Kaksparsh
Kaksparsh | |
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Directed by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
Screenplay by | Girish Joshi |
Based on | Kaksparsh by Usha Datar |
Produced by | Medha Manjrekar |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Ajith V. Reddy |
Edited by | Rahul Bhatankar |
Music by | Zee Talkies |
Release date |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Marathi |
Budget | ₹1.4 crore (US$180,000)[1] |
Box office | ₹14 crore (US$1.8 million)[1] |
Kaksparsh is a 2012 Indian
. The film was a commercial success and got critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay by Girish Joshi and also for the performances by its actors, especially Khedekar for his portrayal of Hari Damle as a head of the family.In 1989, the short story was adapted into a
The film won several awards on release including Best Film award at
Plot
Hari Damle (
The Brahmin community in the village now expects widow Uma to have her head shaved (a ritual). Hari opposes and does not allow any rituals to be performed for her as a widow. 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 readily refuses.
In the meantime, Hari gets his son Sankarshan (Saksham Kulkarni) married. Once Hari finds Uma sitting outside the room of the newly married couple, listening to their playful banter. Disgusted by Uma's behaviour, Hari starts avoiding her. Upset by this behaviour, Uma tries to talk her heart out to Hari's friend Balwant (Sanjay Khapre) and requests him to find out the reason. Coincidentally, Hari overhears this and severs his relations with Balwant. Unaware of the reason for Hari's changed behaviour, Uma starts staying aloof, while her health 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 about her relation with Hari.
Uma decides to go on a fast and relents to none of the family member's request to quit. 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 by crow for a long time, he took a vow that he would not let any other man touch Uma. Thus, he did not allow practiced rituals of shaving her head to be performed and also declined Tara's request of their marriage. When he learned through Tara that Uma has started loving him, he stopped talking to her, in spite of his love towards Uma.
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 Mangala sutra but finds out that Uma is dead. He realises that Uma has sacrificed her life for his love where she did not want Hari to break his vow.
Cast
- 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
Production
Development
Based on a short story Kaksparsh written by Usha Datar, a
Casting
After Manjrekar finished his projects, he decided to start Kaksparsh and signed Khedekar to portray the lead role of Hari Damle. The director said that there was no compulsion for him to cast Khedekar. He did it "because he was the best to pull it off."[m 3][6] Earlier Manjrekar had signed another actress to play the role of Tara Damle, however the actress declined to join the schedule at the last moment, thus Manjrekar was forced to look out for the alternative. His wife, Medha Manjrekar, had done a small role in his debut film Aai (1995) and also made a comeback in another film De Dhakka (2008) written by him. As Medha was working as a producer for Kaksparsh, Mahesh Manjrekar approached her to play the role.[m 4]
Manjrekar had worked with Priya Bapat in Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy (2009) and had mentioned about Kaksparsh to her. He desired Bapat to play the lead role of Uma, however the film couldn't start as planned. When Manjrekar planned for the film, he called Bapat again who had married Umesh Kamat in the meantime.[7][8] Manjrekar had seen 2011 National Award-winning film Shala and was impressed with a teen-aged character played by Ketaki Mategaonkar and decided to cast her as a young Uma.[9] Savita Malpekar was cast to play the role of Khedekar's widowed aunt. Malpekar had to shave her head to prepare for the role. Manjrekar insisted that the film cast including Savita Malpekar should shave the head for their roles and avoid wearing a prosthetic bald patch.[6][10]
Filming
Kaksparsh was shot in the real locations than sets and was mainly shot in Paalshet, a village near Guhagar in Konkan.[6] As the film's story-line was set around 1930–1950, Manjrekar was concerned about the authentic production design for the film. He appointed two production designers, Prashant Rane and Abhishek Vijaykar, who had challenges of depicting pre and post Indian independence era. Rane had worked with Manjrekar earlier for De Dhakka (2008).[11] Kaksparsh's shooting was completed in 26 days; starting from 5 December 2011 till 30 December 2011.[12] The initial shooting scheduled started at Ranade Wada in Pune. The film also had a few scenes in and surrounding the temple but as most of the temples in Konkan region have been restored from their damages over the period of time, Manjrekar feared that the plastering done to repair the damages would not give the desired authentic feel to the film. Thus, the next schedule was shifted to Krishna Ghat, Wai, Maharashtra.[13][m 5]
As a director, Manjrekar believed that the mansion shown in the film "plays a major character" and was certain that finding the appropriate mansion would be a difficult job.[14] The production designing team had searched for various location across Konkan but most of the mansions had electrical wiring across which was a major obstacle for the shooting as Konkan then did not have electricity. Finally, Manjrekar was introduced to a mansion owned by Avinash Nene near Paalshet which suited the period where third and final schedule of the film was carried out.[m 6]
Soundtrack
Kaksparsh | |
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Film soundtrack | |
Length | 30:02 |
Language | Marathi |
Label | VP |
"...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."[15]
—Mahesh Manjrekar on releasing music later than the film.
