''Family Katta'' is an Indian
Marathi-language
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comedy
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drama
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film directed by
Chandrakant Kulkarni
Chandrakant Kulkarni (born 1963) is an Indian director, script writer and actor associated with Marathi theatre and film. He is known for his works of directing the plays ''Wada Chirebandi'', ''Dhyanimani'', ''Gandhi Virudh Gandhi'' and most r ...
and produced by
Vandana Gupte
Vandana Gupte is a Marathi stage actress who has also performed television and film roles.
Career
Her most well-known TV role was as the domineering Nilambari Pandey in Zee TV's comedy serial ''Kareena Kareena''.
She was a part of project d ...
. Released in
India
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on 7 October 2016, the film has a star cast of more than 10 actors which includes
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 4 August 1944) is an Indian Marathi actor, director, playwright and author. He has a career spanning over four decades in Hindi and Marathi theatre, television and movies. He was awarded the National Film Award for ...
,
Vandana Gupte
Vandana Gupte is a Marathi stage actress who has also performed television and film roles.
Career
Her most well-known TV role was as the domineering Nilambari Pandey in Zee TV's comedy serial ''Kareena Kareena''.
She was a part of project d ...
,
Alok Rajwade
Alok Rajwade (born 7 February 1989) is an Indian actor, director, singer and painter. He has appeared in Marathi and Hindi films and experimental plays.
Early life
Rajwade was born and raised in Pune, where he attended Aksharnandan school. H ...
, Gauri Nalawade,
Kiran Karmarkar
Kiran Karmarkar (born 2 May 1958) is an Indian television, film and theatre actor. He is popularly known for his portrayal of the character Om Agarwal in the television saga ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' (2000 - 2008) that aired on Star Plus.
Care ...
,
Prateeksha Lonkar
Prateeksha Lonkar is an Indian actress who mostly appeared in Hindi and Marathi films and television series. She is best known for playing the lead title role in the Marathi TV serial ''Damini'', that aired on DD Sahyadri.
Early life
Lonkar's ...
, Sachin Deshpande,
Sulekha Talwalkar, Sanjay Khapre,
Sai Tamhankar
Sai Tamhankar (Pronunciation: əiː t̪aːmɦəɳkəɾ born 25 June 1986) is an Indian actress known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam language films and television. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Marathi Awards and one ...
and
Aadesh Shrivastava
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. The plot revolves around an elderly couple Madhukar Sabnis (
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 4 August 1944) is an Indian Marathi actor, director, playwright and author. He has a career spanning over four decades in Hindi and Marathi theatre, television and movies. He was awarded the National Film Award for ...
) and Malati Sabnis (
Vandana Gupte
Vandana Gupte is a Marathi stage actress who has also performed television and film roles.
Career
Her most well-known TV role was as the domineering Nilambari Pandey in Zee TV's comedy serial ''Kareena Kareena''.
She was a part of project d ...
) based in
Pune
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who plan a reunion on their
50th wedding anniversary to resolve the differences between their children and grandchildren.
Plot
An elderly couple Madhukar Sabnis aka Bhai (
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 4 August 1944) is an Indian Marathi actor, director, playwright and author. He has a career spanning over four decades in Hindi and Marathi theatre, television and movies. He was awarded the National Film Award for ...
) and Malati Sabnis (
Vandana Gupte
Vandana Gupte is a Marathi stage actress who has also performed television and film roles.
Career
Her most well-known TV role was as the domineering Nilambari Pandey in Zee TV's comedy serial ''Kareena Kareena''.
She was a part of project d ...
) based in
Pune
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is planning to celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary at their house by throwing a small party over there to organise a reunion which is compulsory for all of their family members. This is their yet another effort of getting their children and grandchildren together. Their children and grandchildren are located in different cities and have lost contact over time due to unresolved issues of the past. Meanwhile, Bhai and Malati are shown carrying away daily household chores while anticipating and getting things ready for their occasion. There is also a light humour arising out of their arguments over small issues in their day-to-day life. All of their family members also start getting introduced: their first son is Nishikant Sabnis (
Kiran Karmarkar
Kiran Karmarkar (born 2 May 1958) is an Indian television, film and theatre actor. He is popularly known for his portrayal of the character Om Agarwal in the television saga ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' (2000 - 2008) that aired on Star Plus.
Care ...
) who lives with his wife Sujata Sabnis (
Prateeksha Lonkar
Prateeksha Lonkar is an Indian actress who mostly appeared in Hindi and Marathi films and television series. She is best known for playing the lead title role in the Marathi TV serial ''Damini'', that aired on DD Sahyadri.
Early life
Lonkar's ...
) and son Siddharth Sabnis (
Alok Rajwade
Alok Rajwade (born 7 February 1989) is an Indian actor, director, singer and painter. He has appeared in Marathi and Hindi films and experimental plays.
Early life
Rajwade was born and raised in Pune, where he attended Aksharnandan school. H ...
) in
Mumbai
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; their second son is Deepak Sabnis (
Sachin Deshpande) who lives with his wife Veena Sabnis (
Sulekha Talwalkar) and daughter Tanvi Sabnis (
Gauri Nalawade); their third son is Viju Sabnis (
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* Sanjaya, an important character in the ancient Indian epic ''Mahabharata''
* San ...
) who is unmarried; and their daughter is Manju Sabnis (
Sai Tamhankar
Sai Tamhankar (Pronunciation: əiː t̪aːmɦəɳkəɾ born 25 June 1986) is an Indian actress known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam language films and television. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Marathi Awards and one ...
) who lives with her husband Akhilesh (
Aadesh Shrivastava
Aadesh Shrivastava (4 September 1964 – 5 September 2015) was a music composer and singer of Indian music. Initially, he had worked as a drummer to music composers including R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan before working independently as a music d ...
