Kaksparsh
| Kaksparsh | |
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 Kaksparsh poster | |
| Directed by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Produced by |
Aniruddha Deshpande, Medha Manjrekar |
| Screenplay by | Girish Joshi |
| Based on |
Kaksparsh by Usha Datar[1] |
| Starring |
Sachin Khedekar, Priya Bapat, Medha Manjrekar, Savita Malpekar, Ketaki Mategaonkar, Vaibhav Mangle, Abhijit Kelkar |
| Music by |
Score: Rahul Ranade, Ajit-Sameer Lyrics: Kishor Kadam, Mitalee Joshi |
| Cinematography | Ajit Reddy |
| Editing by | Rahul Bhatankar |
| Distributed by | Zee Talkies |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
Kaksparsh (Marathi: काकस्पर्श, English: Crow's Touch) is a 2012 Marathi film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and produced by Aniruddha Deshpande and Medha Manjrekar. The film stars Sachin Khedekar, Priya Bapat, Medha Manjrekar, Savita Malpekar and Ketaki Mategaonkar.
Based on a story by Usha Datar by the same name, the film depicts the tumultuous events in a Chitpavan Brahmin family, set around 1930-1950 in Konkan. Released on 4 May 2012,[2] the film got critical acclaim for its direction by Mahesh Manjrekar, its screenplay by Girish Joshi and also for fine performances by its actors, especially Sachin Khedekar for his portrayal of Hari Dada Damle as a head of the family.[3] A Hindi and Tamil remake of Kaksparsh is being directed by Mahesh Manjrekar.[4]
Plot
Hari Damle (Sachin Khedekar), head of a Chitpavan Bramhin family, lives in Torgaon, one of the villages in Konkan with his wife Tara (Medha Manjrekar) and their three children. When Hari opposes some of the century-old rituals, it upsets other Bramhins in the village, especially Upadhyay (Vaibhav Mangle). Hari wishes to get his younger brother Mahadev (Abhijit Kelkar) married, who is pursuing LL.B in Mumbai. Damle family fixes the marriage with a pre-pubescent girl, Durga (Ketaki Mategaonkar), renamed as Uma after marriage, but tragedy strikes when Mahadev dies on the night when their marriage was to be consummated. Hari performs death rituals (Śrāddha) for Mahadev but crows which are considered to be symbolic of the spirit of deceased in Hinduism refuse to touch the offerings. Hari, then, mumbles something while offering food which leads to the desired.
Brahmin community in the village now expects widowed Uma to have her head shaved but then Hari opposes and does not allow any practiced rituals to be performed for her as a widow, which were performed for his widowed aunt, Namu Aatya (Savita Malpekar). Hari stands behind Uma in all her difficulties which raise doubts about his intentions, including that by his wife, Tara. Years later, when Tara is diagnosed of a terminal disease, the now grown-up Uma (now played by Priya Bapat) takes charge of the household. Before Tara dies, she realizes her mistakes and requests Hari to marry Uma which he refuses to. Bramhin community in the village continue to force Hari to perform rituals for Uma and attack Damle family who are saved by Hari's freedom-fighter friend, Balawant (Sanjay Khapre) in one such instance.
In the meantime, Hari gets his son Sankarshan (Saksham Kulkarni) married. Once Hari finds Uma sitting outside the room of newly married couple, listening to their playful banter. Disgusted by Uma's behavior, Hari stops talking to her. Shocked by this behavior, she tries to talk her heart out to Hari's friend Balavant and requests him to find out the root cause of his behavior. Coincidentally Hari overhears this and severs his relations with Balvant. Hari also starts becoming more protective towards Uma like sending off one of the Sankarshan's client, because he feels he has ill intentions towards Uma inadvertently cutting all ties from outside world. Unaware of the reason for Hari's changed behavior, Uma starts staying aloof, while her mental & physical state starts degrading. Worried Sankarshan requests his sister Shanti (Manava Naik) to talk to Uma. Frustrated and unknowing of what loss she had throughout her life, Uma opens her heart but situation raises more questions.
Uma by now has lost all interest in her life and has stopped eating food altogether. She relents to none of her family member's request to quit her fast. Hari, left with no other option, explains his behavior. Hari reveals to Uma that when he was performing death rituals for Mahadev and offerings were not accepted for a long time, he promised Mahadev that he would not let any other man touch Uma. For the same reason, he did not allow practiced rituals of shaving her head to be performed and also declined Tara's request of his marriage with Uma. When he learned that Uma has started loving him, he stopped talking to her, in spite of his love towards her. He eventually accepts that he loves Uma and would marry her, breaking his vow. Knowing the truth, Uma forgives Hari and agrees to the proposal. Hari fetches Mangalsutra (Jewel worn by married ladies, tied during marriage ceremony by her husband), by the time he returns Uma is dead. He realizes that even though she was not that serious, she sacrifices her life for his love and at the sametime she did not want Hari to break his vow.
