Kaksparsh - 2012

Introduction 

Kaksparsh is a 2012 Indian Marathi period drama film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and produced by Aniruddha Deshpande and Medha Manjrekar. Sachin Khedekar, Priya Bapat, Medha Manjrekar, Savita Malpekar, and Ketaki Mategaonkar are among the actors in the movie. The film, which is based on a short tale by Usha Datar of the same name, tells the turbulent life of a Chitpavan Brahmin family and is set in Konkan between 1930 and 1950. The movie was a commercial success and received positive reviews for its directing, Girish Joshi's writing, and the actors' performances, particularly Khedekar for his portrayal of Hari Damle as the family's patriarch.

The short story was turned into the Marathi theatre Janmagaath in 1989, starring actor-director Vinay Apte. Apte wanted to adapt it into a movie. His efforts, however, were unsuccessful. When the story was adapted for the big screen, Sachin Khedekar—who had watched the play—found out about it again in 2007. Khedekar asked Girish Joshi to finish the adapted script before he and Manjrekar approached the director to make a movie based on the novel in 2009. The 26-day filming of Kaksparsh, which took place from December 5 to 30, 2011, was finished in time for the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema on May 4, 2012.

When it first came out, the movie garnered a number of accolades, including Best Film at the 11th Pune International Film Festival, MICTA, and Maharashtra State Film Awards. It is also the first Marathi movie to be released on Blu-ray for home entertainment. With Kaksparsh's success, Mahesh Manjrekar is also directing remakes of the film in Hindi and Tamil, starring Tisca Chopra and Arvind Swamy.

Table of Content

• Details 

• Plot 

• Release

• Remake 

• Casting

• Crew

• Character Analysis 

• Songs 

• Behind the scenes

• Awards

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Details 

Plot 

Hari Damle (Sachin Khedekar), the head of a Chitpavan Brahmin family, lives in the town of Torgaon in Konkan with his wife Tara (Medha Manjrekar), their three children, his younger brother Mahadev (Abhijit Kelkar), and his widowed aunt Namu Aatya (Savita Malpekar). Hari sets up a marriage between Mahadev and a young girl named Durga (Ketaki Mategaonkar), whose name is changed to Uma after the wedding. But Mahadev dies before the marriage is completed. Hari does death rites (Radha) for Mahadev, but the crows, which in Hinduism represent the spirit of the dead, won't touch the gifts. Hari mumbles something as he gives food, and then a crow touches the food.

The Brahmin people in Uma's village now expect her to shave her head as part of a ceremony. As a widow, Hari doesn't want any traditions to be done for her, and she won't let anyone do them either. Hari is there for Uma when she is having trouble, even when his wife, Tara, has questions about what he is doing. Years later, when Tara is told she has a disease that will kill her, the grown-up Uma, now played by Priya Bapat, runs the house. Before she dies, Tara sees what she did wrong and asks Hari to marry Uma, which he quickly turns down.

Hari gets his son Sankarshan (Saksham Kulkarni) married in the meantime. Once, Hari finds Uma sitting outside of the room of the newlyweds while they playfully talk. Hari starts to avoid Uma because she doesn't like how she acts. Uma is upset by this, so she tries to tell Hari's friend Balwant (Sanjay Khapre) how she feels and asks him to find out why. Hari happens to hear this and ends his relationship with Balwant. Uma doesn't know why Hari has changed, so she stops talking to him and her health starts to get worse. Sankarshan asks his sister Shanti (Manava Naik) to talk to Uma because he is worried. Uma opens her heart because she is angry and doesn't know what loss she has had in her life. However, the situation raises more questions about her relationship with Hari.

Uma chooses to go on a fast, even though everyone in her family asks her to stop. Hari has no other choice but to explain his actions. Hari tells Uma that when he was doing rituals for Mahadev's death and the crows wouldn't take his gifts for a long time, he swore that no other man would ever touch Uma. So, he didn't let the rituals of shaving her head happen, and he also turned down Tara's request that they get married. When Tara told him that Uma had started to like him, he stopped talking to her, even though he loved Uma.

