Manjhi: The Mountain Man Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Biographical, Drama |
| Release date | August 21, 2015 |
| Running time | 2hr |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Nawazuddin Siddiqui Radhika Apte Urmila Mahanta Tigmanshu Dhulia Gaurav Dwivedi |
| Directed by | Ketan Mehta |
| Written by | Ketan Mehta Anjum Rajabali Mahendra Jhakar Varadraj Swami Shahzad Ahemad |
| Produced by | Bilal Khan Deepa Sahi |
| Cinematography by | Rajiv Jain |
| Edited by | Pratik Chitalia |
| Music by | Sandesh Shandilya Hitesh Sonik |
| Production Companies | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures NFDC Maya Movies |
| Distributor | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
Manjhi: The Mountain Man Movie Cast & Characters:
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Dashrath Manjhi
- Radhika Apte as Phaguniya-Dashrath’s wife
- Sneha Pallavi as Phaguniya’s Mother
- Tigmanshu Dhulia as Mukhiya, landlord
- Pankaj Tripathi as Ruab, the landlord’s son
- Gaurav Dwivedi as Alok Jha, a journalist
- Urmila Mahanta as Lauki
- Ashraful Haque as Magru-Dashrath’s father
- Jagat Rawat as Shuklaji
- Varadraj Swami as Gopal’s Father
- Deepa Sahi as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
- Prashant Narayanan as Jhumru
- Rashaana Shah as Bhanwari
Storyline:
Dashrath Manjhi, a poor man from the lowest caste, lived in a remote village blocked by a rocky mountain range. His wife Phaguniya, whom he deeply loved, tragically died when she fell while climbing the mountain to bring him food. Devastated, Dashrath resolved to carve a path through the mountain to prevent such tragedies. For 22 years, using only a hammer and chisel, he tirelessly worked until a path was finally carved out.
Manjhi: The Mountain Man Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | ₹8.5 crore |
| Opening Day | ₹1.34 crore |
| First Week | ₹9.64 crore |
| Domestic Collection | ₹17.24 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | est. ₹18 crore (US$2.2 million) |
About Manjhi: The Mountain Man Movie:
Manjhi: The Mountain Man is a Hindi biographical drama film, about the life story of Dashrath Manjhi, a man who spent twenty-two years carving a road through a treacherous mountain using only a hammer and chisel.
The film was directed by Ketan Mehta, who co-wrote it with Anjum Rajabali, Mahendra Jhakar, Varadraj Swami, and Shahzad Ahemad. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Dashrath Manjhi along with Radhika Apte, Urmila Mahanta, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Gaurav Dwivedi.
The film was shot in Bihar, India.
Manjhi: The Mountain Man was released worldwide on August 21, 2015. The film received positive reviews from critics.
Before its release preview copy of the film was illegally leaked onto various peer-to-peer sharing sites on August 10, 2015. The Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) cyber police station had registered a case against a few accused of leaking the movie. The Bihar State Government declared the film tax-free on July 30, 2015.
