Lai Bhaari

Lai Bhaari

Lai Bhaari film poster

Film poster
लय भारी
Directed by Nishikant Kamat
Produced by Genelia Deshmukh
Jeetendra Thackeray
Ameya Khopkar
Screenplay by Ritesh Shah
Story by Sajid Nadiadwala
Sanjay Pawar (dialogue)
Starring

Riteish Deshmukh
Sharad Kelkar
Uday Tikekar
Tanvi Azmi
Radhika Apte
Aaditi Pohankar

music = Songs:
Ajay−Atul
Background Score:
Sameer Fatarpekar
Cinematography Sanjay Memane
Edited by Aarif Sheikh
Production
company
Mumbai Film Company
Cinemantra Production
Distributed by Zee Talkies
Essel Vision
Release dates
  • 11 July 2014 (2014-07-11)
Country India
Language Marathi
Budget ₹8 crore (US$1.2 million)[1]
Box office ₹40 crore (US$5.9 million) + [2][3][4][5]

Lai Bhaari (Marathi: लय भारी) is a 2014 Marathi action, drama directed by Nishikant Kamat. The film marks the debut of Riteish Deshmukh in Marathi cinema, while Salman Khan and Genelia D'Souza also feature in cameo appearances.[6][7] The film went on to become the highest grossing Marathi film of all time.[8]

On 25th January 2015 Lai Bhaari broke all previous records & got the highest television viewership for any film in Maharashtra (Marathi - Hindi) with 5727 TVTs.[9][10] It is remade in Odia as Jaga Hatare Pagha starring Anubhav Mohanty.[11]

Plot

Pratap Singh Nimbalkar (Uday Tikekar) and his wife Sumitra Devi (Tanvi Azmi) are known for their social work like helping poor farmers by giving them land and shelter. Even though they are blessed by everyone, Sumitra Devi is insulted for not having a child even though she has been married for many years. Her maid suggests her to pray to Lord Vithoba (generally known as Vitthala by most common people of Maharashtra) in Pandharpur, a holy place in Maharashtra. Out of eagerness, Sumitra Devi promises to give her first son to Lord Vitthala.

As fate would have it, she gets pregnant soon and confirms the good news to Pratap Singh. But when she tells him that she has promised Lord Vithhala to give him her first child, Pratap Singh, who is modern in thought, says all this is ridiculous and flies off to London. When the baby is born, and Sumitra Devi calls up Pratap Singh and tells him that she is now convinced of keeping the baby. He comes back as soon as possible and names the baby Abhay Singh, or Prince, as a nickname.

25 years later, Prince (Riteish Deshmukh) comes back home after studying abroad. On the other hand, there is Prince's paternal cousin Sangram (Sharad Kelkar) is a crooked guy, who is trying to take all farms from the farmers by torturing them. On hearing this, Pratap Singh warns him for doing so. A few days later, Pratap Singh is killed and it is implied that Sangram was behind his death.

Seeing Prince as the only obstacle left in his plan of owning all the farms in the village, Sangram subsequently kills Prince and takes over all the property that belonged to Pratap Singh. Seeing no way left, Sumitra Devi goes to Pandharpur and angrily prays to Lord Vitthala to give back her son. Right outside the temple, Mauli (Riteish Deshmukh), a lookalike of Prince, beats up some goons who were eve teasing.

In a surprising twist, it is revealed that 25 years ago, Sumirta Devi had given birth to twins, one of which she gave to Lord Vitthala. And this son is none other than Mauli, a rowdy, as opposed to the gentleman Prince. How Mauli takes revenge from Sangram forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Production

With a budget of ₹8 crore (US$1.2 million), Lai Bhaari is one of the most expensive Marathi films till date.[12] It has been produced by Jeetendra Thackeray, Ameya Khopkar and Genelia Deshmukh under Cinemantra Production and Mumbai Film Company production banner and it is presented by Zee Talkies and Essel Vision.

This movie marks the third instalment of Ritesh Deshmukh in Marathi after his produced two successful Marathi films Balak-Palak and Yellow (2014 film).

