“Nava
Gadi ann… Rajya Nava”
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| The first poster of the play* |
This
was one play which had success written on its every aspect. The lead pair was
one which had gained popularity across Maharashtra post their hit serial “Shubhamkaroti”.
The story was wasn’t essentially new, it was about a married couple who face internal
problems after a male friend of the wife and an ex-girlfriend of the husband
enter the scene. But it was very well handled by debutant director Sameer
Vidhwans. It was written by Kshitij Patwardhan and had a fresh and modern
outlook. Priya Bapat and Umesh Kamat, the leads were already dating and had an
unmatchable chemistry on stage. The fiery dialogues adorned with cuss words,
only added to the popularity of the play and it played to packed theatre in the
course of its long run of more than a hundred shows throughout Maharashtra as
well as in foreign countries.
At the
turn of the decade, Marathi Theatre has seen lots of old plays being revived,
led by prominent actors-turned-producers like Sunil Barve and Neelam Shirke.
More than a dozen old plays have seen a new dawn, with new actors and new
directors. The recently staged, “Naandi” sees a compilation of 10 eternally
remembered plays. At the same time, plays are being remade into movies, Kedar
Shinde’s “Kho Kho” and the adaption of “Shrimant Damodar Pant” being an
example. A regional channel, ETV Marathi also attempted making old one-act
plays into tele-movies. Now exactly two and a half years after the first show
of “Nava Gadi Nava Rajya”, it joins the league with “Time Please”, it’s remake
on the big screen releasing on the 31st of July.
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| A poster of the upcoming film* |
It’s trailor on
Youtube has already crossed 16 thousand views on Youtube and also gathered a
lot of attention on Twitter and Facebook. The lead pair returns, now married
while the major character of Himmatrao (immortalized by Hemant Dhome) is taken
a niche higher by the reigning Superstar of Marathi Cinema Siddharth Jadhav.
The role of Ketki (now Radhika) earlier played by many is being rendered by
Marathi Cinema’s favorite, Saee Tamhankar. The music by Rishikesh Kamerkar
sounds catchy, especially the song Butterfly, which take you back to some
hilarious moments of “Nava Gadi Nava Rajya”. The presence of veterans like Vandana Gupte and Seema Deshmukh raises the already high standards of the film.
While the play reached out to a class of the audience, the movie will help the
story to reach to the masses as well. I, am certainly looking forward to the
movie as I am sure the 16 thousand viewers on Youtube are too.
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