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Original name: Kulup
English name: Kulup
Year: 2024
Run time: 106 minutes
Language: Marathi
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: India
Director: Dr Rudra Karpe
Producer: Arundhati Ram Karpe
Cast: Mahes Patil, Srushty Vandana
Screenplay: Dr Rudra Karpe, Dr Dipak Patil
Cinematographer: Dr Rudra Karpe
Editor: Dr Rudra Karpe
Sound Designer: Adwait Walunjkar
Music Composer: Dr Rudra Karpe
Costume Designer: Neha Patil
Production Designer: Kshitij Nachankar
Production Company: Zero Zero Films
World Sales: 91k
Dr Rudra Karpe is a qualified surgeon with MBBS and MS in ophthalmology. During his undergraduate, he completed 7 short films, many of them are prize winners for the best short film, best direction, best cinematography, best music, and best editing. After having experience with short films, he decided to make an independent feature film. He recently started studio ‘Zero Zero Films’ in Aundh, Pune. The film also received five nominations for 59th Maharashtra state film awards namely Best Debut Director, Best music composer, Best female singer, Best debut actor and Best Debut actress.
This is the poignant love story of a middle-class couple. Their happy life takes a devastating turn when the wife is diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer. Struggling with emotional and financial turmoil, the husband seeks help from relatives but faces rejection, forcing him to sell his ancestral home. As his wife battles cancer, he witnesses another patient’s harrowing struggles, making him question whether to continue her treatment. Ultimately, he honors her final wish—a world tour together—choosing her happiness over further suffering. After her death, the husband wrestles with grief and financial hardship but eventually reclaims their ancestral home. On the journey back, he shares the story with their young daughter, who was too little to understand her mother’s struggles.
