Вентилятор: Отбасы және мереке туралы комедиялық драма

2016 film by Rajesh Mapuskar
the Gujarati film

Ventilator is a 2016 Indian Marathi language comedy drama film written and directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and produced by Priyanka Chopra. The film features an ensemble cast of more than 100 actors, including Ashutosh Gowariker, Jitendra Joshi, Sulbha Arya and Sukanya Kulkarni. It tells the story of the Kamerkar family, whose eldest and most beloved member goes into a coma and is put on a medical ventilator a few days before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations. Mapuskar conceived the film after one of his family members was hospitalised and put on a ventilator; he started writing the script after noting the reaction of his family members, trying to treat the difficult situation with humour. On its completion, he approached several producers, who were sceptical and tried to discourage him from making it in Marathi. Later, Chopra accepted it to produce under her production company Purple Pebble Pictures. The film was released on 4 November 2016 in Maharastra and several other cities in India. Ventilator received widespread critical acclaim, garnering praise for its direction, screenplay, cast performances, music and its treatment of humour and emotion. Made on a small budget of 35 million (US$550,000), the film was a commercial success, earning 250 million (US$4 million) at the box office. as of October 2017, Ventilator is the 10th highest grossing Marathi film of all time. Ventilator won three awards at the 64th National Film Awards; Best Director for Mapuskar, Best Editing and Best Sound Mixing. The film was nominated in 16 categories at the 2017 Filmfare Marathi Awards; including Best Film, Best Director for Mapuskar, Best Actor for Joshi, Best Supporting Actor for Gowariker and Best Supporting Actress for Kulkarni. It won five categories, including Best Screenplay. The film was remade in Gujarati in 2018 under the same title.

Every year, the Kamerkar family assembles in their ancestral village to celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Three days before the festival, a doyen of the family—the much loved and respected Gajanan Karmerkar who is fondly known as Gajju Kaka—goes into a coma. He is put on life support—a medical ventilator—in a Mumbai hospital. Gajanan's nephew, Raja Kamerkar, a popular Bollywood film director, receives this news from his father during a screening of his film starring Priyanka Chopra, who suggests Raja leave for the hospital. Gajju Kaka has been very kind to Raja, who is having some issues with his own father. On his way to the hospital, Raja tells everyone, including the family in the village. Although his relatives are worried about Gajju Kaka, they are also worried about the upcoming festivities. Gajju Kaka's death during the festival would mean a period of mourning, spoiling their festive plans. All of the family members and their neighbours visit Gajju Kaka in the hospital, praying to Lord Ganesha for his quick recovery. Gajanan's wife Manda and their son Prasanna are happy to see Raja at the hospital, while others are excited about Raja's upcoming film and his popularity. Raja meets everyone in the hospital, most of whom are occupied with concerns other than Gajju Kaka's health. Raja is amused by the chaos around the family members and their different attitudes to the situation. Even in this difficult time, Prasanna is busy with political endeavours and his plans to win a competition to prove himself to his boss. Meanwhile, Pritam, Prassana's and Raja's cousin from the village, is on his way with his uncle (Gajanan's older, unmarried brother), his mother, father, wife and other relatives. Prasanna has a dysfunctional relation with his father Gajanan, of which all the family members are aware. On the contrary, Prasanna's sister Sarika shares a deep relationship with their father. Manda reminds Prasanna that Gajanan had always loved him and that Prassana should have been there for him. Prasanna's boss dismisses him and gives his job to his assistant. The family from the village arrives; they learn about the ventilator and are shocked to know that he will always depend upon it. Prasanna decides to keep Gajanan on the ventilator until the following afternoon and the family understands. Raja, who had problems with his own father, asks Prasanna to go to Gajanan's ward and see him for the last time. Prasanna reveals his anger towards his father and how he could not be like "his favourite Raja", and that Gajanan never understood him and overlooked him in favour of his sister Sarika. The next day, Raja and Prasanna's cousin Lata arrives from the United States with her husband and their young son. The child has drawn a family tree, which he shows to the whole family. He asks Prasanna about his father; Prasanna tells the child his father never loved him. After overhearing this, Raja's father and Gajanan's brother remind Prasanna about his father's difficulties after Prasanna was born with a thin nostril, and contrary to Prasanna's belief, how much Gajanan loved him. This changes Prassana's mind; he rushes to the ward to ask the doctors to keep his father on the ventilator as he makes peace with Gajanan. He rejoins his mother and sister, and they all hug each other. This gives confidence to Raja, who tries to bury his misunderstanding with his own father. While still on the ventilator, Gajanan is seen smiling.

Ventilator was directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and produced by Priyanka Chopra under her production company Purple Pebble Pictures. Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra also served as producer on the film and looked after its production. It was distributed by Zee Studios. Mapuskar had the idea for the film when a family member was hospitalised and put on a medical ventilator. According to the director, the word "ventilator" became a part of his daily life and he began to follow the stories of the people undergoing medical treatment. He was also busy with his own directorial venture. After six months, Rajesh Mapuskar approached him again; Gowariker insisted on an audition so he could be rejected. He finally agreed after getting a phone call from Chopra, who insisted he do the film. Sonal Kharade designed the costumes for the entire cast, Savita Singh handled the cinematography and Nikhil S. Kovale was in charge of the art direction. Filming of the hospital scenes began in May 2016; most of the film was shot in the Kurla's Kohinoor Hospital, where a daycare unit was converted into an ICU. Chopra filmed her cameo appearance and the music video for "Baba" in a three day schedule which was completed on 2 July 2016. The filming was completed in 34 days.

