
I had to end the first part on a high note so that people are compelled to see the second one. Then we decided to make it into a two hour film. "We realised it could become a six hour film and we had to ruthlessly remove scenes to make it into a two hour film. Manjrekar said when the team started writing the story they realised it would be impossible to do justice to Deshpande's life with one film so they decided to make it in two parts. Audience today like an honest approach to cinema if you try to please the audience they come to know." "All these are ticks for biopic film but we still made this film. Manjrekar said when he started making the biopic lot of people told him not to go ahead with it as there was no drama or controversy in Deshpande's life. The humour game was coming from day to day activities."Īctor Sagar Deshmukh has played the title character in the film and Iravati Harshe essays the role of Deshpande's wife. There were lot of anecdotes, things that would bring laughter but we decided not to concentrate on the comic elements of his life alone. "It is a simple biopic about a simple man we have not tried to do any stunts or over dramatise scenes. Manjrekar is happy that the audience has loved the film.

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The first part of the movie released on January 4 and the second one on February 8. He was best known for his satirical take on socio-political issues. His latest directorial, a biopic on Purushottam Laxman Deshpande aka Pu La Deshpande, titled "Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli" is garnering overwhelming response from both critics and the audience.ĭeshpande was an accomplished film and stage actor, scriptwriter, author, composer, musician, singer and orator. Like 'Sairat' had nobody and it turned out to be so big." It is very positive time to make films in Hindi," he added.ĭrawing difference between Hindi and Marathi cinema, Manjrekar said, "In Marathi cinema people have never ever run after stars, there is no star in Marathi films. There was a time when only stars were drawing people and content was secondary. Today we are in extremely good phase where we can experiment and expect an audience coming in. However, citing example of films like "Raazi', "Badhaai Ho", "Stree", "Uri: The Surgical Strike", Manjrekar said things are changing in Hindi cinema as audience are not attracted to theatres by stars. Here I can do my own work," Manjrekar told PTI.

I would love to feel satisfied doing a Hindi film when there is no restriction of commerce, which is song and dance, item numbers. "As of today I like directing Marathi films more. Mahesh Manjrekar likes directing Marathi films more than Bollywood movies, here's whyĪctor-filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar, who has directed critically-acclaimed Hindi films like "Vaastav"and "Astitva", says he enjoys making Marathi movies more as they come without any commercial trappings. Some of his notable directorial ventures in Marathi are "Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho", "Kaksparsh", Nana Patekar-starrer "Natsamrat" and his latest "Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli".
