Manjhi carved a path 9.1 meters wide and 110 meters long through a hill in Bihar, India using only a hammer and chisel over 22 years. This was to provide easier access for his village to medical care after his pregnant wife fell while trying to cross the mountain and died. Though people initially thought he was crazy, he was determined to complete the path. After finishing, it took 30 more years for the government to pave a proper road, but his efforts improved access for the village. The film is based on his true story and perseverance against challenges.

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2. About The Movie
This is a 2015 Indian
biographical film based
on the life of Manjhi.
Who carved a path 9.1
metres wide and 110
metres long through a hill
7.6 metres using only a
hammer and chisel. Dashnath Manjhi
Directed By Ketan Manjhi Produced By Deepa Sahi

3. Plot
• In the 1960s DashrathManjhi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) lived in a small
village Gehlaur near Gaya, Bihar, India with his family including his
wife Phaguniya Devi (Radhika Apte) and his son. There was a
rocky mountain near his village that people either had to climb
across or travel round to gain access to medical care at the nearest
town Wazirganj. One day Manjhi's wife (when pregnant) fell while
trying to cross the mountain and eventually died giving birth to a
girl, after which Manjhi decided to carve a road through it. When he
started hammering the hill people called him a lunatic but that only
steeled his resolve further. After 22 years of back-breaking labour,
Manjhi carved a path 360 feet long, 25 feet deep in places and 30
feet wide.
• Manjhi died in 2007. The film's postscript states that 52 years after
he started breaking the mountain, 30 years after he finished and 4
years after his death the government finally made a metalled road
to Gehlaur in 2011. He fought with the Indian government for the
development of their village and for the availability of hospitals and
road.

4. Cast
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as
Dashrath Manjhi
Radhika Apte as
Phaguniya Manjhi's wife

5. Tigmanshu Dhulia as
Mukhiya (landlord)
Pankaj Tripathi as Ruab
(the landlord's son)

6. Gaurav Dwivedi as Alok
Jha(a journalist)
Ashraful Haque as
Dashrath's father

7. 1. "Gehlore Ki Goriya“ – Bhavin Shastri
2. "O Rahi“- Bhavin Shastri
3. "Dum Kham“ – Divya Kumar
Songs and Singers

8. Famous Dialogue

11. Moral
Nothing is impossible to achieve
Manjhi gives a moral lesson that a small
man , who has no money and no power can
challenge a mighty mountain.