Jignesh Vasavada
4 (.5 for Mansi)
Life ends one Saturday evening and toils through the entire
Sunday before coming to a full circle in the evening. Yes, 24 hours of love,
life and relationship is a delightful Golkeri.
Now here is the fear. Good movies just don’t get the right
promotions and thus there is a fear of them missing out. Golkeri producers,
guys, please go all out, you have a good product. Many a movie, earlier, has
messed up with poor no promotion.
What is!
Well, this is a sweet gargle-your-way-to-a guy’s-heart love
story (read Gujarati re-make of the Marathi Muramba) of a boy Sahil (Malhar)
& girl Harshita (Mansi) which begins with a Break off (not Up) and
traverses through Divorce (there is a difference here) and then ending with a
Patch up (yeah the same thing).
Yeah yeah, once you settle into the movie you know how it is
going to end, but the beauty of the story is in the way it folds, unfolds,
re-folds and finally packs up. Honestly, I was waiting to see the climax hoping
it would be a taxi-wala-taking-police-wala-helping-aircraft-stopping or simply
running with the train ending. But the climax is truly a nice anti-climax.
Here Sahil and Harshita are aided by Sahil’s affable parents
played by Sachin Khedekar and Vandana Pathak. The story, screenplay is a
delightful journey of values, love, upbringing, generations and the bond called
love. Good Movie.
All that is
Wow
All four lead actors, simply rock.
Mansi Parekh, take a bow. What a performance. Brilliant
portrayal of a stand-up comic going off and on, all the while alternating
between being a girl-friend, would-be bahu and a girl. She really connects and
takes the movie to an altogether new level.
Vandana Pathak, a veteran, who just keeps getting better and
better. She is literally the life of the movie.
Malhar Thakar, yes, not the star Malhar, but the actor
Malhar who has been emerging with movies, breaking his stereotype since Sharto
Laagu excels in a great portrayal of a scared genius in love. His classical
punchy style lends the much needed humour and life to the narrative. He infuses
the pace and helps keep the interest alive.
Sachin Khedekar (also acted in the Marathi original), in a brilliant light portrayal of a loving,
understanding and evolving father steals hearts. He too binds the narrative and
is crucial in some situations where the story needs the push.
DoP, Vikas Joshi paired with the Art Director keeps the film
clean and fresh. Despite very limited location you are captivated by the way
the scenes have been captured.
Dialogues, by Viral Shah also add the delta in the movie’s
Gujaratikaran. Most, other language re-makes miss the mark in this department.
Viral has kept it real and Gujarati.
All that is
Saav
Background Music alternated between being jarring, loud and
sometimes forced. This department could have done with mellowing down.
The Story, while was a huge challenge, could have done with
a bit of trimming and appeared to slow the pace at times.
Some scenes really looked like they were an after-thought
and the green screen was visible.
Low focus on marketing would really cause a scare for an
otherwise good product.
Read this more than once. Manan, aapno comedy factory waalo,
hosts daaru parties where girls come home late night, drunk. Why didn’t I know
of this earlier? Why did I have to learn this from a movie?
The four-seater-scooter is a nice side kick which has a
maruti car’s key-chain!!
So, our hero kick-starts his bike with a slight stubble,
travels few kms the stubble grows thick and then becomes light again at the end
of the journey.
Looks like there is a lot of money in the spectacle shop,
simply going by their bungalow.
Jenga, the game, mends relationships, yes, it is true.
Giving out Golkeri bottles, what a great PR victory!
Giving out Golkeri bottles, what a great PR victory!
The Verdict
Oh, please go and watch it with your entire family. It is a
nice delightful fun foursome ride of relationship and love. You might even end
up thanking god for not making you a gold-medalist or a ranker.