Sinhasan

Sinhasan (Marathi: Throne) is 1979 Marathi political drama film directed by Dr. Jabbar Patel. and written by journalist Vijay Tendulkar. The film is based on novel of the same name by writer and freelance journalist Arun Sadhu. The cast of the film included Nilu Phule, Arun Sarnaik, Shriram Lagoo, Mohan Agashe, Reema Lagoo, Nana Patekar, Datta Bhatt and Satish Dubhashi.^[1]

Plot

The movie draws parallel from the political turmoil of India.

The main character is a journalist named Digu Tipnis (Nilu Phule) who uncovers a network of telephone tapping, relations between trade unions and politicians, etc. The plot addresses Maharashtra's political corruption linked with Mumbai's entrepreneurial sector.^[2] At last by the end of the film journalist Digu Tipnis became insane by the frustration he had by the corrupt political system. The movie deeply touches the heart of the common man. It shows how the common man had been affected by the selfish and voracious behaviour of white collars and politicians.

Song

The movie became quite famous for the song "Ushakkal hota hota". The song was based on poem written by poet Suresh Bhat. The song is fiery as well as heart touching. It showed the misery of common man in a corrupt social and political environment.

References

External links

• Sinhasan at the Internet Movie Database