Based on P.L. Deshpande’s famous story ‘Mhais’ , Ptrabhakar Films are making a Marathi film titled ‘Chandi’. The film was launched in a style recently, with a Muhurat performed in front of P.L. Deshpande’s statue housed in the campus of Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi. Popular Marathi comedian along with 67 children from the Balakashram prayed for the success of the film in a traditional manner.

Present on the occasion were P.L. Deshpande’s close associates Shraddhanand Thakur, Jayant Deshpande, Pushkar Wagh, who runs the Sirur Balakashram, Kiran Shataram, Ramesh Deo, Producer Dnyaneshwar Govekar, Sanjeev Naik, Cameraman Sameer Athlye, Writer Anil Pawar, director Sameer Naik and the relatives of P.L. Deshpande.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Dnyaneshwar Govekar, the producer of this film said that the film was a tribute to late P.L.Deshpande. The director of this film has rich experience of assisting reputed Bollywood directors like Ramesh Sippy, Aziz Mirza and Rohan Sippy, while writer Anil Pawar has penned more than 25 scripts so far. The film’s cast comprises of a team of 50 veteran and new artistes from Marathi film industry. The shooting of this film begins shortly in Goa.