| Mala Aai Vhhaychay! | |
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| Directed by | Samruoddhi Porey |
| Written by | Samruoddhi Porey |
| Produced by | Samruoddhi Porey |
| Cinematography | Rahul Jadhav |
| Edited by | Deven Murudeshwar |
| Music by | Ashok Patki |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
Mala Aai Vhhaychay! (transl. I Want to Be a Mother!) is a 2011 Indian Marathi-language film produced and directed by Samruoddhi Porey. The story deals with growing surrogacy practices in India, where women are used as surrogates by foreigners. The film is an emotional drama telling the story of one such surrogate mother who bears a foreigner's child.[1]
The film is critically acclaimed and won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi in 2011.[2] It was remade in Telugu as Welcome Obama in 2013,[3] in Malayalam as Lucky Star, and in Hindi as Mimi in 2021.
- ^ Pallavi Kharade (20 February 2011). "Medical-based films take centre stage in Marathi cinema". DNA India. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "58th National Film Awards, 2010" (PDF).
- ^ Welcome Obama Theatrical Trailer - Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.