| Aayna Ka Bayna | |
| Director: | Samit Kakkad |
| Screenplay: | Samit Kakkad |
| Story: | Raju Khuste Suchita Sawant |
| Producer: | Amar Kakkad Pushpa Kakkad Manju Porwal |
| Starring: | Sachin Khedekar Amruta Khanvilkar |
| Cinematography: | Sanjay Jadhav |
| Editing: | Rahul Bhatankar |
| Music: | Ajit-Sameer |
| Studio: | Akshara Films Division |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Marathi |
Aayna Ka Bayna also known as Delinquent Dancers is a 2012 Marathi-language musical drama film written and directed by Samit Kakkad.[1] The film stars Sachin Khedekar and Amruta Khanvilkar while Siddesh Pai, Amit Rokade, Dinesh Kamble, Pravin Nair, Anand Chavan, Sanket Farad, Rahul Kulkarni, Akhilesh Vishvakarma and Nikhil Rajemahadik portray pivotal roles.[2] A group of juveniles living in a remand home possess amazing dancing skills, but their path is hindered by their warden. Two dance masters assist and guide these aspirants towards their goal.[3]
The film received positive response from critics and audience upon release. Moreover, it went on to screened at twelve film festivals across the globe and won several accolades, it received two Zee Chitra Gaurav Awards and one Sanskruti Kala Darpan Award while internationally it won ten awards at CineRockom International Film Festival, including Best Feature Film, Best Director (Kakkad), Best Actor (Khedekar) and Best Actress (Khanvilkar).[4]
The story about group of juveniles living in a remand home who are eagerly trying to sort out their bleak lives. To help them, Shivani uses the dance therapy to counsel them. As a part of it, these boys get a chance to take part in a dance competition. But their strict warden Sathe opposes them. The boys then decide to escape and show their special talent to the world.
Kakkad held an open auditions for the role of nine juveniles with the intention to cast dancers with the same background. 400 people showed up, coincidentally one of Rokade's nephews and four students from his dance school were signed for the movie. They underwent a 20 days acting workshop.[6]
The film songs and background score is composed by Ajit-Sameer. The title track of the film was choreographed by Umesh Jadhav even before the song was written by Vidyadhar Bhave and recorded. He took help of international tracks of Pitbull, Beyonce, Eminem and Michael Jackson among others to choreograph the nine hip-hop dancers.[7] The remaining songs are choreographed by Boogie Woogie winner Rohan Rokade.
The film had its theatrical release on 30 November 2012 and in 2014 the film was dubbed in Hindi and aired on Sony Max.[8] The film was chosen as a closing film of the Reelworld Film Festival, Toronto in 2013.[9] The film subsequently screened at 39th Seattle International Film Festival, 10th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart.[10]
| CineRockom International Film Festival | 2013 | Best Feature Film (Diamond Award) | Samit Kakkad | |
| Best Director (Gold Award) | ||||
| Best Actor (Silver Award) | Sachin Khedekar | |||
| Best Lead Actress (Gold Award) | Amruta Khanvilkar | |||
| Best Music Score (Silver Award) | Ajit Parab | |||
| Best Young Artist (Silver Award) | Siddesh Pai | |||
| Best Young Artist (Blue Award) | Sanket Farad | |||
| Best Editing (Diamond Award) | Rahul Bhatankar | |||
| Best Cinematography (Gold Award) | Sanjay Jadhav | |||
| Best Production Design (Silver Award) | Vasu Patil | |||
| Marathi Chitrapat Parivaar- Pune | Best Screenplay | Samit Kakkad | ||
| Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards | Best Director | |||
| Best Actor | Sachin Khedekar | |||
| Best Cinematography | Sanjay Jadhav | |||
| Zee Gaurav Awards[11] [12] | Best Film | Aayna Ka Bayna | ||
| Special Jury Award | Aayna Ka Bayna | |||
| Best Director | Samit Kakkad | |||
| Best Background Music | Ajit- Sameer | |||
| Best Sound | Manoj Mochemadkar | |||
| Best Editor | Rahul Bhatankar | |||
| Best Cinematography | Sanjay Jadhav | |||
| Best Choreography | Umesh Jadhav, Rohan Rokade |