‘Tujhya Aaila’ review: A bittersweet curio about a childhood game
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Sujay Dahake’s Tujhya Aaila unfolds like a memory from childhood that did not make much sense back then but has lingered in the consciousness. In Dahake’s Marathi-language film, that memory is poignant and possibly life-changing – but coarse too.
Avinash (Soham Babar) finds himself in a village in Satara after his father (Abhijit Thite), an irrigation department official, is posted there. Avinash’s mother (Rajshri Deshpande) instantly and constantly hates the place.
The local government school has a single teacher for all subjects and a classroom of restless boys. The local version of Marathi is filled with colourful idioms and curses that Avinash takes some time getting used to.
Avinash befriends Devya (Hrishikesh Wankhede) and Chand (Jaid Shaikh), and finds himself pitted against the bully Khandya (Abhishek Zhende) in a peculiar, rather hurtful game. The contestants have to start a sentence with “Tujhya aaila” and then add whatever object comes to mind. The precocious Avinash has the opportunity to blend in as well as prove his superiority.
Avinash’s school is a bit like the one Dahake explored in his charming feature debut Shala (2012) – a microcosm of a society where little works like it should and absurdity is commonplace. Tujhya Aaila, written by Niyaz Mujawar, is gently humorous rather than laugh-out funny, with...