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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
A lazy owner of a gymnasium, Abhijeet Samarth lives a wealthy lifestyle in Pune along with his advocate wife, Asavari, and a collegian daughter, Rasika, who is going steady with a wealthy Corporator's son, Vikram Malgude.
Abhijeet Samarth ([[Ashok Saraf]]), the lazy owner of a gymnasium, lives a wealthy lifestyle in [[Pune]] along with his advocate wife Asavari ([[Vandana Gupte]]) and his collegiate daughter Rasika (Varsha Usgaonkar), who is going steady with a wealthy corporator's son Vikrant Malgude ([[Ajinkya Deo]]), also known as Vicky. Abhijeet's advocate friend Anant Mahashabde ([[Vikram Gokhale]]) also lives a wealthy lifestyle in Pune along with his wife Ulka (Savita Prabhune), his collegiate son Aseem ([[Sunil Barve]]), his schoolgoing daughter Chinu (Sai Deodhar) and his widowed mother (Pratibha Amrute). Their harmonious lifestyle changes hilariously when Abhijeet comes across a love letter apparently addressed to his wife and begins to suspect that she is having an extramarital affair.
 
Abhijeet's friend, Advocate Anantrao Mahasabdey also lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife, Ulka, a son, Asim, a school-going daughter Chinni and his widowed mother.
 
Both Abhijeet and Anantrao along with Asavari get together every Saturday to enjoy some drinks and share poetry. Their harmonious lifestyle changes hilariously, when Abhijit comes across a love-letter addressed to his wife and starts to suspect that she is having an affair.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

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Lapandav
Directed byShravani Deodhar
Produced bySachin Parekar
Sanjay Parekar
Screenplay byMangesh Kulkarni
Story byMangesh Kulkarni
StarringAshok Saraf
Vandana Gupte
Vikram Gokhale
Savita Prabhune
Ajinkya Deo
Varsha Usgaonkar
Sunil Barve
Pallavi Ranade
Music byAnand Modak
CinematographyDebu Deodhar
Edited byDilip Kotalgi
Zafar Sultan
Distributed byEverest Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 16 April 1993 (1993-04-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Lapandav (translation: Hide And Seek) is a 1993 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed by Shravani Deodhar and produced by Sachin Parekar and Sanjay Parekar.[1] The film stars an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Vandana Gupte, Vikram Gokhale, Savita Prabhune, Ajinkya Deo, Varsha Usgaonkar, Sunil Barve and Pallavi Ranade.[2]

Synopsis

Abhijeet Samarth (Ashok Saraf), the lazy owner of a gymnasium, lives a wealthy lifestyle in Pune along with his advocate wife Asavari (Vandana Gupte) and his collegiate daughter Rasika (Varsha Usgaonkar), who is going steady with a wealthy corporator's son Vikrant Malgude (Ajinkya Deo), also known as Vicky. Abhijeet's advocate friend Anant Mahashabde (Vikram Gokhale) also lives a wealthy lifestyle in Pune along with his wife Ulka (Savita Prabhune), his collegiate son Aseem (Sunil Barve), his schoolgoing daughter Chinu (Sai Deodhar) and his widowed mother (Pratibha Amrute). Their harmonious lifestyle changes hilariously when Abhijeet comes across a love letter apparently addressed to his wife and begins to suspect that she is having an extramarital affair.

Cast

  • Ashok Saraf as Abhijeet Samarth; Mr. Samarth's son, Asavari's husband, Rasika's father, Anant's friend
  • Vandana Gupte as Advocate Asavari Abhijeet Samarth; Abhijeet's wife, Rasika's mother, Mr. Samarth's daughter-in-law, Anant's colleague, Ulka's friend
  • Vikram Gokhale as Advocate Anant Mahashabde; Mrs. Mahashabde's son, Ulka's husband, Aseem and Chinu's father, Abhijeet's friend, Asavari's colleague
  • Savita Prabhune as Ulka Anant Mahashabde; Anant's wife, Aseem and Chinu's mother, Mrs. Mahashabde's daughter-in-law, Asavari's friend
  • Sunil Barve as Aseem Anant Mahashabde; Mugdha and Rasika's college friend, Vicky's rival, Anant and Ulka's son, Chinu's older brother, Mrs. Mahashabde's grandson
  • Varsha Usgaonkar as Rasika Abhijeet Samarth; Mugdha and Aseem's college friend, Vicky's girlfriend, Abhijeet and Asavari's daughter, Mr. Samarth's granddaughter
  • Ajinkya Deo as Vikrant Malgude a.k.a. Vicky; Rasika's boyfriend, Aseem's rival
  • Pallavi Ranade as Mugdha; Rasika and Aseem's college friend
  • Bal Karve as Mr. Samarth; Abhijeet's father, Asavari's father-in-law, Rasika's paternal grandfather
  • Pratibha Amrute as Mrs. Mahashabde; Anant's mother, Ulka's mother-in-law, Aseem and Chinu's paternal grandmother
  • Sai Deodhar as Chinu Anant Mahashabde; Anant and Ulka's daughter, Aseem's younger sister, Mrs. Mahashabde's granddaughter
  • Shriram Pendse as Mugdha's father
  • Kishore Nandlaskar as Advocate Harkar; Anant and Asavari's colleague
  • Anand Ingle as Rangya; Aseem and Vicky's college friend
  • Paresh Mokashi as Aseem and Vicky's college friend
  • Haider Ali as Pawandutt a.k.a. Haider Ali; Abhijeet's friend

Soundtrack

The music has been directed by Anand Modak, while the lyrics have been provided by Mangesh Kulkarni.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Teen Phulya Aani Teen Badam"3:02
2."Attar Jate Udoon"4:27
3."Tujhyat Jeev Guntala"4:04

Recognition

  • 1993, Shravani Deodhar won National Film Award's Silver Lotus for 'Best Marathi Feature Film' for Lapandav.[3][4]
  • 1993, Pallavi Ranade won Best Actress at the 31st Maharashtra State Awards for portraying the character of Mugdha.

References

  1. http://www.gomolo.com/lapandav-movie/42884/
  2. http://www.gomolo.com/lapandav-movie-cast-crew/42884/
  3. staff. "Best Marathi Feature Film, 1993". Awards and Shows. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  4. Karia, Sangeetaa (8 July 2003). "Identity of her own". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 September 2003. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

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