There was a time when Marathi cinema was spending time in doldrums. Other states in India had forgotten the viability of films from Maharashtra. There have been legendary aspects to it in the past, but there was this phase of depression which almost wiped it’s existence.
Suddenly the Marathi industry seems to have taken a giant leap. Production houses have sprung up, amazing talent has come forth, we get to see all what was needed, a vital spark to get Marathi cinema back on track.
At the Pune International Film Festival, one of the most enjoyed films was Valu (the wild bull). Ensuring a giggle every moment, Valu has lived up to the expectations of a true Marathi-frenzy audience. Ex-FTII Umesh Kulkarni has directed the movie in a really proficient manner. He has made sure that the audience is absorbed into his rural theme, equally afraid of the wild bull ‘Valu’ as the other villagers are.
Every character has been given a scrupulous personality. Be it Atul Kulkarni, our hero forest officer running around the village with a dart pipe, to the typical sarpanch played wonderfully by Dr. Mohan Agashe, with his even typical wife played by Bharati Acharekar. Dilip Prabhavalkar is the most enjoyable as always, playing a pundit suffering an intermittent stomach disorder. His wife (Nirmitee Sawant) also stressing the fact that the scarcity of toilets is the biggest problem in villages. Exceptional performances by Girish Kulkarni, Veena Jamkar, Mangesh Satpute, Amruta Subhash and all others have made the movie very promising.
Valu released all over today. Hope it makes everyone’s Republic Day very entertaining. Cheers to the team of Valu!
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10 responses so far ↓
1 प्रणाम // Jan 26, 2008 at 5:17 pm
राम राम पाहुन ! कस काय? बर हाय?
म्या सांगतो म्हनुन ऐका. वळू हा सिनेमा बघा! लई चांगला हाय. आर त्या रोटरडाम फिलिम फेस्टिवल पन पाठवला बघा.
आमच्या मराठी माणुस अतुल कुलकर्णीनी एकदम झकास रोल केलाय. सगळी पात्र लई ईनोदी हाय. हा सिनेमा बघण्या सारखा आहे. जरुर बघावा.
नमस्कार मंडळी, निरोप द्या!
2 neha // Feb 3, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Valu is a truly enjoyable movie.
A simple story with some splendid performances by Atul Kulkarni and Mohan Agashe.
The 12.45pm show at E-square was housefull today… I am glad Marathi cinema is finally getting the recognition it deserves
3 sameer // Feb 5, 2008 at 1:27 am
THIS MOVIE IS VERY BEAUTIFURL.
EXCELLENT STORY,GOOD DIRECTION,EXTRA-ORDINARY PERFORMANCE BY ALL CHARACTERS AND MIND-BLOWING BACKGROUND SCORE.
PAISA VASOOL.
4 Renu // Feb 6, 2008 at 11:23 am
A very enjoyable movie.A simple story centred around a wild bull with fabulous acting and great direction.Every rasik maharashtrian must watch it!
5 vishal // Feb 8, 2008 at 9:23 am
Valu is simple yet very interesting story, a good combination of experienced & young talent, i think marathi cinema is back on track. Enjoyed every moment of the movie
6 mirchiboy // Feb 9, 2008 at 3:06 pm
valu ajun nay payala ……kay rao…utha utha adhi utha ani valu baghun ya…..
aao lai jhakkas picture hay valu…
ekadam numbari…….
7 dr.abhijit // Feb 17, 2008 at 3:35 pm
watchingVALU was an exhilarating experience , a fantabulous movie very wisely directed and abely supported by the cast valu makes you laugh at every other moment.The rural setup is scenic and the characters far to real emphasize thefact that it does not require gran sets,superstars,and foot tapping dance numbers to make a gr8 movie.Hats of to debutant umesh kulkarni.
8 Preyas Arts // Feb 29, 2008 at 2:52 am
We, Preyas Arts (www.preyasarts.com), are officially distributing this movie in the US and Canada and have already received a print with us in the US (with English subtitles). At present, we have received a great response from all over the US and Canada. Soon, we will publish the dates of US shows on our website. Do visit us to see the full trailer and listen to an audio jingle.
If anyone of you live there and are intereted in arranging a show, please contact me at info@preyasarts.com. Thank you.
9 baliram autade // Mar 20, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Valu is great movie. THe village life shown is very enjoyable which takes us to villages that recall our past memories specially those who are from rural back ground enjoy the film most.
10 Shyam Dangi // Apr 14, 2008 at 4:46 pm
The movie is really very well directed and all the characters in this movie has performed very nicely. While watching the movie, never felt its a movie. Felt like watching a real life of ‘Gramin’ people. Jokes are shown with ease.