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{{Infobox film
| name = Kaasav
| image = Kaasav Turtle.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Marathi|कासव}}
| director = [[Sumitra Bhave]] [[Sunil Sukthankar]]
| writer = Sumitra Bhave (also dialogue)
| screenplay = Sumitra Bhave
| story = Sumitra Bhave
| producer = [[Mohan Agashe]] Sumitra Bhave Sunil Sukthankar
| starring = [[Iravati Harshe]] [[Alok Rajwade]] [[Kishor Kadam]] Mohan Agashe Devika Daftardar Santosh Redkar Omkar Ghadi
| cinematography = Dhananjay Kulkarni
| editing = Mohit Takalkar
| music = Saket Kanetkar
| released = {{filmdate|2016|10}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = India
| language = Marathi
}}

'''''Kaasav''''' ({{Lang-en|Turtle}}) is a 2016 Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi-language]] film released on 6 October 2017. It has been directed by filmmaker duo [[Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar]] and produced by [[Mohan Agashe]] in association with Bhave–Sukthankar's production company "Vichitra Nirmiti".<ref name="17NYFF">{{cite web|url=http://www.iaac.us/nyiff2017/Schedule-May6.htm|title=17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival|publisher=New York Indian Film Festival|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref> The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] at the [[64th National Film Awards]].<ref name="64thaward">{{cite press_release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2017}}</ref> It became the fifth Marathi film to win in this category.<ref name="64thawardTOI">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/kaasav-and-ventilators-big-win/articleshow/58068077.cms|title=Kaasav and Ventilator’s big win at the National Awards|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 April 2017|author=Bhanage, Mihir|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Maanav (Alok Rajwade) has been hospitalized for cutting his wrists. He runs away from the hospital. Janaki ([[Iravati Harshe]]) finds him collapsed on the side of the road. She asks her driver Yadu ([[Kishor Kadam]]) to take him home to Devgad(konkan) and appoints a private doctor. Janaki is a divorcee who often consults a psychologist for her panic attacks. She also helps Dattabhau ([[Mohan Agashe]]), who is working on an [[olive ridley sea turtle]]s conservation program.

== Cast ==
* [[Iravati Harshe]] as Janaki
* [[Alok Rajwade]] as Maanav
* [[Mohan Agashe]] as Dattabhau
* [[Kishor Kadam]] as Yadu

== Production ==
[[Mohan Agashe]] had acted and co-produced filmmaker duo [[Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar]]'s earlier film ''[[Astu]]'' (2016). A New Jersey-based couple, Prakash and Alka Lothe, saw ''Astu'' and liked it and gave {{INR}} 50 [[lakh]] to its producer-directors to make another film based on mental disorders.<ref name="IE">{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/its-about-helping-beat-depression-with-acceptance-love-kaasav-directo-sumitra-bhave-4604313/|title=It's about helping beat depression with acceptance, love: Kaasav director Sumitra Bhave|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=8 April 2017|author=Mascarenhas, Anuradha|access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref>

Bhave–Sukthankar found it difficult to find producers to make ''Kaasav'' which is based on depression as its theme. Agashe produced the film with Bhave and Sukthankar.<ref name="Citizen">{{cite news|url=http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/NewsDetail/index/7/10366/Kaasav-A-Marathi-Film-That-Has-Won-Laurels-But-Where-Are-the-Distributors|title=Kaasav, A Marathi Film That Has Won Laurels But Where Are the Distributors?|newspaper=The citizen|date=9 April 2017|access-date=8 May 2017|author=Chatterji, Shoma}}</ref>

The film was shot in a single 18-day schedule at [[Devgad taluka|Devgad]]'s beaches.<ref name="Citizen"/> As it depicts the issue of depression among youngsters in relation to the life and nesting cycle of [[olive ridley sea turtles]], the team did a lot of research on the endangered species.<ref name="17NYFF"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4954135224408524085|title=Allow youngsters space and they will explore life on their own|date=24 October 2016|access-date=4 May 2017|newspaper=Sakaal Times|author=Janjali, Arwa}}</ref><ref name="IE"/>

Agashe, himself being a psychiatrist, provided clinical material to the filmmakers that also included psychiatrist and researcher [[Vikram Patel]]'s book, "Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual".<ref name="IE"/>

== Reception and awards ==
The film won the ''Golden Lotus Award'' (''Swarna Kamal'') [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] at the [[64th National Film Awards]]. The citation states that this is "in appreciation of the perfect blending of an environmental behaviour and a personal one in a poignantly beautiful cinematic way."<ref name="64thaward"/> It became the fifth Marathi film to win in this category.<ref name="64thawardTOI"/>

The film also participated in various international film festivals like the [[Mumbai Film Festival]] (2016), the [[Kolkata International Film Festival]] (2016), the [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] (2016), the [[Bengaluru International Film Festival]] (2017), and the [[New York Indian Film Festival]] (2017).<ref name="IE"/>

The protagonist Alok Rajwade also won the Best Actor Award in the BRICS Film Festival-2017 held in China this year.

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|6272504}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film}}
{{Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar}}


[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar]]
[[Category:Best Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:2010s Marathi-language films]]

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