Maherchi Sadi

Maherchi Sadi
DVD cover
Directed byVijay Kondke
Written byAnnasaheb Deulgaonkar
Produced byVijay Kondke
StarringAlka Kubal
Ajinkya Deo
Ashalata
Ramesh Bhatkar
Vikram Gokhale
CinematographyCharudatta Dukhande
Music byAnil Mohile
Production
company
Jyoti Pictures
Release date
  • 18 September 1991 (1991-09-18)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi
Budget₹25 lakh[1]
Box office₹12 crore[2]

Maherchi Sadi (transl. Sari from the Maternal house) is a 1991 Indian Marathi-language family drama film produced and directed by Vijay Kondke (Nephew of the late Marathi film legend, Dada Kondke).[3] The film stars Alka Kubal, Usha Nadkarni, Ramesh Bhatkar, Vijay Chavan and Ajinkya Deo played pivotal roles.[4] The film grossed over ₹12 crore (US$1.5 million) in its first three months of release, making it the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of 1991 as well as highest-grossing Marathi film of that time. Maherchi Sadi ran at Prabhat Talkies for more than two years.[5]

Maherchi Sadi ran for more than two years at iconic Prabhat Talkies.[6] It is a remake of the hugely successful Rajasthani film Bai Chali Sasariye (1988), which was also later remade in Hindi as Saajan Ka Ghar in 1994 starring Juhi Chawla and Rishi Kapoor.[7]

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  2. ^ "ट्रक भरून प्रेक्षक, कानाकोपऱ्यात गाजला पण 'माहेरची साडी' चित्रपटाच्या तिकीटाची किंमत किती". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ "माहेरची साडीसाठी या बॉलिवूड अभिनेत्रीला होती पहिली पसंती, अलका कुबल यांनीच केला खुलासा". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Sequel of Maherchi Sadi". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ^ अडसूळ, नीलेश (18 September 2022). "'माहेरची साडी'नं 31 वर्षांपूर्वी बॉक्स ऑफिसवर केला होता राडा, आजही रडतात बायका." Sakal (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ^ Phadnis, Mayuri. "Originally new". Pune Mirror. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  7. ^ "'माहेरची साडी' सिनेमाच्या तिकीटाची किंमत किती होती?". ABP Majha (in Marathi). 16 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.