Majha Chakula Explained

Director:	Mahesh Kothare
Producer:	Mahesh Kothare
Starring:	Adinath Kothare Nivedita Joshi Laxmikant Berde Mahesh Kothare
Cinematography:	Suryakant Lavande
Editing:	Vishwas Anil
Music:	Anil Mohile
Studio:	Jenma Films International
Runtime:	130 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	Marathi
Gross:	^[1]

Majha Chakula (in English pronounced as /maːd͡ʒʰa t͡ʃʰəkuːla/) is a 1994 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by Mahesh Kothare.^[2] It stars Adinath Kothare (debut), Nivedita Joshi, Laxmikant Berde, Mahesh Kothare and Bipin Varti.^[3] The film was remade in Hindi as Masoom by same director.^[4]

Plot

Young Adi's life changes completely when he comes to Mumbai with his mother, but ends up getting kidnapped. He manages to escape from the kidnappers but is all alone in the city.

Cast

• Adinath Kothare as Adinath "Adi"
• Nivedita Joshi as Yashoda, Adi's mother
• Laxmikant Berde as Lakshya; a thief
• Mahesh Kothare as Inspector Mahesh Jadhav
• Bipin Varti as Gidhad; Main antagonist
• Vijay Chavan as Sakharam; Adinath's uncle and Yashoda's sister
• Pooja Pawar as Aavdi; Lakshya's love interest
• Hemangi Rao as Gauri Jadhav; Mahesh's wife
• Madhu Kambikar as Sakhu; Sakharam's wife and Yashoda's sister-in-law
• Ravindra Berde as Dholya; Aavdi's father
• Avinash Kharshikar as Parshya; Lakshya's friend
• Vijay Patkar as Bus Conductor

Supporting cast

• Udayraj Anekar
• Sangram Deshmukh
• Vilas Dighe
• Jayprakash Parulekar
• Ashok Mane
• Sachin Goswami^[5]

Awards

!Year!Award!Category!Nominee!Result!Ref(s)

1994	Maharashtra State Film Award	Best Child Artist	Adinath Kothare		^[6]
	Screen Awards	Best Director			^[7]

Soundtrack

Track listing

!no.!Song!Ref.

1	"Kiti Karashi Khodya Phar"	^[8]
2	"Mi Dombari Adani Maina, Karin Mumbaichya Raghujichi Daina"
3	"Aai Ye Na Aai"
4	"Maza Chakula Maza Sonula"

Notes and References

1. Book: KOTHARE, MAHESH . DAMN IT ANI BARACH KAHI . 2023-01-01 . Mehta Publishing House Pvt Ltd . 978-81-959709-6-4 . Mumbai . mr.
2. Web site: Watch MAZA CHAKULA Movie Online Free Full Movie Marathi Movie Drama Onlineat ZEE Talkies . 2023-04-01 . www.zeetalkies.com.
3. Web site: 2021-11-19 . Do you know these things about the actor who played the Gidhad (vulture) villain in 'Majha Chakula'? . 2023-04-01 . Lokmat . mr-IN.
4. Web site: 2020-08-02 . Masoom 1996 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts - KS Box Office . 2023-04-30 . en-US.
5. Web site: Majha Chakula (1994) . 2023-04-01 . The A.V. Club . en.
6. News: Adinath Kothare acted as a child artist in Maza Chakula . The Times of India . 2023-04-01 . 0971-8257.
7. Web site: 2002-01-17 . 8th Annual STAR SCREEN Weekly Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20020117185520/http://www.screenindia.com/screenawards/award96.html . 2002-01-17 .
8. Web site: माझा छकुला . 2023-04-30 . Marathifilmdata.com . en-US.