Sairat

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Rinku Rajguru as Archana “Archi” Patil
• Akash Thosar as Prashant “Parshya” Kale
• Tanaji Galgunde as Pradeep Bansode (Langdya/Balya)
• Arbaz Shaikh as Salim Shaikh (Salya)
• Suresh Vishwakarma as Tatya, Archi’s father
• Geeta Chavan as Archi’s mother
• Jyoti Subhash as Saguna Aatya
• Chhaya Kadam as Suman Akka
• Anuja Muley as Annie
• Rubina Inamdar as Sapna
• Dhananjay Nanavare as Mangesh (Mangya)
• Suraj Pawar as Prince, Archi’s younger brother
• Sambhaji Tangde as Parshya’s father
• Vaibhavi Pardeshi as Parshya’s mother
• Nagraj Manjule as a cricket commentator
• Bhushan Manjule as Shahi

Storyline:

Prashant Kale (Parshya) is the cricket team captain and the brightest student in his year but the beautiful and confident Aarchi is out of his reach. She belongs to a higher caste, her family is rich and her father is a kingpin in local politics. But Aarchi is a headstrong girl who wont let anyone boss her around and she likes the persistent, brave Parshya. How will their families react? What happens to love when when two people have to sacrifice everything for it? Directed by Nagraj Manjule and beyond the glamour of Bollywood, the movie is an epic love story that takes a critical look at Indian society in the 21st century.

About Movie:

Sairat is a Marathi romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Nagraj Manjule under his banner Aatpat Production, along with Nittin Keni and Nikhil Sane under Essel Vision Productions and Zee Studios. Starring Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar in their debuts.

Manjule conceived the story in 2009, basing it on his experiences of caste discrimination, but scrapped it when he decided that it was boring. After making Fandry (2013), he revisited the story and completed its script the following year. The screenplay was written by Manjule, and his brother Bharat penned the dialogues.

The film was shot in Manjule’s village, Jeur in Karmala Taluka of Solapur district in Maharashtra. Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti was the director of photography, and Kutub Inamdar edited the film.

Sairat premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. It was released on 29 April 2016 in Maharashtra and several other locations in India, receiving positive reviews from critics. The film was a box-office success and became the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time.

Rajguru received the National Film Award – Special Mention at the 63rd National Film Awards. Sairat received 11 awards at the 2017 Filmfare Marathi Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Manjule), Best Actress (Rajguru) and Best Music Album. Rajguru and Thosar won in the Best Debut female and male categories.

The film was remade in several languages: Manasu Mallige (2017) in Kannada, Channa Mereya (2017) in Punjabi, Laila O Laila (2017) in Odia, Noor Jahaan (2018) in Bengali and Dhadak (2018) in Hindi.

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