Yesterday I’ve seen a Marathi film ‘Aamhi Doghi’, the film is based on one of the finest writers of Marathi literature, Gauri Deshpande’s story. As a title, the story describes two women’s lives and their personalities. The first woman, named Savitri, is disturbed, and have a particular eye to see people and relationships; basically, the practical thinking matters more than ‘being emotional fool’ according to her. In her childhood she has lost her mother, even she hasn’t seen her mother’s face. When her father, who is a lawyer and set the successful career up as a lawyer_was asked to get remarried again by family members; refused the proposal, and lectured her daughter to be practical in life.
When Savi at her sixteen, her father brings a lady home. A simple woman with traditional Maharashtrian look and attire, her name is ‘Aamla’, Savi’s stepmother, not more than seven or eight years older than her but now that lady is her mother. They both have some bad and good times together. When the milk is churned and after churning, we get butter like that, the relationships between both of them getting stronger from time to time. But we can’t ignore the spots of the moon, likewise without conflicts, there is no story. Here Savi’s father has many problems with her behaviour, he rejects her to participate in dance, wants her to become a lawyer, but she refuses all his wishes and takes a decision to go Mumbai to work as a research assistant, and she made it.
In mumbai, Savi and her bestie Neha have so many hanging out days and nights, Neha’s husband also helps her to adjust in the town. And through him she meets ‘Ram’, a simple and very authentic person who believes in traditional way of life, works in IT firm but interested in entertainment, wants everything, which belongs to simplicity. They like each other, and day by day the friendship turnes into love. He has his own expectations from this relationship but Savi, the woman in her attitude, to be practical always, doesn’t want to get into the restriction of marriage, and here the problem starts.
One day, the door bail of the house is ringing, when Savi opens the door, the lady comes into house, like showing her authority on it, that is Amla, and Savi’s Ammi (that she calls her). There is no Bindi or Kunku on her forehead, no Mangalsutra, she lost her husband and Savi her father. The will of her father says that the whole property on the name of Savi but the condition is to take care of Aamla until her death. The bonding between Savi and Aamla is getting stronger, the sharing of emotions are increasing with mutual understanding. But the other relationship couldn’t survive, Ram gets married to other girl without Savi’s concern, the relationship ends without saying anything, just ingnorance and silence are there.
But in the end, the question which was raised in Savi’s mind when she was young that why Aamla married her father, is on the way to get the answer. Aamla has been suffering from leukaemia, and the last stage is running. So, because of her care, Savi’s father brought her home as a wife to take care of hers because he promised Aamla’s father who was his friend to give all cares. In the last conversation between the ladies, where Aamla advises to let go of her emotions and be free because being too much practice will not get her any prize; So, it’s better to be free. The story is not about two women but also the two perspectives of life. And that’s up to us which one would be better to live our life with full potential because learning is a lifelong process. And finally, like our phone apps_we need to update ourselves also.
Life goes on 