Bangarwadi

Bangarwadi
Bangarwadi
	Theatrical poster of the Marathi film Bangarwadi Poster of the film Bangarwadi
Directed by	Amol Palekar
Produced by	National Film Development Corporation of India; Doordarshan
Written by	Vyankatesh Madgulkar (screenplay and dialogues)
Starring	Chandrakant Kulkarni; Chandrakant Mandare; Adhishree Atre; Nandu Madhav; Sunil Ranade; Upendra Limaye
Music by	Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography	Debu Deodhar
Edited by	Waman Bhosale
Release date	1995
Running time	124 mins
Country	India
Language	Marathi
	India

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Bangarwadi (Marathi: बनगरवाडी) is a Marathi film directed by Amol Palekar. It is based on an eponymous novel written by Vyankatesh Madgulkar and published in 1955. It is the story of a young school teacher and his experiences in a small village of shepherds in the princely state of Aundh during the 1940s.

Plot[edit]

The story begins with a young school teacher, played by Chandrakant Kulkarni, walking alone towards a village called Bangarwadi, across a deserted landscape. When he reaches Bangarwadi, he finds that the school has shut down and that the people of the village are reluctant to send their children to school. With the support of the Karbhari (the village head), the teacher convinces the villagers to send their children to school. He runs the school for the next few months and helps the illiterate and the needy in the village, which sometimes lands him into trouble. Soon, he convinces the villagers to set up a gymnasium through community participation. He invites the king of the state, Pant Pratinidhi for its inauguration. The sudden death of the village head leaves the village and the teacher shocked. Then comes prolonged drought. The teacher tries his best to get help from the government, writing frequent letters describing the graveness of situation, but he gets no response. Drought forces the people of Bangarwadi to abandon the village, leaving the school teacher alone and with no students.

Cast[edit]

Chandrakant Kulkarni as the school teacher
Chandrakant Mandare as Karbhari (the village head)
Adhishree Atre as Anji
Nandu Madhav as Ananda Ramoshi
Sunil Ranade as Aayub
Nagesh Bhonsle as Daddu Baltya
Hiralal Jain as Kakabu
Kishor Kadam as Rama
Upendra Limaye as Sheku
Ravi Kale

Awards[edit]

National Award for the best Feature Film in Marathi, 1996^[1]
Kalnirnaya Award Best Film, 1997^{[citation needed]}
Filmfare Award for Best Film and Direction, 1997^{[citation needed]}
Maharashtra state awards in five categories, 1996^{[citation needed]}

Film festivals[edit]

Bangarwadi was screened at several international film festivals:

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 1996
Birmingham International Film Festival, 1996
London Film Festival, the UK, 1996
15th FAJR International Film Festival, Iran, 1997
Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 1996
Bogota International Film Festival, Colombia, 1996
Sarajevo Film Festival, Prague 1996

References[edit]

↑ "43rd National Film Awards, 1996" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

External links[edit]

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[1] "43rd National Film Awards, 1996" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

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