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Majboor (1974 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Majboor
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = {{ubl|Suchitha Films Pvt. Ltd|[[Eros International]]}}
| released = 6 December 1974
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Majboor''''' (translation: ''Compelled'') is a [[List of Hindi films of 1974|1974]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film|suspense thriller]] film directed by [[Ravi Tandon]] and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]], [[Pran]], [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]. The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

The film is loosely inspired by two [[English]] films of 1970 - ''Zig Zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and [[Jayasudha]], in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as [[Naan Vazhavaippen]] (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and [[K. R. Vijaya]] , in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in [[Malayalam]] as ''[[Ee Kaikalil]]'' (1986).<ref>Ramachandran, Naman, ''Rajnikanth: The Definitive Biography''. India: Penguin Books (2012).</ref> The film was also an inspiration for the 2008 film ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his elderly mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also due to get married with his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh ([[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]]). One rainy night, one of his clients, the wealthy Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), visits Ravi's travel agency to pick up the tickets that have been reserved for him when Ravi notices a large [[emerald]] ring on his finger as Surendra Sinha impatiently taps on the counter. After leaving the premises, Surendra Sinha offers Ravi a lift in his car till the crossroads near Ravi's house as there is not a single taxi to be seen. Some time later, two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]), come to interrogate Ravi at the travel agency as Surendra Sinha was apparently abducted that night and his dead body was later shockingly recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen Surendra Sinha. The stress seems to be triggering severe headache attacks and Ravi undergoes a brain X-Ray. The shocking diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that needs to be removed, while there is also no guarantee that he will not be blind or even paraplegic as the side-effects of the brain surgery. Ravi is aghast as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent, so he leaves without making a decision when the choices are death and a life worse than death.

While aware of the fact that his brain tumour is set to consume him in six months, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), having declared a handsome reward of five [[lakh]] [[Indian rupee|rupees]] for any information about his brother's killer. In a bid to better his family's financial conditions after him, Ravi telephones Inspector Khurana at the police station without revealing his identity and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame "himself" as the killer and collect the reward money for his family, believing that he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months nevertheless. Narendra Sinha is ready to pay out the reward after learning about the anonymous telephone call from Inspector Khurana. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni recover the evidence that has been created against himself by Ravi, who is soon arrested by them for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death by the [[Supreme Court of India]] for the crime, much to the consternation of his family and that of Neela. While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also approach Narendra Sinha to beg for clemency, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution and his another headache attack lands him up at the government hospital by Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni, where Ravi miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects but is now a convicted criminal of abduction, ransom and murder.

Well-aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, a regretful Ravi realises that now the only way for him to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. In a bid to save himself from going to the gallows, Ravi succeeds in escaping from the hospital in search of the real killer and is aided by Neela in his pursuit. In the process, Ravi investigates the significant ring of Surendra Sinha that could lead back to the killer and experiences the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky small-time thief, from his own logical procedural thinking. Michael learns of Ravi's plight and pledges to help him nab the real culprit, recalling that on the fateful rainy night, he had threatened the driver of a car at gunpoint and had grabbed the same costly ring from him, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the dead Surendra Sinha on the backseat. Michael's endeavour to identify the murderer later takes him to Surendra Sinha's house, where he happens to run into the murderer and sets up a meeting point by the riverside in the hills of [[Maharashtra]] to settle the issue. The well-constructed climax alternates between a grievously injured Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint at the meeting point while Ravi drives desperately to get a doctor back in time. In the end, the real killer of Surendra Sinha is surprisingly revealed to be his own brother, Narendra Sinha, but not without Michael paying a heavy price in managing to solve the mystery.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna; Neela's lover-turned-husband, Mrs. Khanna's first child, Renu and Billu's older brother, Mr. Rajvansh's son-in-law, Michael's friend
* [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] as Neela Rajvansh; Ravi's lover-turned-wife, Mr. Rajvansh's daughter, Mrs. Khanna's daughter-in-law, Renu and Billu's sister-in-law
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza; Ravi's friend, Prakash's accomplice in theft
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna; Mrs. Khanna's second child, Ravi's younger and Billu's older sister, Neela's sister-in-law
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna; Ravi, Renu and Billu's mother, Neela's mother-in-law
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha; Surendra Sinha's younger brother and murderer, Mona's brother-in-law and lover
* [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana; Inspector Kulkarni's employer
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni; Inspector Khurana's assistant
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Surendra Sinha; Narendra Sinha's older brother and murder victim, Mona's ex-husband
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash; Michael's accomplice in theft
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai; Ravi's one-time accquaintance, Sulakshana's husband
* Sajjan as Dr. Shah; Ravi's doctor
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna; Mrs. Khanna's third child, Ravi and Renu's younger brother, Neela's brother-in-law
* [[D. K. Sapru]] as Mr. Rajvansh; Neela's father, Ravi's father-in-law
* Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane; Ravi's lawyer friend
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Sharma; Ravi's colleague
* [[K. N. Singh]] as Prosecuting Attorney
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] Judge
* Ashoo as Mona Surendra Sinha; Surendra Sinha's widow, Narendra Sinha's sister-in-law and lover
* Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai; Mahipat Rai's wife

