In India, films such as Anand and Kal Ho Na Ho have dealt with stories about protagonists suffering from a severe illness very well. However, none of them can be compared to Suhas Desale’s Marathi movie Amaltash. It is also the story of a chief character undergoing a major crisis but it gets to that level in its own way narrative wise and storywise.
The setting for Amaltash (which translates to ‘a month and a week’) is in Pune. The main character is Rahul (Rahul Deshpande) who lives with his older sister (Deepti Mate), her husband (Bhushan Mate) and their daughter Dimple (Trisha Kunte). He works at a music instruments showroom as a musician as well as singer where he takes care of them too. The store employs the same people he played with in his former band which fell apart due to some unfortunate events.
One day, Rahul goes over to one of their customers and well-wishers Mrs Potdar (Pratibha Padhye) for some music instrument related work. There he interacts with her young granddaughter Keerthi (Pallavi Paranjpe) who stays with her father in Canada but has come visiting Pune for sometime. They get along pretty well together because they share a common interest in music among other things.
But this isn’t how we are told about Amaltash through what I have just explained above. This film is like those collage of scenes, sequences and conversations that happen in real life where you’re just an observer who loves watching keenly. It takes some minutes before you grasp the narrative but once you do so, you’ll never want to leave it alone again even for seconds! The more curious does not let go of being so neither do your emotions part ways evermore with these characters plus their tales that become nearer by each second. The film is narrated with a lot of tenderness, which you feel every now and then.
Another big thing here is the dialogue. They are just ordinary conversations but they have this deepness in them that makes one think about life more generally. Music has been used well though no normal songs have been presented in the movie. What you see are live performances happening inside homes when friends meet – it’s unplugged and intimate.
All through this, the city of Pune also gets shown in a very different but nice light too; same way Tu Hai Mera Sunday did for Mumbai.
However, Amaltash’s biggest triumph lies within how it handles its pre-climax and climax with (yet again) such a tender nature that it takes move after move upon your whole being never letting go but at the same time (without giving much away) full of life.
As for those technical details, camerawork doesn’t do anything fancy while background scores plus editing stick to simplicity which is good because of what kind movie this is meant to be.
And so does acting too where Rahul Deshpande was awesome even though he shot this film after Mee Vasantrao. With Amaltash, he shows us all that he can act just as well as sing. Pallavi Paranjpe fits perfectly into her role as a Canadian return girl she never overdoes with her language ability and sometimes speaks without speaking much if you understand me?.
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