He finally admits that he loves Uma and would break his promise to marry her. When Uma finds out the truth, she forgives Hari and says yes to the offer. Hari goes to get the Mangalsutra, but he learns that Uma has died. He knows that Uma gave up her life because she loved Hari and didn't want him to break his promise.

Release

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The movie Kaksparsh came out on May 4, 2012. This was also the first day of the 100th year of Indian films. The movie was well-liked by critics and did well at the box office. It was praised by critics for how Mahesh Manjrekar directed it, how Girish Joshi wrote the script, and how the actors played their parts, especially Sachin Khedekar as Hari Dada Damle, the head of the family. The photography by Ajit Reddy and the music by Ajit-Sameer were also praised. People said that the movie brought out the best in the director. Manjrekar said, I thought it would be a hit, but I didn't think it would be such a landslip hit. People said that the movie had a strong script and did a good job of showing a sensitive issue. It was called the best love story in Marathi films. It was advertised as a love story, but Saumitra Pote wrote in a review for the Maharashtra Times that the film has gone beyond a love story. The mores of the time were also said to have been shown in the movie.In his review of the movie, Aniruddha Bhatkhande of the weekly Marathi magazine Lokprabha said that the real movie is nothing like the attractive ads. He also said that the costumes in the movie aren't very good and that since most of the movie takes place inside, it feels like watching a recorded show.

Remake 

With the popularity of Kaksparsh, it was said in June 2012 that Manjrekar is planning to make a Hindi version of the movie with Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role. But the director was quick to say that he has no plans for a remake and that he did talk to Bachchan about the film, but not about the remake. Later in January 2014, Manjrekar said that he would be directing a version of Kaksparsh in Hindi and Tamil, with Arvind Swamy, Tisca Chopra, Adinath Kothare, and Ketaki Mategaonkar in the lead roles. Swamy will play Khedekar's part, while Chopra will play Swamy's wife, which Medha Manjrekar did in the original. Mategaonkar will play the same part she did in the first movie, and Vaidehi Parshurami will play the older version of Uma. It is said that Milind Soman will play Swamy's friend and that Adinath Kothare will play Mahadev, the role that Abhijit Kelkar played before. Murali Sharma will be playing a bad guy in the movie. The part of the widowed aunt, which Savita Malpekar played in the original, will be played by the veteran Bollywood actress Tanuja. Ilaiyaraaja will write the music, and Mategoankar and Vibhavari Apte Joshi will sing their first songs in Tamil. Urmila Kanitkar, Adinath Kothare's wife, will be there as a guest.

Casting

• Sachin Khedekar as Hari Dada Damle

• Priya Bapat as Uma Damle, widow of Mahadev Damle

• Ketaki Mategaonkar as Young Uma Damle/Durga

• Abhijit Kelkar as Mahadev Damle, Hari's younger brother, Uma's deceased husband.

• Savita Malpekar as Namu Aatya, Hari's widow aunt

• Sanjay Khapre as Balwant Phadke

• Vaibhav Mangle as Upadhyay

• Medha Manjrekar as Tara Damle, Hari's wife

• Saksham Kulkarni as Sankarshan Damle, Hari-Tara's son

• Manava Naik as Shanti, Hari-Tara's daughter

• Saiee Manjrekar as Kushi, Hari-Tara's daughter

• Kishor Raorane as Janu

Crew

• Producer - Medha Manjrekar

• Director- Mahesh Manjrekar

• Stars - Sachin Khedekar, Priya Bapat, Medha Manjrekar, Savita Malpekar, Ketaki Mategaonkar, Vaibhav Mangle, Abhijit Kelkar

• Editor - Rahul Bhatankar

• Screenplay - Girish Joshi

• Cinematography - Ajith V. Reddy

• Distributor - Zee Talkies

Character Analysis 

Kaksparsh is a critically acclaimed Marathi movie directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, set in the early 20th century in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The film is based on the novel taraKaksparshtara by Usha Datar. The story revolves around the complex relationships within a Brahmin family, focusing on the protagonist, Hari Damle, and his relationship with his brother's widow, Uma.

Hari Damle: Played by Sachin Khedekar, Hari Damle is a well-respected and educated Brahmin in his community. He is a man of principles and upholds the traditional values and customs of his time. Hari is a loving husband, a caring brother, and a doting father. However, he struggles with his feelings for Uma, his brother's widow, which creates a moral dilemma for him. Hari's character portrays the internal conflict between love, desire, and societal expectations.

