Aflatoon (2023 film)

Aflatoon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byParitosh Painter
Written byParitosh Painter
Produced byRajeev Kumar Saha
StarringJohny Lever
Siddharth Jadhav
Paritosh Painter
CinematographySuresh Deshmane
Music byKashyap Sompura
Production
companies
Saha & Sons Studios
Ideas The Entertainment Company
Distributed byAA Films
Release date
  • 21 July 2023 (2023-07-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi
Budgetest.₹3.50 crore (US$410,000)[1][2]
Box officeest.₹10.01 crore (US$1.2 million)[3]

Aflatoon (transl. Maverick) is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed by Paritosh Painter and produced by Rajeev Kumar Saha.[4] The film stars an ensemble cast including Siddhartha Jadhav, Paritosh Painter, Jayesh Thakkar, Johnny Lever, Bharat Dabholkar, Shweta Gulati, Tejaswini Lonari, Vijay Patkar, Resham Tipnis, Jesse Lever and Vishnu Mehra. Made on budget of just 3.5 cr Film Collects 10 cr and became Fourth grossing Marathi film of 2023.[5][6]

Plot

Shree, Aditya, and Manav are three friends who are blind, deaf, and dumb respectively. They are financially broke with a long list of creditors behind their backs. To get rid of their financial problems they decide to start a detective agency. Their first client is Maria a young beautiful naive girl. Shree, Aditya and Manav have to help Maria get back her ancestral property from a Swindler Builder Dsouza, who had conned her father out of the property. Maria informs Shree, Aditya, and Manav how Dsouza duped her Father and conned her to sign the "SALE AGREEMENT" under the pretext of getting her to sign a "RENTAL AGREEMENT". Maria approaches lady police inspector Aaliya Sawant to help her with her case. But Aaliya advises Maria not to waste her time & money fighting the case, as all papers are legit. So with no option left, Maria gives the case to the trio, even though she has no faith in them. Now the trio with their special skills, devise a plan to get the ancestral property back. A Borrowed necklace, fake websites, antique statues, hidden treasure, multiple get-up's, down and out Maharaja, & a legendary story - all are brought together by Shree, Aditya, and Manav to give it back to Dsouza in his own style.[7]

Cast

Shree is a blind guy but has a gifted and extremely enhanced sense of smell and great insight also with a very nosy kind of nature he can decipher any kind of smell anywhere, in fact even ten fragrances and odors at the same time, and the same place. He is the part of 3 Cheers detective agency with his friends Aditya and Manav and is also the main strategist and brain of the group for any case that comes to them. Though he is always at loggerheads with Aditya!

Aditya is deaf and repeats whatever the others say without hearing. He has an eidetic memory and photographic vision. His sharp mind can remember 100 details from a single place or an event and also recollect them when needed. He is an over-smart, overconfident guy who always goes overboard with his antics. He is the part of 3 Cheers detective agency with his friends Shree and Manav. Though he is always at loggerheads with Shree! He communicates with his friend Manav through funny signs, gestures, and dumb charades.

  • Jayesh Thakkar as Manav

Manav is dumb and cannot speak but is a complete nerd with information and technology center himself. Hacking and streaming gadgets are his qualities. He is the part of 3 Cheers detective agency with his friends Aditya and Shree! He communicates with his friend Manav thru funny signs, gestures, and dumb charades. He gives technical and information support for any case that comes to them.

Maria is a sweet cute girl, who has been duped by her father’s friend Ganesh D’souza to the amount of 10 crores. But she is a resilient and determined girl who will take revenge and not spare him. She hires the detectives Shree, Aditya, and Manav to investigate and get her money back and she herself joins their plan.

He is a scheming, cunning fraud who dupes people out of their money, property or even inheritance. He is an egomaniac and considers others fools and scapegoats for his evil plans. Though extremely smart he is also very greedy in nature and this act as his Achilles heel as when his greed supersedes his smartness he too gets trapped in his own game.

The old Nawab with a shining white beard has his all prestige, respect, and heritage at stake because he is bankrupt and his show-off and the royalty is nothing but a fake pretense. He just has his loyal manager Kulkarni, a pile of debts, and on top of it his stepson Aftab who is blackmailing him for money. He enters the plan of Shree, Aditya, and Manav against D’souza to salvage his reputation and heritage.