The soundtrack for the film is composed by
As most of the songs are in the form of Ovee, Ranade decided to use the traditional musical format. He took help of Mrs. Kumudini Pawar, sister of great folk literate Dr.Sarojini Babar a Marathi writer-politician who had studied the songs of the period depicted in the film. Mrs. Kumudini Pawar introduced Ranade to Babar's, collection of various traditional Ovee.[17] For two situation songs, Ranade requested Kishor Kadam to write the lyrics.[18]
The duo Ajit-Sameer composed two theme tracks and one song ("Kuthe Paath Phiravun") for the film's soundtrack. A noted
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."[17][20] Kishore Kadam was also appreciated for writing lyrics which suitably noted the traditions followed by women during the period.[m 10]
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. | "Saawalaa Pandurang" | 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 |
Reception
Kaksparsh was released on 4 May 2012 which also marked a beginning of the 100th year of
- Remake
With the success of Kaksparsh, it was reported in June 2012 that Manjrekar is planning a remake in
Awards
The film won several awards on release.
- 2012 11th Pune International Film Festival[awards 1]
- Government of Maharashtra "Sant Tukaram" Best Marathi Feature Film Award
- Special Jury Award: Sachin Khedekar
- 2012 Maharashtra State Film Awards[awards 2]
- Best Film: Great Maratha Entertainment
- Best Actor: Sachin Khedekar
- Best Makeup Artist: Vikram Gaikwad, Henry Martis
- Best Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
- Best Actress: Priya Bapat
- Best Art Director: Prashant Rane, Abhishek Vijaykar
- 2012 Marathi International Cinema and Theatre Awards (MICTA)[awards 3]
- Best Film: Great Maratha Entertainment
- Best Actor: Sachin Khedekar
- Best Supporting Actor Female: Medha Manjrekar
- Best Art Director: Prashant Rane, Abhishekh Vijaykar
- Best Makeup Artist: Vikram Gaikwad, Henry Martis
- Best Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
- Best Actress: Ketaki Mategoankar
- Best Cinematographer: Ajit Reddy
- Best Costume Designer: Laxman Yellappa Gollar
- 2012 Prabhat Film Awards[awards 4]
- Best Actor (Male): Sachin Khedekar (Shared with Vikram Gokhale for Anumati)
- Best Background score: Ajit-Sameer
- 2012 Screen Awards Marathi[awards 5]
- Best Actress: Priya Bapat
- 2012 Zee Gaurav Puraskar[awards 6]
- Best Actor (Male): Sachin Khedekar
- Best Supporting Actor (Male): Sanjay Khapre
- Best Story: Usha Datar
- Best Sound: Manoj Mochemadkar
- Best Actor (Female): Priya Bapat
- Best Playback Singer (Female): Rajashree Pathak
- Best Dialogues: Girish Joshi
- Other Awards
- All India Marathi Film Federation — Yashashree Puraskar[awards 7]
- Majha Awards – Medha Manjrekar[awards 8]
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- Bibliography
- Patil, Pratap (2012). काकस्पर्श (in Marathi). Kolhapur: Parshwa Publications. p. 160. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- Kaksparsh Exclusive Making-1 (Television production) (in Marathi). Lehren. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- Kaksparsh Exclusive Making-2 (Television production) (in Marathi). Lehren. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- Kaksparsh Exclusive Making-3 (Television production) (in Marathi). Lehren. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Kaksparsh at IMDb