Uma: Played by Priya Bapat, Uma is a young, beautiful, and dutiful woman who becomes a widow shortly after her marriage to Hari's younger brother, Mahadev. Uma's character represents the plight of widows in a conservative society, where they are expected to lead a life of austerity and deprivation. Despite her challenging circumstances, Uma remains strong and resilient, trying to find solace in her relationship with Hari.

Mahadev: Mahadev, played by Abhijit Kelkar, is Hari's younger brother, who dies tragically shortly after his marriage to Uma. Mahadev's character serves as a catalyst for the complex relationship between Hari and Uma, as his death leaves Uma in a vulnerable position within the family and society.

Tara: Tara, portrayed by Medha Manjrekar, is Hari's wife and a loving mother to their children. She is a traditional woman who respects societal norms and expectations. Tara's character represents the challenges faced by women in a patriarchal society, where they are expected to sacrifice their desires for the sake of family and societal values.

The characters in taraKaksparshtara are well-developed and portray the complexities of human emotions, relationships, and societal norms in a conservative setting. The film effectively highlights the challenges faced by individuals in upholding traditional values and customs while dealing with their own desires and emotions. The character analysis of Kaksparshtara offers a deep insight into the various facets of human nature and the moral dilemmas that arise from societal expectations.

Songs 

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Ajit-Sameer and Rahul Ranade composed the film's soundtrack. Song lyrics are by poet-actor Kishor Kadam (Saumitratara) and Mitali Joshi. As a 1930 period film, the music features traditional Marathi Ovee songs by Mrs.Kumudini Pawar. Rahul Ranade's song Save taraJanma Baicha '' featured Vibhavari Joshi's vocals. Joshi sang her songs unaccompanied.

Ranade used traditional music because most of the songs are Ovee. Mrs. Kumudini Pawar, sister of famed folk literate Dr. Sarojini Babar, a Marathi writer-politician, helped him. Mrs. Kumudini Pawar showed Ranade Babar's traditional Ovee. Ranade requested lyrics from Kishor Kadam for two situation songs.

Ajit-Sameer wrote two theme songs and one song (taraKuthe Paath Phiravuntara) for the film's soundtrack. taraIts vocal and soulfulness tara earned Rajashree Pathak the 2012 Zed Gaurav Puraskar for Best Playback Singer (Female). The music included Bahinabai Chaudhari taraAre Sansar Sansartara couplet. Sachin Khedekar and Ketaki Mategaonkar, the film's leads, narrate and sing the song, which Sameer Mhatre arranges. Mategaonkar sang on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs before acting.

After the film's release, the soundtrack was praised for tarabringing an authentic and subtle flavour to the period of the film.taraKishore Kadam's lyrics also reflected women's customs.

Behind the scenes

On December 16, 1989, Marathi play Janmagaath premiered, based on Usha Datar's short story Kaksparsh. The play starred actor-director Vinay Apte as Hari Damle and Sukanya Kulkarni as Uma. Apte failed to film the story. Sachin Khedekar rediscovered the play in 2007. He showed the story to Girish Joshi, the film's screenwriter, who wrote a 4–5-page screenplay from it. In 2009, Khedekar and Joshi approached Mahesh Manjrekar to film the narrative. Majrekar was too occupied with other tasks to plan the picture. Manjrekar thought the narrative was superior to Bajirao-Mastani and Salim-Anarkali when he first heard it. Without story copyrights, Manjrekar had to wait. taraThis film took more than three years,tara he remarked.

Awards

Kaksparsh is a powerful Marathi film that delves into the complexities of human emotions, relationships, and societal norms in early 20th century Maharashtra. With its compelling storyline, strong character development, and exceptional performances, the movie leaves a lasting impact on the audience. By shedding light on the plight of widows and the challenges faced by individuals in upholding traditional values, Kaksparsh serves as a thought-provoking commentary on the moral dilemmas that arise from societal expectations. The film is a must-watch for those who appreciate meaningful cinema that explores the depths of human nature and the intricacies of relationships in a conservative setting.

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