''Bhutacha Bhau'' () is a 1989 Indian

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film directed by

Sachin Pilgaonkar Sachin Pilgaonkar (born 17 August 1957), often known mononymously by his screen name Sachin, is an Indian actor, director, producer, writer and singer of Marathi and Hindi films. He has directed and acted in several Marathi films of the late 1 ...

and produced by Shailendra Singh. The film stars

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, Jayram Kulkarni and

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in lead roles. It was theatrically released on 21 March 1989.

Plot

Bandu is killed by three goons Appaji, Indrasen and Dayaram then becomes his ghost. He travels to find his long lost brother and mother. His younger brother Nandu is a timid person. Bandu meets him and tells him how these goons killed him and asks him to come to the village. Bandu's spirit is visible only to Nandu. Bandu's spirit enters Nandu's body several times and together they fight these goons.

Cast

Lead cast

as Bandu *

as Nandu/Nandkumar *

as "Anju" Anjali * Jayram Kulkarni as Rao Saheb * Bharati Acharekar as Nandu's mother * Sudhir Joshi as Appaji *

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as Indrasen Angre *

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as Dayaram Sonawane *

as Barko * Rekha Rao as Bitti *

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as Gappaji

Supporting cast

*Satish Tungare *Mohan Mungi *Avinash Thakur *Kanchan Nayak *

Vijay Patkar Vijay Patkar (born 29 May 1961) is an Indian theatre, television, Marathi film and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic roles in films including ''Tezaab'', '' Apna Sapna Money Money'', '' Golmaal 3'', '' Tees Maar Khan'', '' Daddy Cool' ...

as Ward boy * Bipin Varti as Tony *Madhav Mokashi *Suresh Rane *Avinash Thakur as Inspector * Madhu Apte as Traffic Hawaldaar * Maya Jadhav as

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performer

Production

This film is directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar. The film was shot at Seth Studios,

Rajkamal Kalamandir Rajkamal Kalamandir was a noted film production company and studio in Mumbai. It was established by V. Shantaram in 1942, after he left Prabhat Films. The studio produced films both in Hindi and Marathi, and it was best known for (1946), ''Amar Bh ...

, Essel Studios and

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. Action sequences was directed by Veeru Devagan. The sets was made by art director R.Varman and dubbing work was done at Ketnav Evershine Studio.

Soundtrack

Music and background is given by Arun Paudwal. The songs of this film written by Shantaram Naandgaonkar and Pravin Danve and recorded by Aasha Bhosle, Shailendra Singh, Anuradha Paudwal, Suresh Wadkar, Kavita Krushnamurti and Sachin Pilgaonkar.

References

External links

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1989 films 1980s Marathi-language films 1989 comedy films Indian comedy thriller films Indian comedy-drama films