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Zapatlela is a film of genre Comedy directed by Mahesh Kothare with Mahesh Kothare
Zapatlela (1993)
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Add to a movie listZapatlela (झपाटलेला ) is a Marathi horror comedy movie, which was released in 1993. It is directed by Mahesh Kothare. It is followed by sequel Zapatlela 2, released 20 years later (in 2013).
The film has the renowned artist ventriloquist Ramdas Padhye along with his famous evil puppet Tatya Vinchu. The film stars Laxmikant Berde as Laxmikant Bolke, with Mahesh Kothare as CID Inspector Mahesh Jadhav and Dilip Prabhavalkar as Tatya Vinchu.
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The Film begins with a Car approaching in Night. Tatya Vinchu (Dilip Prabhavalkar) a famous gangster and his henchman kubdya Khavis enters the cave of Baba chamtkar (Raghvendra Kadkol) in search for mrutunjay mantra, a voodoo spell which can transfer the soul of the chanter to any living or nonliving object. Tatya threatens Baba Chamatkar for his mantra. Baba, out of fear, gives it to him. CID Inspector Mahesh Jadhav (Mahesh Kothare), who is trying to arrest Tatya raids his warehouse. Mahesh finds Tatya, and gives chase until Tatya hides in a post office. There, they fight and Tatya gets hit by a fatal gunshot. He uses the mantra to transfer his soul into the body of a ventriloquist's doll lying nearby. Meanwhile Kubdya Khavis is captured and taken into custody. The police believes that Tatya is dead.Actors
Mahesh Kothare
(CID Inspector Mahesh Jadhav)
Laxmikant Berde
(Laxmilkant (Lakshya) Bolke)
Dilip Prabhavalkar
(Tatya Vinchu)
Vijay Chavan
(Havaldar Sakharam)
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