‘Godavari’, which stars Jitendra Joshi, Vikram Gokhale, Neena Kulkarni, Sanjay Mone and Priyadarshan Jadhav, has been selected as the Opening Film at the prestigious New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF).
The film also clinched laurels at IFFI 2021 with Jitendra Joshi winning the Silver Peacock for Best Actor while Nikhil Mahajan won the Silver Peacock for Best Director, Special Jury Award.
At Pune International Film Festival 2022, it fetched the Best Director award for Nikhil Mahajan and the Best Cinematography award for Shamin Kulkarni while AV Prafulla Chandra won the Best Music Special Jury Prize.
Talking about his film, an elated Nikhil shares, “I am honored and humbled that ‘Godavari’ has been selected as the opening film at the New York Film Festival. We have made this film with pure intent and we shot this film in sixteen days during the pandemic. I am thankful to Jio Studios for trusting me and believing in my vision. The film’s selection is a motivation to keep telling stories I truly believe in.”
Actor Jitendra Joshi shared the poster with a long message that read, “लहानपणी नदीवर टप्पे खेळायची शर्यत लागायची. कधी एक, कधी तीन पडायचे. पण पाच टप्पे पडण्याची ही पहिलीच वेळ. आता गोदावरीकाठी आम्ही गोदावरी मांडली. कॅनडा, न्यूझीलंड, गोवा, पुणे नंतर हा पाचवा टप्पा. New York Indian Film Festival. ह्या मानाच्या फेस्टिवलचा श्रीगणेशा होतोय गोदावरीपासुन. अर्थात फेस्टिवलची ओपनिंग फिल्म. आणि ह्या निर्णायक टप्प्यात आणखी एक आनंदाची बातमी. गोदावरीला एका नव्या खेळगड्याची सोबत लाभलीय. जिओ स्टुडिओ प्रस्तुत गोदावरी.
After touching people’s hearts in Vancouver, New Zealand, Goa, and Pune – Godavari now has the honour of being the opening film at The New York Indian Film Festival. And this time around, we have a new member in our family who we are extremely happy to have on our side.
Jio Studio’s presents ‘Godavari’… “
The film had its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2021 and Asia Pacific Premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival 2021.
Presented by Jio Studios, and produced by Blue Drop Films and Jitendra Joshi Pictures, ‘Godavari’ tells the story of Nishikant essayed by Jitendra Joshi, who has strayed away from his family, returns home to discover corners he didn’t know existed and to mend relationships that had never really broken.