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Bhobhar
film poster
Directed byGajendra S. Shrotriya
Written byGajendra S. Shrotriya
Story byRamkumar Singh
Produced byGajendra S. Shrotriya
Sanjay Harpavat
Sanjay Yadav
StarringAmit Saxena
Uttaranshy
Vikas Pareek
Vinod Aacharya
CinematographyYogesh Sharma
Edited byGajendra S. Shrotriya
Music byDaan Singh
Rajiv Thanvi
J N Tripathi
Production
company
Harbinger Creations
Distributed byHarbinger Creations
Release date
  • 17 February 2012 (2012-02-17)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageRajasthani
Budget18 lakh (US$22,000)
Box office25 lakh (US$30,000)

Bhobhar (English: The Live Ash) is a 2012 Rajasthani-language drama film written and directed by Gajendra S. Shrotriya. Besides some senior theatre artists like S N Purohit, Harinarayan Sharma, Anil Marwari, Sanjay Vidrohi, and Vasudev Bhatt in the supporting roles, the lead cast of Amit Saxena, Uttaranshy Pareek and Vikas Pareek are all from Jaipur. The film also highlights the culture and lifestyle of Rajasthan.

Plot

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Bhobhar explores the life and relationship of a small farmer Rawat in rural Rajasthan, India. It is the story of a small village farmer Rewat who despite being an alcoholic is hardworking and warm-hearted. His life gets shattered one night when he catches his close friend Puran sneaking out of his room. Beaten up Puran accuses that an alcoholic's wife is no more than a whore. Rewat stops communicating with his wife Sohni since that day. One day when Sohni and his youngest son Ganesh beat up his other son Shanker for marrying a girl from another cast, inebriated Rewat calls Sohni a whore. Ganesh slaps his father for insulting his mother. Dismayed Rewat leaves his house and family until Puran finds him in the hospital. Puran meets Sohni and tells her about Rewat. The feelings of Sohni for Rewat gets rekindled alike Bhobhar (the live ash). Also begins the redemption of Puran and the story unfolds.

Cast

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  • Amit Saxena as Rewat
  • Uttaranshy Pareek as Sohni
  • Vikas Pareek as Puran
  • Ajay Jain as Mahaveer
  • Nidhi Jain as Mahaveer's wife
  • Anil Marwari as Ganesh
  • Sanjay Vidrohi as MLA
  • Vishal Bhatt as Jagdeesh
  • Vinod Acharya as Sankar
  • Vasudev Bhatt as Panch
  • Babita Madaan as Singaari Tai
  • Hari Narayan Sharma as Master
  • Satya Narayan Purohit as Old man in field

Production

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Shooting of the film Bhobhar was completed in October 2010. After two and a half months of post-production, the film was sent to several national and international film festivals with subtitles in English. The film is majorly in Rajasthani language to suit the milieu of the story. This is a Harbinger Creations production directed by Gajendra S. Shrotriya.

Music

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Ramkumar Singh created the lyrics and Amit Ojha, the background score.

Bhobhar
Soundtrack album by
Rajeev Thanvi, Daan Singh & Jai Narayan Tripathi
Released
10 February 2012
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length19:40
LanguageRajasthani
LabelHarbinger Creations
ProducerHarbinger Creations
No.TitleMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Pihu Pihu"Rajeev ThanviShikha Mathur & Rajeev Thanvi4:20
2."Jadu Mantar Hai"Jai Narayan TripathiRajeev Thanvi4:19
3."Ugh Mhara Sooraj"Daan SinghSuman Yadav4:39
4."Hiwade Gaanth Lagi"Rajeev ThanviRajeev Thanvi4:01
5."Bhobhar Theme"Amit OjhaAmit Ojha2:19
Total length:19:40

Release

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After a successful round of national and international Film Festivals across the globe with subtitles in English, the film was released in theatres on 17 February 2012. Bhobhar had its World premiere at Corinth, Greece (CIFF) and the National premiere was held at Jaipur International Film Festival in 2011 (JIFF 2011).

Sequel

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  • Sequel Bhobhar 2 is being planned in 2017.

Critics

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It is successful film while awarded Rajasthan government some money for best performing this film.

References

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See also

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