Vijumania (OPC) Pvt. Ltd. and Light & Shed’s Mamachya Govyala Jauya (Marathi; UA) is a comedy.
Santya (Santosh Juvekar), Baba (Abhijeet Chavan) and Kushya (Kushal Badrike) are three friends who are struggling actors. They grab the chance to go on a free trip to Goa. They make a scapegoat out of their college pal, Mama (Ankush Chaudhari), asking him to accompany them. Their aim is to make Mama spend on alcohol while in Goa because their travel, stay and food are already paid for. Mama agrees to go to Goa but the three friends are in for a shock when they see Mama’s little son, Bunty (Abir Surve), accompanying his dad to Goa. It turns out that Mama had agreed to go to Goa with the three friends, only because he wanted to finalise a drugs deal there and wanted somebody to look after Bunty while he did his job. As luck would have it, Bunty gets kidnapped in Goa. Anyway, the three friends trace Bunty and get him back. After a few days, Bunty is kidnapped once again — this time, by three struggling actresses viz. Katrina (Vidula Chougule), Alia (Ruchira Jadhav) and Tamanna (Neha Khan). How Mama and the three friends secure Bunty’s release forms the crux of the climax. Who is the kidnapper? What happens to him finally?
Rahul Awate, Viju Mane and Kushal Badrike have written a very ordinary story which doesn’t really hold the audience’s attention. However, their screenplay is quite well-written because the comic scenes evoke laughter quite often. The trio’s dialogues — many of them double-meaning — are entertaining.
Ankush Chaudhari acts ably as Mama. Santosh Juvekar is alright as Santya. Kushal Badrike performs well in the role of Kushya. Abhijeet Chavan delivers a nice performance as Baba. Makarand Deshpande is okay as underworld don and drug dealer Pablo. Vidula Chougule is average as Katrina. Ruchira Jadhav does an ordinary job as Alia. Neha Khan is so-so as Tamanna. Abir Surve lends routine support in the role of Mama’s son, Bunty. Pravin Tarde has his moments as the police inspector. Yogesh Shirsat provides ordinary support as Robert, and the same holds true for Amir Tadwalkar (who plays Gelato). Viju Mane, Mahesh Manjrekar and Avdhoot Gupte do as desired. Others are passable.
Viju Mane’s direction is quite good but the weak script is a dampener. Avdhoot Gupte’s music is fairly nice. Lyrics (by Viju Mane and Avdhoot Gupte) are okay. Umesh Jadhav’s song picturisatins are ordinary. Anurag Godbole’s background music should’ve been better. Shabbir Naik’s camerawork is average. Prashant Naik’s action and stunt scenes are passable. Jayant Jathar’s editing needed to be sharper.
On the whole, Mamachya Govyala Jauya is an ordinary fare. More than the story, it is the comedy and the face value, which will work for the masses.
Released on 31-7-’26 at Plaza (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Cinepolis India. Publicity & opening: so-so.
