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Baipan Bhari Deva (2023)

Baipan Bhari Deva poster
Original title
बाईपण भारी देवा
Directed by
Kedar Shinde
Genre
comedy, drama, family
Country
India
Runtime
2h 17m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Five older women in a family reunite for a religious festival and confront past grievances and personal struggles. The film explores their relationships with each other and society's expectations.

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What happens

Baipan Bhari Deva (transl. Womanhood is Tough) is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by Kedar Shinde and produced by Madhuri Bhosale, EmVeeBee Media. It stars Rohini Hattangadi, Vandana Gupte, Sukanya Kulkarni, Shilpa Navalkar, Suchitra Bandekar, Deepa Parab. The film was already titled 'Mangalagauri' till the shooting of the film's title song "Baipan Bhari Deva". Co-producer Ajit Bhure suggested Kedar Shinde and Madhuri Bhosale to change the film title to 'Baipan Bhari Deva'. The film grossed over ₹92 crore in 50 days of theatrical run globally, emerged as a blockbuster, the biggest Marathi weekend opener and it became the second highest-grossing Marathi film of all time and highest grossing Marathi film of 2023. This film also created a new record of highest single-day collection of more than ₹6.10 crores for Marathi film industry. It is the highest grossing female-centric film in Marathi film industry. Being made with the budget of ₹5 crore, the film is a critical as well as commercial success, praised for its writing, story, songs and its direction. The film was released on OTT platform Disney+Hotstar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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