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The Grinding Machine

The Grinding Machine

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The Grinding Machine

2004

0h 22m

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Drama

Overview

After her husband died, a mother buys a grinding-machine in order to make a living. Initially fascinated by the machine, her son starts getting irritated by its noise. He tries to destroy the machine to regain his childhood.

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Production Companies

Film and Television Institute of India

The people behind it

Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Renuka Daftardar

Mother

Madan Deodhar

Madan Deodhar

Sameer

Girish Kulkarni

Girish Kulkarni

Brother

Chandrakant Gokhale

Chandrakant Gokhale

Grandfather

Gitanjali Takalkar

Shrikant Yadav

Shrikant Yadav

Siddheshwar Zadbuke

Pratibha Date

Creative team

Directed by: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Written by: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
Satee Voralia
Produced by: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

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