Balgandharva (film)

Balgandharva
Poster
बालगंधर्व
Directed byRavi Jadhav
Written byAbhiram Bhadkamkar
Produced byNitin Chandrakant Desai
StarringSubodh Bhave
Vibhavari Deshpande
Prachiti Mhatre
Kishor Kadam
Avinash Narkar
CinematographyMahesh Limaye
Edited byPrashant Khedekar
Music byKaushal Inamdar
Distributed byShringar Films
Release date
  • 6 May 2011 (2011-05-06)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi
Budget₹ 7 crores [1]
Box office₹ 19 crores[2]

Balgandharva is a 2011 Indian Marathi-language biographical film on one of the Marathi singers and stage actors Narayan Shripad Rajhans, famously known as Bal Gandharva (Bal=child + Gandharva=Singer of Heaven).[3] The name was bestowed to Narayan by Lokmanya Tilak after listening to his public performance in Pune while he was very young.

The film is directed by Ravi Jadhav,[4] whose debutant film Natarang won critical acclaims as well as good box office report. The film is produced by Nitin Chandrakant Desai, the National Award-winning Art Director, under the banner of Iconic Chandrakant Productions Pvt. Ltd.[5][6]

The film was declared "Super Hit" at the box-office.[7]

  1. ^ "IMDb Box office / business". Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ^ Dr. Asha Mandpe (2 July 2011). "A memorable rendezvous with the Balgandharva team". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  3. ^ Shanta Gokhale (26 May 2011). "The real reel". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  4. ^ Prachi Pinglay (1 May 2011). "Bal Gandharva: A tale of feminine mystique". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
  5. ^ Hiten Kotwani (30 October 2010). "Nitin Desai to make Bal Gandharva biopic". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
  6. ^ "Featured Project - BalGandharva". Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
  7. ^ Dr. Asha Mandpe (2 July 2011). "A memorable rendezvous with the Balgandharva team". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.