Girish Kulkarni, director-writer of Jaundya na Balasaheb, also plays its protagonist Balasaheb

Jaundya na Balasaheb (Let it Be, Balasaheb, Marathi), directed by Girish Kulkarni, that opens this weekend, is a feisty celebration of old-fashioned innocence, of jewels in the dust in your own backyard. With Kulkarni as debut director, this film is the latest in a long tradition of sensitive, thought-provoking Marathi films since V Shantaram.