Uttarayan (film)

Uttarayan

Directed by	Bipin Nadkarni
Produced by	Bipin Nadkarni Sanjay Shetty
Written by	Jaywant Dalvi
Screenplay by	Bipin Nadkarni
Starring	Shivaji Satam Neena Kulkarni
Music by	Amartya Rahut
Cinematography	Mahesh Limaye
Edited by	Vishal Kharat
Release dates	2004 (2004)
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Uttarayan 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.^[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.

Cast

Shivaji Satham as Raghuvir Rajadhyaksha / Raghu
Neena Kulkarni as Kusumawati / Durgi
Uttara Baokar as Mai (Kusumawati's mother)
Viju Khote as Babu Borkar
Akshay Pendse as Sanjay (Raghu's son)
Sharad Kelkar as Young Raghu
Gauri Nigudkar as Young Kusumawati
Suhita Thatte as (Raghu's wife's sister)
Priya Khopkar as Sanjay's wife

Music

The songs of the film are written by Kaustubh Savarkar and the music is composed by Amartya Rahut.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Dhund Hote Shabda Saare"	Ravindra Bijur	03:33
2.	"Raan He Uthle Uthle"	Ravindra Sathe	02:46

Awards

National Film Awards

Won: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

Alpha Gaurav Awards

The film won 12 nominations and received 7 awards.

References

↑ "52nd National Film Award" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2011.

External links

Uttarayan (2005) at the Internet Movie Database

National Film Awards

Special Award

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Feature Films

Golden Lotus Awards

Silver Lotus Awards

Silver Lotus Awards
(Regional)

Assamese Bodo Bengali English Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Odia Punjabi Sanskrit Tamil Telugu Urdu

Bhojpuri Khasi Kodava Kokborok Mishing Mizo Monpa Rabha Sherdukpen Tulu Wancho

Discontinued Awards

Non-Feature Films

Golden Lotus Awards

Silver Lotus Awards

Discontinued Awards

Writing on Cinema

Golden Lotus Awards	Best Book on Cinema Best Film Critic

Special Awards	Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema) Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Film Critic)

Awards by year

1953–1960	1953 (1st) 1954 (2nd) 1955 (3rd) 1956 (4th) 1957 (5th) 1958 (6th) 1959 (7th) 1960 (8th)

1961–1980	1961 (9th) 1962 (10th) 1963 (11th) 1964 (12th) 1965 (13th) 1966 (14th) 1967 (15th) 1968 (16th) 1969 (17th) 1970 (18th) 1971 (19th) 1972 (20th) 1973 (21st) 1974 (22nd) 1975 (23rd) 1976 (24th) 1977 (25th) 1978 (26th) 1979 (27th) 1980 (28th)

1981–2000	1981 (29th) 1982 (30th) 1983 (31st) 1984 (32nd) 1985 (33rd) 1986 (34th) 1987 (35th) 1988 (36th) 1989 (37th) 1990 (38th) 1991 (39th) 1992 (40th) 1993 (41st) 1994 (42nd) 1995 (43rd) 1996 (44th) 1997 (45th) 1998 (46th) 1999 (47th) 2000 (48th)

2001–present	2001 (49th) 2002 (50th) 2003 (51st) 2004 (52nd) 2005 (53rd) 2006 (54th) 2007 (55th) 2008 (56th) 2009 (57th) 2010 (58th) 2011 (59th) 2012 (60th) 2013 (61st) 2014 (62nd) 2015 (63rd)

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

1954–1960	Mahatma Phule (1954) Me Tulas Tujhya Angani (1955) No Award (1956) Gruhdevta (1957) Dhakti Jau (1958) No Award (1959) Kanyadan (1960)

1961–1980	Manini (1961) Rangalya Ratree Ashya (1962) Ha Majha Marg Ekla (1963) Pathlaag (1964) Sadhi Manasa (1965) — (1966) Santh Wahate Krishnamai (1967) Ektee (1968) Tambdi Mati (1969) Mumbaicha Jawai (1970) — (1971) Pinjra (1972) No Award (1973) No Award (1974) Saamna (1975) — (1976) Jait Re Jait (1977) No Award (1978) — (1979) No Award (1980)

1981–2000	Umbartha (1981) Shaapit (1982) Smruti Chitre (1983) Mahananda (1984) Pudhche Paool (1985) No Award (1986) Sarja (1987) No Award (1988) Kalat Nakalat (1989) No Award (1990) No Award (1991) Ek Hota Vidushak (1992) Lapandav (1993) No Award (1994) Bangarwadi (1995) Rao Saheb (1996) No Award (1997) Tu Tithe Mee (1998) Gharabaher (1999) Astitva (2000)

2001–present	No Award (2001) Vaastuprush (2002) Not Only Mrs. Raut (2003) Uttarayan (2004) Dombivali Fast (2005) Shevri (2006) Nirop (2007) Harishchandrachi Factory (2008) Natarang (2009) Mala Aai Vhhaychy! (2010) Shala (2011) Investment (2012) Aajcha Divas Majha (2013) Killa (2014) Ringan (2015)

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