This Movie is giving PRDP a run for its money

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Posted: 9 years ago
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Well, I understand that is Bollywood forum, so many people may miss out on a spectacular Marathi movie that is earning popularity amongst its audiences through word of mouth. What is it's relation to Bollywood forum? Well it's a movie starring Shankar Mahadevan and Sachin Pilgaonkar who are reprising their roles as singers in a bygone era and how beautifully have the story been unfolded on screen !

I caught the movie this week and found that it is running houseful to packed audiences and yet not sure how long you will all be able to watch it. If you get a chance to see it in your local cinema theatre, you will be so glad to not have missed it. Am not a classical music enthusiast to the core, yet its songs and message, not to mention the heartfelt effortless acting touched my heart. You don't know what you are missing until you watch this movie. I wouldn't call it a hard-core Marathi movie but more secular in its format.

Amid Salman Khan's PRDP blitzkrieg, marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli makes its mark in multiplexes

Even as the Salman Khan starrer Prem Ratan Dhan Payo races towards Rs 200 crore mark at the box office, a small yet significant development in the numbers box is exciting the film trade pundits.

Thanks to its massive success in first week, multiplex owners in Maharashtra are now forced to give more shows to Katyar Kaljat Ghusli - a Marathi movie based on the legendary musical of the same name, by reducing some shows of PRDY. It is interesting to note that less than a year ago, the same multiplex owners had opposed the Maharashtra government diktat of showing Marathi movies.

Singer Shankar Mahadevan makes a super debut.

KKG arrived along with PRDY last week with 220 odd screens showing 3,500 shows. Today, the nunber of screens have increased to 300, showing 3,900 shows across Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. The first week box office collection has crossed Rs 8 crore.

Aware that they had to fight the big blitz of Rajshri films, producers Zee Studios left no stone unturned for the promotion of KKG. Teaser campaigns, record number of press conferences and above all - a Diwali pahat (early morning) release show in Mumbai and Pune turned out to be a huge success.

KKG is now getting ready for a big theatrical release in the US and in the coming week will be one of big attraction at the 46th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The movie is also in race for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (Unesco) Fellini medal.
The movie based on a battle between music gharanas is drawing massive crowds of young and old, getting standing ovation that has brought smiles to the single theatre owners too. The original play had some legendary names from the classic musical world associated with it when it was first staged in the 60s. Written by Purshottam Darvhekar, KKG had an extraordinary music connection in terms of legendary singer Vasantrao Deshpande and music composition by another great - Pandit Jitendra Abhishekhi.

The story revolves around the battle between two music gharanas in the kingdom of Vishrampur between Pandit Bhanushankar Shastri (singer Shankar Mahadevan makes a super debut) and Khan Saheb Aftab Hussain Bareliwale (veteran actor Sachin Pilgaonkar). Recognising Khan's extraordinary talent, Shastri brings him to the royal court. However, losing the singing competition to Shastri for 14 years makes Khan jealous and egoistic, who finally defeats Shastri by picking up his song and singing it in different style. The musical rivalry develops and becomes battle of ego, which is finally broken by Shastri's disciple Sadashiv played by leading actor Subodh Bhave, who also marks his directorial debut with this movie.
The whopping 21 songs in this 161 min movie, KKG dwells into every aspect of music picking up old classics to new numbers and even a qawali, getting standing ovation from the crowd. The sensational singer trio of Rahul Deshpande, Shankar Mahadevan and Rahul Kale render Ghei Chhanda Makranda', 'Soorat Piya Ki' and 'Dil Ki Tapish' with such finesse and innocence making the audience experience the golden era of classical music.

So what does KKG's jugalbandi of melody mean to the classical music scenario? "Only time will tell whether this movie will bring people to classical music shows. But it is a good sign. In an age of multiple musical styles and platforms, it is a tedious process to get people inclined towards classical music. But I must say that KKG has broken that bottleneck," states Shashi Vyas, founder of Pancham Nishad, a leading classical music event company.


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Posted: 9 years ago
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Superb Movie.

Great acting by all - Sachin, Shankar M., Subodh Bhave, Mrunmayee, Amruta K.

Songs ❤️

Khup varshanni ek sundar chitrapat pahila.



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