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Bhikari (2017)

Bhikari poster
Directed by
Ganesh Acharya
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 10m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young businessman must live as a beggar to save his sick mother. He faces many hardships while trying to help her.

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What happens

Bhikari (transl. Beggar) is a 2017 Marathi-language action drama film co-produced and directed by Ganesh Acharya. The film stars Swapnil Joshi, Rucha Inamdar and Kirti Adarkar, with Sayaji Shinde, Guru Thakur and Kailash Waghmare in supporting roles. The film, a remake of the 2016 Tamil-language film Pichaikkaran, revolves around a young businessman who is forced to live the life of a beggar to cure his ailing mother and in the process faces various problems. The film was released on 4 August 2017 to mixed to positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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