Lakhachi Gosht

Lakhachi Gosht is a 1952 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed and produced by Raja Paranjape, who also co-wrote the screenplay with G. D. Madgulkar. The film stars Raja Gosavi (debut), Sharad Talwalkar, Rekha Kamat, Chitra in the pivotal roles. The music is composed by Sudhir Phadke. Cinematography is done by Bal Bapat, and editing is handled by Raja Thakur. The film is a humorous comedy about two impoverished friends. When one of them develops feelings for a wealthy and attractive girl, her father offers the young guy a fortune, which he must spend in less than a month.

Plot
In addition to being a poet, Shyam writes songs that a wealthy girl named Rekha sings on the radio. Ramnath, his friend who paints, develops feelings for Rekha. Gokhale, Rekha's father, approves of their union and offers him a one-lakh rupee budget to be used within a month to test his capacity to live a lavish lifestyle.

Cast

 * Raja Gosavi as Shyam
 * Rekha Kamat as Rekha
 * Chitra
 * Raja Paranjape as Ramnath
 * Vinayak Sane as Doctor (left ear specialist)
 * Indira Chitnis
 * G. D. Madgulkar
 * Ravindra
 * Madan Mohan

Soundtrack
The music album was composed by Sudhir Phadke and lyrics are written by G. D. Madgulkar.

Reception
On 6 June 1958, Lakhachi Gosht was screened at the CWD Staff Institute. Over 500 workers and their families saw the movie.