Preview copy of Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s ‘Manjhi – The Mountain Man’ leaked online

The film, a biopic, is based on Dasharath Manjhi, a resident of Gehlaur village in Atri block of Gaya district in Bihar.

The ‘Mountain Man’ had, single-handedly, cut through a hill to make a road for his village. Working day and night, Manjhi had carved out a passage with a hammer and a chisel. Manjhi had taken up the uphill task after his wife was injured and he had to take a long detour around the hills to reach the nearest hospital.

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Manjhi, who died in 2007 in his early 80s, also wanted to develop his native village so that it had all the basic facilities — but that was a dream which remained unfulfilled in his lifetime, and later.

The film also features Radhika Apte, Tighmanshu Dhulia and Pankaj Tripathi in important roles.