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Dashrath Manjhi's story has been the subject of at least one documentary and several dramatic treatments in Indian film and television. The first of these was a supporting character based on Manjhi in the 1998 Kannada -language movie Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga . [ 13 ]
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]
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.
The sub-plot of the film is inspired by real-life events of Dashrath Manjhi, who cut a rocky hill for 22 years to build a road in memory of his wife. [1] Srikant was adjudged as the 'Promising Newcomer (Male)' for his performance in the film, based on an online poll conducted by The Times of India. [2]
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.
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Dashrath is a given name. It may refer to: Dashrath Chand (1903-1941) Nepalese politician, martyr of Nepalese Democratic Movement; Dashrath Gagrai, Indian politician and member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; Dashrath Manjhi (1934–2007), Indian laborer; Dashrath Patel (1927–2010), Indian designer, sculptor
Manjhi may refer to: Manjhi - The Mountain Man, 2015 Indian biographical film about Dashrath Manjhi; Manjhi (tribe), a tribe found in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar; Manjhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency), assembly constituency in Saran district, Bihar, India; Dashrath Manjhi, Indian labourer; Jitan Ram Manjhi, Indian politician from ...