Uttarayan (film)

Uttarayan
Uttarayan
Directed by	Bipin Nadkarni
Written by	Jaywant Dalvi
Screenplay by	Bipin Nadkarni
Produced by	Bipin Nadkarni ; Sanjay Shetty
Starring	Shivaji Satam; Neena Kulkarni; Gauri Nigudkar; Sharad Kelkar; Uttara Baokar; Viju Khote
Cinematography	Mahesh Limaye
Edited by	Vishal Kharat
Music by	Amartya Bobo Rahut
Release date	2004;
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Uttarayan is a Marathi film directed by Bipin Nadkarni in his directorial debut, starring Shivaji Satam and Neena Kulkarni in lead roles. It has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi.^[1] The plot of the film is based on the Marathi play "Durgi" written by Jaywant Dalvi.

Plot

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 for the 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.