Skyline Cinematic, YEN Movie Studios, and Out Of The Box Films’ Afratafri (Marathi; UA) is the story of three brothers, all desperately in need of money. Each has one or more selfish schemes to make money and in the process, their lives become completely chaotic. However, they ultimately realise that more important than money are family, love, bonding and relationships.
Milind Zumber Kavde’s story and screenplay are routine. While some portions of the comic drama and a few emotional scenes do appeal, the overall drama does not have the desired impact on the viewers. The proceedings become predictable at several places. Sanjay Navgire’s dialogues are good but not consistently so.
Mohan Agashe does fairly well as Dashrath Tatya. Shashank Shende is very good as Namdeo. Sanjay Narvekar makes a good mark as Hari Master. Onkar Bhojane is alright as Dnyana. Asavari Joshi lends nice support as Rukmini. Prajakta Hanamghar is adequate as Lakshmi. Neha Khan is alright as Anjali. Sanjay Khapre has his moments in the role of sarpanch Giridhar. Kishori Ambiye is okay as Sukanya. Hemant Patil is so-so as the police inspector. Kiran Mane, Kunal Meshram, Ameet Devraj, Nazir Hussain, Manjushree Joshi, Jay Shinde, Sanjay Kulkarni and Ashutosh Wadekar provide decent support. Sushant Divekar, Rahul Belapurkar, Shamraj Patil, Kiran Shingade, Roopali Wakode, Sanjay Navgire, Rushikesh Wamburkar and the rest lend routine support.
Milind Zumber Kavde’s direction is ordinary. Varun Likhate’s music is so-so. Lyrics (Mandar Cholkar, Varun Likhate and Rapboss) are alright. Rahul Thombre’s choreography is average. Abhinay Jagtap’s background music is fair. Hazarath Shaikh’s camerawork is okay. Vaibhav Vasant Salvi’s art direction is alright. Rahul Bhatankar’s editing should’ve been sharper.
On the whole, Afratafri is too ordinary to click at the box-office.
Released on 9-10-’26 at Metro Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay by YEN Movie Studios. Publicity: poor. Opening: dull.
