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Original name: Dhappa
English name: Howzzat
Year: 2017
Run time: 116'
Language: Marathi
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: India
Director: Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari
Producer: Sumatilal Shah, Girish Pandurang Kulkarni, Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Cast: Akash Kamble, Sharavi Kulkarni, Akshay Yadav, Vrushali Kulkarni, Shrikant Yadav
Screenplay: Girish Pandurang Kulkarni
Cinematographer: Swapnil Sonawane
Editor: Suchitra Sathe
Sound Designer: Anthony B Jayaruban
Music Composer: Gandhaar
Costume Designer: Kalyani Kulkarni - Gugle
Production Designer: Satyajit Deshpande
Production Company: Ink Tales, Arbhaat Films
Nipun Dharmadhikari is a multi talented young actor, writer, director, playwright, and theatre director from Pune. He wrote and directed his first play ‘Cycle’ at the age of 18. In 2009, co-founded a theatre group named ‘Natak Company’ to produce plays especially for the youth. Nipun is a Vinod Doshi fellow, selected as one of the five people from across India for recognition of significant work in the field of theatre. He was listed in Forbes 30 under 30 India (2015) and Forbes 30 under 30 Asia (2016). In 2017, wrote and directed his debut film –Baapjanma.
In a society of Pune, Anuradha is busy directing a play for children for the Ganesh Festival. The play highlights the issues of environment with the messages of Jesus Christ and Sant Tukaram imbibed in them. Children are enjoying the rehearsals, when suddenly it is disrupted by a political group. They threaten everyone that Jesus Christ cannot be a part of a play during the festival of Lord Ganesha!
The elders in the society relent, but the children are left confused as they don’t find anything offensive in the play. In school too, they are always taught about how there exists a ‘Unity in Diversity’ in India. Confused by this dichotomy, they try asking their elders but find no acceptable answers.
Eventually, they take matters in their own hands and find answers through their play..
