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Sadhi Mansa
Sadhi Mansa
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bhalji Pendharkar
Written by	Bhalji Pendharkar
Produced by	Bhalji Pendharkar
Starring	Jayshree Gadkar ; Suryakant Mandhare
Cinematography	Arvind Lad
Edited by	Baburao Gokhale
Music by	Anandghan
Production; company	Gayatri Chitra
Release date	15 December 1965;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Sadhi Mansa (transl. Common People) is a Marathi black-and-white film released on 15 December 1965.^[1] The film is written, directed and produced by Bhalji Pendharkar.^[2] The film has many popular songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar.^[3]

The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi at the 13th National Film Awards ceremony held in 1966.^[4]

Plot

Shankar Lohar, a truck driver from Hanbarwadi, takes his truck, which had been damaged, to be repaired by Chakkadrao. Shankar helps repair the truck and then takes Chakkadrao, along with his wife Parvati, to Kolhapur. Impressed by Shankar's skills, Chakkadraao shows him a better job opportunity, but it turns out Chakkadrao has a shady background. Shankar gets involved in a legal case due to Chakkadrao's influence and receives a one-year sentence. Parvati stays loyal to Shankar but unfortunately gets into an accident caused by Chakkadrao. Shankar leaves in one direction while Parvati is taken to the hospital.

Cast

Jayshree Gadkar as Parvati Lohar
Suryakant Mandhare as Shankar Lohar
Rajshekhar as Chakkadrao
Sulochana Latkar as Neighbour of Parvati
Chandrakant Mandare as Neighbour of Parvati
Asha Patil as Child artist
Master Vithal

Soundtrack

Composed by Anandghan, the famous song "Airaneechya Deva Tula" was written by Jagdish Khebudkar and other songs are written by Yogesh and sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar.^[5]^[6]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Airaneechya Deva Tula"	Jagdish Khebudkar	Lata Mangeshkar	3:34
2.	"Nako Devraya"	Traditional	Hridaynath Mangeshkar	3:09
3.	"Malachya Malyamandi"	Yogesh	Lata Mangeshkar	3:26
4.	"Vaat Pahuni Jeev Shinala"	Yogesh	Lata Mangeshkar	3:43
5.	"Rajachya Rang Mahalin"	Yogesh	Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar	3:07
Total length:				16:40