Supreme Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd. and Nitin Vaidya Productions’ Teen Adkun Sitaram (Marathi; UA) is the story of three good-for-nothing friends — Pushkar (Vaibhav Tatwawadi), Ajinkya (Sankarshan Karhade) and Koutilya (Alok Rajwade). Pushkar’s father (Vijay Nikam) and Ajinkya’s father (Anand Ingale) are politicians but belong to two different political parties. One day, the police catches the three friends for drunk driving. But they manage to go scot-free because of the two politicians.
The fathers of the three friends decide to send their respective children out of Bombay so that they become more responsible. While Pushkar is being sent to London to play county cricket, Ajinkya is being sent to Spain to watch a football match. Koutilya’s father decides to send him to Kolhapur to appear for a competitive examination. However, the three friends go to London where Pushkar’s girlfriend, Reva (Prajakta Mali), lives. In London, the three friends again have a brush with law. What happens thereafter? Who saves them?
Hrishikesh Joshi and Tejas Ranade have written a weird story. The fathers want their sons to become more responsible but they end up pulling strings from India. How this would make the sons feel more responsible and mend their ways is not clear. The duo’s screenplay is not half as interesting as it should’ve been. Some comedy scenes are entertaining but the drama in the post-interval portion becomes a bit more serious, which is not entertaining. Dialogues are very good, especially those with double meaning.
Vaibhav Tatwawadi does a fine job as Pushkar. Sankarshan Karhade is fair as Ajinkya. Alok Rajwade is alright in the role of Koutilya. Prajakta Mali is adequate as Reva. Anand Ingale lends average support as Ajinkya’s politician-father. Vijay Nikam provides reasonable support as Pushkar’s politician-father. Hrishikesh Joshi makes his presence felt as Picaso. Sameer Patil is so-so as Koutilya’s father. Gauri Deshpande is average as Netra. Others are passable.
Hrishikesh Joshi’s direction is routine. Kaushal Inamdar and Agnel Roman’s music is too ordinary. Phulawa Khamkar’s song picturisations are hardly worth mentioning. Amol Salunke’s camerawork is quite nice. Guru Patil’s editing should have been tighter, especially in the second half.
On the whole, Teen Adkun Sitaram is too ordinary to make a mark at the box-office in spite of good comedy.
Released on 29-9-’23 at Glamour (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru A.P. Communications. Publicity: poor. Opening: dull.