The Advocate (Gujarati film)

The Advocate is a 2013 Gujarati film, made in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The film is written & directed by Shravan Kumar and produced by Ashutosh Patel. The film features Bharat Thakker and Morli Patel in the leading roles, with music score from Samir Raval and cinematography by Raoji Sondarva.

This film narrates the story of a struggling lawyer, Dilip Dave, who is not able to fulfil bare minimum needs of his family and lives a miserable life, both personal and professional.

One fine day he comes across with a mystical person, who, on seeing his misery, offers him to help to overcome his problems and make him very rich. But on a condition that he has to accept a Satan as his saviour and undergo a satanic ritual. This ritual would equip him with supernatural powers that will make him capable to read the mind of any person in front of him. The lawyer, faced with severe poverty, agrees to walk along this path. He assumes extra-natural powers and becomes extremely successful in his profession, which brings wealth and fame in abundance to him. But this supernatural power takes away his peace of mind and disturbs his personal life as he accidentally reads the mind of his own wife.

This film was nominated in the 10 categories for Best Gujarati Film of the year. It won 3 awards in the categories of Best Screenplay, Best Editing & Best Cinematography respectively.[1]