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Shubh Mangal Savdhan

1992 film directed by M.S.Salvi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ7504548 ↗
Source-derived summary

Shubh Mangal Savdhan is a 1992 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed and produced by M.S. Salvi, features an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Varsha Usgaonkar, Laxmikant Berde and Rekha Rao. The film was released on 11 June 1992 and met with Positive response from both audience and critics. It was year's highest grossing Marathi Film.

Synopsis

Jaya and Suman, once close college friends, now harbor deep animosity. Jaya, romantically involved with Rajesh, faces the irony of him praising Suman to provoke her. Meanwhile, Rakesh, secretly in love with Jaya, becomes furious seeing her with Rajesh. Despite Jaya and Rajesh's marriage, Jaya's mother's well-intended advice complicates their relationship.

Cast

Ashok Saraf as Rajesh

Varsha Usgaonkar as Jaya

Laxmikant Berde as Driver

Asha Kale as Rajesh's mother

Nilu Phule as Rajesh's father

Ravi Patwardhan

Daya Dongre as Jaya's mother

Sudhir Dalvi as Jaya's father

Savita Malpekar as Rosy

Rekha Rao as Suman

Leela Gandhi

Uday Tikekar as Rakesh

Mohan Kotiwan

Lata Arun

Vasant Shinde

Maya Jadhav

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Ashok Patki. The songs are sung by Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anupama Deshpande and Sudesh Bhosle.

Editorial summary

“Shubh Mangal Savdhan” enters the record as 1992 film directed by M.S.Salvi. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shubh, Mangal and Savdhan can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1992-06-11. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Shubh, Mangal and Savdhan.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7504548. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1992.

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