''Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy'' ( I'm Shivajiraje Bhosale Speaking) is a 2009 Indian

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-language film produced by Sanjay Chhabria along with Ashwami Manjrekar and directed by Santosh Ramdas Manjrekar. The film follows an underdog who fights against the evils in society, to re-instate his identity and keep his pride. Film Won Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Film.

Plot

Dinkar Maruti Bhosale is a Maharashtrian bank clerk who feels his Marathi identity is getting lost in cosmopolitan

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. Dinkar feels Mumbai is in

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but there is no Maharashtra left in Mumbai. He always complains about the lack of respect a Maharashtrian receives in Mumbai and feels he is victimized everywhere because he is a Maharashtrian; little realizing that he has brought this situation upon himself. In a state of sheer frustration Dinkar gets up one day cursing himself for being born a Marathi. He feels his ancestors must have committed a heinous crime for him to be born a Marathi. These outbursts of Dinkar reach Pratapgad and the spirit of

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is awakened. Dinkar has to now face a seething Shivaji Maharaj, who is furious at him. Shivaji Maharaj fires Dinkar for his shallow thinking and tells him he has to command respect, not demand it. He blames Dinkar's thinking for the sorry state of Maharashtrians. "Before blaming other communities for your shortcomings, look within and see if you have done anything to keep the Marathi pride intact," he roars. Dinkar realizes his mistake but does Shivaji Maharaj's thought rouse him to rectify his mistakes? The film ends with Bhonsle gladly returning the sword at the shrine of Shivaji I.

Cast

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as Dinkar Maruti Bhosle *

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as Sumitra Dinkar Bhosale * Priya Bapat as Shashikala Dinkar Bhosale / B. Kala * Abhijeet Kelkar as Rahul Dinkar Bhosle * Makarand Anaspure as Raiba (Shivaji Maharaj's servant) * Vidyadhar Joshi as Ramniklal Gosalia (corrupt builder) * Ganesh Yadav as Nandkumar Chandekar (corrupt politician) * Siddharth Jadhav as Usmaan Bhai Parkar (Gosalia's goon) * Pradeep Patwardhan as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation">BMC Head officer * Medha Manjrekar">Brihanmumbai_Municipal_Corporation.html" ;"title="Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation">Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation">BMC Head officer * Medha Manjrekar as Mrs. Usmaan Bhai Parkar (Usmaan's wife) * Vineet Kumar Singh as Dubey tenant to Dinkar and Taxi Driver * Kishore Pradhan as V. Gopalkrishnan (branch manager and Dinkar's employer) * Meghana Erande as TV journalist * Kamlesh Sawant as ACP Rege *

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as Jijabai * Atul Kale as Gidwani /Gaikwad (film director) * Jaywant Wadkar as Gosalia's henchman * Dhananjay Mandrekar as Kadam (BMC inspection officer) * Vinay Yedekar as Dr. Chitnis * Sanjay Khapre as Hiroji Indulkar ( special appearance) * Bharat Dabholkar as General Afzal Khan in Powada song (special appearance) * Bharat Jadhav as Powada presenter (special appearance) * Ankush Chaudhari as Shashikala's co-actor in song "Masoli" (special appearance)

Soundtrack

The song ''O Raje'' marked the debut of

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in Marathi film industry. He won Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

Box office

''Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy'' opened on 9 April 2009 and was a huge blockbuster at the box office, becoming popular even among non-Maharashtrians. It collected a total of in its full theatrical run. It held the record of highest-grossing movie for many years until the release of '' Duniyadari'' which broke its record by collecting at the box office.

Remake

The film was remade in Bengali as '' Ami Shubhash Bolchi'' (2011), directed by the original film's lead actor

with

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. In a career spa ...

and Anindya Banerjee. But the film's main character was replaced and slightly changed with environment.

Accolades

References

External links

Official Website (Company Store link)
*{{IMDb title, tt2321421 2009 films Shivaji Marathi films remade in other languages Cultural depictions of Shivaji 2000s Marathi-language films