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6. The sixth influence was that of Comedy and Hasya rasa. Comedy has always been the mainstay of
Marathi cinema. Earlier it was dominated by Master Vinayak and Damooanna Malvankar. Then came
the era of Sharad Talvalkar, Raja Gosavi, Raja Paranjape. The comedy wave was very strong as people
were fed up the syrupy sentimental romances and the weepy family melodrama. Dada Kondke was
hailed as the new messiah of the robust, Tamasha-based rural comedy with double meaning jokes. Dada
Kondke went on to make bawdy comedies with ‘double entendre’ rustic dialogues. He gave maximum
number of silver jubilee hits. Dada Later on in Kondke’s tremendous success in the 1970s attracted its
share of imitators and a whole new genre of cinema came about: the rural-based comedy with its roots in
the folk theatre. Later on in 80s Sachin Pilgaonkar and Mahesh Kothare gave a new face to comedy.
They correctly diagnosed the pulse of the urban and college-going audience and wooed them back into
the theatres. The major block buster’s were Navri Mile Navrryala, Dhoom Dhadaka, Maza Pati
karodpati etc.
7. The seventh influence was the Saint Parampara. The Prabhat film Dharmatma projected the story of
saint Eknath who fought against untouchability. Another land mark film as Sant Tukaram. This pious,
simple man was so much immersed in the worship of Lord Panduranga that his wife was extremely
irritated and attempts to draw him to his mundane duties. Legend says tht he was bodily transported to
Heaven. During the period of Second World War, the entire world was against with inhuman massacre
ordered by Hitler. At that time Prabhat Company made a film on Sant Dnyaneshwar, who despite so
many hurdles and sufferings preached the cause of humanity.
8. The eighth influence was of that of Political Happenings-the rural and urban politics. The popular
films in this category were Samana- a story of an ordinary school teacher inspired by the ideas of
Mahatma Gandhi and horrified by a murder, takes on the might of village headman and eventually
brings him to book. Simhasan was another film on the politics of Maharashtra and about competition
among power-hungry politicians. Even a film called Sarkarnama tried to face off the corruption and
brutality at the political level.
9. The ninth influence was Bold and Innovative subjects and happenings around the globe. The bold
subjects were put forward and the first attempt was the film Shantata Court Chalu Aahe. Another offbeat
film was Akreit, based on the infamous Manwat murder case in which a childless woman prevailed
upon her influential paramour to arrange for the sacrifice of several children in the hope of begetting a
child. Then came Umbartha, about a woman trying to establish her identity outside the family. Smriti
Chitreor Memories, based on memoires of famous woman writer-Bahinabai Chowdhary. Other movies
like Satchyaaat Gharata bout neo-liberalism in the youth, Dombivali Fast about commuters’ woes and
common man’s impotence in face of corruption, Uttarayan about love between two senior citizens,
Valu about taming of a wild bull in the village, Joshi Ki Kamble about reservation quota for low castes,
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