Mandali mirrors the journey of a man and his struggle to uphold righteousness in times of diminishing social conscience and the downfall of cultural and traditional values through the protagonist. Purshottam Chaubey aka Puru is a peon in an intermediate college in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. He plays the role of Lord Laxmana along with his cousin Sitaram Chaubey who plays the role of Lord Rama in the Ramleela Mandali, run by his uncle Ramsevak Chaubey. Their life takes a blow when during a performance they have to leave midway because of Sitaram’s indulgence and addiction to drugs. Not being able to withstand the humiliation, and guilty of ruining God’s name, Ramsevak leaves performing in the Ramleela forever. Puru confronts Ramsevak on his escapist approach and condemns his decision to withdraw while beginning a journey of struggle to bring back his family on stage with dignity.
Directed by 'Om' Rakesh Chaturvedi
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Cast
Abhishek Duhan
Purushottam Choubey
Aanchal Munjal
Bittan Kumari aka Bunty
Rajneesh Duggal
Omkar Singh
Vineet Kumar
Ramasevak Choubey
Kanwaljit Singh
Rajiv Narayan Singh
Brijendra Kala
Naushad Ansari
Ashwath Bhatt
Sitaram Choubey
Alka Amin
Kusum Choubey
Neeraj Sood
Inspector Harisharan
Saharsh Kumar Shukla
Ashish Shukla
Krish Gupta
Ins. Harisharan's Son
Mark Arvind
Anjana
Guddu Tripathi
Sandeepan Vimalkant Nagar
Changu Pradha
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