Director: V.N. Bhatt, Vishram Bedekar; Writer: Vishram Bedekar, P K. Atre, Ram Ganesh Gadkari; Producer: Vishram Bedekar, V.N. Bhatt; Cinematographer: Nana Ponkshe, Marathe; Cast: Damuanna Malvankar, Balwantrao Pethe, Shankarrao Majumdar, Vithu, Balkoba Gokhale
Summary: Based on Ram Ganesh Gadkari’s play.
The noted reformist Marathi playwright Gadkari is known mainly for his classic tragedy on alcoholism, Ekach Pyala (1919), and less so for the humourous prose which he often wrote under assumed names. This film version of his play fields a variety of Maharashtrian rural comedy stereoypes. Nana, Balkya and Balakram use a number of ploys to arrange the marriage of Thaki, the virtually unmarriageable daughter of Timbunana. Scripted by Atre and featuring Marathi comedian Malvankar in his first major screen role, the film pioneered a tradition in Marathi comedy later associated wlth Vinayak. Atre, and the Hans/Navyug production cornpanles
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