''Dhag'' ( mr, धग, meaning ''Blaze'') is an Indian

Marathi film Marathi cinema is an Indian film industry of Marathi-language motion pictures. It is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Based in old Mumbai, it is the oldest film industry of Indian cinema. The first Marathi film to be released in India was ''Shre ...

directed by

Shivaji Lotan Patil Shivaji Lotan Patil is an Indian film director. He received the 60th National Award for Best Director for his Marathi film Dhag. His film '' 31st October'' received positive feedback at its screening at the July 2015 London Indian Film Festiv ...

. The story of the film is of a young boy wanting to break the successions of traditional jobs in his low caste family. The film was released on 7 March 2014, by DAR Film Distributors. Initial Public Relation activity was done by Ram Kondilkar then its marketing and PR for the film was done by Newsmax Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. The film was released in national and international

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. The film has won in total of 47 awards which includes 3 awards at the

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for

Usha Jadhav Usha Jadhav is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Marathi and Hindi language films. She is best known for her role in the 2012 Marathi film ''Dhag'' for which she won National Film Award for Best Actress at the 60th National Film Awa ...

and a Special Jury mention for performance by a child actor for Hansraj Jagtap.

Plot

Dhag is the story of Krishna, his mother and their seemingly ambitious aspirations for Krishna, against the backdrop of their socio-economic standing. Raised by a father who cremated people for a living, Krishna’s mother always wanted him to pave a path for himself that takes him away from the sorrows and hardship of his legacy. While his father’s untimely death opens the gates of opportunity for young Krishna, the plight of his widowed helpless mother reels him back to his origins. Dhag captures the moments, trials and tribulations of young Krishna along the journey.

Cast

as Yashoda, Krishna's mother * Hansraj Jagtap as Krishna *

Upendra Limaye Upendra Limaye (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian actor, who won the National Film Award for his role in the Marathi film ''Jogwa''. On the centenary of Indian cinema in April 2013, ''Forbes'' included Limaye's performance in the film ''Jogwa' ...

as Shripati, Krishna's father *

Nagesh Bhosale Nagesh Bhosale is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He has worked on the 2018 Hollywood film ''Hotel Mumbai'', alongside Jason Isaacs, Armie Hammer and Dev Patel. Nagesh has acted in more than a hundred Indian films and thousands ...

* Suhasini Deshpande * Neha Dakhinkar

Awards

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- Shivaji Lotan Patil **

- Usha Jadhav ** Special Jury mention - Hansraj Jagtap * Maharashtra Times Sanmaan Awards ** Best Director (film) - Shivaji Lotan Patil ** Best Actress (film) - Usha Jadhav ** Best Supporting Actor (film) - Upendra Limaye ** Best Child Actor (film) - Hansraj Jagtap ** Best Screenplay - Nitin Dixit

References

2012 films Films featuring a Best Actress National Award-winning performance Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award 2010s Marathi-language films {{2010s-Marathi-film-stub