhav Mangle, Chandu Parkhi & Uday Tikekar. I watched this movie with Aditi. The movie is about 2 hour long and was released in 2019. It's a Netflix film.
It's the story of an independence day in a chawl. Mrunmayi and Rahul love each other but her family disapproves. On the fateful day, a prospective groom, Adinath, and his parents are coming to meet Mrunmayi and her family to finalize marriage. At the same time a boy in chawl has stuck his hand in a hole made for flag and solutions are coming fast.
How did the boy stick his hand? What does the chawl do to extract it? Will Adinath like Mrunmayi? Will she say yes? What about painter Rahul?
The story is light. But it's not really about independence day. It's a love story. Director spends too much time on the hand stuck in the hole. Rahul's character appears too passive. Otherwise direction is ok, finishing could have been better.
Mrunmayi looks beautiful, but the age has started showing, on occasions. She acts well. Rahul plays the silent lover and unsuccessful painter well. Adinath scores in the short but decisive role.
Supporting cast is well known and they are all good and accomplished actors. The chawl has all kind of characters and they are used to create humor. The child artist is cute.
Cinematographers idea of transposing from one scene to other using a common thread is very creative.
It's a good entertainment. Ok for family viewing, except the swear words.
Recommended watching.
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