Classic Enterprise’s Bhirkit (Marathi) is the story of one family after the death of the head of the family.
Jaabar (Yakub Sayed) lives in a village with his wife (Usha Naik), his elder son, Paka (Shrikant Yadav), daughter-in-law Rekha (Shilpa Thakare), and his grandchild. His younger son, Maruti (Kushal Badrike), lives in the city with wife Suman (Radha Kulkarni). Jaabar’s daughter, Laado (Minal Bal), also lives in the city with her husband, Popat Daji (Hrishikesh Joshi). Tatya (Girish Kulkarni) is a noble soul who lives in the same village.
The zilla parishad elections are round the corner. Bunty Dada (Sagar Karande) makes his wife contest the elections. Bunty Dada is ready to broker the deal for the sale of Jaabar’s house and plot of land. Tatya intervenes and stops the sale when he realises that Jaabar’s wife is unhappy about the same.
Tatya also readies Bunty Dada’s girlfriend, Dhurpa (Seva More), to contest the elections and thereby pose competition for Bunty Dada’s wife. What happens thereafter?
Anup Jagdale has written a story which seems incomplete. Pratap Gangawane’s screenplay is ordinary. His dialogues, however, are quite nice.
Girish Kulkarni does a fine job as Tatya. Shrikant Yadav is alright as Paka. Shilpa Thakare is so-so as Paka’s wife, Rekha. Kushal Badrike is average as Maruti. Radha Kulkarni performs ably as Maruti’s wife, Suman. Hrishikesh Joshi does a fine job as Popat Daji. Minal Bal is okay as Laado. Usha Naik makes her presence felt as Jaabar’s wife. Yakub Sayed is okay as Jaabar. Sagar Karande is effective as Bunty Dada. Tanaji Galgunde (as Machya), Seva More (as Dhurpa), Monalisa Bagal (as Reshma), Rohit Chavan (as Chandya), Kailash Waghmare (as Ilshya), Dipti Dhotre (as Bunty Dada’s wife, Sayali) and Aarya Ghag lend ordinary support.
Anup Jagdale’s direction is fairly good. Shail-Pritesh’s music and background music are so-so. Mangesh Kangane’s lyrics are okay. Rahul-Sanjeev’s choreography hardly deserves separate mention. Tanveer Mir’s camerawork is average. Vaasu Patil’s production designing is nothing to shout about. Faisal-Imran’s editing is quite crisp.
On the whole, Bhirkit is a flop show.
Released on 17-6-’22 at City Light (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru UFO Cine Media Network. Publicity: fair. Opening: poor.
