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film directed by Jabbar Patel and written by

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Arun Sadhu. The film is based on two novels - one of the same name and the other named ''Mumbai Dinank'' by writer and freelance journalist Arun Sadhu. The film starring

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, Arun Sarnaik,

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, Datta Bhatt and

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. Film Won National Film Award for Best Marathi Feature Film at

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Plot

The movie draws a parallel from the political turmoil of India. The main character is a journalist named Digu Tipnis (

) who uncovers a network of telephone tapping, relations between trade unions and politicians, etc. The plot addresses Maharashtra's political corruption linked with Mumbai's entrepreneurial sector. The movie starts with an assembly session where Chief Minister (Arun Sarnaik) has to leave the heated discussion to attend an urgent call. The caller (claiming to be a well-wisher and informer) informs the CM that some of the members from his own party are secretly planning to remove him from his chair. The phone call changes the political scenario in the state and many activities start taking place behind the curtains. CM obviously doubts the Finance Minister of the state (Shriram Lagoo) who has started gathering the support of MLAs for trying to pose himself as a better candidate for a Chief Ministerial Post. In this chaos, certain factors like Media (Nilu Phule – Digambar - A journalist), a Union Leader named D’casta who has decided to take head on with smugglers (see a young Nana Patekar – a small time criminal) gain high bargaining power. The struggle for power reaches its peak when CM deals with issues like Hunger strikes, worker's strikes, famine, and deaths due to malnutrition. Digambar (who is already troubled in his personal life) observes all these negotiations, compromises and Horse-trading that are happening in the political arena. The Union leader announces a conference where he is going to reveal some secrets, FM almost manages to gather the required numbers and CM tries to judge who is on which side. And as a last nail in the coffin, one of the confidants in the Police informs CM that the Police is about to arrest his (CM's) brother-in-law on the charges of smuggling. The FM faction is about to start the celebrations and suddenly a news strikes that shocks each and everyone involved. What is that news? Is it really true? What impact would it have on the political scene? The future events are very fast and unimaginable. The movie has lot of scenes in between including extra marital affairs of Digambars maid with others, her husband (Nana Patekar), also the affair of the Finance Minister Sriram Lagoo with his daughter in law (Reema Lagoo), once such scene is quiet enticing in the movie in which Digambar goes to a saloon for hair cut, and when the barber probes him about the future of Maharashtra CM, he bluntly tells him "who ever becomes the CM, how will that make any changes in your life as a common man?" In short this is a very touchy, emotional, dramatic as well as realistic movie. Specially the song "Usha kaal hota hota" is heart wrenching. Towards the end, Digu Tipnis becomes insane after being frustrated with the corrupt political system. The movie outlines how the effect of selfish and voracious behaviour of white collars and politicians on the common man. During one session in vidhan sabha, Arun Sarnaik as the chief minister, whose mental and physical health is disturbed by an anonymous phone call warning him of a conspiracy to dislodge him. The vultures in Jivajirao's party, including ministers played by Madhukar Toradmal and Shriram Lagoo, swoop down on him after a bout of stress-induced illness. They advise Jivajirao to “take it easy”, but he ignores the unsubtle hints and instead plays his own game of thrones, working the phone lines to pit one cabinet minister against the other.

Cast

as Digu Tipnis * Arun Sarnaik as Chief Minister Shinde *

as Finance Minister Vishwasrao Dabhade *

as MLA Bhudhaji *

as Dabhade's daughter-in-law *

as Smuggler *

as Shanti * Datta Bhat as MLA Manikrao *

Madhukar Toradmal Madhukar Toradmal (24 July 1932 – 2 July 2017) was a Marathi actor, writer, professor and translator who acted in numerous Marathi dramas and movies. He translated over 20 plays. He was associated with Marathi theatre since 1971 and performe ...

as Daulatrav * Shrikant Moghe *

as Dicasta * Jairam Hardikar as Panitkar * Ravi Patwardhan

Music

The movie became quite famous for the song "''Ushakkal hota hota''". The song was based on poem written by poet

Suresh Bhat Suresh Bhat (15 April 1932 – 14 March 2003) was a Marathi poet from the state of Maharashtra, India. Personal life Bhat was born in a Karhade Brahmin family in Amravati, Maharashtra to Shridhar Bhat, a physician. His mother was fond of po ...

. The music was composed by

Hridaynath Mangeshkar Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar (Marathi pronunciation: �ɾud̪əjnaːt̪ʰ məŋɡeːʃkəɾ born 26 October 1937) is an Indian music director and occasional singer. He is the only son of musician Deenanath Mangeshkar and younger brother of ...

. The song is fiery as well as heart touching. It showed the misery of common man in a corrupt social and political environment.

Accolades

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- National Film Award for Best Marathi Feature Film. * 1980 - Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Second Feature Film. * 1980 - Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Second Director.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0191456 1970s Marathi-language films Films with screenplays by Vijay Tendulkar Films based on Indian novels Films directed by Jabbar Patel Films about the caste system in India Indian political drama films Marathi-language political drama films Films about journalists Films about mass surveillance Films about adultery in India Films about labor relations Films about famine Films set in Mumbai