Summit Studios, Madhu Sharma and Shrey Picture Company’s Sakaal Tar Hou Dya (Marathi; UA) is the story of a young man and a young lady.
Abhay Purandare (Subodh Bhave) is all set to commit suicide, but a young lady, Niyati (Manasi Naik), talks him against it. Both have pasts which they reveal to the other. Abhay’s parents used to constantly fight with one another. Even when he was a child, his parents had sent him to a hostel and had gotten married to other partners. In college, Abhay had fallen in love with a girl but had caught her red-handed in an intimate position with his best friend. Devastated, Abhay had wanted to end his life when Niyati had arrived on the scene and persuaded him to not kill himself. Niyati also has had a traumatic past. Daughter of a farmer, she had been raped by a tantrik to whom her mother had given her in a bid to change the family’s fortunes. Niyati’s helpless father had committed suicide because he couldn’t save his own daughter’s honour. Niyati has a younger sister on whom the tantrik had set his eyes, but Niyati had saved her sister from his evil designs. To sustain the family after her father’s suicide, Niyati had become a call girl. After hearing her heart-rending story, Abhay agrees to write a book on Niyati’s difficult life.
Alok Jain’s story — with just two characters, Abhay and Niyati — is not at all inspiring or engaging. His screenplay is slow-paced and depressing. It just doesn’t involve the audience because the drama is only about the traumas faced by Abhay and by Niyati. Even the ending is not very uplifting. Ankush Marode and Omkar Barve’s dialogues are average.
Subodh Bhave acts very well as Abhay Purandare. Manasi Naik performs ably in the role of Niyati. There are no other actors in the film.
Alok Jain’s direction is weak. Rohit Raut’s music is below the mark. Abhishek Khankar’s lyrics are ordinary. Feroz Khan’s choreography is passable. Umang Doshi’s background music ought to have been better. Sunil Patel’s cinematography is just about okay. Deepa Chaudhary’s production designing is average. Unnikrishnan P.P.’s editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Sakaal Tar Hou Dya is a flop show.
Released on 10-10-’25 at Metro Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay by Cinepolis India thru August Entertainment. Publicity & opening: poor.
