{{Short description|2016 Indian film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Pindadaan | image = | caption = | native_name = | director = Prashant Patil | writer = | screenplay = | producer = | starring = {{plainlist| *Siddharth Chandekar *Manava Naik *Paula McGlynn }} | cinematography = Bunty Deshpande | editing = Nilesh Gavand | music = Sagar Dhote | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=y|2016|06|17}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Marathi | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Pindadaan''''' is an Indian Marathi language film directed by Prashant Patil. The film stars Siddharth Chandekar,<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 March 2016 |title= सिद्धार्थ करतोय 'पिंडदान' |url=https://www.lokmat.com/entertainment/siddhartha-doing-pinddaan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217110841/https://www.lokmat.com/entertainment/siddhartha-doing-pinddaan/ |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website= Lokmat |language=Marathi }}</ref> Manava Naik and Paula McGlynn.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2016 |title= Canadian Paula makes her Marathi debut |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/canadian-paula-makes-marathi-debut/articleshow/52174131.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217110411/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/canadian-paula-makes-marathi-debut/articleshow/52174131.cms |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website= The Times of India |language=English }}</ref> Music by Sagar Dhote. The film was released on 17 June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2016 |title= 'पिंडदान'चा ट्रेलर प्रदर्शित |url=https://www.lokmat.com/marathi-cinema/pindadaan-trailer-display/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217112233/https://www.lokmat.com/marathi-cinema/pindadaan-trailer-display/ |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website= Lokmat |language=Marathi }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2016 |title= मनवा आणि सिद्धार्थ चांदेकरच्या 'पिंडदान'चा पोस्टर प्रदर्शित |url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/siddharth-chandekar-and-manva-naiks-pindadaan-movie-poster-launch-1213845/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217111405/https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/siddharth-chandekar-and-manva-naiks-pindadaan-movie-poster-launch-1213845/ |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website= Loksatta |language=Marathi }}</ref>
== Synopsis == When Ashutosh, a London-based director, documents the death rituals in Maharashtra, he falls for Anna, a Briton. Rudrababa, a priest, is surprised to see him and reveals a shocking truth about him.<ref name="Review" />
== Cast == * Siddharth Chandekar as Ashutosh <ref name="Cast" /> * Manava Naik as Ruhi<ref name="Cast" /> * Paula McGlynn as British Girl Anna<ref name="Cast" /> * Sanjay Kulkarni as Tukaram<ref name="Cast" />
== Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Pindadaan | type = Soundtrack | artist = Sagar Dhote | cover = | alt = | released = 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2016 |title= 'पिंडदान'चा म्युझिक आणि ट्रेलर लॉन्च सोहळा उत्साहात |url=https://www.lokmat.com/marathi-cinema/pindadans-music-and-trailer-launch-ceremony/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217111730/https://www.lokmat.com/marathi-cinema/pindadans-music-and-trailer-launch-ceremony/ |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website= Lokmat |language=Marathi }}</ref> | recorded = 2016 | venue = | studio = | genre = Feature film soundtrack | length = 17:48 | language = Marathi | label = | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = 2015 | year = 2017 | next_title = | next_year = 2016 | misc = {{external music video| header = Official audio |{{YouTube|pfhfhRMI-_I| Pindadaan – Full Album}} }} }}
{{Track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = 17:48 | title1 = Hey Mann Jhale Tujee | extra1 = Aanandi Joshi | length1 = 4:42 | title2 = Kadhi Ni Kase | extra2 = Priyanka Barve, Rohit Raut | length2 = 3:22 | title3 = Niraadhar | extra3 = Savani Ravindra, Abhay Jodhpurkar | length3 = 4:19 | title4 = Ka He Ase Sang Na | extra4 = Savani Ravindra | length4 = 3:06 | title5 = Majhe Tujhe Nate Ase | extra5 = Abhay Jodhpurkar | length5 = 2:59 }}
== Critical response == Pindadaan film received negative reviews from critics. Ganesh Matkari of Pune Mirror wrote "It is painful to see good resources wasted on obviously flawed projects when there is a dearth of funding for meaningful cinema".<ref name="Cast">{{Cite web |date=17 June 2016 |title= FILM REVIEW: PINDADAAN |url=https://punemirror.com/entertainment/marathi-reviews/film-review-pindadaan/cid5087993.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217113037/https://punemirror.com/amp/entertainment/marathi-reviews/film-review-pindadaan/cid5087993.htm |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website= Pune Mirror |language=English }}</ref> Soumitra Pote of Maharashtra Times gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote "We were entertained while watching all this. But when we think about things, we get disappointed. Despite the good financial support, expensive costumes, glamorous actors, this 'daan' seems like a hobby only because the 'Daan' required for the film has not been completed".<ref name="Review">{{Cite web |date=17 June 2016 |title= नको 'दान'..! |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/pinddan/amp_moviereview/52782698.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217113850/https://maharashtratimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/pinddan/amp_moviereview/52782698.cms |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website= Maharashtra Times |language=Marathi }}</ref> Reshma Raikwar of Loksatta wrote "The last few minutes reveal many things from the first frame of the film. Then we have to be satisfied that what we saw had some meaning".<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2016 |title= चित्ररंग : शेवटच्या पंधरा मिनिटांचे दान |url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/pind-daan-marathi-movie-reviews-1252936/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217114457/https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/pind-daan-marathi-movie-reviews-1252936/ |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website= Loksatta |language=Marathi }}</ref>
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Category:2016 films Category:2016 Marathi-language films Category:2016 Indian films Category:Indian drama films