Mee Sindhutai Sapkal

Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
	File:MeeSindhutaiSapkal2010Poster.jpg Film poster
Directed by	Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
Produced by	Bindiya Khanolkar; Sachin Khanolkar
Screenplay by	Ananth Narayan Mahadevan; Sanjay Pawar
Starring	Tejaswini Pandit ; Jyoti Chandekar ; Upendra Limaye ; Neena Kulkarni
Music by	Ashok Patki
Cinematography	K. Rajkumar
Edited by	Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
Release date	30 October 2010 (South Asian Film Festival);
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (trans. I Am Sindhutai Sapkal) is an Indian Marathi film. The film was directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan. The film stars Tejaswini Pandit, Jyoti Chandekar, Upendra Limaye, and Neena Kulkarni in leading roles.

Plot[edit]

The film is a biographical account of Sindhutai Sapkal, a woman who became a social activist after a traumatic life. Born in a poor, cattle grazing family in Wardha as Chindi (Ragamuffin), Sindhutai was first married off at the age of 10 to a man who was 20 years elder to her and then abandoned by her husband on charges of infidelity.

Traveling through the backwaters of Maharashtra, the Braveheart never abandoned hope and courage and ended up in San Jose on a fund-raising mission for her orphanage which still provides shelter to homeless kids.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Tejaswini Pandit As Sindhu 23-40 Years
Jyoti Chandekar As Sindhutai 60 Years
Upendra Limaye As Shrihari Sapkal
Neena Kulkarni As Bai

Awards[edit]

Winner: ^[2]

National Film Award – Special Jury Award - Bindiya and Sachin Khanolkar, Anant Mahadevan
National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Suresh Wadkar
National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Best Adapted Screenplay) - Anant Mahadevan, Sanjay Pawar
National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Best Dialogues) - Sanjay Pawar

References[edit]

↑ "Mee Sindhutai Sapkal". The Times of India. 3 June 2011.
↑ "५८ वा राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट पुरस्कार : 'बाबू बँड बाजा', 'मी सिंधुताई सपकाळ', 'चॅम्पियन्स'सह मराठीचे चित्रपटांचे राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट पुरस्कारांवर वर्चस्व" (in मराठी). Loksatta. 3 June 2011.

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[1] "Mee Sindhutai Sapkal". The Times of India. 3 June 2011.

[2] "५८ वा राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट पुरस्कार : 'बाबू बँड बाजा', 'मी सिंधुताई सपकाळ', 'चॅम्पियन्स'सह मराठीचे चित्रपटांचे राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट पुरस्कारांवर वर्चस्व" (in मराठी). Loksatta. 3 June 2011.

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