Guldasta
Films Producer: Nilima Lonari, Sanjay Thube
Ex Producer: Nikhil Sane, Amit Phalke, Omkar Ranade
Direction: Hemant Devdhar Story,
Dialogues: Arvind Jagtap
Photography: Suresh Suvarna Music: Shailendra Barve, Tyagraj Khadilkar
Cast: Makarand Anaspure , Jeetendra Joshi, Tejaswini Lonari, Uday Tikekar , Sagar Talashikar , Mangesh Satpute, Pari Telang, Vishakha Subhedar, Sayaji Shinde
'Guldasta' has light shades of
humour Zee Talkies' latest Marathi film
'Guldasta' has hit the screens all over Maharashtra, on the auspicious Maker
Sankranti day. With comedy king Makarand Anaspure in the lead, the film had raised some hopes, since the
last three films of Zee Talkies with
Makarand had achieved good success.
The theme of 'Guldasta' revolves
around a model Jahnavi Deshmukh
(Tejaswini Lonari), the only daughter from a well to do family. Besides being
an aspiring model, she is also very
keen on making it to Bollywood with a
big banner. Her friend from an ad
agency Aman Pradhan (Sagar
Talashikar) tries to help her out. In the meanwhile, she comes across
two young men, who are childhood
friends of each other. A simple living
Rajwardhan Chougule alias Raja
(Makarand Anaspure) is the owner of
a winery, while Jeetu Desai (Jitendra Joshi) is the news reporter of a TV News channel which believes in
sensational news. Both of them fall in
love with Jahnavi, but try to hide the
same from each other. Jeetu develops
misunderstanding about his friend
Raja, who he thinks has moved very close to Jahnavi. One day, Jahnavi
insults Raja and also slaps Jeetu for his
misbehavior. After facing such humiliation, both
Raja and Jeetu decide to teach a lesson
to Jahnavi, who also has a helper-
Madhuri ( Pari Telang) at home,
treated like her own sister. Jeetu,
seeks help from his colleagues to conduct sting operations to expose
Jahnavi. In the meanwhile, Raja plays
another game by throwing away
money at Aman Pradhan, asking him
to make Jahnavi a brand ambassador
for his farmhouse. He even manages to come closer to Jahnavi, by gifting
her costly items. This is followed by the
Media game of Breaking News, which
helps Jahnavi to find a role in
Bollywood. Finally, the film concludes at a reality
talk show held by the TV channel in an Amphitheatre. In that last scene, Raja
tries to send across a message to the
society and the film ends with a happy
note. 'Guldasta' does not have
anything very special like non-stop
entertainment, but it certainly offers light shades of humour especially shot
on Makarand Anaspure and Jitendra
Joshi together, to explore their
chemistry. But, how long these Marathi
movies are going to depend upon
comedy subject, still remains the question? In the role of Jahnavi,
Tejaswini Lonari displays a
satisfactory performance. There isn't
much scope for music, but Tyagraj
Khadilkar's music isn't bad.
Cinematography by Suresh Suvarna is good, capturing those beautiful
locations around the farm house. Among the supporting cast, Uday Tikekar , Sagar Talashikar , Mangesh Satpute, Pari Telang are fine. Sayaji Shinde, is just namesake in special appearance for one scene. There are
few new faces also in the supporting
cast. Director Hemant Deodhar has
done a good job as a director. But, the
two hour long film drags on till
interval, with just routine passtime material, which ultimately gains
momentum during the entire second
half. Some of the dialogues are tailor
made to suit the duo comprising of
Makarand and Jitendra. 'Guldasta' is a
display of light humour combined with mockery of our news channels. It has
a different style of presentation
supported by good performances.
There is a doubt, whether the film
would receive good response in a city
like Mumbai, but, it has chances of pulling the crowds at small towns,
especially with single screens, because
of the village and city connect through
the characters.
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