72 Miles

72 Miles - Ek Pravas is a Marathi film directed by Rajiv Patil and produced under Grazing Goat Pictures and co-produced by Twinkle Khanna and Ashwini Yardi.The film is set in the time of 50's and 60's about journey of a 13-year-old young boy who ran away from his hostel and how this young boy matures with time when he meets a lady and her kids. Deepak Rane was the line producer for this film
Plot.
A young boy Ashok Vhatkar decides to escape from his boarding school in Satara . Chased by bullies, robbed by drunken gamblers, a young boy starts his journey towards his village in Kolhapur district. The very people who seem pleasant, and invite him to ride with them turn into horrifying monsters as soon as they learn of his surname, a scheduled caste. Beaten to a pulp by the high-castes, the boy is then rescued by a woman Radhakka who is on her way to Shigaon in Walwa taluka of Sangli district.with her sick infant son Sundarya , and three other children. The journey continues as Ashok moves on with his journey, learns the true sorrows of poverty. In this journey, the infant b Sundarya and his age brother Ranu lose their lives. This journey of the silent, introvert boy, makes him mature and then this boy educates himself and becomes a writer and writes his own story of the journey. 