Blooming Lotus Productions’ MyLek (Marathi; UA) is the story of a single mother and her 13-year-old daughter.
Sharvari Dixit (Sonali Khare Anand) is a divorcee. She lives in London with her 13-year-old daughter, Myra (Sanayaah Anand). Both bond well. Sharvari works as a chef in a restaurant but wants to start her own restaurant serving Maharashtrian cuisine in London. However, she is unable to arrange for funds. Enter Vaibhav (Umesh Kamat), a school friend of Sharvari, who used to love her but was scared to propose to her. Vaibhav is single because his to-be bride had eloped with someone else on the day she and Vaibhav were to marry.
Vaibhav gets along pretty well with Sharvari and Myra. Sharvari is keen to make Myra an athlete. Slowly but surely, Myra starts to disobey her mother because of which cracks develop in the mother-daughter relationship. As if that were not bad enough, Sharvari loses her job. The only silver lining is that Vaibhav and Sharvari have decided to get married to each other. But on the day of their engagement is Myra’s athletics competition. Without even informing Sharvari, Myra leaves to participate in the competition. What happens thereafter? Do Sharvari and Vaibhav get engaged without Myra being around? Or does Myra attend the engagement ceremony? Do Vaibhav, Sharvari and Myra live happily ever after together? Is Sharvari able to start her restaurant?
Emeara’s story doesn’t offer any novelty. The screenplay, also penned by Emeara, is well written but it treads the beaten path. The portion showing the bonding between the outspoken and street-smart daughter and her mother is good. But the drama becomes predictable once cracks develop in their relationship. Emeara’s dialogues are quite nice.
Sonali Khare Anand does a fine job as Sharvari Dixit. Sanayaah Anand performs ably as Myra Dixit. Umesh Kamat is adequate in the role of Vaibhav. Shubhangi Latkar has her moments as Sharvari’s mother. Sanjay Mone lends average support as Sharvari’s father. Bijay Anand is alright in a brief role as Bishan. Others lend the necessary support.
Priyanka Tanwar’s direction is so-so. The film fails to emotionally move the audience. Pankaj Padghan’s music and background score are ordinary and should’ve been better. Kshitij Patwardhan’s lyrics are alright. Mridul Sen’s cinematography is appropriate. Shruti Haldipur and Ashutosh Mehatre’s art direction is average. Prachi Rohidas’ editing ought to have been crisper.
On the whole, MyLek is such an ordinary fare that it will fail at the ticket windows.
Released on 19-4-’24 at Plaza (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru PVR Inox Pictures. Publicity: fair. Opening: dull.