pursuing ones profession could be gratifying but realizing ones passion is truly fulfilling dr sharayu pazare a general surgeon who runs a nursing home in chandrapur could not discard her love for creative art and history even as she took the hospital rounds or performed surgeries beyond the sterile confines of an operation theatre i always yearned for a stage that would satisfy this creative urge in me she says by way of explaining her need to produce marathi feature film taatva that released across the state this friday she also plays the heros motherin a chat with toi pazare elaborates upon how it happened and her plans for the future excerpts from the interviewq how did the idea of producing a film strike a i read a lot of history chandrapur is very rich in its cultural heritage if we consider the numerous forts in this region sculptures and idols that have been found here during various excavations the patharvat samaj here which were engaged in making idols and structures from stone got dissolved over the years i had this urge to bring back the focus on them and make a film with a relevant social messageq so your film focuses on this now obsolete tribea yes partially but it also gives out a strong social message that today we live in an era of educational equality and caste and social status should be of no consequence my film tells a story of a poor girl from the patharvat samaj and a foreign educated boy falling in love with her he promises to take her talent and art forward he faces a lot of opposition from his family but eventually everybody come aroundq how did you pick up your actors and film crewa the story required local actors but sanjay shejwal who plays the male lead is from mumbai and is himself a qualified actor who guided me throughout the making gauri konge who is from pune plays the female lead shilpa the film is directed by well known actor and director of marathi cinema arun nalavde the art director of the film is sadanand borkar the wellknown artist of zaddi patti rangmanch who also runs an art and acting school in navargaon i got other actors from his school i fortunately got the setting and the cast which was just right for the subjectq the film has been shot entirely in chandrapur was this done to economize on the costa people say that chandrapur is very hot but we have still managed to maintain a lot of greenery in and around the city there are many temples in this city and we could use them for the film there are fields of yellow flowers where we have shot a song and it has looked beautiful on the camera besides i could also find donkeys here which were widely used by the patharvat samaj laughs with the film being shot in chandrapur i could wrap up the entire schedule