Geeta Winsome IMO this is one of the best films ever produced by Marathi Regional films. There are no words to convey the greatness of this movie. The acting by Nana Patekar, Medha Manjrekar , Vikram Gokhale and others was superb, heart wrenching and so real. The monologues were poetic and unforgettable. Kudos to the writers and the director. This is a film that should be watched by all.

doctor_ledo At first twenty minutes my wife told me i feel it's another repeated theatrical movie so let to turn it off, after that we started continuous crying for 2 hours.I thought before for long time that no movie will be near from shawshank redemption or god father and really after watching this phenomenal masterpiece i confirm it's superior than them by thousands of miles but no fair in this world.what a genius acting from Nana Patekar if he is actor in Hollywood he would be for sure a basket for many Oscars but again no fair.Adapting a play for the big screen is always a risky proposition, since stage plays are a live medium and has a bigger advantage of making an impression among the audiences. The tropes, scenes and moments that work in a play, may backfire in a film but this not happened here.all your emotions will hit you strongly as you watch every minute so be ready for this magical phenomenal movie.Thanx for Mahesh Manjrekar for super directing and a bundle of thanx for all actors but special ones to Nana Patekar and Medha Manjrekar really you are great actors.the last thing if any one need to watch real magical movie this is the one.

shobanchittuprolu Natsamrat (2016): Till now I haven't watched any Marathi film but I had heard lot of praise all the times for Nana Patekar and Mahesh Manjrekar.When I have heard about Natsamrat,I have decided that let this movie introduce me to Marthi cinema so I gave it a try..So how is Natsamrat??Did it gave me a good start??Plot: The film is a tragedy about a veteran theater actor named Ganpat "Appa" Belwalkar (Nana Patekar) who has been the best of his lot during his heyday, garnering fame and fortune acting in plays based on various works, especially William Shakespeare's. It is a tragedy of a veteran actor who enjoyed a very vital importance in his life but who becomes the victim of old age alienation and estrangement. The film reveals an intensely tragic fate of an actor who becomes victim of fate and fortune in old age, which is similar to the fate of Lear. Natsamrat suffers the pangs of old age and dishonor inflicted on him by his own children. It is a tragedy of great humanist and actor who succumbs to the ill fate and destiny. In fact, Natsamrat is a story of Ganpatrao Belvalkar, who withstands great suffering after his retirement from stage acting.Plus Points:1)Performances: Nana Patekar is truly a Natsamrat.He deserves an award for sure for his mind blowing performance.Patekar, at 65 proves that great actors don't fade away. They simply burn brighter with the growing awareness of mortality. This performance of a man raging against human injustices and God's quirky decree will rank among the most towering performances of Indian cinema.Vikram Gokhale as Rambhau is equally compelling. The sequence on his deathbed when Gokhale recites lines from the Mahabharat makes our hairs stand on-end. This is an actor at the crest of his performing ability.Medha Manjrekar as Sarkaar is brilliant in her role.2)Dialogues Screenplay and Direction: Natsamrat is a very old-fashioned melodramatic morality tale, and that's the highest compliment I can pay this extraordinarily rich emotional drama. One of the residual joys of watching this expansive tear-jerkier is its affectionate and enthusiastic evocation of theater greats from V V Shirwadkar to Shakespeare and, yes, even Tenesee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. The director, rather dexterously brings in the idea of 'Old Theatre' versus 'New Theatre', of changing mores in theater and life.Writers Kiran Yadnopavit, Abhijeet Deshpande for bringing alive a 45-year old play to remind us that great writing is ever renewable.Thank you, Mahesh Manjrekar, for restoring our faith in a cinema that speaks a straight emotional language and doesn't borrow its sensitivities from European cinema.3)Music: Background score is brilliant and carries the feel of the movie perfectly.So,Natsamrat is the best movie of the 2016 with award winning performance from Nana Patekar and brilliant taking of Mahesh Manjrekar.A Masterpiece work....Loved it...My rating 10/10

dip Just finished the movie and what an emotional ride it has been for me. Yet another brilliant master-piece of Marathi cinema that makes u feel the immense potential of Marathi film industry and people involved in it !A much needed message for Indian youth abandoning their duties toward their parents which is displayed in a way that guarantees to fill your eyes with tears of harsh truth that our society is facing. Most of the movie we can relate but few scenes were a bit stretched still story- line full of rich vocabulary and dazzling performance of Nana makes u hold your seat for non-stop 165 minutes.Very Well directed,acted and moreover beautifully scripted its a 10 out of 10 and i wish it could reach out to bigger audience through out the country.