Lapandav
Lapandav is a 1993 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed by Shrabani Deodhar, produced by Sachin Parekar and Sanjay Parekar under the banner of Amol Production, and distributed by Everest Entertainment. Released in Maharashtra on 16 April 1993, the film stars an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Vandana Gupte, Vikram Gokhale, Savita Prabhune, Ajinkya Deo, Varsha Usgaonkar, Sunil Barve, and Pallavi Ranade.
Synopsis
Abhijeet Samarth, the lazy owner of a gymnasium, lives a wealthy lifestyle in Pune with his advocate wife, Asawari, college-going daughter, Rasika, and widowed father. Abhijeet's advocate friend, Anant Mahashabde, who is Asawari's colleague as well, also lives a wealthy lifestyle with his housewife, Ulka, college-going son, Aseem, school-going daughter, Chinu, and widowed mother. Anant meets Abhijeet and Asawari at their home every Saturday to enjoy drinks and share some poetry, while Rasika is dating Vikrant "Vicky" Malgude, the son of a wealthy corporator. Their harmonious lifestyle changes hilariously when both Abhijeet and Ulka come across two love letters apparently addressed to Asawari and Anant, respectively, and begin to suspect that their spouses are having an extramarital affair.Cast
- Ashok Saraf as Abhijeet Samarth
- Vandana Gupte as Advocate Asawari Samarth
- Vikram Gokhale as Advocate Anant Mahashabde
- Savita Prabhune as Ulka Anant Mahashabde
- Ajinkya Dev as Vikrant "Vicky" Malgude
- Varsha Usgaonkar as Rasika Abhijeet Samarth
- Sunil Barve as Aseem Anant Mahashabde
- Pallavi Ranade as Mugdha
- Bal Karve as Mr. Samarth
- Tara Patkar as Mrs. Mahashabde
- Sai Deodhar as Chinu Anant Mahashabde
- Shriram Pendse as Mugdha's father
- Kishore Nandlaskar as Advocate Harkar
- Anand Ingle as Rangya
- Paresh Mokashi as Aseem and Vicky's college friend
- Asawari Ghotikar as Harkar's client
- Sushma Deshpande as Anant and Asawari's client
- Haidar Ali as Pawandutt "Haidar Ali"
- Pratibha Amrute as Asawari's client
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Anand Modak while the lyrics were by Mangesh Kulkarni.Recognition
- 1993, Shravani Deodhar won National Film Award's Silver Lotus for Best Marathi Feature Film for Lapandav.
- 1993, Pallavi Ranade won Best Actress at the 31st Maharashtra State Awards for portraying the character of Mugdha.