Deool | |
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Directed by | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni |
Produced by | Abhijeet Gholap |
Written by | Girish Pandurang Kulkarni |
Screenplay by | Girish Pandurang Kulkarni |
Starring | Nana Patekar Dilip Prabhawalkar Girish Kulkarni Sonali Kulkarni Sharvani Pillai |
Music by | Mangesh Dhakde |
Cinematography | Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti |
Edited by | Abhijit Deshpande |
Production company | |
Release date | (at Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea)
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Country | India |
Language | Marathi |
Deool (English: The Temple) is a 2011 Indian Marathidark comedy directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and produced by Abhijeet Gholap. The film stars Girish Kulkarni, Nana Patekar, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Sharvani Pillai, Sonali Kulkarni in lead roles. The film is about the effect of globalization on India's small towns and the terrible state of Indian villages, with a political backdrop.
A village simpleton named Keshya stirs up an entire village by announcing that Lord Dattatreya appeared to him. The village folk go bonkers over the fact that lord has graced their village and they decide to build a temple at the spot. A political activist named Bhau, uses this opportunity to propagate his political agenda. Soon, blinded by the commercial progress of the temple, God is forgotten. Marathi Movies – A onliine teen wants to teach a lesson to a man by making his daughter his girlfriend. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. However, Raghav is not one of Add the first question. Search for ” Deool Band ” on Amazon. Anurag wonders about his first love Tanvi, whom he hasn’t seen in years.
Deool won the 59th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film,[1]Best Actor (Girish Kulkarni) and Best Dialogue (Girish Kulkarni).[2]
The film also marks the debut of veteran Hindi film actor Naseeruddin Shah in Marathi film industry.[3]
In the rural areas of Maharashtra lies a peaceful village called Mangrul. Keshya (Girish Kulkarni) , a simple village youth, who works for Bhau (Nana Patekar) as a cow stockman, takes one of Bhau's cows named 'KARDI', to one of the hills in the village where there is an Audumber (Ficus racemosa: Indian fig tree) tree present. KARDI scratches her head over that tree and by which Lord Dattatreya makes a presence and shows his Avtar to Keshya. Keshya, by experiencing God's Avtar, makes a hue and cry in the village saying God Dattatreya made an appearance for him.
Anna (Dillip Prabhavalkar), most respected figure of Mangrul, advises him against announcing such personal matter as it's a question of faith. However, it is too late as a journalist (Kisho Kadam) with the help of a few other village youths who are more involved in politics, sensationalise the news about Lord Dattatrey making an appearance in Mangrul. There is now demand for a Dattatrey temple. Bhau doesn't approve it as he wants the funds to be used for better purposes, as Anna also has vision to build a Hospital in the village. But since Bhau, helpless looking at the village so demanding, the temple is built.And slowly the village becomes a holy place. Mangrul goes through a 360 degree change due to commercialization, but nobody is complaining except Anna. Soon, blinded by the commercial progress, God is forgotten. Every village has a right to progress commercially, but how ethical it is to use a temple and its good to achieve it?
Guest Appearance
Deool was scheduled to be released on 23 September 2011 but was later postponed to November.[4] It was shown in Busan International Film Festival, New York's South Asian International Film Festival, the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival and MAMI in Mumbai,[5] and was released on 4 November 2011 nationwide.
Music of Deool was composed by Mangesh Dhakade and lyrics were penned by Swanand Kirkire, Sudhir Moghe.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'Deva Tula Shodhu Kutha' (Bhajan) | Shahir Devanand Mali | 02:53 |
2. | 'Welcome Ho Raya Welcome' | Urmila Dhangar | 04:32 |
3. | 'Phoda Datta Naam Taho' | Swanand Kirkire | 05:19 |
4. | 'Tu Jhop Tujha Datta Jaga Aahe' | Swanand Kirkire | 02:47 |
Deool gathered positive reviews from critics on release. Daily News & Analysis (DNA) gave the film a 4 star rating out of 5 saying, 'There’s too much going for Deool. It is an Indian language film to be proud of. For God’s sake, don’t miss it.'[6]
The movie won maximum number of awards (3) at 59th National Film Awards in 2011.