Cast: Mandira Bedi, Anupam Kher, Eijaz Khan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vandana Gupte, Prateeksha Lonkar, Anil Kumble, Charu Sharma, Kishore Pradhan and others
Director:Chandrakant Kulkarni
Producer:Rangita Pritish Nandy, Pritish Nandy
Music:Sandesh Shandilya
Date of Released:December 5th, 2008
Pritish Nandy communication brings you the craziest, most amazing love story of the year! And the one thing it's not
about is hearts, flowers and cupid with his bow-n-arrow. As the name goes 'Meerabai Not Out' is all about
Cricket.
Story:
Meera Achrekar, a mathematics teacher at Vishwaprem Vidyalaya, has been happy and single for quite a while now. The
great love of her life has been, and will always remain, cricket and Anil Kumble. Meera, unlike most teachers of her
school, is more fanatical about her religion 'cricket'. Living with her family in their small home in a Mumbai chawl, Meera
was initiated into her temple of Wankhede Stadium by her brother, Mahesh.
Mahesh Anant Achrekar played cricket at the Ranji Trophy level. Sadly, middle class making-ends-meet economics got
the better of the impressive Maharashtrian leggie, and passion had to make way for responsibility. Mahesh is today a
cricket cynic.So while Meera bunks classes and fights for season tickets to every cricket match that is played at
Wankhede Stadium, Mahesh even steers clear off cricket scores! While the folk at Bhaktiyog Society have cast
aspersions on her craze towards the game, the bigger problem that worries the Achrekar family is Meera's still single-
status. Love suddenly blossoms with heart-specialist, Dr Arjun Sachdeva and Meera realizes that perhaps there is more
to life than praying for Team India and Anil Kumble! However, in between this fabulous exchange of text messages,
Valentine's Day outings and walks along Chowpatty, she confesses to Arjun that she is already married-- to cricket!
So, while the maiden's heart beats for Anil Kumble and India's fortunes, will Meera be able to commit to her non-striker
beau and keep her prospective father-in-law at bay?
Performance:
Mandira Bedi gets her first full blown lead role and she does justice to the part. Eijaz Khan not only looks very handsome
but acts well too. Anupam Kher is apt as Mandira's father. Vandana Gupte as Mandira’s mom gives able support.
Mahesh Manjrekar towers over them all with his superb act. His frustration of not becoming a cricketer because he
wanted to take care of his family is noticeable in every single sequence.
Music:
Music is by Sandesh Shandilya is good, couple of songs are hummable. 'Hai Rama' by Sukhwinder and Neha Kakkad is
Catchy . Title song 'Meera bai not out' has good beats.
Verdict:
'Meerabai Not Out' has a sweet concept and good comedy. Worth watching once, can be rated as average. |  |
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