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{{Infobox film<br />
| location = India<br />
| name = Bangarwadi<br />
| image = Bangarwadi_Movie_Poster.jpg<br />
| image_size =<br />
| alt = Theatrical poster of the Marathi film Bangarwadi<br />
| caption = Poster of the film Bangarwadi<br />
| director = [[Amol Palekar]]<br />
| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]<br>[[Doordarshan]]<br />
| writer = [[Vyankatesh Madgulkar]] (screenplay and dialogues)<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Chandrakant Kulkarni]]<br>[[Chandrakant Mandare]]<br> Adhishree Atre<br>[[Nandu Madhav]]<br>Sunil Ranade<br>[[Upendra Limaye]]<br />
| music = [[Vanraj Bhatia]]<br />
| cinematography = Debu Deodhar<br />
| editing = Waman Bhosale<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = 1995<br />
| runtime = 124 mins<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Marathi<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Bangarwadi''''' ({{lang-mr|बनगरवाडी}}) is a [[Marathi film]] directed by [[Amol Palekar]]. It is based on an eponymous novel written by [[Vyankatesh Madgulkar]] and published in 1955. It is the story of a young school teacher and his experiences in a small village of shepherds in the [[Aundh State|princely state of Aundh]] during the 1940s.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The story begins with a young school teacher, played by Chandrakant Kulkarni, walking alone towards a village called Bangarwadi, across a deserted landscape. When he reaches Bangarwadi, he finds that the school has shut down and that the people of the village are reluctant to send their children to school. With the support of the ''Karbhari'' (the village head), the teacher convinces the villagers to send their children to school. He runs the school for the next few months and helps the illiterate and the needy in the village, which sometimes lands him into trouble. Soon, he convinces the villagers to set up a gymnasium through community participation. He invites the king of the state, ''Pant Pratinidhi'' for its inauguration. The sudden death of the village head leaves the village and the teacher shocked. Then comes prolonged drought. The teacher tries his best to get help from the government, writing frequent letters describing the graveness of situation, but he gets no response. Drought forces the people of Bangarwadi to abandon the village, leaving the school teacher alone and with no students.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Chandrakant Kulkarni]] as the school teacher<br />
* [[Chandrakant Mandare]] as ''Karbhari'' (the village head)<br />
* [[Adhishree Atre]] as Anji<br />
* [[Nandu Madhav]] as Ananda Ramoshi<br />
* [[Sunil Ranade]] as Aayub<br />
* [[Nagesh Bhonsle]] as Daddu Baltya<br />
* [[Hiralal Jain]] as Kakabu<br />
* [[Kishor Kadam]] as Rama<br />
* [[Upendra Limaye]] as Sheku<br />
* [[Ravi Kale]]<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* National Award for the best Feature Film in Marathi, 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards, 1996|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=6 March 2012|page=80|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114315/http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012}}</ref><br />
* Kalnirnaya Award Best Film, 1997{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}<br />
* Filmfare Award for Best Film and Direction, 1997{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}<br />
* Maharashtra state awards in five categories, 1996{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}<br />
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==Film festivals==<br />
Bangarwadi was screened at several international film festivals:<br />
* Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 1996<br />
* Birmingham International Film Festival, 1996<br />
* London Film Festival, the UK, 1996<br />
* 15th FAJR International Film Festival, Iran, 1997<br />
* Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 1996<br />
* Bogota International Film Festival, Colombia, 1996<br />
* Sarajevo Film Festival, Prague 1996<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|tt0249386}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080124060029/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135890/Bangarwadi/overview title Bangarwadi review-New York Times]<br />
* {{YouTube|AwTHmmLuM3k|title=Bangarwadi}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Marathi}}<br />
{{Amol Palekar}}<br />
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