Aaradhya Motion Films and Yog Asha Films’ Khurchi (Marathi; UA) is the story of a candidate who wins the elections. What the party workers and volunteers experience after the victory forms the crux of the drama.
Santosh Kusum Hagavane has written a story which is fair in parts and dull in other parts. His screenplay has some entertaining portions but is generally not very engaging. The thrill a viewer needs to experience in a drama of this kind is missing. Santosh Kusum Hagavane’s dialogues are okay.
Akshay Waghmare does well in the role of Samrat. Suresh Vishwakarma performs decently as Sarjerao. Raqesh Bapat is adequate. Aryan Hagavane is okay as Rajveer Rajaram Desai. Pritam Kagne is good. Shreya Pasalkar, Mahesh Ghag, Kalyani Nandkishore, Meghraj Raje Bhosle (special appearance) and Aradhana Sharma (special appearance) lend fair support.
Shiv Dharmaraj Mane and Santosh Kusum Hagavane’s direction is ordinary. Music (Sanmeet Waghmare and Abhishek Kate) is okay. Lyrics (Prashant Madpuwar, Saurabh and Somnath Shinde) are alright. Song picturisations (by Akshay Gupta, Rahul Mane, Swapnil Desai and Siddhi Potdar) are functional. Devdutt Manisha Baji’s background music is so-so. Yogesh M. Koli’s camerawork is fair. Rakesh Patil’s action and stunt scenes are reasonably thrilling. Sagar Pawar and Yogesh Ingle’s art direction is nothing to shout about. Editing (by Rohan Patil and Rahul Shamrao Lokhande) is loose.
On the whole, Khurchi is a flop fare.
Released on 12-1-’24 at Jai Hind Mukta A2 (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Box Hit Movies. Publicity & opening: poor.