HMG Entertainments’ WhatsApp Love (Marathi; UA) is the story of how WhatsApp messages almost ruin the married life of a man.
Aditya (Raqesh Bapat) is a top executive in a company and also loves to paint. He has just gotten married to Anagha (Anuja Sathe). The couple has a dream life.
One day, Aditya gets a flirtatious message on WhatsApp. This is followÂed by more such messages. This makes Aditya so curious that he ends up calling the number from which he is receiving the messages. A beautiful voice answers his call. Aditya is so mesmerised by the voice on the other end that he begins to search for the woman. When he can’t locate her but continues to get messages from her, he decides to paint her on the canvas, relying on his imagination. This creaÂtes issues in his life.
Who is the mysterious woman? Where does Aditya’s quest to search her, take him? Does Aditya find the lady?
Hemant Kumar Mahale’s story is not very substantive. The screenplay, written by Ajita Kale, just about manÂages to engage the viewers but only at places. The drama, after a point, fails to sustain the audience’s interest. Ajita Kale’s dialogues are ordinary.
Raqesh Bapat does a fair job in the role of Aditya. Anuja Sathe is alright as Anagha. Pallavi Shetty is okay as Rucha. Sareh Far (as Monalisa) lends routine support. Anuradha RajadhyaÂksha (as Anagha’s mother), Anup Chaudhari (as Vikram), Mahi Tiwari (as the secretary), Bhagyashree Rathi, Amol More and Shivali Parab provide reasonable support.
Hemant Kumar Mahale’s direction is weak. Nitin Shankar’s music score is functional. Lyrics (Ajita Kale and Sahil Sultanpuri) are ordinary. Vitthal Patil’s song picturisations are so-so. Avinash Vishwajeet’s background music hardly deserves mention. SurÂesh Suvarna’s camerawork is alright. Editing (by Vijay Khochikar) should’ve been sharper.
On the whole, WhatsApp Love is too ordinary a fare to make a mark at the ticket windows.
Released on 12-7-’19 at BharatÂmata (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Jumping Tomato. Publicity: so-so. Opening: dull.