Tuesday 4 March 2014

Dhag: Story of a Tragic Irony

The National Award winning film will finally release on March 7

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Dhag is the tragic irony of a family that becomes happy when a death happens in the village, said director Shivaji Lotan Patil explaining his film. The national award-winning film is based on the plight of a lower-caste family in-charge of the cremations in the village.  It is all set to be released on March 7, across Maharashtra.

Cast and crew of the film addressed the press in Pune on March 1. Actors Upendara Limaye, Usha Jadhav, Suhasini Deshpande, producer Vishal Gaware, script and dialogue writer Nitin Dixit and music director Adiramachandran were present on the occasion. Patil, however, could not be present due to prior commitments.

Talking about the storyline, Dixit said that a caretaker family at the Dombivali cremation centre inspired him to write the story. Explaining why the setting was shifted to a village, he said, “The pathos of a family doing such work is felt with more impact in a rural background.” Limaye was drawn into the movie because of the strong story and Dixit roped him into the project. According to the former, the film is a rebel story of a teenage boy, who dreams to break the barriers of an unjust socio-economic situation. 

The film has won National Award for Best Actress (Jadhav), Best Child Artist (Hansraj Jagtap) and Best Director (Lotan Patil). It also received four Maharashtra State Awards. Jadhav, who is starring in her first full-fledged role, said that she was accommodated warmly by the experienced unit. “The director was very precise with his paperwork. He explained every detail of my role elaborately,” she added. Jadhav was previously seen in cameos in Hindi films Traffic Signal and Striker.   

The film was set to release last year, but got delayed. “We are confident that the postponed release date will not affect the film’s box office collection. It will make good impact on the audience as it has done on the critics,” expressed Gaware.

Dhag will hit the theatres on March 7 across the Maharashtra.     



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