Sada is imprisoned for a crime his friend, Daulatrao, committed. Suspecting that his wife and Daulatrao may be having an affair, Sada escapes to kidnap his own newborn.
Acting
Nilu Phule and Shreeram Lagoo elevate melodrama to Greek tragedy.
Direction
Datta Keshav wields rural Maharashtra like a pressure cooker.
Director
Datta Keshav
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bhingari emerged during the 'New Wave' of Marathi parallel cinema, when filmmakers used rural settings to critique caste and feudal power structures without explicit political sloganeering.
Nilu Phule reportedly improvised Sada's prison monologue after Keshav encouraged the cast to draw from real encounters with Maharashtra's rural justice system.