Mohityanchi Manjula

Mohityanchi Manjula is a 1963 Indian Marathi-language historical fiction film directed by Bhalji Pendharkar who also provide story, screenplay and dialougues and produced by Jay Bhavani Chitra, the film stars Suryakant, Jayshree Gadkar, Chandrakant, Baburao Pendharkar in the pivotal roles. The film plot follows a fictional story inspired from the life of Bahirji Naik, a secret agent of Chhatrapati Shivaji.

The film was released on 1 May 1963.

Cast

 * Suryakant as Bahirji Naik
 * Jayshree Gadkar as Manjula
 * Chandrakant as Chatrapati Shivaji
 * Raja Patwardhan as Kedarji
 * Baburao Pendharkar as Hanumant
 * Jaishankar Danve as Chandra Rao More
 * Chittaranjan Kolhatkar as Ganya
 * Shanta Tambe as Hamsa
 * Raja Mayekar as Manjula's aunt
 * Vasant Shinde
 * Master Vitthal
 * Indira Chitnis
 * Shankar Kulkarni

Production
The production work of the film is completed at the Jayprabha Studio in Kolhapur.

Release
The film was released on 1 May 1963, coinciding with Maharashtra Day. It was the second film of 1963 to become reasonably popular after Molkarin.

Soundtrack
The music is composed by Anandghan (pseudonym used by Lata Mangeshkar) who also sung the songs along with her siblings Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, and Hridaynath Mangeshkar. Lata Mangeshkar also composed music for Ram Ram Pavhana (1960), Maratha Titka Melvava (1963), Sadhi Mansa (1965), Tambadi Mati (1969) under the pseudonym Anandghan. The lyrics was provided by Shanta Shelke and Jagdish Khebudkar while sound design is handled by Kaushik.