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{{Short description|2024 film directed by Ananth Mahadevan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aata Vel Zaali
| image = Aata Vel Zaali Movie.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|English|It's Time to Go!}}
| director = [[Ananth Mahadevan]]
| writer = [[Anant Mahadevan]] Mahendra Patil
| producer = Dinesh Bansal G K Agrawal [[Ananth Mahadevan]]
| starring = [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] [[Rohini Hattangadi]]
| cinematography = Pradeep Khanvilkar
| editing = Kush Tripathy [[Ananth Mahadevan]]
| music = [[Sanjoy Chowdhury]]
| studio = Imagine Entertainment and Media Ananth Mahadevan Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2023|02||Pune|2024|02|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = India
| language = Marathi
| budget = {{INR|1.40 crore}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Small budget Big Bonanza: Marathi Cinema shines amidst fierce competition |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/small-budget-big-bonanza-marathi-cinema-shines-amidst-fierce-competition/articleshow/112941796.cms |access-date=2024-09-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
| gross =
}}

'''''Aata Vel Zaali''''' ({{Translation|Now it's time}}) is a 2023 [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language [[psychological drama]] film written and directed by [[Anant Mahadevan|Ananth Mahadevan]] and produced by Dinesh Bansal, G. K. Agrawal, and [[Anant Mahadevan|Ananth Mahadevan]] under Imagine Entertainment and Media, and Ananth Mahadevan Films.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-01 |title=सर्व सांगून टाकायची 'आता वेळ झाली'; दिलीप प्रभावळकर आणि रोहिणी हट्टंगडी मुख्य भूमिकेत |url=https://marathi.abplive.com/entertainment/bollywood/aata-vel-zaali-upcoming-marathi-movie-first-look-out-dilip-prabhavalkar-rohini-hattangadi-read-role-film-direct-by-ananth-mahadevan-know-about-movie-details-release-date-entertainment-latest-update-marathi-news-1252227 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[ABP Majha]] |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-04 |title=अनंत महादेवन यांच्या चित्रपटाची घोषणा |url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/marathi-cinema/first-poster-of-the-film-aata-vel-zaali-directed-by-ananth-mahadevan-seen-on-social-media-zws-70-4192410/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Loksatta]] |language=mr}}</ref> The film stars [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] and [[Rohini Hattangadi]] in a story inspired by a true incident, which explores the controversial topic of [[active euthanasia|euthanasia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-21 |title=Anant Mahadevan: We have lost Manmohan Desai, Prakash Mehra, Rishikesh Mukherjee... audience totally to formula films - Exclusive! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/anant-mahadevan-we-have-lost-manmohan-desai-prakash-mehra-rishikesh-mukherjee-audience-totally-to-formula-films-exclusive/articleshow/107874269.cms |access-date=2024-02-21 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-11 |title=इच्छामरणावर आधारित 'आता वेळ झाली'चा भावूक ट्रेलर पाहिलात का? |url=https://www.tv9marathi.com/entertainment/aata-vel-zaali-trailer-released-starring-rohini-hattangadi-dilip-prabhavalkar-1138375.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=TV9 Marathi |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=रोहिणी हट्टंगडी आणि दिलीप प्रभावळकरांचा नवा चित्रपट लवकरच... |url=https://www.mahamtb.com/Encyc/2023/8/4/rohini-hattangadi-adn-dilip-prabhavalkar-new-movie.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Maha MTB |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=विनाकारण जगत आहोत, म्हणून आम्हाला...'आता वेळ झाली' चा ट्रेलर प्रदर्शित |url=https://marathi.indiatimes.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/dilip-prabhavalkar-and-rohini-hattangadi-marathi-movie-based-on-euthanasia-aata-vel-zaali-trailer/articleshow/107582909.cms |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Maharashtra Times]] |language=mr}}</ref>

''Aata Vel Zaali'' was screened at the [[Dallas International Film Festival]], the [[Pune International Film Festival]], the Rajasthan International Film Festival, the [[Jagran Film Festival]], the 15th Indian Film Festival of Ireland and the LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival.<ref name=":3" /> The film was theatrically released on 23 February 2024 with English subtitles.

== Plot ==
The true story of an existential crisis in the lives of an elderly couple who feel that they are leading unproductive and obsolete lives and hence seek active euthanasia as an unusual remedy. Shashidhar, a gentleman who has lived happily with his wife Ranjana Lele, wishes to make a dignified, painless exit before two likely calamities can befall them...either being reduced to a vegetative state or living a life deprived of the company of the spouse who passes first. Shashidhar and Ranjana attempt to convince a disbelieving world of their unorthodox outlook towards life and its reality until the universe itself conspires for an unexpected closure.

