Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy!

Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy is a 2009 Indian Marathi language vigilante action drama film produced by Sanjay Chhabria along with Ashwami Manjrekar and directed by Santosh Ramdas Manjrekar. The film follows an underdog who fights against the evils in society, to re-instate his identity and keep his pride. Film Won Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Film.

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Plot

Dinkar Maruti Bhosale is a Maharashtrian bank clerk who feels his Marathi identity is getting lost in cosmopolitan Mumbai. Dinkar feels Mumbai is in Maharashtra but there is no Maharashtra left in Mumbai. He always complains about the lack of respect a Maharashtrian receives in Mumbai and feels he is victimized everywhere because he is a Maharashtrian; little realizing that he has brought this situation upon himself.
In a state of sheer frustration Dinkar gets up one day cursing himself for being born a Marathi. He feels his ancestors must have committed a heinous crime for him to be born a Marathi.
These outbursts of Dinkar reach Pratapgad and the spirit of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is awakened. Dinkar has to now face a seething Shivaji Maharaj, who is furious at him. Shivaji Maharaj fires Dinkar for his shallow thinking and tells him he has to command respect, not demand it. He blames Dinkar's thinking for the sorry state of Maharashtrians. "Before blaming other communities for your shortcomings, look within and see if you have done anything to keep the Marathi pride intact," he roars.
Dinkar realizes his mistake but does Shivaji Maharaj's thought rouse him to rectify his mistakes? The film ends with Bhonsle gladly returning the sword at the shrine of Shivaji I.

Cast

Sachin Khedekar as Dinkar Maruti Bhosle
Mahesh Manjrekar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Suchitra Bandekar as Sumitra Dinkar Bhosale
Priya Bapat as Shashikala Dinkar Bhosale / B. Kala
Abhijeet Kelkar as Rahul Dinkar Bhosle
Makarand Anaspure as Raiba
Vidyadhar Joshi as Ramniklal Gosalia
Ganesh Yadav as Nandkumar Chandekar
Siddharth Jadhav as Usmaan Bhai Parkar
Pradeep Patwardhan as BMC Head officer
Medha Manjrekar as Mrs. Usmaan Bhai Parkar
Vineet Kumar Singh as Dubey tenant to Dinkar and Taxi Driver
Kishore Pradhan as V. Gopalkrishnan
Meghana Erande as TV journalist
Kamlesh Sawant as ACP Rege
Reema Lagoo as Jijabai
Atul Kale as Gidwani /Gaikwad
Jaywant Wadkar as Gosalia's henchman
Dhananjay Mandrekar as Kadam
Vinay Yedekar as Dr. Chitnis
Sanjay Khapre as Hiroji Indulkar
Bharat Dabholkar as General Afzal Khan in Powada song
Bharat Jadhav as Powada presenter
Ankush Chaudhari as Shashikala's co-actor in song "Masoli"

Soundtrack

The song O Raje marked the debut of Sukhwinder Singh in Marathi film industry. He won Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

Box office

Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy opened on 9 April 2009 and was a huge blockbuster at the box office, becoming popular even among non-Maharashtrians. It collected a total of ₹25.5 Crore in its full theatrical run. It held the record of highest-grossing movie for many years until the release of Duniyadari which broke its record by collecting ₹30 Crore at the box office.

Remake

The film was remade in Bengali as Ami Shubhash Bolchi, directed by the original film's lead actor Mahesh Manjrekar with Mithun Chakraborty and Anindya Banerjee. But the film's main character was replaced and slightly changed with environment.