Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy

Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy
Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Santosh Ramdas Manjrekar
Written by	Abhijeet Deshpande; Mahesh Manjrekar;
Produced by	Sanjay Chhabria; Ashwami Manjrekar;
Starring	Mahesh Manjrekar; Sachin Khedekar; Makarand Anaspure; Suchitra Bandekar; Siddarth Jadhav; Priya Bapat; Abhijeet Kelkar;
Music by	Ajit; Sameer; Atul;
Production; company	Everest Entertainment
Distributed by	Everest Entertainment
Release date	3 April 2009;
Country	India
Language	Marathi
Box office	₹25.5 crore (US$3.4 million)

Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy (English: I'm Shivajiraje Bhosale Speaking) is a 2009 Indian Marathi-language film produced by Sanjay Chhabria along with Ashwami Manjrekar and directed by Santosh Ramdas Manjrekar. The film follows an underdog who fights against the evil in society, to re-instate his identity and keep his pride.

Plot[]

Dinkar Maruti Bhosale represents thousands of Marathi, who feel they have lost their identity in the cosmopolitan Mumbai. Dinkar feels Mumbai is in Maharashtra but there is no Maharashtra left in Mumbai. He always complains about the lack of respect a Marathi receives in Mumbai and feels he is victimized everywhere because he is a Marathi; little realizing that he himself has brought this situation upon himself.

In a state of sheer frustration Dinkar gets up one day cursing himself for being born a Marathi. He feels his ancestors must have committed a heinous crime for him to be born a Marathi.

These outbursts of Dinkar reach Pratapgad and the spirit of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is aroused. Dinkar has to now face a seething Shivaji Maharaj, who is furious at him. Shivaji Maharaj fires Dinkar for his shallow thinking and tells him he has to command respect, not demand it. He blames Dinkar's thinking for the sorry state of Marathis. "Before blaming other communities for your shortcomings, look within and see if you have done anything to keep the Marathi pride intact," he roars.

Dinkar realizes his mistake but does Shivaji Maharaj's thought arouse him to rectify his mistakes? The film ends with Bhonsle gladly returning the sword at the shrine of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Cast[]

Mahesh Manjrekar as Chhatrapati Shivaji
Sachin Khedekar as Dinkar Bhosale
Makarand Anaspure as Raiba
Siddarth Jadhav as Usman Parker
Suchitra Bandekar as Sumitra Bhosale
Priya Bapat as Shashikala Bhosale
as Rahul Bhosale
Vineet Kumar Singh as Dubey tenant to Dinkar Bhosale and Taxi Driver
Kishore Pradhan as V. Gopalkrishnan, Branch Manager
as Ramniklal Gosalia
Meghana Erande as Press / TV Reporter
Kamlesh Sawant as ACP Rege
Reema Lagoo as Jijabai
Atul Kale as Gidwani/Gaikwad, Film Director
as Goon of Gosalia
as Nandkumar Chandekar
as Kadam BMC Inspection Officer
as BMC Head Officer
as Hiroji Indulkar (Guest Role)
as General Afzal Khan - Special appearance in Powada Song
Bharat Jadhav as Powada presenter - Special appearance as Powada presenter
Ankush Chaudhari- Special appearance in song "Masoli"

Soundtrack[]

The song O raje marked the debut of Sukhwinder Singh in Marathi film industry.^[2]

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"O raje"	Sukhwinder Singh	4:20
2.	"Masoli"	Ajit Parab	4:15
3.	"Maharastra Geet"	Ajit Parab	3:55
4.	"Maharajanchi Keerti Befaam (Powada)"		8:34

Box office[]

Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy was a huge blockbuster at the box office. It collected a total of ₹25.5 crore (US$3.4 million) in its full theatrical run. It held the record of highest-grossing movie for many years until the release of Duniyadari which broke its record by collecting ₹29 crore (US$3.9 million) at the box office.^[1]

Remake[]

The film was remade in Bengali as Ami Shubhash Bolchi (2011), directed by the original film's lead actor Mahesh Manjrekar with Mithun Chakraborty and Anindya Banerjee. But the film's main character was replaced and slightly changed with environment.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Why Bollywood is jumping on the Marathi cinema bandwagon". 24 August 2014.
^ "Dance numbers bring out the best in me: Sukhwinder Singh". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2018.
^ "Mi Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy -- Film Review | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com.
^ "Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy: Movie Review (Marathi) - Times of India". The Times of India.

External links[]

[mid-day.com-1] "Why Bollywood is jumping on the Marathi cinema bandwagon". 24 August 2014.

[2] "Dance numbers bring out the best in me: Sukhwinder Singh". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2018.

[3] "Mi Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy -- Film Review | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com.

[4] "Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy: Movie Review (Marathi) - Times of India". The Times of India.

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