Dhurala

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Dhurala
Dhurala poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sameer Vidwans
Written by Kshitij Patwardhan
Produced byAnish Jog
Starring
CinematographyAkash Agarwal
Edited byFaisal Mahadik
Music by AV Prafullachandra
Production
companies
Release date
  • 3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)
Running time
169 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi
Box officeest.₹8.7 crore (US$1.1 million) [1]

Dhurala is a 2020 Indian Marathi-language political drama film directed by Sameer Vidwans. It stars an ensemble cast including starring Ankush Chaudhari, Alka Kubal, Sai Tamhankar, Siddhartha Jadhav, Sonalee Kulkarni, Amey Wagh, Umesh Kamat and Prasad Oak. The film is and written by Kshitij Patwardhan and revolves around the story of gram panchayat elections in a small village in Maharashtra.

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Plot

Ambegaon is a small village in Maharashtra and the sarpanch Nivrutti "Anna" Ubhe, of the gram panchayat, dies while the new elections are approaching. His eldest son Navnath "Dada" Ubhe runs their family business and considers himself as heir apparent for the sarpanch position and decides to run in the elections. Opposition leader, Harish Gadhwe, is furious over his last loss; but now thinks he has good chance of winning since Dada is new to politics. But the battle gets a new turn when MLA Prithviraj Shinde convinces Jyoti Tai Ubhe to also run in the elections as women empowerment is necessary at grassroot. Jyoti Tai is step-mother of Dada and their relationship has not been very cordial. Dada also inducts his wife Harshada in his newly formed party to give a female face to his team. Hanumantha, the second son of Anna, has a cement business. But his wife Monica sees the power-play going on in the family and persuades Hanumantha also to fight in the elections. The drama continues as the fight for the position intensifies and also disturbs their familial bond.

Cast

Production

The film is directed by Sameer Vidwans based on the story written by Kshitij Patwardhan. They both have earlier collaborated for films: Time Please (2013), Double Seat (2015), YZ (2016) and Mala Kahich Problem Nahi (2017). In 2013, the storyline was adapted as a play by Vidwans and Patwardhan and was presented under the title Saglech Ubhe Aahet. [2] However, due to poor script writing and a low response from the audience, the play did not do well. The script was then re-written and presented in the film. [3]

Soundtrack

All music is composed by AV Prafullachandra

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Naad Kara" Adarsh Shinde, Anand Shinde2:53
2."Rada Dhurala"Adarsh Shinde, Manish Rajgire, Rupali Moghe4:07
3."Jalmachi Vaari"Manish Rajgire, Sahil Kulkarni3:28
4."Baari Baari"Urmila Dhangar3:10
5."Kaakana Kinkin"Aanandi Joshi4:04
Total length:17:42

Reception

Critical response

In their review, Maharashtra Times compared the films with older Marathi films based on politics like Sinhasan (1979), Vazir (1994), Sarkarnama (1998), Saubhagyavati Sarpanch (1999) and Sattadhish (2000) and appreciated the modernization of politics shown in the film while still keeping the major core same to the old one. The review by Madhura Nerurkar highlights the notable work done in story writing, dialogues, and Tamhankar's portrayal of her lead role. [4] Lokmat compared the film with its play version released in 2013 and noted the tremendous improvement in storyline and scriptwriting. [3]

At the Filmfare Marathi Awards, 2021, the film won seven awards from 16 nominations. Chaudhari won the award in Best Actor category and Tamhankar won award in Best Actress category. She shared the award with Neha Pendse for the film June . The Best Supporting Actor award was presented to Jadhav and Best Supporting Actress award to Kulkarni. She shared the award with Geetanjali Kulkarni for the film Karkhanisanchi Waari. Adarsh Shinde won the award for Best Playback Singer (Male) and AV Prafullachandra received it for Best Background Score. The award for Best Dialogues was shared by Irawati Karnik for Jhimma and Kshitij Patwardhan for Dhurala. [5] [6] [7] The film also received three awards at Ma Ta Sanman ceremony, organized by Maharashtra Times in March 2022. [8]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryRecipientResultNotes
2021 Filmfare Marathi Awards Best FilmDhuralaNominated
Best DirectorSameer VidhwansNominated
Best Actor Ankush Chaudhari Won
Best ActressSai TamhankarWonShared with Neha Pendse
(film June )
Best Supporting Actor Siddhartha Jadhav Won
Best Supporting Actress Sonalee Kulkarni WonShared with Geetanjali Kulkarni
(film Karkhanisanchi Waari )
Alka Kubal Nominated
Best Music AlbumAV PrafullachandraNominated
Best Playback Singer (Male) Adarsh Shinde WonFor the song "Rada Dhurala"
Best Background ScoreAV PrafullachandraWon
Best Story Kshitij Patwardhan Nominated
Best DialoguesKshitij PatwardhanWonShared with Irawati Karnik
(film Jhimma )
Best Production DesignNilesh WaghNominated
Best CinematographyAkash AgarwalNominated
Best EditingFaisal ImranNominated
Best Sound DesignAvinash SonawaneNominated
2022 Ma Ta Sanmaan Best FilmDhuralaWonShared with film Dithee
Best ActorAnkush ChaudhariWonShared with Kishor Kadam
(film Dithee )
Best Supporting ActorSiddhartha JadhavWon

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References

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  2. ↑ Pawar, Jayant (23 March 2013). "सावळ्या गोंधळात 'सगळे उभे!'" (in Marathi). Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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