National award presented to Sharad Goyekar

President Pratibha Patil (L) presents the Best Indian Child Actor award to Sharad Goyekar for his role in the Marathi film Tingya at the 55th National Film Awards Function in New Delhi on October 21, 2009. President Patil presented the awards for best feature film, actors and director of national cinema.

Tarannum still Uncovered

After one and half years Tingya released, Sharad Goyekar still making Tingya alive in awards ceremonies. National award winner getting all praises from all over India for his great achievement. Everyone is now curious about this ‘Small town wonder’. All the news channel & other media giving him hype he deserves. But all in this process we are forgetting about one cute little girl Tarannum Pathan who played Rasheeda (Tingya’s friend in movie). A 13 years old, studying in 8^th standard is still uncovered to public who done brilliant acting with Sharad Goyekar in movie Tingya. As we know Tingya is central character on which film is based and played by Sharad Goyekar. So, it may be natural we remember Sharad in this movie. But on contrary we should not forget about outstanding performance by Tarannum. Sharad was selected to play character of Tingya from 1200 boys in audition; Tarannum also was selected from 900 girls.

On interview with her she looked positive, Tarannum said “I want to be an actress & I will take more efforts for it”. She looked more positive, but a bit amazed with injustice with her. Now she is hoping for getting recognition from audience & making gold of next opportunities to come.

Tarannum is not recognized by media for her role. I hope she will get covered by media & get recognized by people as well….

Tingya – an experience to behold - Passionforcinema

By Dr. Mandar V. Bichu

Tingya belongs to that rare category of films, which not only touches your heart but also stirs your soul deep within! Watching this film is realizing how little do we know or care for the lives of millions of poor and underprivileged Indian farmers and their families.

After being rejected by 40 producers, (some of whom wanted item songs and celebrity names to spruce up the film!), writer-director Mangesh Hadawale finally succeeded in convincing producer Ravi Rai to finance his Marathi film- venture. In just Rs. 27 lacs ( a price even less than a glitzy music video- production!), he made a film that has already won many awards, narrowly missed being India’s Oscar-entry (losing to TZP) and is certain to be accorded the status of a classic in years to come!

Tingya is a tale of a poor farmer’s 7- year old son Tingya (Sharad Goekar) and his unique bond with the family’s pet bullock – Chitangya. Injured in an accident, the bullock becomes useless for the farming work. The harrowed, debt-ridden farmer now faces the dilemma of buying a new bullock for the harvesting season. The only way he can raise money for that purpose is to sell Chitangya to the slaughterhouse. The boy – so deeply attached to his animal friend – is shattered by his father’s decision. Praying to the Gods, requesting to the Godmen, running to the vet – Tingya tries everything in his capacity to save his pet bullock from the butcher’s knife. His best friend and neighbour- Rashida tries her best to help him in his endeavor. Repeatedly Tingya just asks one question, “If you don’t send the sick people to slaughterhouse, then why send sick animals there?” Does he get his answer? Is he able to save his dear Chitangya?

Mangesh Hadwale’s story was apparently based on his own experiences and the reality shows in every frame of the film. Sharad Goekar’s Tingya and Sunil Deo’s Karbhari (Tingya’s father) leave their mark with their intense heartfelt portrayals. But then almost every significant character in this film is memorable!Tingya’s innocent impetuosity, his father’s helplessness, his mother’s resilience, his brother’s indifference, Rashida’s unquestioning friendship, her grandmother’s unconditional love – every emotion, every feeling comes through so spontaneously and naturally, without ever becoming melodramatic. The camera-work superbly brings to life the inner Maharashtra’s beautiful terrains and captures in detail, the farmers’ simple yet complex lives. Even the single repetitive theme-song – ‘Maaza Zulaa’ perfectly echoes the region’s ethos. Such is the magic of this film that Shyam Benegal was moved to call it ‘Poem’!

