Family Katta

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Family Katta
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Marathi फॅमिली कट्टा
Directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni
Screenplay byPrashant Dalvi
Story byPrashant Dalvi
Produced by Vandana Gupte
Starring Dilip Prabhavalkar
Vandana Gupte
Alok Rajwade
Gauri Nalawade
Kiran Karmarkar
Prateeksha Lonkar
Sachin Deshpande
Sulekha Talwalkar
Sanjay Khapre
Sai Tamhankar
Aadesh Shrivastava
CinematographyMahesh Limaye
Edited byJayant Jathar
Music byMangesh Dhakade
Production
company
Sister Concern Entertainment
Release date
  • 7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
Running time
124 minutes
Country India
Language Marathi

Family Katta is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language comedy drama film directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni and produced by Vandana Gupte under the production banner of Sister Concern Entertainment. The film was released on 7 October 2016 and stars an ensemble cast of Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Alok Rajwade, Gauri Nalawade, Kiran Karmarkar, Prateeksha Lonkar, Sachin Deshpande, Sulekha Talwalkar, Sanjay Khapre, Sai Tamhankar and Aadesh Shrivastava.

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Plot

Family Katta is a story of a dysfunctional family and the way in which the elderly couple at the head of the Sabnis family tries to hold it together. Madhukar (Dilip Prabhavalkar), who is also known as Bhai, and Malti (Vandana Gupte) are the elderly couple based in Pune, who are celebrating their 50th marriage anniversary and have planned to organize a small party at their residence. This is their another effort at reuniting their four children and their extended families. Their children and grandchildren are located in different cities, and the family has lost contact overtime due to many unresolved issues from the past, although the grandchildren (the two young cousins) are still close. Their daughter, Manju (Sai Tamhankar), is married to a man from a different community who is older to her (referred as of her father's age in one scene), and will be coming home and meeting the family after six years. It is also meant to be an opportunity for the patriarch Bhai to forgive their daughter.

The couple is shown carrying away daily household chores while anticipating and getting things ready for the big day. There is also a light humour arising out of couple’s arguments over small issues in their day-to-day life. The couple is shown celebrating their anniversary by sharing a private moment and remembering all the memories of their past years in the early morning hours. Meanwhile, the grandchildren create a family WhatsApp group and plan to go to their grandparents' house together against their parents' wishes. However, the film takes an extremely drastic turn in the second half since things do not go as planned and Malti's dream of seeing the family happy together is tested to the limit.

Cast

Soundtrack

"Ek Sohlaa Nirala"
Single by Aanandi Joshi
from the album Family Katta
LanguageMarathi
Released10 October 2016 (2016-October-10) [1]
Length3:41
Label Sister Concern Entertainment
Composer(s) Mangesh Dhakade
Lyricist(s) Dasoo

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. [2]

Reception

The Times of India 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." [3] Loksatta also reviewed the movie,. [4] as did the Pune Mirror , which stated that it had a "strong emotional core". [5] The movie received three and half stars by ABP Majha stating this is a Celebration that puts Xrays on Relationships. [6]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2016 Jio Filmfare Awards Marathi Best Film Chandrakant Kulkarni Nominated
Best DirectorNominated
Best Actress Vandana Gupte Nominated
Best Actress CriticsWon
Best Supporting Actress Sai Tamhankar Won

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References

  1. "Ek Sohlaa Nirala (From "Family Katta") - Single". iTunes. 10 October 2016.
  2. "Ek Sohlaa Nirala (From "Family Katta")". Saavn. 10 October 2016.
  3. Bhanage, Mihir (8 October 2016). "Family Katta Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. "फॅमिली कट्टा मूव्ही रिव्ह्यू". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. "FILM REVIEW: FAMILY KATTA". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)