Dashavatar
Dashavatar is a 2025 Indian Marathi-language suspense thriller film directed by Subodh Khanolkar and produced by Ocean Film Company, and Ocean Art House. The film features Dilip Prabhavalkar, Bharat Jadhav, Mahesh Manjrekar, Siddharth Menon, Abhinay Berde, and Priyadarshini Indalkar in the leading roles. The film follows an ageing Dashavatāra performer whose final play turns into a spiritual and cultural battle, blending myth with reality to explore sacrifice, faith, and the struggle to protect...
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Movie details
- Release date
- 12 September 2025
- Runtime
- 155 minutes
- Country
- India
- Languages
- Marathi
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure, Thriller
- Director
- Subodh Khanolkar
- Cast
- Dilip Prabhavalkar, Priyadarshini Indalkar, Bharat Jadhav, Sidharth Menon, Abhinay Berde, Mahesh Manjrekar, Siddharth Menon, Guru Thakur
- Producers
- Subodh Khanolkar, Sujay Hande, Onkar Kate, Ashok Hande, Aditya Joshi, Nitin Sahasrabudhe
- Production company
- Ocean Film Company, Ocean Art House
Spoiler-free synopsis
Dashavatar is a 2025 Indian Marathi-language suspense thriller film directed by Subodh Khanolkar and produced by Ocean Film Company, and Ocean Art House. The film features Dilip Prabhavalkar, Bharat Jadhav, Mahesh Manjrekar, Siddharth Menon, Abhinay Berde, and Priyadarshini Indalkar in the leading roles. The film follows an ageing Dashavatāra performer whose final play turns into a spiritual and cultural battle, blending myth with reality to explore sacrifice, faith, and the struggle to protect heritage and nature. The film was theatrically released on 12 September 2025. The film received positive response from critics, grossed over ₹29 crore at the box office and emerged as the highest grossing Marathi film of 2025. It was the first Marathi film to be released in a Malayalam version, and it was released on 12 December 2025 in Kerala.
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Editorial guidance
Context for discussing the story and deciding whether it fits your household.
Positive messages
Constructive themes or examples.Potential constructive discussion around Dashavatar can focus on character choices, responsibility, empathy, perseverance and the consequences of decisions. Where the Drama, Adventure, Thriller material creates conflict, parents can use it to discuss safer alternatives, respectful communication and how people respond to pressure. These themes are editorial discussion prompts, not claims that every one appears explicitly on screen.
Negative behaviours
Conduct that may need context.Parents should be alert to behaviour commonly associated with Drama, Adventure, Thriller, including conflict, deception, fear, risky choices or emotionally intense exchanges where applicable. Because detailed scene-level evidence is not equally available for every title in this catalogue, this section avoids claiming specific acts that were not verified. Use the certified age marker when available and preview the film for especially sensitive children.
Topics to discuss
Conversation starters after viewing.Useful family discussion questions include: What motivates the central characters? Which decisions create avoidable problems? How could conflicts be handled more responsibly? Do the film's relationships model respect and consent? How does the story portray courage, loyalty, justice or forgiveness? For older children, compare entertainment choices with real-world consequences and distinguish dramatic exaggeration from healthy behaviour.
Final recommendation
Our family-viewing take
Suggested minimum age: 15+. The overall family verdict is use caution. Children below that age may need stronger parental guidance, especially if Drama, Adventure, Thriller includes tension, violence, fear, crime, romance or mature emotional themes. Teen suitability improves with context and discussion. Shared family viewing is recommended when parents want to address the strongest concerns rather than relying on genre labels alone.
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