Overview "Manjhi — The Mountain Man" is a 2015 Indian biographical drama film about Dashrath Manjhi, a laborer from Gehlaur village in Bihar who single-handedly carved a path through a mountain using only hand tools over 22 years to shorten his village’s travel distance to medical care and other services. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Dashrath Manjhi and Radhika Apte in a key role; it was directed by Ketan Mehta.