Choricha Mamla

Written and directed by Priyadarshan Jadhav, Choricha Mamla is a 2020 Marathi comedy drama film that depicts the intricacies of a theft through a range of colourful characters, with the events of the film mainly restricted to a single venue, a farm house owned by a crooked politician. The plot follows Nandan, an ordinary thief who despite his way of life is honest and content with his wife Asha and twin daughters. Nandan only steals what he needs to survive and not a single penny more. He scouts out the locations he intends to loot in advance and is always prepared for any predicament. This time, the house he decides to loot belongs to Amarjit Patil, a strong politician who is having an affair with Shraddha; who wants to make her own music album of and is attempt to extort money from Amarjit, while his wife Anjali is wise enough to assign Inspector Abhinandan to find Patil's details. As they discover the presence of Nandan and are figuring out a course of action, the doorbell rings and Anjali arrives at the house. In order to save himself Patil instructs Nandan to act as Sharddha's husband so that his wife does not suspect him — which only puts Nandan in a difficult situation, which is worsened when Anjali and Abhinandan arrive at the house one after the other. Written and directed by Priyadarshan Jadhav, the film features performances from Jitendra Joshi, Amruta Khanvilkar, Hemant Dhome, Kshitee Jog, Aniket Vishwasrao, and Kirti Pendharkar. Under the banners of Everest Entertainment and Swaroop Studios, the film has been produced by Sudhakar Omle, Akash Pendharkar, Sachin Narkar, Vikar Pawar and Smita Omle. The film received 4 nominations at the 6th Filmfare Marathi Awards and won 5 awards at the Zee Talkies Comedy Awards.