Hirkani

Its a movie that tugs at your heart strings...right out of the school books. A good movie to see and show the kids. And encourage the Marathi film makers. I personally enjoyed even the songs..even though I don't understand Marathi as a mother-tongue. In short, I loved the movie. Sonali was overacting,,,not authentic at all. Bad casting. For someone whose job was to go up and down the hills, she kept fumbling and hamming the fear factor of the steep jumps. And the mishaps was all in a linear expected fashion one after the other...predictable. The director hasn't put enough effort. Special effects were very sad, pathetic and embarrassing. Shows the limited budget/low creative thought. Shivaji Maharaj ...such a revered personality...wasn't represented well. The Raigad fort wasn't shown in all its glory, but I guess that is due to budget limitation. Still, I enjoyed the movie. am sure lots of you will. Just watch with an open mind.

Another example of how the Indian cinema falls short on the technical aspects of filmmaking! The running time of the movie is around 100 min.(which itself is too less for any period film, should have been at least 140 minutes or greater) out of which around 20 minutes are dedicated to Hirkani's legendary descent. This is core of the film and is dismal. Maharashtra has hundreds of accomplished climbers who have trekked across the Sahyadri. They could have helped with guessing and projecting the possibilities of how Hirkani would have descended in a freestyle way but such efforts don't seem to manifest. While Sonalee Kulkarni's makeup and acting is surprisingly good, the other actors fail to make any impression, including Prasad Oak as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Actors utilized for characters of Kavi Bhushan, Bahirji Naik, Pant(now it's unclear if they were taking about Moropant Pingale or Ramchandra Pant Amatya!) and others are unsuitable! There is not a single view(VFX-based) of how majestic fort Raigad would have been in 1670s, moreover, they didn't bother to show how Hirkani Buruj and the western cliffs look today(remember, Raigad was termed as 'Troy of the East'). The music somehow doesn't suit a period film. I will continue to watch and encourage period movies, especially about the Maratha empire but the filmmakers need to raise the bar much higher, put blood and sweat and create technical and historical masterpieces.

Didn't expected this movie to be this good a real crowd pleaser a must watch movie

In real #Hirkani is exemplary mother..

• But, Sonali Kulkarni Ruined this character with her overacting..
• Set Used as Raigad was not worth
• Animations are of too low quality..
• Mr. Oak might have asked somebody else to play role of our beloved Maharaj.. (Chinmay Mandlekar Missed that charm of Maharaj's Appearance in movie)
• Choreography (I really Don't want to Comment)

In Short this movie is executed very carelessly..

Art work best vfx and sound is excellent and acting is excellent