Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)

Directed by

Ketan Mehta

Genre

biographical film

Country

India

Runtime

2h

Rated

U

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 82 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor laborer in rural India uses only a hammer and chisel to carve a path through a mountain after a personal tragedy. The film shows his decades-long struggle against hardship and disbelief.

inspiringdeterminedhumbleperseveringemotionalgrittyslow-burnuplifting

What happens

Manjhi – The Mountain Man is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language biographical film based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi, widely known as the "Mountain Man", a poor labourer in Gehlaur village, near Gaya in Bihar, India, who carved a path 9.1 metres (30 ft) wide and 110 metres (360 ft) long through a hill 7.6 metres (25 ft) high, using only a hammer and chisel. The film is directed by Ketan Mehta, jointly produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and NFDC India. Upon release the film received positive critical acclaim. Nawazuddin Siddiqui enacted the role of Dashrath Manjhi, while Radhika Apte played Manjhi's wife. The film was released worldwide on 21 August 2015. Prior to its release preview copy of movie leaked on the web on 10 August 2015. The Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) cyber police station had registered a case against few accused of leaking the movie. The Bihar State Government declared the film tax-free on 30 July 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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