Kaakan

140 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageMarathi

Kaakan is a Marathi language movie released in 2015 directed by Kranti Redkar starring Jitendra Joshi and Urmila Kanitkar on lead roles.^[1] The movie can be watched on youtube for free.

The movie starts with some boys talking about an old and shabby man named 'Kishu' who lives near a deserted fort. A brave and naughty boy named 'Gopi' goes to the old man's hut to tease the old man but sees the sad emotions in his eyes and returns home. One day when Gopi is trying to catch a fish near the river, he slips and falls in the river.After some time he wakes up unconsciously lying on the river bank.He remembers he was saved by Kishu. Thereafter Gopi and Kishu become friends, after which Gopi tries to know about Kishu from the villagers. Kishu was in love with Sudha and they both wanted to marry each other,but due to the poor economic conditions of Kishu,Sudha's parents were against their love. One day when they both were sitting on a boat, Sudha falls in the lake. Kishu saves her but in the attempt, her gold bangle falls in the lake. Sudha's mother scolds her for the lost bangle which she informs Kishu and he promises to return it to her. Kishu sells all his land and goes to the city to buy a bangle for her. Meanwhile, Sudha'parents marry her off to a rich man against her will. Kishu heartbroken finds a married Sudha in the city but Sudha refuses to see him. Heartbroken Kishu never comes out of this shock and roams his village like a beggar. Gopi feels bad for Kishu hearing the story.Kishu's health worsens and Gopi promises to search for Sudha so Kishu could fulfill his last wish to see and gift her the bangle. Gopi goes to the city and finds Sudha but she refuses to return to the village but never the less comes to the village with her husband. Sudha meets Kishu and tells him to put the bangle in her hand. Kishu takes his last breath in the arms of his loving Sudha.

• Jitendra Joshi as Kishu
• Urmila Kanitkar as Sudha
• Ashutosh Gaikwad
• Ashok Shinde as Sudha's husband
• Madhavi Juvekar
• Priyal Naik

Kaakan was released on 10 April 2015. Pune Mirror rated the movie with two and a half star saying that Kaakan would be only appealing to a specific type of audience, which prefers a quick dose of emotional melodrama.^[2]

Soundtracks for Kaakan is composed by debut music director Ajay Singha.

• Kaakan at IMDb