Oscar-Entry Film ‘Gondhal’ Re-Releases Across India in Seven Languages on Nov 13

Padma Vibhushan awardee and music maestro Ilaiyarajaa written lyrics for one of the song “Chandana”

Update: 2026-11-13 17:42 GMT

Gondhal movie poster. (Photo by arrangement)

Hyderabad: Gondhal, which is this year’s official entry at 99th Academy Awards has re-released in theatres in India on November 13, 2026, across seven languages—Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and English. This marks history and becomes the first time a Marathi film is being re-released in seven languages.

Speaking about the film, writer-director Santosh Davakhar says, “Gondhal is not a film but generations of culture, people, traditions coming together. Getting the world to know about this tradition is something that makes me immensely happy, global festivals like academy awards help filmmakers to bring forth the ethnicity of our very roots across continents and not only in India.

Santosh Davakhar won the Silver Peacock for best director at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Jury members at the festival called the film “like a Shakespearean fable set in a real world.”

Featuring Ishita Deshmukh, Kishor Kadam, Yogesh Sohani and Nishad Bhoir, Gondhal is produced by Santosh Davakhar produced the film with Diksha Davakhar, his co-founder at production banner Davakhar Films.

Padma Vibhushan awardee and music maestro Ilaiyarajaa helms the music for the film and crafted the pieces that captures the essence of the story. He has also written lyrics for one of the song “Chandana” which touches the right chords.