The film’s greatest strength is its ability to transcend the tale it tells. Tingya just doesn’t remain a story of a young child’s desperate bid to save his pet. It becomes a tragedy of lives having no control of over their destinies. It shows us how humanity and compassion come second best to poverty and the need for survival. At the same time, it also shows that the circle of life moves on despite all the difficulties and hardships!

Films like Tingya make us uneasy. Suddenly our cushy air-conditioned New World lives centered round a rat-race of promotions and bank-balances; week-end parties and Bollywood gossips seem so meaningless. It shows us an old and tired world out there that still revolves round a day-to-day struggle to just live and let live! There bare-footed children walk for miles to go to school; tired housewives plow in the fields and penniless farmers take their own lives!

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`Tingya` star Sharad Goyekar: Namad to National Award winner - Zee News

Mumbai: From growing up in hilly forests to starring in the acclaimed film `Tingya` to topping at one of Maharashtra`s best educational institutes, 11-year-old National Award winning actor Sharad Goyekar`s has been a life-changing journey.

Sharad`s transformation from a rustic lad who was born and brought up in Rajuri village, around 100 km from Pune, is like a fairytale.

Hailing from a nomadic gypsy tribe, the Goyekar family lives in a hamlet of around 30-35 shanties, nearly four kilometres from Rajuri, along with their three horses, around 150 goats and sheep and a few hens.

"The place is infested with leopards, snakes, scorpions and other wild creatures. Sharad grew in their midst, grazing the flock in thick forests," said Mangesh Hadawale, the proud director of the film.

"Tingya", for which Sharad won the National Award for best child actor this week, is a semi-autobiographical film penned by 29-year-old Hadawale who ventured into direction with the multiple award-winning movie.

Released in 2007, "Tingya" is the story of a seven-year-old boy who unsuccessfully tries to save his injured and handicapped bull from the butcher`s knife to pay off the family`s debts. After the bull is slaughtered to save the family, a cow gives birth to a female calf; Tingya treats him as a bull and life goes on...

The realistic and touching film has bagged nearly four dozen national and international awards.

"In fact, when his name was sounded for the first major award in Pune two years ago, we had to send two people to the jungles to search for him. After many hours, they found him grazing his flock. With great difficulty, we convinced him to go on stage to receive the award," Hadawale told reporters.

A leading academic family of Pune that was present at the function was so moved by Sharad`s life story that it immediately offered to `adopt` him and provide him with a good life.

Prakash and Priya Patil, who run the reputed Sinhagad group of educational institutions in and around Pune, finally managed to convince Sharad`s shocked parents - Yeshwant and Yamuna - to `loan` their younger son to them.

"Initially, Sharad was defiant and tried to run away to his parents. He had lived freely in the forests with animals and a handful of friends, moving from place to place. So, this city life was a different world for the simple boy," Priya Patil told IANS.

Gradually, with a lot of love, patience and counselling, they made him stay there, but he preferred to watch television all day, a gadget he had never seen before.

Worried about his future, the Patils, whose son Rohit, 25, studies engineering in the US, decided to admit Sharad to a leading residential public school near Pune.

It was the Sinhagad Springdale Residential Public School at Wadgaon-Budruk, on the outskirts of the city, offering a CBSE syllabus in English medium.

Until then, Sharad had barely completed primary education in a rural Marathi school which he bunked five days each week to play in the forests with his animals.

"We had watched the movie `Tingya` and when I met the child, I felt he had a great potential. So, for the first time, we admitted a Marathi-medium student in the Class 5, CBSE English medium," said the school principal Sunny Mathew.

Not willing to stake its reputation, the school management deployed an army of teachers, counsellors and experts to help Sharad pick up and progress.

"He did remarkably well, given his background. For a child who didn`t know the English alphabet, he ended up scoring 70 percent in Class 5, this year (in Class 6), he topped the school in Sanskrit which he has taken as an optional subject. I am truly proud of this boy," beamed Mathew.

