Marathi  film ‘Kaali Maati’ was completed during the initial lockdown period. But, prior to its release this film has succeeded in winning several National as well as Global awards at various prestigious film festivals. Till date this film has won 301 awards in just 194 days, which is a big record. Produced and directed by Hemantkumar Mahale, ‘Kaali Maati’  has been inspired by life and times of the National award winning ideal farmer Shri Gyaneshwar Bodke and shows how strenuously with dedication and hard work, the story of farmers who have succeeded in coming up with around 400 crores rice crop has been driven home by his inspiring real life story.

Out of these 301 awards, 61 awards were bagged by director Hemantkumar Mahale for his direction. The film will now march towards various other festivals after having been showcased in India, Malaysia, France, Europe, London and USA. Producer-Director Hemantkumar Mahale says that his aim is to garner at least 351 prestigious awards in all for his ambitious thought provoking and progressive film and adds that it is by itself a world record for a film to garner so many awards. He has already briefed the Guinness Book of World Records, Limca Book of World Records, Asia Book of Records, India Book of Records etc about his achievement and they are likely to confer on him the certificates shortly.

 The film stars among others Omprakash Shinde, Aetashaa Sansgiri, Diksha Bhor, Bhagwan Pachore, Poonam Patil, P.K. Waghmare in key roles. Music has been composed by the Music Director duo Avinash-Vishwajeet while Suresh Suvarna and Raja Phadtare are the Cameramen. Anil Raut and Hemantkumar Mahale have penned incisive dialogues while Mayur Aadkar has written the thought provoking screenplay.