The movie I loved…

The movie that is making rounds now days among the Marathi speaking population is “mi shivaji raje bhosle boltoy”. I have always loved seeing Marathi movies. They are simpler, less glamorous, and most importantly they make me feel closer to my mother tongue “Marathi” the same feeling is there when I read marathi books. and they are many, and wonderful. What I loved about this movie is that it tacked one of the core issues. This was what one of the political parties is obsessed about. And that is regionalism. I distinctly remember one of the dialogues exchanged when the hero and Shivaji maharaj (I should say THE Shivaji maharaj, since anyone well versed with Maharashtra history would know Shivaji maharaj) where the hero says that all business owned by various communities of India, with no contribution of maharshtrians. At that time maharaj says” who has stopped you from doing so…” etc etc. the bottom line was that one shouldn’t complain about the success of some community if one has equal opportunity to go ahead and one does not. I distinctly remember a real life incident that stayed in my memory for very long. An acquaintance of mine said that where she stayed some years back there were two persons from a community who were studying for MPSC UPSC exams. They knew only two roads one that took them to the college and another which took them to market. All they stayed locked up in their room studying and studying. I honestly wondered how many natives of Maharashtra would have done that. This movie also taught me many other things. One is being proud that I am a maharshtrian. Being proud to speak the language. I remember in my French classes we had a “sample” who was anglicized maharshtrian. Who could barely speak an ounce of Marathi and that too with that silly English accent. Who she thought she was fooling? Or even here parents, who thought that Marathi was just too LS (low style) and speak in English. Well I am proud, that I can speak fluent Marathi, without accent and I take every available opportunity to speak in Marathi with a person who speaks Marathi. It brings me closer to other brethren speaking Marathi. But yes. I always stopped from making a clan like many of my TDP or gurjar colleagues, as I always hated the alienated feeling they created in me. When they non stop spoke in their native language. It made me feel just so out of place.
Excellent star cast with sachin khedekar (netaji subhashchandra Bose) playing the lead and actor/director Mahesh majrekar playing Shivaji maharaj’s role. Wonderful music by ajay-atul, especially the “afzal khan” powada (a kind of song sung in favor of a king, and his bravery), was absolutely rocking. And the back ground electric guitar tunes, simply foot tapping.
What more can I say…I loved it. Maybe because it didn’t propagate anything but just said…”be proud to be a maharshtrians”