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Roothe Rab Ko Manana Aasan Hai"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]] Asha Bhosle
|-
| 2
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon Main Kuch Bhi Hote Hue" (Male Version)
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 3
| "Aadmi Jo Kehta Hai Aadmi Jo Sunta Hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 4
| "Daaru Ki Botal Mein Kahe Paani Bharta Hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 5
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon Main Kuch Bhi Hote Hue" (Female Version)
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|}

==Success==
The film was a Hit at the box office.<ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA== Box Office India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actor Nomination--[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actress Nomination--[[Farida Jalal]]<ref>http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366907.cms{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0071800|Majboor}}

{{Salim-Javed}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Indian films about cancer]]
[[Category:Fratricide in fiction]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ravi Tandon]]

Majboor (1974 film)

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Majboor
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = {{ubl|Suchitha Films Pvt. Ltd|[[Eros International]]}}
| released = 6 December 1974
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Majboor''''' (translation: ''Compelled'') is a 1974 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film|suspense thriller]] film directed by [[Ravi Tandon]] and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]], [[Pran]], [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]. The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

The movie is loosely inspired by two [[English]] movies of 1970 - ''Zig Zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and [[Jayasudha]]. It was also remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as [[Naan Vazhavaippen]] (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and [[K. R. Vijaya]] , in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in Malayalam as ''[[Ee Kaikalil]]'' (1986).<ref>Ramachandran, Naman, ''Rajnikanth: The Definitive Biography''. India: Penguin Books (2012).</ref> The movie was also an inspiration for the 2008 film ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his elderly mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also due to get married with his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh ([[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]]). One rainy night, one of his clients, the wealthy Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), visits Ravi's travel agency to pick up the tickets that have been reserved for him when Ravi notices a large [[emerald]] ring on his finger as Surendra Sinha impatiently taps on the counter. After leaving the premises, Surendra Sinha offers Ravi a lift in his car till the crossroads near Ravi's house as there is not a single taxi to be seen. Some time later, two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]), come to interrogate Ravi at the travel agency as Surendra Sinha was apparently abducted that night and his dead body was later shockingly recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen Surendra Sinha. The stress seems to be triggering severe headache attacks and Ravi undergoes a brain X-Ray. The shocking diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that needs to be removed, while there is also no guarantee that he will not be blind or even paraplegic as the side-effects of the brain surgery. Ravi is aghast as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent, so he leaves without making a decision when the choices are death and a life worse than death.

While aware of the fact that his brain tumour is set to consume him in six months, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), having declared a handsome reward of five [[lakh]] [[Indian rupee|rupees]] for any information about his brother's killer. In a bid to better his family's financial conditions after him, Ravi telephones Inspector Khurana at the police station without revealing his identity and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame "himself" as the killer and collect the reward money for his family, believing that he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months nevertheless. Narendra Sinha is ready to pay out the reward after learning about the anonymous telephone call from Inspector Khurana. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni recover the evidence that has been created against himself by Ravi, who is soon arrested by them for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death by the [[Supreme Court of India]] for the crime, much to the consternation of his family and that of Neela. While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also approach Narendra Sinha to beg for clemency, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution and his another headache attack lands him up at the government hospital by Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni, where Ravi miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects but is now a convicted criminal of abduction, ransom and murder.

