Valu (2008)

Director:

Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

Writers:

Girish Kulkarni (screenplay)
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni (screenplay)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Pursuit | Tranquilizer Dart | Bull Attack | Talk To Camera | Animal In Cast Credits

Cast

Atul Kulkarni	...	Swanand Gaddamwar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bharati Achrekar	...	Sarapanch's Wife (as Bharati Acharekar)
Mohan Agashe	...	Sarapanch
Dipak Alegaokar	...	Shivai's Father (as Deepak Alegaonkar)
Vrishasen Dabholkar	...	Sameer
Renuka Daftardar	...	Aaba's Wife
Pournima Ganu	...	Gaddam's Wife
Ashwini Giri	...	Suresh' Wife
Chandrakant Gokhale	...	Aaja
Veena Jamkar	...	Tani
Aditya Kulkarni	...	Sampat
Ashok Kulkarni	...	Jagnade
Girish Kulkarni	...	Jeevan
Sharavi Kulkarni	...	Sampi
Nandu Madhav	...	Aaba
Rajesh More	...	Sangi's father
Dilip Prabhavalkar	...	Pandit
Raja	...	Valu
Nikhil Raut	...	Ganya
Mangesh Satpute	...	Shiva
Nirmiti Sawant	...	Pandit's Wife (as Nirmitee Sawant)
Amruta Subhash	...	Sangi
Jyoti Subhash	...	Sakhubai
Prashant Tapaswi	...	Shankrya
Satish Tare	...	Satya
Swati Upadhye	...	Vedijanai
Meghna Vaidya	...	Sangi's Mother
Shrikant Yadav	...	Suresh
Siddharth Zadbuke	...	Popat

Also Known As:

The Wild Bull (International: English title)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

India

Language:

Marathi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

A forest officer on a mission to capture a supposedly dangerous bull in a remote village.

This is a light hearted film with a simple subject. The treatment and pace of the movie keeps it alive and you're gradually introduced to the bull and stories/rumors about him, making you wonder, if its really dangerous etc. The officer's brother volunteers to shoot a documentary of the entire mission which makes the film esp interesting.

A well made film where you start knowing and getting involved with the characters, especially the simple minded villagers. The language has an authentic flavor and so do the actors. Good thing, they didn't use much make up or deliberately colorful clothes. Not an art film and not a big budget movie, but if you like simplistic entertainment, this one's not to be missed.

Atul Kulkarni is pleasant to watch and other actors are also nice. The bull has done a good job too.

Editing could be better, as sometimes you feel a bit lost; or the story lessens grip at times. But that's critically speaking only. The duration of the film is just right and no songs and dances makes it particularly more realistic and engrossing.

Unlike a village theme, there's no strong politics, rivalry, bitterness etc.

The sound track is catchy and sounds quite acoustic.The music sounds distinctly local. No loud surrounds, or sound fx etc. Thankyou so so much. The music and visuals, the overall treatment all are well balanced.

Is the bull captured? Is the mission easy? Go watch the movie to find out. If you go with an open mind; and if you like easy viewing, you will definitely appreciate the film. It will make you smile and feel good for sure. A sweet film.

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