Published 18:01 IST, September 28th 2020

Mahesh Kothare's Marathi films for which he donned the director's hat; Here's a list

Mahesh Kothare is considered a revolutionary figure in the Marathi film industry. Here are some of his Marathi films for which he donned director's hat.

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Making a ground-breaking directorial debut with Marathi film Dhoom Dhadaka, Mahesh Kothare is one of few successful directors, kwn for using technical nuances in his film. Being in industry for more than 2 decades, Mahesh Kothare has been a part of several Marathi movies. Apart from acting, he has also directed a few films. On occasion of his 67th birthday, here are some popular Marathi films directed by Mahesh Kothare,

Films directed by Mahesh Kothare

Zapatlela

Inspired by a Hollywood movie Child’s Play, horror-comedy film Zapatlela was directed by Mahesh Kothare himself. Starring Laxmikant Berde, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Kishori Ambiye and Mahesh Kothare, film released in 1993. It followed story of a man who presumed to have been haunted when a doll possessed by spirit of a gangster comes along in his life. This film is considered to be a cult film in Marathi industry. Later, it was also dubbed in Hindi.

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Zapatlela 2

Directed by Mahesh Kothare, Zapatlela 2 is sequel of cult film Zapatlela. film follows story of evil puppet who is searching for his dead ventriloquist creator's son, Aditya, in order to attain a human form. film stars Adinath Kothare, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Sonalee Kulkarni and Sai Tamhankar.

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Khatarnaak

Directed by Mahesh Kothare, film Khatarnak follows story of two friends who run a detective ncy. y face several challenges when y are asked to nab a serial killer. film casts Mahesh Kothare, Laxmikant Berde, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Nutan Jayant.

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Dhum Dhadaka

Ar Mahesh Kothare directorial is Dhum Dhadaka. film is a remake of a Tamil film Kaadhalikka Neramillai and stars  Ashok Saraf, Laxmikant Berde, Nivedita Joshi and Surekha in lead roles along with Kothare. It followed story of a young man who falls in love with his employer's daughter. While he wins her heart, he faces opposition from her far. He n decides to ask help from his friend who falls in love with girl’s sister.

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De Danadan

Directed by Mahesh Kothare, film De Danadan starred actors Laxmikant Berde, Nivedita Joshi and Alka Inamdar. It followed story of two police constables, out of whom one police constable gets superpowers after he is saved from a blast. only weakness he has is that he loses his powers when he sees colour red. Mahesh Kothare played role of a police constable in film.

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18:01 IST, September 28th 2020