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Some ON Marathi, Some IN Marathi, all AROUND Marathi

The first memory that the trailer of ‘The Disciple’ evoked was ‘Whiplash.’ I thought the movie is a rehash for an Indianized version. But the brand of Chaitanya Tamhane (Court, 2014) was enough for giving it a try. Some parallels do exist. The Guruji of ‘The Disciple’ is a hard taskmaster like Fletcher (Whiplash). Both …

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रविवारची सकाळ, बंड्या पेपर वाचता वाचता गणूकडे वळाला आणि चालू झाला, “काय गण्या, एक नंबर बातमी आहे बघ आज.” गणूला आतापर्यंत बंडोपंत साहेबांची चांगली ओळख झाली होती त्यामुळे जास्त कुतूहल न दाखवता, निवांतपणे विचारले, “काय बातमी आहे?” बंडूला आपला ऑडियन्स मिळाला हो जा शुरु, “तुला माहिती आहे का, आपल्या मार्केटयार्डला नवीन बस डेपो होणार आहे!” …

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