Uttung Hitendra Thakur

Uttung Hitendra Thakur is an Indian Film Producer known for films like Balak Palak and Yellow. Thakur made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi film Balak Palak on the topic of sex education, Co-produced by Actor Riteish Deshmukh and directed by Ravi Jadhav.[1] He also remade Balak Palak in Malayalam as Swarna Malsyangal[2][3] Balak Palak created a world record through ‘UFO Moviez’ and Valuable Edutainment as India’s first multi locational interactive Live Premiere of Marathi film on 3 January 2013.[4][5][6]

Uttung Hitendra Thakur
Born
Uttung Hitendra Thakur
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm Producer
Years active2013–present
Parents
RelativesKshitij Thakur (brother)
Awards61st National Film Award – Special Jury Award 2013

Career

Uttung Thakur made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi film Balak Palak in 2013.

In 2014, Thakur produced a Marathi film Yellow directed by Mahesh Limaye and co-produced by Riteish Deshmukh and the story explores a mother/daughter relationship involving developmental disability and childlike behaviour.[7][8][9][10] Thakur's Yellow also won the Special Jury Award, while the child actors Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai received Special Mention at 61st National Film Awards.[11][12][13]

Thakur produced a Marathi film named Dokyala Shot in 2019, directed by debutant Shivkumar Parthasarathy. Singer Mika Singh made Marathi debut with "Dokyala Shot".[14][15][16] Also actor Prajakta Mali and Suvrat Joshi made their debut as singers in Dokyala Shot.[17]

In 2020, Thakur produced a marathi film Vikun Taak, where Bollywood actor Chunky Panday made debut in Marathi films.[18]

Filmography

Year Title Language
2013 Balak Palak Marathi
2014 Yellow Marathi
2019 Swarna Malsyangal [19] Malayalam
2019 Dokyala Shot Marathi
2020 Vikun Taak Marathi

Awards and nominations

References

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