Riteish Deshmukh on his Marathi film Mauli: Mother tongue has its own magic

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Actor-producer Riteish Deshmukh's tough policeman avatar in the teaser of his new Marathi film "Mauli" is being loved. He says while he would love to show this side of his performance in a Hindi film, there's something else about doing it in his mother tongue.

The action-packed teaser of "Mauli" was unveiled by superstar Shah Rukh Khan on social media earlier this week.

It received a positive response from a majority of the film fraternity, with director Ram Gopal Varma questioning Riteish as to "why you don't show this kind of attitude in Hindi films and reserve it only for the Marathi Manoos?"

Riteish, who earlier featured in Marathi film "Lai Bhaari", responded: "Hahahaha RGV Sir, thank you for your unique, kind words. I wish I got a script like this in Hindi... But more than happy to play this character in Marathi. Mother tongue has its own magic."

Produced by Genelia D'Souza Deshmukh and directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, the film, set to release on December 21, is written by Kshitij Patwardhan. 

After his last film Lai Bhaari (2014) proved to be a hit, the actor's action avatar in Mauli looks to repeat the magic.

The teaser captures the attitude, and the Marathi swag of Deshmukh's arrogant policeman in Aditya Sarpotdar's film. The title 'Mauli' often used to refer to Lord Vitthala in Pandharpur is used as a motif throughout the teaser. From the first glimpse of the 'palkhi' (cradle) to the sight of Deshmukh's hero bashing goons with bricks is quite effective.

The teaser has enough punchlines to go with the punches thrown by its hero. From its first look released on Thursday, the film seeks to replicate the magic of the commercial entertainer that was Lai Bhaari (2014), which saw the actor play a character named Mauli. However, Mauli seems to be more in the mould of the Salman Khan-starrer, Dabangg (2010) and Rowdy Rathore (2012) in its treatment.

The film will also mark the Marathi debut of actress Saiyami Kher.