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| name          = Maza Pati Karodpati
| name          = Maza Pati Karodpati<br>माझा पती करोडपती
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| caption        = Theatrical release poster
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| director      = Sachin Pilgaonkar
| director      = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
| producer      = Chelaram Bhatia<br/>Lalchand Bhatia
| producer      = Chelaram Bhatia<br/>Lalchand Bhatia
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| screenplay    = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
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| starring      = Sachin Pilgaonkar<br/>[[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]<br/>[[Ashok Saraf]]<br/>[[Kishori Shahane]]<br/>[[Nilu Phule]]<br/>Shubha Khote<br/>Suhas Bhalekar<br/>[[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]]<br/>[[Macchindra Kambli]]
| starring      = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]<br/>[[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]<br/>[[Ashok Saraf]]<br/>[[Kishori Shahane]]<br/>[[Nilu Phule]]<br>Shubha Khote<br/>[[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]]<br/>Suhas Bhalekar<br>[[Macchindra Kambli]]
| music          = [[Arun Paudwal]]
| music          = [[Arun Paudwal]]
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| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|1988|01|20}}
| released      = 20
January 1988 ([[Maharashtra]])
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| country        = [[India]]
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'''''Maza Pati Karodpati''''' ({{translation|My Husband Is A Millionaire}}) is a 1988 Indian [[Marathi language|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, [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] and [[Macchindra Kambli]].
'''''Maza Pati Karodpati''''' ([[Devanagari]]: माझा पती करोडपती; translation: ''My Husband Is A Millionaire'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 1988|1988]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]]-language slapstick [[Comedy film|comedy film]] written and directed by [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] and produced by Chelaram Bhatia and Lalchand 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, [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]], Suhas Bhalekar, and [[Macchindra Kambli]]. The music was composed by [[Arun Paudwal]].
 
== 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 ([[Jayram Kulkarni|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 ==
== 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.
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 ([[Gammat Jammat|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 [[United States|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.  
 
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 ([[Jayram Kulkarni|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.  
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.  


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.
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 ([[Jayram Kulkarni|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.  


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.
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 [[Indian rupee|₹]]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.  


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.  
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.  


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.
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 ==
== Cast ==
The cast is listed below (according to the opening credits) -
* [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Narendra "Naren" Laxmidhar Kuber  
 
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Shaku / Saudamini "Damini" Bajirao Rangade (fake)
* Sachin Pilgaonkar as Narendra Kuber (Naren)
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Dinkar "Dinya" Luktuke / Captain Bajirao Rangade (fake)
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Shaku / Saudamini (fake)
* [[Kishori Shahane]] as Hema Gajanan Deshmukh
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Dinkar Luktuke / Captain Bajirao Rangade (fake)  
* [[Nilu Phule]] as Laxmidhar Kuber
* [[Kishori Shahane]] as Hema Deshmukh
* Shubha Khote as Mrs. Laxmidhar Kuber
* Suhas Bhalekar as Damodar (Mama)
* [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] as Gajanan Deshmukh
* Suhas Bhalekar as Damodar
* [[Macchindra Kambli]] as Tatya Malvankar
* [[Macchindra Kambli]] as Tatya Malvankar
* [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] as Mr. Gajanan Deshmukh
=== Cameo Appearances ===
* Shubha Khote as Mrs. Kuber
* [[Nilu Phule]] as Mr. Laxmidhar Kuber
* Bipin Varti as Doctor who examines Shaku
* Bipin Varti as Doctor who examines Shaku
* Janardhan Parab as Fake Police Inspector called in by Laxmidhar
* Janardhan Parab as Fake [[Inspector|police inspector]] summoned by Laxmidhar
* Chetan Dalvi as Director of Shaku's drama titled "Bajirao Mastani"
* Chetan Dalvi as Director of Shaku's small-time play, ''Bajirao Mastani''
* Madhu Apte as Madhya
* Madhu Apte as Madhya (Tatya Malvankar's assistant)
* Satish Randive as Satish (Naren's childhood friend)


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
The music is provided by Arun Paudwal.
The music is provided by Arun Paudwal and the song ''Tuzhi Mazhi Jodi Jamli Ga'' was sung by [[Kishore Kumar]].
 
=== Track Listing ===
=== Track listing ===
{{Track listing
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Performer (s)
|title1 = Tujhi Majhi Jodi Jamli
| title1 = Tuzhi Mazhi Jodi Jamli Ga | length1 =
 
| title2 = Nand Kishora Chitt Chakora | length2 =
|title2 = Nand Kishora Chitt Chakora
| title3 = Raat Ashi Hi Preet Rasili | length3 =
 
| title4 = Tinak Dhin Tandana | length4 =
|title3 = Raat Ashi Hi Preet Rasili
 
|title4 = Tinak Dhin Tandana
}}
}}