Now he decides to fight for the cause of the temple. Krishna is framed in a murder case that transforms him when he is freed from the jail by his father. But the village head is mediating with other parties for his own gain and the land becomes bone of contention between few groups. His father is at loggerheads with the village head over a piece of land on which the villagers want temple of Lord Vitthala to be built. His parents want him to mend his ways but he is uncontrollable and spends time with bad guys without knowing what it will lead to. Krishna is a vagabond who wants to become rich soon. With an exaggerated treatment the story loses its zing though the new faces in lead save the face by giving a good performance. Vitthala Shapath should have ended with the temple part of the storyline, the romance bit seems unnecessary.Though the film remains true to its title because of the sacrifices made for the Lord Vitthala out of reverence, it fails to grab one emotionally. Pawar, who has also written the story and the screenplay, should have kept the story a little more tight, with not many loose ends. There’s song and dance, there’s action that fits a South Indian film, and there’s a purpose to all the madness on screen, yet there’s something lacking. Despite good actors performing well, the lengthy film and the dreadful first half takes away from the entertainment factor.
Unfortunately, director Chandrakant Pawar’s Vitthala Shapath happens to be the exception. There are exceptions, of course, but the statement holds true in most cases. After many twists, expected as well as unexpected, the storyline attains moksha.Ī strong star cast generally leads to a good, entertaining film. When Krishna, having been through hell and back, takes up the challenge of constructing the temple on that very piece of land, Naina (Krutika Gaikwad) the girl he had been pursuing earlier, helps him out. While Ramchandra wants Nageshwar to let the village build a Vitthal temple in the village, the latter wants to keep that piece of land for himself. Manya is the son of sarpanch Nageshwar (Uday Sabnis). He moves around the village with Manya Patil (Anshuman Vichare) and his goons. While his father has devoted his life to preaching the teachings of the Saints and Lord Vitthal, Krishna believes that true moksha can be attained through money.
Told in flashback format, Vitthala Shapath is the story of Krishna (Vijay Sairaj), the only son of Janaki (Anuradha Rajadhyaksha) and Ramchandra Sutar (Mangesh Desai).