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{{Infobox film
| producer = Nitu Chandra
Samir Kumar
Nitin Chandra
| director = Nitin Neera Chandra
| writer = Nitin Neera Chandra
| starring = Kranti Prakash Jha
Anuritta Jha
Pankaj Jha
Arun Kumar Jha
| cinematography = Justin J. Chambers
Sanjay Khanzode
| released = 02nd October 2020
}}

'''''Mithila Makhaan''''' is a [[Maithili language]] film directed by Nitin Chandra that stars [[Anurita Jha]], [[Kranti Prakash Jha]] and [[Pankaj Jha]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Neetu-Chandras-Mithila-Makhaan-wins-Best-Maithili-Film-National-Award/articleshow/51614931.cms timesofindia.indiatimes.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402194626/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Neetu-Chandras-Mithila-Makhaan-wins-Best-Maithili-Film-National-Award/articleshow/51614931.cms |date=2016-04-02 }}</ref>

[[Udit Narayan]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Suresh Wadkar]], and [[Sonu Nigam]] have provided playback voices for songs in the movie.

The movie won Best Maithili Film in the [[63rd National Film Awards]] under the language section. It is the first-ever Maithili film from [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]] to get a national award. Apart from winning Best Film in Maithili, "''Mithila Makhaan''" was also officially selected for the International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) in Toronto in May, 2016, Jagran Film Festival - 2016 and National Film Festival - 2016 organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in New Delhi and NFAI, Pune. The film is high budget production with filming in US, Canada, India and Nepal. It was shot in a temperature of -35 °C in Canada and +45 °C in India and Nepal.

==Cast==
*[[Kranti Prakash Jha]] as Kranti Prakash
*[[Anurita Jha]] as Maithili
*[[Pankaj Jha]] as Brahmha
*Prashant Rana
*Saket Kumar Mishra as Maithili's Brother

==Production==
''Mithila Makhaan'' was produced by Samir Kumar ( IIT, IIM, ex IAS-allied, Investment Banker) and Champaran Talkies, production house of actress entrepreneur actress-entrepreneur [[Neetu Chandra|Neetu Chandra's]] and her brother Nitin Neera Chandra who is director of the film.<ref>[http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Bollywood/2016-03-28/Neetu-Chandras-Mithila-Makhaan-wins-Best-Maithili-Film-National-Award/217025 thehansindia.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624031942/http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Bollywood/2016-03-28/Neetu-Chandras-Mithila-Makhaan-wins-Best-Maithili-Film-National-Award/217025 |date=2016-06-24 }}</ref> The initial idea of the movie came to the director when he was working with an NGO during the 2008 Kosi floods and he was thinking of the need for people to find work in other countries.<ref>[http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/root-cause/ boxofficeindia.co.in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624033054/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/root-cause/ |date=2016-06-24 }}</ref>

In April 2015, team was really demotivated after finishing the shooting in Bihar. Director and DOP were of the opinion to let the film remain in the box. Producer, Samir Kumar, took the bold call to further invest and complete the film as originally planned. Further he had set a deadline to submit the film for National Awards after obtaining necessary Censor Certificate. The film went on to win the National Award.

== Awards and recognition ==
* [[National Film Awards]] for Best Maithili Film<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/63rd-national-film-awards-complete-list-of-winners/ |title=National Awards 2016: Here is the complete List of Winners |journal=[[The Indian Express]] |date=22 September 2020 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328071802/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/63rd-national-film-awards-complete-list-of-winners/ |archivedate=28 March 2016 }}</ref>
* Official Selection For International Film Festival of South Asia at Toronto
* Screened at Patna International Film Festival<ref>[http://www.bollywooddhamaka.in/bollywood-dhamaka/neetu-chandras-mithila-makhan-opens-bihar-ek-virasat-kala-film-mahotsav-2016/13894 bollywooddhamaka.in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322000132/http://www.bollywooddhamaka.in/bollywood-dhamaka/neetu-chandras-mithila-makhan-opens-bihar-ek-virasat-kala-film-mahotsav-2016/13894 |date=2016-03-22 }}</ref>
*Screened at NFAI, Pune<ref>[http://nfaipune.nic.in/pdf/National%20Award%20Winning%20Film%20Festival.pdf nfaipune.nic.in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923123247/http://nfaipune.nic.in/pdf/National%20Award%20Winning%20Film%20Festival.pdf |date=2016-09-23 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.newsgram.com/exclusive-indian-origin-singapore-based-producer-of-award-winning-film-says-mithila-makhaan-is-just-the-beginning/ newsgram.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530191839/http://www.newsgram.com/exclusive-indian-origin-singapore-based-producer-of-award-winning-film-says-mithila-makhaan-is-just-the-beginning/ |date=2016-05-30 }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Films set in Bihar]]
[[Category:Maithili-language films]]

Mithila Makhaan - Revision history

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