The Temple (2011)
"Deool" (original title)

Keshya, a simple villager believes that god has arrived in his village but everyone disbelieves him. Later when the politics plays its part things take a drastic change.

Director:

Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

Writer:

Girish Kulkarni (screenplay)

Stars:

Mohan Agashe, Vibhawari Deshpande, Hrishikesh Joshi

3 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mohan Agashe	...	Aamdar Saheb
Vibhawari Deshpande	...	Poetya's Sister-in-Law
Hrishikesh Joshi	...	Tommya
Abhijeet Khaire	...	The Audience
Girish Kulkarni	...	Keshya
Sonali Kulkarni	...	Vahini Saheb
Nana Patekar
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Naseeruddin Shah	...	The Dacoit
Shashank Shende	...	Ninety
Suhas Shirshyat	...	Poetya
Suhas Sirsat	...	Poyatya
Prashant Tapaswi	...	Tea Stall Owner
Srikant Yadav	...	Anna Bhau Galande

Storyline

In the rural areas of Maharashtra lies a peaceful village called Mangrul. One day Keshav (Girish Kulkarni), a village youth, sees lord Dattatrey (Datta) in his dreams while taking a nap under a tree. He makes a hue and cry in the village saying God made an appearance for him. Anna (Dilip Prabhavalkar), most respected figure of Mangrul, advises him against announcing such personal matter as it's a question of faith. However, it is too late as a journalist (Kishor Kadam) sensationalizes the news about Lord Dattatrey making an appearance in Mangrul. There is now a demand for a Dattatrey temple. Bhau (Nana Patekar), a political activist, doesn't approve it as he wants the funds to be used for better purposes but he seems helpless. The temple is built and the village becomes a holy place. Mangrul goes through a 360 degree change due to commercialization but nobody is complaining except Anna. Soon, blinded by the commercial progress, God is forgotten. Every village has a right to progress ...

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Release Date:

15 September 2011 (India)

Also Known As:

The Temple

Box Office

Budget:

INR 47,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Devisha Films, Everest Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot of the movie takes place in a village called Magrool. Logically it's is based in Satara District of Maharasthra because Nana Patekar's Vehicle is registered as "MH-11".

User Reviews

Amazing movie making

I normally don't write movie reviews, but after watching this movie I was compelled to write one because this movie is a masterpiece. This movie nicely depicts village life in India where people are blindly following modern lifestyle without considering its negative effects. And importantly it shows how the politics and God's business is combined by few for material gains. It also shows peoples obsession with putting their kids in English medium schools. Movie also shows how there is no point in providing reservations based on gender as ultimately males only try to dominate. As in this movie there is a women Sarpanch 'head of village council', but she is under complete dominance of local male leader. Overall this movie does a good job in showing how the socioeconomic scenario is changing in Indian villages. Actors have done a good job, even led character got national award of 'Best actor'. This is a must watch movie.