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{{short description|2015 Hindi film directed by Ketan Mehta}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Manjhi – The Mountain Man
| image = Manjhi The Mountain Man - Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Ketan Mehta]]
| producer = Bilal Khan [[Deepa Sahi]]
| writer = [[Ketan Mehta]] [[Anjum Rajabali]] Mahendra Jhakar [[Varadraj Swami]] Shahzad Ahemad
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] | [[Radhika Apte]] | [[Urmila Mahanta]] | [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] | Gaurav Dwivedi}}
| music = [[Sandesh Shandilya]] [[Hitesh Sonik]]
| cinematography = Rajiv Jain<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Manjhi-The-Mountain-Man/movie-review/48574032.cms|title=Manjhi The Mountain Man Movie Review|work=[[The Times of India]] | date=21 August 2015|accessdate=2015-09-09}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|2015|08|21|df=y}}
| studio = [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]] [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC India]]
| distributor = Maya Movies
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget = 
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INRConvert|18|c}} 50 weeks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/box-office-collection-brothers-beats-piku-record-all-well-overtakes-manjhi-mountain-man-644586|title=Box Office Collection: 'Brothers' Beats Piku Record, 'All Is Well' Overtakes 'Manjhi The Mountain Man' in First Week|date=28 August 2015|work=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref>
}}

'''''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, India|Gaya]] in Bihar, India, who carved a path {{convert|9.1|m|ft}} wide and {{convert|110|m|ft}} long through a hill {{convert|7.6|m|ft}} high, using only a hammer and chisel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-man-who-made-way-for-progress/968751/0 |title=The man who made way for progress |work=The Indian Express |date=1 July 2012 |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref> The film is directed by [[Ketan Mehta]], jointly produced by [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]] and [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/manjhi-pays-tribute-to-indias-unsung-heroes-hindi-news-139268.html|title=Manjhi pays tribute to India's unsung heroes|work=indiaglitz.com}}</ref> Upon release the film received positive critical acclaim.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/manjhi-the-mountain-man-movie-review-1165|title=Manjhi – The Mountain Man Movie Review|work=NDTVMovies.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/manjhi-the-mountain-man-movie-review-nawazuddin-siddiqui/|title='Manjhi' movie review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui is consistently watchable|date=21 August 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/l9OyCZaGAa0EQlpAKPj2OL/Film-review-Manjhi.html|title=Film review: Manjhi|author=Uday Bhatia}}</ref>

[[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] enacted the role of Dashrath Manjhi, while [[Radhika Apte]] played Manjhi's wife. The film was released worldwide on 21 August 2015. Prior to its release preview copy of movie leaked on the web on 10 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Manjhi-The-Mountain-Man-is-second-movie-to-be-leaked-in-10-days-after-Mohalla-Assi/articleshow/48580763.cms|title='Manjhi: The Mountain Man' is the second movie to be leaked in 10 days after 'Mohalla Assi'}}</ref> The Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) cyber police station had registered a case against few accused of leaking the movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/biopic-on-dashrath-manjhi-leaked-mumbai-cyber-police-file-fir/article1-1382832.aspx|title=Biopic on Dashrath Manjhi leaked: Mumbai cyber police file FIR|work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> The [[Bihar]] State Government declared the film tax-free on 30 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bihar-govt-declares-nawazuddin-siddiquis-manjhi-the-mountain-man-movie-tax-free/|title=Bihar govt declares Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 'Manjhi – The Mountain Man' tax free.}}</ref>

== Plot ==
In the 1960s Dashrath Manjhi ([[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]]) lived in a small village [[Gehlaur]] near [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], [[Bihar]], India with his family including his wife Phaguniya Devi ([[Radhika Apte]]) and his son. There was a rocky [[mountain]] near his village that people either had to climb across or travel round to gain access to medical care at the nearest town [[Wazirganj]]. One day Manjhi's wife (when pregnant) fell while trying to cross the mountain and eventually died giving birth to a girl, after which Manjhi decided to carve a road through it. When he started hammering the hill people called him a lunatic but that only steeled his resolve further. After 22 years of back-breaking labour, Manjhi carved a path 360 feet long, 25 feet deep in places and 30 feet wide.

Manjhi died in 2007. The film's postscript states that 52 years after he started breaking the mountain, 30 years after he finished and 4 years after his death the government finally made a metalled road to Gehlaur in 2011.
He fought with the Indian government for the development of their village and for the availability of hospitals and road.

== Cast ==
* [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] as [[Dashrath Manjhi]]
* [[Radhika Apte]] as Phaguniya-Dashrath's wife
* [[Sneha Pallavi]] as Phaguniya's Mother
* [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] as Mukhiya (landlord)<ref>{{Cite web|title = deepa sahi to play indira gandhi in nawazuddin siddiqui film manjhi: मूवी मसाला: आज तक|url = http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/deepa-sahi-to-play-indira-gandhi-in-nawazuddin-siddiqui-film-manjhi-1-825356.html|website = India Today|accessdate=2015-11-12|language = hi}}</ref>
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]] as Ruab (the landlord's son)
* [[Gaurav Dwivedi]] as Alok Jha (a journalist)
* [[Urmila Mahanta]] as Lauki
* [[Ashraful Haque (actor)|Ashraful Haque]] as Magru-Dashrath's father<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Ashraful-Haque-passes-away/photostory/46275179.cms|title=Ashraful Haque passes away|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
* [[Jagat Rawat]] as Shuklaji
* [[Varadraj Swami]] as Gopal's Father
* [[Deepa Sahi]] as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
* [[Prashant Narayanan]] as Jhumru
* Rashaana Shah as Bhanwari

== Soundtrack ==
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| name = Manjhi – The Mountain Man
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sandesh Shandilya]], Hitesh Sonik
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| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|8|09}}
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| length = {{Duration|m=10|s=45}}
| label = [[Zee Music Company]]
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{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length ={{Duration|m=10|s=45}}
|-
| title1 = Gehlore Ki Goriya
| extra1 = Bhavin Shastri, [[Pavni Pandey]]
| music1 = [[Sandesh Shandilya]]
| lyrics1 = Deepak Ramola
| length1 = 3.40
|-
| title2 = O Rahi
| extra2 = Bhavin Shastri
| music2 = Sandesh Shandilya
| lyrics2 = [[Ketan Mehta]]
| length2 = 4.42
|-
| title3 = Dum Kham
| extra3 = [[Divya Kumar (singer)|Divya Kumar]]
| music3 = Hitesh Sonik
| lyrics3 = [[Kumaar]]
| length3 = 3.03
|-
}}

== Critical reception ==
Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times termed the film an inspiring, touching tale of a common man and gave the film 4.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/manjhi-the-mountain-man-review-watch-this-inspiring-touching-tale-of-nawazuddin-siddiqui-and-radhika-apte/article1-1382483.aspx|title=Manjhi The Mountain Man review: An inspiring, touching tale of a common man}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 3 stars.<ref name="auto" /> Meena Iyer of Times of India gave it 3 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Manjhi-The-Mountain-Man/movie-review/48574032.cms|title=Manjhi The Mountain Man Movie Review|work=The Times of India}}</ref> Bollywood Hungama gave it 2.5 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/566606|title=Manjhi The Mountain Man|author=Bollywood Hungama|date=21 August 2015|work=bollywoodhungama.com}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave it two stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/manjhi-the-mountain-man-movie-review-nawazuddin-siddiqui/|title='Manjhi – The Mountain Man' review: Any film helmed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui is worthy of being watched|date=21 August 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref>

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

== External links ==
* {{IMDb movie}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|manjhi-the-mountain-man}}

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