Mala Aai Vhhaychy!
Mala Aai Vhhaychay! | |
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Directed by | Samruoddhi Porey |
Written by | Samruoddhi Porey |
Produced by | Samruoddhi Porey |
Cinematography | Rahul Jadhav |
Edited by | Deven Murudeshwar |
Music by | Ashok Patki |
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Country | India |
Language | Marathi |
Mala Aai Vhhaychay! (
The film is critically acclaimed and won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi in 2011.[2] It was remade in Telugu as Welcome Obama in 2013,[3] and in Hindi language as Mimi in 2021.
Plot
Mary comes looking to India for a surrogate mother to bear a child. She finds a poor woman Yashoda who accepts the offer. Yashoda gets pregnant successfully. But during her pregnancy, doctors informed Mary & Yashoda that due to some complications, the child would probably be born with disabilities. Mary decides to quit through this and leaves India. Yashoda begs her not to leave. But she is then left alone with a child in her womb. A few years later, Mary lost her patience and decided to return and look for her child.
The film shows the story from a legal and emotional perspective of who the child should be with; his surrogate mother who raised him or his mother who has a blood relation with him.
Cast
- Urmila Kanetkaras Yashoda
- Stacy Bee as Mary
- Samruoddhi Porey as Nanda
- Aiden Barkley as Madhav
- Vivek Raut as Ganpath
- Sulbha Deshpandeas Sindhu tai
- Akshay Deshpande
- Shreya Porey
- Suchitra Bandekar
- Matt Ridde
- Rupali Modak
- Atul Bhardwaj
- Sandip Rajput
- Ronit Malode
- Srushti Porey
- Shubhankar Raut
- Nakshatra Rajgire
- Sumit Ghom
Production
The writer-director-producer of the film, Samruoddhi Porey is a practicing lawyer in Bombay High Court. The story of the film is based on one of the surrogacy cases she came across.
The film completed its shooting in the rural areas near Melghat-Chikhaldara of Amravati district in Maharashtra.[4]
Aiden Barkley, who plays the role of a 4-year-old surrogate child hails from
Awards and recognition
The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi. The film was also selected to be shown to President Obama by President Pratibha Patil.[5]
Soundtrack
The music of the film is composed by Ashok Patki on lyrics written by Samruoddhi Porey. Kunal Ganjawala and Vaishali Samant have sung the songs.[5]
References
- DNA India. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "58th National Film Awards, 2010" (PDF).
- ^ Welcome Obama Theatrical Trailer - Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
- ^ a b "American child actor surprises with fluent Marathi". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ a b Priyanka Jain (11 November 2010). "Obama watches Mala Aai Vhhaychy". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
External links
- Mala Aai Vhhaychy! at IMDb
- Official website