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Uttarayan is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 18 january 2004 with Shivaji Satam
Uttarayan (2004)
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Add to a movie listUttarayan is a Marathi directorial debut film of Bipin Nadkarni starring Shivaji Satam and Neena Kulkarni in lead roles. It has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi. The plot of the film is based on the Marathi play "Durgi" written by Jaywant Dalvi.
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Raghuvir Rajadhyaksha (Raghu) moves to Mumbai after his retirement to live with his son Sanjay who is now getting married and has future plans of going to USA. Raghu, a widower from past 14 years meets Kusumawati, his teenage crush. Kusumawati is now known as Durgi as she was named that after her marriage with a rich barrister from Pune. Durgi's marriage fails as she is abused & harassed. Her father dies of a heart attack and her brother sells off all the property and leaves with his wife to live separately. Durgi is thus left alone to aid her ailing old mother. Raghu being all alone and finding Durgi also to be same, falls in love with her again and decides to get married. But he has to face opposition from his son and his wife's sister.Actors
Shivaji Satam
(Raghuvir Rajadhyaksha / Raghu)
Neena Kulkarni
(Kusumawati / Durgi)
Uttara Baokar
(Kusumawati's mother)
Viju Khote
(Babu Borkar)
Sharad Kelkar
(Young Raghu)
Gauri Nigudkar
(Young Kusumawati)
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