Mee Sindhutai Sapkal

Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
	Film poster
Directed by	Anant Mahadevan
Screenplay by	Anant Mahadevan ; Sanjay Pawar
Produced by	Bindiya Khanolkar; Sachin Khanolkar
Starring	Tejaswini Pandit ; Jyoti Chandekar ; Upendra Limaye ; Neena Kulkarni
Cinematography	K. Rajkumar
Edited by	Anant Mahadevan
Music by	Ashok Patki
Release date	30 October 2010 (South Asian Film Festival);
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Marathi
Budget	₹1 crore

Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (trans. I Am Sindhutai Sapkal) is an Indian Marathi-language biographical film. It was directed by Anant Mahadevan. The film stars Tejaswini Pandit, Jyoti Chandekar, Upendra Limaye and Neena Kulkarni in leading roles.

Plot

The film is a biographical account of Sindhutai Sapkal, a woman who became a social activist after a traumatic life. Born in a poor, cattle grazing family in Wardha as Chindi (Ragamuffin), Sindhutai was first married off at the age of 10 to a man who was 20 years elder to her and then abandoned by her husband on charges of infidelity.

Traveling through the backwaters of Maharashtra, the Braveheart never abandoned hope and courage and ended up in San Jose on a fund-raising mission for her orphanage which still provides shelter to homeless kids.^[2]

Cast

Tejaswini Pandit as Sindhu (23 to 40 year old)
Jyoti Chandekar as Sindhu (60 year old)
Upendra Limaye as Shreehari Sapkal
Neena Kulkarni as Bai

Awards

Winner: ^[3]

National Film Award – Special Jury Award - Bindiya and Sachin Khanolkar, Anant Mahadevan
National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Suresh Wadkar
National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Best Adapted Screenplay) - Anant Mahadevan, Sanjay Pawar
National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Best Dialogues) - Sanjay Pawar
Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Film
MFK Award for Favourite Film

References

^ "Small budget Big Bonanza: Marathi Cinema shines amidst fierce competition". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ "Mee Sindhutai Sapkal". The Times of India. 3 June 2011.
^ "५८ वा राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट पुरस्कार : 'बाबू बँड बाजा', 'मी सिंधुताई सपकाळ', 'चॅम्पियन्स'सह मराठीचे चित्रपटांचे राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट पुरस्कारांवर वर्चस्व" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 3 June 2011.

External links

Mee Sindhutai Sapkal at IMDb

[1] "Small budget Big Bonanza: Marathi Cinema shines amidst fierce competition". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[2] "Mee Sindhutai Sapkal". The Times of India. 3 June 2011.

[3] "५८ वा राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट पुरस्कार : 'बाबू बँड बाजा', 'मी सिंधुताई सपकाळ', 'चॅम्पियन्स'सह मराठीचे चित्रपटांचे राष्ट्रीय चित्रपट पुरस्कारांवर वर्चस्व" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 3 June 2011.

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