The film also won the prestigious Sant Tukaram trophy for the best Indian film at Pune International Film Festival and has also been invited for screenings at many other prestigious international film festivals. I am so grateful for this honor and I'm so happy to share this feeling with my 'Anandi Gopal' team.'Īnandi Gopal has been the biggest Marathi film overseas for the year 2019 and one of the top three highest-grossing films in the Marathi film industry. Truly, filmmaking is teamwork and always will be. The entire team behind the film is delighted and we are thankful that 'Anandi Gopal' is getting the love and recognition that it rightfully deserves.”ĭirector Sameer Vidwans said, 'I am overwhelmed to receive the highest nominations. I should be able to challenge myself and go out of my comfort zone.Zee Studios’ Marathi Films’ Business Head, Mangesh Kulkarni added, “We are ecstatic that our film has got whopping 16 nominations this year. While choosing scripts, I want to be able to give hope to my audience. But I am happy that I cracked the auditions. Till now, I have been the chosen one and I owe it to the directors who finalised me.

I don’t want to be boxed in a type and would love to play versatile parts. At the same time, I would also like to choose different roles. After college, I got my first role in Balak Palak (film).'Ībout her process of choosing a script, she says, “I go by sheer instinct. I was awarded at the Marathi Inter Collegiate competition for it, which was a huge thing at that time but I never thought of acting as a career because no one, even from my extended family, is associated with the industry. I was associated with it through my theatre group when I was doing eleventh standard. We had set up the market places, houses and classrooms of different cities, from Konkan to Kolhapur, and the way all of it has been done is truly remarkable and it’s truly deserved,' she shares.Ī post shared by Bhagyashree Milind started out as a child artist. A lot of detailing needs to be done in costumes, makeup and set design because the audience need to feel that they are in that time. Creating a period film is not an easy task.

It makes a case for women education and how no dream is ever too big to be realised.Īctress Bhagyashree Milind plays the title role in this acclaimed period piece set in the 19th century, and reacts to the film bagging the prestigious honours.

The Marathi language drama traces the inspirational real-life story of Anandibai Joshi, India’s first woman doctor. It was recognised as the Best Social Film and fetched the Best Production Design trophy for Sunil Nigvekar and Nilesh Wagh. The recently concluded 67th National Film Awards announcements turned out to be quite special for the team of Anandi Gopal.

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