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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Maaficha Sakshidar<br />
| image = Maaficha Sakshidar poster.png<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Maaficha Sakshidar poster<br />
| based_on = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders]]<br />
}}<br />
| director = Raj Dutt<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QnRKVCsdzJQ|title=Maficha Sakshidaar - Marathi Full Movie (1986) - Nana Patekar, Mohan Gokhale - Marathi Drama Movies|last=Cinecurry Marathi|date=14 October 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
| producer = Hiralal M.<br />
Shah <ref name="auto"/><br />
| writer = {{plainlist|<br />
}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Nana Patekar]]<br />
*[[Mohan Gokhale]]<br />
*Avinash Kharshikar<br />
*Usha Naik<br />
}}<br />
| music = Vishwanath More<ref name="auto"/><br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1986||}}<br />
| runtime = 132 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Maaficha Sakshidar''''' (Marathi: माफीचा साक्षीदार) (English : ''Witness to the prosecution'') is a 1986 [[Marathi film]] directed by Raj Dutt, starring [[Nana Patekar]], [[Mohan Gokhale]], Avinash Kharshikar and Usha Naik. The film is based on the infamous [[Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders]] which took place in [[Pune]] during 1976-77.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/apr/29mohan.htm|title=Mohan Gokhale is dead|website=Rediff|date=29 April 1999|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Based on a true story (the infamous [[Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders]] which took place in [[Pune]] in 1976-77), this movie deals with the execution of four commercial art students after they were convicted of ten murders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepunekar.com/2018/05/52555/|title=The Joshi-Abhyankar Serial Murders that Shook Pune in 1976-77|date=4 May 2018|publisher=}}</ref><br />
Later on, on this incident, Anurag kashyap made his film ''[[Paanch]]''.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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*[[Nana Patekar]] as Raghavendra "Raghava"<br />
*[[Mohan Gokhale]] as Sunil "Sunya"<br />
*[[Bipin Varti]] as Rakesh "Rocky"<br />
*[[Kishore Jadhav]] as Manohar<br />
*[[Avinash Kharshikar]] as Vilas Modak<br />
*[[Usha Naik]] as Geeta, Sunil's girlfriend<br />
*[[Jayram Kulkarni]] as College Professor<br />
*[[Arun Sarnaik]] as Lawyer (Public Prosecutor)<br />
*[[Kamlakar Sarang]] as Defence Lawyer<br />
*[[Datta Bhat]] as Judge<br />
*[[Ravi Patwardhan]] as Police Inspector Jadhav<br />
*[[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as Sunil's mother<br />
*[[Sumati Gupte]] as Raghavendra Mother<br />
*[[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Dancer in Restaurant/Bar (Guest Appearance)<br />
*[[Padma Khanna]] in a guest appearance in the song "Shama Ne Jab Aag"<br />
* Irshad Hashmi as Commissioner<br />
* Vasant Shinde as police constable<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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==Music==<br />
Music composed by Vishwanath More.<ref name="gaana.com">{{cite web|url=https://gaana.com/album/maficha-sakshidar|title=Maficha Sakshidar|publisher=}}</ref><br />
# "Jeevan Mein Aayi Nasha"<br />
# "Rangale Nave Nave Swapna"<ref name="gaana.com"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0258786}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]</div>imported>EdwardUK