Ventilator

Ventilator (2016)

व्हेंटिलेटर

Ventilator is a Marathi Movie about Joint-Family relations and emotions.

Date of release
2016-11-04
TMDB
8.6 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 23m
Director
Rajesh Mapuskar

Casting

Interesting facts

Ventilator is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language comedy drama film written and directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and produced by Priyanka Chopra. The film features an ensemble cast of more than 100 actors, including Ashutosh Gowariker, Jitendra Joshi, Sulbha Arya, and Sukanya Kulkarni. It tells the story of the Kamerkar family, whose oldest and most beloved member enters a coma and is put on a medical ventilator a few days before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations.

Production

Ventilator was directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and produced by Priyanka Chopra under her production company Purple Pebble Pictures. Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra also served as producer on the film and looked after its production. It was distributed by Zee Studios.

Mapuskar had the idea for the film when a family member was hospitalised and put on a medical ventilator. According to the director, the word "ventilator" became a part of his daily life and he began to follow the stories of the people undergoing medical treatment. In an interview with Scroll.in, Mapuskar recalled how relatives of people who were under medical treatment made efforts "to treat life with humour in the face of death.

At the same time, Priyanka Chopra set up Purple Pebble Pictures and was looking for content-driven, regional cinema scripts. After reading the script, Chopra was impressed and immediately agreed to produce the film under her production company. She said, "It's one single moment that defines the best of the film. It is funny, ironical and a deeply moving tale that will leave you laughing and crying.

Principal photography began on 10 February 2016 in Mumbai. Sonal Kharade designed the costumes for the entire cast, Savita Singh handled the cinematography and Nikhil S. Kovale was in charge of the art direction. Filming of the hospital scenes began in May 2016; most of the film was shot in the Kurla's Kohinoor Hospital, where a daycare unit was converted into an ICU.

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