Duniyadari

Duniyadari opens with grandma Shirin (Sai Tamhankar) with a streak of grey accompanying grandpa Pritam (Sushant Shelar) to Pune, grandchildren in tow. The story traces itself back to presumably the late 1970s (seen through the bell-bottom pants on the gentlemen and the polka-dot dresses and 'Asha Parekh' salwar kameezes on the ladies). Nothing is spelt out, but each character and its relevance in the plot is unveiled through the narrative that revolves around Shreyas Talwalkar (Swapnil Joshi). He is thrown into college in Pune on his mother's insistence. Under circumstances which are reminiscent of college life in the Hindi cinema of the 80s, Shreyas makes friends with DSP aka Digya (Ankush Choudhary) and his Katta gang. A do-gooder standing tall for friendships in the face of a creepy Saai (Jitendra Joshi), Shreyas becomes the voice of reason for the rustic gang.

He finds himself attracted to Shirin, but Meenu (Urmila Kanetkar) get attracted to Shreyas which creates a love triangle. Shirin is a student of Medical college and sister of Pritam. They are children of an MLA from Kolhapur, who hates Shirin, his own daughter. Shreyas accepts Meenu's proposal out of spite for Shirin (as she repeatedly turns down his advances) but is not sure about their future. Saai fixes his marriage with Shirin against her wish. Meenu later understands that Shreyas is deeply in love with Shirin. On Saai and Shirin's wedding day, Shreyas and his friends fight with Saai's gang. Finally Shirin marries Shreyas. She is aware that Shreyas is a patient of a deadly disease (probably blood cancer) and has only few remaining months of life. They are about to enter parenthood.

The film ends with a touching scene where all the friends, now in their early 50s, meet at the same katta of their college on Shreyas's birthday and express their feelings for him.[4]

• Swapnil Joshi as Shreyas Talwalkar
• Ankush Choudhary as DSP/ Digambar Shankar Patil
• Sai Tamhankar as Shirin Ghatge
• Jitendra Joshi as Sainath Dedgavkar
• Sushant Shelar as Pritam Ghatge
• Urmila Kanitkar as Minu (Minakshi Inamdar)
• Richa Pariyalli as Surekha Bhate
• Sandeep Kulkarni as MK (Rani Maa's love "Shreyas Gokhale")
• Nagesh Bhosale as Shirin and Pritam's father, a politician
• Varsha Usgaonkar as Rani Maa
• Uday Tikekar as Mr. Talwalkar (Shreyas's father)
• Kasim Pishori as Anna Bhate (Surekha's father)
• Uday Sabnis as Minu's father, an inspector Inamdar
• Yogesh Shirsat as Shree/ Sunil
• Nitesh Jalbande as Bunty
• Ajinkya Joshi as Askya
• Pranav Raorane as Sorry
• Rajesh Bhosle
• Shrirang Deshmukh as Divakarrao Dedgavkar (Sai's Father)
• Anand Abhyankar as College Principal

Sanjay Jadhav ace cameraman of films like Dombivali Fast, Jogwa, Mumbai Meri Jaan and director of Checkmate, Ringa Ringa, Fakta Ladh Mhana is the man behind the production house Dreaming 24/7. What makes Duniyadari more special with Jadhav's directing is the plot inspired from one of the all-time best seller's Duniyadari by eminent writer late Shri Suhas Shirvalkar. Though it is set in the 1970s, it remains related to today's youth.[5]

Duniyadari was released in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka etc. acclaiming huge success outside Maharashtra. The film had a record 710 shows daily and more than 5,000 shows weekly across 270 theatres.

The film has received highly positive reviews. Duniyadari is a huge financial success in Marathi film industry and an all-time blockbuster. ABP Maaza, a Marathi news channel, gave 4 out of 5 stars acclaiming film for its story, direction and brilliant acting of all the actors.

Upon the release, the movie had slow start at the box office but positive word of mouth led to sold-out showings even after the tenth week of its release and the movie became the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time at that time, grossing ₹29 crore (US$4.1 million). The film had run in cinema for 40 weeks. This is a unbroken record for the Indian film released in the decade 2010-2020.

• Highest grossing Marathi films

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