Navra Maza Navsacha is a 2004 Indian Marathi-language slapstick film directed and produced by Sachin Pilgaonkar, is considered as cult classic in Marathi cinema.
Vacky and his friend Kishore manage to sneak the mannequin into a state transport bus the previous night of the travel to Ganapati Pule.
However, they are unaware that after their departure from the bus at night, an international smuggler named Babu Kaalia (Pradeep Patwardhan) who has just escaped from prison and has stolen diamonds worth 80 crore entered the bus and hid the bag filled with diamonds in a hollow of the mannequin.
As soon as they complete the sketch, Babu Kaalia springs up to his true identity and threatens Vacky and passengers for his diamonds or to kill them all.
Vacky reveals that the sage Bhakti met was fake and he had planned this to avoid going naked to Ganpati Pule.
[5] Sachin originally did not choose himself for the role of Vakratund; Bharat Jadhav was selected for the part.
As a result, Sachin and Supriya were chosen to play Vakratund and Bhakti, while Reema Lagoo took over the cameo role of Sheila Raje.
[10]The film was remade in Kannada as Ekadantha starring Vishnuvardhan, Prema and Ramesh Aravind in the lead roles.