Sharyat (film)

Sharyat Marathi Meaning Race is a 2011 film directed by Viju Mane, which stars Sachin Pilgaonkar, Neena Kulkarni, Vidyadhar Joshi amp Santosh Juvekar in lead roles. The film revolves around how two families fight for Mahadevacha Pujacha Maan, which literally translated in English means the privilege to hold the puja of Lord Shiva, Mahadev is another name for Shiva by taking part in the bullock cart race in their village.

After a few years, Dhananjay, who has quit the race after his defeat, is still the talking point of the village. Some people also say that this would be the last bullock cart race in the village for the privilege of the Puja of Shiva. Meanwhile, the power at the paralysed Zamindars house went off due to a defective fuse in the fuse box, while two of his aides were in charge of repairing the fuse, the Zamindar, who was left off by his attendant along with his wheelchair near the staircase of the house in order to help the aide, attempts to kill himself by running his wheelchair over the stairs. But at the right moment, Dhananjay enters the scene, and saves him as the lights are turned on again.Next day, Gayatri Devi, who is now in charge of the house summons Dhananjay and thanks him for saving her husbands life. She requests him to take part in the race for privilege again, but Dhananjay refuses saying that it is not possible for him to do so as the memories of his defeat still haunts him and as such he has lost all interest in the race. ........

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