Gaurav Arora, Gaya (Bihar) [India], Even though the film based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi, popularly known as 'Mountain Man', won a lot of accolades, there has been no change in the lives of his family members, who are still Are struggling with problems. poverty. The family claims that the filmmakers of 'Manjhi - The Mountain Man' had made big promises, but forgot them after the shooting was over. Directed by Ketan Mehta, the film was released in 2015 and starred Radhika Apte and Tigmanshu Dhulia in the lead roles along with Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Dashrath Manjhi's son Bhagirath Manjhi opened up on the family's living conditions and said that while they continued to struggle, people associated with the film ignored him.Speaking to ANI, Bhagirath Manjhi said, "Our father was very poor, he worked in the fields. He was a daily wage laborer from Gehlaur village in Gaya district, popularly known as 'Mountain Man'. In an unfortunate incident he could not take his wife to the hospital for treatment, due to which she died. After the tragedy, he vowed to build a proper road in the area. No support from the village Despite meeting and overcoming all obstacles, Manjhi built the road by cutting a 360 feet long, 30 feet wide and 25 feet high mountain with a pick and a hammer. Bhagirath Manjhi said that the film team gave only Rs 50,000 to the family, which There was little to meet their needs, as a result of which they are still forced to work as labourers.The team stayed for a month and paid only Rs 50,000. If we had money we would have built a house, they earned crores by making a film on our father but we got nothing. We used to work as laborers earlier also and do so even today. There has been no change," he further claimed that his family was promised an election ticket from Gaya by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, but was not given. "After the road construction, my father asked to meet Nitish Kumar. decided. He had to wait for an hour to finally meet him," Manjhi said. "My father never asked for anything from anyone.But, we asked for parliamentary ticket. CM Nitish Kumar also promised to give us tickets from Gaya. After Jitan Ram Manjhi joined NDA, we did not get the ticket, Bhagirath Manjhi said The family got some help from Bihar leader Pappu Yadav, who recently merged his Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) with the Congress , but still that help stopped after about a month. Even today Manjhi Mahotsav is organized every year in his name. A road is named 'Dasrath Manjhi Marg' after him and his village is named Dashrath Nagar. Dashrath Manjhi is known as a great person.To people in Bihar and outside Bihar, his family still lives in a hut in Gehlaur village, but, no matter how successful the film is, the 'real life' Mountain Man's family still works as a laborer for a living. Does. Life in poverty.