Ajoba
2014 Indian film
- 9 May 2014 (2014-05-09)
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
- ^ "Marathi film 'Ajoba' based on a leopard's fascinating journey, Urmila plays a wildlife biologist". Daily Bhaskar. 13 June 2013.
- ^ Ateeq Shaikh (23 March 2014). "A leopard named 'Ajoba' shows the way". DNA.
- ^ Deeksha Sharma (9 May 2014). "Ajoba director Sujay Dahake Interview: The amazing journey of a leopard". DNA.
External links
- Ajoba at IMDb