3rd Jan 2010 Sunday,i was at home on a long vacation but that day was the end of it and so i was in a mood to fully utilise my last day of vacation. Suddenly my mom asked me for a Marathi movie : Natarang to nearby theatre.That day itself i read a review of the movie and it was very positive. I usually don't trust reviews very much but i only go to movies which have got at least Standard ratings.. but, this movie have got excellent ratings so, i decided not to miss this one.
Natarang is based on a novel by Anand Yadav [ who resides opposite me.. :) ] 'Natarang' revolves around GUNA, a farm worker from the backword community, who is an amature wrestler with ultimate dreams of playing the King in the traditional Marathi folk art Tamasha.Somehow he nurtures his dream and gets an opportunity to form his own Tamasha "phad" with the help of Pandoba,a native villager and another great fan of Tamasha. they start off well with all enthu and lots of practise ,but soon gets few hurdles which includes finding lead Tamasha dancer without which Tamasha would not go on.He gets one ,our heroin "Nayana" ,but again Guna gets stuck with a unsolvable problem. Our heroin demands a "Nachya" for Tamasha group, where concept of Nachya is that of a male who acts,lives like a female and used in Tamasha as a humour maker..
Guna is so passionate about his qualities as "Kalavant" that he gets ready to do that role, a brave decision for the sake of Tamasha,his passion... For this he needs to do lots of sacrifices.There starts his tough life as nachya ... First of all ,he needs to give up his manly habits,shed weight,give up manly postures and needs to learn feminine gestures.
Transformation in him are excellent. He carries his new role with the same passion and gets along very well with it. Their Tamasha group soon becomes popular...But, here on his family fronts, Every one keeps a distance with him as by selecting a life of Nachya ,he have disguised a family honor. But, with out thinking about family,he continues.. His nachya goes on... But, somehow somewhere he creates an enemy for himself which causes a g8 trouble at the peak of his carrier.his group gets shattered cause of this tornado.. and after that his losses becomes greatest.. his baba dies, his wife leaves him, his self-respect goes, he even couldn't rub off his image of nachya ..... but, still he keeps on worshipping the "kalavant" inside him...
Finally, he starts his new life as a nachya itself ,but tries to do some diff roles too which gives him good identity besides nachya. :) At his end days, he gets what he wants , a recognition to Tamasha folks.. :)
All in all, good movie, very good language, very good acting by Atul kulkarni.. :) best .. the transition from manly Guna into feminine Guna is just simply awesome. :) .. simply awesome. He is best..I liked the movie very much..After Jogava this one is the best marathi movie i saw.. :)