Both Priya Patil and Mathew said Sharad has adjusted extremely well to the rigours of urban life and the boarding school where students from a higher strata of society study - the minimum annual fee is Rs.125,000 per student.

"In fact, Sharad is considered an idol among the students, and he now converses in reasonably good English with everybody. We made it compulsory for all to communicate with him only in English," Mathew said.

Even though the child`s future is secure, his parents continue their simple, nomadic existence outside Rajuri village.

"We have been promised a piece of land to build a permanent home and settle down here by the village authorities, but it has still not come," said Yeshwant Goyekar, Sharad`s father, sitting outside his shanty made of rags and covered with plastic to protect it from the ongoing monsoon.

The only modern technology he uses is the mobile phone, which Hadawale said is more common than proper roads or toilets in the remote parts of the state.

Hadawale said it was sad that despite Sharad bagging the National Award and so many other honours for his performance, the state government had not taken any note of him - unlike the Mumbai slum children who acted in the Oscar-winning movie, "Slumdog Millionaire."

However, Priya Patil said she and her family would strive to provide Tingya - that`s how everybody calls Sharad now - with a good life, the best of education and a promising future.

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Tingya star wants to help his parents - NDTV movies

By Imtiaz Jaleel

From a poor nomadic hamlet to the national stage to winning the National Award for Best Child Artist 2009, Sharad Goekar's life has been as stunning as his acting abilities.

The 11-year-old who recently won the National Award for his performance in Tingya, a film about a poor farmer boy's desperate struggle to save his bull from the butcher's knife, was found by director Mangesh Hadawale in a tribal hamle 90 kilometres from Pune.

Sharad is from the nomadic Shangar community, and spent his early years tending herds of sheep and had never been to a city. Today, he is not only in a big city, but is also getting the best education and living a life no less than a celebrity.

NDTV caught up with his parents and his teachers for their responses to his recent achievements.

''I remember when he came he had no idea about English. But now he has adjusted himself very well and has become very confident too,'' said Sunny Mathew, Principal, Springdale Public School, Pune, where Sharad is now studying.

Sharad, who is happy about his success has, however, not forgotten those back in the village. He said, "I am very happy here. Then I remember the hard times my parents faced in the village, and that makes me cry.''

His parents still live in a roadside shanty, and it is Sharad's dream to become a bureaucrat or an actor. He says once that happens, he will build a house for his parents.

For the time being, he is grooming himself to meet the President in New Delhi to recieve the National Award.

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With Tingya’s National Award comes hope of a decent place to live in - ExpressIndia

By Manoj More

Eleven-year-old Sharad Goekar might have won a national award for his reel-life histrionics in Marathi film Tingya, but in real life his family is fighting for a place to live in. The family, comprising parents and six children, has been moving from one temporary shelter to another for years and currently stays in a ramshackle tent erected along the Mumbai-Vishakapatnam highway at Rajuri village in Junar taluka of Pune district. “Sharad has received many awards for Tingya, one from President Pratibha Patil. We don’t have a permanent place to eat and sleep; where will we keep this latest award?” asks his mother Yamunabai.

Sharad belongs to the Dhangar community, a nomadic tribe originally from Ahmednagar district. After the success of Tingya, he was taken into Sinhagad Spring Dale English medium school and adopted by a family. “We continue to live in pathetic conditions. Only when our financial condition improves will we be really happy. Otherwise, more awards will only pose the problem of finding a safe place to keep them,” says his father Yeshwant Goekar.

The search for finding a proper living place has already begun. Shirur MP Shivajirao Adhalrao-Patil, in whose parliamentary constituency Ale Phata falls, says he is determined to provide Sharad and his family a decent dwelling place.

“Sharad has brought glory to Maharashtra. The entire nation is singing his praises. Despite hailing from a very poor family, Sharad has shown his class to the world. But it is painful to see a skilled child with no place to live,” he says, adding that he will try to get a readymade house or build one from the MP’s fund.

