Maza Pati Karodpati

Maza Pati Karodpati
Directed by	Sachin Pilgaonkar
Produced by	Chelaram Bhatia Lalchand Bhatia
Starring	Sachin Pilgaonkar Supriya Pilgaonkar Ashok Saraf Kishori Shahane Nilu Phule Shubha Khote Suhas Bhalekar Jairam Kulkarni Macchindra Kambli
Music by	Arun Paudwal
Release date	20 January 1988 (1988-01-20)
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Maza Pati Karodpati (transl. My Husband Is A Millionaire) is a 1988 Indian Marathi-language comedy-drama film directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar and produced by Chelaram Bhatia and Lalchand Bhatia. The film stars an ensemble cast of Sachin Pilgaonkar, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Ashok Saraf, Kishori Shahane, Nilu Phule, Shubha Khote, Suhas Bhalekar, Jairam Kulkarni and Macchindra Kambli.

Synopsis

Shaku (Supriya Pilgaonkar), a sober but stubborn orphan, lives with her maternal uncle Damodar (Suhas Bhalekar), a bachelor, in a slum. Her sole dream is to marry a millionaire. According to her, a girl gets only one chance to change her name and condition in life, and that is after her marriage. Damodar works as a cook for Mr. Laxmidhar Kuber (Nilu Phule), a renowned industrialist, whose son Naren (Sachin Pilgaonkar) has just returned from abroad after completing his studies. At a party thrown by Mr. Kuber for his son's homecoming, Naren tells his friends his views on marriage. His only condition is that he will marry a young widow, which is overheard by Shaku.

With the help of Damodar's friend Tatya Malvankar (Macchindra Kambli), Shaku poses as a young widow named Saudamini and enters the Kuber residence. Using her theatrical antics, she soon wins over the hearts of Mrs. Kuber (Shubha Khote) and Naren, who ask her to live in the house. As days go by, Naren falls in love with her but Mr. Kuber asks for Saudamini's late husband's photograph. Again with the help of Tatya Malvankar, Shaku shows them the photograph of a man dressed as a military officer and tells his name as Captain Bajirao Rangade.

In the parallel plot, Luktuke is a clerk working for Mr. Kuber's close friend Mr. Deshmukh (Jairam Kulkarni), while he is secretly in love with his employer's daughter Hema (Kishori Shahane). One day, when Mr. Kuber visits Mr. Deshmukh at his office, he bumps into Luktuke whom he recognizes as the "late Captain Bajirao Rangade" in the photograph. A plan begins to take shape in Mr. Kuber's mind.

Plot

Shaku (Supriya Pilgaonkar) is a girl orphaned by fate living in poverty with her maternal uncle Damodar (Suhas Bhalekar), who has raised her all by himself as a single relative. She is a talented actress who acts in the dramas taking place in their locality. Shaku's sole dream is to marry a millionaire as according to her, a girl gets only one chance to change her name and condition in life, and that is after her marriage. Damodar works as a servant for the wealthy industrialist Laxmidhar Kuber (Nilu Phule) and his understanding wife Mrs. Kuber (Shubha Khote) whose son Narendra Kuber, also known as Naren (Sachin Pilgaonkar), has just returned from the US after his graduation. Laxmidhar and Mrs. Kuber throw a grand party at their house for Naren's homecoming, where Shaku accompanies Damodar to assist him in the chores.

While there, Shaku overhears Naren sharing his views about marriage with his friends, when he expresses his desire of marrying only a widow for not having the ability to buy enough time to spend with his wife. Having fallen in love with Naren, Shaku vows to marry only him at any cost after realising that he is the heir to the infinity of wealth at his house. Using her theatrical antics with the help of her costume lender Tatya Malvankar (Macchindra Kambli), she creates a sequence of events that allows her to enter the Kuber residence. Further, Shaku fools Naren and his parents that she is a homeless widow named "Saudamini" and that she has gone into a state of sorrow since her husband's sad demise.

Therefore, Shaku is quickly accepted by the Kuber family after her pretence of having developed mental shock. Soon, she wins over the hearts of Naren and Mrs. Kuber who ask her to stay for some more time. While seeking refuge in the Kubers' house, Shaku tries to influence Naren by shedding unreal tears in the memory of her deceased husband. This prompts Naren to take Saudamini for outings to help her recover from the loss of her husband. Slowly, Naren realises that he has fallen in love with Saudamini and goes on to propose marriage to her. Feeling that she has finally accomplished her mission, Shaku accepts his marriage proposal after showing some hesitation.

However, Naren faces objection from Laxmidhar who demands information about Saudamini's past. Nevertheless, Shaku lies to the Kubers that her husband was a military officer named "Captain Bajirao Rangade", and that he died after getting hit by a soda water bottle during a riot. When asked for photograph, Tatya provides Shaku with the photograph of an aspiring drama actor (Ashok Saraf) dressed in a military uniform. Eventually, Laxmidhar agrees for Naren and Saudamini's marriage despite his wish to marry off his son to Hema (Kishori Shahane), the daughter of his close friend Deshmukh (Jairam Kulkarni) who is an equally wealthier businessman.

Meanwhile, it is revealed that the aspiring drama actor whose photograph was provided by Tatya is Dinkar Luktuke, a homeless clerk at Deshmukh's office who is secretly having a love affair with Hema. Shortly, things take a turn when Laxmidhar visits Deshmukh's office and surprisingly bumps into Luktuke. Laxmidhar recognizes him from the photograph of Saudamini's late husband and grows suspicious of her true intentions. Wanting to become sure of Saudamini's deception, Laxmidhar instructs Luktuke to perform a mysterious drama at his house in exchange of a well-furnished, four-bedroom plot and 24/7 water supply for his living.

