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{{Infobox film
| name = Ajoba
| name = Ajoba
| image = Ajoba Marathi film poster.jpg
| film_name = {{lang-mr|आजोबा}}
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| director = [[Sujay Dahake]]
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| producer = Lalasaheb Shinde<br>Rajendra Shinde
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| director = [[Sujay Dahake]]
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| writer = Gauri Bapat
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| producer = Lalasaheb Shinde <br> Rajendra Shinde
| writer = Gauri Bapat
| screenplay = Gauri Bapat
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| screenplay = Gauri Bapat
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| starring = [[Urmila Matondkar]]
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| music = Saket Kanetkar
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| starring = [[Urmila Matondkar]]
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| music = Saket Kanetkar
| cinematography = Diego Romero
| cinematography = Diego Romero
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| studio = Supreme Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd<br> Illusion Ethereal
| studio = Supreme Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd<br>Illusion Ethereal
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|5|9}}
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'''''Ajoba''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language film directed by [[Sujay Dahake]] and written by Gauri Bapat. Allegedly based on true events,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-PUN-marathi-film-ajoba-based-on-a-leopards-fascinating-journey-urmila-plays-a-wildli-4290800-PHO.html|title=Marathi film 'Ajoba' based on a leopard's fascinating journey, Urmila plays a wildlife biologist|work=Daily Bhaskar|date=13 June 2013}}</ref> it tells the story of a [[Indian leopard|leopard]]’s remarkable 29 days journey from Malshej Ghat to [[Mumbai]]. Ajoba was rescued from a well and a tracking device was fixed on his neck, before being released back into the wild.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-dna-special-a-leopard-named-ajoba-shows-the-way-1971456|title=A leopard named 'Ajoba' shows the way|work=DNA|author=Ateeq Shaikh|date=23 March 2014}}</ref> He made his way to Mumbai over the [[Sahyadris]], a distance of {{convert|120|km}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-ajoba-director-sujay-dahake-interview-the-amazing-journey-of-a-leopard-1986504|title=Ajoba director Sujay Dahake Interview: The amazing journey of a leopard|work=DNA|author=Deeksha Sharma|date=9 May 2014}}</ref>


==Plot==
'''Ajoba''' is a 2014 [[Marathi cinema|Marathi film]] directed by [[Sujay Dahake]] and written by Gauri Bapat. It is supposedly based on true events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-PUN-marathi-film-ajoba-based-on-a-leopards-fascinating-journey-urmila-plays-a-wildli-4290800-PHO.html|title=Marathi film ‘Ajoba’ based on a leopard’s fascinating journey, Urmila plays a wildlife biologist|publisher=}}</ref>
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Big Cat's, Big Adventure. [[Malshej Ghat]] to [[Mumbai]] in 29&nbsp;days: Ajoba the [[Indian leopard|leopard]]'s ambitious trek. Ajoba was rescued from a well and a tracking device was fixed on his neck, before being released back into the wild.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-dna-special-a-leopard-named-ajoba-shows-the-way-1971456|title=dna special: A leopard named 'Ajoba' shows the way - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=23 March 2014|publisher=}}</ref> He turned out to be one adventurous cat, as he made his way to Mumbai over the [[Sahyadris]], i.e. A cool 120&nbsp;km.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-ajoba-director-sujay-dahake-interview-the-amazing-journey-of-a-leopard-1986504|title=Ajoba director Sujay Dahake Interview: The amazing journey of a leopard - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=9 May 2014|publisher=}}</ref>


