Uttarayan (film)

Uttarayan
Uttarayan
	File:Uttarayan poster.jpg
Directed by	Bipin Nadkarni
Produced by	Bipin Nadkarni ; Sanjay Shetty
Written by	Jaywant Dalvi
Screenplay by	Bipin Nadkarni
Starring	Shivaji Satam; Neena Kulkarni; Gauri Nigudkar
Music by	Amartya Bobo Rahut
Cinematography	Mahesh Limaye
Edited by	Vishal Kharat
Release date	2004;
Country	India
Language	Marathi

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Uttarayan is a Marathi directorial debut film of Bipin Nadkarni starring Shivaji Satam and Neena Kulkarni in lead roles. It has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi.^[1] The plot of the film is based on the Marathi play "Durgi" written by Jaywant Dalvi.

Plot[edit]

Raghuvir Rajadhyaksha (Raghu) moves to Mumbai after his retirement to live with his son Sanjay, who is now getting married and has future plans of going to USA. Raghu, a widower for the past 14 years meets Kusumawati, his teenage crush. Kusumawati is now known as Durgi, as she was named that after her marriage with a rich barrister from Pune. Durgi's marriage fails as she is abused & harassed. Her father dies of a heart attack and her brother sells off all the property and leaves with his wife to live separately. Durgi is thus left alone to aid her ailing old mother. Raghu, being all alone and finding Durgi also to be same, falls in love with her again and decides to get married. But he has to face opposition from his son and his wife's sister.

Cast[edit]

Shivaji Satham as Raghuvir Rajadhyaksha / Raghu
Neena Kulkarni as Kusumawati / Durgi
Uttara Baokar as Mai (Kusumawati's mother)
Viju Khote as Babu Borkar
Akshay Pendse as Sanjay (Raghu's son)
Sharad Kelkar as Young Raghu
Gauri Nigudkar as Young Kusumawati
Suhita Thatte as (Raghu's wife's sister)
Priya Khopkar as Sanjay's wife

Music[edit]

The songs of the film are written by Kaustubh Savarkar and the music is composed by Amartya Bobo Rahut.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Dhund Hote Shabda Saare"	Ravindra Bijur	03:33
2.	"Raan He Uthle Uthle"	Ravindra Sathe	02:46

Awards[edit]

National Film Awards[edit]

Won: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

Alpha Gaurav Awards[edit]

The film won 12 nominations and received 7 awards.

References[edit]

↑ "52nd National Film Award" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

External links[edit]

Uttarayan on IMDb

[1] "52nd National Film Award" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

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