Well-aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, a regretful Ravi realises that now the only way for him to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. In a bid to save himself from going to the gallows, Ravi succeeds in escaping from the hospital in search of the real killer and is aided by Neela in his pursuit. In the process, Ravi investigates the significant ring of Surendra Sinha that could lead back to the killer and experiences the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky small-time thief, from his own logical procedural thinking. Michael learns of Ravi's plight and pledges to help him nab the real culprit, recalling that on the fateful rainy night, he had threatened the driver of a car at gunpoint and had grabbed the same costly ring from him, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the dead Surendra Sinha on the backseat. Michael's endeavour to identify the murderer later takes him to Surendra Sinha's house, where he happens to run into the murderer and sets up a meeting point by the riverside in the hills of [[Maharashtra]] to settle the issue. The well-constructed climax alternates between a grievously injured Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint at the meeting point while Ravi drives desperately to get a doctor back in time. In the end, the real killer of Surendra Sinha is surprisingly revealed to be his own brother, Narendra Sinha, but not without Michael paying a heavy price in managing to solve the mystery.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna; Neela's lover-turned-husband, Mrs. Khanna's first child, Renu and Billu's older brother, Mr. Rajvansh's son-in-law, Michael's friend
* [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] as Neela Rajvansh; Ravi's lover-turned-wife, Mr. Rajvansh's daughter, Mrs. Khanna's daughter-in-law, Renu and Billu's sister-in-law
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza; Ravi's friend, Prakash's accomplice in theft
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna; Mrs. Khanna's second child, Ravi's younger and Billu's older sister, Neela's sister-in-law
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna; Ravi, Renu and Billu's mother, Neela's mother-in-law
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha; Surendra Sinha's younger brother and murderer, Mona's brother-in-law and lover
* [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana; Inspector Kulkarni's employer
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni; Inspector Khurana's assistant
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Surendra Sinha; Narendra Sinha's older brother and murder victim, Mona's ex-husband
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash; Michael's accomplice in theft
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai; Ravi's one-time accquaintance, Sulakshana's husband
* Sajjan as Dr. Shah; Ravi's doctor
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna; Mrs. Khanna's third child, Ravi and Renu's younger brother, Neela's brother-in-law
* [[D. K. Sapru]] as Mr. Rajvansh; Neela's father, Ravi's father-in-law
* Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane; Ravi's lawyer friend
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Sharma; Ravi's colleague
* [[K. N. Singh]] as Prosecuting Attorney
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] Judge
* Ashoo as Mona Surendra Sinha; Surendra Sinha's widow, Narendra Sinha's sister-in-law and lover
* Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai; Mahipat Rai's wife

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Roothe Rab Ko Manana Aasan Hai"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]] Asha Bhosle
|-
| 2
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon Main Kuch Bhi Hote Hue" (Male Version)
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 3
| "Aadmi Jo Kehta Hai Aadmi Jo Sunta Hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 4
| "Daaru Ki Botal Mein Kahe Paani Bharta Hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 5
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon Main Kuch Bhi Hote Hue" (Female Version)
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|}

==Success==
The film was a Hit at the box office.<ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA== Box Office India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actor Nomination--[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actress Nomination--[[Farida Jalal]]<ref>http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366907.cms{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0071800|Majboor}}

{{Salim-Javed}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Indian films about cancer]]
[[Category:Fratricide in fiction]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ravi Tandon]]

Navra Maza Navsacha

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{{more citations needed|date=June 2014}}
{{Short description|2004 Marathi language film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Navra Maza Navsacha
| caption =
| image =
| director = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
| producer = Sachin Pilgaonkar
| writer =
| screenplay = Sachin Pilgaonkar Santosh Pawar
| story = Sachin Pilgaonkar
| based_on =
| starring = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] [[Ashok Saraf]] Sunil Tawde [[Nirmiti Sawant]] [[Atul Parchure]] Pradeep Patwardhan Jaywant Wadkar [[Vijay Patkar]]
| narrator =
| music = Jitendra Kulkarni
| cinematography = Sanjay Memane
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = November 2004 ([[Maharashtra]])
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Navra Maza Navsacha''''' ([[Devanagari]]: नवरा माझा नवसाचा) (translation: ''My Husband Is Born From A Divine Vow'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 2004|2004]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language slapstick [[Comedy film|comedy]] film directed and produced by [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] under the banner of Kittu Films. Released in [[Maharashtra]] in November 2004, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]], [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]], [[Ashok Saraf]], Sunil Tawde, [[Nirmiti Sawant]], [[Atul Parchure]], Pradeep Patwardhan, Jaywant Wadkar and [[Vijay Patkar]]. The film follows a childless couple travelling from [[Mumbai]] to Ganapatipule through a state transport bus to complete an unfulfilled vow. <ref name="blogspot">{{cite web|url=http://cinema-baghu-ya.blogspot.in/2010/08/navra-maza-navsacha.html|title=बघू हा सिनेमा ?: नवरा माझा नवसाचा (Navra maza navsacha)|publisher=cinema-baghu-ya.blogspot.in|accessdate=2014-06-01}}</ref> <ref name="indianexpress">{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-remake-saga/1073397/ |title=The Remake Saga - Indian Express |publisher=archive.indianexpress.com |accessdate=2014-06-01}}</ref>

