Ludo GameHer parents have not travelled much outside Indapur, about 150 km from Pune. Yet when Simran Thorat expressed a desire to sail the seven seas in a highly male-dominated profession, the only hesitation Brahamadev and Asha Thorat had was over the issue of finance. With the merchant navy training institute in Pune charging Rs 9 lakh for the three-year course, they knew immediately that they had only one option and went for it. The couple sold their three acres of farmland – on which they grew maize, wheat and sugarcane and earned a livelihood from – and set her free to fly. Or in this case, sail.Sharing photos from the puja on social media, the film’s production house SLV Cinemas wrote, “Natural star @NameisNani & @KeerthyOfficial’s Rural MASS Entertainer #Dasara movie launched with a Pooja Ceremony today. Regular shoot commences this March. Directed by @odela_srikanth.”Small-town women taking on the high and mighty is a familiar theme, but one that can always do with a refresh, because what’s not to like about feisty ladies? Just last month, we had Bhumi Pednekar’s brave reporter revealing the true face of a gang that preyed upon helpless girls in a Muzaffarpur shelter. Now it’s Raveena Tandon, playing a Patna lawyer who goes after a powerful politician’s son, for his misdeeds.