Ventilator has received widespread critical acclaim from critics. Rachit Gupta of Filmfare gave it 4 stars out of 5, calling it an "achievement in handling extended ensemble casts and genuine human emotions with great effect", and said it "serves up humour, anger, hatred, envy, sorrow, regret and myriad human emotions with flawless impact. You’ll laugh and cry through this film at the drop of many a hat." Gupta added, "Ventilator is one of the most honest and emotional films of the year. It's a Marathi film worth treasuring. It's an Indian film worth celebrating." Mihir Bhanage, writing for The Times of India, also gave the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The list of must watch Marathi films of recent times just registered an addition in the form of 'Ventilator'. This Priyanka Chopra production is a beautiful journey of relationships, emotions, misunderstandings and priorities that are a part of many families." Hemant Waje of Rediff. com gave the film 3.5 out of 5, calling it "a refreshing family drama" and saying the characterisation is its biggest strength: "Rajesh Mapuskar has made sure that he uniquely introduces each and every character and their relationship, forming a strong base for the film. He allows each one to express themselves." Kunal Guha of Mumbai Mirror gave a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5 and said that Mapuskar handled the film carefully while trying his best to contain the story and characters from stretching the limits of exaggeration: "While he largely succeeds, he should be credited for elaborately examining the unexpressed emotions in relationships—and doing so amidst the cacophony of various other parallel tracks—without allowing either to shadow the other." He also praised the performances, particularly that of Joshi, whom he said "furnishes his character's state of mind immaculately". Vijayakar praised Mapuskar's "masterly control of his script", and said that despite "the crackling undercurrent of humor", the film was a tearjerker and that "there will be lumps in the throat and tears in the eyes of those susceptible". Wankar also praised the performance of the cast, calling them "remarkable", and saying "Sukanya Kulkarni Mone and Jitendra Joshi play their characters of Gaju kaka’s children to perfection". Film critic Prachi Pinglay Plumber of Outlook gave the film a rating of 3 out of 4, praising the open ending, and writing, "The premise lends itself beautifully to chaos, comedy and dollops of emotion  you have a film that has all of the above boxes ticked".

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref. (Reference(s)) Filmfare Marathi Awards 27 October 2017 Best Film Priyanka Chopra Best DirectorRajesh Mapuskar Best Original Story Best Screenplay Best Dialogue Best Debut Director Best Actor Jitendra Joshi Best Supporting Actor Ashutosh Gowariker Best Supporting Actress Sukanya Kulkarni Mone Best Music Rohan Rohan Best Lyrics Manoj Yadav (for song "Baba") Best Production Design Nikhil Kovale Best Cinematography Savita Singh Best Editing Rameshwar S. Bhagat Best Background Score Rohan Rohan Best Sound Design Sanjay Maurya, Allwyn Rego Lions Gold Awards 5 January 2017Favourite Marathi Film Priyanka Chopra Maharashtra State Film Awards 30 April 2017 Best Film III Priyanka Chopra Mata Sanman Awards 28 March 2017 Best Film Priyanka Chopra Best DirectorRajesh Mapuskar Best Supporting Actor Jitendra Joshi Best Music Direction Rohan Rohan Best Lyrics Manoj Yadav (for song "Baba") Best Playback Singer Male Rohan Pradhan (for song "Baba") Best Screenplay Rajesh Mapuskar Best Editing Rameshwar S. Bhagat Mirchi Music Awards Marathi 2 March 2017 Listeners' Choice Song of the Year Priyanka Chopra (for song "Baba") Upcoming Music Composer of the YearRohan Rohan National Film Awards3 May 2017 Best Director Rajesh Mapuskar Sanskruti Kaladarpan Awards 8 May 2017 Best Film Priyanka Chopra Best Director Rajesh Mapuskar Best Actor Jitendra Joshi Best Supporting Actor Ashutosh Gowariker Best Villain Nilesh Diwekar Best Screenplay Rajesh Mapuskar Best Editing Rameshwar S. Bhagat Zee Gaurav Puraskar 26 March 2017 Best Film Priyanka Chopra Best Director Rajesh Mapuskar Best Screenplay Rajesh Mapuskar Best Editing Rameshwar S. Bhagat Zee Talkies Comedy Awards 30 July 2017 Best Film Priyanka Chopra Best DirectorRajesh Mapuskar

Soon after the release and success of the film, Mapuskar said the producers had received several offers to remake Ventilator in other languages, including Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi and Gujarati. In August 2017, it was announced Ventilator will be remade in Malayalam with Chopra serving as a producer. The Gujarati remake Ventilator was released on 14 September 2018. In early September 2017, it was announced it would be adapted into a Gujarati play directed by theatre actor Rajesh Joshi, with Mapuskar serving as a creative consultant.