Soundtrack

Lai Bhaari
Soundtrack album by Ajay-Atul
Released June 2014
Genre Film soundtrack
Length 24:51
Label Video Palace
Ajay-Atul chronology
Fandry Theme Song
(2014)		 Lai Bhaari
(2014)		 "PK (film)"
(2014)

The lyrics for the film are penned by Guru Thakur & Ajay-Atul with music composed by the Ajay-Atul. The song Mauli Mauli sung by Ajay Gogavale became popular.

Track listing

Lai Bhaari
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Mauli Mauli"  Ajay Gogavale 5:05
2. "Aala Holicha San"  Swapnil Bandodkar & Yogita Godbole 5:21
3. "Jeev Bhulala"  Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal 4:43
4. "New Nava Tarana"  Kunal Ganjawala 4:50
5. "Ye Na Saajna"  Shreya Ghoshal 5:32
Total length:
 24:51

Reception

The film has received highly positive reviews. Rediff gave 4 out of 5 stars and declared movie awesome.[13] Bollywoodlife and Koimoi have rated the movie 3 stars out of 5 .Times of India gave the movie a rating of 3.5/5.[14] It has been acclaimed by various Bollywood celebrities.[15]

Box office

Lai Bhaari grossed around ₹3.1 crore (US$460,000) on the first day, ₹3.6 crore (US$530,000) on the first Saturday and ₹3.85 crore (US$570,000) on its first Sunday, taking the first weekend collections to ₹10.55 crore (US$1.6 million) in Maharashtra alone.[16] The second week recorded a gross collection of ₹1.05 crore (US$160,000) on Friday, ₹1.90 crore (US$280,000) on Saturday and ₹2.70 crore (US$400,000) on Sunday. The gross collected till 27 July 2014 amounted to ₹26.43 crore (US$3.9 million).[17] With this lai bhari broke Duniyadari's record of having the second highest box office collection in Marathi cinema. Till 31 July the total collection of the film was 31.52 cr.[18] After the fourth weekend, the total earnings reached ₹33.74 crore (US$5.0 million)[19] and overtook Timepass as the highest grossing Marathi film ever.[8]

See Also

Highest grossing Marathi films

References

  1. ↑ Pooja Kulkarni (2013-12-03). "Riteish’s Lai Bhari to have an eight crore budget". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  2. ↑ Suhani Singh (2016-01-13). "Sold on substance". India Today. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Monetary boost giving Marathi cinema a new lease of life?". Mid-Day. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Bollywood goes local, eyes Marathi cinema". Hindustan Times. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  5. ↑ "Here's why Marathi cinema is doing better than Bollywood". Mid-Day. 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  6. ↑ "Meet 'Bhau' Salman Khan of Riteish Deshmukh's Lai Bhaari". India Today. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  7. ↑ "Genelia's Marathi tadka in Lai Bhaari". The Times of India. TNN. 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  8. 1 2 Sankar, Gayatri (2014-08-05). "‘Lai Bhaari’: Riteish Deshmukh delivers highest grossing Marathi film! | Zee News". Zee News. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  9. ↑ "Lai Bhaari breaks TVT record". The Times of India. TNN. 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  10. ↑ "Zee Marathi clocks highest ratings for ‘Lai Bhaari’ world TV premiere". 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  11. ↑ "Anubhav Versus Babusaan: The showdown". Odisha SunTimes. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  12. ↑ Pooja Kulkarni (2013-12-03). "Riteish’s Lai Bhari to have an eight crore budget". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  13. ↑ "Review: Lai Bhaari is awesome". Rediff.com. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  14. ↑ "Lai Bhaari Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". Times of India. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  15. ↑ "'Lai Bhaari' Movie Review: Watch it for Riteish Deshmukh and Salman Khan". Ibtimes.co.in. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  16. ↑ "Riteish Deshmukh storms box office again, Lai Bhaari earns Rs. 10.55 crore". Hindustan Times. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  17. ↑ "Lai Bhaari: 2nd Thursday Box Office Collections". Koimoi. 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  18. ↑ "Lai Bhaari 3rd Week Income- 21st Day Box Office Collection". Just Few Seconds. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  19. ↑ "Lai Bhaari’s Fourth Week Box Office Collections". Koimoi. 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-07-26.

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