Lokshahir Ram Joshi (1947)

Original title

Lok Shahir Ram Joshi

Directed by

V. Shantaram

Genre

drama

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 03m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a biographical film about the 18th century Marathi poet and performer Ram Joshi. It follows his life and work during the Peshwa era in India.

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What happens

Lokshahir Ram Joshi (People's Poet Ram Joshi) also called Matawala Shair Ram Joshi in Hindi, is a 1947 Marathi biopic film of the poet Ram Joshi, written by G. D. Madgulkar, directed by Baburao Painter and co-directed by V. Shantaram. Shantaram had given the direction to Painter but had to complete the film when Painter fell ill during production. Produced under the Rajkamal Kalamandir banner, it is also referred to as Lok Shahir Ramjoshi. The story writer was G.D. Madgulkar, who is cited as the "first specialist film writer" in Marathi cinema. This film was his first "full-fledged writing assignment", wherein he wrote the story, screenplay, dialogue and lyrics. It was also his debut as a screenplay writer. The film starred Jayaram Shiledar as Ram Joshi and Hansa Wadkar as Baya. The rest of the cast included Shakuntala Paranjpye, Parashuram, Sudha Apte and G. D. Madgulkar. The film, termed as the "Classic Marathi Tamasha musical" was a biopic of the poet, Kirtan, and lavani performer Ram Joshi (1758-1812), set in the Peshwa period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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