[[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] remade the film in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] in 2007 as ''[[Ekadantha]]''. The plot of the film is based on ''[[Bombay to Goa]]'' (1972), which itself was a remake of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''Madras to Pondicherry'' (1966).<ref>http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-remake-saga/1073397/1</ref>

==Plot==

Vakratund (Sachin Pilgaonkar) and Bhakti (Supriya Pilgaonkar) are a couple who have married against Bhakti's parents wishes. Vakratund, also known as Vacky, is an artist but does not have commercial success. Even after 10 years of marriage, the couple is not blessed with children.

Bhakti gets to know from Vacky's aunt (Nirmiti Sawant) that Vicky was born by a vow taken by his father. Vicky's father had vowed to God that if his child is born healthy, he will bring his child to Ganapati Pule naked. This vow is left unfulfilled as Vicky's parents pass away.

Bhakti tries to persuade Vicky to go to Ganpati Pule naked, but he does not agree to it. Vicky and his friend then hire a small time actor (Satish Tare) as a sage, who advises them to take a mannequin dressed as Vicky secretly in a public transport to Ganapti Pule to fulfill the vow. Vicky and his friend Kishore manage to sneak the mannequin into a state transport bus the previous night of the travel to Ganapati Pule. However, they are unaware that after their departure from the bus at night, an international smuggler named Babu Kalia (Pradeep Patwardhan) who has just escaped from prison and has stolen diamonds worth 80 crore entered the bus and hid the bag filled with diamonds in a hollow of the mannequin.

Hilarity ensues as the remaining story has the highs and the lows that the couple face while travelling in the bus to Ganpati Pule. But on reaching Ganpati Pule, they and the passengers are confronted by Police as they have an evidence that Babu Kalia is travelling in the bus to flee to Dubai from Ganpati Pule port. The whole time in the bus from Mumbai to Ganpati Pule, Vicky was drawing the portrait of Babu Kalia with the help of a fellow passenger (Jaywant Wadkar) who knew Babu Kalia. As soon as they complete the sketch, Babu Kalia springs up to his true identity and threatens Vicky and passengers for his diamonds or to kill them all. But Bhakti tells Vicky to take the mannequin to the temple. Vicky reveals that the sage Bhakti met was fake and he had planned this to avoid going naked to Ganpati Pule. However, Vicky still takes away the mannequin to the temple while others run behind him tearing his clothes. By the time he reaches the temple he is completely naked. He completes the vow and the couple are rewarded with 8 crore for catching the gangster. And they live happily thereafter.

==Cast==
<ref name="indianfilmhistory">{{cite web|url=https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/movie-details/navra-maza-navsacha|title=Navra Maza Navsacha Movie Review|publisher=www.indianfilmhistory.com}}</ref>
* [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Vakratund (a.k.a. Vacky)
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Bhakti
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Bus Conductor Lalu
* Sunil Tawde as Bus Driver Prasad
* [[Nirmiti Sawant]] as Atya (Vacky's paternal aunt)
* [[Atul Parchure]] as Kishore (Vacky's childhood friend)
* Pradeep Patwardhan as Babu Kaalia (international smuggler)
* Jaywant Wadkar as Snoring bus passenger who knew Babu Kaalia
* [[Vijay Patkar]] as Undercover police inspector who pretends to be mute in the bus
* Madhurani Gokhale Prabhulkar as Candy (video jockey bus passenger)
* [[Vaibhav Mangle]] as Bus passenger with helmet
* Satish Tare as Ughade Baba (small-time television actor who poses as a powerful saint)
=== Cameo Appearances ===
* [[Sonu Nigam]] as Himself
* [[Reema Lagoo]] as Sheela Raje (powerful [[politician]] in the [[Lok Sabha]])
* [[Johnny Lever]] as Bahadur ([[Nepali people|Nepali]] bus passenger)
* [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]] as Film Director
* [[Kishori Shahane]] as Shevanta ([[lavani]] dancer)

