Uttung Hitendra Thakur is an Indian film producer known for the films ''Balak Palak'' and ''Yellow''. Thakur made his debut as a film producer with the

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'' Balak Palak'' on the topic of

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, co-produced by

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and directed by

Ravi Jadhav Ravindra Jadhav (born 22 September 1971) known professionally as Ravi Jadhav is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Marathi musical drama ''Natarang'' in 2010. Ravi studied in Sir J.J ...

. He also remade ''Balak Palak'' in

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as ''Swarna Malsyangal''. ''Balak Palak'' created a world record through UFO Moviez and Valuable Edutainment as India's first multi-locational interactive Live Premiere of Marathi film on 3 January 2013.

Career

Uttung Thakur made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi film ''Balak Palak'' in 2013. In 2014, Thakur produced a Marathi film ''

Yellow Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In t ...

'' directed by Mahesh Limaye and co-produced by

and the story explores a mother/daughter relationship involving developmental disability and childlike behaviour. Thakur's ''Yellow'' also won the Special Jury Award, while the child actors Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai received Special Mention at 61st National Film Awards. Thakur produced a Marathi film named ''Dokyala Shot'' in 2019, directed by debutant Shivkumar Parthasarathy. Singer

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made Marathi debut with "Dokyala Shot". Also actor

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and

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made their debut as singers in ''Dokyala Shot''. In 2020, Thakur produced a marathi film ''Vikun Taak'', where Bollywood actor

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made debut in Marathi films.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thakur, Uttung Living people Marathi film producers Film producers from Mumbai Film producers from Maharashtra Year of birth missing (living people)