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Aik is a 2012 Indian (Marathi) upcoming horror film directed by Pratik Kadam. The film features Swapnil Jadhav, Aditi Sarangdhar, Prasad Oak and Chinmay Mandlekar in lead roles. Jadhav portrays the role of Rishi Marathe, a creative director in a Marathi Entertainment Channel. His family comprises of his wife, Aditi Marathe (Sarangdhar), a professional painter who has almost given up her career to take care of their only child, Vivaan.

Aik is developed by writer duo of Janmejay-Swapnil, who started their film writing career with Dho Dho Pavsatli One Day Match, released in 2010. The film revolves around an individual who conveniently believes that he loves his wife and his three year old son more than himself. But along comes the day when all his beliefs are tested and shaken to the core; that too in a trap which he had designed himself. The filming of Aik took place in Maharashtra on the real historical locations.

Aik will be released in 2012 across Maharashtra, India. Director Pratik Kadam is claiming the film to be the most horrifying Marathi Film till date.

Plot
“I care about the people who are close to me and I love them!!!” Each and every one of us feels this way. But is it really true? Does this “Straight from the heart” feeling ever get tested? Suppose if someone really goes through the grind to discover whether these feelings are true, who decides on whether one has passed this test or not? Nobody really cares about finding these answers. We always believe in the fact that we care for the people who are close to us and not often the time comes when one has to truly face the test.

This story is about such an individual who conveniently believed that he loved his wife and his three year old son more than himself. But along came the day when all his beliefs where tested and shaken to the core; that too in a trap which he had designed himself.

Rishi Marathe, a creative director in a Marathi Entertainment Channel. His family consists of his wife, Aditi Marathe, a professional painter who has almost given up her career to take care of their only child, Vivaan. To save his Channel from closure, Rishi designs a first ever Reality Horror show to be telecast on their channel. The show is concentrated on a participant, who has to fight against all odds, illusions, and potential spirits and reach his wife who awaits him in a safe place. The entire show gets scripted by the channel under Rishi’s guidance. “Ranghar Palace” gets finalized and to ensure that the show is a grand success; the palace is projected as a mysterious and supposedly haunted place by means of promotions on their channel. The night when the show is set to begin, circumstances force Rishi to participate along with his wife Aditi. The script goes for a toss when things go horribly wrong in the palace, leading to the beginning of a horror game show which no one has ever witnessed before, that too live on television across Maharashtra! “AIK” (Listen)!

Cast

 * Swapnil Jadhav as Rishi Marathe, a creative director in M4U, a Marathi Entertainment Channel
 * Aditi Sarangdhar as Aditi Marathe, Rishi's wife and a professional painter, who has almost given up her career to take care of their son
 * Prasad Oak as sandy, Head of M4U Channel who intends to see his channel at the top position
 * Chinmay Mandlekar as Chinmay Mandlekar, the host of the reality horror show Aik
 * Shekhar Phadke as Property Agent, who deals in flats as per his customer needs
 * Bhushan Ghadi as Girish, a Creative Writer at M4U Channel
 * Prashant Neman as Aarif, Technical Incharge at M4U Channel
 * Mousami Tondvalkar as Kavya, a Creative Writer at M4U Channel
 * Poonam Jadhav as Sneha, a Junior Creative Writer at M4U Channel
 * Hrushikesh Gujar as Amit, a Junior Creative Writer at M4U Channel
 * Tanishq Sonavane as Vivaan, the only son of Aditi and Rishi Marathe
 * Shilpa Kamble as Arpita Khanolkar, the head of M4U's competitor television channel

Development
Aik is Matrubhoomi Productions maiden venture as film producers while Cutting Chai Production (CCP) are the Executive Producers of the film.

Matrubhoomi Group commenced its business with the incorporation of Matrubhoomi Realtech Development Limited (hereafter MRDL) on 6th August 2008. Containing motto to have existence in kinds of business/es presently in – Production/manufacturing, Real estate, Services, Hospitality, Insurance, Publication, Film Production and many to be added with the excellence of existing performance and confidence. With the zeal of progressive and professional commitments, plans and commands are taken care by best of related fields' achievers and masters to avoid any gap in certain growth.

CCP was formed by Aniket K, Janmejay Patil and Swapnil Jadhav in 2009 with a view to present their creative abilities to the people by means of cinema. After a stint in Short Films, Cutting Chai Entertainment ventured into a full length cinema and released their first Marathi Film “Dho Dho Pavsatli One Day Match” in 2010. The film bagged 6 nominations (Including 1 award) in various categories.

Aik will be Cutting Chai Production’s second venture after Dho Dho Pavsatli One Day Match.

Filming
Filming took place in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The film was shot on real historic locations while one of the songs Papanya Bolati was shot on the exotic location of Aarey Varey, Ratnagiri. During the shooting of the climax, the leading male, Swapnil Jadhav performed his own stunts which included a jump sequence from the third floor of the palace. Aditi Sarangdhar, the leading female had to also perform a couple of stunts herself. As per Director Pratik Kadam and Cinematographer Aniket K, shooting the film in the historic palace was a huge challenge since the vastness of the place made it necessary for the entire team to spend initial days in identifying all the entries and exits in the palace.

Soundtrack
The music of the film is composed by Rajesh Sawant while the lyrics are penned by Janmejay Patil. The film has four songs with the Sad number Hotase featuring twice.