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JAWAAN (2023) : review

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And finally the much hyped, much awaited Jawaan saw light of the day ! Big stars, big budget( humongous budget actually), big music composer, everything super large. But does it meet the expectations of the average viewer? No it goes not. Read on.  A decorated jawan locks horns with a criminal called Kaali, this is in 1986 ( the year movies like Aakhri Raasta released, just for reference). Kaali gets him eliminated and send the pregnant wife to jail. The baby born in jail grows up to become the hero (look alike of the father) and decides to avenge the misdeeds done to his innocent patriotic parents. Well, isn’t it a masaaledaar full on Bollywood- Tollywood drama subject ?  And then the director Atlee also borrows ideas and references from various retro movies, some idea from Sholay (1975) as the hero assembled a gang of jailed Qaidis in order to form a team to nab the villain, then there’s an entire episode borrowed from Dhartiputra (1993), and the basic theme is copy pasted from Kaml
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GULAB JAAM

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Gulab Jaam (2018)  Director: Sachin Kundalkar  Director Kundalkar is known for some notable work In Marathi cinema like Restaurant, Vazandar, Rajwade & sons, Gandh etc. “Gulab Jaam” may not be his best but it’s certainly one of the better films made in Marathi cinema.  An UK based banker Aditya ( Siddharth Chandekar) wraps up an hurried engagement in Mumbai and hops into a pune train instead of his uk flight. He embarks on a self searching journey to Pune with the sole intent of learning authentic maharashtrian vegetarian cuisine as he plans to set up a Marathi gourmet restaurant back home in the UK. He comes across an reclusive and accentric middle aged tiffin supplier Radha ( Sonali Kulkarni) who after much persuasion takes him under her wings to tutor him and share her secret recipes.  Kundalkar has used Pune as a backdrop for this delicious movie as the city boasts of a rich Marathi heritage and culture most of which is still relevant and kept prosperous. The story does have it
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AAPLA MANUS

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AAPLA MANUS (2018) Directed by: Satish Rajwade  It is quite pleasant to see Marathi cinema coming of age and invading territories which have been very rarely experimented with, “Aapla Manus” might appear like a boring tear jerker family drama because of that title but it’s actually a psychological thriller playing on the psyche of the viewers as well as the characters therein.  The movie begins on a stormy night when an old man is found fallen off the balcony of his flat in a high rise apartment. A tough disciplined investigating cop Maruti Nagargoje ( Nana Patekar) is assigned the task to crack the mystery behind this fall, besides his quest to uncover the truth whether it was an accident, suicide or murder the movie also delves deep into today’s urban lifestyles adapted by sophisticated ambitious youngsters who tend to neglect older parents in a bid to flourish their own careers.  Director Rajwade has attempted a novel concept based on a play titled Katkon Trikon but his direction is
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