A Marathi film having a good script filled with emotions, a little comedy and drama. A work well done by all actors. I will recommend this as a one time watch and worth your time.
6 Reviews
Good script and well implemented
satyendr3 July 2020
A Marathi cinema with european soul.
shriyajog13 March 2019
Omkar Shetty delves into the essence of parenthood and love through characters that are products of their circumstances.
sabkidhulai21 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Omkar Shetty delves into the essence of parenthood and love through characters that are products of their circumstances.
Director Omkar Shetty's Aaron is the story of a 15-year-old, Babu (Atharva Padhye), from a small village in Maharashtra, who takes off on a journey to find his mother in Paris, France. Accompanying him is his Kaka (Shashank Ketkar), determined to reunite the boy he has brought up with his mother (Swastika Mukherjee). Kaku (Neha Joshi) is an emotional wreck but happy for Babu, who has yearned to come face to face with his mother throughout his growing years. While his mother left him in the care of his Kaka and Kaku (paternal uncle and aunt) at a very young age, his only connection to his biological mother is the letters they write to each other. We learn about the bond Babu shares with his Kaka and Kaku in the form of flashbacks, used effectively as the story unfolds in the present. Revealing one layer at a time, Shetty constructs an engrossing screenplay. The film is heavy on emotions as it tries to discover through the eyes of a young boy what parenthood and unconditional love really mean. Aaron's production quality is high and the performances of the primary cast are consistent all around. The film, however, belongs to young Padhye who gets the pulse of his character. As a good-hearted teenager who can't get his biological mother out of his mind and is coming to terms with adult subjects like drug abuse, abandonment, parenthood and being lied to by those closest to him, Padhye touches you with his performance. The writing of all the characters comes with a justification for their actions, especially that of the mother, who failed to take care of her child when faced with tribulations in her life. There are a few loopholes in the script (like why could they not go to the police to find the missing mother), but the director neatly covers it up with some explanations. As many road movies go, the adventure of the characters often naturally leads to a few light moments. Aaron has a few of those to break the drama. The banter between Babu and his Kaka also creates several heartwarming moments. A few patches do turn monotonous, especially the time when days are passing by and the search bears no fruit. Perhaps a device to connect you to all the trouble the characters are going through. The drama and emotions unfolding on the screen are engaging enough, and the heavy, at times jarring, background score points to an overkill. Even so, Aaron is potent with emotions of pain, longing, motherhood and the human search for love and belonging.
Director Omkar Shetty's Aaron is the story of a 15-year-old, Babu (Atharva Padhye), from a small village in Maharashtra, who takes off on a journey to find his mother in Paris, France. Accompanying him is his Kaka (Shashank Ketkar), determined to reunite the boy he has brought up with his mother (Swastika Mukherjee). Kaku (Neha Joshi) is an emotional wreck but happy for Babu, who has yearned to come face to face with his mother throughout his growing years. While his mother left him in the care of his Kaka and Kaku (paternal uncle and aunt) at a very young age, his only connection to his biological mother is the letters they write to each other. We learn about the bond Babu shares with his Kaka and Kaku in the form of flashbacks, used effectively as the story unfolds in the present. Revealing one layer at a time, Shetty constructs an engrossing screenplay. The film is heavy on emotions as it tries to discover through the eyes of a young boy what parenthood and unconditional love really mean. Aaron's production quality is high and the performances of the primary cast are consistent all around. The film, however, belongs to young Padhye who gets the pulse of his character. As a good-hearted teenager who can't get his biological mother out of his mind and is coming to terms with adult subjects like drug abuse, abandonment, parenthood and being lied to by those closest to him, Padhye touches you with his performance. The writing of all the characters comes with a justification for their actions, especially that of the mother, who failed to take care of her child when faced with tribulations in her life. There are a few loopholes in the script (like why could they not go to the police to find the missing mother), but the director neatly covers it up with some explanations. As many road movies go, the adventure of the characters often naturally leads to a few light moments. Aaron has a few of those to break the drama. The banter between Babu and his Kaka also creates several heartwarming moments. A few patches do turn monotonous, especially the time when days are passing by and the search bears no fruit. Perhaps a device to connect you to all the trouble the characters are going through. The drama and emotions unfolding on the screen are engaging enough, and the heavy, at times jarring, background score points to an overkill. Even so, Aaron is potent with emotions of pain, longing, motherhood and the human search for love and belonging.
