V. Shantaram’s most popular film ‘Pinjra‘ was released in 1972. But, the songs of this film are still popular. Even the performances of lead characters like Dr. Shreeram Lagoo, Sandhya & Nilu Phule are still fresh in our memory.  The film has been set on the backdrop of  a village, presenting Tamasha folk musical theatre of Maharashtra.  The story revolves around  a morally righteousness school teacher, played by Dr. Lagoo, who wants to reform a Tamasha performer, played Sandhya, but ends up falling in love with her.

Now, after 44 years, ‘Pinjra‘ will be released again on 18^th March 2016, at Plaza Cinema , Mumbai, where it was released earlier.  Priyadarshni Films, which had taken the distribution rights from Mr. Kiran Shantaram, had used the latest technology at Prasad Lab to give a new look to original print, besides  using Dolby sound effect. It remains to be seen, how the the new generation would respond to this film.