The other possibility, says the MP, is a flat for Sharad in Pimpri-Chinchwad where many have been earmarked for the poor under the Centre’s Basic Services For Urban Poor (BSUP) policy. “Pimpri-Chinchwad is part of my Shirur constituency. I have every right to demand a house for Sharad. I will talk to civic officials,” he said, adding that he will personally meet the PCMC chief on Thursday.

The Manav Suraksha Haqq Samiti too is getting into the act, writing to Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner Asheesh Sharma for a house for the Goekars. “The family lives in Pune district. Either the PMC or PCMC should take the initiative,” said Manav Kamble of the samiti.

“I have already spoken to the commissioner about this. He said he will have to seek the government’s permission before allotting a flat,” adds Maruti Bhapkar, also of the samiti. The PCMC is constructing over 30,000 flats for the poor.

Sharma said though there was no provision under BSUP to provide housing to someone for having received a national film award, something could be done if the state government agreed. Mayor Aparna Doke said there should no objection from anybody to giving a flat from the thousands that PCMC is constructing.

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'Tingya' ban gaya gentleman! - Times of India

By Quaid Najmi

From growing up in hilly forests to starring in the acclaimed film "Tingya" to topping at one of Maharashtra's best Sharad Goyekar(Tingya) educational institutes, Sharad Goyekar(Tingya) 11-year-old National Award winning actor Sharad Goyekar's has been a life-changing journey.

Sharad's transformation from a rustic lad who was born and brought up in Rajuri village, around 100 km from Pune, is like a fairytale.

Hailing from a nomadic gypsy tribe, the Goyekar family lives in a hamlet of around 30-35 shanties, nearly four kilometres from Rajuri, along with their three horses, around 150 goats and sheep and a few hens.

"The place is infested with leopards, snakes, scorpions and other wild creatures. Sharad grew in their midst, grazing the flock in thick forests," said Mangesh Hadawale, the proud director of the film.

"Tingya", for which Sharad won the National Award for best child actor this week, is a semi-autobiographical film penned by 29-year-old Hadawale who ventured into direction with the multiple award-winning movie.

Released in 2007, "Tingya" is the story of a seven-year-old boy who unsuccessfully tries to save his injured and handicapped bull from the butcher's knife to pay off the family's debts. After the bull is slaughtered to save the family, a cow gives birth to a female calf; Tingya treats him as a bull and life goes on...

The realistic and touching film has bagged nearly four dozen national and international awards.

"In fact, when his name was sounded for the first major award in Pune two years ago, we had to send two people to the jungles to search for him. After many hours, they found him grazing his flock. With great difficulty, we convinced him to go on stage to receive the award," Hadawale told IANS.

A leading academic family of Pune that was present at the function was so moved by Sharad's life story that it immediately offered to 'adopt' him and provide him with a good life.

Prakash and Priya Patil, who run the reputed Sinhagad group of educational institutions in and around Pune, finally managed to convince Sharad's shocked parents - Yeshwant and Yamuna - to 'loan' their younger son to them.

"Initially, Sharad was defiant and tried to run away to his parents. He had lived freely in the forests with animals and a handful of friends, moving from place to place. So, this city life was a different world for the simple boy," Priya Patil told IANS.

Gradually, with a lot of love, patience and counselling, they made him stay there, but he preferred to watch television all day, a gadget he had never seen before.

Worried about his future, the Patils, whose son Rohit, 25, studies engineering in the US, decided to admit Sharad to a leading residential public school near Pune.

It was the Sinhagad Springdale Residential Public School at Wadgaon-Budruk, on the outskirts of the city, offering a CBSE syllabus in English medium.

Until then, Sharad had barely completed primary education in a rural Marathi school which he bunked five days each week to play in the forests with his animals.

"We had watched the movie 'Tingya' and when I met the child, I felt he had a great potential. So, for the first time, we admitted a Marathi-medium student in the Class 5, CBSE English medium," said the school principal Sunny Mathew.