== Cast ==

* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] as Shashidhar Lele<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bodke |first=Chetan |date=2024-02-10 |title='कशाला करताय हे सर्व, मरण जेव्हा याययचंय तेव्हा...'; इच्छामरणावर आधारित 'आता वेळ झाली'चा हृदयस्पर्शी ट्रेलर रिलीज |url=https://saamtv.esakal.com/entertainment/actor-dilip-prabhavalkar-and-actress-rohini-hattagandi-starrer-aata-vel-zali-marathi-movie-trailer-released-in-social-media-cb99 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Saam TV]] |language=mr}}</ref>
* [[Rohini Hattangadi]] as Ranjana Lele<ref>{{Cite web |title="आम्ही सन्मानपुर्वक का मरु शकत नाही?", 'आता वेळ झाली' चा भावूक करणारा ट्रेलर प्रदर्शित |url=https://www.mahamtb.com/Encyc/2024/2/10/aata-vel-zali-movie-trailer-released.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Maha MTB |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BHATTACHARYA |first=ROSHMILA |title='Films offer you life lessons' |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/films-offer-you-life-lessons/20240221.htm |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>
* Bhagyashree Limaye as Young Ranjana Lele
* Shivraj Waichal as Young Shashidhar Lele
* Jaywant Wadkar as neighbour
* Bharat Dabholkar as newspaper editor
* Abhinav Patekar
* [[Guru Thakur]] as advocate
* [[Smita Tambe]]

== Production ==
[[National Film Awards]] winner [[Anant Mahadevan|Ananth Mahadevan]] wrote, directed, co-produced and co-edited the film with Mahendra Patil writing the dialogue.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-18 |title=इच्छामरणाचा अधिकार मागणाऱ्या जोडप्याची गोष्ट {{!}} director ananth mahadevan actor dilip prabhavalkar actress rohini hattangadi in loksatta office for movie aata vel zaali promotion zws 70 |url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/director-ananth-mahadevan-actor-dilip-prabhavalkar-actress-rohini-hattangadi-in-loksatta-office-for-movie-aata-vel-zaali-promotion-zws-70-4215193/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Loksatta |language=mr}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-05 |title=Dilip Prabhavalkar and Rohini Hattangadi starrer 'Aata Vel Zaali' will uplift spiritual cinematic experience! |url=https://www.cinebuster.in/dilip-prabhavalkar-and-rohini-hattangadi-starrer-aata-vel-zaali-will-uplift-spiritual-cinematic-experience/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=CineBuster |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] started in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-14 |title='Aata Vel Zaali': Ananth Mahadevan shares new BTS picture of Dilip Prabhavalkar and Rohini Hattangadi from the sets of the film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/aata-vel-zaali-ananth-mahadevan-shares-new-bts-picture-of-dilip-prabhavalkar-and-rohini-hattangadi-from-the-sets-of-the-film/articleshow/88893350.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-02-19 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In January 2022 Mahadevan confirmed that Shivraj Waichal and Bhagyashree Limaye will be playing young characters of Prabhavalkar and Hattangadi respectively.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-18 |title=Shivraj Waichal and Bhagyashree Limaye roped in for Anant Mahadevan's 'Aata Vel Zaali' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/shivraj-waichal-and-bhagyashree-limaye-roped-in-for-anant-mahadevans-aata-vel-zaali/articleshow/88975427.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-02-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Release ==
===Theatrical===
The film was [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|shortlisted]] for the [[94th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-10-24 |title=India's Oscar entry Koozhangal is a poetic tribute to Ray, says Oscar jury |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/indias-oscar-entry-koozhangal-is-a-poetic-tribute-to-ray-says-oscar-jury/articleshow/87235182.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-02-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The film was screened at the [[Dallas International Film Festival]], the [[Pune International Film Festival]], the Rajasthan International Film Festival, the [[Jagran Film Festival]], the 15th Indian Film Festival of Ireland, the LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival and the Indian Film Festival of Houston.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Aata Vel Zaali |url=https://www.piffindia.com/aata-vel-zaali.php |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Pune International Film Festival]]}}</ref>

