Kaagar

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Kaagar
Kaagar film.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Makarand Mane
Written bySanjay Pawar
Makarand Mane (Dialogue)
Screenplay byMakarand Mane
Produced bySudhir Kolte
Vikas Hande
Starring
CinematographyAbhijeet Abde
Edited bySuchitra Sathe
Music by AV Prafullachandra
Production
companies
Release date
  • 26 April 2019 (2019-04-26)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Kaagar is a 2019 Indian Marathi-language Romantic political thriller film directed by Makarand Mane and produced by Viacom18 Studios and Udaharnarth Nirmit in association with Bahuroopi Productions. [1] The film stars Rinku Rajguru, Shashank Shende, Shubhankar Tawde. [2] [3] It was theatrically released on 26 April 2019. [4]

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Plot

In a small Maharashtrian town, a woman's rise in the political hierarchy creates ripples across the social-political spectrum. Parallelly, her romance with one of her father's students causes troubles in her personal & professional life.

Cast

Production

Kaagar is produced by Viacom18 Studios and Udaharnarth Nirmit in association with Bahuroopi Productions. [7] As the story of the film focuses on rural areas, the film was shot in Akluj and nearby rural areas of town. [8]

Soundtrack

Kaagar
Soundtrack album by
Released19 April 2019
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length24:27
LanguageMarathi
Label Zee Music Company
Official audio
Kaagar - Full Album on YouTube
Kaagar - BGM
Film score by
Released10 June 2021
Genre Background score
Length25:23
Label Zee Music Company
CompilerAjeeth
Official audio
Kaagar - BGM - Full Album on YouTube

Music and background score is composed by AV Prafullachandra. Songs are recorded by Kavita Ram, Vivek Naik, Rahul Chitnis, Santosh Bote, Jasraj Joshi, Rucha Bondre, Shashaa Tirupati, Harshavardhan Wavare, Adarsh Shinde, Pravin Kunwar, Amaan Khaan, Jazim Sharma, Amruta Subhash, Manish Rajgire. Lyrics by Vaibhav Deshmukh.

All lyrics are written by Vaibhav Deshmukh; all music is composed by AV Prafullachandra

Track listing
No.TitleSinger (s)Length
1."Darval Mavhacha"Kavita Ram, Vivek Naik, Rahul Chitnis, Santosh Bote3:39
2."Gondan Pirmach"Jasraj Joshi, Rucha Bondre3:53
3."Lagliya Godi Tujhi"Shashaa Tirupati, Harshavardhan Wavare3;18
4."Nagin Dance"Adarsh Shinde, Pravin Kunwar3:31
5."Shah-E-Makhdum Ali Vali"Amaan Khaan, Jazim Sharma4:16
6."Tula Futu De Kaagar"Amruta Subhash, Manish Rajgire4:39
Total length:24:27

Release

Kaagar was theatrically released on 26 April 2019 and available for streaming on Netflix. [9] Initially film was released on 7 February 2019 but pushed due to production. [10] [11]

Reception

Kaagar received mixed reviews from critics. Shalmesh More of Koimoi rated it 3.5 out of 5 and praised the strong performances and direction. Criticized for trying to retain specific treatment, even explaining that some scenes go over the top. The music of the film is very loud, especially in the action sequences. Also the background score goes overboard. [12] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in wrote "The film doesn't know how to deal with Rani and the talented actress for her role. Rani's bitter choice between love and duty falls by the wayside as Kagar runs into a scandal that no one saw coming because in the real world don't things end like that? The opening credits declare that Rinku Rajguru has been "reintroduced" by Kaagar, but despite getting top billing, Rani slips to the bottom of the pile. Rajguru is still at large, but this time there is no clear direction." [13] Ibrahim Afgan of Maharashtra Times gave 2.5 out of 5 and criticised shallowness of characters, ignorance of subject matter, and clumsiness of story limits this movie. From background music to acting, its immaturity makes the film mediocre. A new political leadership in the new era is a good subject, but it needs not only the will but also the right support. This error has made this an artifact common. [14] Chitrali Chogale of Times Now Marathi gave 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "An only daughter of a spacious political family and her lover from a poor house, he is accompanied by his two friends and the difficulties faced by this love, is somewhere back to the plot of Sairat movie, but the movie does not make that much impact. The uniqueness of Rinku's character, the broken story in the film and the stretched story towards the end, at least if these things were played out, the film would have been effective." [15] The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 and opinined as average experience. [16]

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