Maharashtra has been blessed by many great saints and one of them was Sant Tukaram. In 1936, well known film maker V. Shantaram in association with Prabhat films made a film on the life of this popular saint and it was well received. The film had also won some awards that time.

Now, Everest Entertainment have produced a new version of ‘Sant Tukaram’ which is directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni. Popular actor Jitendra Joshi plays the title role in this film in the company of other artistes like Radhika Apte, Veena Jamkar, Sharad Ponkshe and Pratiksha Lonkar. Music of this film is provided by Ashok Patki and Avadhoot Gupte together. This period film, is an ambitious project for producer Sanjay Chabria, who has produced some good Marathi films in the past. ‘Tukaram’ is all set to release in May 2012.