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{{short description|2011 film by Samruoddhi Porey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mala Aai Vhhaychay!
| image = Mala aai vhhaychy.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Poster
| director = Samruoddhi Porey
| producer = Samruoddhi Porey
| writer = Samruoddhi Porey
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| starring =
| music = [[Ashok Patki]]
| cinematography = Rahul Jadhav
| editing = Deven Murudeshwar
| studio =
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| released = {{Film date|2011|2|11|df=y}} (in India)
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| country = India
| language = Marathi
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'''''Mala Aai Vhhaychy!''''' ({{IPA-hns|məla aːi ʋɦeːtʃeː|}}, {{Translation|I Want To Be A Mother!}}) is a [[Marathi language]] Indian film produced and directed by Samruoddhi Porey. The story deals with growing [[Commercial surrogacy in India|surrogacy practices in India]] where women are used as surrogates by foreigners. The film is an emotional drama telling the story of one such surrogate mother who bears a foreigner's child.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_medical-based-films-take-centre-stage-in-marathi-cinema_1510435 |title=Medical-based films take centre stage in Marathi cinema |newspaper=[[DNA India]] |accessdate=22 Dec 2011 |author=Pallavi Kharade |date=20 Feb 2011}}</ref>

The film is critically acclaimed and won [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi]] in 2011.<ref name=Award>{{cite web|title=58th National Film Awards, 2010|url=http://dff.nic.in/Press%20Release%20-%2058th%20National%20Film%20Awards%20Winners%202010.pdf}}</ref> It was [[remake|remade]] in 2013 in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Welcome Obama]]'' ,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr4Z-HS_GoU</ref> with Urmila Kanitkar again playing the role of Yashoda. The film was remade in 2021 in Hindi as ''[[Mimi (2021 Hindi film)|Mimi]]'', directed by [[Laxman Utekar]] and produced by [[Dinesh Vijan]].

==Plot==
Mary comes looking to India for a surrogate mother to bear a child. She finds a poor woman Yashoda who accepts the offer. Yashoda gets pregnant successfully. But during her pregnancy, doctors inform Mary & Yashoda that due to some complications the child would probably be born with disabilities. Mary decides to quit through this and leaves India. Yashoda begs her to not leave. But she is then left alone with a child in her womb. Few years later Mary loses her patience and decided to come back and look for her child.

The film shows the story in legal and emotional perspective of who should the child be with; his surrogate mother who raised him or his mother who has the blood relation with him.

==Cast==
*[[Urmila Kanetkar]] as Yashoda
*Stacy Bee as Mary
*Samruoddhi Porey as Nanda
*Aiden Barkely as Madhav
*Vivek Raut as Ganpath
*[[Sulbha Deshpande]] as Sindhu tai
*Askhay Deshpande
*Shreya Porey
*Suchitra Bandekar
*Matt Ridde
*Rupali Modak|Rupali Modak
*Atul Bhardwaj
*Sandip Rajput
*Ronit Malode
*Srushti Porey
*Shubhankar Raut
*Nakshatra Rajgire
*Sumit Ghom

==Production==
The writer-director-producer of the film, Samruoddhi Porey is a practicing lawyer in [[Bombay High Court]]. The story of the film is based on one of the surrogacy cases she came across.

The film completed its shooting in the rural areas near [[Melghat]]-[[Chikhaldara]] of [[Amravati district]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=Aiden>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/110072/american-child-actor-surprises-fluent.html |title=American child actor surprises with fluent Marathi |newspaper=Deccan Herald |accessdate=22 Dec 2011}}</ref>

Aiden Barkely, who plays the role of a 4 year old surrogate child hails from [[Washington DC]]. He was selected for the role because of his blonde looks and was then tutored in Marathi, especially the Warhadi dialect. Aiden's father Matt also appears in the film. Matt and his spouse confirmed that Aiden himself was a surrogate child born in India and they were back in India to have their second surrogate child when Porey noticed Aiden and approached them for the role.<ref name=Aiden/>

==Awards and recognition==
The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi]]. The film was also selected to be shown to President Obama by President Pratibha Patil.<ref name=Obama>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/RegionalFlavours/Obama-watches-Mala-Aai-Vhhaychy/Article1-624368.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124124430/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regionalflavours/Obama-watches-Mala-Aai-Vhhaychy/Article1-624368.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 November 2010 |title=Obama watches Mala Aai Vhhaychy |newspaper= [[Hindustan Times]]|author=Priyanka Jain |date= 11 Nov 2010 |accessdate= 22 Dec 2011}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The music of the film is composed by Ashok Patki on lyrics written by Samruoddhi Porey. [[Kunal Ganjawala]] and [[Vaishali Samant]] have sung the songs.<ref name=Obama/>
{{Tracklist
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1772303|Mala Aai Vhhaychy!}}
* {{Official website|http://www.malaaaivhhaychythefilm.com/}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Marathi}}


[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Marathi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Best Marathi Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Indian pregnancy films]]
[[Category:Films about surrogacy]]
[[Category:2010s Marathi-language films]]

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