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Samaantar

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{{Infobox film
|name = Samaantar
|image =
|border =
|caption =
|director = [[Amol Palekar]]
|writer = Sandhya Gokhale
|starring = [[Amol Palekar]] [[Sharmila Tagore]] Radhika Apte [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] Kishore Kadam Aishwarya Narkar [[Makarand Deshpande]] [[Vandana Gupte]]
|music = [[Anand Modak]]
|cinematography = Asim Bose
|editing = Abhijit Deshpande
|studio = [[Reliance Entertainment|BIG Pictures]]
|distributor = BIG Pictures
|released = 4 September 2009 ([[Maharashtra]])
|runtime = 105 minutes
|country = [[India]]
|language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|budget =
|gross =
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'''''Samaantar''''' (translation: ''Parallel'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 2009|2009]] Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language parallel film written by Sandhya Gokhale and directed by [[Amol Palekar]]. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 4 September 2009, the film stars [[Amol Palekar]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]] (in her debut in [[Marathi cinema]]) in titular roles alongside Radhika Apte, [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]], Kishore Kadam, Aishwarya Narkar, [[Makarand Deshpande]] and [[Vandana Gupte]] in pivotal roles. Palekar's previous film in the dual role of actor and director was ''[[Ankahee (1985 film)|Ankahee]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite news |title=A challenging role |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article10109.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 August 2009|accessdate=3 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amol won't play Salman's dad!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707013242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|date=28 August 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian cinema not just about Bollywood: Amol Palekar|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208084949/http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2013|publisher=ZEE News|date=5 September 2009|accessdate=6 February 2012}} </ref>

==Plot==
''Samaantar'' talks about a simple lost-and-found tale of a man and a woman, but in an artistic manner. Keshav Vaze ([[Amol Palekar]]) is an eminent businessman in [[Pune]], who started his life struggle from a small village and is now the owner of his large industrial empire. His business kept on growing larger and larger, making his day stacked with board meetings, conventions and tours. Keshav became a dear public figure surrounded by many people - but the days ended in the cluttered darkness of his own melancholy as years after years, Keshav has hidden his mysterious grief within himself. As a youngster, Keshav was a mute witness to the major tragedy of a massive earthquake at his village with the deaths of his parents and siblings, and took up the responsibility to support his brother's children, sacrificing his own life. In the parallel plot, he is often harassed by his niece Nira's (Aishwarya Narkar) estranged husband Makarand ([[Makarand Deshpande]]), who tries to claim his share in the property. On his 60th birthday, Keshav expresses his desire to retire from business when he feels that as a guardian of his late brother's children, he has reached a stage to retire from his life too. Thus, Keshav decides to find serenity for himself and shockingly contemplates suicide in the name of voluntary death.

The film unfolds the mystery behind his decision of calling for early declaration from life when Keshav visits [[Kolkata]] along with his two psychiatric accquaintances, Dr. Paritosh ([[Sameer Dharmadhikari]]) and Dr. Nikumbh (Kishore Kadam), on an invitation from a medical foundation, where he has donated a huge sum for the construction of a hospital. While there, a slice of Keshav's frozen past accidentally gets scratched by the glimpse of his long-lost college sweetheart, Shama ([[Sharmila Tagore]]), who was once the anchor of his existence, and her mesmerizing beauty, poise and silence personify his vacuum of last 30 years. Shama is living like a patient still under trauma as a sculptor - who does not talk to anyone and is a recluse immersed in pottery. Moreover, she also turns out to be the single mother of Paritosh - whose biological father is Keshav.

The film does not bring out the past relationship between the two in their first meeting after years, but unfolds the same in the very next meeting, when Keshav's adopted daughter Reva (Radhika Apte) brings him to Kolkata for a change after noticing his withdrawal symptoms from the family members. Both Keshav and Shama are drawn to one another once again - and the suggestion is that while love can cause the gravest injury to the heart - it is perhaps the only emotion that comes with a curative power. Refreshingly, no one around Shama or Keshav - including Paritosh, Reva or Nikumbh - raise an eyebrow when their attachment for each other becomes obvious and there is a tacit understanding they demonstrate. Why did Keshav and Shama choose to live the way they did? What was the motivation behind their present? Do they find their lost love? ''Samaantar'' reveals lost traces of parallel folds!

