Shubham Film Production’s Hashtag Tadev Lagnam (Marathi) is the story of two mature adults who are single.
Athashri Mahajan (Subodh Bhave) is a Marathi professor who is unmarried despite being 40 years old. Gayatri (Tejaswini Pandit) is a modern lady who is almost 40 but still single. Although Athashri is now ready for marriage, Gayatri has decided against marriage. Still, the two meet on a matrimonial date. Impressed by Athashri’s reasons for not marrying so far, Gayatri decides to be friends with him. As she spends more time with him, Gayatri gets more impressed with Athashri. What happens finally? What were Gayatri’s compulsions to decide against matrimony? Why does she start liking Athashri? Why is Athashri keen on marrying now? Do Athashri and Gayatri marry one another?
Anand Dilip Gokhale and Saee Zende have written a story which doesn’t offer much novelty because similar stories have been seen in earlier films. The duo’s screenplay is okay but it is also quite predictable. Because the drama mostly treads the beaten path, it never involves the audience completely. Niranjan Parandkar’s dialogues are good.
Subodh Bhave does a fine job as Athashri Mahajan. Tejashri Pradhan is quite nice as Gayatri. Manasi Magikar lends average support as Gayatri’s mother, Uma. Pradeep Welankar is alright as Gayatri’s father, Shrikant. Archana Nipankar is so-so in the role of Athashri’s sister, Vibha. Keya Ingle is okay as orphan Mukta. Sharmishtha Raut (as Isha), Sanjay Khapare (as police inspector Dange) and Uday Nene (as Kshemakalyani) provide routine support. Others are passable.
Anand Dilip Gokhale’s direction is alright but there’s nothing in his narration to make the film an arresting watch. Pankaj Padghan’s music is quite alright; Nakarghanta is a good song while Saglyancha photo aala pahije is alright. Lyrics (by Kshitij Patwardhan and Mandar Cholkar) are meaningful. Umesh Jadhav’s choreography is alright. Pankaj Padghan’s background music is fair. Vijay Mishra’s cinematography is quite alright. Mahesh Kore and Vasudha Patni Joshi’s art direction is decent. Rajesh Rao’s editing is proper.
On the whole, Hashtag Tadev Lagnam is too routine a fare to score at the box-office.
Released on 20-12-’24 at Glamour (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru AA Films. Publicity & opening: so-so.
