All roads lead to Lalbaug during the 10 day Ganapati festival , to take the darshan of ‘Lalbaugcha Raja’. This deity has gained so much importance that many dignitaries including celebrities from film industry make it a point to visit this place, during Ganapati. Perhaps, inspired by the importance of this place, Cinematographer turned director Laxman Utekar had planned his next film suitably titled ‘Lalbaugchi Rani’, after making a successful film ‘Tapaal’ last year.

Shooting of this film is now over,  Mr. Utekar is planning to release this film by end of this year. He will be paying more attention on post production work, as the film is produced by Boney Kapoor and Sunil Manchanda. For this film, he has already engaged few Bollywood technicians like sound designer Nihar Ranjan and cinematographer Lawrence D’cunha. The film presents the story of a young girl, who goes missing from Gateway of India. Then begins her search by family and friends and besides this emotion filled story, the director also goes on to tell the story of this dream city.

‘Lalbaug chi Rani’ stars Veena Jamkar in the lead role, along with Ashok Shinde, Pratima Joshi, Prathamesh Parab & Parth Bhalerao.