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EK HOTA VIDHUSHAK
(Once There Was A Clown.) |
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Marathi, 1992, 175 minutes, Color |
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Credits: |
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Dr. Jabbar Patel |
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P. L. Deshpande |
Screenplay/Dialogue: |
P. L. Deshpande |
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Music: |
Anand Modak |
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Cast |
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Laxmikant Berde, Madhu Kambikar, Varsha Usgaonkar, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Usha Naik, Mohan Agashe, Nilu Phule, Puja Pawar |
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Accolades: |
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Maharashtra State Awards 1992 - Best Film, Best Script, Best Screenplay, Best Lyrics, Best Choreography, Best Male Playback |
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National Awards 1993 - Best Feature Film in Marathi, Best Choreography Indian Panorama Selection, International Film Festival of India 1993 |
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Synopsis: |
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An illegitimate son of a tamasha dancer, Aburao has a traumatic childhood. His mother leaves her dance troupe to become a landlord's mistress and after his death returns to the stage. Starting as an odd-job man, Aburao's talent in mimicry and singing combined with his satirical humor soon make him a much sought after songadya (clown). |
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Aburao then marries a well-known actress, Maneka but soon the marriage begins to disintegrate as Aburao realizes that she has married him on a whim and is still seeing an old flame. |
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His life changes when his mother's guru comes to him with a sullen little girl, the illegitimate child of Subhadra who was Aburao's lover while in the troupe. Shaken, he makes it his mission to make the unsmiling little girl smile but fails repeatedly. |
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It is at an election rally where he has been medicated and tricked to perform in spite of an heart attack, that in his trancelike state, he only notices his little girl and begins to tell her a simple fairy tale, not being crafty or cynical, not mimicking anyone, but being himself, telling her a simple tale of pure joy. |
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But this is not what the audience expected. It expresses its disappointment with shoes and other missiles hurled at the stage. The politician beats a hasty retreat but Aburao's daughter is enraptured, hugging him, laughing, full of joy! |
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Available on VCD for Rs. 99/- |
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