Not willing to stake its reputation, the school management deployed an army of teachers, counsellors and experts to help Sharad pick up and progress.

"He did remarkably well, given his background. For a child who didn't know the English alphabet, he ended up scoring 70 percent in Class 5, this year (in Class 6), he topped the school in Sanskrit which he has taken as an optional subject. I am truly proud of this boy," beamed Mathew.

Both Priya Patil and Mathew said Sharad has adjusted extremely well to the rigours of urban life and the boarding school where students from a higher strata of society study - the minimum annual fee is Rs.125,000 per student.

"In fact, Sharad is considered an idol among the students, and he now converses in reasonably good English with everybody. We made it compulsory for all to communicate with him only in English," Mathew said.

Even though the child's future is secure, his parents continue their simple, nomadic existence outside Rajuri village.

"We have been promised a piece of land to build a permanent home and settle down here by the village authorities, but it has still not come," said Yeshwant Goyekar, Sharad's father, sitting outside his shanty made of rags and covered with plastic to protect it from the ongoing monsoon.

The only modern technology he uses is the mobile phone, which Hadawale said is more common than proper roads or toilets in the remote parts of the state.

Hadawale said it was sad that despite Sharad bagging the National Award and so many other honours for his performance, the state government had not taken any note of him - unlike the Mumbai slum children who acted in the Oscar-winning movie, "Slumdog Millionaire."

However, Priya Patil said she and her family would strive to provide Tingya - that's how everybody calls Sharad now - with a good life, the best of education and a promising future.

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'Tingya' Sharad Goyekar is now National Award Winner

'Tingya' boy Sharad Goyekar has his feets on the sky after he adjudged the Best Child Actor national award for year 2007. There was a great compitition for catagory of best child actor like Darsheel for Taare Zameen Par,but Sharad elected with one voice. One of committe member Paranjape said he elected because of his innocense adn great acting skills. He was delighted by this news when he comes to know that he is now national award winner for great movie. He said "I got lots of awards for this movie but it is a special one".Director Mangesh Hadwale said "I am very happy with this honour ,for his acting Sharad deserves this award."

Mangesh's new project coming soon...

"Special reward for Mangesh Hadawale-Shivneri Bhushan"

On a special occasion of 'ShivaJayanti' at birthplace of great maratha king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Junnar,Mangesh Hadawale felicited by 'Shivneri Bhushan' award.Forest Minister Mr.Babanrao pachpute and Junnar taluka MLA Mr.Vallabhsheth Benke honoured him.Mangesh looked emotional on receiving this award said"receiving such great reward on my own soil is great honour!". As his debut film misses trip to Oscars as official entry,he promised his village people that he will again create new projects to give India Oscars every year.

Shyam Benegal told me 'Tingya' is like a poem: Director

Marathi film 'Tingya' might have lost out to Aamir Khan's 'Taare Zameen Par' as the official entry to the Oscars, but the film has no dearth of critical acclaim with ace filmmaker Shyam Benegal appreciating it and comparing it to a poem.

'I felt so nice that a veteran like Shyam Benegal told me that my film 'Tingya' is like a poem,' Mangesh Hadawale, the 26-year-old director, told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

'Tingya' made its debut at the 38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is a sensitive tale about a boy and his love for his bull, set against the politically charged background of farmers' suicides and life in rural Maharasthra.

' 'Tingya' has done better than my expectations. I never thought that such a small film would do so well,' said Hadawale.

'It is a very realistic film. What children do, what they feel and their antics, which are universal. It's very easy to relate to the film since you can relate with the emotions. That's why people have liked the film so much, and language did not pose a barrier. It is truly a human story.'

The film, which stands out from the clutter of big films, has won various awards and might also be sent as an independent entry to the 81st Academy Awards.

'Right now it's not decided whether we will send the film as an independent category for Oscars or not. This is a call that the producer has to take; so right now I am not very sure,' said Hadawale.

