{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Ajoba | image = Ajoba Marathi film poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Sujay Dahake | producer = Lalasaheb Shinde<br>Rajendra Shinde | writer = Gauri Bapat | screenplay = Gauri Bapat | based_on = | starring = Urmila Matondkar | music = Saket Kanetkar | cinematography = Diego Romero | editing = | studio = Supreme Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd<br>Illusion Ethereal | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|5|9}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Marathi | budget = | gross = }} '''''Ajoba''''' is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Sujay Dahake and written by Gauri Bapat. Allegedly based on true events,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-PUN-marathi-film-ajoba-based-on-a-leopards-fascinating-journey-urmila-plays-a-wildli-4290800-PHO.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804155233/http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-PUN-marathi-film-ajoba-based-on-a-leopards-fascinating-journey-urmila-plays-a-wildli-4290800-PHO.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2016|title=Marathi film 'Ajoba' based on a leopard's fascinating journey, Urmila plays a wildlife biologist|work=Daily Bhaskar|date=13 June 2013}}</ref> it tells the story of a leopard's remarkable 29 days journey from Malshej Ghat to Mumbai. Ajoba was rescued from a well and a tracking device was fixed on his neck, before being released back into the wild.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-dna-special-a-leopard-named-ajoba-shows-the-way-1971456|title=A leopard named 'Ajoba' shows the way|work=DNA|author=Ateeq Shaikh|date=23 March 2014}}</ref> He made his way to Mumbai over the Sahyadris, a distance of {{convert|120|km}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-ajoba-director-sujay-dahake-interview-the-amazing-journey-of-a-leopard-1986504|title=Ajoba director Sujay Dahake Interview: The amazing journey of a leopard|work=DNA|author=Deeksha Sharma|date=9 May 2014}}</ref>
==Plot== Ajoba, a farmland leopard, who is the subject of a research project ventures out in the wild, completing a journey of around one hundred and twenty kilometers from Malshej Ghat to Mumbai.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Urmila Matondkar as Ms. Purva Rao * Hrishikesh Joshi as Dnyanoba Sawant * Dilip Prabhavalkar as Prabhakar Sarnaik * Shrikant Yadav as Mr. Shinde * Om Bhutkar as Shiva Kamble * Neha Mahajan as Sushma * Shashank Shende as Mr. Jadhav * Suhas Shirsat as Mr. Ganpule * Anita Date-Kelkar as Mugdha * Chinmay Kulkarni as Nilesh * Yashpal Sharma * Ganesh Mayekar }}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|2954770|Ajoba}}
Category:2014 Marathi-language films Category:2014 Indian films Category:2014 films Category:Films about cats Category:Films set in Maharashtra Category:Films set in Mumbai Category:Forest administration in India Category:Indian films based on actual events Category:Marathi-language films based on actual events