Family Katta movie review: This heartwarming Marathi film on Amazon Prime Video made me laugh and cry!

Family Katta Movie Review: This heartwarming Marathi family drama by director Chandrakant Kulkarni portrays the emotional upheavals that follow when Bhai (starring Prabhavalkar) and wife Malati (starring Vandana Gupte) take painstaking efforts to plan their 50th wedding anniversary and bring together their grown up children and families. Based on a famous Marathi play written by Prashant Dalvi and directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni, the film sends a powerful message about family relationships. I watched it on Amazon Prime Video and enjoyed it a lot.

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Family Katta Movie Review: What I liked
Realistic Story: From the first scene to the last, the narrative pulled me in, like a fish to a hook. The love between the elderly couple and their frequent tiffs particularly with regard to their domestic help flow in seamlessly with the typical Indian family. Their daily routine is so natural and realistic that you feel transported to your parent's home.
Star cast: You feel an instant bonding with the cast which includes Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Kiran Karmarkar, Prateeksha Lonkar, Sachin Deshpande, Sulekha Talwalkar, Sanjay Khapre and Gauri Nalawade, Alok Rajwade, Sai Tamhankar and Adesh Shrivastav. Wonderful performances by all artists in this film.
Family discord: The great Indian family saga is incomplete without discord. While we celebrate the concept of family, we are more judgmental about our relatives and their children than we are concerned with our own. The rivalry between the daughters-in-law is captured to perfection in every dialogue and scene, so is the confusion of their respective spouses.
Emotional chord: Many heartwrenching scenes bring tears to your eyes and I found my eyes overflowing in the last scenes as though everything was unfolding in real life, not on reel.
Father-Daughter Relationship: The return of the daughter who had run away from home comes back with a poignant dialogue in the voice of the film's protagonist: "I used to think Cancer and divorce happens in other's homes. In this house, I had to tackle both."
Wonderful performances make 'Family Katta' a movie that one can watch with family members and loved ones. This Marathi film is so relatable to real life that it warmed my heart, made me laugh and cry at the same time.

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