Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush

Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush
Directed by	Om Raut
Produced by	Neena Raut
Written by	Om Raut, Kaustubh Savarkar[1]
Starring	Subodh Bhave Chinmay Mandlekar Priya Bapat
Music by	Ajit-Sameer
Production company	Neena Raut Films and Emmay Entertainment
Distributed by	Essel Vision
Release dates	2 January 2015 (2015-01-02)
Country	India
Language	Marathi
Budget	₹7 crore (US$1.0 million)[2]
Box office	₹13 crore (US$1.9 million) (5 Week) [3]

Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush (Marathi: लोकमान्य: एक युग पुरुष) is a Marathi biopic released on 2 January 2015. Subodh Bhave played the title role of Indian nationalist and social reformer Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The first look teaser of the film was released on 2 January 2014 on YouTube & was shown in theaters with the film Timepass on 3 January 2014.

The film is directorial debut of [Om Raut] and is produced by Neena Raut. The screenplay is written by Om Raut and Kaustubh Savarkar and the music is composed by duo Ajit-Sameer.^[1]

The film released on 2 January 2015 and received positive reviews from audience as well as critics.

Cast

• Subodh Bhave as Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Chinmay Mandlekar as Makarand
• Priya Bapat as Sameera
• Angad Mhaskar as Daji Khare
• Sameer Vidwans as Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
• Prashant Uthale as Chapekar brother
• Nana Patekar as Narrator

Production

Makers almost spend 1.3 crore on visual effects.^[4]

Critical reception

The film was praised by audience as well as critics. The Times of India gave 4 stars to the film adding "Very rarely does a Marathi film get a standing ovation from the audience and Lokmanya:Ek Yug Purush is one of them".

References

External links

• Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush at the Internet Movie Database