) who is a man of a different caste and a different age.
Finally, the day of Bhai and Malati's 50th wedding anniversary approaches when they are shown sharing a private moment and remembering all the good memories of their past years in the early morning hours. Meanwhile, Siddharth and Tanvi create a
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group
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named "Family Katta" to make all the family members meet each other on the way and go to their destination together against both of their parents' wishes.
The film takes a shocking and tragedic turn in its second-half with the
sudden death of Bhai in his room due to
heart failure. Malati is devastated on discovering this but she decides to keep this a secret as she does not want the efforts put by her and Bhai to bring all their family members together to go in vain. After all the family members' arrival, Malati hides Bhai's dead body in his bedroom and lies to everyone that he is resting in it. However, thinking that he is still disapproving her marriage, Manju goes in Bhai's bedroom along with Akhilesh to confront him over this and they discover that he is already dead but do not reveal this to anyone. Meanwhile, all the other family members are delighted with the reunion and share some light moments as they are unaware of the situation. Later, Malati somehow covers Bhai's dead body and brings it outside in his old wheelchair. Thinking that he is ill, all the family members take a selfie with Malati and Bhai's covered dead body, just after Malati plays a recording which has the timeline of the Sabnis family narrated by Bhai some days ago. In two scenes, Malati is shown imagining an alive Bhai talking to her and all the family members. After Siddharth and Tanvi go out and buy a cake for Bhai and Malati's 50th wedding anniversary, all the other family members start arguing with each other at home due still unresolved issues of the past. Malati overhears this argument and she reveals Bhai's death to everybody in an outburst which devastates them. Everybody then feel guilty for their behaviour with Bhai and they apologise to Malati, saying that they will never leave each other alone. The film ends with Siddharth sending the Sabnis family members' last photograph on the Family Katta WhatsApp group and typing on it that the real death of Bhai took place only after he met all of them and celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary along with them.
Cast
*
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 4 August 1944) is an Indian Marathi actor, director, playwright and author. He has a career spanning over four decades in Hindi and Marathi theatre, television and movies. He was awarded the National Film Award for ...
as Madhukar Sabnis (Bhai)
*
Vandana Gupte
Vandana Gupte is a Marathi stage actress who has also performed television and film roles.
Career
Her most well-known TV role was as the domineering Nilambari Pandey in Zee TV's comedy serial ''Kareena Kareena''.
She was a part of project d ...
as Malati Sabnis
*
Alok Rajwade
Alok Rajwade (born 7 February 1989) is an Indian actor, director, singer and painter. He has appeared in Marathi and Hindi films and experimental plays.
Early life
Rajwade was born and raised in Pune, where he attended Aksharnandan school. H ...
as Siddharth Sabnis (Bhai and Malati's grandson)
*
Gauri Nalawade as Tanvi Sabnis (Bhai and Malati's granddaughter)
*
Kiran Karmarkar
Kiran Karmarkar (born 2 May 1958) is an Indian television, film and theatre actor. He is popularly known for his portrayal of the character Om Agarwal in the television saga ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' (2000 - 2008) that aired on Star Plus.
Care ...
as Nishikant Sabnis (Bhai and Malati's first son)
*
Prateeksha Lonkar
Prateeksha Lonkar is an Indian actress who mostly appeared in Hindi and Marathi films and television series. She is best known for playing the lead title role in the Marathi TV serial ''Damini'', that aired on DD Sahyadri.
Early life
Lonkar's ...
as Sujata Sabnis (Bhai and Malati's first daughter-in-law)
*
Sachin Deshpande as Deepak Sabnis (Bhai and Malati's second son)
*
Sulekha Talwalkar as Veena Sabnis (Bhai and Malati's second daughter-in-law)
*
Sanjay Khapre Sanjay, also spelled Sanjai, Sanjey, Sanje, Sanjaey and Sunjay, is a male given name of Sanskrit origin meaning "triumphant" (from Sañjaya) and may refer to:
People
* Sanjaya, an important character in the ancient Indian epic ''Mahabharata''
* San ...
as Viju Sabnis (Bhai and Malati's third son)
*
Sai Tamhankar
Sai Tamhankar (Pronunciation: əiː t̪aːmɦəɳkəɾ born 25 June 1986) is an Indian actress known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam language films and television. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Marathi Awards and one ...
as Manju Sabnis (Bhai and Malati's daughter)
*
Aadesh Shrivastava
Aadesh Shrivastava (4 September 1964 – 5 September 2015) was a music composer and singer of Indian music. Initially, he had worked as a drummer to music composers including R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan before working independently as a music d ...
as Akhilesh Srivastava (Bhai and Malati's son-in-law)
*
Bharati Achrekar as Malati's sister (Special Appearance)
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of ''Family Katta'' consists of just one song, ''Ek Sohlaa Nirala'' , which was sung by
Aanandi Joshi, composed by Mangesh Dhakade and written by Dasoo.
Reception
''
The Times of India
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'' rated the film at three and a half stars, stating that "In an industry that is busy following trends most of the times, ''Family Katta'' comes as a fresh detour from the usual fare." ''
Loksatta'' also reviewed the movie,. as did the ''
Pune Mirror'', which stated that it had a "strong emotional core". The movie received three and half stars by
ABP Majha
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stating this is a Celebration that puts Xrays on Relationships.
Box office
The film's six day box office collection was approx Rs. 1.53 Crores.
[http://www.logicalmoviereviews.com/family-katta-marathi-movie-6-days-box-office-collection/ ]
Accolades
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=6041344
2016 films
2010s Marathi-language films