Thermoline Marketing Pvt. Ltd. and A3 Events & Media Services’ Sammarth (Marathi; UA) is the story of a young man who is shattered by an unexpected turn of events. He then confronts his past, his beliefs and his destiny.
Samarth (Bhushan Pradhan) doesn’t quite like it when his father talks in glowing terms about saint Swami Samarth. Although he is a civil engineer now, he never had faith in Swami Samarth even as a child. But an unexpected turn of events makes him dwell upon his arrogant stance.
Ravindra Pathak has penned a story which is not very engaging or interesting. Ashutosh Bhosekar’s screenplay is good in parts. The portion when Samarth is forced to revisit his past is quite entertaining. However, the drama does get boring at times. Manas Layal’s dialogues are average.
Bhushan Pradhan does a fair job as Samarth. Pushkaraj Chirputkar is natural as Samarth’s father. Sharvari Jamenis leaves a decent mark as Samarth’s mother. Hardeek Joshi is alright. Isha Keskar makes her presence felt. Prasad Khandekar, Rajan Bhise, Yatin Karyekar, Disha Pardeshi, Nikhil Raut and the others do as desired.
Yogesh Phulphagar’s direction is ordinary. Kedar Pandit and Rohit Raut’s music is okay. Nachiket Jog’s lyrics are alright. Dhiraj Bhalerao’s choreography is functional. Aditya Bedekar’s background music is nothing to dance about. Athit Naik’s camerawork is fairly nice. Mahesh Kore and Sachin Patil’s art direction is of a good standard. Vishal Bate’s editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Sammarth is a very ordinary fare.
Released on 14-8-’26 at Metro Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru AA Films. Publicity: not up to the mark. Opening: very ordinary.
