A list of films produced by the Marathi language film industry based in Maharashtra in the year 1981.
A list of films produced by the Marathi language film industry based in Maharashtra in the year 1981.
A list of Marathi films released in 1981.
| Year | Film | Director | Cast | Release Date | Producer | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Nagin | Ramakant Kavthekar, Vivek Vasant | Nana Patekar, Nilu Phule, Ranjana | [1] | |||
| Akriet | Amol Palekar | Haidar Ali, Dilip Kulkarni, Amol Palekar, Chitra Palekar, Rekha Sabnis | [2] | ||||
| Mosambi Narangi | Datta Keshav | Jeetendra, Usha Chavan | Jeetendra's debut in marathi film | [3] | |||
| Gondhalat Gondhal | V.K. Naik | Ravindra Mahajani, Ranjana, Ashok Saraf, Priya Tendulkar, Raghvenra Kadkol | [4] | ||||
| Are Sansar Sansar | Rajdutt | [5] | |||||
| Pori Jara Japun | Anant Mane | [6] | |||||
| Sundara Satarkar | Prabhakar Nikanth | Ashok Saraf | 1 May 1981 (India) | Rajesh Khanna made special appearance for this movie | [7] | ||
| Manacha Kunku | Govind Kulkarni | Suhasini Deshpande, Ravindra Disa, Yashwant Dutt | Shubha Karit Chitre | [8] | |||
| Ghar Jawai | Arun Vasudev Karnatki | Manorama Wagle | [9] | ||||
| Totaya Aamdaar | Anant Mane | [10] | |||||
| Aai | Anant Mane | [11] | |||||
| Laath Mareen Tithe Pani | Prabhakar Manajirao Nayak | [12] | |||||
| Satichi Punyayee | Datta Dharmadhikari | [13] | |||||
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