He is credited with having made India's first horror film titled “Bhedi Bangla”. The character of Bhagwan Dada, whose real name was Bhagwan Abaji Palav, will be played by award-winning Marathi actor Mangesh Desai and Bollywood make-up artist Vidyadhar Bhatte will help bring the look of the actor with his art.īhagwan made a special place for himself in showbiz by showcasing his acting prowess in over 300 films. The production house alleged that Patwardhan cheated them by taking illegal possession of the film's screenplay with dialogues, research material and important hard disks from the producer's office. The film hit a legal roadblock when Kimaya Motion Pictures filed a case against director Niranjan Patwardhan, who was to helm the film first, for cheating, fraud, breach of contract and theft last year. Being produced by Kimaya Motion Pictures, the film will be directed by Shekhar Sartandel, read a statement. The film will be a tribute to the cinema legend for his contribution to the film industry. The music and performances stay with you but as a complete film, 'Ekk Albela' doesn’t really fire.New Delhi, July 31 (IANS): After a prolonged legal tussle, "Ek Albela", a Marathi film which will unfold the life of late actor-director Bhagwan Dada on the silver screen, will go on the floors on August 5. Rest assured, you would walk out of the cinema hall humming the songs. His negative portrayal of distributor Chandubhai Mehta evokes hatred.įor the music aficionados, this one brings back memories of 'Albela' with renditions of 'Bholi soorat dil ke khote', 'Shola jo bhadke' and 'Dheere se aaja re'. Vidyadhar Joshi is another person to look out for. Vidya Balan as Geeta Bali looks beautiful and does what’s required of her. He gets the mannerisms and expressions perfectly and is a delight to watch. Mangesh Desai is bang on as Bhagwan Dada. The strength of this film is in the performances of its main characters. 'Ekk Albela' takes the simpler way it makes use of tight frames to restrict detailing on the periphery. Recreating an era is a task and minute attention is needed to get the artwork right. This is the drawback of the biopic because the viewer doesn’t really associate with any scene or character due to the abruptness. It is more of a montage of scenes put together rather than a story taken forward. Right from the start, the film appears to be random. Be it him heeding Raj Kapoor’s friendly advice, making stuntmen dance in his film or getting Geeta Bali, a star then, on board 'Albela', this film has it all. There are many legends around Bhagwan’s life and 'Ekk Albela' incorporates most of them. It is essentially a biopic that focuses on Bhagwan Dada’s journey up to the time when he reached the peak of his career with 'Albela'. Anyway, 'Ekk Albela' doesn’t really delve into that. His life post 'Albela' too was a topic of hot discussion especially since he lost all that he had earned. Bhagwan was the poster-boy of the rags-to-riches story. A labourer who harboured dreams of acting in films made it big in the industry despite not being the conventional good-looker a man who had a fleet of seven cars (one for each day of the week) and someone who started out with B-grade action films but hit gold with a ‘social film’ titled Albela. The older generation is familiar with Bhagwan’s story. 'Ekk Albela', on the other hand, is a tribute to Indian’s cinema’s Douglas Fairbanks – Bhagwan Abaji Palav aka Bhagwan Dada. Marathi films have had their share of biopics but most of these were about politicians. Biopics have become the flavour of the season with the Hindi industry riding high on their success.
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