Cast
- Sachin Khedekar as Hari Dada Damle
- Priya Bapat as Uma
- Medha Manjrekar as Tara
- Savita Malpekar as Namu Aatya
- Sanjat Khapre as Balwant Phadke
- Vaibhav Mangle as Upadhyay
- Abhijit Kelkar as Mahadev
- Ketaki Mategaonkar as Young Uma/Durga
- Saksham Kulkarni as Sankarshan
- Manava Naik as Shanti
- Saiee Manjrekar as Kushi
- Kishor Raorane as Janu
Soundtrack
| Kaksparsh | |
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| Soundtrack album by Rahul Ranade, Ajit-Sameer | |
| Released | 2012 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Length | 30:02 |
| Language | Marathi |
| Label | VP[5] |
The soundtrack for the film is composed by Rahul Ranade and music director duo Ajit Parab and Sameer Mhatre, popularly known as Ajit-Sameer. Being a period film set in 1930, soundtrack mainly consists of traditional songs in the form of Ovee. Kishor Kadam, who also writes with the pseudo name "Saumitra" and Mitali Joshi have written the lyrics for the songs. Rahul Ranade predominantly used Vibhavari Joshi's voice for the traditional songs which were rendered by her without any musical accompaniment.[6] The soundtrack was released after the film's release and was acclaimed for bringing an authentic and subtle flavour to the period of the film.[7]
As most of the songs are in the form of Ovee, Ranade decided to use the traditional format. Ranade took help of Sarojini Babar, who had studied the songs of the period depicted in the film. Babar introduced Ranade to her sister Kumud Pawar, who have made a collection of various traditional Ovee. Out of nine songs composed for the film, Ranade composed five of them. He used Vibhavri Joshi-Apte primarily for four of the songs which are rendered without any musical instruments accompaniment.
The duo Ajit-Sameer composed two theme tracks and one song for the film's soundtrack. A noted classical vocalist, Rajashree Pathak, rendered the song "Kuthe Paath Phiravun" and was appreciated for its vocal and soulfulness. Soundtrack also made use of "Are Sansar Sansar", much-quoted couplet from one of the poems written by a noted Marathi poetess Bahinabai Chaudhari. The song is narrated and rendered by film's lead actors, Sachin Khedekar and Ketaki Mategaonkar respectively. Sameer Mhatre worked as an arranger for the song. Before taking up acting, Mategaonkar had participated in singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs in 2008-2009 and was among the final ten participants.
The soundtrack was released after the film's release and was acclaimed for bringing an authentic and subtle flavour to the period of the film. Mahesh Manjrekar said in the interview that, "...after the film got released, many viewers started inquiring about the audio CDs for the songs used in the film. We had no such plans in the beginning but the growing demand compelled us to release the songs officially."
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Janma Baicha" | Kishor Kadam | Rahul Ranade | Chorus | 4:42 | |
| 2. | "Taak Ghusal Ghusal" | Kishor Kadam | Rahul Ranade | Vibhavari Joshi | 1:42 | |
| 3. | "Kuthe Paath Phiravun" | Mitali Joshi | Ajit-Sameer | Rajashree Pathak | 3:34 | |
| 4. | "Tulas Maalan" | Traditional | Rahul Ranade | Vibhavari Joshi | 1:32 | |
| 5. | "Ugawala Narayan" | Traditional | Rahul Ranade | Vibhavari Joshi | 2:00 | |
| 6. | "Sawala Panduranga" | Traditional | Rahul Ranade | Vibhavari Joshi | 2:36 | |
| 7. | "Kaksparsh (Love Found)" | Instrumental | Ajit-Sameer | Mrudula Sathe | 5:02 | |
| 8. | "Kaksparsh (Love Lost)" | Instrumental | Ajit-Sameer | Mrudula Sathe | 6:18 | |
| 9. | "Are Sansar Sansar" | Bahinabai Chaudhari | Sameer Mhatre | Sachin Khedekar, Ketaki Mategaonkar | 2:36 | |
Total length: |
30:02 | |||||
Awards
The film won several awards on release.
- 2012 11th Pune International Film Festival[8]
- Government of Maharashtra "Sant Tukaram" Best Marathi Feature Film award
- Best Makeup Artist: Vikram Gaikwad, Henry Martis
- Best Art Director: Prashant Rane, Abhishekh Vijaykar
- 2012 Marathi International Film and Theatre Awards (MIFTA)[9]
- Best Film: Great Maratha Entertainment
- Best Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
- Best Actor: Sachin Khedekar
- Best Actress: Ketaki Mategoankar
- Best supporting Actor Female: Medha Manjrekar
- Best Cinematographer: Ajit Reddy
- Best Art Director: Prashant Rane, Abhishekh Vijaykar
- Best Costume Designer: Laxman Yellappa Gollar
- Best Makeup Artist: Vikram Gaikwad, Henry Martis
- 2012 Screen Awards Marathi
- Best Actress: Priya Bapat
- 2012 Zee Gaurav Puraskar
- Best Actor (Male): Sachin Khedekar
- Best Actor (Female): Priya Bapat
- Best Supporting Actor (Male): Sanjay Khapre
- Best Playback Singer (Female): Rajashree Pathak for "Kuthe Paath Phiravun"
- Best Story: Usha Datar
- Best Dialogues: Girish Joshi
References
- ↑ Apte, Vinay (20 May 2012). "कथेपुढे गेलेला काकस्पर्श" ['Kaksparsh' has excelled its storyline]. Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). The Times of India. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ↑ Pawar, Yogesh (April 28, 2012). "Manjrekar touts Kaksparsh as his best ever cinematic effort". Mumbai. Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ↑ Gokhle, Shanta (May 10, 2012). "Of old and new". Mumbai Mirror (Mumbai). The Times of India. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ↑ "Tisca Chopra begins Shoot of Hindi Remake of Kaksparsh". IANS. Biharprabha News. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ "Kaksparsh Audio CD". Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ↑ Kaksparsh Hits Public Demand (in Marathi). Lehren. May 22, 2012.
- ↑ Ainapure, Mrunmayi & Sarfare, Sapna (June 10, 2012). "Music and lyrics, Small Talk: With Rahul Ranade". Pune Mirror (Pune). The Times of India. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ↑ "11th Pune International Film Festival (10-17 January 2013)". Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Marathi International Film and Theatre Awards". Retrieved December 2, 2012.
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