"Regional language literature though rich is niche and largely inaccessible due to the lack of good translators. Bokil claims that the number of copies he has sold over the last 10 months alone equals half the sales made in four years. The strategy worked and Shala, named after the book, won critical acclaim and a slew of awards after its release in January.īut Dahake isn't the only one who has benefitted from the association. At the same time, the director was aware that the popularity of the book will also help draw crowds to the theatres to watch his Marathi language film. It was the strong connect he had shared with the book since he first read it in 2005 that prompted Sujay Dahake to adapt Milind Bokil's famous Marathi novel 'Shala' for his debut film of the same name. The success of their screen adaptations is also boosting sales of popular Marathi books
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