Rohit Shetty Picturez, Reliance Entertainment, Pavitra Gandhi Films and Cutting Crew Studio’s School College Ani Life (Marathi; UA) is the story of Nirvan.
Nirvan (Karan Parab) loves Indu (Tejasswi Prakash) but they don’t get married as Indu doesn’t show up as promised, to prove her love. Nirvan feels depressed. To bring him out of depression, Nirvan’s neighbour, Ismail Chacha (Jitendra Joshi), sends him to Singapore to work under his (Ismail Chacha) brother. Nirvan returns to India on the death of Ismail Chacha. He meets Indu who tells him that she had gotten married to the son of her father’s business partner. She explains that she was forced to do so because her father had faced huge losses in his business. Nirvan then returns to Singapore.
A weak story is complemented by an equally weak screenplay. Even the dialogues are dull.
Karan Parab does well as Nirvan. Tejasswi Prakash is alright in the role of Indu. Jitendra Joshi makes his mark as Ismail Chacha. Prasad Pramod Jawade is alright as Sabu. Sachin Patil does an average job as Jay. Aashish Kapsikar is passable as Ra Patil. Poorvi Bhave is adequate in the role of Ismail Chacha’s wife, Nafisa. Ketaki Saraf is ordinary as Nirvan’s mother. Vedant Apte (as young Nirvan) and Ishan Khopkar (as young Sabu) are adequate.
Vihan Suryavanshi’s direction is routine. Pankaj Padghan’s music is okay while his background music is ordinary. Valay Mulgund’s lyrics are average. Harshal Kamat’s choreography passes muster. Santosh Reddy’s cinematography is so-so. Action and stunt scenes (by Sunil Rodrigues) are alright. Saikat Bose’s production designing and Mayur Nikam’s art direction are proper. Gorakshnath Khande’s editing should’ve been tighter.
On the whole, School College Ani Life is too ordinary to make a mark at the ticket windows.
Released on 14-4-’23 at Plaza (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay by Reliance Entertainment. Publicity: poor. Opening: dull.