In the following years , Surkar directed three notable films of his career . '' Rao Saheb '' ( 1996 ) , '' Tu Tithe Mee '' ( 1998 ) and '' Gharabaher '' ( 1999 ) won him National Film Awards as director of Best Marathi feature films . '' Rao Saheb '' was a story of local politics in Maharashtra . '' Tu Tithe Mee '' was a story of an old couple , played by Mohan Joshi and Suhas Joshi , coping with their next-gen family and was produced by Talwalkar . The film was later adopted in Hindi as '' Baghban '' ( 2003 ) . The 1999 film '' Gharabaher '' dealt with the topic of hypocrisy towards women and problems in their empowerment . For giving the " wonderfully controlled performance " of a corrupt politician in the film , Mohan Joshi was presented with a Special Jury Award at the 47th National Film Awards . Mrinal Kulkarni also received Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress for her role in this film
47th National Film Awards
47th National Film Awards
Sanjay Surkar