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!!!Track !! Singer
!Lyricist
|-
| 1 || "Chala Na Gade" ||[[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
|[[Jagdish Khebudkar]]
|-
| 2 || "Hirava Nisarg Ha Bhavatine" || [[Sonu Nigam]]
|[[Jagdish Khebudkar]]
|-
| 3 || "Chala Jejuri La Jau" || Uttara Kelkar
|Traditional
|-
| 4 || "Vedshastramaji" || [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
|Traditional
|-
|}

==Remakes==
The film was remade in Kannada as ''[[Ekadantha]]'' starring [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]] and [[Ramesh Aravind]] in the lead roles.

==Reception==
The film received good reviews.<ref name="in">{{cite web|url=http://www.in.com/tv/movies/zee-talkies-132/navra-maza-navsacha-10258.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820120400/http://www.in.com/tv/movies/zee-talkies-132/navra-maza-navsacha-10258.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-08-20|title=Navra Maza Navsacha Movie on Zee Talkies: Navra Maza Navsacha Movie Schedule, Songs and Trailer Videos|publisher=in.com|accessdate=2014-06-01}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' a prominent Indian daily named it as a part of a Remake Saga. In.com gave a rating of 7.3 out of 10.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0833510}}

[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Marathi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Marathi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Marathi remakes of Hindi films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sachin (actor)]]
[[Category:2000s Marathi-language films]]

Navra Maza Navsacha

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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2014}}
{{Short description|2004 Marathi language film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Navra Maza Navsacha
| caption =
| image =
| director = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
| producer = Sachin Pilgaonkar
| writer =
| screenplay = Sachin Pilgaonkar Santosh Pawar
| story = Sachin Pilgaonkar
| based_on =
| starring = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] [[Ashok Saraf]] Sunil Tawde [[Nirmiti Sawant]] [[Atul Parchure]] Pradeep Patwardhan Jaywant Wadkar [[Vijay Patkar]]
| narrator =
| music = Jitendra Kulkarni
| cinematography = Sanjay Memane
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = November 2004 ([[Maharashtra]])
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Navra Maza Navsacha''''' ([[Devanagari]]: नवरा माझा नवसाचा) (translation: ''My Husband Is Born From A Divine Vow'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 2004|2004]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language slapstick [[Comedy film|comedy]] film directed and produced by [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] under the banner of Kittu Films. Released in [[Maharashtra]] in November 2004, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]], [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]], [[Ashok Saraf]], Sunil Tawde, [[Nirmiti Sawant]], [[Atul Parchure]], Pradeep Patwardhan, Jaywant Wadkar and [[Vijay Patkar]]. The film follows a childless couple travelling from [[Mumbai]] to Ganapatipule through a state transport bus to complete an unfulfilled vow. <ref name="blogspot">{{cite web|url=http://cinema-baghu-ya.blogspot.in/2010/08/navra-maza-navsacha.html|title=बघू हा सिनेमा ?: नवरा माझा नवसाचा (Navra maza navsacha)|publisher=cinema-baghu-ya.blogspot.in|accessdate=2014-06-01}}</ref> <ref name="indianexpress">{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-remake-saga/1073397/ |title=The Remake Saga - Indian Express |publisher=archive.indianexpress.com |accessdate=2014-06-01}}</ref>

[[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] remade the film in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] in 2007 as ''[[Ekadantha]]''. The plot of the film is based on ''[[Bombay to Goa]]'' (1972), which itself was a remake of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''Madras to Pondicherry'' (1966).<ref>http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-remake-saga/1073397/1</ref>

==Plot==

Vakratund (Sachin Pilgaonkar) and Bhakti (Supriya Pilgaonkar) are a couple who have married against Bhakti's parents wishes. Vakratund, also known as Vacky, is an artist but does not have commercial success. Even after 10 years of marriage, the couple is not blessed with children.

Bhakti gets to know from Vacky's aunt (Nirmiti Sawant) that Vicky was born by a vow taken by his father. Vicky's father had vowed to God that if his child is born healthy, he will bring his child to Ganapati Pule naked. This vow is left unfulfilled as Vicky's parents pass away.

