Panchak

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Panchak
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Marathi पंचक
Directed byRahul Awate
Jayant Jathar
Written byRahul Awate
Jayant Jathar
Produced by Madhuri Dixit Nene
Dr. Shriram Nene
Starring Adinath Kothare
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Bharati Achrekar
Anand Ingale
Tejashri Pradhan
Satish Alekar
Nandita Patkar
CinematographyPooja Gupte
Edited byJayant Jathar
Music byMangesh Dhakde
Production
company
RnM Moving Pictures
Release dates
  • 5 February 2023 (2023-02-05)
(PIFF)
  • 5 January 2024 (2024-01-05)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi
Budgetest.3 crore [1]
Box officeest.₹4.19 crore [2]

Panchak (transl.Quintet) is a 2024 Indian Marathi language comedy drama film written and directed by Rahul Awate and Jayant Jathar and produced by Madhuri Dixit Nene along with her husband, Dr. Shriram Nene, under RnM Moving Pictures. [3] The film features an ensemble cast of Adinath Kothare, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Bharati Achrekar, Anand Ingale, Tejashri Pradhan, Satish Alekar, Nandita Patkar, Sampada Kulkarni and Deepti Devi. [4] The story revolves around a family with a fear of superstition and death. [5]

Contents

It was released theatrically on 5 January 2024. [6]

Cast

Production

The film was announced by Dixit on 10 October 2019 along with the Mahurat shoot. [10] [11] This marked her second production in Marathi films after 15th August. [12] Panchak is shot in Konkan, Maharashtra. Kothare revealed that he was not the first choice for the part, but Dixit chose him. [13]

Soundtrack

The lyrics are written by Guru Thakur and the music is composed by Mangesh Dhakde.[ citation needed ]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Panchak Title Song"Suhas Sawant2:38
2."Chamatkar" Abhijeet Kosambi 3:58

Release and reception

Panchak had its premiere at 21st Pune International Film Festival on 5 February 2023, where it received standing ovation from the audience. [14] [15] [16] The official title poster and the release date were released by the makers in the mid-October. [17] The teaser was released on 1 December 2023, [18] subsequently, the trailer was released on 12 December 2023. [19] The trailer garnered a great response from the audience, and Bollywood stars Kajol, Riteish Deshmukh, Shilpa Shetty, Karan Johar, and others praised it. [20]

Nandini Ramnath from Scroll.in wrote "Dilip Prabhavalkar mercifully lingers on even after his passing in the form of flashbacks. The rest of the cast perform efficiently, with Nandita Patkar noteworthy as the easily susceptible Kaveri". [21] Reshma Raikwar from Loksatta says "Due to the depiction in Konkan and the humorous arrangement, the movie 'Panchak' feels good, but the thought that it could have been made better with all these forces does not remain in the mind". [22] Mihir Bhanage from The Times of India wrote "The comedy track of Shobhraj and Bullet Prakash is excellent. Vijay Kaundinya shows signs of becoming a villain of the future. Music by Saikarthik has good tunes. Venus Murthy’s cinematography is a treat". [23] Devendra Jadhav from Sakal wrote "The first to mention is Dilip Prabhavalkar. Dilipkak has done a great job despite playing a very small role. Their demeanor makes the atmosphere pleasant". [24]

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