''Gulabjaam'' ( mr, गुलाबजाम) is a 2018 Indian

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-language comedy drama film directed by

Sachin Kundalkar Sachin Kundalkar or ''Sacin Kuṇḍalakar'' is an Indian film director and screenplay writer who mostly works in Marathi cinema. He is known for his directorial works of ''Nirop'' (2007) and '' Gandha'' (2009). He has also written for the theat ...

. Its cast includes

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and

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in the lead roles and

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, Madhura Deshpande in supporting roles. It was released on 16 February 2018.

Plot

Aditya (

), an NRI banker, lies to his family about going back to

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for the job, but instead goes to

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to learn vegetarian Marathi cooking from Radha (

). Even though very rude and stubborn at the beginning, Radha opens up to Aditya as the movie progresses. Radha teaches him various aspects of cooking like shopping for vegetables, cleaning utensils etc. Together they start a service called 'Dial-A-Chef', where they go to people's houses and cook them a meal. Aditya is still conflicted about whether to tell his family about his plans to start a restaurant and his passion for food, when he is confronted by his fiancée, who wants him to continue being a banker. It is later revealed that Radha had been in a

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for 11 years and cooking is all she remembers. She becomes fond of Aditya. She becomes really angry when she finds out about Aditya's plans to go to London and start a restaurant. But she later realises that she has to let him go.

Cast

as Aditya Naik *

as Radha Agarkar * Madhura Deshpande as Neha *

as Amey * Mahesh Ghag as Popat * Mohanabai as Rukmini Mavshi *

Priya Bapat Priya Bapat (born 18 September 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Marathi language, Marathi films. She is best known for her roles in the movies ''Kaksparsh'' and ''Aamhi Doghi'', for which she won the Best Actress award at the Scr ...

as London Hotel Customer (cameo)

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मराठी खाद्यसंस्कृतीचं ताट प्रेक्षकांसमोर आणणारा गुलाबजाम
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