Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy

Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy (English: "I am Shivajiraje Bhosale Speaking") is a Marathi film released in 2009. The movie is produced by Sanjay Chhabria along with Ashwami Manjrekar and directed by Santosh Manjrekar. The film follows an underdog who fights against the evil in society, to re-instate his identity and keep his pride.

Plot
Dinkar Maruti Bhosale represents thousands of 'Marathis' who feel they have lost their identity in the cosmopolitan Mumbai. Dinkar feels Mumbai is in Maharashtra but there is no Maharashtra left in Mumbai. He always complains about the lack of respect a Marathi receives in Mumbai and feels he is victimized everywhere because he is a Marathi; little realizing that he himself has brought this situation upon himself.

In a state of sheer frustration Dinkar gets up one day cursing himself for being born a Marathi. He feels his ancestors must have committed a heinous crime for him to be born a Marathi.

These outbursts of Dinkar reach Pratapgad and the spirit of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is aroused. Dinkar has to now face a seething Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who is furious at him. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj fires Dinkar for his shallow thinking and tells him he has to command respect, not demand it. He blames Dinkar’s thinking for the sorry state of Marathis. "Before blaming other communities for your short comings, look within and see if you have done anything to keep the Marathi pride intact," he roars.

Dinkar realizes his mistake but does Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja’s thought arouse him to rectify his mistakes? The film ends with Bhonsle gladly returning the sword at the shrine of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Cast
Mahesh Manjrekar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Sachin Khedekar as Dinkar Bhosale
Makarand Anaspure as Raiba
Siddarth Jadhav as Usman Parker
Suchitra Bandekar as Sumitra Bhosale
Priya Bapat as Shashikala Bhosale
Abhijeet Kelkar as Rahul Bhosale
Ganesh Yadav as Nandkumar Chandekar
Pradeep Patwardhan as BMC Officer
Reema Lagoo as Jijabai
Vidyadhar Joshi as Ramniklal Gosalia
Bharat Jadhav- Special appearance as Powada presenter
Ankush Chaudhari- Special appearance in song "Masoli"
Vineet Kumar Singh as tenant to Dinkar Bhosale

Soundtrack
The song O raje marked the debut of Sukhwinder Singh in Marathi film industry.

Box Office
Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy was a huge blockbuster at the box office. It collected a total of  in its full theatrical run. It held the record of highest-grossing movie for many years until the release of Duniyadari which broke its record by collecting  at the box office.

Remake 
The film was remade in Bengali as Ami Shubhash Bolchi (2011), directed by the original film's lead actor Mahesh Manjrekar with Mithun Chakraborty and Anindya Banerjee.  But the film's main character was replaced and slightly changed with environment.

See also
 Highest grossing Marathi films

References 

IMDB - imdb.com
Movie Review - hollywoodreporter.com
Article Times Of India - timesofindia.indiatimes.com

External links 
 Official Website ( Company Store link) 

Category:Indian films
Category:Marathi-language films
Category:2009 films
Category:Shivaji
Category:Marathi films remade in other languages
Category:Monuments and memorials to Shivaji