Valu (film)

Valu is a 2008 Indian comedy Marathi film directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni. The film featured in various international film festivals as The Wild Bull.[1] It also became the first Marathi film to be selected in Rotterdam International Film Festival 2008, the Netherlands.[3][4]

Valu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byUmesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Written byGirish Kulkarni
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Produced byGanpat Kothari
Girish Kulkarni
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Prashant Pethe
Nitin Vaidya
StarringAtul Kulkarni
Mohan Agashe
Bharati Achrekar
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Nirmiti Sawant
Amruta Subhash
Girish Kulkarni
Vrishasen Dabholkar
CinematographySudheer Palsane
Music byMangesh Dhakde (Theme music)
Release date
  • 25 January 2008 (2008-01-25)[1]
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi
Box office₹3.5 crore (US$440,000) (lifetime)[2]

Plot

In the small village of Kusavde, there is a lonely misunderstood wild bull. The bull, "Valu", is actually a holy, consecrated bull which is the responsibility of the village. It is allowed to roam free and is the responsibility of the entire village. But lately, Valu becomes very aggressive and is blamed for every single act of chaos and destruction that happens in and around the village. Now, catching the bull becomes equivalent to establishing power in the village for the leaders and for those who are interested in the fringe benefits.

The film intertwines various stories of the war between the two leaders; love stories that bloom in the midst of the adventure; an amateur filmmaker who struggles to shoot a documentary; the forest officer who leads this chaos like a sacred mission along with the religious priest; the tricksters and an insane woman who seems to understand the mind of Valu.

Cast

Selection in Film Festivals
  • 5th Asian Film Festival, 2007 Pune: Selected for screening as a closing film for the festival.[5]
  • 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2008 the Netherlands [3]
  • 24th Warsaw International Film Festival, 2008 Poland
  • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2008 Czech Republic
  • Reykjavik International Film Festival, 2008 Iceland
  • Warsaw International FilmFest, 2008 Poland
  • La Rochelle International Film Festival, 2010 France

Awards and achievements
  • Best Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni, Best Cinematographer: Sudhir Palsane (Pune International Film Festival 2008)[6]
  • Best Eye-Catching Film of the Year, Best Supporting Actor: Girish Kulkarni (Zee Gaurav Awards 2008)
  • Best Film of 2008, Best Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni Maharashtra Times Awards - MaTa Sanman 2008)

References
  1. "Release dates". IMDB. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. "Marathi cinema in high gear". 28 June 2008.
  3. Mane, Anuradha (25 January 2008). "Valu trots to Rotterdam". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  4. "Marathi film Valu-The Wild Bull premieres at Rotterdam". Indian Express. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  5. "Asian film festival opens in Pune". Times of India. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  6. "Pune International Film Festival". www.piffindia.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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