The MTV Youth Icon award was recently conferred on Hadawale, a debutant director.

'I never knew the concept of youth icon before. This is the fifth year when MTV has organised this. In earlier years they have been awarding people of the likes of Anil Ambani, Shah Rukh Khan, etc., but this year they have decided to award people who have made a standing for themselves in spite of problems and without anyone's help,' said Hadawale.

'It felt really nice.'

After the success of his debut film, the director has diverted his energies towards making a Hindi film.

'I am working on a Hindi film now. The working title of the film is 'Circus' and it will be made around the background of the Lok Sabha.

'I want to make a film which is viewed globally and appeals to the sensibilities of people the world over. It should be real with a streak of entertainment,' he said.

The young director is excited by his newfound success and would like to work with the Khan trio (Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan) apart from Hrithik Roshan, Naseeruddin Shah and Yashpal Yadav.

'Tingya' bagged Bronze award in the Best Film categories

On as special event in Mumbai of V Shantaram Award 2008 ceremony, Tingya won the Bronze award in Best film category. Tingya was nominated in four categories like best film,best director,best debut director and best child actor. Other films such as Taare zameen par, A Wednesday,Jodhaa Akbar,Rock On were also nominated in several categories.

'Tingya'- lost but not out : IndiaGlitz.com

Everyone around has whole heartedly accepted 'Taare Zameen Par' being the official Indian entry for the 81st Academy Awards in the foreign-language category.
It was quite natural to happen as no other Indian film in the recent times has captured the attention of the people all over India and also been able to communicate so effectively about a serious problem faced by the children like Aamir Khan's directorial debut.
But another very much critically acclaimed and realistic film is also preparing to begin its journey to try to reach the final round of the best foreign film section.
The Marathi film 'Tingya' considered as one responsible for reviving the interest in Marathi cinema will be going to the Oscars as an independent entry.
The fight to represent India at the Academy Awards was between 'TZP' and 'Tingya' directed by the first time film maker Mangesh Hadawale.
Finally after some hours of heated discussions the Jury of the Film Federation of India who are responsible for selecting the official entry to the Oscars gave the positive nod for 'Taare Zameen Par'.
Each and every other element that made the two films memorable and so widely appreciated were discussed in detail by the jury members before deciding on 'TZP'.
The only reason that worked against 'Tingya' getting the first place was the technical superiority that 'TZP' had.
The Marathi film which told the touching story of the relationship between a little boy and his pet bull amid the grave reality of the agrarian crisis in Maharastra penetrated deep inside the minds of all film lovers across the world riding on its fantastic and refreshing story line presented in a way through which the audience could relate to it perfectly.
The big difference in the technical side between the two top contenders was due to the very low budget of Rs.27 lakhs with which 'Tingya' was made.
After loosing out to 'TZP' the producer Ravi Rai decided to take his film as an independent entry.
It was for the second time 'TZP' and 'Tingya' competed against each other.
In the MAMI International Film Festival Awards the Marathi film had beaten Aamir's product and also 'Chak De India' to bag the top honour.
However producer Ravi Rai does not have any hard feelings due to 'TZP' getting the chance to be the official entry.
In fact 'TZP' is one of his favourite films and he does fully agree with the factor of technical finesse as given out by the jury members.
Whether 'Tingya' got selected to be India's film at the Oscar or not is not what has to be thought upon.
The incredible trip of this small yet beautiful film from a time when it was rejected by 42 producers, a determined man who believed in the simple innocent story going ahead with the project armed with a budget that do not even equal the fund of a top class music video made in Bollywood in the present times and finally winning over 37 awards globally is equal to getting any big award.

'Tingya' to go to Oscars as independent entry

Critically acclaimed Marathi film "Tingya", a sensitive portrayal of a six-year-old boy's love for his bull in backdrop of Maharashtra's agrarian crisis, will be sent as an independent entry to this year's Oscars 2009 in the foreign language category.

