Mohan Joshi

Yet another sports film about underdogs

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There has been an overdose of sports films about an underdog or a group of underdogs achieving glory in both Hindi and Marathi cinema. Chak De! India (2007), Mary Kom (2014), Yellow (2014), Dangal (2016), Gold (2018) and the recently released Me Pan Sachin are a few examples. Director Mangesh Kanthale’s Sur Sapata appears like … Read more

This Marathi crime saga deals with a different subject

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The story of the rise of gangsters has been done to death in our movies, especially in Hindi. Generally such films are set in Mumbai and the protagonist is a resident of the city who treads the road to crime owing to circumstances.  But this is where Pravin Vitthal Tarde’s Mulshi Pattern differs from other underworld … Read more