Take Care Good Night (2018)
Language : Marathi
Genre : Drama
Director : Girish Jayant Joshi
Cast : Sachin Khedekar, Irvati Harshe, Parna Pethe, Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar
Take Care Good Night (tc.gn) is a story that revolves around a family who faces the time of tribulation due to Cybercrime.
Though the film's dramatic theme plays out well in the plot, the narrative take on the story is extremely discerned with a cautionary tale rather than justifying its genre - Drama. Story moves with a purpose to enlighten its viewers of the downside of digital technology those we often witness in this era. Nevertheless, the movie is captivating until the very end.
Avinash (Sachin Khedekar), a 50 years old engineer, finds difficult to adapt with emerging technology at his workplace. He is a family man, a friendly next-door person. Sachin has done an excellent job in bringing life to this character.
His wife Aasavari (Irvati Harshe) is who majored in Psychology. She counsels teen kids in college and yet has trouble connecting with her own 19 years old daughter Sanika (Parna Pethe).
Avinash takes voluntary retirement from work. He and his wife have saved up some money enough to take a trip out of the country for 2 weeks. They are back from the trip and shocked to know their Bank account is hacked. Most of their savings have gone missing.
The story is crafted to let the viewers know how one's personal information can get to the hands of cyber criminals and how one's identity can be stolen through Avinash's narration. The movie also explores various societal concerns. It tries to clear the ignorance towards homosexuality. It advocates that there is nothing wrong with/to be ashamed of consensual Pre Marital sex through Sanika's voice. The story shows how the parents can constantly inculcate their children and see its undesirable effect that has on everyone's life.
Sanika (Parna Pethe) has done a brilliant role as a 19 years old daughter to Avinash and Aasavari.
It is ingeniously depicted in the very first shot of Sanika. Her t-shirt says it all. Adoring today’s fashion, which gives a meaningless definition to beauty, is worthless. Film stresses on how it feeds off inhibition of girls like Sanika.
Sanika is a girl who is not inclined to stay inside a boundary which the society has set. She is plain-spoken at stating her opinions. And yet she seeks a stranger's company than of her parents' to confide her deepest fears of feeling like a failure and the insecurities about her appearance. She indulges in a 'harmless' online flirtation and finds herself in a pickle.
Amongst the family’s struggles from losing its money, It causes an uproar when Sanika is betrayed by the same stranger who she believed in. Debut Director Girish Jayan Joshi’s writing is incredible. The carefully expressed part of the story is when Sanika was emotionally vulnerable. It is beautifully shown how Avinash and Aasavari give her their shoulders to cry on and encourages to overcome her fears. This allows Sanika a chance to disclose her confusions to them.
Inspector Pawar is one of the intriguing characters in the story. He investigates this cyber attack, which is played by National Film Award winner Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar. An old-timer in cinema has done a prominent role in this film. Pawar's prowess as a cop is displayed how he discovers the clues in the case. He remains unflappable until he captures the culprit. Pawar even exhibits commiseration towards the criminal for all the misfortunes that brought him to this low point. He believes it's only a matter of time before his unemployed son turns into a culprit just like the one he caught.
Art Director Abishek Vijaykar has done a fine job in choosing the right visual elements those do not distract the viewers from the plot.
After taking everything into account, Take Care Good Night may have traced some qualities of educative documentaries but the story's fragments keep the audience engaging until the final part.
