Mukta (1994 film)
| Mukta | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jabbar Patel |
| Produced by | Ashok Mhatre |
| Starring |
Sonali Kulkarni Vikram Gokhale Shreeram Lagoo Reema Lagoo |
| Music by | Anand Modak |
| Cinematography | Shankar Bardhan |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
Mukta is a 1994 Marathi film directed by Jabbar Patel. The film stars Shreeram Lagoo, Sonali Kulkarni, Reema Lagoo and Vikram Gokhale in lead roles. Mukta won the 1995 Nargis Dutt Award for National Integration.[1] It is considered as one of the important Marathi films for the period 1993-98.[2]
Plot
Daughter of a Marathi poet settled in United States, Mukta returns to her ancestral home when she gets a post-graduate scholarship to study sociology. She lives with her grandfather, Abasaheb Kanase-Patil, a veteran of Maharashtra's co-operative movement. At the university she joins a street theatre group of Dalit activists and is drawn to the group's leader Milind Wagh, a fearless student leader and poet. Family's unease increases when her friend from America Julian arrives. Julian, however, wins over her grandfather accompanying him to a pilgrimage to Pandharpur. The old man recalling Marathi Saint poets’ struggle against caste inequalities is complemented by Julian singing of songs associated with the struggle against the racial discrimination in US.[3][4]
Cast
The cast is as follows:[5]
- Sonali Kulkarni as Mukta
- Shriram Lagoo as her grandfather
- Vikram Gokhale as her father Eknath
- Avinash Narkar as Milind Wagh
- Reema Lagoo as Rukmini
- Caleb Obura Obwatinyka as Mukta's African-American friend Julian
- Madhu Kambikar as Chandrabhaga
- Prashant Subedar as Prithviraj
- Chandrakant Kale as Paranjape
References
- ↑ "Mukta won Nargis Dutt Award". Times of India. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ Gokulsing, K. Moti; Dissanayake, Wimal (2013-04-17). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. ISBN 9781136772849.
- ↑ "Mukta". Cinemas of India. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Mukta". Indian Cine.ma. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (2014-07-10). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943189.