Talking about versatile actors in Bollywood, Manoj Bajpayee is bound to cross your mind. The actor has won accolades like Padma Shri award and two National Awards. Bajpayee done some amazing masterpieces like Aligarh, Gali Guleiyan, Rukh, Gangs of Wasseypur 1 and 2, Love Sonia and now Bhonsle. Not many know about the award winning Bhonsle written and directed by Devashish Makhija.
Speaking of Bhonsle, it’s first look was launched at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It premiered at ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ section of the 2018 Busan International Film Festival. This film was screened at multiple other occasions like non-competitive India Story section at the MAMI Film Festival, the 2018 Dharamshala International Film Festival, the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Bengaluru International Film Festival and the Singapore South Asian film festival. It won the Best Screenplay and Best Director Award at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona.
Bhonsle is the story of a police constable Ganpat Bhonsle (Manoj Bajpayee), who retires at the age of 60 and lives alone. His locality is place of constant tussle between the Marathis and the migrant Biharis. The story is about how Bhonsle tries to help migrants in Maharashtra fight their battles with the local politicians. At a time when politicians are using violence to get rid of Bihar migrants from Maharashtra, a dying Maharashtrian cop, Bhonsle (Manoj Bajpayee), befriends a 23-year-old Bihari Sita and her brother. Manoj Bajpayee is also the co-producer of this 2018 hindi film.
You can now watch this heart touching film exclusively on Sonyliv, streaming form 26th June, 2020 onwards.
If you love the work of Manoj Bajpayee or not this movie is worth the shot for a pressing issue not usually taken up. Manoj Bajpayee was last seen in an Amazon Prime series The Family Man which was applauded a lot by the audience.
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