Movie Review: Ek Sangaychay- Unsaid Harmony (Marathi)

Producer- Prabhakar Parab

Director-Lokesh Vijay Gupte

Star Cast- Kay Kay Menon, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Abhijit Aamkar, Shubhavi Gupte, Shalva Kinjawdekar, Harshita Sohal and Padmavati Rao

Genre- Drama

Rating- ***1/2

It's all about increasing expectations of parents and wards

Jyothi Venkatesh

Ek Sangaycha revolves around four youngsters Kabir (Aamkar), Dhruv (Kinjavdekar), Angad (Rajadhyaksha) and Anahita (Sohal) who are very good friends and spend most of their time together. The film shows them as confused young people, wasting time on drinks, smoking and going to gambling dens where the youth prefer to take drugs. Kabir’s  father, the upright duty bound ACP Malhar (Kay Kay Menon ), may not have much time for the children, but his mother (Rajeshwari Sachdev) is a stay-at-home mom. One day, after a heated argument with his dad, Kabir does something unthinkable.

The message of the film, which strikes a resemblance to earlier films like Shakti, 3 Idiots etc is straightforward and that is there has to be open communication between parents and children; and parents should not burden kids with their own ambitions and allow their wards to be free to pursue their own goals.

The actors are good, but most of them have little to do, with the exception of Kay Kay Menon and Rajeshwari Sachdeva and Abhijit Aamkar as Kabir. Kay Kay is excellent and gives a solid performance in an emotionally charged role, but why he resorts to Hindi intermittently poses a big question mark. Though the premise is interesting, the director fails to maintain the tempo of his plot after the interval which shocks us. Shailendra Barve’s music is soothing while sound design by Resul Pokutty is excellent.

For a debutante, I should confess that Lokesh Gupte’s direction is competent but unfortunately it is saddled with a not so well developed script (also by Gupte) that goes around in circles and fails to keep you engrossed with the goings on after the interval, though certain dialogues between Kay Kay Menon as the strict hot tempered dad and Rajeshwari and the way Rajeshwari erupts after a confrontation with her husband literally gives you goose bumps. The film which is about the lack of communication between parents and children and the need to bridge the gap in today’s context is worth watching at least once in spite of some flaws in it.

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