Bhakti tries to persuade Vicky to go to Ganpati Pule naked, but he does not agree to it. Vicky and his friend then hire a small time actor (Satish Tare) as a sage, who advises them to take a mannequin dressed as Vicky secretly in a public transport to Ganapti Pule to fulfill the vow. Vicky and his friend Kishore manage to sneak the mannequin into a state transport bus the previous night of the travel to Ganapati Pule. However, they are unaware that after their departure from the bus at night, an international smuggler named Babu Kalia (Pradeep Patwardhan) who has just escaped from prison and has stolen diamonds worth 80 crore entered the bus and hid the bag filled with diamonds in a hollow of the mannequin.

Hilarity ensues as the remaining story has the highs and the lows that the couple face while travelling in the bus to Ganpati Pule. But on reaching Ganpati Pule, they and the passengers are confronted by Police as they have an evidence that Babu Kalia is travelling in the bus to flee to Dubai from Ganpati Pule port. The whole time in the bus from Mumbai to Ganpati Pule, Vicky was drawing the portrait of Babu Kalia with the help of a fellow passenger (Jaywant Wadkar) who knew Babu Kalia. As soon as they complete the sketch, Babu Kalia springs up to his true identity and threatens Vicky and passengers for his diamonds or to kill them all. But Bhakti tells Vicky to take the mannequin to the temple. Vicky reveals that the sage Bhakti met was fake and he had planned this to avoid going naked to Ganpati Pule. However, Vicky still takes away the mannequin to the temple while others run behind him tearing his clothes. By the time he reaches the temple he is completely naked. He completes the vow and the couple are rewarded with 8 crore for catching the gangster. And they live happily thereafter.

==Cast==

<ref name="indianfilmhistory">{{cite web|url=https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/movie-details/navra-maza-navsacha|title=Navra Maza Navsacha Movie Review|publisher=www.indianfilmhistory.com}}</ref>
* [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Vakratund
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Bhakti
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Bus Conductor Lalu
* [[Vijay Patkar]] as Undercover Cop
* [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]] as Film Director
* [[Reema Lagoo]] as Sheila Raje (Guest Appearance)
* [[Sonu Nigam]] as himself (Guest Appearance)
* [[Johny Lever]] as Bahadur/Nepali (Guest Appearance)
* [[Pradeep Patwardhan]] as Babu Kalia
* [[Kuldeep Pawar]] as Police Inspector
* [[Nirmiti Sawant]] as Vacky's Aunt
* [[Kishori Shahane]] as Dancer (Guest Appearance)
* [[Atul Parchure]] as Kishore
* [[Jaywant Wadkar]] as Sleeping passenger
* Vikas Samudre as Chiplun passenger
* Satish Tare as Ughade Baba/Actor
* [[Sunil Tawde]] as Bus Driver Prasad
* [[Madhurani Gokhale-Prabhulkar]] as Candy
* Pradeep Kabre as Tamasha group owner
* [[Vicky Dhaiphule]] as passenger without Helmet
* [[Vaibhav Mangle]] as passenger with Helmet
* Shefali Soman as Mandakini

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!!!Track !! Singer
!Lyricist
|-
| 1 || "Chala Na Gade" ||[[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
|[[Jagdish Khebudkar]]
|-
| 2 || "Hirava Nisarg Ha Bhavatine" || [[Sonu Nigam]]
|[[Jagdish Khebudkar]]
|-
| 3 || "Chala Jejuri La Jau" || Uttara Kelkar
|Traditional
|-
| 4 || "Vedshastramaji" || [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
|Traditional
|-
|}

==Remakes==
The film was remade in Kannada as ''[[Ekadantha]]'' starring [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]] and [[Ramesh Aravind]] in the lead roles.

==Reception==
The film received good reviews.<ref name="in">{{cite web|url=http://www.in.com/tv/movies/zee-talkies-132/navra-maza-navsacha-10258.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820120400/http://www.in.com/tv/movies/zee-talkies-132/navra-maza-navsacha-10258.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-08-20|title=Navra Maza Navsacha Movie on Zee Talkies: Navra Maza Navsacha Movie Schedule, Songs and Trailer Videos|publisher=in.com|accessdate=2014-06-01}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' a prominent Indian daily named it as a part of a Remake Saga. In.com gave a rating of 7.3 out of 10.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0833510}}

[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Marathi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Marathi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Marathi remakes of Hindi films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sachin (actor)]]
[[Category:2000s Marathi-language films]]