Bucket List

#BucketList - A simple and predictable story with zero element of surprise, thanks to their excessive promos!

The story at times feels incomplete as if some required part/clarification either got chopped off during editing or wasn’t written at all.

The performances are inversely proportional to the stellar cast!

Renuka Shahane, Milind Phatak, Pradip Velankar are almost like fixtures with minimum scope. Shubha Khote’s Marathi sounds weird and impacts her seamless performance. Vandana Gupte’s Marathi coated Hindi was just meh. Sumedh Mudgalkar is okay but not even comparable to his performance in Manjha. The only 2 characters having scope are Sumit Raghavan’s and Madhuri’s. He meets expectations while she is just a pleasure to watch with her charm and effortless acting. Her NRI accent is kind of a turn off though.

Overall a one time watch. Madhuri fans might enjoy it more.

2.5⭐️ from me.

Aapla Manus

#AaplaManus - It would be wrong to say that it is “based” on the Marathi play #KatkonTrikon; it is exactly #KatkonTrikon except the name of Nana’s character and the unnecessary deviation at the end.

Although overall flow is smooth and engaging, it gets a little dragged towards the end. Saw couple of people dozing off during the climax scenes (too much gyaan? 🤔).

I had absolutely loved the play and would have easily rated it 4/5.

Although Nana Patekar is amazing, Dr. Mohan Agashe was just at another level in the play! Same goes for the other characters as well.

Another observation was that the English subtitles were way off in plenty of places leaving a lot to the viewer’s ability to interpret!

Overall, if you have not seen the play, you may love this one. Else its just a repetition.

2.5⭐️ from me.