Shevatcha Malusara

Story

Synopsis

An unusual Marathi war movie which mobilises and updates a historical/regional chauvinism associated with 17th-C. Maratha emperor Shivaji. Major Subhanrao Malusare, a direct descendant of Shivaji’s legendary lieutenant Tanaji Malusare, continues a proud family tradition by winning the Victoria Cross as an Allied officer fighting against Italian fascists in WW2. When he dies, his wife Savitri (Uma) vows that their son will never join the army. However, during the India-China conflict (1962), when her son’s friend is killed, she enjoins her son to fight for the nation even though the boy’s death would mean the end of the ancient clan. The film updated the rousing sentimentalism associated with Shivaji historicals into the present via songs such as He bharatiyano aika balidan katha veeranchi.

Director

Vasant Joglekar

Writers

Madhusudhan Kalelkar, Sumati Gupte-Joglekar, Vasant Joglekar

Language

Marathi (Marāṭhī)

Country

India

Release date

1 January 1965

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Ramesh Deo

• Shrikant Moghe

• 

  Ashok Kumar

• 

  Chandrakant Gokhale

• 

  Sachin Pilgaonkar

• Madhu Apte