Eka Peksha Ek (film)

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Eka Peksha Ek
Directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar
Produced bySatish Kulkarni
Starring Sachin Pilgaonkar
Laxmikant Berde
Archana Joglekar
Sukanya Kulkarni
Ashok Saraf
Kuldeep Pawar
Ajit Vachani
CinematographyRandev Bhaduri
Edited bySachin Pilgaonkar
Music by Arun Paudwal
Production
company
Shree Tulsi Productions
Release date
  • 22 June 1990 (1990-06-22)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Eka Peksha Ek is a 1990 Indian Marathi language comedy-mystery film directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar and produced by Satish Kulkarni. [1] The film stars an ensemble cast of Sachin Pilgaonkar, Laxmikant Berde, Ashok Saraf, Archana Joglekar, Sukanya Kulkarni, Nishigandha Wad, Kuldeep Pawar and Ajit Vachani. [2] [3] The plot focuses on two friends with disabilities who are arrested for a murder they did not commit. [4]

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The film is adapted from Arthur Hiller's 1989 American comedy film See No Evil, Hear No Evil which was also the inspiration for Hindi movies Hum Hain Kamaal Ke and Pyare Mohan , Tamil movie Andipatti Arasampatti , and Kannada movies Akka Pakka and Baduku Jataka Bandi. [5] The film was ran over than 25 weeks in theatres. [6]

Plot

Bhanudas Mahimkar is a blind man who meets Kalyan Nashikkar, a deaf man, when he applies for a job at Kalyan's footwear shop. Kalyan refuses to hire him because of his blindness, and the two part ways. However, Kalyan can read lips and is planning to marry his girlfriend, Manda, who is Bhanudas’ younger sister. After some misunderstandings, the two men bond when they fight off some thugs together. Kalyan eventually apologizes and asks Bhanudas’ permission to marry Manda. Bhanudas agrees, and Kalyan hires him at the shop.

Meanwhile, a man named Vijay Kumar steals a government plan and hides the evidence—a piece of film—in his shoe. Vijay Kumar works for a criminal leader named Zunjaar but refuses to hand over the film because he wasn't paid enough. This angers Zunjaar, who sends his henchman, Pandhari, to get the film. Pandhari involves his partner, Sona, who tries to seduce Vijay Kumar to steal the film but fails.

One day, Bhanudas leaves his shoes at Kalyan's shop, and Vijay Kumar, being chased by Sona and Pandhari, switches his shoes with Bhanudas’. Pandhari kills Vijay Kumar in Kalyan's shop, but Kalyan, who neither sees nor hears the murder, doesn't notice. Bhanudas, however, hears the gunshot and stumbles into Vijay Kumar's body. When the police arrive, they see Kalyan holding the murder weapon, making both Bhanudas and Kalyan the prime suspects.

Sona and Pandhari, posing as lawyers, try to retrieve the shoes, but Bhanudas recognizes Sona's perfume, and Kalyan recognizes her legs. They escape from the police station, and after another encounter with Pandhari, they steal a police jeep and evade their pursuers.

Zunjaar grows angry at Pandhari for failing to retrieve the film and kidnaps Manda. Bhanudas and Kalyan, with Sona's help, manage to rescue Manda. They team up with the police, and in the final showdown, they discover that the film was already handed over to the authorities by Sona. In the end, Zunjaar and Pandhari are arrested, and Bhanudas and Kalyan are cleared of all charges.

Cast

Soundtrack

Eka Peksha Ek
Soundtrack album by
Arun Paudwal
Released1990
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length20:56
LanguageMarathi
Label T-Series Marathi

The music album was composed by Arun Paudwal and songs were sung by Anuradha Paudwal, Sachin, Suresh Wadkar, Vinay Mandle and Shobha Joshi. [7]

No.TitleLyricistSinger(s)length
1"Ye Jeevlaga"Shantaram Nandgaonkar Anuradha Paudwal, Sachin 5:02
2"Rupwati, Gudwati, Pyaar Kiti"Shantaram Nandgaonkar Suresh Wadkar, Shobha Joshi5:17
3"Don Rupe De Re Mala"Shantaram NandgaonkarVinay Mandke, Shobha Joshi5:33
4"Ya Madir Othatla"Shantaram NandgaonkarAnuradha Paudwal4:54

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