Butterfly (2023 film)

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Butterfly
Butterfly 2023 Marathi film.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMeera Welankar
Written byDialogues:
Kalyani Pathare
Aditya Ingle
Screenplay by Vibhavari Deshpande
Meera Welankar
Story byVibhavari Deshpande
Produced byAjit Bhure
Abhijit Satam
Madhura Velankar
Starring
  • Madhura Velankar
  • Abhijit Satam
  • Mahesh Manjrekar
  • Pradeep Velankar
  • Sonia Parchure
  • Radha Dharne
CinematographyVasudeo Rane
Edited by Jayant Jathar
Music byShubhajit Mukherjee
Production
companies
  • Aseem Entertainment
  • Approgramme Studios
Release date
  • 2 June 2023 (2023-06-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Butterfly is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by Meera Welankar in his directorial debut [1] and produced by Aseem Entertainment and Approgramme Studios. [2] The film stars Madhura Velankar, Abhijit Satam, Mahesh Manjrekar, Pradeep Velankar, Sonia Parchure, Radha Dharne. [3] [4]

Contents

Cast

Release

Theatrical

The film was theatrically released on 2 June 2023. [5] Previously it was scheduled to be released on 5 May 2023. [6]

Soundtrack

Butterfly
Soundtrack album by
Shubhajit Mukherjee
Released
  • 2023 (2023)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length8:44
Language Marathi
Label Zee Music Company
Official audio
Butterfly - Full Album on YouTube

All lyrics are written by Vaibhav Joshi; all music is composed by Shubhajit Mukherjee

Track listing
No.TitleSinger (s)Length
1."Kori Kori Zing" Vaishali Mhade 2:51
2."Dhaage" Hamsika Iyer 5:53
Total length:8:44

Reception

Critical reception

A reviewer from Maharashtra Times rated 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote: "So far there have been many works of art with housewives, women at the center; But the film is a good example of how the subject can be presented beautifully with simplicity without being over-the-top." [7]

A reviewer from The Times of India rated 3.0 out of 5 and wrote: "Butterfly explorers some unique themes without once getting preachy." [8]

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