De Dhakka is a Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 film released in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in 2008 inspired from the award-winning 2006 Hollywood film Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama film. The road movie's plot follows a family's trip to a children's beauty pageant.Little Miss Sunshine was the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer...

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Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar

Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar

Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar is a noted Indian Classical Music vocalist and a world renowned classical singer. She has received training in Agra as well as Gwalior-Atrauli gharanas...

, the play back singer of this film, received Maharashtra State Award, V Shantaram Award and Maharashtra Times

Maharashtra Times

Maharashtra Times , coloquially referred to as 'Ma Taa' from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based out of Mumbai, India. It is the 9th largest selling daily newspaper in the country. It is owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...

 award in the category of 'Best Play back singer'.

Cast

• Shivaji Satam
• Makrand Anajpure
• Siddarth Jadhav
  Siddarth Jadhav
  Siddharth Jadhav is an Indian film actor. He is popular on television and has acted in Marathi movies throughout his career. He is known for his comic roles in Marathi Cinema...
  
  
• Medha
• Saksham Kulkarni
• Gauri Vaidya

Reception

De Dhakka was a success on the box office. The movie garnered Rs. 4 crore

Crore

A crore is a unit in the Indian number system equal to ten million , or 100 lakhs. It is widely used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan....

in its third week. Critics received the film well noting the movie had a good storyline and performances.