Bhobhar

Bhobhar (English: The Live Ash) is a 2012 Rajasthani-language drama film written and directed by Gajendra S. Shrotriya. Besides some senior theatre artists like S N Purohit, Harinarayan Sharma, Anil Marwari, Sanjay Vidrohi, and Vasudev Bhatt in the supporting roles, the lead cast of Amit Saxena, Uttaranshy Pareek and Vikas Pareek are all from Jaipur. The film also highlights the culture and lifestyle of Rajasthan.

Bhobhar
film poster
Directed by	Gajendra S. Shrotriya
Written by	Gajendra S. Shrotriya
Story by	Ramkumar Singh
Produced by	Gajendra S. Shrotriya Sanjay Harpavat Sanjay Yadav
Starring	Amit Saxena Uttaranshy Vikas Pareek Vinod Aacharya
Cinematography	Yogesh Sharma
Edited by	Gajendra S. Shrotriya
Music by	Daan Singh Rajiv Thanvi J N Tripathi
Production company	Harbinger Creations
Distributed by	Harbinger Creations
Release date	17 February 2012 (2012-02-17)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Rajasthani

Plot

Bhobhar explores the life and relationship of a small farmer Rawat in rural Rajasthan, India. It is the story of a small village farmer Rewat who despite being an alcoholic is hardworking and warm-hearted. His life gets shattered one night when he catches his close friend Puran sneaking out of his room. Beaten up Puran accuses that an alcoholic's wife is no more than a whore. Rewat stops communicating with his wife Sohni since that day. One day when Sohni and his youngest son Ganesh beat up his other son Shanker for marrying a girl from another cast, inebriated Rewat calls Sohni a whore. Ganesh slaps his father for insulting his mother. Dismayed Rewat leaves his house and family until Puran finds him in the hospital. Puran meets Sohni and tells her about Rewat. The feelings of Sohni for Rewat gets rekindled alike Bhobhar (the live ash). Also begins the redemption of Puran and the story unfolds.

Cast

• Amit Saxena as Rewat
• Uttaranshy Pareek as Sohni
• Vikas Pareek as Puran
• Ajay Jain as Mahaveer
• Nidhi Jain as Mahaveer's wife
• Anil Marwari as Ganesh
• Sanjay Vidrohi as MLA
• Vishal Bhatt as Jagdeesh
• Vinod Acharya as Sankar
• Vasudev Bhatt as Panch
• Babita Madaan as Singaari Tai
• Hari Narayan Sharma as Master
• Satya Narayan Purohit as Old man in field

Production

Shooting of the film Bhobhar was completed in October 2010. After two and a half months of post-production, the film was sent to several national and international film festivals with subtitles in English. The film is majorly in Rajasthani language to suit the milieu of the story. This is a Harbinger Creations production directed by Gajendra S. Shrotriya.

Music

Ramkumar Singh created the lyrics and Amit Ojha, the background score.

Bhobhar
Soundtrack album by Rajeev Thanvi, Daan Singh & Jai Narayan Tripathi
Released	10 February 2012
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	19:40
Language	Rajasthani
Label	Harbinger Creations
Producer	Harbinger Creations

No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Pihu Pihu"	Rajeev Thanvi	Shikha Mathur & Rajeev Thanvi	4:20
2.	"Jadu Mantar Hai"	Jai Narayan Tripathi	Rajeev Thanvi	4:19
3.	"Ugh Mhara Sooraj"	Daan Singh	Suman Yadav	4:39
4.	"Hiwade Gaanth Lagi"	Rajeev Thanvi	Rajeev Thanvi	4:01
5.	"Bhobhar Theme"	Amit Ojha	Amit Ojha	2:19
Total length:				19:40