Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (film)

Katyar Kaljat Ghusli
Katyar Kaljat Ghusli poster
Directed bySubodh Bhave
Screenplay byPrakash Kapadia
Story byPurushottam Darvhekar
Based onKatyar Kaljat Ghusali
Produced byNitin Keni
Nikhil Sane
Sunil Phadtare
StarringSachin Pilgaonkar
Shankar Mahadevan
Subodh Bhave
CinematographySudheer Palsane
Edited byAshish Mhatre
Apurva Motiwale
Music byShankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Jitendra Abhisheki
Production
companies
Essel Vision Productions
Ganesh Films
Nittin Keni Creations
Distributed byZee Studios
Shree Ganesh Marketing & Films
Release date
  • 12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Marathi
  • Urdu
Budget₹8 crore (US$960,000)[1]
Box officeest. ₹40 crore (US$4.8 million)[2]

Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (transl. A dagger through the heart) is a 2015 Indian Marathi-language epic musical drama film based on a play by the same name. Directed by Subodh Bhave, the film stars Sachin Pilgaonkar, Shankar Mahadevan, and Subodh Bhave in lead roles. The film marks the directorial debut for Bhave, and the theatrical acting debut for Shankar Mahadevan. The original play, written by Purushottam Darvhekar, premiered in 1967 in Mumbai, where Hindustani classical vocalist Vasantrao Deshpande played one of the protagonists. In 2010, the play was relaunched with protagonists essayed by Rahul Deshpande, grandson of Vasantrao Deshpande and singer Mahesh Kale. The film's music is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and retained some of the songs from the original play composed by Jitendra Abhisheki.

The film is selected as one of the 26 films to be screened in Goa at 46th International Film Festival of India.[3] The movie was also considered for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (UNESCO) Fellini medal.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference loksatta.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "With Sairat, Marathi cinema flies high on box office, appreciation". The Indian Express. 23 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Indian Panorama selection of Feature & Non-Feature Films for 46th International Film Festival of India, 2015" (PDF) (Press release). International Film Festival of India. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Marathi film 'Katyar Kaljat Ghusli' in race for Unesco's Fellini medal". The Times of India. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.