Tukaram (film)

2012 Indian film

Tukaram

Theatrical poster for Tukaram

Directed by| Chandrakant Kulkarni
Written by| Ajit Dalvi
Prashant Dalvi
Screenplay by| Ajit Dalvi and Prashant Dalvi
Story by| Ajit Dalvi and Prashant Dalvi
Produced by| Sanjay Chhabria
Starring| Jitendra Joshi
Padmanabh Gaikwad
Prateeksha Lonkar
Radhika Apte
Veena Jamkar
Sharad Ponkshe
Yatin Karyekar
Vrishasen Dabholkar
Narrated by| Sachin Khedekar
Cinematography| Rajen Kothari
Edited by| Ballu Saluja
Music by| Ashok Patki
Avadhoot Gupte

Production
company

Everest Entertainment

Distributed by| Everest Entertainment

Release date

* 8 June 2012 (2012-06-08)

Country| India
Language| Marathi

Tukaram is a 2012 Marathi biopic on the life of Saint Tukaram, who was a 17th-century Varkari saint, spiritual poet and devotee of Vitthala. The film was directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.

The 1936 Marathi film Sant Tukaram by directors Vishnupant Govind Damle and Sheikh Fattelal under the banner of Prabhat Film Company became the first Indian film to receive an award at the 5th Venice International Film Festival.[1] The film still remains popular and is the subject of frequent studies.[2] This was also the first film to capture the life of Tukaram.[3] The 2012 film that was released after 76 years is the second film in Marathi based on the same subject.[4][5] The subject was also inspiration for Kannada film Santa Thukarama (1963) and Telugu film Bhakta Tukaram (1973).[citation needed]

## Cast

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* Jitendra Joshi as Tukaram
* Padmanabh Gaikwad as young Tukaram
* Veena Jaamkar as Rakhumābāi (Tukaram's first wife)
* Radhika Apte as Aawalibāi (Tukaram's second wife)
* Sharad Ponkshe as Bolhobā Ambile More (Tukaram's father)
* Prateeksha Lonkar as Kanakāi (Tukaram's mother)
* Vikas Patil as Kanha (Tukaram's younger brother)
* Vrishasen Dabholkar as Sāvaji (Tukaram's elder brother)
* Smita Tambe as Manjula (Sāvaji's wife)
* Purnanand Wandhekar as Santu Teli (Tukaram's Friend)
* Vikram Gaikwad as Fakir (Cameo appearance)
* Yatin Karyekar as Mambaji Gosavi
* Samidha Guru as Bahinābāi
* Sakhi Gokhale as Kanha's wife

## Production

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Tukaram being a revered saint in Maharashtra, his works have been a subject of numerous study. But the film focuses on his life before sainthood. The film was produced by Sanjay Chhabria under the banner Everest Entertainment.[4] The story, screenplay and dialogues for the film were written by Ajit Dalvi and Prashant Dalvi. Through various researches and many re-writings, the screenplay took almost five years to produce.[5] Multiple National Film Award winner Vikram Gaikwad did the makeup of the artists.[3] The costumes were designed by Poornima Oak.[4]

## Music

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The music of the film is composed by veteran music director Ashok Patki and the new age director Avadhoot Gupte. Singers include Aniruddha Joshi, Dnyaneshwar Meshram, Padmanabh Gaikwad and Janhavi Prabhu Arora along with Avdhoot Gupte.[6] Joshi and Gaikwad have been winners of Marathi Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Meshram and Arora have been participants in it; all in different seasons. Gaikwad who is the winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi Li'l Champs season 2 also plays the role of young Tukaram in the film. Ashutosh Gowariker launched the music album.[7]

No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Ganya Manya Tuka"| Dasu Vaidya| Avadhoot Gupte| Padmanabh Gaikwad, Sharayu Date, Avadhoot Gupte| 4:41
2.| "Jaganyacha Paya"| Dasu Vaidya| Ashok Patki| Dnyaneshwar Meshram, Chorus| 3:14
3.| "Kaal Hale Varsh Sare"| Dasu Vaidya| Avadhoot Gupte| Avadhoot Gupte, Janhavi Prabhu Arora, Aniruddha Joshi| 2:56
4.| "Kabir Doha"| Kabir| Ashok Patki| Avadhoot Gupte| 1:34
5.| "Korad Aabhal"| Dasu Vaidya| Ashok Patki| Hariharan| 4:06
6.| "Laadaki Sun Majhi"| Traditional| Ashok Patki| Chorus| 1:02
7.| "Ovee"| Traditional| Ashok Patki| Jai Deshmukh| 1:10
8.| "Sada Majhe Dola"| Tukaram| Ashok Patki| Aniruddha Joshi| 2:08
9.| "Vrukshvalli Aamha Soyare"| Tukaram| Ashok Patki| Aniruddha Joshi| 5:35
10.| "Waari Geet"| Tukaram| Ashok Patki| Dnyaneshwar Meshram, Aniruddha Joshi, Chorus| 7:30
Total length:| 33:56

## Awards

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Screen Awards Marathi 2012[8]

* Best Film
* Best Director - Chandrakant Kulkarni

## References

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1. ^ Tejaswini Ganti (2004). Bollywood: A Guidebook To Popular Hindi Cinema. Routledge. p. 208. ISBN 0415288533. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
2. ^ Anurag Basu (26 December 2007). "'Sant Tukaram' film still a topic of interest". Pune. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
3. ^ a b "Saint Wise". The Indian Express. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
4. ^ a b c "Tukaram on screen". Afternoon. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
5. ^ a b Hemal Ashar (10 March 2012). "Poetry in motion pictures". Mid-Day. Mumbai. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
6. ^ "Tukaram @ Dhingana.com". Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
7. ^ "Tukaram's music launch". Times of India. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
8. ^ "The Best wins". Screen India. Mumbai. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

## External links

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* Tukaram at IMDb
* Official website

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