Mountain Man's family watches film 'Manjhi The Mountain Man'

The family of Dashrath Manjhi, on whose life the film 'Manjhi The Mountain Man' is based on, watched the film. Dashrath lived in Gaya district's Gehlaur village in Bihar and lost his wife due to not getting medical aid on time. She could not reach hospital as a mountain was a barrier. After her death, Dashrath started creating a road through this mountain and he did it without anyone's help.

Going by the report, Dashrath Manjhi's family watched this film in Bihar's cinema hall. Recently, the movie declared tax-free in Bihar so that more and more number of people can see the film. Bhagirath, the son of Dashrath said after watching the movie "We are happy to see Baba's real story in the shape of a film. It will help the next generation to know his rare and dedicated hard and selfless work."

The Manjhi family received a welcome from one and all when they came to watch the film at cinema hall. Mithun Manjhi, another family member said that he never thought that such a great movie will be made on the life of his grand-father, Dashrath Majhi.

Produced and directed by Ketan Mehta, the film 'Manjhi The Mountain Man' stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Dashrath Manjh and Radhika Apte as his wife.