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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|2011 film by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Deool<br />
| image = Deool.jpg<br />
| alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --><br />
| caption = Movie poster<br />
| director = [[Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni]]<br />
| producer = [[Abhijeet Gholap]]<br />
| writer = [[Girish Kulkarni|Girish Pandurang Kulkarni]]<br />
| screenplay =[[Girish Pandurang Kulkarni]]<br />
| starring = [[Nana Patekar]]<br/>[[Dilip Prabhawalkar]]<br/>[[Girish Kulkarni]]<br/>[[Sonali Kulkarni]]<br/>[[Sharvani Pillai]]<br />
| music = Mangesh Dhakde<br />
| cinematography = Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti<br />
| editing = Abhijit Deshpande<br />
| studio = Devisha Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|10|10}}(at Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea) <br/> {{Film date|df=yes|2011|11|4}} (in India)<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Marathi<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Deool''''' (English: ''The Temple'') is a 2011 Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]] [[dark comedy]] directed by [[Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni]] and produced by [[Abhijeet Gholap]]. The film stars [[Girish Kulkarni]], [[Nana Patekar]], [[Dilip Prabhawalkar]], [[Sharvani Pillai]], [[Sonali Kulkarni]] in lead roles. The film is about the effect of [[globalization]] on India's small towns and the terrible state of Indian villages, with a political backdrop.<br />
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''Deool'' won the 59th [[National Film Awards]] for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]],<ref name=vidya>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-07/news-interviews/31131831_1_lyrics-award-chillar-party-nitesh-tiwari |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430015945/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-07/news-interviews/31131831_1_lyrics-award-chillar-party-nitesh-tiwari |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 April 2013 |title=Vidya Balan wins National Award for 'The Dirty Picture' |date=7 March 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] ([[Girish Kulkarni]]) and [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Dialogue]] (Girish Kulkarni).<ref name=59th>{{cite web |ref=59th |url=http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5906670 |title=59th National Film Awards: Winners List |publisher=MSN entertainment |access-date=12 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310054510/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5906670 |archive-date=10 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The film also marks the debut of veteran Hindi film actor [[Naseeruddin Shah]] in Marathi film industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2011/06/28/15951/index.html |title=Naseeruddin Shah makes Marathi film debut in Deool |publisher=bollywoodhungama |access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
In the rural areas of Maharashtra lies a peaceful village called Mangrul. Keshya (Girish Kulkarni) , a simple village youth, who works for Bhau (Nana Patekar) as a cow stockman, takes one of Bhau's cows named "KARDI", to one of the hills in the village where there is an Audumber ([[Ficus racemosa]]: Indian fig tree) tree present. KARDI scratches her head over that tree and by which Lord Dattatreya makes a presence and shows his Avtar to Keshya. Keshya, by experiencing God's Avtar, makes a hue and cry in the village saying God Dattatreya made an appearance for him.<br />
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Anna (Dillip Prabhavalkar), most respected figure of Mangrul, advises him against announcing such personal matter as it's a question of faith. However, it is too late as a journalist (Kishor Kadam) with the help of a few other village youths who are more involved in politics, sensationalise the news about Lord Dattatrey making an appearance in Mangrul. <br />
There is now demand for a Dattatrey temple. Bhau doesn't approve it as he wants the funds to be used for better purposes, as Anna also has vision to build a Hospital in the village. But since Bhau, helpless looking at the village so demanding, the temple is built.<br />
And slowly the village becomes a holy place. Mangrul goes through a 360 degree change due to commercialization, but nobody is complaining except Anna. Soon, blinded by the commercial progress, God is forgotten. Every village has a right to progress commercially, but how ethical it is to use a temple and its good to achieve it?<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Nana Patekar]] as Bhau Galande<br />
* [[Dilip Prabhawalkar]] as Anna Kulkarni<br />
* [[Sonali Kulkarni]] as Vahini<br />
* [[Girish Kulkarni]] as Keshav Rambhol<br />
* [[Jyoti Subhash]] as Kanta, Keshya's Mother<br />
* Jyoti Malshe as Pinky<br />
* [[Atisha Naik]] as Sarpanch (Village head)<br />
* [[Usha Nadkarni]] as Sarpanch's Mother in Law<br />
