Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli

Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli is a Marathi biographical film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar.^[1][2][3] The title role of Pu La Deshpande is played by Sagar Deshmukh. The film was released on 4 January 2019. A sequel, Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli 2, was released on 8 February 2019.

Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mahesh Manjrekar
Written by	Ganesh Matkari
Produced by	Mahesh Manjrekar Avinash Ahaley Vaibhav Pandit Mahesh Patel Virendra Upadhye
Starring	Sagar Deshmukh Iravati Harshe Mrunmayee Deshpande Saksham Kulkarni Satish Alekar Neena Kulkarni
Cinematography	Karan B. Rawat
Edited by	Abhijeet Deshpande
Music by	Ajit Parab
Production companies	Viacom18 Motion Pictures Mahesh Manjrekar Movies
Release date	4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Plot

The film is biography on the famous writer Purushottam Laxman Deshpande. The details about his life are also taken from the book "Aaahe Manohar Tari" written by his wife Sunita Deshpande. The film has been created into two parts looking at the work Pu La Deshpande did. The 1st half was released on 4 January 2019, all over India. The 2nd half was released on 8 February 2019. ^[4]

Cast

The film casts more than 80 important characters.^[5]

• Vijay Kenkre as old Pu La Deshpande
  • Sagar Deshmukh as Middle age Pu La Deshpande
    • Saksham Kulkarni as Young Pu La Deshpande
• Mrunmayee Deshpande as Sundar (Pu La's first wife
• Iravati Harshe as Sunita Deshpande
  • Shubhangi Damle as Old Sunita Deshpande
• Satish Alekar as Ramakant (Pu La's brother)
• Neena Kulkarni as Vijaya
• Mahesh Manjrekar
• Sachin Khedekar As Pu La's father Lakshman Deshpande
• Ashwini Giri as Pu La's mother
• Vidyadhar Joshi as Anna Karve
• Sunil Barve as Jabbar Patel
• Sagar Karande as Vasanta
• Veena Jamkar as Champu Tai
• Swanand Kirkire as Kumar Gandharv
• Ajay Purkar as Bhimsen Joshi
• Bharat Ganeshpure as MLA
• Umesh Jagtap as Ram Gabale
• Ganesh Yadav as Chintamanrao Kolhatkar
• Dilip Tahil as Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
• Padmanabh Bind as Vasantrao Deshpande

Reception

The movie was criticized for taking unnecessary cinematic liberty, defaming many well known, well respected, and prominent personalities along with Pu La himself; and distortion of facts from the descriptions in books by Pu La himself and Sunitabai's book Aahe Manohar Tari.^[6][7][8][9]

See also

• Pu La Deshpande