''Mee Sindhutai Sapkal'' (trans. I Am Sindhutai Sapkal) is an Indian

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film. The film was directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan. The film stars Tejaswini Pandit, Jyoti Chandekar,

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, and Neena Kulkarni in leading roles.

Plot

The film is a biographical account of

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, a woman who became a social activist after a traumatic life. Born in a poor, cattle grazing family in

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as Chindi (Ragamuffin), Sindhutai was first married off at the age of 10 to a man who was 20 years elder to her and then abandoned by her husband on charges of infidelity. Traveling through the backwaters of Maharashtra, the Braveheart never abandoned hope and courage and ended up in San Jose on a fund-raising mission for her orphanage which still provides shelter to homeless kids.

Cast

* Tejaswini Pandit As Sindhu 23-40 Years * Jyoti Chandekar As Sindhutai 60 Years *

As Shrihari Sapkal * Neena Kulkarni As Bai

Awards

Winner: * National Film Award – Special Jury Award - Bindiya and Sachin Khanolkar, Anant Mahadevan *

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- Suresh Wadkar *

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(Best Adapted Screenplay) - Anant Mahadevan, Sanjay Pawar *National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Best Dialogues) - Sanjay Pawar

References

External links

* {{National Film Award Special Jury Award feature film 2010 films Films whose writer won the Best Adapted Screenplay National Film Award Films whose writer won the Best Dialogue National Film Award Special Jury Award (feature film) National Film Award winners Films directed by Anant Mahadevan 2010s Marathi-language films