Ajoba

2014 Indian film
  • 9 May 2014 (2014-05-09)
CountryIndiaLanguageMarathi

Ajoba is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Sujay Dahake and written by Gauri Bapat. It is allegedly based on true events [1] and relates to how a leopard trekked from Malshej Ghat to Mumbai in 29 days. Ajoba was rescued from a well and a tracking device was fixed on his neck, before being released back into the wild.[2] He made his way to Mumbai over the Sahyadris, a distance of 120 kilometres (75 mi).[3]

Plot

Cast

  • Urmila Matondkar as Ms. Purva Rao
  • Hrishikesh Joshi as Dnyanoba Sawant
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar as Prabhakar Sarnaik
  • Shrikant Yadav as Mr. Shinde
  • Om Bhutkar as Shiva Kamble
  • Neha Mahajan as Sushma
  • Shashank Shende as Mr. Jadhav
  • Suhas Shirsat as Mr. Ganpule
  • Anita Date-Kelkar as Mugdha
  • Chinmay Kulkarni as Nilesh
  • Yashpal Sharma
  • Ganesh Mayekar

References

  1. ^ "Marathi film 'Ajoba' based on a leopard's fascinating journey, Urmila plays a wildlife biologist". Daily Bhaskar. 13 June 2013.
  2. ^ Ateeq Shaikh (23 March 2014). "A leopard named 'Ajoba' shows the way". DNA.
  3. ^ Deeksha Sharma (9 May 2014). "Ajoba director Sujay Dahake Interview: The amazing journey of a leopard". DNA.
  • Ajoba at IMDb