Asha Bhosle plays the role of a mother suffering from Alzheimer’s in the Marathi film Mai.
Mai – movie review
Mai is the story of an helpless mother and her ungrateful and insensitive children.. The subject is cliched, but it is Asha Bhosle’s performance which is the highlight of the film.
It is wonderful to see Asha Tai taking personal interest in this touching film where she is in front of the camera. And she has played the role of an ageing mother very naturally. This is the highlight of this film.
In Baghban we had the aged parents whose children weren’t willing to take care of them. In this film it is the 65 year old mother of three daughters and a son. The son is much involved in his personal problems that he is least interested in taking care of his mother.
The eldest daughter Madhu (Padmini Kolhapure) is the only one who cares for her mother, and then she finds out that Mai has Alzheimer’s. Madhu wants to keep and look after Mai, which is not so positively taken by her husband Subhash (Ram Kapoor) and her daughter.
The nightingale Asha Bhosle has acted very naturally in this film. Giving her company is the talented actress of 80s Padmini Kolhapure and the television star Ram Kapoor.
Director Mahesh Kodiyal very artistically uses silhouettes which make the scenes stand out. Asha Bhosle is now 79 years old, yet she is so natural in dramatic scenes. Its nice to see Padmini Kolhapure who makes a comeback in this emotional drama.
As a mother who single handedly raises her four children, through all thick and thin, the struggles in life, and now that they adandon her in her old age. It is in this age that their mother especially who needs their love and care. She doesn’t expect any material things, but their company, yet she doesn’t get it.
Mai is a tear jerker, and has its moments when it comes to showing the mother-daughter bond.
Mai reminds us of an old saying:
A son is a son until he gets a wife,
but a daughter is a daughter all her life…
Cast of MAI:
Asha Bhosle as Mai
Padmini Kolhapure as Madhu
Shivani Joshi as Charu
Ram Kapoor as Subhash
Navin Kaushik as Munna
Anupam Kher as Doctor
Mohit Chouhan
Credits & Crew of Mai:
Banner – Rhythm D’vine Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Alliance Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Presented by – Chandrakumar Jajodia, Vishveshvara Ventures
Producer – Nitin R Shankar, Subhash Dawar
Co Producer – Aditya Sharma
Associate Producer – Anand Bhosle
Director – Mahesh Kodiyal
Music Director – Nitin R Shankar
Story – Mahesh Kodiyal
Background Music – Nitin R Shankar
Singers – Asha Bhosle, Sukhwinder Singh, Ryan Victor, Payal Dev, Arjun Kanungo, Zanai Bhosle
Lyricist – Sahil Sultanpuri, Manoj Tapadia
Editor – Ashish Amrute
Cinematography – Sachin Krishn
Screenplay – Manoj Tapadia, Mahesh Kodiyal
Dialogue – Mahesh Kodiyal, Manoj Tapadia