Tutri Ventures Pvt. Ltd.’s Magic (Marathi; UA) is the story of Arun Raut (Jitendra Joshi), an encounter specialist, who is guilt-ridden because he has killed an innocent man in one of his encounters. To escape his guilt, he moves to a quiet village with his wife, Seema (Siddheerupa Karmarkar), who is pregnant with their child. But the victim’s daughter enters his life after some years. What happens thereafter? Does the victim’s daughter seek revenge?
Ravindra Vijaya Karmarkar and Yogesh Vinayak Joshi have penned a story which is not very convincing. In fact, it gets confusing at times. Yogesh Vinayak Joshi and Abhishek Deshmukh’s screenplay is ordinary. But even the ordinary drama fails to have any kind of impact because it appears far-fetched. Resultantly, the viewers are unable to become a part of the proceedings and passively watch them unfold. The climax is not very engaging. Yogesh Vinayak Joshi’s dialogues are okay.
Jitendra Joshi acts very well as encounter specialist Arun Raut. Siddheerupa Karmarkar is so-so as his wife, Seema. Jui Bhagwat performs ably as Riddhi. Priyanka Palkar is ordinary in a brief role as the original Riddhi. Nitin Bhajan is okay as Vichare. Raseekraj is average as Rane. Mayur V. Khandge is ordinary as Bhogale. Abhijeet Zunjarrao (as Ramesh), Rupa Mangle (as Ramesh’s wife, Manisha), Pradeep Doiphode (as Kulkarni), Gururaj Kulkarni (as the doctor), Dhanashri Karmarkar (as maid Janabai), Anil Gawade (as Riddhi’s landlord, Nana) and the others pass muster.
Ravindra Vijaya Karmarkar’s direction is just about average. Devendra Bhome and Chinar-Mahesh’s music is nothing to shout about. Mandar Cholkar and Vaibhav Joshi’s lyrics are commonplace. Sanjeev K. Sharma’s choreography is routine. Devendra Bhome’s background music is not very impactful. Kedar Vishwanath Phadke’s camerawork is so-so. Prashant Naik’s action and stunt scenes lack thrill. Mahesh Gurunath Kudalkar’s production designing is just about passable. Dinesh Poojari and Nainesh Dingankar’s editing leaves a lot to be desired.
On the whole, Magic does not have the magic of a successful film. It will, therefore, fail at the ticket windows.
Released on 1-1-’26 at Plaza (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru AA Films. Publicity & opening: poor.