Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
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Mee Sindhutai Sapkal is an 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...

n 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. The film was directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan. The film stars Tejaswani Pandit, Jyoti Chandekar, Upendra Limaye
Upendra Limaye
Upendra Limaye is a versatile Indian actor who has performed a wide variety of roles on stage, screen and television. He has earned several prestigious awards for acting. He has acted in numerous experimental plays, Marathi parallel films, television serials, Hindi mainstream movies and a few South...

, Neena Kulkarni in leading roles.

Plot

The film is a biographical account of Sindhutai Sapkal
Sindhutai Sapkal
Sou. Sindhutai Sapkal, also known as Mother of Orphans is an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for her work for raising orphan children.-Personal life:...

, a woman who became a social activist after a traumatic life. Born in a poor, cattle grazing family in Wardha as Chindi (Ragamuffin), Sindhutai was first married off at the age of 12 to a man who was 20 years elder to her and then abandoned by her husband on charges of infidelity.

Travelling through the backwaters of Maharashtra, the braveheart never abandoned hope and courage and ended up in San Jose on a fund-raising mission for her orphanage which still provides shelter to homeless kids.

Cast

  • Tejaswani Pandit As Sindhu 23-40 Years
  • Jyoti Chandekar As Sindhutai 60 Years
  • Upendra Limaye
    Upendra Limaye
    Upendra Limaye is a versatile Indian actor who has performed a wide variety of roles on stage, screen and television. He has earned several prestigious awards for acting. He has acted in numerous experimental plays, Marathi parallel films, television serials, Hindi mainstream movies and a few South...

      As Shrihari Sapkal
  • Neena Kulkarni As Bai

Awards

Winner:
  • National Film Award – Special Jury Award - Bindiya and Sachin Khanolkar, Anant Mahadevan
  • National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
    National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
    The following is a list of winners of the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. The singer with the most awards in this category is K. J. Yesudas with seven wins, whereas S. P. Balasubrahmanyam won six times for 4 different languages; Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.-Superlatives:...

     - Suresh Wadkar
    Suresh Wadkar
    Suresh Ishwar Wadkar is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films.He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films and in Konkani.- Early life :...

  • National Film Award for Best Screenplay
    National Film Award for Best Screenplay
    The National Film Award for Best Screenplay winners:-References:...

    (Best Adapted Screenplay) - Anant Mahadevan, Sanjay Pawar
  • National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Best Dialogues) - Sanjay Pawar
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