"Tingya", which has won 37 awards including five at the international festivals, lost out to Aamir Khan's "Taare Zameen Par" when a Film Federation of India (FFI) jury chose the latter as India's official entry to the Academy.

Producer of "Tingya" Ravi Rai said he will apply independently. Rai also made it clear that he bore no ill will towards the FFI jury or Aamir's film.

"'Taare Zameen Par' is my personal favourite because a top star like Aamir decided to produce and direct a film about a relevant issue concerning children," Rai said.

Pointed out that "Tingya" was equally good, he claimed the jury members had a difficult choice in selecting the official entry. The decision and went against "Tingya" on grounds that it lacked technical finesse, he said.

"I feel a film's soul is more important," he added. The noted television producer who turned to big screen with "Tingya" directed by newcomer Mangesh Hadawale said all the nine films in fray this year were deserving. "It shows that good times are here for Indian cinema," he added.

TINGYA dominates 45th Maharashtra State Government Awards in Aurangabad

TINGYA created history, first time in the history of Marathi state awards, a film has bagged 9 awards in total. For the first time a TINGYA has got two best film awards.

TINGYA bags awards at very prestigious MAHARASHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FILM AWARDS on 29th April at Aurangabad.Already Sharad Goyekar was annouced as Best Child Actor when nominations are declared. Also tingya honored as Best Film in 2007-08 year.
Awards are:

1. Best film: Late. Dadasaheb Falke award.

2. Best director: Late. Bhalji Pendharkar award.(Mangesh Hadawale)

3. Best Regional Film: Late Dada Kodke Award and Shankar Rao Mohite Patil Award.

4. Best Director: Late: Anant Mane Award.(Mangesh Hadawale)

5. Best Dialogue: Late. Acharya Atre Award.(Mangesh Hadawale)

6. Best Supporting Actress: Late Shanta Hublikar Award.(Madhavi Juvekar)

7. Best Lyrics: Late G. D. Madgulkar Award.(Prakash Holkar)

8. Best Critics Actress: Late Hansa Wadker Award.(Chitra Nawathe)

9. Best Child Actor: Late Gajanan Jahagirdar Award. (Sharad Goyekar)

Article in Mumbai Mirror by Shanta Gokhale(One of the most eminent film critic)

"In a class of its own"

'Unlike Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali, Mangesh Hadawale’s film Tingya goes to Cannes with no misgivings about poverty portraying India ‘in a bad light’.'


Tingya comes to Mumbai with awards and a legend streaming behind it. The legend is that a young man from Junnar, Mangesh Hadawale, wanted to make a film about a boy and a bull. He narrated his script to 41 producers, all of whom said it was a good story, but sorry, not their cup of tea.

The 42nd producer was Ravi Rai. Hadawale met him by the merest chance. Rai heard the story and said, “Let’s make it.” His only stipulation was, “Make it exactly as you told it.” That must have sounded to Hadawale like a hundred violins playing. So he made Tingya. And now it has won prestigious awards at home and is all set to go to Cannes.

The film’s gamut of emotions move in a completely natural way, leaving us free to learn our own moral-political lessons

I cannot help remembering Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali at this point. When this classic film was proposed as an entry for the Cannes Film Festival, a number of powerful voices were raised against the idea. The film would show India “in bad light” they said. It was okay to be abjectly poor but not okay to show the world that you were. Fortunately Pandit Nehru had seen the film and loved it. He intervened and Pather Panchali not only went to Cannes but won the Special Jury Prize for the Best Human Document.

When Tingya goes to Cannes, no voices will be raised against it. India has four (10?) of the world’s richest men, its techies have taken over Silicon Valley, its beauty queen promotes French hair colour and there’s Bollywood, the eternal dream. India’s image is made. Tingya can go tell its story, no problem.

