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Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy
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Wikipedia article
'Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy' (English: 'I'm Shivajiraje Bhosale Speaking') is a 2009 Indian Marathi-language film produced by Sanjay Chhabria along with Ashwami Manjrekar and directed by Santosh Ramdas Manjrekar. The film follows an underdog who fights against the evil in society, to re-instate his identity and keep his pride.
Plot
Dinkar Maruti Bhosale represents thousands of Maharashtrians, who feel they have lost their identity in the cosmopolitan Mumbai. Dinkar feels Mumbai is in Maharashtra but there is no Maharashtra left in Mumbai. He always complains about the lack of respect a Maharashtrian receives in Mumbai and feels he is victimized everywhere because he is a Maharashtrian; little realizing that he himself has brought this situation upon himself.
In a state of sheer frustration Dinkar gets up one day cursing himself for being born a Marathi. He feels his ancestors must have committed a heinous crime for him to be born a Marathi.
These outbursts of Dinkar reach Pratapgad and the spirit of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is aroused. Dinkar has to now face a seething Shivaji Maharaj, who is furious at him. Shivaji Maharaj fires Dinkar for his shallow thinking and tells him he has to command respect, not demand it. He blames Dinkar's thinking for the sorry state of Maharashtrians. "Before blaming other communities for your shortcomings, look within and see if you have done anything to keep the Marathi pride intact," he roars.
Dinkar realizes his mistake but does Shivaji Maharaj's thought rouse him to rectify his mistakes? The film ends with Bhonsle gladly returning the sword at the shrine of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Cast
* Mahesh Manjrekar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
* Sachin Khedekar as Dinkar Bhosale
* Makarand Anaspure as Raiba
* Siddhartha Jadhav as Usman Parker
* Suchitra Bandekar as Sumitra Bhosale
* Priya Bapat as Shashikala Bhosale
* Pradeep Patwardhan as BMC Head Officer
* Abhijeet Kelkar as Rahul Bhosale
* Vineet Kumar Singh as Dubey tenant to Dinkar Bhosale and Taxi Driver
* Kishore Pradhan as V. Gopalkrishnan, Branch Manager
* Vidyadhar Joshi as Ramniklal Gosalia
* Meghana Erande as Press / TV Reporter
* Kamlesh Sawant as ACP Rege
* Reema Lagoo as Jijabai
* Atul Kale as Gidwani/Gaikwad, Film Director
* Jaywant Wadkar as Goon of Gosalia
* Ganesh Yadav as Nandkumar Chandekar
* Dhananjay Mandrekar as Kadam BMC Inspection Officer
* Sanjay Khapre as Hiroji Indulkar (Guest Role)
* Bharat Dabholkar as General Afzal Khan - Special appearance in Powada Song
* Bharat Jadhav as Powada presenter - Special appearance as Powada presenter
* Ankush Chaudhari- Special appearance in song "Masoli"
Soundtrack
The song 'O raje' marked the debut of Sukhwinder Singh in Marathi film industry.
Box office
'Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy' was a huge blockbuster at the box office. It collected a total of in its full theatrical run. It held the record of highest-grossing movie for many years until the release of Duniyadari which broke its record by collecting at the box office.
Remake
The film was remade in Bengali as 'Ami Shubhash Bolchi' (2011), directed by the original film's lead actor Mahesh Manjrekar with Mithun Chakraborty and Anindya Banerjee. But the film's main character was replaced and slightly changed with environment.
See also
* Highest grossing Marathi films
References
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