Chowk (film)

Chowk is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by Devendra Gaikwad in his directorial debut and produced by Dilip Lalasaheb Patil under the banner of Anuradha Films. It stars Pravin Tarde, Sanskruti Balgude, Kiran Gaikwad, Upendra Limaye, Akshay Tanksale, Aritra Devendra Gaikwad, Snehal Tarde, Suresh Vishwakarma, and Ramesh Pardeshi. It was theatrically released on 2 June 2023.

Plot
A Chowk is like a solid witness that passively observes people, relationships, friendships, festivities, politics, and social interactions. Chowk is about crossroads.

Cast

 * Sanskruti Balgude
 * Snehal Tarde
 * Ramesh Pardeshi
 * Akshay Tanksale
 * Devendra Gaikwad
 * Kiran Gaikwad
 * Upendra Limaye
 * Pravin Tarde
 * Ahaveer Hore
 * Sagar Pable
 * Aritra Devendra Gaikwad
 * Anjali Joglekar
 * Shashikant Padwal
 * Shubhankar Ekbote
 * Dipti Joshi
 * Dilip Lalasaheb Patil
 * Suresh Vishwakarma

Theatrical
The film was set to be released on 12 May 2023. Due to unknown reasons, the release date was postponed & its release was delayed to 2 June.

Box office
Chowk released on approximately 300 screens in India, collected ₹3.5 million on opening day. The film grossed over ₹47.0 million at the box office and became eleventh highest grossing Marathi film of 2023, it is declared semi-hit at box office.

Music
The music of the film is composed by the duo Sai-Piyush and Omkar Swarup Bagade, while background score is composed by Omkar Dhotre.