Daak Marathi Movie Review: Tacky and hackneyed!

DAAK (Marathi)

Producer- Ratish Tawade and Mahesh Nene

Director- Mahesh Nene

Cast- Siddhanth Mulye, Sanjeevani Jadhav, Aniket Kelkar, Vedangi Kulkarni, Guru Divekar, Pranali Dhumal and Ashwani Kalsekar

Platform of Release- Theatrical

Rating:

By Jyothi Venkatesh

The film though set in today’s progressive era, sets out to shed light on a deeply rooted tradition in society. This perception however hardly remains relevant to the society in the present times and hence makes a feeble attempt to shed some light on a traditional folklore.

The film sets out to revolve around Gopal (Siddhanth Mulye), a villager, who commits suicide. His sister, Swati (Bhumi Shirodkar), asks Gopal’s fiancée, Janvi (Vedangi Kulkarni), to request two of Gopal’s friends to come over from the city. Rohit (Guru Divekar), a suspended police officer, and Sana (Pranali Dhumal), who works in the crime branch, reach the village and start investigations and stumble upon what prompts Gopal to actually commit suicide.

What make the film are Mahesh Nene’s weak story which doesn’t really impress the viewers and Nikhil Katare’s screenplay as well as dialogues which are below average. Though there are few scenes which hold the audience’s attention, unfortunately there are several others which get boring, and the overall drama leaves the viewers disconnected.

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As far as the performances are concerned, I would say that while Siddhanth Mulye is adequate as Gopal, Guru Divekar is alright as Rohit. Pranali Dhumal does a fair job in the role of Sana. Vedangi Kulkarni is good as Janvi. It is however Ashwini Kalsekar who acts ably as Gopal’s sister-in-law, Sunanda. Sanjivani Jadhav lends reasonable support in the role of Gopal’s mother, Durgabai.

Aniket Kelkar has his moments as sarpanch Nana Nimbalkar but unfortunately, he is not able to leave an impact in his half-baked role. Omkar Rane is okay in a brief role as Vikram. Bhumi Shirodkar makes her presence felt as Swati, the sister of Gopal. Kirti Adarkar steals the show as a mentally retarded lady.  Janardhan Kadam is ordinary as the tantrik.

Cinematography leaves a lot to be desired while direction by Mahesh Nene is good in parts. However, a dark, tacky and hackneyed film like this, which predominantly lacks star value as well as plausible content will stand a very tough chance to succeed at the box office turnstiles, especially when you compare it with the other releases this week in both Hindi as well as Marathi.