Valu (2008)

Directed by     Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Produced by     Ganpat Kothari
Girish Kulkarni
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Prashant Pethe
Nitin Vaidya
Written by     Girish Kulkarni
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Music by     Mangesh Dhakde (Theme music)
Cinematography     Sudhir Palsane

Cast

  • Atul Kulkarni as Swanand Gaddamwar aka "Foresht"
  • Mohan Agashe as Sarapanch
  • Bharati Acharekar as Sarapanch's Wife
  • Girish Kulkarni as Jeevan
  • Veena Jamkar as Tani
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar as Pandit
  • Nirmiti Sawant as Pandit's Wife
  • Nandu Madhav as Aaba
  • Renuka Daftardar as Aaba's Wife
  • Mangesh Satpute as Shiva
  • Amruta Subhash as Sangi
  • Satish Tare as Satya
  • Chandrakant Gokhale as Aaja
  • Jyoti Subhash as Sakhubai
  • Shrikant Yadav as Suresh
  • Ashwini Giri as Suresh' Wife
  • Deepak Alegaonkar as Shivai's Father
  • Rajesh More as Sangi's father
  • Meghana Vaidya as Sangi's Mother
  • Siddheshwar Zadbuke as Popat
  • Prashant Tapaswi as Shankrya
  • Nikhil Raut as Ganya
  • Vrishasen Dabholkar as Sameer
  • Ashok Kulkarni as Jagnade
  • Pournima Ganu as Gaddam's Wife
  • Sharavi Kulkarni as Sampi
  • Aditya Kulkarni as Sampat
  • Raja (bull) as Valu

Selection in Film Festivals

  • 5th Asian Film Festival, 2007 Pune: Selected for screening as a closing film for the festival.
  • 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2008 Holland
  • 24th Warsaw International Film Festival, 2008 Poland
  • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2008 Czech Republic
  • Reykjavik International Film Festival, 2008 Iceland
  • Warsaw International FilmFest, 2008 Poland
  • La Rochelle International Film Festival, 2010 France

Awards and achievements

  • Best Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni, Best Cinematographer: Sudhir Palsane (PIFF 2008)
  • Best Eye-Catching Film of the Year, Best Supporting Actor: Girish Kulkarni (Zee Gaurav Awards 2008)
  • Best Film of 2008, Best Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni Maharashtra Times Awards - MaTa Sanman 2008)