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Jayanti (2021)

Jayanti poster
Directed by
Shailesh Baliram Narwade
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 24m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman from a rural Marathi community deals with personal and social pressures surrounding her family and her own life choices. The story follows her struggles as she tries to navigate expectations from her community and find her own path.

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What happens

Jayanti (transl. "The Birth Anniversary") is a 2021 Indian Marathi-language social-drama film, directed by Shailesh Baliram Narwade and produced by Meliorist Film Studio. The film, starring Ruturaj Wankhede, Titeeksha Tawde and Milind Shinde, was theatrically released on 12 November 2021 in around 150 screens across Maharashtra and a few cities in other states. Jayanti was released digitally on 12 July 2022 and is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Marathi and Hindi languages with English subtitles. The film has been co-produced by Dr Anand Bankar, Amol Dhakadey, Dr Nilima Suhas Ambade and Dr Sudhir Hajare. It was presented by Dashami Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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