Producers: Bhavana Bipin Shah & Sarika Vinod Tambe
Director: Shantanu Anant Tambe
Star Cast: Hansraj Jagtap, Akash Waghmode, Mitali Mayekar, Sandeep Gaikwad, Nisha Parulekar, Ashok Pawde, Namrata Jadhav, Janardan Singh and debutant’s Ashish Gade, Sumit Bhokse & Shreyas Raje
Genre: Social
Rating**
The reformation of street kids and hooligans is an oft repeated theme and nothing special to be raved about. Yet Yaari Dosti comes with a fresh story depicting today’s adolescence and their vision towards true friendship and life.
The films revolves around four boys, two school boys namely Prasad and Rahul from affluent families and the other two strangely named Naala and Kachra are alcoholic and hooligans to the core. In a chain of incidents they become close friends. What follows is a roller coaster ride of hilarious and emotional moments with unexpected twists and turns that changes their lives forever.
Sadly enough the directorial treatment of Shantanu Anant Tambe leaves much to be desired. To top it the first half of Yaari Dosti simply drags on and on. While the second half generates some interest. All the actors old and new are good to some extent. Even the award winning actor Hansraj Jagtap, Akash Waghmode and Mitale Mayekar of Urfi fame are handicapped due to the hackneyed script.
Yaari Dosti is certainly not the mass audience’s cup of tea but it may impress the festival circuit audience.
