Ringan (film)
| Ringan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Makarand Mane |
| Produced by | Vitthal Patil, Ganesh Phuke, Mahesh Yewale, Yogesh Nikam, Makarand Mane, Sanjay Dawra |
| Written by | Makarand Mane |
| Starring |
Shashank Shende, Sahil Joshi |
| Music by | Rohit Nagbhide |
| Cinematography | Abhijit Abde |
| Edited by | Suchitra Sathe |
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Running time
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105 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
Ringan: The Quest is an award-winning 2015 Indian Marathi film. The film is directed and written by debutant Makarand Mane and revolves around a father-son duo of a low-income family from Maharashtra. The film is set on the backdrop of farmers' suicides in India and also deals with spirituality. The film was adjudged as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi for the year 2015 at the 63rd National Film Awards.
Arjun is a farmer from Maharashtra who has lost his earning and ancestral land due to droughts, and is heavily in debt. He is a widower, and lives with his son, Abhimanyu. Arjun decides to commit suicide, but his love and concern for Abhimanyu changes his mind. The pair leave their hometown in search of work for Arjun, eventually reaching the holy site of Pandharpur, site of the main temple of the Hindu deity Vithoba. In Pandharpur, Abhimanyu sets on his own personal quest to search for his mother. As a child, he was told that she had gone to the abode of God after her death. The spiritual awakening which Arjun finds at Pandharpur strengthens his fight against the vicissitudes of life.
Shashank Shende and Sahil Joshi play the lead roles of father Arjun and son Abhimanyu respectively. The director Mane mentions that Shende was his very first choice for the role of the father as soon as the initial draft of the film was ready. Joshi and other cast like Suhas Shirsat, Umesh Jagtap, and Ketan Pawar were selected from auditions. As Joshi had no acting experience, he had to go through a three-month long training before the filming. Mane and producer Sanjay Dawra had worked together in Marathi serial Agnihotra when Mane was assistant director.
The film was shot at various real locations in the crowded city of Pandharpur. Being a notable pilgrimage site for Hindus, the city is crowded with pilgrims and tourists. Mane assembled a fake filming crew to attract attention of audiences and then proceeded with the principal photography on other locations. Mane mentioned that as he grew up in Pandharpur, he had often seen farmers visit the pilgrimage for "seeking help from the almighty" and noticed that "when they left, they looked relieved, like Vithal had personally volunteered to help them through their rough patch". He also mentioned that the simplicity of farmer's faith inspired him to write the film. Along with Pandharpur, the film was also shot in Akluj, Saswad and Pune. As the film's producers had budget constraints, the team of forty members either rented film-making instruments with reasonable charges or sometimes for free. Ajay Gogavale of Ajay−Atul music director duo rendered the songs without any remuneration.
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