Plot:
Arun, a diehard fan of Bachchan Sahab, fails to fulfil his dream of becoming an actor. He then starts living his dream through his son Amit. Amit’s life revolves only around this dream.
Rating:
Review:
In the last 6 years, Hemant Dhome has established himself as a marvellous director who can blend comedy and emotional scenes very beautifully. Be it Jhimma, Sunny or Baghtos Kay Mujra Kar, he hardly missed a step. And now he is back with an underdog story of ‘Satarcha Salman’.
Set in Choranchi Chincholi, the story starts with the news of Amitabh Bachchan getting seriously injured on the sets of Coolie. Arun (Makarand Deshpande) has always been a die-hard fan of Bachchan. Copying his accent, hairstyle and attitude, Arun is a spitting image of Big B. After hearing the news of Bachchan sahab getting injured, everyone around Arun convinces him to go and replace Bachchan in Mumbai. With this golden chance in hand to fulfil his dream of becoming an actor, he sets his foot out.
Arun, after struggling for long, returns back to Chincholi without completing his dream. With everybody in the village dissing him as a failure, he pledges that his son will complete his dream of becoming an actor. Right from the birth of Amit (Suyog Gorhe), named after Big B, Arun teaches him the ABC’s of the glamour world. From taking him to film sets and training him to become fearless, Arun takes complete charge of Amit’s life. But Amit gets frustrated and angry with the constant gimmicks of his father. Amit rebels and gives up on this dream.
As Amit hits teenage, one small role of a thief changes his life completely. Amit gets another chance to complete his father’s dream of becoming an actor. Will this Satarcha Salman be able to live his dream or will everything fall apart piece by piece? This dream becomes a journey for Amit. Ever since his journey’s start, Amit keeps writing everything in a journal and this diary narrates all of it to us through Aniket who finds it at a suicide point.
Suyog Gorhe puts on a stellar act of a village boy with big dreams. Akshay Tanksale plays the dry character of Amit’s friend. He always looks like he is trying too hard to be funny. Makarand Deshpande has to be the best amongst them all, hilarious at the start and heart touching by the end. Sayali Sanjeev doesn’t get much screen time to prove her worth. Shivani Surve plays the gold digger to perfection.
Satarcha Salman has to be the weakest film of Hemant Dhome. The story loses the path of being a biopic and feels like its confused about who to follow. The jokes don’t crack and the emotional scenes don’t hurt. Thus, barely leaving an impact. By the end it just becomes a snooze fest.
Hemant Dhome’s portrayal of showing urban atrocities in his previous films was marvellous. But when it came to showing the atrocities of the rural region, he might have fallen short by miles.
The music is really heart throbbing. The song, ‘Fillumwala’, and the title track are chartbusters. The montage portrayed in Fillumwala is really cute and is the best part about this film. The emotional scenes run dry and thus the film fails to deliver as a complete product. The cinematography is very basic and the background score is really loud at times.
Overall, Satarcha Salman surprisingly is a below standard attempt by Hemant Dhome. The story fails to grab onto its characters together and ultimately loses its track. The first half runs like a horse and is quite entertaining. But the film’s lacklustre second half slows it down.
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