This then is the story. A small farmer’s old bull, Chitangya, falls into a ditch and is permanently incapacitated. The farmer has paid through his nose for a sack of potatoes which await sowing. But Chitangya cannot pull the plough. The farmer faces Sophie’s choice. Unless he sells Chitangya, he cannot buy another bull. Unless he buys another bull, he cannot plough. Unless he ploughs, his family will starve and the money-lender will be at his throat. But Chitangya and the farmer’s younger son, Tingya, have grown up together. Tingya cannot live without him. To make matters worse, Chitangya cannot be sold for farm work. He can only be sold for slaughter. Tingya bawls. With a child’s unanswerable logic he asks why his friend Rashida’s grandmother, who is also old and cannot work, isn’t being sold off to the butcher.

Finally Tingya learns that you can’t argue against old age and death. Nor can you equate human life with animal life. He also learns that life means birth as well.

There’s much else that happens in Tingya. Other threads, dark and bright, are woven into the main story to create the enduring fabric that is village life. Poverty gives the villagers the strength and stoicism to fight for survival against every odd. The noose hangs in the background, but mutual support keeps some necks out of it.

One scene sticks in the mind. It is twilight. Tingya sits on the threshold of the house. His mother comes from the river with a pitcher of water. “Never sit in the doorway when Lakshmi is entering the house,” she admonishes. Tingya asks, “What does that mean — Lakshmi is entering the house?” The mother goes indoors without a word.

That is the great strength of this film — the absence of heavily underlined “messages” and of contrived attempts to squeeze tears out of deeply emotional scenes. Hadawale’s touch is sure. He allows the story to tell itself through beautifully shot locations, perfectly paced editing, punchy dialogue and intense, controlled performances. Its emotions move between love, fear, anxiety, frustration, grief and humour in a completely natural way, like the seasonal cycle itself, leaving us free to learn our own moral-political lessons.

Finally, I’d see the film again just to see Sharad Goekar’s Tingya and Tarannum Pathan’s Rashida.

- Shanta Goghale (One of the most eminent film critics)

Sharad Goyekar adopted by Patil family

'Tingya' (Sharad Goyekar) spent his life before in remote place in Rajuri in Junnar taluka. Now he will stay in pune city at 'Anand Park' on paud road with his new family. Tingya is adopted by Mr.Prakash Patil and his wife Priya Patil. Patil family adopted Tingya for improvement in his education and development of skills.Patil family belogs to educational field and they wish that Tingya complete his whole education staying with their family.

TINGYA rated four stars by SCREEN magazine

SCREEN weekly magazine ratings----

SCREEN a weekly magazine rated TINGYA with 4 stars out of 5. SCREEN ratings to TINGYA based on Sharad Goyekar and Tarannum Pathan's good performance, Mangesh Hadawale's outstanding direction and producer Ravi Rai's choice of script .

Sharad Goyekar adjudged Best Child Actor in 45th MAHARASHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FILM AWARDS

As TINGYA is nominated in 45th MAHARASHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FILM AWARDS in seven categories, state government already declared Sharad Goyekar(tingya) as best child actor for year 2007-08.This is his 3rd best child actor award only for tingya. Sharad will get honored at Aurangabad on 29th April in award distribution ceremony.

TINGYA nominated in 45th MAHARASHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FILM AWARDS in seven catagories

TINGYA is yet to release on 11th April this week and already gathering enormous attention by various film awards.This time TINGYA nominated in 45th MAHARASHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FILM AWARDS in seven categories including best film,best story,best child actor,best dialogs,best lyrics,critics special award for best actor and best actress, and best supporting actress. The award ceremony is held on 29th April at Aurangabad in presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister , home minister and other maharashtra state government officials.

Nominated categories in details are,

1. Best Film

2. Best Story

3. Best Supporting Actress (Madhavi Juvekar as 'Anjana' )

4. Critics special award for Best Actor (Vitthal Umaap as 'Banubhai')

5. Critics special award for Best Actress (Chitra Nawathe as 'Nani')

6. Best Lyrics (Prakash Holkar)

7. Best Dialogs (Mangesh Hadawale)