Vaalvi (वाळवी)

​"Vaalvi (वाळवी)"

Watched Marathi film "Walwi (वाळवी)". 

This film is directed by Paresh Mokashi. Produced by Madhugandha Kulkarni. Written by Paresh Mokashi & Madhugandha Kulkarni. Cinematography by Satyajit Shobha Shriram. Music by Mangesh Dhakade. The film stars Swapnil Joshi, Anita Date, Shivani Surve, Subodh Bhave, Namrata Sambherao, Sandy. This film was released in 2023. It runs for abou 1 hour 43 min. I watched in on Zee5 on 5th Jun 2023.

Swapnil wants to divorce Anita, but she doesn’t want. She is seeing a psychologist (Subodh). Swapnil is having an affair with Shivani (a dentist). So they hatch a plan to kill his wife and make it appear as a murder. Things take an unexpected turn and the husband, the dentist and the psychiatrist team up. One dead body turns into two and more and more. 

The movie is interesting until the entry of Subodh. After that the movie starts losing grip. And the end is abrupt and as unexpected as it is absurd. What exactly was the director trying to tell?

Subodh, Swapnil and Anita are very good. Swapnil plays the philandering husband. Anita plays the psychotic wife. Subodh plays the psychiatrist who also looks psychotic.  Shivani plays the angry young dentist. She is mostly very good. She also looks pretty. I saw glimpses of Kavita Lad in her.

This movie recovered more than twice its production cost, so it was a hit because of the OTT rights.

Positives: Acting. 

Negatives: Story, end. 

Give it a miss.