Manjhi: The Mountain Man

Manjhi: The Mountain Man 2015

8/10

IMDB Rating : 8

FD Smart Rating : 8

Synopsis : After his wife falls to her death crossing a mountain, a laborer spends decades carving a path through the mountain with nothing but simple tools.

Regions Available ( 1 ) :
India

Actors:

Pankaj Tripathi , Tigmanshu Dhulia , Gaurav Dwivedi , Urmila Mahanta , Radhika Apte , Nawazuddin Siddiqui , Ashutosh Acharya , Shahzad Ahmad

Creators:

Jakhar Mahendar , Ketan Mehta , Deepak Ramola , Shaiwal , Varadraj Swami

Languages:

Hindi [Original]

Subtitles:

English

Genres:

Adventure, Biography, Drama

Release Date:

2015

Run Time:

1h58m

Maturity Rating:

Recommended for ages 16 and up

Dashrath Manjhi was a poor man from the lowest of the low castes, living in a remote village cut off from the world by a rocky mountain range. Life for him was a daily struggle for survival. He loved his wife, Phaguniya, beyond belief. One day, while climbing the mountain to bring him food, his wife slipped, fell and died. Overwhelmed by grief, Dashrath decided to carve out a path through the mountain, so that no one else would suffer his fate. For 22 years, all by himself, with just a hammer and a chisel, he hammered away at the rocks, till the path was carved out from the mountain.

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