Roudra Marathi Movie Review: Half-baked and Sleep Inducing!

ROUDRA (Marathi)

Producers: Mangesh Gadkal and Sameer Gade

Director: Ravindra Shivaji

Cast: Rahul Patil, Deepak Damle, Urmila Jagtap, Amit Padvankar and Anita Kokane

Platform of Release: Theatrical

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By Jyothi Venkatesh

Raudra (Marathi) is the story of a hidden treasure, which to a large extent also reminds you of Tumbaad, directed by Rahul Anil Barve. The film comes with an exhausted and worn out premise and the plot revolves around Trimbak (Rahul Patil), a locksmith by profession, who comes to Vadgaon as a census officer, armed with a map which says that there’s a hidden treasure near a temple in the village.

As it turns out, the temple is in the very wada in which he is put up at. The Wada belongs to Nanasaheb Kulkarni (Deepak Damle) who lets Trimbak stay in a room in it . Trimbak has his meals at Nanasaheb’s house. By the by, Nanasaheb’s daughter, Mrunmayee (Urmila Jagtap), falls in love with Trimbak who takes her help to locate the temple and the treasure. The wafer thin story is about what happens thereafter.

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Mangesh Balasaheb Gatkal’s story is very loose as well as sketchy and one of convenience. Why Nanasaheb or his 22 earlier generations have not been able to lay their hands on the treasure despite owing the wada and being in possession of an ancient book about everything in the village is conveniently not explained at all. Ravindra Shivaji’s screenplay, based as it is on such a weak and half-baked story, is also not at all plausible and uninteresting and what’s more, unconvincing. The drama, therefore, fails to hold the viewers’ interest for long. In fact, boredom creeps in quite early on, with the sleep inducing plot which automatically lulls you to sleep. Ravindra Shivaji’s dialogues as well as direction are way below the mark.

As far as performances go, I’d say that Rahul Patil, who plays the main lead, fails to impress as Trimbak, while Deepak Damle does a fine job as Nanasaheb Kulkarni. Urmila Jagtap stands apart as a sparkling up and coming star as Mrunmayee, and is the only point of attraction in the dull film though Amit Padvankar resorts to overacting in the role as Bando. Anita Kokane is weak in the role of Sharda Kulkarni and has been wasted in an inconsequential role. To sum up, I’d say that Raudra is nothing but a slow paced sleep inducing film which is half baked.