Chowk (film)
2023 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Devendra Gaikwad
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Chowk is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language crime drama film directed by Devendra Gaikwad in his directorial debut and produced by Dilip Lalasaheb Patil under the banner of Anuradha Films.[2] It stars Pravin Tarde, Sanskruti Balgude, Kiran Gaikwad, Upendra Limaye, Akshay Tanksale,[3] Aritra Devendra Gaikwad, Snehal Tarde, Suresh Vishwakarma and Ramesh Pardeshi. It was theatrically released on 2 June 2023.[4]
| Chowk | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Devendra Gaikwad |
| Written by | Devendra Gaikwad |
| Screenplay by | Devendra Gaikwad |
| Story by | Devendra Arun Gaikwad |
| Produced by | Vishal Chandane Dilip Lalasaheb Patil |
| Starring | Kiran Gaikwad Sanskruti Balgude Pravin Tarde Snehal Tarde Akshay Tanksale Upendra Limaye Suresh Vishwakarma Ramesh Pardeshi |
| Cinematography | Mayur Hardas |
| Edited by | Mayur Hardas |
| Music by | Score: Omkar Dhotre Songs: Sai-Piyush Omkar Swarup Bagade |
Production company | Anuradha Films Pvt.Ltd |
| Distributed by | Zee Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
| Box office | ₹4.55 crore[1] |
Plot
A Chowk is like a solid witness that passively observes people, relationships, friendships, festivities, politics, and social interactions. Chowk is about crossroads.
Cast
- Sanskruti Balgude as Kat
- Snehal Tarde[5] as Mona
- Ramesh Pardeshi as Police Inspector Mule
- Akshay Tanksale as Balya
- Devendra Gaikwad as Ex
- Kiran Gaikwad as Sunny Shinde
- Upendra Limaye as Tiger
- Pravin Tarde as Anna
- Ahaveer Hore
- Sagar Pable as Kat's brother
- Aritra Devendra Gaikwad
- Anjali Joglekar as Sunny's mother
- Sunil Abhyankar as Sunny's father
- Shashikant Padwal
- Sandeep Juwatkar as Naresh Chavan
- Shubhankar Ekbote as Adhyaksha
- Dipti Joshi
- Dilip Lalasaheb Patil
- Suresh Vishwakarma as Jailor
- Mahesh Hagawane
Release
Reception
Box office
Chowk released on approximately 300 screens in India, collected ₹3.5 million on opening day. The film grossed over ₹47.0 million at the box office and became eleventh highest grossing Marathi film of 2023, it is declared semi-hit at box office.[8]
Music
The music of the film is composed by the duo Sai-Piyush and Omkar Swarup Bagade, while background score is composed by Omkar Dhotre.[2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jaal Jaal Zala Re" | Omkar Swaroop | Nagesh Morvekar, Dr Vinaya | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Dolaychya Dohat" | Suhas Yadav, Vaishali Mhade | Omkar Swaroop | 3:43 |
| Total length: | 7:43 | |||
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