Chintoo (film)

Chintoo is a 2012 Marathi movie directed by Shrirang Godbole. Originally based on the popular Marathi comic strip of the same name by Charuhas Pandit[1], it is the story of a boy named Chintoo and his gang. It was produced by Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd[2] and on 18 May 2012, the film opened to positive critical and commercial response and was widely appreciated by younger audiences. The film was directed by Shrirang Godbole[3]. Shubhankar Atre plays the lead character of Chintoo. Subodh Bhave, Vibhawari Deshpande, and others played the supporting characters.

Chintoo
Directed byShrirang Godbole
Produced byShrirang Godbole, Abhay Gadgil
Screenplay byShrirang Godbole, Vibhavari Deshpande
Music bySaleel Kulkarni
CinematographySanjay Jadhav
Edited byAbhijeet Balaji Deshpande
Production
company
Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Cast
  • Chintoo - Shubhankar Atre[5]
  • Mini - Suhani Deshpande
  • Baglya - Animesh Padhye
  • Raju - Ved Ravade
  • Pappu - Nishant Bhavsar
  • Neha - Rumani Khare
  • Sonu - Arjun Jog
  • Chintoo's Aai - Vibhavari Deshpande
  • Chintoo's Baba - Subodh Bhave
  • Chintoo's Ajoba - Shriram Pendse
  • Colonel Kaka - Satish Alekar
  • Joshi Kaka - Dilip Prabhavalkar
  • Joshi Kaku - Bharti Aacharekar
  • Sakharam Watchman - Vijay Nikam
  • Satish Dada - Alok Rajwade
  • Guru Dada - Nagesh Bhosale
  • Akki - Om Bhutkar
  • Art Teacher - Vijay Patwardhan
  • Guruji - Prashant Tapasvi
  • Chimanee - Mrinmayee Godbole
  • Popat - Pankaj Gangan
  • Chimanee's Father - Sanjay Lonkar
  • Chimanee's Mother - Pournima Ganu Manohar
  • Popat's Mother - Sadhana Sarpotdar
  • Mini's Aai - Mridul Patwardhan
  • Mini's Baba - Sunil Abhyankar
  • Raju's Aai - Snehal Tarde
  • Raju's Baba - Suraj Satav
  • Neha's Aai - Soniya Khare
  • Neha's Baba - Ajay Apte
  • Pappu's Aai - Chitra Khare
  • Pappu's Baba - Amit Patwardhan

Cast and crew
  • Director - Shrirang Godbole
  • The story, screenplay, and dialogue - Shrirang Godbole, Vibhawari Deshpande
  • Director of Photography - Sanjay Jadhav
  • Lyrics - Sandeep Khare
  • Music - Dr. Saleel Kulkarni[6]
  • Editor - Abhijeet Balaji Deshpande
  • Art Director - Siddharth Tatooskar, Bhakti Tatooskar
  • Costumes and Makeup - Geeta Godbole
  • Visual Effects (VFx) - Golden Square Media Works Pvt. Ltd.
  • Producer - Abhay Gadgil, Shrirang Godbole, Amit Patwardhan, Hrishi Deshpande, Chintamani Vartak, Rajesh Deshmukh
  • “Chintoo” Cartoon-strip Creators - Charuhas Pandit, Prabhakar Wadekar

The film is the first Indian feature to be adapted from a daily comic strip.

Sequel

A sequel to the first film was announced on 11 March 2013, titled "Chintoo 2 - Khajinyachi Chittarkatha". The film was released across Maharashtra on 18 April 2013. The film had all the children characters played by the same actors as in the first film.

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References
  1. "Chintoo's' journey, from comic strip to the animation world". 9 April 2018.
  2. "Home | Indian Magic eye|Interactive|Television|Film Production|Events |". www.imepl.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. saamana. "चतुरस्र श्रीरंग गोडबोले | Saamana (सामना)" (in Marathi). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401179/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl#synopsis
  5. https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/child-artist/shubhankar-atre
  6. "A special birthday for Saleel Kulkarni - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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