22 June 1897

22 June 1897
DVD cover
Directed by	Jayoo Patwardhan Nachiket Patwardhan
Written by	Shankar Nag Nachiket Patwardhan
Produced by	Nachiket Patwardhan
Starring	Sadashiv Amrapurkar Udayan Dixit Rod Gilbert John Irving Ravindra Mankani Prabhakar Patankar
Cinematography	Navroze Contractor
Edited by	Madhu Sinha
Music by	Anand Modak
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	India
Language	Marathi

22 June 1897 is a 1979 Marathi film co-written by Shankar Nag and Nachiket Patwardhan and directed by the husband and wife team of Jayoo Patwardhan and Nachiket Patwardhan. The duo are also practising architects. It is based on the true life story of the assassination of British Government officers Walter Charles Rand ICS and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst by the Chapekar brothers. The film has been included in the book One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography, a representative selection from the first Indian talkies to the then-present date (1988). The title of the film is the date of the assassination, 22 June 1897. It won the 1980 Indian Silver Lotus at the National Film Awards in two categories: Best film on National Integration and Art Direction. It also won the 1980 Maharashtra State awards for best film of the year and best director. The film has been included in the selected collection of Indian films and videos in the US Library of Congress. Most of the performers in the film then belonged to Theatre Academy, Pune.