91 Film Studios and Ameya Vinod Khopkar Entertainment’s Kairee (Marathi; UA) is the story of a young woman, Kairee (Sayali Sanjeev), who marries a man, Akash (Shashank Ketkar), from her village. Since Akash works in London, he takes Kairee there after marriage. But he disappears after one day. Kairee, new to a foreign land and with very little knowledge of English, is devastated. Ultimately, she unites with her husband after three days. But in the process, she learns things about her husband, which she could never even imagine. What happens thereafter?
Naveen Chandra’s story is not at all exciting. Not just that, even the screenplay — penned by Swara Mokashi, Shantanu Rode and Naveen Chandra — is so predictable that it hardly creates an impact on the audience. The unpredictable part of the drama is not very interesting. Swara Mokashi and Shantanu Rode’s dialogues are so-so.
Sayali Sanjeev delivers a fine performance in the title role. Shashank Ketkar is average as Akash. Siddharth Jadhav performs ably as Gopal. Subodh Bhave is alright as police inspector Kamalakar alias Kam. Arun Nalawade is okay as Akash’s father. Sulbha Arya lends routine support as Kairee’s grandmother. Atul Mahajan passes muster as Kairee’s father. Others fit the bill.
Shantanu Rode’s direction is not inspiring or very convincing. Nishaad Golambare and Pankaj Padghan’s music is fairly nice. Lyrics (Manohar Golambare and Manik Ganesh) are alright. Siddhesh Dalvi’s choreography is not up to the mark. Sai-Piyush’s background music is quite good. Pradeep Khanvilkar’s camerawork is nice. Ketki Ghuge’s art direction is so-so. Manish Shirke’s editing ought to have been sharper.
On the whole, Kairee is a flop show.
Released on 12-12-’25 at City Light (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru August Entertainment. Publicity: average. Opening: weak.