The film was expected to release in theaters in December 2023, but it was postponed to 23 February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-10 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's The Storyteller expected to release in cinemas in September; BLASTS new-age filmmakers who are hailed for making sensible cinema: "Their films are inspired by Tarantino and Scorsese. The violence pours out like an avalanche so that it is graphic enough for the world to accept" 15 |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-ananth-narayan-mahadevans-storyteller-release-cinemas-september-15-blasts-new-age-filmmakers-hailed-making-sensible-cinema-films-inspi/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |language=en}}</ref> The official poster of the film was released on 1 February featuring Prabhavalkar and Hattangadi with an hour glass seen in the title and the passing of the time, along with the tagline, "If you want a happy ending, you must know where to end the story"<ref>{{Cite web |last=More |first=Priya |date=2024-02-01 |title=Aata Vel Zaali Movie: इच्छामरणावर आधारित 'आता वेळ झाली', दिलीप प्रभावळकर आणि रोहिणी हट्टंगडी मुख्य भूमिकेत |url=https://saamtv.esakal.com/entertainment/dilip-prabhavalkar-and-rohini-hattangadi-marathi-film-aata-vel-zaali-film-will-release-23-february-pvm91 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Saam TV |language=mr}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Subsequently, a 1 minute and 20 second trailer was released on 9 February 2024, captioned, "Why can't we die with dignity?", which attracted audiences.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-10 |title=Aata Vel Zaali Trailer: "कृष्णानं जेव्हा ठरवलं की त्याच्या मृत्यूची वेळ आलीये..."; 'आता वेळ झाली' चा भावूक करणारा ट्रेलर रिलीज |url=https://www.esakal.com/manoranjan/aata-vel-zaali-trailer-out-rohini-hattangadi-and-dilip-prabhavalkar-movie-pvk21 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Sakal]] |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aata Vel Zaali - Official Trailer {{!}} Marathi Movie News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/regional/marathi/aata-vel-zaali-official-trailer/videoshow/107579842.cms |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Borade |first=Aarti Vilas |title=Don 3: सावधान! 'डॉन' पुन्हा येतोय; अमिताभ, SRKच्या जागी 'या' अभिनेत्याची वर्णी |url=https://marathi.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/makers-of-the-upcoming-action-thriller-film-don-3-starring-ranveer-singh-141708352615658.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=mr}}</ref> After the trailer launch, [[Hema Malini]] highlighted the importance of this film through a video and appealed viewers to watch the film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-16 |title=Hema Malini, Nana Patekar, Abbas Mustan send best wishes for "Aata Vel Zali"! |url=https://www.cinebuster.in/hema-malini-nana-patekar-abbas-mustan-send-best-wishes-for-aata-vel-zali/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=CineBuster |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film was available for streaming on [[Ultra Jhakaas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-08 |title=दिलीप प्रभावळकर-रोहिणी हट्टंगडी यांचा 'आता वेळ झाली' चित्रपट ओटीटीवर प्रदर्शित, कुठे पाहायचा? घ्या जाणून... |url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/ott/rohini-hattangadi-dilip-prabhavalkar-aata-vel-zhali-on-ott-watch-this-movie-on-ultra-jhakkas-ads-02-5697082/ |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=Loksatta |language=mr}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Kalpeshraj Kubal of ''[[The Times of India]]'' praised the performances of the protagonists, the simple and realistic approach, and concluded "Aata Vel Zaali makes you think hard though, not just on the topic it addresses, but also on the life of elderly people in general. For that, the treatment of the film and for the performances, this one is worth a watch", rating the film 3 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Aata Vel Zaali Movie Review : Watch it for the topic and performances |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movie-reviews/aata-vel-zaali/movie-review/107944536.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-02-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Award
!Year
!Category
!Recipient(s)
!Result
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|[[Pune International Film Festival]]
|2023
|Best Actor
|[[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]
|{{won}}
| rowspan="3" |<ref name=":2" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |Rajasthan International Film Festival
| rowspan="2" |2023
|Best Regional Film
|''Aata Vel Zaali'' (''It's Time to Go!'')
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Director
|[[Anant Mahadevan|Ananth Mahadevan]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Sharjah International Film Festival
|2023
|Honorable Mention Fiction Feature
|''Aata Vel Zaali'' (''It's Time to Go!'')
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=sharjah-art-foundation-announces-winning-films-for-sharjah-film-platform-6 - Sharjah Art Foundation |url=https://sharjahart.org/press/sharjah-art-foundation-announces-winning-films-for-sharjah-film-platform-6 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=sharjahart.org}}</ref>
|-
|Indian Film Festival of Houston
|2024
|Special Recognition
|''Aata Vel Zaali'' (''It's Time to Go!'')
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3-q-rLqPnn/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Maharashtra State Film Awards]]
|[[59th Maharashtra State Film Awards|2024]]
|Best Debut Film Production
|''Aata Vel Zaali''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=ससाणे |first=सायली |date=2024-08-22 |title=५९ वा महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी चित्रपट पुरस्कार सोहळा संपन्न; वाचा विजेत्यांची संपूर्ण यादी! |url=https://www.navarashtra.com/movies/bollywood/list-of-59th-maharashtra-state-marathi-film-awards-winners-605956.html |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=Navarashtra |language=mr}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|24076214|Aata Vel Zaali}}

[[Category:2023 films]]
[[Category:2020s psychological drama films]]
[[Category:Films about euthanasia]]
[[Category:2024 Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:2023 drama films]]
[[Category:Indian psychological films]]

Aata Vel Zaali - Revision history

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