Khurchi

Khurchi is a 2024 Indian Marathi language political drama film directed by Shiv Dharmaraj Mane and Santosh Kusum Hagavane and produced under Aaradhya Motion Films and Yogasha Films. The film features an ensemble cast of Raqesh Bapat, Akshay Waghmare, Aryan Hagavane, and Pritam Kagne. The plot revolves around power, chair, murder, fights and blood.

It was released theatrically on 12 January 2024.

Cast

 * Raqesh Bapat
 * Akshay Waghmare as Samrat
 * Aryan Hagavane as Rajveer Rajaram Desai
 * Pritam Kagne
 * Shreya Pasalkar
 * Mahesh Ghag
 * Kalyani Nandkishor
 * Suresh Vishwakarma as Sarjerao
 * Meghraj Raje Bhosale in a special appearance
 * Aaradhana Sharma in a special appearance

Production
The motion poster was released in mid-June 2020 with a strong voice of the child in the background. The poster of the film was released in 2021 with the tagline 'आता खुर्ची आपलीच'. Child actor Aryan Hagavane, who plays a pivotal role in this films makes his debut. Waghmare gained 5kg weight to fit in his role.

Soundtrack
The songs in the film are written by Prashant Madpuvar, Saurabh and Somnath Shinde and music is composed by Sanmit Waghmare, Abhishek Kate. Adarsh Shinde, Avadhoot Gupte, Abhay Jodhpurkar, Rasika Vakherkar, Amita Ghugri and Aryan have sung the songs. The background music is done by Devdutt Manisha Baji.

Release and reception
The film release date was announced on 16 October 2023. The teaser and trailer of the Khurchi was released on 7 December 2023 and 2 January 2024.