Ek Daav Bhutaacha - 1982 - Marathi
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EMAIL: kcpingle@gmail.com
Title: Ek Daav Bhutaacha - 1982 - Marathi
I could write a few lines more than my usual one liner posts, only because I had typed this article much before I joined PFC, for a group of friends. Nahi to like Pavan says, saans lene ko bhi phursat nahi. Poora PFC padhna, aur RK jaise lambe lambe posts likhna to bahot door ki baat hai 
This name of the film itself invokes a cheerful smile, a surge of nostalgia for any Marathi person who is now in his 30’s, or of more in age. The reason being that every Marathi person ( at least that’s what I believe ) was fond of the Marathi movies been shown on Doordarshan in the 80’s. And as soon as anybody saw this movie for the first time on television, I am sure he would wait with baited breath, as to when he can watch it again. The first impression of this movie is such that it straight away enters your heart.
Further reading is a SPOILER, for it reveals the entire story.
The movie starts with an ideal teacher ( Dilip Prbhawalkar - DP ) is about to be transferred to a distant village called “Tagewaadi” ( literal meaning goes as the village of hooligans ! ) The sendoff given by a small student to their teacher is touching and the tears in the eyes of DP are noteworthy. The film strikes a chord immediately !
The title music is fantastic and the scenes shown in the title make me remember one of the most famous and hilarious chapters of P L Deshpande - Mhais.
Ek Daav Bhutaacha
But then he joins a food “thaali” mes where the heroine and her mother are running the business. They charge him 75 Rs a month, for 2 times a day. Then there are a typical scenes of heroine’s mother being ill and hero takes care of her. Also some gunde-mawaali troubling the heroine but the hero comes in between and then they run away. The film is wonderful till this point, mainly because of the innocence of Dilip Prabhawalkar, a kind which was probably seen in “Bhola” of Padosan.
One day the hero is thrown out of his room in the midnight because of the cruelty of the village-head and he is told to go to a very old mansion. There he sees an opening in the mansion which leads to a some old but quite big rooms. Then the audience is waiting for the “Bhoot” !! The entry of the bhoot ,for me, was like the entry of “Guru-Vidyapati” of Padosan.
Enters the Bhoot, played by Ashok Saraf. His every facial expression is a million dollar worth. His style of saying “Masture” to the hero ( which means School Masterji ) is simply hilarious. Also the intermittent rumble of the lips making the BrrBbbRrrrBrrrrrr noise, makes the audience compel to eagerly wait for the next BrrBbbRrrrBrrrrrr. The hero is surprised and frightened at the same time to meet a Bhoot. The bhoot tells him his life story that he was a man working in the horse stable of the son of Shivaaji ( Sambhaji ) and one of his masters had a daughter, whom he loved very much. But since he was a nauker, he could not marry his love. Ashok Saraf killed her husband on the first night of her wedding. Then after AS was tried and killed, he became a bhoot and could get mukti only if some genuinely good person is helped by the bhoot in a love-matter. Then starts a series of fun in the village. I simply love the carefree “running style” of Ashok Saraf in the movie.
The bhoot helps the hero in every matter, especially beating up the goonda’s in the village. The bhoot pushes the hero into a well where a boy is actually drowning. Everybody thinks that the hero jumped to save the boy. Heroine is impressed and love blossoms ! Then comes one more scene, bhoot explaining the hero how to patao the girl, an equivalent of the Padosan scene of “Meri Pyaari Bindu” ( Meri pyaari bindu, was actually a scene with dialogues but Kishore turned it into a song, which is a different story ) But when the boy meets the girl, its the girl who takes the initiatives and does things that the boy was supposed to do. A very hillarious scene.
The end scenes are quite wrapped up , kind off, but in general shows the struggle in the lives of the hero heroine because of the gunda-mawaali’s trying to spoil their marriage. But in the end the bhoot does chutti of all !
There ends the game ( Daav ) of the bhoot !! he gets mukti and everybody lives happily ever after !!
Ashok Saraf and Dilip Prabhawalkar are simply amongst the greatest actors that India has ever produced. They snatch the movie from everybody else. Story, script and dialogues are by “Da Maa Miraasdaar” a noted figure in Marathi literature ( he had a small role to play too in the movie ). Songs supported the movie. Music was given by .Bhaskar Chandavarkar. Superb variety of songs :Bhajan, Tamasha, Baithak & Love song around the tree. Lyrics of the songs were by Sudhir Moghe. Background music by BC was excellent. Singers were Usha Mangeshkar, Anuradha Paudwal & Shrikaant Paargaavkar and they do a decent job. Last but not the least produced and directed by Ravi Namaade. The technical part of was not so good ( Afterall we are all used to the modern graphics ) but nevertheless he did a fantastic job by creating this movie, enjoyed by one and all ! Wonder where he is nowadays.
