Banner: Raghujan Films – Roaring Goat Media – NMR Movies
Producer: Sudarshan Laxman Ingle, Sanjay Mulay, Jayaditya Giri & Nitin Rokade
Director: Nitin Madhukar Rokade
Star Cast: Abhijit Shwetchandra, Prashant Mohite, Vaishali Dabhade, Vishnu Joshilkar, Mitali Jagtap, Arjun & Yashpal
Music: Prafulla Karlekar
Editor turned debutant director Nitin Madhukar Rokade has been editing all the films of Bollywood director David Dhawan till this date. Yet in his debut directorial Marathi film Taleem the signature stamp of David Dhawan brand of film making is missing. Which is good in a way as Nitin has been able to leave the stamp of his own directorial identity in Taleem.
Taleem’s scripted scenario unfolds with Bhau (Abhijeet Shwetchandra) who is highly obsessed with the idea of winning the title of the Maharashta Kesari in wrestling and he training for it all his life, but just when he is ready for duelling in the wrestling ground to match his strength with the real champions, he falls in love with a lavni dancer named Laxmi (Vaishali Dhabade). On the other hand his rival Jaisingh (Prashant Mohite) takes advantage of the situation and the tables turn.
Director Nitin Madhukar Rokade has displayed finesse in his directorial treatment yet what really goes against Taleem is that it has been heavily inspired by V. Shantaram’s classic cult film Pinjra, in which a school teacher is totally infatuated by a lavani dancer. Not to speak of the fact about its odd comparison with both V. Shantaram’s Pinjra in the past and the recently released Yashraj Films Sultan.
Performance wise debutant actors Abhijit Shwetchandra has delivered a fairly good performance while Prashant Mohite has given a fairly good account of himself, amongst the debutant actresses Vaishali Dhabade is quite expressive while Mitali Jagtap is too loud and the rest of the actors like Vishnu Joshilkar, Arjun, Yashpal et al are adequate and help in carrying the film forward.
Tail Piece: Taleem is an interesting fare for both the classes as well as the masses.
