Uttung Hitendra Thakur

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Uttung Hitendra Thakur
Film Producer
Years active2013–present
Parents
RelativesKshitij Thakur (brother)
Awards61st National Film Award – Special Jury Award 2013

Uttung Hitendra Thakur is an Indian

Balak Palak on the topic of sex education, Co-produced by Actor Riteish Deshmukh and directed by Ravi Jadhav.[1] He also remade Balak Palak in Malayalam as Swarna Malsyangal[2][3] Balak Palak created a world record through ‘UFO Moviez’ and Valuable Edutainment as India’s first multi locational interactive Live Premiere of Marathi film on 3 January 2013.[4][5][6]

Career

Uttung Thakur made his debut as a film producer with the Marathi film Balak Palak in 2013.

In 2014, Thakur produced a Marathi film Yellow directed by Mahesh Limaye and co-produced by Riteish Deshmukh and the story explores a mother/daughter relationship involving developmental disability and childlike behaviour.[7][8][9][10] Thakur's Yellow also won the Special Jury Award, while the child actors Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai received Special Mention at 61st National Film Awards.[11][12][13]

Thakur produced a Marathi film named Dokyala Shot in 2019, directed by debutant Shivkumar Parthasarathy. Singer Mika Singh made Marathi debut with "Dokyala Shot".[14][15][16] Also actor Prajakta Mali and Suvrat Joshi made their debut as singers in Dokyala Shot.[17]

In 2020, Thakur produced a marathi film Vikun Taak, where Bollywood actor Chunky Panday made debut in Marathi films.[18]

Filmography

Year Title Language
2013
Balak Palak
Marathi
2014 Yellow Marathi
2019 Swarna Malsyangal [19] Malayalam
2019 Dokyala Shot Marathi
2020 Vikun Taak Marathi

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ "Riteish Deshmukh, Uttung Thakur and Ravi Jadhav presents Marathi film BP (BALAK PALAK)".
  2. ^ "Uttung Hitendra Thakur Remakes His Own Balak Palak As Swarna Malsyangal In Malayalam".
  3. ^ "Riteish Deshmukh's debut production Balak Palak remade in Malayalam as Swarna Malsyangal". Archived from the original on 1 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Marathi film 'Balak Palak' creates world record through UFO Moviez and Valuable Edutainment".
  5. ^ "Reteish' unique way of movie promotion".
  6. ^ "A decade in Bollywood". Deccan Herald. 3 January 2013.
  7. ^ "That Girl in Yellow". Indian Express. 20 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Yellow Movie Review".
  9. ^ "Yellow Movie Review".
  10. ^ "Marathi audience accepts films with unique concepts".
  11. ^ "Riteish Deshmukh ecstatic as 'Yellow' wins 3 National Awards, B-Town congratulates him".
  12. ^ "61st National Film Awards: Complete list of winners".
  13. ^ "61st National Award winners of Marathi cinema".
  14. ^ "Mika Singh to make Marathi debut with Dokyala Shot".
  15. ^ "Mika Singh makes his Marathi debut with Shivkumar Parthasarathy's 'Dokyala Shot'".
  16. ^ "डोक्याला शॉट'मधून मिका सिंगचे मराठीत पदार्पण".
  17. ^ "'Dokyala Shot': Prajakta Mali is all set to make her debut as a 'singer'".
  18. ^ "Chunky Panday to make Marathi feature film debut with Vikun Taak". Indian Express. 29 December 2019.
  19. ^ "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  20. ^ "61st National Film Awards: Complete list of winners".

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