Deool

Deool
Movie poster
Directed byUmesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Written byGirish Pandurang Kulkarni
Screenplay byGirish Pandurang Kulkarni
StarringNana Patekar
Dilip Prabhawalkar
Girish Kulkarni
Sonali Kulkarni
Sharvani Pillai
CinematographySudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Edited byAbhijit Deshpande
Music byMangesh Dhakde
Production
company
Devisha Films
Release dates
  • 10 October 2011 (2011-10-10)
(at Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea)
  • 4 November 2011 (2011-11-04)
(in India)
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Deool (transl. The Temple) is a 2011 Indian Marathi comedy directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni. The film stars Girish Kulkarni, Nana Patekar, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Sharvani Pillai, Sonali Kulkarni in lead roles. The film is about the effect of globalization on India's small towns and the terrible state of Indian villages, with a political backdrop.

Deool won the 59th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film,[1] Best Actor (Girish Kulkarni) and Best Dialogue (Girish Kulkarni).[2]

The film also marks the debut of veteran Hindi film actor Naseeruddin Shah in Marathi film industry.[3]

  1. ^ "Vidya Balan wins National Award for 'The Dirty Picture'". The Times of India. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ^ "59th National Film Awards: Winners List". MSN entertainment. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Naseeruddin Shah makes Marathi film debut in Deool". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 5 November 2011.