Based on the short story of a legendary writer Mahasweta Devi, the new Marathi film ‘Mhadu’ is all set to release on 6th June, all over Maharashtra. The film highlights the fundamental aspects and impacts of development on the tribal community ‘Mhadu’ will also mark the debut of popular photographer Sandesh Bhandare, as director and Parimal Chaudhari as a producer.

The story focuses on the degradation of the ‘Korku’ tribe and fundamental changes in their lifestyle. Mhadu also sheds light on the malnutrition and hunger deaths suffered by them. The film enfolds the chain of incidences right from the introduction of railways in India and how it initiated the capitalistic point of view that lead to the exploitation of natural resources.
The cast of the film consists of Sarang Sathye, Amol Dhongde, Rajkumar Tangde, Veena Jamkar, Kailas Waghmare, Padmanabh Bind, Praveen Tarde, Shashank Shende, Devika Daftaradar, Vikas Patil, Ramchandra Dhumal and Atul Pethe. The dialogues of the film are written by Rajkumar Tangde and Pramid Kale. The screenplay has been written by director Sandesh Bhandare himself.

Ajay Kandar and Nitin Kulkarni have written the lyrics of the film while Swanand Rajaram have given the music. Shaunak Abhisheki, Kshitij Apte,Devki Pandit and Sambhaji Bhagar have sung the songs along with veteran singer Suresh Wadkar, who is singing in a Marathi film after a long time. The background score is created by Saket Kanetkar, whereas editing has been done by Apurv Sathe. Pintu Chaudhary and Dhanesh Potdar have done the cinematography of the film.
Animation has been used as a means of telling the story differently. The drawing animation has been executed by Vivek Karandikar. The VFX effects are given by Jitendra Addugula. Sanjay Shukla has performed the role of an Art director while the costumes are designed by Shraddha Kanetkar. Ramesh Bhole is the chief assistant director whereas Yashwant Khoje is the executive producer of the film.

“Marathi cinema has taken a different path. It’s subjects and content are novel and keen on exploring different aspects of life. Mhadu’s subject is very different. This film is not only about a specific tribe or community but also about all those section of the society that are left behind in the process of development.” says Parimal Chaudhari, producer of the film. She further said that ‘Mhadu’, will highlight, how greed for development has triggered the degradation of the environment.

According to Director Sandesh Bhandare, ‘Mhadu’ is not about the tribal and urban conflict. “The film shows how hunger and greed impact our life. In the process of development the gap between ‘haves’ and ‘have not’s’ is widening day by day, due to which many sections of the society are thrown out of the mainstream. We have tried to highlight outbursts of these sections of the society when they look at the people who have everything.”concludes Bhandare.