Mandali (2023)
Mandali mirrors the journey of a man and his struggle to uphold righteousness in times of diminishing social conscience and the downfall of cultural and traditional values through the protagonist. Purshottam Chaubey aka Puru is a peon in an intermediate college in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. He plays the role of Lord Laxmana along with his cousin Sitaram Chaubey who plays the role of Lord Rama in the Ramleela Mandali, run by his uncle Ramsevak Chaubey. Their life takes a blow when during a performance they have to leave midway because of Sitaram’s indulgence and addiction to drugs. Not being able to withstand the humiliation, and guilty of ruining God’s name, Ramsevak leaves performing in the Ramleela forever. Puru confronts Ramsevak on his escapist approach and condemns his decision to withdraw while beginning a journey of struggle to bring back his family on stage with dignity.
Director: 'Om' Rakesh Chaturvedi
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Abhishek Duhan as Purushottam Choubey |
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Aanchal Munjal as Bittan Kumari aka Bunty |
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Rajneesh Duggal as Omkar Singh |
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Vineet Kumar as Ramasevak Choubey |
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Kanwaljit Singh as Rajiv Narayan Singh |
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Brijendra Kala as Naushad Ansari |
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Ashwath Bhatt as Sitaram Choubey |
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Alka Amin as Kusum Choubey |
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Neeraj Sood as Inspector Harisharan |
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Saharsh Kumar Shukla as Ashish Shukla |
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Krish Gupta as Ins. Harisharan's Son |
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Mark Arvind as Anjana |
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Guddu Tripathi as |
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Sandeepan Vimalkant Nagar as Changu Pradha |
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Vijay Kumar as Brijesh |
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Bhasha Sumbli as Rashmi Choubey |
| Directing | 'Om' Rakesh Chaturvedi | Director |
| Writing | 'Om' Rakesh Chaturvedi | Story |
| Writing | 'Om' Rakesh Chaturvedi | Writer |
| Writing | Pallav Jain | Writer |
| Writing | Vinay Agrahari | Writer |
| Sound | Rahul Mishra | Music |
| Writing | Sandeep Nath | Lyricist |
| Writing | Pallav Jain | Creative Producer |
| Production | Neetu Sabarwal | Producer |
| Production | Geetika Gupta | Producer |
| Production | Prashant Kumar Gupta | Producer |
| Camera | Ayush Jain | Director of Photography |