''Dharmaveer'' is a 2022 Indian

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biographical A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or ...

political drama A political drama can describe a play, film or TV program that has a political component, whether reflecting the author's political opinion, or describing a politician or series of political events. Dramatists who have written political dramas in ...

film written and directed by

Pravin Tarde Pravin Vittal Tarde is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and scriptwriter working in the Marathi Cinema best known for his Marathi film ''Deool Band'', '' Mulshi Pattern'', Sarsenapati Hambirrao ''Sarsenapati Hambirrao'' (Marathi: ''स� ...

and produced by Mangesh Desai under the banner of

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. It covers the story of late Shiv Sena leader

Anand Dighe Dharmaveer Anand Dighe was a senior leader & Thane district Unit Chief of Shiv Sena. He mentored many young politicians from Thane region such as Eknath Shinde & Rajan Vichare. Career Dighe joined politics at young age. He became President of ...

. The film features

Prasad Oak Prasad Prabhakar Oak (Marathi pronunciation: ɾəsaːd̪ oːk born 17 February 1975) is an actor, director, writer, singer, anchor, poet and film producer. In 2007 he participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (Celebrity Round) and won, became Ajinkyata ...

, Kshitish Date, Makarand Paddhye, Snehal Tarde and

Shruti Marathe Shruti Marathe (born 9 October 1986) is an Indian actress known for her works in Hindi, Marathi and Tamil films and television. Personal life Shruti married actor Gaurav Ghatnekar in 2016. Career She made her film debut with the Marathi ...

in the lead roles. The film was released in Indian cinemas on 13 May 2022 and premiered on

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on 17 June 2022. The film received positive reviews, praising Prasad Oak's performance as Anand Dighe and Pravin Tarde's screenplay, dialogues and direction. In its first week, the film earned ₹13.87 crore and became huge box office success. Dharmaveer is a Third highest grossing Marathi film of 2022 at Box office.

Plot

A TV news reporter Tanvi Mahapatra (

) arrives at midnight of 26 August at

Thane railway station Thane (formerly Thana, station code: TNA) is an A1 category major railway station of the Indian Railways serving the city of Thane, Located in Maharashtra, it is one of the busiest railway stations in India. , Thane railway station handles 26 ...

upset over her current assignment of covering the 20th memorial service of late politician

Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas ...

which made her miss her first Bollywood party. Moreover, she is unaware of who the great personality was and the new article archives & internet sources show that after his death, locals destroyed Sunitidevi Singhania Hospital. The reporter meets an auto-rickshaw driver (

Gashmeer Mahajani Gashmeer Mahajani (born 8 June 1985) is an Indian film and television actor, dancer and play director. He is better known for his work in Marathi cinema. He is the son of veteran Marathi film actor Ravindra Mahajani. Gashmeer made his silver s ...

) who decides to drop her to her hotel in Louiswadi and tells her that rather than relying on the internet, she should meet the common Thanekars to whom Anand Dighe Saheb devoted his entire life. The story takes back to the early days of

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

when a young Anand Dighe Saheb is a party worker. Inspired by his work and dedication, he becomes a prominent member of the party and a very close aide of supremo

Bal Thackeray Bal Thackeray (; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra. ...

where both share great respect towards one another. At the venue, the reporter meets several people right from his mentees

Eknath Shinde Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, knaːt̪ʰ ʃin̪d̪e born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician and president of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, Shivsena serving as the 20th and Current List of chief ministers of Maha ...

Rajan Vichare Rajan Vichare (born 1 August 1961) is an Indian politician and a Shiv Sena member of parliament representing Thane, Maharashtra in the 17th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament). He has also previously been a member of the Maharashtr ...

, Anita Birje his family of two sisters as well as scores of common Thanekars where she finds that Anand Dighe Saheb was not just a political leader but he was much more to Thanekars and devoted his whole life for them. The great personality met with a tragic end but is still alive in the hearts of Thanekars even after his death.

Cast

Saheb ** Shivraj Waichal as Young

Saheb * Kshitish Date as

* Makarand Padhye as

Balasaheb Thackeray Bal Thackeray (; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra. ...

as Tanvi Mahapatra *

as Sameer * Vijay Nikam as Mo. Da. Joshi * Snehal Tarde as Anita Birje * Vignesh Joshi as Prakash Paranjape * Abhijeet Khandkekar as

Dadaji Bhuse Dadaji Dagadu Bhuse is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Malegaon Outer Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Shiv Sena. It is Bhuse's fourth term as Member of Legislative Assembly. In December 2014, h ...

* Atul Mahajan as

Satish Pradhan Satish Pradhan (b 29 August 1940 Dhar M.P.) is a former mayor of Thane city of India. He was the member of Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it ...

* Mangesh Desai as Reporter *

Mohan Joshi Mohan Joshi is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri films. Early life Joshi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. He made his acting debut in Pune, Maharashtra. For better career prospects, ...

as Sameer's Father * Sagar Pabbale as

* Shubhankar Ekbote as

Ravindra Phatak Ravindra Sadanand Phatak ( mr, रवींद्र सदानंद फाटक) is Shiv Sena Politician from Thane district, Maharashtra. He is current Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra as a member of Shiv Sena representing Tha ...

* Jaywant Wadkar as Inspector Yeshwant Tawde * Yogesh Shirsat as

Vasant Davkhare Vasant Shankar Davkhare was an Indian politician of the Nationalist Congress Party. He had been the Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council since 1998. On 22 May 2010 Davkhare's wife died due to massive cardiac arrest. Davkhare ...

* Shubhangi Latkar as Meenatai Thackeray * Devendra Gaikwad as Aatmaram Thorat * Ramesh Pardeshi as Hemant Pawar *

Dushyant Wagh Dushyant Wagh (born 23 January 1987) is an Indian actor. He has acted in films like ''Tera Mera Saath Rahen'', ''Dombivali Fast'', ''3 Idiots'' and in the TV serial ''Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha'' on Colors. He also starred as Trivedi on Is ...

as Dilip Owalkar; Anand Dighe Saheb's friend * Prasad Khandekar as

Anant Tare Anant Tare (1953/4 – 22 February 2021) was an Indian politician and leader of Shiv Sena from Thane and former Mayor of Thane, Maharashtra. He was member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from 2000 to 2006. He was former Mayor of Thane Munici ...

* Jyoti Malse as Malse; Anand Dighe Saheb's sister * Sayalee Parab as Aruna Dighe; Anand's sister * Manoj Kolhatkar as Father of raped girl * Siddhirupa Karmarkar as Mother of raped girl * Piyush Parmar as Reporter * Anuj Prabhu as

Raj Thackeray Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ ʈʰaːkɾeː born Swaraj Shrikant Thackeray; 14 June 1968) is an Indian politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a regional political party. Raj wa ...

* Sushant Shelar as Inspector Vijay Shelar * Anshuman Vichare as Hawaldaar * Sham Mashalkar as Milind Narvekar * Shivraj Walvekar as Inspector * Eknath Bhoir as Karyakarta * Ashish Warang as Ladies bar owner *Nandkumar Gorule as Nandu

Production

The film was announced on 27 January 2022, by

. This film is about late Shiv Sena leader.

is based on his life and Marathi film actor

will be seen in the role of Dighe. One of the features of this movie is that the Armada car number 'MH05-G-2013' used by Dighe is used in this movie.

Reception

Mihir Bhanage of ''The'' ''Times of India'' gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and wrote that "Prasad Oak brings Anand Dighe to life in this glorified biopic ".

Soundtrack

The Soundtrack is composed by Chinar-Mahesh and Avinash-Vishwajeet

References

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External links

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