Jogwa

Jogwa - The Awakening
Theatrical poster for Jogwa
Directed by	Rajiv Patil
Produced by	Shripal Morakhia
Screenplay by	Sanjay Krishnaji Patil
Starring	Mukta Barve Upendra Limaye Vinay Apte Aditi Deshpande Kishor Kadam Priya Berde Promod Pawar Amita Khopakar Prashant Patil Chinmay Mandelekar Smita Tambe Sharvani Pillai
Music by	Ajay−Atul
Edited by	Rajesh Rao
Release date	25 September 2009
Running time	114 min
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Jogwa - The Awakening (Marathi: जोगवा) is a National Film Award-winning 2009 Marathi film directed by Rajiv Patil and produced under iDream Productions & Screenplay by Sanjay Krishnaji Patil. It stars Uupendra Limaye and Mukta Barve in the lead roles while Priya Berde, Vinay Apte, Sharvani Pillai and Kishor Kadam essay supporting roles.

The film received five awards at the national film awards for 2008.National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, National Film Award for Best Actor for Uupendra Limaye, National Film Award for Best Music Direction for Ajay Atul, National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Hariharan for song "Jeev Rangla" and National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Shreya Ghoshal for the same song.

The base of the movie is about the DEVDASI tradition in southern Maharashtra & Karnataka . Devdasis are people who have to sacrifice their whole life in devotion & service of god.It contains strong romantic elements, that explores the life of a rural people from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra who are the devotees of Goddess Yellamma, known as "Jogtin" (female) and "Jogta" (male); are treated as slaves viewed with a mixture of semi-respect. Rajiv Patil's substitution of hysterics for nuanced drama means the pic probably has a greater chance of getting its worthy message across to locals rather than fest auds, though Subcontinental sidebars may be roused by the fascinating subject.