Project Marathwada (2016)

Original title

प्रोजेक्ट मराठवाड़ा

Directed by

Bhavin Wadia

Genre

drama

Country

India

Runtime

1h 42m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A distressed farmer from Marathwada travels to Mumbai to seek government help after his son dies by suicide. His journey takes a turn when he meets four college students who are making a documentary about the same issue.

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What happens

Project Marathwada is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language drama film, made by the producer-director duo of Prakash Patel and Bhavin Wadia, along with Niraj Laxmikant Patel, Praful Patel, Sandip Patil, Sadiya Khan and Bhavin Wadia as co-producer. The film is based on the issue of farmer suicides in India and stars Om Puri as a distressed farmer, Tukaram. The film also stars Govind Namdeo, Dalip Tahil, Kunal Seth, Seema Biswas, Rahul Patel, and Farrah Kader. It follows the story of a Marathwada-based indebted farmer, who comes to Mumbai hoping for help from the government after his son commits suicide. The story takes a twist when he comes across four college students making a documentary on the same subject. The first look of the film was released on 22 September 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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