72 Miles

72 Miles Ek Pravas
Directed by Rajiv Patil
Produced by Twinkle Khanna
Ashwini Yardi[1]
Based on Ashok Vatkar’s autobiography
Production
company
Release dates
  • August 9, 2013 (2013-08-09)

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Running time
 92 minutes
Country India
Language Marathi

72 Miles - Ek Pravas is a Marathi film directed by Rajiv Patil and produced under Grazing Goat Pictures and co-produced by Akshay Kumar and Ashwini Yardi.The film is set in the time of 50's and 60's about journey of a 13-year-old young boy who ran away from his hostel and how this young boy matures with time when he meets a lady and her kids.[3]

Plot

A young boy decides to escape from his boarding school. Chased by bullies, robbed by drunken gamblers, a young boy starts his journey towards Kolhapur. The very people who seem pleasant, and invite him to ride with them turn into horrifying monsters as soon as they learn of his surname, a scheduled caste. Beaten to a pulp by the high-castes, the boy is then rescued by a woman who is on her way to Shigaon with her sick infant son, and three other children. The journey continues as the young boy moves on with his journey, learns the true sorrows of poverty. In this journey, the infant and his age brother. This journey of the silent, introvert boy, makes him mature and then this boy educates himself and becomes a writer and writes his own story of the journey.[4]

Cast

soundtracks

Songs Artists Length
Bheek Prabuddha Lokhande 4:45
Prarthana Anirban Ghosh 4:23
Raan Bhairi Amit Raj 5:15
Bhiri Bhiri Bhavesh Khade 3:33

References

  1. ↑ Bollywood Hungama News Network. "Akshay to produce Marathi film titled 72 Miles - Ek Pravas". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Times News Network (27 May 2013). "72 Miles – Ek Pravas". Times of India (The Times Group).
  3. 1 2 "Akshay Kumar’s Marathi film in post production". The Indian Express (Indian Express Group). Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3645938/plotsummary?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk
  5. ↑ "Akshay in love with Marathi plays". The Times of India (The Times Group). Retrieved 13 September 2012.


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