Lokmanya: Ek YugPurush

Jan 2, 2015

2h 19m

★ 6.0

"Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it!"

Overview

The film encompasses some of a lifetime span of the legend - "The Father of the Indian Unrest". Inspired by the ideologies of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Makarand, a journalist, tries to incorporate his values in the changing political scenario in India.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Neena Raut Films

Lokmanya: Ek YugPurush Trailers

Cast

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Subodh Bhave

Sameera

Priya Bapat

Makarand

Chinmay Mandlekar

Satyabhamabai

Shweta Mahadik

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Sameer Vidwans

Damodarpant Chapekar

Prashant Uthale

Daji Khare

Angad Mhaskar

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Sameer Vidwans

Narrator

Nana Patekar

Mahatma Gandhi

Depesh Shah

Mr. Burns

Bharat Dabholkar

Officer Rand

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