''Ek Hazarachi Note'' (1000 Rupee Note) is a 2014

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Indian film directed by

Shrihari Sathe Shrihari Sathe is an Indian filmmaker and producer. Sathe is a 2013 Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellow. His feature directorial debut, ''Ek'' ''Hazarachi'' ''Note'' ''(1000 Rupee Note)','' won the Special Jury Award and Centenary Awa ...

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Usha Naik Usha Naik is an Indian actress who works in Marathi films. She started her career as a background dancer in films. Filmography Films * ''Samna'' (1974) * ''Kalavantin'' (1978) * '' Banya Bapu '' (1977) * '' Duniya Kari Salaam '' (1979) * '' S ...

Sandeep Pathak Dr. Sandeep Kumar Pathak is an Indian politician from Aam Aadmi Party and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab since April 2022. He is a former assistant professor of IIT Delhi, former research associate at University of Oxford and MIT. He is also cur ...

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Shrikant Yadav Shrikant Mohan Yadav is a film actor. He is known for Marathi films such as ''Valu'' (The Wild Bull), ''Deool'', ''Ajoba'', Ek Hazarachi Note, Highway and the upcoming ''Jaundya Na Balasaheb''. His performance in Marathi films ''Deool'' and ' ...

The film was released on 9 May 2014 to positive reviews, and won the Silver Peacock - Best Feature Film at the 45th

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Cast

as Budhi, the old lady *

as Sudama, the goatherd *

as Sub-inspector * Ganesh Yadav as Uttamrao Jadhav, the politician running for re-election * Pooja Nayak as Sudama's wife * Devendra Gaikwad as Constable Shinde

Synopsis

During a political rally in a small village in Maharashtra, India, a poor old woman named Budhi receives a largess of several 1000 Rupee notes from a politician. She goes shopping to the nearby market town with her neighbor but fate has other plans for them.

Critical Reception

Ek Hazarachi Note critical acclaim

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gave 3 stars (out of 5) saying that ''Keeping every minute detail of the story intact, Shrihari has struck gold with his first film. The cinematography is classy and the background score helps magnifying the beaty of every scene and emotion on the actors’ faces. But the ace in the pack is Usha Naik whose mind-blowing performance is sure to evoke sympathy for her character in the viewers’ minds. Sandeep Pathak too delivers with excellence and it is good to see him moving away from his stereotyped comic roles.'' Sankhayan Ghosh of

Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

wrote that "In the film, rather than the protagonist taking drastic decisions, things happen to her. Indian rural society is passive and people in power control their lives. I found it challenging to tell the story of a passive protagonist,"

Awards

;International * Silver Peacock - Best Feature Film at 45th IFFI 2014 * Special Jury Award at 45th IFFI 2014 ;State Awards * Best Film (1st place)

Maharashtra State Film Awards Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963. Winners 2000 This year's award ceremony took plac ...

2015 * Best Director (1st place)

2015 * Best Picture,

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2015 (Italy) * Best Marathi Film Screenplay, Pune International Film Festival 2015 * Best Marathi Film Actor, Pune International Film Festival,2015 * Best Actress (Special Mention),

2015 * Best Actress, 21st Life OK Screen Awards 2015 * Best Supporting Actor (Male),

2015

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hazarachi Note, Ek 2014 films 2010s Marathi-language films