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| Home > Regional Films > Marathi Films > Jabbar Patel
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| | Jabbar Patel
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 Jabbar Patel, a physician by profession, has been closely involved with the theatre.
1975 - Saamna (The Confrontation): This was the first movie directed by Jabbar Patel. It was based on a script by Vijay Tendulkar, dramatizes the conflict of wills between a small-town political racketeer and a morally upright schoolteacher. The film starred Shriram Lagoo, Nilu Phule, Vilas Rakate, Mohan Agashe, Lalan Sarang, Usha Naik, Smita Patil, and Rajani Chavan. A corrupt politician is challenged by a school teacher. The sugar co-operatives of Maharashtra form the background for the film`s action. The forceful performances by both Lagoo and Phule were a major attraction of the film, and Lagoo sang the popular song Kuni tari ashi phataphat.
1977 - Jait Re Jait (The Victory): This movie tells the story of a tribal youth. The son of a village oracle, who loses faith in his god when his father dies of a snake bite and his fiancee is stung to death by the poisonous bees from the holy mountain.
1981 - Umbartha (The Threshold): The film centers on the life of Sulabha, a young woman who has a diploma in social work and is married into an upper middle class family. Her mother-in-law, herself a social worker, would like Sulabha to join her in her work. But Sulabha accepts a position at an office some three hundred miles from her home. She has a husband and a five-year-old daughter, but she is equally attracted to her job and the film charts the way that she negotiates these conflicting loyalties. This was the film that perhaps established most strongly Jabbar Patel`s reputation for serious moral concern.
1994 - Mukta: Directed by Jabbar Patel, the film starred Sonali Kulkarni, Avinash Narkar, Shriram Lagoo, Vikram Gokhale, Caleb Obura Obwatinyka, Madhu Kambikar, and Prashant Subedar. The liberated outlook of the daughter of the house eventually causes a split in a joint family - her parents choose not to negate her right to her life. Her closeness to Dalit activists and her love for the group leader are complemented by the arrival of her African-American friend who goes on a pilgrimage with the heroine`s grandfather. He encourages the elderly man to accept the relevance of unity of caste and creed. The film was in tune with history - the Dalit Panther movement had expressed its affinity with the Black Panthers.
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