''Chintoo'' is a 2012 Marathi movie in

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directed by

Shrirang Godbole Shrirang Godbole (born 15 June 1960) is a Marathi theatre, television and film writer, director, actor, and lyricist. Career In 1979, he started his career as a stage actor when he joined Theatre Academy, Pune. He acted in Jabbar Patel's Ghas ...

. Originally based on the popular Marathi comic strip of the same name by Charuhas Pandit, it is the story of a boy named

Chintoo Chintoo is a famous Marathi comic strip that appears in ''Sakal'' newspaper. Chintoo is written by Charuhas Pandit and Prabhakar Wadekar. For a couple of years, it appeared in ''Loksatta''. Chintoo (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Chintu) has be ...

and his gang. It was produced by Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd and on 18 May 2012, the film opened to positive critical and commercial response and was widely appreciated by younger audiences. The film was directed by

. Shubhankar Atre plays the lead character of Chintoo. Subodh Bhave, Vibhawari Deshpande, and others played the supporting characters.

Plot

Chintoo, a sweet and naughty boy, lives in an upper middle class, lively neighborhood with his parents. This eight-year-old is extremely popular in his group. Pappu is his best friend and Mini, Raju, Baglya, Neha and the toddler Sonu all together are deemed the unbeatable 'Wanarwede Warriors'. Chintoo and his gang have big plans for their much awaited summer vacation. They decide to beat their rivals the Vinchoo Biters by making Wanarwede Warriors a stronger cricket team, even strong enough to win The World Cup. They practice hard and also convert the barren piece of land in the society into their very own 'Wanarwede stadium.' The match starts as planned. Guru, a rogue, forcibly enters that space on the same day and sets up a small Chinese eatery. Akki, a watchman and Sakharam's son, is supposed to run it. The children protest against this intrusion but no one cares. The adults are in fact happy to get an easy access to the Chinese food. No one except Colonel Kaka objects to this illegal entrant and his illegitimate business in the housing complex. The children try to find space to play cricket but always end up being scolded by adults. They try all means and ways to get their stadium back and also make the adults understand their problem. All their attempts fail until the mastermind Chintoo comes up with his own idea of making a Chinese dragon. Guru worships the dragon and Chintoo believes he will get scared and leave the ground. The Wanarwede Warriors are later joined by the Vinchoo Biters because neither of the teams have ground on which to play. In the end, Chintoo and his friends earn back their ground after their parents realise how important the ground is to them.

Cast

* Chintoo – Shubhankar Atre * Mini – Suhani Deshpande * Baglya – Animesh Padhye * Raju – Ved Ravade * Pappu – Nishant Bhavsar * Neha – Rumani Khare * Sonu – Arjun Jog * Chintoo's Aai –

Vibhavari Deshpande Vibhawari Deshpande is an Indian actress, writer and director who works in Marathi theatre and Marathi cinema. Career Writer and director Deshpande started her career with acting and off-screen works in college drama. She also attended various ...

* Chintoo's Baba –

Subodh Bhave Subodh Bhave (born 9 November 1975) is an Indian actor, writer, producer and director who is known for his work in Marathi cinema. He has acted in many commercially successful and critically acclaimed Marathi movies. He is best known for his wo ...

* Chintoo's Ajoba – Shriram Pendse * Colonel Kaka –

Satish Alekar Satish Vasant Alekar (born 30 January 1949) is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. A founder member of the Theatre Academy of Pune, and most known for his plays ''Mahanirvan'' (1974), ''Mahapoor'' (1975), ''Atirekee'' (1990), ''P ...

* Joshi Kaka –

Dilip Prabhavalkar Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 4 August 1944) is an Indian Marathi actor, director, playwright and author. He has a career spanning over five decades in Hindi and Marathi theatre, television and movies. He was awarded the National Film Award for Best ...

* Joshi Kaku –

Bharti Achrekar Bharati Achrekar (15 October 1957) is an Indian Marathi and Hindi theatre, film and television actress. She has been a part of several films in Indian cinema and was celebrated as Mrs Wagle from the Doordarshan show, ''Wagle ki Duniya''. She i ...

* Sakharam Watchman – Vijay Nikam * Satish Dada –

Alok Rajwade Alok Rajwade (born 7 February 1989) is an Indian actor, director, singer and painter. He has appeared in Marathi and Hindi films and experimental plays. Early life Rajwade was born and raised in Pune, where he attended Aksharnandan school. He ...

* Guru Dada – Nagesh Bhosale * Akki –

Om Bhutkar Om Bhutkar (born 1 March 1991) is an Indian actor who works in Marathi cinema and occasionally in Hindi cinema. Bhutkar's breakthrough came with his role in ''Mulshi Pattern'', but his debut was in the 2004 Hindi film ''Chhota Sipahi'', for which ...

* Art Teacher – Vijay Patwardhan * Guruji – Prashant Tapasvi * Chimanee – Mrinmayee Godbole * Popat – Pankaj Gangan * Chimanee's Father – Sanjay Lonkar * Chimanee's Mother – Pournima Ganu Manohar * Popat's Mother – Sadhana Sarpotdar * Mini's Aai – Mridul Patwardhan * Mini's Baba – Sunil Abhyankar * Raju's Aai – Snehal Tarde * Raju's Baba – Suraj Satav * Neha's Aai – Soniya Khare * Neha's Baba – Ajay Apte * Pappu's Aai – Chitra Khare * Pappu's Baba – Amit Patwardhan

Sequel

A sequel to the first film was announced on 11 March 2013, titled "'' Chintoo 2: Khajinyachi Chittarkatha''". The film was released across Maharashtra on 18 April 2013. The film had all the children characters played by the same actors as in the first film.

References

External links

IMDBFilm WebsiteChintoo website by Pan Ads, Pune
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004034925/http://chintoo.com/ , date=4 October 2006
Sakal Newspaper
(online edition)
Producers of Chintoo feature filmLoksatta Newspaper
(online edition)

2010s Marathi-language films Films based on Indian comics Indian children's films Live-action films based on comics