BANGARWADI 1995

Director:Amol Palekar
Story:Vyanktesh Madgulkar
Screenplay/Dialogue:Chitra Palekar
Music:Vanraj Bhatia

Cast
Chandrakant Mandhare (Karbhari), Chandrakant Kulkarni (Master), Nandu Madhav (Aananda Ramoshi), Sunil Ranade (Aayboo), Nagesh Bhonsle (Dadu Baltya), Hiralal Jain (Kakuba), Kishore Kadam (Rama), Upendra Limaye (Sheku), Sushma Deshpande (Sheku's Wife), Ravindra Divekar (Bira), Mangesh Satpute (Sata), Ganesh Yadav (Jagnya), Chinmayi Surve, Pratima Joshi (Rama's Wife), Vijaysingh Sinde (Yesuba)


Maharashtra State Awards 1996 - 2 nd Best Film, Best Actor, Best Comedian, Best Cinematography, Best Sound

Kalnirnay Awards 1997 - Best Film

Filmfare Awards 1997 - Best Film, Best Director

National Awards 1995 - Best Feature Film in Marathi

Indian Panorama Selection, International Film Festival of India

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1996

Birmingham International Film Festival 1996

London Film Festival 1996

Fajr International Film Festival , Iran 1997

Cairo International Film Festival 1996

Bogota International Film Festival 1996

Sarajevo Film Festival 1996

Synopsis:



The newly appointed village schoolteacher arrives in the hamlet. Faced with hostility, he decides to win over the hearts of the people so that they would entrust him with their children. He starts to address their small concerns of daily life, help them with running errands in the small town, and mediates in their disputes. Soon his school starts flourishing with enthusiastic students and parents. The high point is the building of the community gymnasium with the participation of all the villagers and the inauguration by the prince of the state.
The usual joys and sorrows of daily life continue amidst the growth of the school. It is as if the young teacher lived through a couple of thrilling dramas, a few interesting short stories and a long epic novel about the life of simple common folk. But with time, drought forces the shepherds to migrate in search of pasture. The teacher is transferred and as he leaves by the same path as he had arrived, he now has a profound insight into the ways of nature and the lives of these simple people with their maturity, simplicity, even nobility in their self-dependence and approach to problems with conscience and a sense of justice and fair play.