Aayna Ka Bayna

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Aayna Ka Bayna
Directed by Samit Kakkad
Screenplay bySamit Kakkad
Story byRaju Khuste
Suchita Sawant
Produced byAmar Kakkad
Pushpa Kakkad
Manju Porwal
Starring Sachin Khedekar
Amruta Khanvilkar
Cinematography Sanjay Jadhav
Edited byRahul Bhatankar
Music byAjit-Sameer
Production
company
Akshara Films Division
Release date
  • 30 November 2012 (2012-11-30)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Aayna Ka Bayna also known as Delinquent Dancers is a 2012 Marathi-language musical drama film written and directed by Samit Kakkad. [1] The film stars Sachin Khedekar and Amruta Khanvilkar while Siddesh Pai, Amit Rokade, Dinesh Kamble, Pravin Nair, Anand Chavan, Sanket Farad, Rahul Kulkarni, Akhilesh Vishvakarma and Nikhil Rajemahadik portray pivotal roles. [2] A group of juveniles living in a remand home possess amazing dancing skills, but their path is hindered by their warden. Two dance masters assist and guide these aspirants towards their goal. [3]

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The film received positive response from critics and audience upon release. Moreover, it went on to screened at twelve film festivals across the globe and won several accolades, it received two Zee Chitra Gaurav Awards and one Sanskruti Kala Darpan Award while internationally it won ten awards at CineRockom International Film Festival, including Best Feature Film, Best Director (Kakkad), Best Actor (Khedekar) and Best Actress (Khanvilkar). [4] [5]

Plot

The story about group of juveniles living in a remand home who are eagerly trying to sort out their bleak lives. To help them, Shivani uses the dance therapy to counsel them. As a part of it, these boys get a chance to take part in a dance competition. But their strict warden Sathe opposes them. The boys then decide to escape and show their special talent to the world.

Cast

Production

Kakkad held an open auditions for the role of nine juveniles with the intension to cast dancers with the same background. 400 people showed up, coincidentally one of Rokade's nephews and four students from his dance school were signed for the movie. They underwent a 20 days acting workshop. [8]

Soundtrack

The film songs and background score is composed by Ajit-Sameer. The title track of the film was choreographed by Umesh Jadhav even before the song was written by Vidyadhar Bhave and recorded. He took help of international tracks of Pitbull, Beyonce, Eminem and Michael Jackson among others to choreograph the nine hip-hop dancers. [9] The remaining songs are choreographed by Boogie Woogie winner Rohan Rokade. [8]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Aayna Ka Bayna (Title Track)"4:26
2."Maula Mere"3:13
3."Stone Paper Scissor"2:04
4."Balle Balle"1:20
5."Locking Popping Na Sikha"6:38
6."Gheuntak"1:52
7."Bandh Kar Bandh Kar"2:01
Total length:21:34

Release and reception

The film had its theatrical release on 30 November 2012 and in 2014 the film was dubbed in Hindi and aired on Sony Max. [10] [11] The film was chosen as a closing film of the Reelworld Film Festival, Toronto in 2013. [12] The film subsequently screened at 39th Seattle International Film Festival, 10th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart. [13]

Accolades

AwardsYearCategoryRecipient(s)Result
CineRockom International Film Festival2013Best Feature Film (Diamond Award) Samit Kakkad Won
Best Director (Gold Award)Won
Best Actor (Silver Award) Sachin Khedekar Won
Best Lead Actress (Gold Award) Amruta Khanvilkar Won
Best Music Score (Silver Award) Ajit Parab Won
Best Young Artist (Silver Award)Siddesh PaiWon
Best Young Artist (Blue Award)Sanket FaradWon
Best Editing (Diamond Award)Rahul BhatankarWon
Best Cinematography (Gold Award) Sanjay Jadhav Won
Best Production Design (Silver Award)Vasu PatilWon
Marathi Chitrapat Parivaar- PuneBest ScreenplaySamit KakkadWon
Sanskruti Kala Darpan AwardsBest DirectorNominated
Best ActorSachin KhedekarNominated
Best CinematographySanjay JadhavWon
Zee Gaurav Awards [5] [14] Best FilmAayna Ka BaynaNominated
Special Jury AwardAayna Ka BaynaWon
Best DirectorSamit KakkadNominated
Best Background MusicAjit- SameerNominated
Best SoundManoj MochemadkarNominated
Best EditorRahul BhatankarNominated
Best CinematographySanjay JadhavNominated
Best ChoreographyUmesh Jadhav, Rohan RokadeWon

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