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Dhag (2012)

Dhag poster
Directed by
Shivaji Lotan Patil
Country
India
Runtime
2h 23m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy from a low caste family in India wants to break away from the traditional jobs expected of him. He struggles against social pressure to pursue a different path.

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What happens

Dhag (Marathi: धग, meaning Blaze) is an Indian Marathi film directed by Shivaji Lotan Patil. The story of the film is of a young boy wanting to break the successions of traditional jobs in his low caste family. The film was released on 7 March 2014, by DAR Film Distributors. Initial Public Relation activity was done by Ram Kondilkar then its marketing and PR for the film was done by Newsmax Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. The film was released in national and international film festivals. The film has won in a total of 47 awards which includes 3 awards at the 60th National Film Awards : Best Director, Best Actress for Usha Jadhav and a Special Jury mention for performance by a child actor for Hansraj Jagtap. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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