Umesh Kulkarni, the honest filmmaker

In a central Mumbai hotel, Umesh Kulkarni welcomes guests for the music launch of Masala — a film he is producing in partnership with his writer-actor friend Girish Kulkarni. The duo seems to have a knack of making films that are critically acclaimed as well as commercially successful. These include Deool, which won the National Award earlier this month, and Valu (2008), where a bull plays the lead role. Only Vihir (2010) failed to get a commercial release despite getting rave reviews in the

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