Nitish Bharadwaj turns director with Marathi film Pitruroon

Remember Nitish Bharadwaj made an inedible mark in our hearts with his portrayal as Krishna in B R Chopra’s Mahabharat in 1988. He has turned to direction after doing a couple of other TV serials and films. He is to helm a Marathi film Pitruroon in which the veteran Tanuja is making a comeback in Marathi Cinema after the gap of over 30 years. The film also has Sachin Khedekar among others. Pitruroon tells the story of an archeology professor Vyankatesh Kulkarni who comes across his look-alike one day. He is surprised at the striking similarities between him and the other man’s appearance and goes on to find the shocking connection between them. The film goes to investigate whether the Kulkarni family is any way related to the old mother of the look-alike? The mystery thickens and results in an emotional upheaval. He discovers an unpaid debt of his father. The rest forms the crux of the film. Speaking about the film, Bharadwaj said, “I was very influenced by Sudha Murthy’s novel. I wanted to translate to screen the struggle of a son to understand his father’s past and to fulfill his last desire. I am telling a story through moving pictures- not because the pictures move on screen but because they move audience’s emotions too” Detailing Tanuja’s role in short, the debutant director observed, “In this film she performs a widow’s emotional yet cheeky role; probably she has not done such kind of a role so far in her career.” Indian Magic Eye (I.M.E.) Motion Pictures, which has been behind many successful Marathi films like Harishchandrachi Factory among others and TV serials have produced the film. Pitruroon is set to release on 6 December, 2013.