Maza Pati Karodpati

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

Maza Pati Karodpati (Devanagari: माझा पती करोडपती; translation: My Husband Is A Millionaire) is a 1988 Indian Marathi-language slapstick comedy film written and directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar and produced by Chelaram Bhatia and Laalchand Bhatia. The film was released in Maharashtra on 20 January 1988 and stars an ensemble cast of Sachin Pilgaonkar, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Ashok Saraf, Kishori Shahane, Nilu Phule, Shubha Khote, Jairam Kulkarni, Suhas Bhalekar and Macchindra Kambli. The music was composed by Arun Paudwal.

Plot

Shaku (Supriya Pilgaonkar) is a sober but stubborn young girl, who is orphaned by fate and lives in a slum with her maternal uncle, Damodar (Suhas Bhalekar), who is a bachelor. Shaku's sole dream is to marry a millionaire as according to her, a girl receives only one chance to change her name and financial situation in life, and that is after her marriage. Damodar works as a butler for Mr. Laxmidhar Kuber (Nilu Phule), a wealthy industrialist, and his wife, Mrs. Kuber (Shubha Khote). Mr. and Mrs. Kuber host a grand party for the homecoming of their son, Narendra (Sachin Pilgaonkar), also known as Naren, after completing his education in America. During the celebration, Shaku accompanies Damodar to the Kuber residence for help in the domeestic chores, when she overhears Naren sharing his views on marriage with his friends. Shaku learns that Naren's only condition is to marry a young widow for not having much time to fulfill his wife's desires.

Realising that he is the only heir to the wealthy family, Shaku is determined to marry him at any cost and disguises herself as a young, homeless widow named "Saudamini" with the aid of Tatya Malvankar (Macchindra Kambli), a theatre costume lender and Damodar's friend. In an attempt to gain entry at the Kuber residence, Shaku meets Naren in the middle of a street in the disguise and pleads with him to rescue her from being harassed by some goons (who are in fact Tatya Malvankar and two of his assistants in disguise). After Naren heroically fights against the "goons" and drives him away, Shaku pretends to fall unconscious, which causes Naren to carry her home in the middle of the night. During her stay at the Kuber residence, Shaku uses her theatrical antics to soon win over the hearts of Naren and Mrs. Kuber, who both become emotionally attached to her and request her to stay for a more duration. As days go by, Naren finds himself falling in love with Saudamini and proposes to her with Mrs. Kuber's approval, leading Shaku to consider that her plan has finally worked. However, Mr. Kuber objects to their relationship, citing ignorance about the information of Saudamini's deceased husband.

At this point, Tatya Malvankar provides Shaku with the photograph of an aspiring theatre actor dressed as a military officer, who presents the photograph to Mr. Kuber as that of her late husband named "Captain Bajirao Rangade", provoking Mr. Kuber to finally agree for Naren and Saudamini's marriage. Meanwhile, the aspiring theatre actor dressed as a military officer in the photograph turns out to be Dinkar Luktuke (Ashok Saraf), a clerk working in the office of Mr. Kuber's childhood friend, Mr. Gajanan Deshmukh (Jairam Kulkarni), while secretly in a relationship with Mr. Deshmukh's daughter, Hema (Kishori Shahane). Mr. Kuber had previously asked Mr. Deshmukh for Hema's hand in marriage for Naren. When he visits Mr. Deshmukh's office to apologise for the situation, he suddenly bumps into Luktuke and is shocked to identify him from the photograph of Saudamini's late husband, Captain Bajirao Rangade. In an effort to bring out the truth about Saudamini, Mr. Kuber offers Luktuke a heavy bribe in exchange of the latter performing a drama at the Kuber residence. According to Mr. Kuber's plan, Luktuke shockingly arrives at the Kuber residence disguised as Captain Bajirao Rangade himself, claiming to have returned to take Saudamini with him back after recovering from a coma.

