Banner: Eros International and Ravi Jadhav Films
Producer: Krishika Lulla and Ravi Jadhav
Director: Prakash Kunte
Star Cast : Mrinal Kulkarni, Siddharth Menon, Shivani Rangole and Indraneil Sengupta
Genre: Family Drama
The screenplay of &Zara Hatke centres around Nallu (Indraneil Sengupta) & Meera (Mrinal Kulkarni) who happens to be old friends albeit not exactly romantically inclined. After some time they go off on their own ways with Nallu marrying Swati and Meera marrying Dilip. Both Nallu and Meera meet accidentally years later when Nallu’s wife Swati has expired leaving behind a teenage son Nishant (Siddharth Menon) and Meera’s husband Dilip divorces her and leaves his teenaged daughter Astha (Shivani Rangole) in her care. Nallu and Meera now take a mutual decision to get married to each other. When they announce their decision to their respective family members all hell breaks loose with an unexpected twist which forms the core crux of the story and hence the title of the movie, &Zara Hat Ke.
Director Prakash Kunte’s debut outing was Coffee Ani Barach Kahi which was also an unconventional movie as per the usual standards of the Marathi Cinema and coming to think of it Prakash Kunte’s second outing &Zara Hat Ke is also no exception to the rule, which again is a bold and daring effort.
Performance wise Mrinal Kulkarni excellently portrays both the happiness of a woman in love as well as a woman in a dilemma. Indraneil Sengupta is slightly unconvincing due to lack of the grasping power of the Marathi language and how he deals with it is very amusing. On the other hand both the actors Shivani Rangole and Siddharth Menon are just perfect as Mrinalini and Indraneil’s respective off springs. Indeed they have given a good account of themselves in their respective roles.
In conclusion one can only predict that the film &Zara Hatke may win a lot of accolades from the classy cine goers and may also garner a lot of critical acclaim but at the Box Office turnstiles it does not stand even an iota of chance.
