Mulshi Pattern 2018

The film opens on a somber, stark note as the gangster Rahul Patil a.k.a. Rahulya Mahesh Manjrekar cremates his childhood friend and partner in crime Ganesh a.k.a. Ganya Mohan Joshi after Ganya is murdered by their rivals. The moment is heavy with grief and resolve, and it sets off a relentless chase through the streets of Pune as a pursuing gang closes in. Through a series of vivid flashbacks, the narrative traces how Rahulya’s life spirals from a troubled youth to the rise of a feared gangster, pulling the audience into a world where loyalty, power, and revenge intertwine.

Sakharam Patil Pravin Vitthal Tarde is Rahul’s father, a farmer in Mulshi tehsil who is forced to sell the family land. This loss steals a portion of the family’s dignity and dignity weighs heavily on Rahul, who feels his kin have been stripped of their honor. The family relocates to Pune, where they work as laborers, but Rahul resists stepping into the same footsteps, blaming his father for the misfortune that has reshaped their lives. In time, Rahul finds Dipali Malvika Gaekwad, the daughter of the head laborer, and a fragile spark of love begins to kindle between them—yet Dipali’s trust remains fragile because Rahul is a gangster.

A violent act changes everything: Rahul angrily beats a contractor who abuses his father, drawing the notice of Nanya Bhai, a powerful gangster who sits behind bars but still casts a long shadow. Nanya Bhai invites Rahul to join his outfit, and Rahul, along with Ganya, enters the world of organized crime. Rahul soon learns that it was Nanya Bhai who forced his father to lose the land, and the revelation hardens his resolve. In a move of calculated vengeance, Rahul destroys Nanya Bhai, seizing control of the gang. This murder triggers a brutal internal war among the different factions, laying bare the fragility of alliances and the price of ambition.

Rahul’s ambitions grow as he seeks to control Mulshi’s lands and the thriving enterprises built on them, even as corporate interests and rival gangs push back. Inspector Vitthal Kadu Upendra Limaye arrives on the scene, choosing a controversial path: let the gangs tear one another apart to reduce overall crime, a strategy that complicates Rahul’s ascent and raises the stakes for everyone involved. In a stark moment of calculated risk, Rahul befriends a small boy and gives him a gun for emergencies, a troubling detail that foreshadows the tragedy to come. The relationship between Rahul and Dipali hangs in the balance as Rahul pursues marriage, but Dipali remains wary of life with a gangster, and her hesitation underscores a persistent tension between belonging and brutality.

Back with his family, Rahul discovers that many relatives have embraced honest labor—domestic chores and ordinary life—while Rahul profits from crime. When Rahul begs his father to laugh again, Sakharam’s reply lands like a heavy dissonance: the gangster’s life has stolen his joy, and the family’s dignity is now a piece of the past. As the rival gangs band together to topple Rahul, his power begins to wane. The once-formidable Rahul loses ground, and the casualties mount, including Ganya, who falls in the crossfire of a widening feud.

The story shifts to the present, where Rahul scrambles to escape the encroaching danger from rival factions. He seeks support from the boy he befriended, only to be betrayed by the same child, who shoots him upon arrival. As Rahul lies dying, he learns that the boy’s family had their land taken by Rahul’s own gang, and that the murder was a premeditated plan woven by the boy himself. Inspector Kadu, shocked by the death, is asked where he belongs; he replies that he is from Mulshi, not from the world of gangsters, a declaration that underscores the personal cost of violence. The moment of Rahul’s death is both tragic and transformative: Rahul’s father, upon hearing the news, finally laughs, a bitter, conflicted joy that he has never known, and then slaps himself in disbelief.

The film closes with an epilogue delivered by Inspector Kadu, a grim meditation on the cost of land and loyalty. It condemns the farmers who sell their ancestral grounds for peanuts and suggests that they deserve a slap in the face for surrendering their heritage to the forces of crime and profit. The narrative remains rooted in Mulshi’s landscape and the enduring tension between survival, dignity, and the pull of power, leaving viewers with a stark portrait of a cycle that feeds itself through loss and revenge.