Shocked at seeing him, Shaku immediately denies any relation with Captain Rangade and lies that her husband was a left-hander and had six toes on his left foot to prove her point. However, fate betrays Shaku once again as Luktuke lies of being a left-hander in the past and everyone also discovers that Captain Rangade indeed has six toes on his left foot by birth, causing Mr. Kuber to be grateful towards the coincidence. Still wanting a chance to marry Saudamini, Naren takes Luktuke to a restaurant and offers him ₹1 lakh in exchange of giving his wife a divorce, but Luktuke strongly declines the deal, citing his love and affection for Saudamini. However, Hema arrives at the same restaurant and is shocked to see Luktuke with Naren. She follows Luktuke to the Kuber residence and confronts him over his drama. As Luktuke reluctantly refuses to accept his true identity, Hema gives up on persuading him and pretends to be in love with Naren to teach Luktuke a lesson. That night, Captain Rangade returns home drunk and chastises Mr. Kuber in front of Mrs. Kuber for causing the separation of him and Hema. Mrs. Kuber learns about Captain Rangade's fraud and deceit, but Mr. Kuber pretends to ignore her when she insists that he is an imposter. Meanwhile, Naren instructs Saudamini to invite home a relative having attended her marriage who can testify that Captain Rangade is not her husband, leading Shaku to approach Tatya Malvankar and request him to do so.

The next day, Tatya Malvankar arrives at the Kuber residence as Saudamini's relative and testifies that her husband is already dead and that Captain Rangade is an imposter. However, things take a turn when Tatya Malvankar's assistant, Madhya (Madhu Apte), also arrives at the Kuber residence as Saudamini's relative and presents the same testimony to everyone. Thus, Mr. Kuber banishes both Tatya Malvankar and Madhya from the Kuber residence, and accuses Saudamini of having faked her husband's death in an attempt to marry Naren for his wealth. A heartbroken Naren lashes out at Saudamini for pursuing him at the expense of her alive husband, but Mr. Kuber intervenes with Mrs. Kuber and announces to Saudamini that he is transferring some of his wealth and one of their homes in Lonavala to her as penance. Saudamini mysteriously accepts Captain Rangade as her husband and agrees to go with him as his wife, but later shockingly uses Mr. Kuber's gun to shoot Captain Rangade fatally with the resolve to sacrifice herself. A remorseful Shaku then confesses about her true identity to the Kuber family and that she has now genuinely fallen in love with Naren regardless of his money. She also profusely thanks Mr. and Mrs. Kuber for providing her with the love of a family that life had always denied to her and apologises for what everything cost them.

Following this confession, Shaku states that she is ready to surrender herself to the police and be sentenced to death for murdering Luktuke. However, in a plot twist, Mr. Kuber reveals that he had already loaded his gun with fake bullets and Luktuke thus turns out to be alive. Mr. Kuber confesses about Luktuke's true identity to everyone and that he was testing Saudamini's love for Naren by performing this drama. On the night when everyone was convinced on discovering Captain Rangade's sixth toe, Mr. Kuber had already discovered the truth about Shaku from Damodar, who refused to cheat or lie to the family. Eventually, Mr. Kuber agrees for Naren and Shaku's marriage and Luktuke also apologises to Shaku for making her life miserable. Just then, Hema and Mr. Deshmukh arrive at the scene and Mr. Kuber presents Luktuke to Mr. Deshmukh as a prospective groom for Hema. Mr. Deshmukh is shocked to meet Luktuke and comically berates him for his negligence and absence towards work. The film ends with the collective marriage of Naren and Shaku and Luktuke and Hema.

Cast

• Sachin Pilgaonkar as Narendra Laxmidhar Kuber (Naren)
• Supriya Pilgaonkar as Shaku / Saudamini (fake)
• Ashok Saraf as Dinkar Luktuke / Captain Bajirao Rangade (fake)
• Kishori Shahane as Hema Gajanan Deshmukh
• Nilu Phule as Laxmidhar Kuber
• Shubha Khote as Mrs. Laxmidhar Kuber
• Jairam Kulkarni as Gajanan Deshmukh
• Suhas Bhalekar as Damodar
• Macchindra Kambli as Tatya Malvankar

Cameo Appearances

• Bipin Varti as Doctor who examines Shaku
• Janardhan Parab as Fake police inspector called in by Mr. Kuber
• Chetan Dalvi as Director of Shaku's play "Bajirao Mastani"
• Madhu Apte as Madhya (Tatya Malvankar's assistant)
• Satish Randive as Satish (Naren's childhood friend)

Soundtrack

The music is provided by Arun Paudwal and the song Tuzhi Mazhi Jodi Jamli Ga was sung by Kishore Kumar.

Track Listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tuzhi Mazhi Jodi Jamli Ga"
2.	"Nand Kishora Chitt Chakora"
3.	"Raat Ashi Hi Preet Rasili"
4.	"Dhinak Dhin Tandana"

External links

• Movie Details - in.com