A LOW LEVEL ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND SON
SAMTHEBESTEST7 December 2018
AARON REVIEW :
Aaron has to be called the one and only attempt which doesn't compromise with it's content for the sake if commercial value. Surrounding the hype with news like, Film is shot in minus 4°C, the Foreign Technical team from the different countries, the convincing suject like Mother-Son relationship etc. Aaron does not fail to fulfill thise promises, although it is not that great Cinematically.
Film revolves around Babu (Atharva Padhye) who is living with his Uncle Madhav Apte (Sahshank Ketkar) and Aunty Sunanda (Neha Joshi) after his Mother Alita (Swastika Mukhrjee) left him in Childhood. Babu and Alita are in touch through letters, but now he wants to see his mom, wants to meet his mom. So Babu decides to travel to France with his uncle Madhav to find and meet his mother. Does he meet her so easily, or he has to search a lot? Aaron is all about this Journey exploring bond between son-mother and nephew-uncle aunt. The Locations, The theme, Cinematography all these factors are below par. Acting by all the cast members is negligible because the interest is not generated by Storytelling. The script could have explored much better by the Director, he is at fault here.
One thing should be mentioned here that the film is made with Zero Commercial elements so, do not watch the film with that mindset. There is no compromise with the content so the conflicts are missing to wow your cinematic experience. But as Decent Attempt to the Connective Subject like Mother's Love for her Son or Gaurdians love for the Kid always remains unmatchable, is something that you can watch in Aaron but all the Feature Film aspects are missing. The sympathy goes to the emotional subject but again Cinema isn't all about emotions, it should contain that Cinematic values or else it becomes a Documentary and here Aaron is neither a proper Feature film nor a Documentary. Overall a Below Average and lazily executed film which should be skipped.
RATING- 4/10*
Aaron has to be called the one and only attempt which doesn't compromise with it's content for the sake if commercial value. Surrounding the hype with news like, Film is shot in minus 4°C, the Foreign Technical team from the different countries, the convincing suject like Mother-Son relationship etc. Aaron does not fail to fulfill thise promises, although it is not that great Cinematically.
Film revolves around Babu (Atharva Padhye) who is living with his Uncle Madhav Apte (Sahshank Ketkar) and Aunty Sunanda (Neha Joshi) after his Mother Alita (Swastika Mukhrjee) left him in Childhood. Babu and Alita are in touch through letters, but now he wants to see his mom, wants to meet his mom. So Babu decides to travel to France with his uncle Madhav to find and meet his mother. Does he meet her so easily, or he has to search a lot? Aaron is all about this Journey exploring bond between son-mother and nephew-uncle aunt. The Locations, The theme, Cinematography all these factors are below par. Acting by all the cast members is negligible because the interest is not generated by Storytelling. The script could have explored much better by the Director, he is at fault here.
One thing should be mentioned here that the film is made with Zero Commercial elements so, do not watch the film with that mindset. There is no compromise with the content so the conflicts are missing to wow your cinematic experience. But as Decent Attempt to the Connective Subject like Mother's Love for her Son or Gaurdians love for the Kid always remains unmatchable, is something that you can watch in Aaron but all the Feature Film aspects are missing. The sympathy goes to the emotional subject but again Cinema isn't all about emotions, it should contain that Cinematic values or else it becomes a Documentary and here Aaron is neither a proper Feature film nor a Documentary. Overall a Below Average and lazily executed film which should be skipped.
RATING- 4/10*
Poor logic
Karamungikar27 June 2020
Slow and doesn't work out
sudhirrl16 July 2020
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