3rd May 1913, Dadasaheb Phalke gave Indian Cinema its first motion picture-Raja Harish chandra. On 4th May 2012 as we enter into the 100th year of Indian Cinema, Zee Talkies promises to deliver a landmark movie – Kaksparsh, which will be a milestone, not only for Marathi but National Cinema.
Big has never been this grand, entertainment has meant this much of exuberance and Marathi films for that matter have never spelt out as much excitement as Zee Talkies’ Kaksparsh. A film which is creatively stimulating, entertaining, enlightening and beautifully arresting. ‘Kaksparsh’ is a cinematic canvas with just the right strokes of acting talents, story, music, cinematography and but of course path-breaking direction. ‘Kaksparsh’ has a special significance, as the film is being produced and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, who has given the best films under his banner, Great Maratha Entertainment LLP and presented by Zee Talkies.
‘Kaksparsha’ has been shot on the backdrop of the period 1930- 1955 and revolves around the happenings in a Brahmin family. Story by Usha Datar with the screenplay dialogues by Girish Joshi, the film’s music is composed by Rahul Ranade on the lyrics by Kishor Kadam. Art directors Prashant Rane and Abhishek Vijaykar are behind the hard work of erecting the sets of that era little before independence and immediately after independence. Cinematography is done by Ajit Reddy and editing by Rahul Bhatankar. There are high expectations from this film, as it is being directed by Mahesh Manjrekar himself.
Mahesh Manjrekar, expressed his feelings on his dream project, “I did not choose Kaksparsh, the film chose me. This film was not included in my scheme of things. Rather I did not even know a film of this name existed. One day, to my surprise and good fortune, Sachin asked Girish Joshi the screenplay writer to read out the script to me. That was it! I was possessed. The script hit me like a thunder bolt and I couldn’t get it out of my system. Every single person involved, contributed immensely and today when I see the film I feel proud of myself and my whole team. ‘Kaksparsh’ is my best till date!”
Kaksparsh is an astonishing love story. Konkan in the 1930’s witnessed an incredible story of love, sacrifice, passion and values. Haridada was the head of the Damle Family. After the demise of his father, Haridada took all the responsibilities of his family on his strong shoulders. Getting his sister married, raising his three children and educating his younger brother were never looked at as any burden but he rather enjoyed these responsibilities. When Mahadev, Haridada’s younger brother was doing his last year of Law Haridada decided to get a bride for him, Durga- later named Uma, who became the apple of everybody’s eye. Durga was 13 years old when her marriage to Mahadev was arranged. She at first thought that Haridada was the groom and liked him at first glance. She got married to Mahadev but tragedy struck on the first night of their marriage. But Haridada stood by her rock solid in all her difficulties. Obviously there were doubts raised about his intentions, not just in the minds of neighbors and other villagers around but also in the minds of his own family members.
The last straw was when even his wife started to doubt his integrity. But one day fate struck a cruel blow and Haridada was left with no choice but to stop talking to Uma. Uma who by this time idealized Haridada couldn’t take it and started sinking. But nothing and nobody could shake Haridada’s resolve, until Haridada’s own son took a stand against his father.
Eventually, Haridada had to tell everybody the truth, which shocked everyone.
What was that shocking truth? Did he accept Uma the way she was? Did society accept the shocking truth?
‘Kaksparsh’ answers all these mysterious questions, leaving behind a heart-throbbing experience in the minds of the viewers!!!