Lovely World Entertainment’s Adrushya (Marathi; UA) is the story of twin sisters, Sanika (Manjari Fadnis) and Saylee (Manjari Fadnis). Sanika is married to Yash (Pushkar Jog). Saylee lives alone in Mussoorie. Both, Sanika and Saylee, suffer from progressive blindness. Then one day, Saylee loses her eyesight. A year later, she commits suicide.
Sanika comes to Mussoorie to understand what went wrong with Saylee. She gets the feeling that Saylee had not committed suicide but had been murdered. While she is trying to dig out the truth, her husband, Yash, commits suicide. She then meets Sunil (Saurabh Gokhale) who was Saylee’s boyfriend. Does Sunil know the truth about Saylee’s demise? Why did she end her life? Why did Yash commit suicide? Sanika also reaches out to Saylee’s neighbour, Sujata (Usha Nadkarni), who is Sunil’s mother. Does Sunil reveal anything substantive to Sanika? Does Sujata aid Sanika in solving the mystery of Saylee’s suicide? Is there something more than meets the eye in Yash’s death?
Kabir Lal has penned a story which would have the audience believe that progressive blindness and complete blindness are more common ailments than the common cold. This is not the only ridiculous aspect of his story. Not revealing Sunil’s face for a good part of the drama is another silly twist. Sanika not being bothered about her own husband’s suicide while being concerned about her twin sister’s suicide looks unbelievable. She trusts the suicide note left by Yash, so easily as if nobody could’ve forged the note. The purpose being served by Sujata holding herself out to be blind remains unclear till the end. All in all, Kabir Lal’s story is quite poor. His screenplay is equally pathetic, resting as it does on a weak story. Dialogues, penned by Nikhil Katare and Chetan Kinjalkar, are ordinary.
Manjari Fadnis does very well in the double roles of Sanika and Saylee. Pushkar Jog is alright as Yash. Saurabh Gokhale is fair in the role of Sunil. Anant Jog lends ordinary support in a brief role as Amit. Usha Nadkarni provides average support in a tiny role as Sujata. Ajay Kumar Singh (as police inspector Deepak) and Shyam Bhimsaria (as the assistant of police officer Deepak) have very little to do. Ritesh Deshmukh (in a special appearance) has been hopelessly wasted.
Kabir Lal’s direction is dull like his story and screenplay. There are no songs in the film. Amar Mohile’s background score is routine. Shahid Lal’s camerawork is okay. Surender Sharma’s action and stunt scenes are functional. Vijay Kumar Das’ sets are so-so. Sanjay Shri Ingle’s editing is loose.
On the whole, Adrushya will not appeal even to the brain-blind audience. Flop.
Released on 20-5-’22 at Plaza (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru August Entertainment. Publicity & opening: poor.