72 Miles

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox film | name= 72 Miles - Ek Pravas | image= 72 Miles poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Rajiv Patil | producer = {{Plainlist| * Twinkle Khanna * Ashwini Yardi<ref>{{cite news|title=Akshay to produce Marathi film titled 72 Miles - Ek Pravas|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4203|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128084219/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4203|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 November 2012|website=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref> * Line producer: Deepak Rane<ref name="imdb">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3645938/fullcredits|title=72 Miles Ek Pravas (2013) - IMDb|access-date=18 November 2022|via=imdb.com}}</ref><ref name="sakaaltimes">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20161031155027/http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5396451209853921523&SectionId=4720227693873964122&SectionName=Sunday%20Features&NewsDate=20130730&NewsTitle=72%20Miles...%20Ek%20Pravas:%20An%20enriching%20journey Sakaal Times]}}</ref>}} | starring = | editing = | cinematography = | music = | studio = {{Plainlist| * Grazing Goat Pictures Pvt. Ltd * Viacom 18 Motion Pictures }} | released = {{Film date|2013|08|09|ref1=<ref>{{cite news |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/first-look/72-Miles-Ek-Pravas/articleshow/20293495.cms |title= 72 Miles – Ek Pravas |work= Times of India|publisher=The Times Group |author= Times News Network |date=27 May 2013}}</ref>}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = India | language = Marathi }}

'''''72 Miles - Ek Pravas''''' is a Marathi film directed by Rajiv Patil produced by Twinkle Khanna and Ashwini Yardi. The film, set in the 50's and 60's, is about journey of a 13-year-old boy who ran away from his hostel and how he matures with time when he meets a sympathetic woman and her children.<ref name=Info>{{cite news|title=Akshay Kumar's Marathi film in post production|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/akshay-kumar-s-marathi-film-in-post-production/1034865|work=The Indian Express|publisher=Indian Express Group|access-date=23 November 2012}}</ref> Deepak Rane was the line producer for this film.<ref name="imdb" /><ref name="sakaaltimes" />

==Plot==

A young boy, Ashok Vhatkar, decides to escape from his boarding school in Satara. Chased by bullies, robbed by drunken gamblers, he starts his journey towards his village in the Kolhapur district. The very people who seem pleasant and invite him to ride with them turn into horrifying monsters as soon as they learn of his surname, a scheduled caste. Beaten to a pulp by the high-castes, the boy is then rescued by a woman Radhakka, who is on her way to Shigaon in the Walwa taluka of Sangli district with her sick infant son Sundarya and three other children. The journey continues as Ashok moves on with his journey and learns the true sorrows of poverty. In this journey, the infant Sundarya and his brother Ranu lose their lives. This journey of the silent, introvert boy makes him mature and then this boy educates himself and becomes a writer and writes his own story of the journey.<ref>{{Citation |title=72 Miles Ek Pravas (2013) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3645938/plotsummary |access-date=2022-11-17}}</ref>

==Cast== * Ashok Vhatkar: Chinmay Sant * Radhakka: Smita Tambe * Bayji: Shravani Solaskar * Ranu: Chinmay Kambli * Bhimi: Esha Mane * Akshay Kumar: Rajiv Patil <ref name="Info" /><ref name="Nomom">{{cite news|title=Akshay in love with Marathi plays|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-13/news-interviews/33815373_1_marathi-film-akshay-kumar-ashok-vhatkar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024182915/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-13/news-interviews/33815373_1_marathi-film-akshay-kumar-ashok-vhatkar|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=13 September 2012}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==

{|class="wikitable soundtrack" width="50%" style="text-align:center;" |- ! width="3%"| Songs ! width="4%"| Artists ! width="1%"| Length |- | "Bheek" | Prabuddha Lokhande | style="text-align:center;"| 4:45 |- | "Prarthana" | Anirban Ghosh | style="text-align:center;"| 4:23 |- | "Raan Bhairi" | Amit Raj | style="text-align:center;"| 5:15 |- | "Bhiri Bhiri" | Bhavesh Khade | style="text-align:center;"| 3:33 |} == Accolades == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Ceremony !Category !Result !{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |- |Rowspan="3"|2013 |Rowspan="3"|56th Maharashtra State Film Award |Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Film |{{Won}} | |- |Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress |{{Won}} | |- |Best Director |{{Won}} | |}

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|3645938}} {{Akshay Kumar}}

Category:2013 films Category:2013 Marathi-language films Category:2013 Indian films Category:Cape of Good Films films