''Dagadi Chawl'' (Marathi: दगडी चाळ) (also known as ''Dagdi Chawl'') is a 2015

Marathi language Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state o ...

action drama In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...

thriller film directed by debutant Chandrakant Kanse. Presented by Manglmurti films and Produced by Sai Pooja Films & Entertainments. Daagdi Chaawl features an ensemble cast of

Ankush Chaudhari Ankush Chaudhari (Marathi pronunciation: �ŋkuʃ t͡səu̯dʱəɾiː is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, director, producer and theatre personality known for his works in Marathi cinema. Ankush is known as "DASHING SUPERSTAR" And "Mahar ...

Makarand Deshpande Makarand Deshpande (born 6 March 1966) is an Indian actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil cinema, and Indian Theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in various films like ''Jungle'', ...

and

Pooja Sawant Pooja Sawant (born 25 January 1990) is an Indian dancer, performer, film actress. She works in Marathi and Hindi movies. She is best known for her role in the 2015 blockbuster hit '' Dagadi Chawl''. Career Before starting her career in films, ...

in lead roles. It is the third release for

in 2015 after back to back blockbusters

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and

Double Seat ''Double Seat'' is a Marathi movie directed by Sameer Vidwans, director of '' Time Please.'' Released on 14 August 2015, it starred Ankush Choudhary and Mukta Barve. ''Double Seat'' has received positive reviews with critics who are praisin ...

. Official teaser of the film was released with

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on 4 September 2015 and was published on YouTube on 5 September 2015 which met with very good response. Official poster and trailer of the film was unveiled on 21 September 2015, which gains praises for dashing style of

, his tempting chemistry with

and look of

as 'daddy' which was kept as a secret for long period of time. Film was released on 2 October 2015. The movie become instant hit for

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After the release of the film, fans poured milk on a big poster of the

outside a Bharat mata cinema hall in Mumbai to show their love for him, a first time in history of

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that something of this sort has happened. It has been dubbed into

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as ''Daagdi Chaawl Ek Bagawat'' and will have its Marathi and Hindi world television premier on 12 June 2016 on

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and

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respectively. The movie will be first

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film to premiere on

UK on Saturday 16 July at 20:00.

Plot

The movie is inspired from Mumbai's actual

Dagdi Chawl Dagdi Chawl is a neighbourhood in Byculla, Mumbai, used to house mill workers from the nearby industries. Now it is known for the fortified home of mafia don turned politician Arun Gawli. On 2 October 2015, a Marathi film starring Ankush Chou ...

which was known for gangster activities during 80's and 90's and was also the official residence of a gangster turned political leader

Arun Gawli Arun Gulab Gawli (born 17 July 1955) also known as Arun Gulab Ahir, is an Indian politician, underworld don and retired gangster. Gawli and his brother Kishor (Pappa) entered the Mumbai underworld in the 1970s, when they joined the "Byculla Co ...

popularly known as 'Daddy'. Surya aka Suryakant Shinde (

Ankush Choudhary Ankush Chaudhari (Marathi pronunciation: �ŋkuʃ t͡səu̯dʱəɾiː is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, director, producer and theatre personality known for his works in Marathi cinema. Ankush is known as "DASHING SUPERSTAR" And "Mahara ...

), who leads a peaceful life in one of the chawls of Mumbai is almost on verge to settle down in life by marrying his girlfriend Sonal (

), meanwhile one incident happens with Surya which lands him in a situation where he has to come face to face with ‘Daddy’ (

Makrand Deshpande Makarand Deshpande (born 6 March 1966) is an Indian actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil cinema, and Indian Theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in various films like ''Jungle'', ...

) and his journey in underworld starts, his struggle to unassociate himself with the tag of Dagdi Chaawl lands him further deep into activities of Dagdi Chaawl and unwillingly becomes part of underworld, does he succeed to unassociate from Daagdi Chaawl or not forms the story of the movie.

Cast

as Surya *

as Daddy *

as Sonal *Sanjay Khapre as Mama *

Kamlesh Sawant Kamlesh Sawant is an Indian actor who works in Marathi cinema. He has had roles in the movies ''Force'', ''Bhoothnath Returns'', and ''Drishyam ''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed b ...

as Inspector Kale *

Yatin Karyekar Yatin Karyekar is a veteran Indian actor in the Bollywood film industry. He was also part of long running television serial ''Shanti (TV series), Shanti''. He appeared in the role of Aurangzeb in popular Marathi serial Raja Shivchhatrapati. ...

as Daddy's Assistant aka Kala Coat *Sandeep Vasantrao Gaikwad as Mukesh *Gautam Berde as Desai Builder *Yogesh Markande as Informer

Soundtrack

Music for this

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is composed by

Amitraj Amitraj Sawant is a Marathi Music Director. He is a music director-composer and singer from Mumbai. After ''Duniyadari'' his career took higher graph in Marathi film Marathi cinema is an Indian film industry of Marathi-language motion ...

, while lyrics are penned by Mandar Cholkar and Kshitij Patwardhan. Makers of the film released first song 'Morya' a devotional track in the voice of Adarsh Shinde on 15 September on YouTube which became an instant hit. Second song 'Dhaga Dhaga' also become popular among music lovers by topping the music charts.

Track listing

Release

Film is set for release on 2 October 2015 in theater's all over

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and in selected cities of

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Reception

The film has received positive reviews.

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gave 4 out of 5 stars and declared movie 'Fast-paced crime action flick'.

Pune Mirror ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest se ...

gave 3 out of 5 stars and declared movie ' Well made, the film keeps you involved'.

Maharashtra Times ''Maharashtra Times'' ( mr, महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स), colloquially referred to as 'Ma Ta' (मटा) from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based in Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest selling daily ...

gave 3 out of 5 stars and declared movie 'As total entertainer'.

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gave 3 out of 5 stars.

Box office

''Daagdi Chaawl'' collected nett in first week and then equally impressive nett in 2nd week. Film has total of net in two weeks. The constant run at the box office helped the film to gross around at the box office.

Sequel

In June 2022, '' Dagdi Chawl 2'' was announced with teaser to release in theatres on 19 August 2022.

References

External links

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