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Aatmapamphlet (2023)

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  Imagesource: Wikimedia Commons Aatmapamphlet (2023) Director: Aashish Avinash Bende Producers: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Aanand N. Rai, Kanupriya A. Iyer, Madhugandha Kulkarni, Shariq Patel Cast: Om Bendkhale/Manas Tondwalkar (Ashish), Pranjalii Shrikant / Khushi Hajare (Srishti), Chetan Wagh (Borya), Bhimrao Mude (Baba), Ketaki Saraf (Aai) Holy crap, this is one wild ride of a movie. Aatmapamphlet (2023) is a blast! Aashish Bende is a boy born in 1979, named so as he apparently had the blessing of God, as there was a mark on his forehead (it really was from the tools used for surgery). But wait, how did we get here? Flashback to the 1930s. Aashish’s pregnant great-grandma gets kicked out of the house by her alcoholic husband. Great-grandma goes to her relatives’, where she gives birth to Aashish’s grandpa.  Later, she gets educated, and becomes a schoolteacher, later principal of a school, after which, Grandpa gets married, has a son (dad), and later, in 1979, Aashis