* [[Kishor Kadam]] as Mahasangram<br />
* [[Shrikant Yadav]] as Appa Galande<br />
* [[Hrishikesh Joshi]] as Tommya (Jambuwant Rao)<br />
* [[Shashank Shende]] as Ninety (Teacher)<br />
* [[Sharvani Pillai]]<br />
* [[Om Bhutkar]] as Yuvri<br />
* Mayur Khandge as Emdya<br />
* Suhas Shirsat as Poytya<br />
* Abhijit Khaire as Audience<br />
* [[Vibhavari Deshpande]] as Poytya's Sister in Law<br />
* Bhakti Ratnaparakhi as Appa Galande's wife<br />
Guest Appearance<br />
* [[Mohan Agashe]] as Aamdar Saheb<br />
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Dacoit<br />
* [[Neha Shitole]]<br />
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==Release==<br />
''Deool'' was scheduled to be released on 23 September 2011 but was later postponed to November.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maujmaja.com/2011/09/15/deool-release-date-postponed/ |title=Deool-release-date-postponed |publisher=maujmaja |access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref> It was shown in [[Busan International Film Festival]], [[New York City|New York]]'s South Asian International Film Festival, the [[Abu Dhabi]] International Film Festival and MAMI in [[Mumbai]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-19/pune/30175495_1_umesh-kulkarni-indian-panorama-section-sonali-kulkarni |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714081425/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-19/pune/30175495_1_umesh-kulkarni-indian-panorama-section-sonali-kulkarni |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title='Deool' heads for international fests |access-date=5 November 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=19 September 2011}}</ref> and was released on 4 November 2011 nationwide.<br />
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==Music==<br />
Music of ''Deool'' was composed by Mangesh Dhakade and lyrics were penned by [[Swanand Kirkire]], Sudhir Moghe.<br />
{{track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = <br />
| title1 = Deva Tula Shodhu Kutha<br />
| note1 = Bhajan<br />
| extra1 = Shahir Devanand Mali<br />
| length1 = 02:53<br />
| title2 = Welcome Ho Raya Welcome<br />
| length2 = 04:32<br />
| extra2 = Urmila Dhangar<br />
| title3 = Phoda Datta Naam Taho<br />
| extra3 = Swanand Kirkire<br />
| length3 = 05:19<br />
| title4 = Tu Jhop Tujha Datta Jaga Aahe<br />
| length4 = 02:47<br />
| extra4 = Swanand Kirkire<br />
}}<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
''Deool'' gathered positive reviews from critics on release. [[Daily News & Analysis]] (DNA) gave the film a 4 star rating out of 5 saying, "There’s too much going for ''Deool''. It is an Indian language film to be proud of. For God’s sake, don’t miss it."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review_review-for-gods-sake-dont-miss-deool_1607425 |title=Review: For god's sake, don't miss Deool |newspaper=DNA India |access-date=5 November 2011 |author=Chettiar, Blessy}}</ref><br />
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The movie won maximum number of awards (3) at [[59th National Film Awards]] in 2011.<br />
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;[[National Film Awards]]<br />
* 2011: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]]<br />
::'''Citation:''' ''For its witty, satirical and penetrative account of the politics involved in the commercialization of religion in India. Through a wonderfully authentic depiction of village life, mentality and gesture, Deool has a social, religious and commercial sweep, even as it individualizes each of its characters and endows them with a language and space of their own. The film ironically shows the wholehearted acceptance of commodified and clamorous religiosity in a land plagued by all the serious problems the country faces today, and it does so with laughter that is only slightly tinged with cynicism.''<br />
* 2011: [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] - [[Girish Kulkarni]]<br />
::'''Citation:''' ''For his role as Kesha, the good hearted village simpleton, who inadvertently sets tumultuous events in motion, is circumspect and tenderhearted. Shorn of histrionics, his performance depends largely on his face and eyes to convey the multitudinous emotions in his mind which he cannot utter. He is controlled yet ingenuous, moving towards the beginnings of an understanding of the world around him, a move that transforms itself unselfconsciously into a spiritual quest.''<br />
* 2011: [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Best Dialogue)]] - [[Girish Kulkarni]]<br />
::'''Citation:''' ''For its immensely varied and textured use of language that is both an authentic and an energetic reflection of the different sections of life shown in the film: the language of the village, of politicians, of the scholar and much else. His dialogues - robustly rustic yet influenced by urban vocabulary - is characteristic of the Indian scene today.''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|2085783}}<br />
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