Yashwantrao Chavan and a Megsaysay award
winner social worker Dr. Prakash Baba Amte , now
it's time to see a Marathi film on the life of late
Gopinath Munde, the dynamic leader of BJP and
former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
An announcement of lead role to be played by
Sharad Kelkar was made today. Sharad was
recently seen in Nishikant Kamat's Lai Bhaari in a
negative role. "I'm very happy to do " Sangharsha
Yatra , it's a very big opportunity and really glad to
be part of the team, also I'm honored to portray
Mundeji, as it's a biopic, research is an integral
part of it and so I'm also giving my best by
watching videos and doing research of Mundeji
and trying to adopt his body language and
behavior" said Actor Sharad Kelkar during the
announcement. The film will be directed by Sakar
Raut.
The movie Titled " Sangharsha Yatra " will trace the
life of Munde, who came from a humble
background. The movie would focus on how a shy
child overcame the obstacles in his personal and
political life to rise through the ranks. Considered
a prominent OBC leader in Maharashtra, from
1971, to June 3, 2014 when he died in a car crash
in New Delhi.
It is an Om Siddhivinayak Motion Pictures
production, presented by BJP Chitrapat Union and
produced by Sandeep Ghuge, Suryakant Baji,
Mukund Kulkarni & Sanjay Singh Suryavanshi The
film, which is in the final stages of drafting will go
on floors in few months and will be released by
2015 end. The movie would also have a character
depicting, the late Pramod Mahajan,who was
Munde's charismatic brother-in-law. Other cast of
well known artistes from Hindi and Marathi film
industry will be part of this memorial movie and
the talks are going on to finalize the cast of this
film.