Mayur Tirmakhe Films’ Lagna Kallol (Marathi) is the story of a girl who lets her twin sister’s horoscope define her own actions.
Shruti (Mayuri Deshmukh) and Atharva (Bhushan Pradhan) are in love with one another. Shruti has a twin sister, whose marriage is on the brink of divorce. Fearing that as a twin, the stars in her horoscope may be similar to those in her sister’s horoscope and hence her marriage with Atharva might end in a divorce, Shruti thinks of a bizarre plan — to marry the simpleton Maruti (Siddharth Jadhav), divorce him after some time, then marry her beloved, Atharva, and live with him happily ever after. Does her plan work?
Jitendra Kumar Parmar’s story is rather weird because Shruti actually marries a person on the assumption that her stars and those of her twin sister would be similar. This could be a completely wrong assumption — and for someone to marry a man on the basis of a fear which may be unfounded is ridiculous, to say the least. Also, what is the guarantee that Shruti’s second marriage would work? Parmar’s screenplay has funny moments but the foundation of the story is weak and, therefore, it comes in the way of the audience’s enjoyment of the drama. Even though there are entertaining moments, the viewers don’t get the feeling of a wholesome drama because it rests on a ridiculous ground. Jitendra Kumar Parmar’s dialogues are okay.
Siddharth Jadhav does well as Maruti. Mayuri Deshmukh acts ably in the role of Shruti. Bhushan Pradhan is natural as Atharva. Priya Berde lends decent support as Maruti’s mother. Pratiksha Lonkar makes a fine mark as Shruti’s mother. Supriya Karnik is quite nice as Atharva’s mother. Amita Kulkarni is fair as Shruti’s twin sister. Vidya Karanjikar is reasonably nice in the role of Shruti’s grandmother. Bharat Ganeshpure, Aishwarya Aher, Nimesh Dilipraj, Nupur Dudwadkar, Akshay Mudwadkar and Dileep Samant are passable.
Mohammed Burmawala and Dr. Mayur Tirmakhe’s direction is so-so. Praful-Swapnil’s music and background music are okay. Lyrics (Mandar Cholkar and Jai Atre) are fair. Prince Gupta’s choreography is ordinary. Dilshad V.A.’s cinematography is nice. Yogesh M. Ingale’s art direction is appropriate. Hussain A. Burmawala’s editing is reasonably crisp.
On the whole, Lagna Kallol is a flop show.
Released on 1-3-’24 at Glamour (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Filmastra Studios. Publicity: fair. Opening: poor