Uttung Hitendra Thakur

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Uttung Hitendra Thakur
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Born
Uttung Hitendra Thakur
Nationality Indian
Occupation Film Producer
Years active2013–present
Parents
Relatives Kshitij Thakur (brother)
Awards61st National Film Award – Special Jury Award 2013

Uttung Hitendra Thakur is an Indian film producer known for the films Balak Palak and Yellow. Thakur made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi film Balak Palak on the topic of sex education, co-produced by Riteish Deshmukh and directed by Ravi Jadhav. [1] He also remade Balak Palak in Malayalam as Swarna Malsyangal. [2] [3] Balak Palak created a world record through UFO Moviez and Valuable Edutainment as India's first multi-locational interactive Live Premiere of Marathi film on 3 January 2013. [4] [5] [6]

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Career

Uttung Thakur made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi film Balak Palak in 2013.

In 2014, Thakur produced a Marathi film Yellow directed by Mahesh Limaye and co-produced by Riteish Deshmukh and the story explores a mother/daughter relationship involving developmental disability and childlike behaviour. [7] [8] [9] [10] Thakur's Yellow also won the Special Jury Award, while the child actors Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai received Special Mention at 61st National Film Awards. [11] [12] [13]

Thakur produced a Marathi film named Dokyala Shot in 2019, directed by debutant Shivkumar Parthasarathy. Singer Mika Singh made Marathi debut with "Dokyala Shot". [14] [15] [16] Also actor Prajakta Mali and Suvrat Joshi made their debut as singers in Dokyala Shot. [17]

In 2020, Thakur produced a marathi film Vikun Taak, where Bollywood actor Chunky Panday made debut in Marathi films. [18]

Filmography

YearTitleLanguage
2013 Balak Palak Marathi
2014 Yellow Marathi
2019Swarna Malsyangal [19] Malayalam
2019 Dokyala Shot Marathi
2020 Vikun Taak Marathi

Awards and nominations

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