AB International, Mahalasa Entertainment and London Missal Limited’s London Misal (Marathi; UA) is the story of two sisters who want to fulfil their father’s unfinished dream.
Aditi and Reva were very young when their father came to London from India (Pune) to start a misal hotel in the foreign city. The hotel is up and running in London but soon, their father is killed in a bomb blast. The hotel also shuts down. Aditi (Rutuja Bagwe) and Reva (Ritika Shrotri) are grown-up girls now and they want to fulfil their late father’s incomplete dream. But since they have no money to buy the hotel or even take it on lease from the new owner, they take up jobs in Jagannath’s (Bharat Jadhav) hostel for boys. For this, they have to dress up as boys. So, Aditi becomes Aditya while Reva is now Ravindra. Soon, Aditi falls in love with Ranjan (Ruturaj Shinde), and Reva falls in love with Sameer (Nikhil Chavan). The fake identities of Aditi and Reva soon come to the fore. What happens thereafter? Do Aditi and Reva fulfil their father’s dream?
Jalindar Gangaram Kumbhar’s story is ordinary and there’s nothing exceptional or even good enough. Omkar Mangesh Datt’s screenplay is fair but again, there are no high points in the drama. Several scenes are so predictable that their impact is lost to a large extent. Omkar Mangesh Datt’s dialogues are sometimes double-meaning and they are also entertaining.
Rutuja Bagwe is good as Aditi/Aditya. Ritika Shrotri does well in the role of Reva/Ravindra. Bharat Jadhav lends very nice support as Jagannath. Nikhil Chavan is okay as Sameer. Ruturaj Shinde is so-so as Ranjan. Gaurav More lends average support as Madhav. Madhuri Pawar has her moments as Shivani. Sunil Godbole is alright as make-up artiste Kamat. Others are adequate.
Jalindar Gangaram Kumbhar’s direction is so-so. Music (Vaishali Samant, Rohit Raut and Vaishnavi Shriram-Saurabh Shitole) is ordinary. The title song is okay. Lyrics (Mandar Cholkar, Mangesh Kangane and Sameer Samant) are functional. Vrushali Chavan’s choreography is alright. Sai-Piyush’s background music is nothing to shout about. Uday Singh Mohite’s camerawork is average. Art direction (Sanjay Kharat, Sam Mahajan and Mahesh Dhamanaskar) is proper. Manish Shirke’s editing should’ve been tighter.
On the whole, London Misal is a flop show.
Released on 8-12-’23 at Gem (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Filmastra Studios. Publicity & opening: poor.