Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush

Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush
Directed by	Om Raut
Produced by	Neena Raut
Written by	Om Raut, Kaustubh Savarkar[1]
Starring	Subodh Bhave Chinmay Mandlekar Priya Bapat
Music by	Ajit-Sameer
Production company	Neena Raut Films
Distributed by	Essel Vision
Release dates	2 January 2015 (2015-01-02)
Country	India
Language	Marathi
Budget	₹7 crore (US$1.0 million)[2]
Box office	₹13 crore (US$1.9 million) (5 Week) [3]

Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush (Marathi: लोकमान्य: एक युग पुरुष) is a Marathi biopic released on 2 January 2015. Subodh Bhave played the title role of Indian nationalist and social reformer Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The first look teaser of the film was released on 2 January 2014 on YouTube & was shown in theaters with the film Timepass on 3 January 2014.

The film is directorial debut of Om Raut and is produced by Neena Raut. The screenplay is written by Om Raut and Kaustubh Savarkar and the music is composed by duo Ajit-Sameer.^[1]

The film released on 2 January 2015 and received positive reviews from audience as well as critics.

Cast

• Subodh Bhave as Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Shweta Mahadik as Satyabhamabai {wife of lokmanya tilak}
• Chinmay Mandlekar as Makarand
• Priya Bapat as Sameera
• Angad Mhaskar as Daji Khare
• Sameer Vidwans as Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
• Prashant Uthale as Chapekar brother
• Nana Patekar as Narrator

Production

Makers almost spend 1.3 crore on visual effects.^[4]

Critical reception

The film was praised by audience as well as critics. The Times of India gave 4 stars to the film adding "Very rarely does a Marathi film get a standing ovation from the audience and Lokmanya:Ek Yug Purush is one of them".

References

External links

• Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush at the Internet Movie Database