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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]
In August 2015, a Hindi movie Manjhi – The Mountain Man was released and well received. The movie was directed by Ketan Mehta. Nawazuddin Siddiqui played the role of Manjhi along with Radhika Apte as Falguni Devi. [15] The first episode of Season 2 of the Aamir Khan hosted TV Show Satyamev Jayate, aired in March 2014, was dedicated to ...
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 .
P. Samuthirakani [1] (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander, in Paarthale Paravasam.
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 ...
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, sometimes recorded as Majhwar and as Majhi, [1] is a community in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, where they are classified as a Scheduled Tribe for the purposes of India's system of positive discrimination, however, Majhi from West Bengal and Odisha fall separately.