Lai Bhaari (meaning: Overwhelming or Awesome) is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language action drama film directed by Nishikant Kamat.

The film marks the debut of Riteish Deshmukh in Marathi cinema, while Salman Khan and Genelia D'Souza also make cameo appearances.

[5] On 25 January 2015 Lai Bhaari broke all previous records and got the highest television viewership for any film in Maharashtra (Marathi – Hindi) with 5727 TVTs.

Pratap Singh Nimbalkar (Uday Tikekar) and his wife Sumitra Devi (Tanvi Azmi) are known for their social work like helping poor farmers by giving them land and shelter.

But when she tells him that she has promised Lord Vithhal to give him her first child, Pratap Singh, who is modern in thought, says all this is ridiculous and flies off to London.

On the other hand, there is Prince's paternal cousin Sangram (Sharad Kelkar) is a crooked guy, who is trying to take all farms from the farmers by torturing them.

Seeing no way left, Sumitra Devi goes to Pandharpur and angrily prays to Lord Vitthal to give back her son.

In a surprising twist, it is revealed that 25 years ago, Sumitra Devi had given birth to twins, one of which she gave to Lord Vitthal.

[citation needed] With this lai bhari broke Duniyadari's record of having the second highest box office collection in Marathi cinema.