''Mithila Makhaan'' is a

Maithili language Maithili ( , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's Koshi Province, Koshi and Madhesh P ...

film directed by Nitin Chandra that stars Anurita Jha, Kranti Prakash Jha and Pankaj Jha.

Udit Narayan Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Nepali and Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil ...

, Hariharan,

Suresh Wadkar Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Ak ...

, and Sonu Nigam have provided playback voices for songs in the movie. The movie won Best Maithili Film in the 63rd National Film Awards under the language section. It is the first-ever Maithili film from

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

and

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

to get a national award. Apart from winning Best Film in Maithili, "''Mithila Makhaan''" was also officially selected for the International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) in Toronto in May, 2016, Jagran Film Festival - 2016 and National Film Festival - 2016 organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in New Delhi and NFAI, Pune. The film is high budget production with filming in US, Canada, India and Nepal. It was shot in a temperature of -35 °C in Canada and +45 °C in India and Nepal.

Cast

* Kranti Prakash Jha as Kranti Prakash * Anurita Jha as Maithili * Pankaj Jha as Brahmha *Prashant Rana *Saket Kumar Mishra as Maithili's Brother

Production

''Mithila Makhaan'' was produced by Samir Kumar ( IIT, IIM, ex IAS-allied, Investment Banker) and Champaran Talkies, production house of actress entrepreneur actress-entrepreneur Neetu Chandra's and her brother Nitin Neera Chandra who is director of the film. The initial idea of the movie came to the director when he was working with an NGO during the 2008 Kosi floods and he was thinking of the need for people to find work in other countries.

Awards and recognition

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

for Best Maithili Film * Official Selection For International Film Festival of South Asia at Toronto * Screened at Patna International Film Festival *Screened at NFAI, Punenewsgram.com

References

{{Reflist Films set in Bihar Maithili-language films