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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Chaitra: In The Month Of March<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Kranti Kanade]]<br />
| producer = [[Film and Television Institute of India]]<br />
| writer = [[Kranti Kanade]]<br />
| based_on = {{based on|Chaitra| [[G. A. Kulkarni]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Sonali Kulkarni]]<br> Lalan Sarang<br>Abhishek Bhave<br />
| music = [[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Mahesh Muthuswami]]<br />
| editing = Kranti Kanade<br />
| studio = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2002|8|20|Mumbai International Film Festival|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 25 min<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Marathi<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Chaitra''''' is a short film by [[Kranti Kanade]] based on author [[G.A. Kulkarni]]'s story of the same name. Kranti selected this story for his thesis short film towards completion of his degree in Direction from [[Film and Television Institute of India]]. The film went on to win three [[National Film Awards]] in 2002.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The story of a proud woman, her poetic vindication of unfair social insult, and her inevitable sad destiny. A very culture-specific film dipped in a local festival of rural women.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Sonali Kulkarni]] as Mother<br />
* Abhishek Bhave as Madhu<br />
* Lalan Sarang as Naik Kaku<br />
* Vandana Vakhnis as Naik baai<br />
* Dhiresh Joshi as Father<br />
* Bhakti Pathare as Rakhma<br />
* Uttara Kulkarni as Shanta<br />
* Shripad Amte as Mama<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was shot in Alandi village near Pune and the post-production done at [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]]. Being a student film, director did not have enough budget but Sonali Kulkarni and Lalan Sarang agreed to do the film without remuneration. Music director [[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]] not only composed music for the film without taking any remuneration but he also paid for the musicians himself. Cinematographer Mahesh Muthuswami contributed an amount towards the production and so did the sound designer Subir Das.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}<br />
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== Awards and recognition==<br />
Chaitra won three [[National Film Awards]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chaitra National Awards|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rjul2002/26072002/r2607200224d.html|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref><br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film]]<br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction]] ([[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]])<br />
* [[National Film Award – Special Mention (non-feature film)]] ([[Sonali Kulkarni]])<br />
At the [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] 2002 it won National Critics’ Award and Best Short - Silver. That year, it was India's official entry to the [[Student Academy Awards]].<br />
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The film was also included in a DVD titled "Master Strokes", a compilation of works of twenty renowned FTII students.<ref>{{cite news |author=Manjiri Damle |title=Jaya Bachchan to unveil 'Master Strokes' |date=22 Jun 2006|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-06-22/pune/27810297_1_short-film-film-and-television-institute-ftii |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235441/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-06-22/pune/27810297_1_short-film-film-and-television-institute-ftii |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=27 Dec 2011}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian short films]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2002 films]]</div>>GreenC bot