Mangesh Joshi’s Film Karkhanisanchi Waari Wins Three Marathi Filmfare Awards

The
Marathi
film,
Karkhanisanchi
Waari
(Ashes
on
a
Road
Trip)
has
won
the
prestigious
Marathi
Filmfare
Award
for
Best
Picture.
Mangesh
Joshi
received
the
Best
Director
Award,
and
Geetanjali
Kulkarni
received
the
Best
Supporting
Actor
Female
Award
for
the
film.

The
film
was
nominated
in
nine
categories:
Best
Picture,
Best
Director,
Best
Supporting
Actor
(Amey
Wagh),
Best
Supporting
Actress
(Geetanjali
Kulkarni),
Best
Cinematography,
Best
Editing,
Best
Music
Album,
Best
Background
Score
and
Best
Production
Design.

The
ABP
Studio’s
co-produced
film
is
a
comical,
touching
drama
of
a
dysfunctional
‘last
united
family
of
Pune,’
and
it
takes
a
lighthearted
look
at
mortality.
The
plot
of
the
film
is
squeezed
into
a
Maruti
Omni
on
a
road
trip
from
Pune
to
Pandharpur
to
fulfil
the
beloved
family
patriarch’s
final
wishes.

After
gaining
praise
and
admiration
from
international
cinema
critics,
the
film
was
previously
invited
to
renowned
screenings
in
New
York,
Los
Angeles,
Shanghai,
Toronto,
Stuttgart,
and
London.
At
the
Tokyo
International
Film
Festival,
it
was
named
one
of
the
top
five
films.
The
film
was
also
screened
at
the
Indian
Panorama
section
of
the
51st
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI),
which
took
place
in
Goa
on
January
23rd
2021.

Commenting
on
the
film’s
success,
Avinash
Pandey,
CEO,
ABP
Network,
said,
“This
is
no
doubt
a
huge
accomplishment,
but
I
also
believe
this
is
just
the
beginning
for
our
ABP
Studios’ team.
That
this
achievement
is
a
precursor
of
bigger
things
to
come
is
borne
out
by
the
growth
and
scale
that
ABP
Studios
has
been
able
to
achieve
in
such
a
short
span
of
time.
With
Karkhanisanchi
Waari
they
have
achieved
the
goal
of
effectively
capturing
the
audiences’
imagination
by
sticking
to
their
primary
objective
of
providing
stories
from
the
heart
of
India.
The
collective
nominations
across
9
different
categories
is
a
huge
testament
to
this
achievement.
I
am
extremely
proud
of
the
team
and
hope
that
they
continue
to
raise
the
bar
with
our
upcoming
projects.”

Also
commenting
on
the
magnificent
success,
Zufia
Waris,
Business
Head,
ABP
Studios
said,
“We
are
very
humbled
to
receive
the
plaudits
and
recognition
from
Marathi
Filmfare.
It
is
a
great
honor
to
receive
this
prestigious
award
for
ABP
Studios’ debut
film.
Our
film
Karkhanisanchi
Waari
has
the
unique
ability
to
attract
audiences
from
across
the
globe,
whilst
being
inherently
rooted
in
its
storytelling.
You
would
find
yourself
connected
with
different
members
of
the
Karkhanis
family
because
they
would
oddly
be
familiar
to
yours,
which
in
my
opinion
is
what
makes
it
universally
liked
whether
someone
is
seeing
it
in
Tokyo
or
in
the
interiors
of
Maharashtra.
At
ABP
studios,
we
are
driven
by
our
collective
desire
to
showcase
stories
that
are
truly
Indian
but
have
the
power
to
travel
across
the
world.”