Sadhi Mansa (film)

Sadhi Mansa is a Marathi black-and-white film released on 15 December 1965. The film is written, directed and produced by Bhalji Pendharkar. The film has many popular songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi at the 13th National Film Awards ceremony held in 1966.

Plot
Shankar Lohar, a truck driver from Hanbarwadi, takes his truck, which had been damaged, to be repaired by Chakkadrao. Shankar helps repair the truck and then takes Chakkadrao, along with his wife Parvati, to Kolhapur. Impressed by Shankar's skills, Chakkadraao shows him a better job opportunity, but it turns out Chakkadrao has a shady background. Shankar gets involved in a legal case due to Chakkadrao's influence and receives a one-year sentence. Parvati stays loyal to Shankar but unfortunately gets into an accident caused by Chakkadrao. Shankar leaves in one direction while Parvati is taken to the hospital.

Cast

 * Jayshree Gadkar as Parvati Lohar
 * Suryakant Mandhare as Shankar Lohar
 * Rajshekhar as Chakkadrao
 * Sulochana Latkar as Neighbour of Parvati
 * Chandrakant Mandare as Neighbour of Parvati
 * Asha Patil as Child artist
 * Master Vithal

Soundtrack
Composed by Anandghan, the famous song "Airaneechya Deva Tula" was written by Jagdish Khebudkar and other songs are written by Yogesh and sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar.

Awards

 * 13th National Film Awards
 * National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi


 * Maharashtra State Film Awards
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Film
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress for Jayshree Gadkar
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Director for Bhalji Pendharkar
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Lata Mangeshkar
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Music Director for Anandghan
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Screenplay for Bhalji Pendharkar
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Dialogues for Bhalji Pendharkar
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Cinematography for Arvind Lad
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Art Direction for Sadashiv Gaikwad