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Balak Palak

  • 2013
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Rohit Phalke, Bhagyashree Milind, and Shashwati Pimplikar in Balak Palak (2013)
Helps parents to realize how important it is to communicate transparently with your child.
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Helps parents to realize how important it is to communicate transparently with your child.Helps parents to realize how important it is to communicate transparently with your child.Helps parents to realize how important it is to communicate transparently with your child.

  • Director
    • Ravi Jadhav
  • Writers
    • Ambar Hadap
    • Ravi Jadhav
    • Ganesh Pandit
  • Stars
    • Shashwati Pimplikar
    • Madan Deodhar
    • Bhagyashree Milind
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ravi Jadhav
    • Writers
      • Ambar Hadap
      • Ravi Jadhav
      • Ganesh Pandit
    • Stars
      • Shashwati Pimplikar
      • Madan Deodhar
      • Bhagyashree Milind
    • 14User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Shashwati Pimplikar
    • Dolly
    Madan Deodhar
    Madan Deodhar
    • Bhagya
    Bhagyashree Milind
    Bhagyashree Milind
    • Chiu
    • (as Bhagyashree Shankpal)
    Rohit Phalke
    • Avya
    Prathamesh Parab
    Prathamesh Parab
    • Vishu
    Kishore Kadam
    Kishore Kadam
    • Kadam Uncle
    Avinash Narkar
    Avinash Narkar
    • Mr. Gandhe
    Sai Tamhankar
    Sai Tamhankar
    • Neha
    Vishakha Subhedar
    Vishakha Subhedar
    • Pednekar Kaku
    Supriya Pathare
    Supriya Pathare
    • Mrs. Puranik
    Anand Ingle
    Anand Ingle
    • Mr. Rege
    Subodh Bhave
    Subodh Bhave
    • Husband
    Amruta Subhash
    Amruta Subhash
    • Wife
    Satish Tare
    Satish Tare
    • Ramesh
    • Director
      • Ravi Jadhav
    • Writers
      • Ambar Hadap
      • Ravi Jadhav
      • Ganesh Pandit
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    User reviews14

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    7nairtejas

    An Efficient Work!

    Honestly, I cannot recollect talking to my parents about my my first kiss or my.... Moreover I don't remember the root cause of its instigation. Being born in the 90s, I can so much relate to this great endeavor, BP!

    Riteish Deshmukh has sealed his place in Marathi cinema with BP which boats off a wonderful cast, new story & an even amazing plot. All the realities based on how kids (aged 13 in the 80s & 11 in this YOLO gen) get so inquisitive to learn about sex, pleasure & porn. The detailing (with absolute perfection & no anachronism) of both the generations is very fine. The impulses, conversations, dialogs & monikers are so pure, no stone has been left unturned to create a movie worth watching and which deals with a sensitive topic like sex education. Also, keeping the obscenity at bay & driving straight to the point with no masochism, Ravi Jadhav has done a terrific job.

    The child actors are great with special mention to Prathamesh Parab; Kishore Kadam is genuine; Sai Tamhankar is voluptuous & perfect as the neighborhood bombshell while the four lead artistes are true in their characters, besotted with reel-life chemistry & wonderful in their demeanor. Music is good (although some tunes were plagiarized). The screenplay is entertaining & I totally enjoyed it, not only as a cinema but also as a good message-sender.

    BOTTOM LINE: Every child should watch this movie with both his/her parents. Parents should see this as a great & non-vulgar weapon to sex education. You cannot have such a beautiful guide. 9/10!

    Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES

    Language: Mediocre | Sex: No; Implications: Yes | Nudity: No; Cleavage, Erotica: Yes (Mild) | Porn: Mediocre (Only Innocuous Images & Sound) | Violence: No | Gore: No | Smoking, Alcohol or Drugs: NO
    mayoorshetty

    childhood discovery of sex through adult paperback novels

    Ravi Jadhav'sd Marathi BP or BALAK PALAK (the long title is a sort of slang, and BP stands for Blueprints, i.e. dirty movies) is to the contrary fairly understated, about a childhood discovery of sex through adult paperback novels and 'A' or more-rated films. The five children involved are not clones of one another, and it turns out that their 'uncle' knows more about teaching them sex education than do their parents. A charming comedy of the MURMUR OF THE HEART variety, but including girls, it begins and ends with one of the couples grownup and trying to figure out how to deal with the sex education of their son: the temptations today are greater -- not just videotapes and illustrated paperbacks, but the internet and beyond.
    9sourish-561987

    Awesome !!!

    This movie is literally a revolution in our film industry, no one has dared to take such topic on screen and run for an hour and half. I don't know about anyone but this movie has definitely made me think on approaching towards our kids on such sensitive topic.
    8gaurav-manojpatel

    Curiosity of kids; patience of parents

    Nicely portrayed the delicate issue of advising today's parent handle issues related to sex education in a more transparent way in order to help their children distinguish between Lust and Love. This is a must watch movie for all parents.

    The dram entangles typical middle class families of India who are busy in achieving the comfort for their children; but at the same time they are not able to spend time with them. Kids who have many question related to life (read SEX) falls prey to company that will lead them to an unguided path. All four kids portrayed their character beautifully. Their innocence and curiosity to know what their elder sister (neighbor) has done so as to bring disgrace to their family. Their path to find the answer and some awkward situation with their parents when asked very sensitive question are fun filled. A must watch for all....
    10esudip

    Awesome...MUST WATCH Movie

    The movies is too good..the Acting,Dialauge,camera and Music is excellent. All actors done fantastic job but the actor who plays Character of 'Vishu' is fantastic. Vishal-Shekhar rocks the Stage. Overall Thanks Ravi and all team for this wonderful experience It is Loads of laughter.....a good story....awesome cinematography.... A complete entertainer....awesome acting by all young actors.... nice direction by ravi and good production values by ritesh deshmukh......hats off to team BP..... going to be blockbuster....... The music played from Vishal-Shekhar is Awesome. They even didn't speak Marathi but they sing Marathi songs very well, the Music you definitely Love.

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      The film was to be called BP. But it might be mistaken by many as an adult film. The title Balak Palak was suggested by the Chief Asst. Director (Shivkumar Parthasarathy) of the film. He had made an illustration of a father and son and had mentioned Balak Palak (Child and Parent) in it. The director liked the idea and he decided to use the name Balak Palak for the film.

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    • Release date
      • January 4, 2013 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
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    • Language
      • Marathi
    • Also known as
      • Отцы и дети
    • Filming locations
      • Thane, Maharashtra, India
    • Production companies
      • Mumbai Film Company
      • Ravi Jadhav Films
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      • ₹15,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 49m(109 min)
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      • 2.35 : 1

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