Bhutacha Bhau

Bhutacha Bhau (transl. Ghost's brother) is a 1989 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar and produced by Shailendra Singh.^[1] The film stars Ashok Saraf, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Varsha Usgaonkar, Jayram Kulkarni and Laxmikant Berde in lead roles. It was theatrically released on 21 March 1989.^[2]

Bhutacha Bhau
VCD cover
Directed by	Sachin Pilgaonkar
Story by	Srinivas Bhagne Sachin Pilgaonkar
Produced by	Shailendra Singh
Starring	Ashok Saraf Sachin Pilgaonkar Varsha Usgaonkar Jayram Kulkarni Laxmikant Berde
Music by	Arun Paudwal
Production companies	Padmini films Private limited Nandini films
Release date	21 March 1989 (1989-03-21)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Plot

Bandu is killed by three goons Appaji, Indrasen and Dayaram then becomes his ghost. He travels to find his long lost brother and mother. His younger brother Nandu is a timid person. Bandu meets him and tells him how these goons killed him and asks him to come to the village. Bandu's spirit is visible only to Nandu. Bandu's spirit enters Nandu's body several times and together they fight these goons.

Cast

Lead cast

• Ashok Saraf as Bandu
• Sachin Pilgaonkar as Nandu/Nandkumar
• Varsha Usgaonkar as "Anju" Anjali
• Jayram Kulkarni as Rao Saheb
• Bharati Acharekar as Nandu's mother
• Sudhir Joshi as Appaji
• Viju Khote as Indrasen Angre^[1]
• Anant Jog as Dayaram Sonawane
• Laxmikant Berde as Barko
• Rekha Rao as Bitti
• Johnny Lever as Gappaji

Supporting cast

• Satish Tungare
• Mohan Mungi
• Avinash Thakur
• Kanchan Nayak
• Vijay Patkar as Ward boy
• Bipin Varti as Tony
• Madhav Mokashi
• Suresh Rane
• Avinash Thakur as Inspector
• Madhu Apte as Traffic Hawaldaar
• Maya Jadhav as Lavani performer

Production

This film is directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar.^[3] The film was shot at Seth Studios, Rajkamal Kalamandir, Essel Studios and Film City, Mumbai. Action sequences was directed by Veeru Devagan. The sets was made by art director R.Varman and dubbing work was done at Ketnav Evershine Studio.

Soundtrack

Bhutacha Bhau
Soundtrack album by Arun Paudwal
Released	1989 (1989)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	25:08
Language	Marathi
Label	T-Series
Official audio
Bhutacha Bhau - Full Album on YouTube

Music and background is given by Arun Paudwal.^[4] The songs of this film written by Shantaram Naandgaonkar and Pravin Danve and recorded by Aasha Bhosle, Shailendra Singh, Anuradha Paudwal, Suresh Wadkar, Kavita Krushnamurti and Sachin Pilgaonkar.

All lyrics are written by Shantaram Naandgaokar.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mi Kashi Tula Re"	4:56
2.	"Rangaan Gori"	6:35
3.	"Sapta Suranchya"	4:53
4.	"Majhya Angaat"	8:25
Total length:		25:08