Coffee Ani Barach Kaahi






Director – Prakash Kunte

Cast – Vaibhav Tatwawadi, Prarthana Behere, Vidyadhar Joshi, Ashwini Ekbote, Bhushan Pradhan, Anita Date, Suyash Tilak and Neha Mahajan

On a hot summer afternoon if you’re tired and need rest then go for Coffee Ani Barach Kaahi. It won’t matter at what point you slept. By chance, if you wake up before the end credits you’ll still be able to guess what must’ve happened. It is a slow paced girlie film filled with typical Puneri Lingo

The story is a tad too simple. Nishaad (Vaibhav) and Jaee (Prarthana) work in the same organization. They are drawn to one another despite but are unable to express their feelings. In between you have friends, family, relatives and acquaintances donning the hat of an agony aunt. That’s it. Nothing more!! So forget about ‘Barach Kaahi’ (though you might see characters drinking coffee every now and then).

The script is predictable right from the beginning. The director tries to make it entertaining by the some wacky dialogues but it gets boring beyond a point of time. The biggest drawback is that both leads are shown as employees of Persistent. Any Punekar can tell you that life of an IT professional is filled with complications – whether at work or home. It is never as easy (and simplistic) as shown in the film.

Prarthana Behere steals the show as Jaee. Her makeup is better as compared to the oily one we saw in Mitwa (thanks to Atul Shidhaye). Vaibhav Tatwawadi gives you the impression that his surname is literally derived from his character. He plays a ‘principled’, yet confused person who pays no heed to logical suggestions. In a scene his father is forced to say ‘You’re annoying’ (makes sense. Doesn’t it?)

I’ve really lost the count of reviews wherein I’ve said that Ila Bhate in any film is inserted purely for the sake of ‘explanations’. Thankfully, here she’s found her ‘soul-mate’ in Avinash Narkar who does just the same. Dont miss the scene wherein the character of Bhushan Pradhan gets smitten by Jaee’s sister Abha (Neha Mahajan). She is the pick of the supports.

I’m going with two and a half stars for Coffee Ani Barach Kaahi. It might have failed to appeal to me. But, a section of the audience, including mid-aged men, was moved to tears.

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