Kachcha Limboo
2017 film directed by Prasad Oak
Kachcha Limboo (transl. Raw Lemon) is a 2017 Marathi language feature film directed by Prasad Oak and produced by Mandar Devasthali. The film was the recipient of the 2017 National Film Award in the Best Arts/Cultural Film category.
Plot
Shaila (Sonali Kulkarni) and Mohan Katdare (Ravi Jadhav) live in Mumbai with their mentally challenged son Bachhu (Manmeet Pem). Shaila works from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in an office, while Mohan works night shifts at a telegraph office and also types from home during the day to care for Bachhu. They hardly spend time together and lack intimacy. Shaila sees their situation as a sacrifice for Bachhu, but Mohan is frustrated. Things get more complicated when Bachhu, at 15, becomes addicted to sexual desires.
Cast
Ravi Jadhav as Mohan Katdare
Sonali Kulkarni as Shaila Katdare
Sachin Khedekar as Mr. Pandit
Manmeet Pem as Bachchu Katdare
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan as Venkat
Uday Sabnis as Prasanna
Awards
Reception
Nandani Ramnath of Scroll.in stated "The genteel poverty of a Mumbai chawl is superbly lensed by Amalendu Chaudhary in vivid black-and-white to heighten the family’s general state of impoverishment. Colour is used only for scenes and objects that depict a happier past – the hope-filled union between Mohan and Shaila, their joy at the birth of their son, the wedding sari and perfume that remind Shaila of her fading feminine side."
The Times of India gave it four stars out of five and wrote "Kaccha Limbu is easily one of the best films in Marathi cinema.
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