Aanandi Vastu and Sai Kamal Productions’ Aalay Mazya Rashila (Marathi) is the story of how people of different zodiac signs behave due to the influence of stars.
Hemant Edalabadkar has written a story which doesn’t have much to offer by way of entertainment. His screenplay is engaging at places only. Too much importance is given to the role of stars and zodiac signs, which becomes a bit unpalatable for the audience. His dialogues are ordinary.
Chinmay Mandlekar performs very ably as Vipul Shitole. Prasad Oak shines as Ranjit Shinde. Nirmiti Sawant is good as Aatya Bai. Mohan Joshi makes a mark as Pathak. Alka Kubal is nice in the role of Aai. Mangesh Desai makes a good impression as Rajaram. Bhargavi Chirmule makes her presence felt in the role of Nilima. Anand Pimpalkar has his moments as Guruji. Atul Parchure is impressive as Saurabh Gaydhani. Pournima Ahire is alright as Sonawane Bai. Ashwini Kulkarni is fair as Laxmi Waghmare. Pranav Pimpalkar is okay as Vicky. Sangram Choughule is alright as police inspector Sangram. Usha Naik lends good support. Swapnil Rajshekhar is adequate. Digambar Naik is quite nice. Siddharth Khirad is average.
Ajit Shirole’s direction is ordinary. Music (Chaitanya Aadkar and Pravin Kuwar) and lyrics (Guru Thakur, Abhay Inamdar and Koutuk Shirodkar) are fair. Song picturisations (Sujit Kumar, Pritam Patil and Narendra Pandit) are eye-filling. Milind More’s background music should’ve been more impactful. Krushna Soren’s cinematography is alright. Akbar Sharif’s action and stunt scenes are well choreographed. Vasu Patil’s art direction is nice. Editing (Vijay Khochikar) ought to have been sharper.
On the whole, Aalay Mazya Rashila is a poor fare.
Released on 10-2-’23 at Glamour (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Filmastra Studios. Publicity & opening: poor.