Bhobhar

Bhobhar
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Directed by	Gajendra S. Shrotriya
Produced by	Gajendra S. Shrotriya Sanjay Harpavat Sanjay Yadav
Written by	Gajendra S Shrotriya (Screenplay) Ramkumar Singh (Dialogues & Lyrics)
Story by	Ramkumar Singh
Starring	Amit Saxena Uttaranshy Vikas Pareek
Music by	Daan Singh Rajiv Thanvi J N Tripathi
Cinematography	Yogesh Sharma
Edited by	Gajendra S. Shrotriya
Production company	Harbinger Creations
Distributed by	Harbinger Creations
Release date	17 February 2012 (2012-02-17)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Rajasthani
Budget	₹18 lakh (US$28,000)
Box office	₹25 lakh (US$39,000)

Bhobhar (English:The Live Ash) is a 2012 rajasthani language drama film written & directed by Gajendra S. Shrotriya. Besides some senior theatre artists like S N Purohit, Harinarayan Sharma, Anil Marwari, Sanjay Vidrohi, Vasudev Bhatt in the supporting roles, the lead cast of Amit Saxena, Uttaranshy and Vikas Pareek are all from Jaipur. Film also highlights the culture and lifestyle of Rajasthan.

Bhobhar explores the life and relationship of a small farmer Rawat in rular Rajasthan, India. It is the story of a small village farmer Rewat who despite being an alcoholic is a hardworking and warm hearted person. His life gets shattered one night when he catches his close friend Puran sneaking out of his room. Beaten up Puran accuses that an alcoholic's wife is no more than a whore. Rewat stops communicating with his wife Sohni since that day. One day when Sohni and his youngest son Ganesh beat up his other son Shanker for getting married to a girl from other cast, inebriated Rewat calls Sohni a whore. Ganesh slaps his father for insulting his mother. Dismayed Rewat leaves his house and family until Puran finds him in the hospital. Puran meets Sohni and tells her about Rewat. The feelings of Sohni for Rewat gets rekindled alike BHOBHAR (the live ash). Also begins the redemption of Puran and the story unfolds.

Shooting of the film Bhobhar got completed in October 2010. After two and a half months of post-production, film was sent to several national and international film festivals with subtitles in English. The film is majorly in Rajasthani language to suit the milieu of the story. This is a Harbinger Creations production and has been directed by Gajendra S. Shrotriya.

After a successful round of national and international Film Festivals across the globe with subtiles in English, Film was released in theatres in 17 February 2012. Bhobhar had its World premiere at Corinth, Greece (CIFF) and the National premiere was held at Jaipur International Film Festival in 2011 (JIFF 2011).

It is successful film while awarded Rajasthan government some money for best performing this film.