- Movie : And Jara Hatke (2016) | अँड जरा हटके
- Producer : Krishika Lulla and Ravi Jadhav
- Directer : Prakash Kunte
- Studio : Eros International and Ravi Jadhav Films
- Star Cast : Mrinal Kulkarni, Siddharth Menon, Shivani Rangole and Indraneil Sengupta
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Prakash Kunte’s & Jara Hatke is his second film as a director after his critically acclaimed Coffee ani Barach Kahi, and here we see the first signs of a pattern being formed. There are many things similar in both films. The genre, presentation, smart dialogues, likable but regukar characters. but the most obvious similarity is the illusion of a problem central to the screenplay.
In both films, we are presented a situation with a built in solution, in essence making the problems non-issues, if the characters take a logical stand. In Coffee, they do take it, whereas in & Jara Hatke, the filmmaker knows what the characters must do but is too careful to take any stand himself.
Resulting in an awkward and unsatisfactory climax.
Admittedly, the issue here is more serious than the earlier film. Meera (Kulkarni) is a single parent. She’s a botany teacher living in Pune and her daughter, Aastha (Rangole), is studying in Mumbai. Meera meets Aakash (Sengupta) a long lost Bengali friend, and they fall in love. Aakash is a sculptor and his son Nishant (Menon) is studying in a Mumbai art school.
Sensing an awkward response from Aastha, Aakash asks Nishant to speak to Aastha, which he does and they end up becoming good friends. As the relationship moves on to become something more than a friendship, things get complicated.
The characters in & Jara Hatke are independent thinkers, urban and progressive. The parents have already handled the negative reaction to their own upcoming marriage well and have stuck to their guns. So in the second half, it becomes difficult to see them falling back to conventions and looking for acceptable solutions.
Other than this crucial concern, the film does everything right. It looks good and speaks today’s language. It’s a good call to get Indraneil Sengupta to play the senior male lead as his presence along with the use of languages other than Marathi updates the film for a contemporary audience. Siddharth Menon has become a known name with many important, well-received films to his credit. He does a fine job here. Both female leads;
Mrinal Kulkarni and Shivani Rangole are equally effective. However, as far as the chemistry between actors goes, the senior pair scores slightly better than the younger pair.
The film could have done better with more detailing. For example, Aakash is a sculptor but we hardly see any of his work.
He seems to be working on a sculpture that’s hardly contemporary. Such detailing adds a lot to the character (remember the canvases of Akshay Khanna’s character in Dil Chahta Hai?). The recurring reference to Ayn Rand seems equally hollow as no one in the film seems to have a clue about her ideology. The minor characters are uneven. Some pass the muster where the others fail.
Still, these are minor glitches and with a satisfactory conclusion, I would have been happy to ignore these. The film can be still watched as a pleasant romance with good performances, but as far as strong content is concerned, & Jara Hatke is a Missed opportunity