== Cast ==
* [[Amol Palekar]] as Keshav Vaze
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Shama Vaze
* Radhika Apte as Reva (Keshav's adopted daughter)
* [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] as Dr. Paritosh (Keshav's biological son)
* Kishore Kadam as as Dr. Nikumbh (Paritosh's colleague)
* Aishwarya Narkar as Nira Vaze (Keshav's niece)
* [[Makarand Deshpande]] as Makarand (Nira's estranged husband and Keshav's harasser)
* [[Vandana Gupte]] as Jyotsna Saxena (Keshav's former college friend)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1560171}}

{{Amol Palekar}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Amol Palekar]]

{{2000s-Marathi-film-stub}}

Samaantar

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2409:4040:E88:2618:0:0:2948:EA01: /* Plot */

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2011}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Samaantar
|image =
|border =
|caption =
|director = [[Amol Palekar]]
|writer = Sandhya Gokhale
|starring = [[Amol Palekar]] [[Sharmila Tagore]] Radhika Apte [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] Kishore Kadam [[Makarand Deshpande]]
|music = [[Anand Modak]]
|cinematography = Asim Bose
|editing = Abhijit Deshpande
|studio = Reliance Big Pictures
|distributor = Reliance Big Pictures
|released = {{Film date|2009|9|4|df=y}}
|runtime = 105 minutes
|country = [[India]]
|language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|budget =
|gross =
}}
'''''Samaantar''''' ({{translation|Parallel}}) is a 2009 Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language parallel film written by Sandhya Gokhale and directed by [[Amol Palekar]]. The film stars [[Amol Palekar]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]] (in her debut in Marathi cinema) in lead roles, while Radhika Apte, [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]], Kishore Kadam and [[Makarand Deshpande]] star in supporting roles. <ref>{{cite news |title=A challenging role |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article10109.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 August 2009|accessdate=3 February 2011}}</ref> Palekar's previous film in the dual role of actor-director was ''[[Ankahee (1985 film)|Ankahee]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite news|title=Amol won't play Salman's dad!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707013242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|date=28 August 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian cinema not just about Bollywood: Amol Palekar|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208084949/http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2013|publisher=ZEE News|date=5 September 2009|accessdate=6 February 2012}} </ref>

==Plot==
''Samaantar'' talks about a simple lost-and-found tale of a man and a woman, but in an artistic manner. Keshav Vaze ([[Amol Palekar]]) is an eminent businessman in [[Pune]], who started his life struggle from a small village and is now the owner of his large industrial empire. His business kept on growing larger and larger, making his day stacked with board meetings, conventions and tours. Keshav became a dear public figure surrounded by many people - but the days ended in the cluttered darkness of his own melancholy as years after years, Keshav has hidden his mysterious grief within himself. As a youngster, Keshav was a mute witness to the major tragedy of a massive earthquake at his village with the deaths of his parents and siblings, and took up the responsibility to support his brother's children, sacrificing his own life. In the parallel plot, he is often harassed by his niece Nira's (Aishwarya Narkar) estranged husband Makarand ([[Makarand Deshpande]]), who tries to claim his share in the property. On his 60th birthday, Keshav expresses his desire to retire from business when he feels that as a guardian of his late brother's children, he has reached a stage to retire from his life too. Thus, Keshav decides to find serenity for himself and shockingly contemplates suicide in the name of voluntary death.

The film unfolds the mystery behind his decision of calling for early declaration from life when Keshav visits [[Kolkata]] along with his two psychiatric accquaintances, Dr. Paritosh ([[Sameer Dharmadhikari]]) and Dr. Nikumbh (Kishore Kadam), on an invitation from a medical foundation, where he has donated a huge sum for the construction of a hospital. While there, a slice of Keshav's frozen past accidentally gets scratched by the glimpse of his long-lost college sweetheart, Shama ([[Sharmila Tagore]]), who was once the anchor of his existence, and her mesmerizing beauty, poise and silence personify his vacuum of last 30 years. Shama is living like a patient still under trauma as a sculptor - who does not talk to anyone and is a recluse immersed in pottery. Moreover, she also turns out to be the single mother of Paritosh - whose biological father is Keshav.

The film does not bring out the past relationship between the two in their first meeting after years, but unfolds the same in the very next meeting, when Keshav's adopted daughter Reva (Radhika Apte) brings him to Kolkata for a change after noticing his withdrawal symptoms from the family members. Both Keshav and Shama are drawn to one another once again - and the suggestion is that while love can cause the gravest injury to the heart - it is perhaps the only emotion that comes with a curative power. Refreshingly, no one around Shama or Keshav - including Paritosh, Reva or Nikumbh - raise an eyebrow when their attachment for each other becomes obvious and there is a tacit understanding they demonstrate. Why did Keshav and Shama choose to live the way they did? What was the motivation behind their present? Do they find their lost love? ''Samaantar'' reveals lost traces of parallel folds!

== Cast ==
* [[Amol Palekar]] as Keshav Vaze
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Shama Vaze
* Radhika Apte as Reva (Keshav's adopted daughter)
* [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] as Dr. Paritosh (Keshav's biological son)
* Kishore Kadam as as Dr. Nikumbh (Paritosh's colleague)
* Aishwarya Narkar as Nira Vaze (Keshav's niece)
* [[Makarand Deshpande]] as Makarand (Nira's estranged husband and Keshav's harasser)
* [[Vandana Gupte]] as Jyotsna Saxena (Keshav's former college friend)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1560171}}

{{Amol Palekar}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Amol Palekar]]

{{2000s-Marathi-film-stub}}