The emotional conflicts present in the film are shallow and one just can’t identify with the dilemma or the plight of the protagonists. But clearly, Ravi Jadhav is more interested in developing the one liners and humour at the expense of the emotional content. This single moment shows us that the characters could have been shown in a different perspective. In a rare moment, the camera cuts to a picture of his deceased wife and shows Mangle yearning to reunite with his estranged son. Such as Shakaal – Prajakta’s father (played by Vaibhav Mangle). The film sees some characters regret their past actions and mourning their loss. And this sadly sees him sacrifice the emotional and more dramatic plot points in the film to give way for such punchlines and dialogues which fail miserably after a point. The popularity of the punchlines and the funny dialogues in the first time was perhaps too hard for Jadhav to resist. And Jadhav’s safe and predictable approach to the film makes it an excruciating watch and adds the monotony of the proceedings. The film has a predictable storyline and one can fairly predict the culmination of the film. But Timepass 2 seems like a lazy job done solely with the intent of cashing on the success of the prequel. Even if the film wasn’t completely appealing, one still ended up identifying with the plight of the characters. Timepass had certain freshness in the way it narrated the story and captured the Mumbai milieu of the 90’s. After being separated in the first film, the sequel sees the estranged couple attempting to reunite. And thus, Ravi Jadhav is back with the sequel Timepass 2, a year later after the original was made.Įxpectedly the sequel picks from where the first movie left with Prajakta and Dagdu growing up to be Priya Bapat and Priyadarshan Jadhav respectively.
Given the immense success, popularity & the open ending of the film, it was evident that a sequel of the film would soon be made. One such film was director Ravi Jadhav’s Timepass featuring Prathamesh Parab and Ketaki Mategaonkar in the lead roles. The last few years has seen Marathi cinema churn adolescent love stories with an amazing regularity.