Acting upon Laxmidhar's instructions, Luktuke shockingly poses as "Captain Bajirao Rangade" and enters the Kuber residence as Saudamini's "alive" husband, who has returned to his wife after recovering from a coma. Shaku immediately denies any relation with Captain Rangade and lies that her husband was a left-hander. However, her plan backfires as Luktuke outsmarts her and confesses about being a left-hander in the past. To make matters worse, it turns out that Luktuke was born with six toes on his left foot, while Shaku had fooled the Kuber family with the same identification of her husband.

Eventually, Mrs. Kuber still does not accept Captain Rangade as Saudamini's husband while a distressed Naren faces a dilemma. In last hopes of regaining his relationship with Saudamini, he bribes Captain Rangade and tries to influence him to give her a divorce. However, Luktuke stands firm by citing his undying affection to his wife. Despite this, Hema spots Luktuke with Naren at a restaurant and follows him, therefore learning the truth. After the two come face-to-face, a stunned Luktuke unwillingly refuses to go with Hema, which provokes her into pretending to be in love with Naren to make him jealous.

That night, Luktuke returns home drunk and criticises Laxmidhar in front of Mrs. Kuber for breaking off his relationship with Hema. Mrs. Kuber begins to grow suspicious of Captain Rangade but Laxmidhar diverts her thinking. Meanwhile, Naren comes up with an idea and asks Saudamini to call in any of her relative who can testify Captain Rangade being an imposter. Seizing this opportunity, Shaku approaches Tatya and asks him to arrive at the Kuber residence as her relative. Due to the fact that Naren has seen him in the beginning of their theatrical antics, Tatya instructs his shop assistant Madhya (Madhu Apte) to assume his identity and claim that Captain Rangade is not her husband.

The next day, Tatya himself arrives at Naren's house in disguise as Madhya does not make it to his shop on time. He claims to have attended Saudamini's wedding and testifies that Captain Rangade cannot be her husband. In the end, Shaku concludes her arguments and has seemingly succeeded in convincing the Kuber family of Captain Rangade's pretence. However, the tale is twisted as Madhya goes on to arrive at the scene as "Tatya" and he too claims that Captain Rangade is not her husband. At this point, Shaku's cover is blown with the conception of faking her husband's death in hopes to marrying Naren for money.

On this ground, Laxmidhar expels Tatya and Madhya from the house while an emotionally upset Naren rants at Saudamini in a harsh manner. Despite this, Laxmidhar intervenes with Mrs. Kuber and pretends to forgive Saudamini for her misdeeds, before politely handing over all his wealth and power to her with a car as well as a house owned by him in Lonavala and asks her to surrender Naren to them. Seeing no other way out, Shaku mysteriously accepts Rangade as her husband and agrees to go with him but in the climax, shockingly ends up shooting him down fatally with the resolve to sacrifice herself for all her karma till now.

In guilt and remorse, Shaku confesses about her true identity before Naren and that she realised after entering the Kubers' house that there is nothing more important than love and affection, which she had developed for him and for the togetherness with the Kuber family. She also profusely thanks the Kubers for giving her the love of a family which life had denied to her and apologises to them for what everything cost them. Therefore, Shaku begs Laxmidhar to have her hanged to death by the police for cheating and even committing the murder of the fake Rangade. However, Laxmidhar amusingly reveals that he had already planted harmless ammunition in the gun and thus Luktuke turns out to be alive.

Moreover, Laxmidhar also reveals that he had only sent Luktuke to the residence as Captain Rangade and was testing Shaku's love for Naren, since he had already discovered her true identity from Damodar who refused to cheat or lie to the family. Upon learning this, Naren realises his folly and reciprocates Shaku's feelings for him with Laxmidhar and Mrs. Kuber's consent for marriage. At the same time, Hema and Deshmukh also arrive at Laxmidhar's house and Luktuke's cheating is exposed before them. A furious Deshmukh berates Luktuke for his negligence towards work along with Hema as Naren, Shaku, Laxmidhar, Mrs. Kuber and Damodar share a laughter at his embarrassment.

Cast

The cast is listed below (according to the opening credits) -

• Sachin Pilgaonkar as Narendra Kuber (Naren)
• Supriya Pilgaonkar as Shaku / Saudamini (fake)
• Ashok Saraf as Dinkar Luktuke / Captain Bajirao Rangade (fake)
• Kishori Shahane as Hema Deshmukh
• Suhas Bhalekar as Damodar (Mama)
• Macchindra Kambli as Tatya Malvankar
• Jairam Kulkarni as Mr. Gajanan Deshmukh
• Shubha Khote as Mrs. Kuber
• Nilu Phule as Mr. Laxmidhar Kuber
• Bipin Varti as Doctor who examines Shaku
• Janardhan Parab as Fake Police Inspector called in by Laxmidhar
• Chetan Dalvi as Director of Shaku's drama titled "Bajirao Mastani"
• Madhu Apte as Madhya

Soundtrack

The music is provided by Arun Paudwal.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tujhi Majhi Jodi Jamli"
2.	"Nand Kishora Chitt Chakora"
3.	"Raat Ashi Hi Preet Rasili"
4.	"Tinak Dhin Tandana"

External links

• Movie Details - in.com