Fine Brew Productions and True Hope Film Works’ Aali Mothi Shahani (Marathi; UA) follows a young girl whose life takes an unexpected turn when her immense faith in Lord Ganesh and her bonding with a man become integral to her journey. It is a comedy fantasy drama.
Anand Dilip Gokhale has written a story which is about faith and belief. His screenplay is quite interesting but not consistently so. Besides, the comedy is often not of the kind which would make the viewers laugh out loud. There are portions which don’t engage the audience as much as they should’ve. Niranjan Parandkar’s dialogues are quite nice.
Hruta Durgule does well as Gargi. Sarang Sathaye performs ably as Atharva Shastri. Guru Thakur lends nice support as Gargi’s father, Prakash Kamat. Rujuta Deshmukh has her moments as Gargi’s mother. Maitreyee Datye acts with aplomb as young Gargi. Suhita Thatte is quite impressive in the role of Gargi’s grandmother. Vishakha Naik performs well as Gauri. Sanjay Khapare is natural in the role of IPS officer Sanjay Sawant. Subodh Bhave is excellent as Kiran Borkar. Prashant Kulkarni, Archana Nipankar, Umesh Jadhav, Uday Nene and Rishi Saxena do as desired. Others are alright.
Anand Dilip Gokhale’s direction is fair. Pankaj Padghan’s music and background music are okay. Guru Thakur’s lyrics are appropriate. Umesh Jadhav’s choreography is average. Vijay Mishra’s cinematography is nice. Bikash Kumar Singh’s action and stunt scenes are functional. Siddharth Tatooskar’s production designing is okay. Rajesh Rao’s editing could’ve been sharper.
On the whole, Aali Mothi Shahani is an ordinary fare because the comedy is not hilarious. It will not be able to do well at the ticket windows.
Released on 2-10-’26 at Metro Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru AA Films. Publicity & opening: dull.