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in lead roles. ''Mukta'' won the 1994 National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. It is considered one of the important Marathi films for the period 1993–98.

Plot

Daughter of a Marathi poet settled in United States, Mukta returns to her ancestral home when she gets a post-graduate scholarship to study sociology. She lives with her grandfather, Abasaheb Kanase-Patil, a veteran of Maharashtra's co-operative movement. At the university she joins a street theatre group of Dalit activists and is drawn to the group's leader Milind Wagh, a fearless student leader and poet. Family's unease increases when her friend from America Julian arrives. Julian, however, wins over her grandfather accompanying him to a pilgrimage to Pandharpur. The old man recalling Marathi Saint poets’ struggle against caste inequalities is complemented by Julian singing of songs associated with the struggle against the racial discrimination in US.

Cast

The cast is as follows: *

as Mukta * Shriram Lagoo as her grandfather *

as Eknath, Mukta father * Vandana Pandit-Sheth as Mukta Mother *

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as Milind Wagh, Social Activist *

as Rukmini *

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as Mukta's African-American friend Julian *

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as Chandrabhaga * Prashant Subedar as Prithviraj * Chandrakant Kale as Paranjape * Upendra Limaye as Social Activist Group Member under Milind Wagh

Music

*"Valan Vatatl Ya" - Ravinda Sathe *"Jaai Juicha Gandh Matila" -

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*"Raktaat" (Poetry) -

*"Eliza Eliza" -

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*"Vidyasangeet" (part 1) - Anand Modak *"Too Talam" - Prabhanjan Marathe *"Vidyasangeet" (part 2) - Anand Modak *"Panyas" (Poetry) -

*"I Came" - Clinton Cerejo Serejo *"Tya Maziya" - Ravinda Sathe

References

External links

1994 films 1990s Marathi-language films Best Film on National Integration National Film Award winners Films directed by Jabbar Patel Films scored by Anand Modak {{1990s-Marathi-film-stub