''Popat'' (

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: पोपट;

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: Parrot) is a Marathi drama film released on 23 August 2013. Produced by Mirah Entertainment Pvt. Ltd and Citrus Check Inns and directed by

Satish Rajwade Satish Rajwade (born 9 January 1973) is an Indian Marathi film and television director and writer. He has also acted in few Hindi films and Marathi television series. Career Rajwade started his career with acting in various Hindi and Marathi f ...

. The film stars

Atul Kulkarni Atul Kulkarni (born 10 September 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, English, Odia and Telugu language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the Best Supporting Actor ...

, Siddharth Menon, Ketan Pawar,

Amey Wagh Amey Wagh (born 13 November 1987) is an Indian Marathi actor known for films such as ''Popat'', '' Faster Fene'', ''Muramba'', '' Girlfriend''. He was recently seen portraying Kushal in season 2 of '' Sacred Games'' and Rasool Sheikh in '' As ...

. The film's music is by Avinash - Vishwajeet. The film is a journey of young men who explore on the topic of HIV/AIDS and realize that it is not a matter of joke.

Plot

''Popat'' is a movie based in a village, where four friends usually hang out together. One day, they wanted to find out what specialized skills do they possess. One of them had an experience of being a junior actor, so these guys decide to make a movie on HIV/AIDS. Another one of them owned a camera, which is enough for them to venture onto making their movie. Topic of the movie was chosen as a joke and what they expected to be a rib tickling journey turns out to be one of the most moving experience of their lives.

Cast

as Janya * Siddharth Menon as Balya *

as Raghya * Ketan Pawar *

Anita Date-Kelkar Anita Date-Kelkar is an Indian actress. She works predominantly in Marathi and Hindi television. She known for her performance in Mazhya Navryachi Bayko as Radhika. Early life Anita was born on 31 October 1980 in Nashik, Maharashtra. She did h ...

Neha Shitole Neha (Hindi/ Sanskrit: ''नेहा'') is a popular Hindi/ Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, often found in the Hindu community. It means "love" / " affection", "rain" / " downpour", and is sometimes translated as " beautiful eyes." Etymolo ...

Crew

*''Director'' -

Aditi Popat Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' or 'innocence') is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousne ...

*''Story'' - Satish Rajwade *''Producer'' - Mirah Entertainment Pvt. Ltd and Citrus Check Inns *''Music Director'' - Avinash–Vishwajeet *''Cinematographer'' - Samalabhasker

Soundtrack

The songs was composed by Avinash-Vishwajeet with lyrics by Saumitra, Vishwajeet Joshi and Ashwini Shende.

References

External links

* 2013 films 2010s Marathi-language films HIV/AIDS in Indian films Films directed by Satish Rajwade {{2010s-Marathi-film-stub