Neelima Lonari directed Bernie will be releasing on 17 June all over Maharashtra. The film is based on Prof. Subhash Bhende’s Jogin novel and actress Tejaswini Lonari has played the title role of Bernie in third film. The director has earlier directed films like Chinu and Guldasta.
Neelkanti Patekar will be seen on the silver screen after a gap of many years in a very important role in this film. The film also stars Rajan Tamhane, Bhushan Patil, Girish Pardeshi, Savita Malpekar, Kiran Khoje, Sumukhi Pendse, Mausami Tondwalkar, Chaitrali Dongre, Raj Hanchanale, Radhika Deshpande et al.
The story of this film revolves around a girl who is born to a Portuguese mother and Indian army-man from Goa. What happens to this young girl and why she has to leave her house and family to fulfill a promise given to her father will be seen in this film.
Sameer Athalye has handled camera for this film and has captured the beauty of Goa perfectly. Amit Raj has composed the music and Shrirang Godbole has written the lyrics. The choreography is by Umesh Jadhav. Editing is by Abhijeet Deshpande.
The film is produced by Shivan Lonari under the banner of Shivleela Films.