He is the loyal manager of Nawab Waajid Ali who has been unpaid for months now and is a bit short-tempered.

Waajid Ali’s stepson and a good-for-nothing, useless chap who constantly blackmails his stepfather for money and is also very impolite and rude in his behavior with others.[8]

The hot-looking lady inspector loves perfumes but is an honest and very strict cop who hates frauds and scammers. Her own father is Havaldar and working under her. She has an innate sense of sniffing out criminals and crime and is always after Shree, Aditya, and Manav who she thinks are up to something illegal and against the law. [9]

Aliya's father worked under her as a Havaldar. He is always concerned that his beautiful and hot-looking daughter attracts lots of unwanted attention. He too is honest but has to listen to his daughter as he is her subordinate.

Release

Theatrical

Aflatoon was theatrically released on 21 July 2023.[10]

Production

It is the first film that features the real-life father-son duo Johnny Lever and Jesse Lever together. The entire film has been shot in India. It is produced by Saha & Sons Studios and Ideas The Entertainment Company.

Shooting Locations:

  1. Nimbalkar Wada, Phaltan, Maharashtra
  2. Four Seasons Winery's
  3. Vasai Fort
  4. Nanadmahal, Malkhed, Pune
  5. Ellora Studios, Meera Road,
  6. Goa
  7. Apple Studios - VASAI
  8. Amandi Bugalow - Mudh Island, Mumbai

Soundtrack

The songs and background music are composed by Kashyap Sompura.[11][12]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Aflatoon - Title Song"Pancham SompuraKashyap SompuraEarl Edgar
Sangharsh Mohite
Pancham Sompura		2:12
2."Maka Naka"Mandar CholkarKashyap SompuraAvadhoot Gupte
Vaishali Samant		2:50
Total length:5:02

References

  1. ^ "लगभग चार करोड़ का बजट और कमाई सात करोड़ के पार, सिनेमाघरों में धूम मचा रही यह छोटा पैकेट बड़ा धमाल फिल्म". NDTV India. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "न कोणतं बडं प्रमोशन, ना कोणी सुपरस्टार; तरीही बॉक्स ऑफिसवर कमाल करतोय सिद्धार्थ जाधवचा सिनेमा". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ "4 करोड़ से भी कम का बजट और छह दिन में 10 करोड़ से ज्यादा की कमाई, सिनेमाघरों में हर दिन धमाल मचा रही है ये कॉमेडी फिल्म". NDTV India. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ^ "'Aflatoon' teaser: Johnny Lever and Siddharth Jadhav starrer is all set to tickle your funny bone- Watch". The Times of India. 30 June 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. ^ Tv, Saam (27 June 2023). "Upcoming Marathi Movie : सिद्धार्थ जाधव - जॉनी लिव्हरसह दमदार कास्ट असलेला 'अफलातून' लवकरच प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला". Saam TV (in Marathi). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Johnny Lever: जॉनी लिव्हरचा मुलासोबत पहिल्यांदाच अभिनय, या मराठी सिनेमात झळकणार". eSakal (in Marathi). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  7. ^ Dange, Pooja (30 June 2023). "Aflatoon Teaser Out : सिद्धार्थ जाधव - जॉनी लिव्हरच्या कॉमेडीचा डबल डोस; अफलातून टीजर प्रदर्शित". Saam TV (in Marathi). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  8. ^ Bhirvandekar, Harshada. "Video: 'अफलातून' चित्रपटातून जॉनी लिव्हर यांचा मुलगा करणार मराठी मनोरंजन विश्वात पदार्पण!". Hindustan Times Marathi (in Marathi). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  9. ^ "तेजस्विनी लोणारीचा 'अफलातून' डॅशिंग अंदाज". Pudhari (in Marathi). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  10. ^ डेस्क, एबीपी माझा एंटरटेनमेंट (30 June 2023). "'अफलातून' चित्रपट दिवशी येणार प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीस". ABP Majha (in Marathi). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Aflatoon | Title Song | Entertainment - Times of India Videos". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Aflatoon | Song - Maka Naka | Entertainment - Times of India Videos". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 July 2023.