''Haapus'' is a Marathi film released on 25 June 2010. The movie has been produced by Sanjay Chhabria along with Abhijeet Satam who has also directed it.

Plot

''Haapus'' throws light on an important aspect the life of Malwani People. 'Haapus' is a Marathi film based on the farmers who are engaged in the cultivation of Haapus Aamba (Alphonso Mangoes) in Konkan area of Maharashtra, India. Basically it is a story about one family from a village where the young son of an astrologer wants to break the vicious circle of the mango-farmers getting peanuts from a rich business man who earns millions in the market, and to do so he has to contend with his father's immense belief in astrology. It is a light-hearted comedy, which people of all age groups can enjoy. Anna Gurav is terror personified! In Wanarwadi, in the picturesque Konkan, Anna’s word is the LAW- because of his command over Astrology. But he is loggerheads with Ajit, his only son who has developed a new breed of mangoes - the major bread-earner of this region. The Gurav family also has twin daughters - AMRUTA, the rebellious one and ANKITA, the docile one who is in love with the local rickshaw driver SUBHYA. Enter school teacher DIGAMBER KALE, from Aambejogai Marathwada, who soon becomes an integral part of the Gurav family. Ajit wants to break the vicious circle of the mango-farmers getting peanuts from the CHAJED who earns millions in the Market. Anna opposes his view of going into the market himself with the mangoes as Anna’s astrology says that this business is not conducive to the Gurav Family.

Cast

Shivaji Satam Shivaji Satam (born 21 April 1950), is an Indian television and film actor. He is best known for his role as ACP Pradyuman on the TV series '' C.I.D.'' on SET India. A former bank official and Inspection Officer, he has appeared in Hindi and M ...

as Anna Gurav *

Makarand Anaspure Makarand Madhukar Anaspure (Marathi pronunciation: əkəɾən̪d̪ ənaːspuɾe born 22 July 1969) is an Indian actor, director and producer. He has primarily appeared in Marathi films and theater. Career Anaspure came to fame after having ...

as Digambar Kale *

Subodh Bhave Subodh Bhave (born 9 November 1975) is an Indian actor, writer, producer and director who is known for his work in Marathi Cinema. He has acted in many commercially successful and critically acclaimed Marathi movies. He is best known for his wo ...

as Ajit *

Madhura Velankar Madhura Velankar-Satam (Marathi:मधुरा वेलणकर; born 8 October 1981) is an Indian actress. She is a four-time State Award winner who appears in Bollywood and Marathi movies and established herself as one of Marathi cinema's ...

as Ankita and Amruta (Double role) *

Pushkar Shrotri Pushkar Sudhakar Shrotri is a Marathi, Hindi film & theatre actor, producer, and director. Early life and education Shrotri was born in Mumbai in 1970. He graduated with a commerce degree from M. L. Dahanukar College in Mumbai. Career Pushkar ...

as Subhya *

Sulabha Deshpande Sulabha Deshpande ( mr, सुलभा देशपांडे; 1937 – 4 June 2016) was an Indian actress and theatre director. Apart from Marathi theatre and Hindi theatre in Mumbai, she acted in over 73 mainstream Bollywood films. She als ...

as Grandmother * Mrunal Deshpande *

Manasi Magikar ''Manasi'' is a 1981 romantic comedy Oriya film directed by Malay Mitra. Plot Akash ( Sriram Panda) is the son of industrialist Surendra Das and looks after his father's business. He and Prashant (Swarup Naik), who is an engineer by professio ...

* Vidyadhar Joshi * Swarasha Jadhav as Aanadi *

Sunil Deo Sunil (सुनील) is a first name for males, often found in the South Asian community. The Sanskrit word ' means "dark", "very blue", and is also an epithet of Krishna. Notable people * Sunil (actor), Indian Telugu film actor * Sunil ( ...

Music

The music for the film is composed by

Salil Kulkarni Saleel Kulkarni (Marathi pronunciation: aliːl kulkəɾɳiː 6 October 1972) is a Marathi music composer, singer and author. Early life Saleel Kulkarni sang the Marathi Prose 'Jayostute ' on All India Radio, Pune station at the age of three. ...

on lyrics by

Sandeep Khare Sandeep Khare is a Marathi poet, performing artist, actor, singer-songwriter, copywriter from Pune. So far he has published 3 of his books which are poetry collections, namely, 'Kadhi He..Kadhi Te..', 'Maunachi Bhashantare' (The translations o ...

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://haapus.erosentertainment.com/ 2010s Marathi-language films Mangoes Films about astrology