-kcp
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Thanks for the Post KC Pingle .
But it was a lift of from Black Beards ghost …also Dilip Prabhavalkar is a great actor but Ashok Saraf hamms a lot and does overact …By the way I was prsent at the shooting of This movie (was 7-8 yrs old) as my uncle had a small role in it .
Anyways do keep writing…thanks for the post once again
I remember this… Ashok Saraf going ‘Masuturayyy’… loved this movie
Ashok Saraf in this movie is a complete natural. Remember that he is from the olden times where people were carefree.he reacts to the people, who act funnily ( funny “for him”). This is simply one of the greatest comedy roles ever.
I agree that in his later part of the career AS did accept very bad roles and mostly repeated his style ( hammed in a few ) but overall he is simply a mindblowing actor.
@kcp,
Welcome.
Have not seen this marathi film. seems very good comedy. Ashok Saraf used to be good in 80s. Dont recall name of his serial on DD which made him famous as Mamaji.
So ek daav bhutacha means Ek khel bhuton ka or ek bhoot ka khel?
Please write some day on Ram Nagri of Ram Nagarkar.
awesome….brought back memories….one of my grandma’s favs…she never understood a word of marathi but often used to talk about this film…..
Mastureeeeeey!!!
I have seen the’Black Beard Ghost’,
but I simply adore “Ek Daav Bhootacha” .
I was planning to make Animated stuff out of this,
I’ve almost finish the Bhoot character,..
Sahiii!!! KC mast post
Nostalgia:
Our school had organized a show at one of the oldest (or ‘the oldest’) theater in Pune ‘Prabhat’ sometime in mid 80s.
I have watched ‘Blackbeard Ghost’ too, however this feels much more closer to home and heart.
Similarly, i like ‘DhumDhadaka’ over ‘Pyar Kiye Ja’, though many of my friends differ.
This and Dhumdhadaka are the two marathi films that i’ve watched n-times, somehow they still give me a hearty laugh.
I distinctly remember 2 scenes from the film:
1. The bhoot chases off a drunk who’s getting ready for a ‘desi’ booze and similarly a Pujari getting ready to eat sweets.
2. The last scene where he gets ‘mukti’ and walks away into the sunset.
The ‘BrrBbbRrrrBrrrrrr’ sound resembles the ‘blowing or snorting’ of horses and he does that as he’s a stable guy.
Pingle Saheb
Thanks for bringing this up. It stirred a few emotions.
The bhoot and the school teacher is a plot used in a malayalam movie as well. Malayalam director Fazil remade that in Thamizh as Kili paechu kaetka vaa - where the teacher role was played by Mamootty - That film had spme pleasant numbers tuned in by Ilaiyaraja. I dont know if the malayalam original was a rip off of EDB or vice versa - Research is needed into this matter urgently!! PFC serving the purpose for me..
Great to be reminded of this fun movie which I saw for the first time as a 8 yr old kid in 1985 or so. When Prabhavalkar first entered the haunted house where Ashok Saraf, the ghost, lived, I had got very scared and had closed my eyes! Though the scene was far from scary.. Can anyone write more on the heroine, Ranjana? She was a terrific actress. I think she got paralysed in an accident and couldn’t work any more..
I was a very young when i saw this one, so dont really rmmbr much.
But bought back memories of countless lakshya-ashok laugh riots..
‘Ashi hi banva banvi’ to top the list.
kcp: On a different forum, you had a question regarding Mukri, Hum Bekhudi Mein and an added couplet. I think the answer is:
“Dushman gaye ke kashmekashe dosti bhi gayii,
Dushman gaye ke dost kinaare chale gaye”
great Subrat..thanks !! Majrooh is one of my most fav lyricists !!
Also in the film, the voice for this couplet is not of Mukri ( for sute ) - could be Majrooh saab himself - kya bolte ho ?
kcp: That’s what I heard when I watched the movie though I must admit I still feel I am missing something in those lines.
Yes, it’s not Mukri’s voice. I had thought it might have been Agha who was there with Mukri in the film and might have that diction. Your point makes it more interesting
The voice sounded more “buzurg” to me. Anyways I love the black and white movies of Dev. He was quite a good actor sans his mannerisms ( lachack of the head and eyes rolling )
One of these days would love to read yours or RK’s reviews on his fantastic movies like Tere Ghar Ke Saamne, Kaala Paani, Hum Dono etc etc