Lapandav

Lapandav
Lapandav
	Promotional release poster
Directed by	Shravani Deodhar
Written by	Mangesh Kulkarni
Produced by	Sachin Parekar; Sanjay Parekar
Starring	Ashok Saraf; Vandana Gupte; Vikram Gokhale; Savita Prabhune; Ajinkya Deo; Varsha Usgaonkar; Sunil Barve; Pallavi Ranade
Cinematography	Debu Deodhar
Edited by	Dilip Kotalgi; Zafar Sultan
Music by	Anand Modak
Production; company	Amol Production
Distributed by	Everest Entertainment
Release date	16 April 1993 (Maharashtra);
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Lapandav (translation: Hide And Seek) is a 1993 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed by Shrabani Deodhar, produced by Sachin Parekar and Sanjay Parekar under the production banner of Amol Production and distributed by Everest Entertainment. Released in Maharashtra on 16 April 1993, the film stars an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Vandana Gupte, Vikram Gokhale, Savita Prabhune, Ajinkya Deo, Varsha Usgaonkar, Sunil Barve and Pallavi Ranade.

Synopsis

Abhijeet Samarth (Ashok Saraf), the lazy owner of a gymnasium, lives a wealthy lifestyle in Pune with his advocate wife, Asavari (Vandana Gupte), and their collegiate daughter, Rasika (Varsha Usgaonkar), who is going steady with a wealthy corporator's son, Vikrant Malgude (Ajinkya Dev), also known as Vicky. Abhijeet's advocate friend, Anant Mahashabde (Vikram Gokhale) also lives a wealthy lifestyle in Pune with his homemaker wife, Ulka (Savita Prabhune), their collegiate son, Aseem (Sunil Barve), and schoolgoing daughter, Chinu (Sai Deodhar). Abhijeet and Anant both get together at Abhijeet's home every Saturday to enjoy drinks and share some poetry. Their harmonious lifestyle changes hilariously when both Ulka and Abhijeet come across two love letters apparently addressed to Anant and Asavari, respectively, and begin to suspect that their spouses are having an extramarital affair.

Cast

Ashok Saraf as Abhijeet Samarth
Vandana Gupte as Advocate Asavari Samarth
Vikram Gokhale as Advocate Anant Mahashabde
Savita Prabhune as Ulka Mahashabde
Ajinkya Dev as Vikrant Malgude (a.k.a. Vicky)
Varsha Usgaonkar as Rasika Samarth
Sunil Barve as Aseem Mahashabde
Pallavi Ranade as Mugdha
Bal Karve as Mr. Samarth (Abhijeet's father)
Tara Patkar as Mrs. Mahashabde (Anant's mother)
Sai Deodhar as Chinu Mahashabde (Aseem's younger sister)
Shriram Pendse as Mugdha's father
Kishore Nandlaskar as Advocate Harkar (Anant and Asavari's colleague)
Anand Ingle as Rangya (Aseem and Vicky's college friend)
Paresh Mokashi as Aseem and Vicky's college friend
Asavari Ghotikar as Harkar's client
Sushma Deshpande as Anant and Asavari's client
Haider Ali as Pawandutt (Abhijeet's friend)
Pratibha Amrute as Asavari's client

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anand Modak while the lyrics were by Mangesh Kulkarni.

Track Listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Teen Phulya Aani Teen Badam"	3:04
2.	"Attar Jate Udoon Mage Gandh Urava Tashi"	4:27
3.	"Tujhyat Jeev Guntala Kalel Ka Kadhi Tula"	4:04

Recognition

1993, Shravani Deodhar won National Film Award's Silver Lotus for Best Marathi Feature Film for Lapandav.^[1]^[2]
1993, Pallavi Ranade won Best Actress at the 31st Maharashtra State Awards for portraying the character of Mugdha.

References

^ "Best Marathi Feature Film, 1993". Awards and Shows. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^ Karia, Sangeetaa (8 July 2003). "Identity of her own". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 September 2003. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

External links

Lapandav at IMDb

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[award-1] "Best Marathi Feature Film, 1993". Awards and Shows. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

[The_Hindu_1-2] Karia, Sangeetaa (8 July 2003). "Identity of her own". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 September 2003. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

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