== Plot ==
==Cast==
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His teeth were yellow, the canines were blunt; the leopard was in his prime. In late April 2009, while in hot pursuit of a dog, the cat fell into an open well in the agricultural farmlands of Takli Dokeshwar, north of Pune. Help arrived on the third night, when Forest Department staff lowered a ladder. The feline gingerly walked up and straight into a cage. Vidya Athreya, a researcher, collared the leopard with a GPS transmitter before he was released 60&nbsp;km. away at the foot of Malshej Ghats. For the next year, the collar would send text messages of the cat's whereabouts. That was how Ajoba became the first subject of a research project on farmland leopards. Vidya expected him to make a beeline for the fertile farms and prowl amongst the fields of onions, cauliflower and sugarcane. Instead, he began climbing up the hills. That was odd. Then Ajoba disappeared for three days. When the text messages resumed, he was on the other side of the Ghats, down in the Konkan and across the busy Mumbai-Agra highway. "What is he doing?" Vidya wondered in an email. Her heart was in her mouth when he crossed the Kasara railway station, the last stop for suburban trains from Mumbai. If he suffered even a minor mishap, it could be bad for the cat and the research project. By the end of the third week, he had reached the Vasai Industrial Area, a vast spread of factories and buildings, on the outskirts of Mumbai. There was every chance that someone would spot the intruder and raise an alarm. Vidya was on tenterhooks. Older animals like Ajoba do not usually wander far from their established territories. So why was he walking purposefully westward? The following week, Ajoba was in Nagla Block of the [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]], in Mumbai. When two weeks passed and he stayed in that area, Vidya thought he had settled down. Ajoba had walked 120&nbsp;km. in three-and-a-half weeks. Then he swam across the Ullas river, entered the main park area for a three-day sojourn, and returned. Three weeks later, the GPS transmitter went dead. Perhaps the river crossings had shorted the circuitry. It's possible that Sanjay Gandhi National Park was Ajoba's original home. In an effort to reduce leopard numbers in the park, he may have been moved to Malshej Ghats. But for the GPS tracker, we'd never have known about Ajoba's remarkable journey. He was close to people on several occasions, yet no one noticed him nor did he harm anybody. Ajoba was a scientific pioneer, one who showed us that leopards are not jumpy, nervous animals, lashing out at humans at the slightest provocation. Despite the distance, speeding vehicles on highways, trains thundering along railway lines, and humans everywhere, he displayed a confident determination and unerring sense of direction. I never met Ajoba, but I felt drawn to the yellow dots tracing an arc on the map. Soon after he was released, Vidya commented that he had been calm, perhaps tired from his ordeal at the bottom of the well. During his travels, I imagined he kept his cool, always aware, alert, able to slip out of any sticky situation, and not prone to impulsive actions. I rooted for his survival, willed him to stay safe and cheered him on as he crossed yet another man-made barrier. And then we lost him. Two-and-a-half years later, on Thursday night last week, a leopard was found dead, the victim of an accident, on the high-traffic Ghodbunder Road, about 12&nbsp;km. from Nagla. Perhaps he misjudged the speed of the vehicle or was blinded by its headlights. Had there been an underpass to avoid crossing the treacherous road, he might still be alive. As is normal practice these days, the officials scanned him for a micro-chip. It read 00006CBD68F. Ajoba.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/ajoba-marathi-no-thrill-in-this/|title=Ajoba (Marathi) / No thrill in this|date=16 May 2014|publisher=}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-columns/ajobas-story/article2701243.ece|title=Ajoba's story|date=9 December 2011|publisher=|via=The Hindu}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/VlYrqpM5p2GpQ3MFLopqiL/Marathi-movie-Ajoba-puts-leopardhuman-conflict-in-the-spo.html|title=Marathi movie ‘Ajoba’ puts leopard-human conflict in the spotlight|first=Nandini|last=Ramnath|date=5 May 2014|publisher=}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] as Ms. Purva Rao
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] as Ms. Purva Rao
* [[Hrishikesh Joshi]] as Dnyanoba Sawant
* [[Hrishikesh Joshi]] as Dnyanoba Sawant
* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] as Prabhakar Sarnaik
* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] as Prabhakar Sarnaik
* [[Shrikant Yadav]] as Mr. Shinde
* [[Shrikant Yadav]] as Mr. Shinde
* Om Bhutkar as Shiva Kamble
* [[Om Bhutkar]] as Shiva Kamble
* [[Neha Mahajan]] as Sushma
* [[Neha Mahajan]] as Sushma
* [[Shashank Shende]] as Mr. Jadhav
* [[Shashank Shende]] as Mr. Jadhav
* Suhas Shirsat as Mr. Ganpule
* Suhas Shirsat as Mr. Ganpule
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* [[Anita Date-Kelkar]] as Mugdha
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* Ganesh Mayekar
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* Anita Date as Mugdha
* Chinmay Kulkarni as Nilesh
* Chinmay Kulkarni as Nilesh
* [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]]
* [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]]
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* Ganesh Mayekar
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Latest revision as of 01:07, 14 November 2024

Ajoba
Directed bySujay Dahake
Written byGauri Bapat
Screenplay byGauri Bapat
Produced byLalasaheb Shinde
Rajendra Shinde
StarringUrmila Matondkar
CinematographyDiego Romero
Music bySaket Kanetkar
Production
companies
Supreme Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd
Illusion Ethereal
Release date
  • 9 May 2014 (2014-05-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Ajoba is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Sujay Dahake and written by Gauri Bapat. Allegedly based on true events,[1] it tells the story of a leopard’s remarkable 29 days journey from Malshej Ghat to Mumbai. Ajoba was rescued from a well and a tracking device was fixed on his neck, before being released back into the wild.[2] He made his way to Mumbai over the Sahyadris, a distance of 120 kilometres (75 mi).[3]

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  1. ^ "Marathi film 'Ajoba' based on a leopard's fascinating journey, Urmila plays a wildlife biologist". Daily Bhaskar. 13 June 2013.
  2. ^ Ateeq Shaikh (23 March 2014). "A leopard named 'Ajoba' shows the way". DNA.
  3. ^ Deeksha Sharma (9 May 2014). "Ajoba director Sujay Dahake Interview: The amazing journey of a leopard". DNA.
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