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{{Infobox film
| name= 72 Miles - Ek Pravas
| image= 72 Miles poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Rajiv Patil]]
| producer = [[Twinkle Khanna]]<br />Ashwini Yardi;<ref>{{cite news|title=Akshay to produce Marathi film titled 72 Miles - Ek Pravas|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4203|author=Bollywood Hungama News Network|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref> line producer: [[Deepak Rane]]<ref name="imdb">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3645938/fullcredits/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date= March 2022}}</ref><ref name="sakaaltimes">http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5396451209853921523&SectionId=4720227693873964122&SectionName=Sunday%20Features&NewsDate=20130730&NewsTitle=72%20Miles...%20Ek%20Pravas:%20An%20enriching%20journey</ref>
| starring =
| editing =
| cinematography =
| music =
| studio = [[Grazing Goat Pictures Pvt. Ltd]] [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|2013|08|09|ref1=<ref>{{cite news |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/first-look/72-Miles-Ek-Pravas/articleshow/20293495.cms |title= 72 Miles – Ek Pravas |work= [[Times of India]]|publisher=[[The Times Group]] |author= Times News Network |date=27 May 2013}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = India
| language = Marathi
}}

'''''72 Miles - Ek Pravas''''' is a Marathi film directed by Rajiv Patil and produced under [[Grazing Goat Pictures]] and co-produced by [[Twinkle Khanna]] and Ashwini Yardi. The film, set in the 50's and 60's, is about journey of a 13-year-old boy who ran away from his hostel and how he matures with time when he meets a sympathetic woman and her children.<ref name=Info>{{cite news|title=Akshay Kumar's Marathi film in post production|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/akshay-kumar-s-marathi-film-in-post-production/1034865|work=[[The Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Indian Express Group]]|access-date=23 November 2012}}</ref> [[Deepak Rane]] was the line producer for this film.<ref name="imdb" /><ref name="sakaaltimes" />

==Plot==

A young boy, Ashok Vhatkar, decides to escape from his boarding school in [[Satara (city)|Satara]]. Chased by bullies, robbed by drunken gamblers, he starts his journey towards his village in the [[Kolhapur]] district. The very people who seem pleasant and invite him to ride with them turn into horrifying monsters as soon as they learn of his surname, a scheduled caste. Beaten to a pulp by the high-castes, the boy is then rescued by a woman Radhakka, who is on her way to [[Shigaon]] in the [[Walwa subdivision of Sangli district|Walwa]] taluka of [[Sangli]] district with her sick infant son Sundarya and three other children. The journey continues as Ashok moves on with his journey and learns the true sorrows of poverty. In this journey, the infant Sundarya and his brother Ranu lose their lives. This journey of the silent, introvert boy makes him mature and then this boy educates himself and becomes a writer and writes his own story of the journey.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3645938/plotsummary?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date= March 2022}}</ref>

==Cast==
* Ashok Vhatkar: Chinmay Sant
* Radhakka: [[Smita Tambe]]
* Bayji: Shravani Solaskar
* Ranu: Chinmay Kambli
* Bhimi: Esha Mane
* [[Akshay Kumar]]: Rajiv Patil <ref name="Info" /><ref name="Nomom">{{cite news|title=Akshay in love with Marathi plays|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-13/news-interviews/33815373_1_marathi-film-akshay-kumar-ashok-vhatkar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024182915/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-13/news-interviews/33815373_1_marathi-film-akshay-kumar-ashok-vhatkar|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=13 September 2012}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==

{|class="wikitable soundtrack" width="50%" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width="3%"| Songs
! width="4%"| Artists
! width="1%"| Length
|-
| "Bheek"
| Prabuddha Lokhande
| style="text-align:center;"| 4:45
|-
| "Prarthana"
| Anirban Ghosh
| style="text-align:center;"| 4:23
|-
| "Raan Bhairi"
| Amit Raj
| style="text-align:center;"| 5:15
|-
| "Bhiri Bhiri"
| Bhavesh Khade
| style="text-align:center;"| 3:33
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|3645938}}
{{Akshay Kumar}}

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[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:2010s Marathi-language films]]

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