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Manjhi – The Mountain Man is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language biographical film based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi.Manjhi, widely known as the "Mountain Man", was a poor labourer in Gehlaur village, near Gaya in Bihar, India, who carved a path 9.1 metres (30 ft) wide and 110 metres (360 ft) long through a hill 7.6 metres (25 ft) high, using only a hammer and chisel. [4]
For his feat, Manjhi became popularly known as the 'Mountain Man'. The Bihar government also proposed his name for the Padma Shree award in 2006 in the social service sector. [1] A stamp featuring Dashrath Manjhi was released by India Post in the "Personalities of Bihar" series on 26 December 2016. [9]
Gehlaur was the home of the legendary ‘Mountain Man’ Dashrath Manjhi.He was a poor man who worked as a labourer in Gehlaur village. He carved a path through a mountain in the Gehlaur Hills using only a hammer and chisel as his tools because his village did not have easy access to a hospital.
In late August, two more Hindi films of her, Ketan Mehta's critically acclaimed biogeographical film Manjhi - The Mountain Man, [17] based on Dashrath Manjhi, featuring Apte as Manjhi's wife Falguni Devi, [51] and Kaun Kitne Paani Mein, a satire on water scarcity featuring Apte as an agriculture graduate, released a week apart.
Siddiqui in 2014. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. [1] [2] He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama.Siddiqui's feature film debut was alongside director Prashant Bhargava in Patang (2012), [3] and his performance was appreciated by cinema critic Roger Ebert.
In 2015, Siddiqui's films Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Manjhi – The Mountain Man were released, and he was praised for his roles. His work in Raman Raghav 2.0 in 2016 won him the Fancine Malaga Award in Spain [34] and in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, [35] both in the category of Best Actor.
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His latest two films Rang Rasiya, 2014 and Manjhi the Mountain Man, 2015 both opened to tepid box office and universally positive critical reviews. Manjhi the Mountain Man starred Nawazuddin Siddiqui. [8]