Deool

Plot

Keshya is a village simpleton. One day, while sleeping under a tree after going in search of the village landlord's cow, he has hallucinations of Dutta (God) within the tree. He goes and tells a few people in the village including Vahini, the landlord's wife and Anna, an educated, city bred old man staying in the village. Some people rebuke him while some believe in what he says. The landlord, Bhau is disturbed by the developments. He is the unofficial head of the village though he has propped up a woman as the Sarpanch (village head). He has big political ambitions and is planning to build a hospital in the village under the guidance of Anna, which he can showcase of "development politics".

Cast

Nana Patekar as Bhau Galande

Dilip Prabhawalkar as Anna Kulkarni

Sonali Kulkarni as Vahini

Girish Kulkarni as Keshya

Jyoti Subhash as Kanta, Keshya's Mother

Jyoti Malshe as Pinky

Atisha Naik as Sarpanch (Village head)

Usha Nadkarni as Sarpanch's Mother in Law

Kishor Kadam as Mahasangram

Shrikant Yadav as Appa Galande

Hrishikesh Joshi as Tommya (Jambuwant Rao)

Shashank Shende as Ninety

Sharvani Pillai

Mayur Khandge as Yamdya

Suhas Shirsat as Poytya

Abhijit Khaire as Audience

Vibhavari Deshpande as Poytya's Sister in Law

Bhakti Ratnaparakhi as Appa Galande's wife

Guest Appearance

Mohan Agashe as Aamdar Saheb

Naseeruddin Shah as Dacoit

Release

Deool was scheduled to be released on 23 September 2011 but was later postponed to November. It was shown in Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, New York's South Asian International Film Festival, the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival and MAMI in Mumbai, and was released on 4 November 2011 nationwide.

Music

Music of Deool was composed by Mangesh Dhakade and lyrics were penned by Swanand Kirkire, Sudhir Moghe.

Awards and recognition

Deool gathered positive reviews from critics on release. Daily News & Analysis (DNA) gave the film a 4 star rating out of 5 saying, "There’s too much going for Deool. It is an Indian language film to be proud of. For God’s sake, don’t miss it."

The movie won maximum number of awards (3) at 59th National Film Awards in 2011.

National Film Awards

2011: National Film Award for Best Feature Film

2011: National Film Award for Best Actor - Girish Kulkarni

2011: National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Best Dialogue) - Girish Kulkarni