Dombivli Fast
I caught this movie, at the Pune International Film Festival (which was my second good movie of the day) - and very worth the effort of waiting an hour and a half in front of the doors for the movie to start.
In five minutes, the hall was jam packed - with no one being able to get in because of the number of people sitting on the floors and standing by the doors to catch the movie.
Dombivli Fast is a marathi movie which revolves around the life of a middle class man - Madhav Apte (played by Sandeep Kulkarni) who is a pretty stubborn man and has a very ’’No compromising on my principles’’ attitude.
The starting of the movie depicts the redundancy of his everyday life with him doing the same things day after day after day …
Madhav Apte has never bribed anyone in his life and has never accepted any bribes himself. He is a very straight forward guy who has lived his life so far on his principles and is hell bent on continuing to do the same.
He sees the rampant corruption around him, the apathy of people and how everyone has the ’’chalta hai’’ attitude.
Everytime he tries to intervene or do something, he is stopped by one of his friends or colleagues who tell him to ’’forget it and move on’’.
Throughout his life, he is taunted by his wife, friends and neighbours on his uncompromising attitude, and how the ’’real’’ world does not work that way.
Finally, one day, he flips - the constant taunts and the drudgery of his everyday routine playing a major part in it.
What happens next when he flips, is what the movie is all about.
The supporting cast did a pretty awesome job and their acting was pretty much flawless. Kudos to Sandesh Jadhav who plays the cop and Shilpa Tulaskar who plays his wife.
The director of the movie is Nishikant Kamat and he’s also done a fabulous job of shaping the movie in the way it was done.
For a Indian movie, this one had some surprisingly, good production which put it on par with the other movies being shown at the film festival.
I personally felt, that a little bit more time should have been spent in character building - due to which it takes sometime to empathize with the main protagonist.
Due to this, the movie seems to drag a bit towards the middle, but the ending of the film is awesome and justifies for any other little flaw that the movie might have had.
Once the movie got over in the over crowded hall, the exit doors were empty.
Everyone, including the people who were sitting on the walk-ways were just .. sitting.
No one spoke for quite sometime.
The movie depicts how every person should think, but also at the same time, sticks to the sad reality of how the outcome might turn up.
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i want a dvd of dombivli fast. is it available?
Comment by mandar pagnis — 5/11/2006 @ 2:36 am
Me too!!
I want a dvd of dombivli fast. Please make it available!!!
:)
Comment by AJ — 5/14/2006 @ 8:18 am
i also need it please can u tell me more bout “dom-fast” DVD
Comment by mayur pawar — 9/7/2006 @ 11:22 am
I would like to have a dvd for Dombivli Fast,could you please make it available
From,
Uday Desai(New Zealnd)
Comment by Uday Desai — 9/9/2006 @ 7:46 pm
i want dombivali fast movie to download
Comment by tushar pawase — 10/21/2006 @ 12:24 am
i want to vcd of “Dombivali Fast”
Can you arrange to send me with
vpp charge
thanks and regards,
vikas
Comment by vikas b sanap — 10/28/2006 @ 4:48 am
Dear Sir,
I also want DVD/VCD of Dombvali Fast.Can you inform/arrange how to get this ?
Thanks & Regards,
Prashant
Comment by Prashant Aier — 11/15/2006 @ 8:32 am
IS DVD/VCD AVAILABLE OF THIS MOVIE
Comment by KETAN PAVSE — 12/5/2006 @ 11:53 am
Is there any way to get a CD or DVD with english title?
What if i am residing in Foreign country then how can i get one?
Comment by Tenzing Donk — 12/8/2006 @ 1:36 am
sorry in my first comment miss (A) in my name anyway
please if its realease in India then can you tell me where to buy or to get the CD/DVD
in Delhi??
Comment by Tenzing Donka — 12/8/2006 @ 1:38 am
The CD/DVD is it available in market?
If I am residing in Foreign country then whom or where should i contact
if its release in India then where will i get it in Delhi?
Comment by Tenzin Donka — 12/8/2006 @ 1:41 am
I seen this movie recently. Madhav Apte really impressed me a lot.
He is a common man with uncommon confindence.
I agree that it’s not possible to change the system in a day.Everywhere corruption is rising. We can prevent this but if everyone should look into their deep heart they will find MADHAV APTE in themselves.
No more words for this movie than HATS OFF.
Comment by RAVINDRA CHAVAN — 3/19/2007 @ 8:35 am
Yes.Really Madhav Apte inspires us to fight against currupt system.Everyone should take inspiration from this film.Sandeep Kulkarni done very good job.
Comment by Ajit Chougule — 6/12/2007 @ 3:18 am
Can anyone please tell me a website to get this and other good movies. The only copies available for renting any movie (if any) are almost always pirated… I dont want to encourage those people…
Thanks you.
Comment by Supriya S — 6/28/2007 @ 11:59 pm
DOMB FAST is great for acting, script and direction but the end could have been better. Considering the fact that cop Anaspure had developed an understanding for Madhav Apte’s idealogy, he should given him a chance to visit his family or just injure him to tie him down. The climax in front of family would have had lasting impact. Secondly the dead mouse with flies was avoidable.
The movie truly unfolds the immense potential of Nishikant Kamat. We have great hopes from this young man to witness more master-pieces.
Comment by Vilas Koleshwar — 8/8/2007 @ 10:15 pm