Chaava – A Film on the Clash of Falling Rules
- Arkaprava Das
Historic narratives, especially those that are attached close to people's sentiments and faith bear their own credit and challenges when they are presented in the form of entertainment medium. Chaava, tale of the gallant worrier king, Sambhaji Raje (formally, Sambhaji Bhosle, who is called with other local names, such as, Shambhu Raje and 'Chaava') that is made as a film by Director Laxman Utekar has already achieved its impressive score in terms of the box office collection.
The movie is released under the banner of Maddock Films and running in the theatres all over the country from February 14, 2025. With no doubt, it is a big venture for both the director and producer to pick a subject as this as a production. Both, being known to make middle-budget entertaining pieces, this movie needed effort and much more groundwork where the director has proved his capacity.
Made with a compromised budget slot of INR 130 - 140 crore, its profit count has surpassed two other blockbuster historic films, Tanhaji (2020 release) and Bajirao Mastani (2015 release), where both were made on the heroic accounts of Maratha power that rose during 18th century India as the strongest combatant for the declining Mughal rule. While choosing Sambhaji's life as a subject, Chaava takes us to the core of the rivalries between the ever-clashing non-submitting imperial thrones.
If we come to talk on that point and review this movie, there are a few parts that needs mention in particular. Firstly, the conflict of personalities and their vulnerabilities. The movie made based on the novel of author Shivaji Sawant presents the scenario of these two dynasties as an overview. Both Sambhaji and Aurangzeb were shown suffering from psychological trauma, but, the cause remains unclear to some parts.
Protagonists, Vicky Kaushal gave his natural performance that touches the heart, while Akshay Khanna was much bound with the stereotyped dramatic avatar of Alamgir, frustrated, jealous and brutal. The vulnerability and absence of realization of his loss needed sensitive attention to add intensity to the plot. The movie is particularly male dominated movie with female leads, Rashmika Mandanna (played Yasubai, wife of Sambhaji) and Diana Ponty (played Zinat-un-Nissa, daughter of Aurangzeb) could not put any more ingredients other than remaining as a support to the male artists.
Regarding the circumstance, it is a very straightforward movie that showed the military planning, treachery, brutality and the gruesome end of Sambhaji in a procedural way. They are said as a kind of protocol. However, they needed touches of human feeling that would have made the movie more reliable as the account of our past time. The movie would have given more focus on the fragility of India's political system at both ends, such as, the gap of ideals, disunity and selfishness that ultimately ended an era and let the rule be replaced.
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