Anushka Motion Pictures & Entertainments and Ahmednagar Filmm Company’s Triple Seat (Marathi) is the story of a man torn between two women.
Krushna Surve (Ankush Chaudhary) lives with his father, Dinkar Surve (Vidyadhar Joshi), and two sisters, Varsha (Poonam Patil) and Kavita (Shilpa Thakare). Varsha is married to Ramakant (Abhijit Zunzarrao) who also lives in the same house.
Krushna becomes friendly to one Mira as she regularly telephones him. The two never meet face-to-face. Kavita loves Venkatesh (Prasad Bedekar) who has a sister, Vrinda (Pallavi Patil). The two families decide that Kavita would wed Venkatesh while Krushna would get Vrinda home as his wife. However, the two marriages are called off on the day the engagement ceremonies are being held. The reason for the break-up is one Tanvi Pradhan (Shivani Surve) who herself does not know that she is the cause for the break-up.
Krushna and Tanvi get married to each other but only for a short period because Krushna ultimately wants to take Vrinda as his wife so that his sister, Kavita, can marry boyfriend Venkatesh.
Why are Krushna’s marriage with Vrinda, and Kavita’s marriage with Venkatesh, called off? Does Krushna divorce Tanvi? Does Krushna marry Vrinda? Do Kavita and Venkatesh unite in matrimony? Who is Krushna’s phone-friend, Mira?
Abhijit Dalvi has written a script which doesn’t entertain. The story is confused while the screenplay doesn’t engage the audience. Why Krushna agrees to marry Tanvi in the first place is not known. If he was keen to wed Vrinda for whatever reason, what was the compulsion to wed Tanvi? The story and screenplay raise doubts and questions in the minds of the viewers but offer no answer. Comedy looks forced. Romance is almost absent. Emotions touch the heart in a couple of scenes. Abhijit Dalvi’s dialogues are dull.
Ankush Chaudhary does a fine job as Krushna Surve. Shivani Surve is alright as Tanvi Pradhan. Pallavi Patil stands her own as Vrinda. Vidyadhar Joshi makes his presence felt in the role of Krushna’s father, Dinkar Surve. Prasad Bedekar (as Venkatesh), Poonam Patil (as Varsha), Abhijeet Zunzarrao (as Ramakant), Shilpa Thakare (as Kavita), Prakash Dhotre (as Vrinda and Venkatesh’s father), Vaibhav Mangle (as Tanvi’s father, Vasantrao Pradhan), Madhavi Soman (as Tanvi’s mother), Pravin Tarde (as police inspector Diwane), Rakesh Bedi (as advocate Jehangir Irani), Yogesh Shirsat (as Babu welder), Swapnil Munot (as Krushna’s friend, Pendru), Shubha Dandge and Rahul Newale lend routine support.
Sanket Pavse’s direction is weak. His narration fails to involve the viewers in the drama. Avinash-Vishwajeet’s music and background score are commonplace. Lyrics (Guru Thakur, Mandar Cholkar, Ashwini Shende and Vishwajeet Joshi) are so-so. Pushpank Gawade’s camerawork passes muster. Santosh Sankhad’s art direction is functional. Mayur Hardas’ editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Triple Seat is a flop show all the way.
Released on 25-10-’19 at Bharatmata (daily 2 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay thru AA Films. Publicity: average. Opening: poor.