Sairat
''Sairat'' () is a 2016 Indian Marathi language, Marathi-language Romance film, social romantic tragedy 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, it tells the story of two young college students from different castes who fall in love, sparking conflict between their families. Nagraj 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. ''S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dhadak
''Dhadak'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romance film written and directed by Shashank Khaitan and jointly produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the Dharma Productions banner with Zee Studios as a sponsor producer. A remake of the 2016 Marathi language film '' Sairat'' by Nagraj Manjule, also produced by Zee Studios, the film stars Ishaan Khatter and debutant Janhvi Kapoor, with Ashutosh Rana, Ankit Bisht, Shridhar Watsar, Kshitij Kumar and Aishwarya Narkar in supporting roles. Johar had announced the production of ''Dhadak'' in November 2017 which marked the screen debut of Janhvi Kapoor, daughter of Sridevi and Boney Kapoor. Principal photography commenced in December 2017 and was completed in April 2018. The film's soundtrack was composed by Ajay–Atul with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya and background score composed by John Stewart Eduri. The film was distributed internationally by Zee Studios. ''Dhadak'', which was originally s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aatpat Production
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He works in Marathi cinema, and is best known for '' Sairat'' and '' Pistulya''—the latter for which he received National Film Award in the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director. He made his Hindi Cinema debut in 2022, with a film called Jhund, starring Amitabh Bachchan. At the 61st National Film Awards, '' Fandry'' won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. In 2018, Manjule published a book of poetry in Marathi titled ''Unhachya Katavirudhha'' which won the ''Bhairuratan Damani Sahitya Puraskar''. He owns a wrestling team called 'Veer Marathwada' in Zee Maharashtra Kusti Dangal. Early life and education Manjule grew up in Jeur village in the Solapur district of Maharashtra. Baburao Manjule, who is the brother of Nagraj's father Popatrao Manjule, adopted Nagraj due to financial h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nagraj Manjule
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He works in Marathi cinema, and is best known for ''Sairat'' and ''Pistulya''—the latter for which he received 58th National Film Awards, National Film Award in the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director. He made his Hindi Cinema debut in 2022, with a film called Jhund (film), Jhund, starring Amitabh Bachchan. At the 61st National Film Awards, ''Fandry'' won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. In 2018, Manjule published a book of poetry in Marathi language, Marathi titled ''Unhachya Katavirudhha'' which won the ''Bhairuratan Damani Sahitya Puraskar''. He owns a wrestling team called 'Veer Marathwada' in Zee Maharashtra Kusti Dangal. Early life and education Manjule grew up in Jeur village in the Solapur district of Maharashtra. Baburao Manjule, who is the brother of Nagraj's father Popatr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rinku Rajguru
Prerana "Rinku" Mahadeo Rajguru (born 3 June 2001) is an Indian actress primarily working in Marathi and Hindi language films, best known for her role in the film ''Sairat'' for which she won a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards Marathi. Personal life Rajguru was born in Akluj town of Maharashtra to Mahadeo Rajguru on 3 June 2001. She studied from Tembhurni's Jai Tuljabhavani Arts and Science Junior Ashram College. Career In 2016, she made her debut with Nagraj Manjule's ''Sairat'' and won a National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) at the 63rd National Film Awards for her performance. She also won two Filmfare Awards Marathi in category of Best Female Debut and Best Actress at Filmfare Awards Marathi 2017. In the Kannada remake of ''Sairat'', '' Manasu Mallige'', Rajguru reprised her role. Later, she appeared in films like ''Kaagar'', ''Makeup'', '' Unpaused'', and '' Aathva Rang Premacha''. In 2022, she made her Bollywood deb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Akash Thosar
Akash Thosar (born 24 February 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Marathi and Hindi films. He is best known for his role as Parshya in the 2016 Marathi film ''Sairat'' for which he won a Filmfare Award Marathi Best Male Debut. He was ranked eighth in ''The Times of India'''s Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2019. Career Akash Thosar was born and raised in Karmala, Maharashtra. A former wrestler, he made a debut in the film industry with the ''Sairat'' movie in 2016 which was directed by Nagraj Manjule and received immense success with this film. Thosar later starred in the lead role in Mahesh Manjrekar's Marathi movie '' FU: Friendship Unlimited'' in 2017. In 2018, he starred in Netflix original ''Lust Stories'', an anthology film, paired opposite Radhika Apte in the segment directed by Anurag Kashyap. In 2022, he was seen in '' Jhund'' directed by Nagraj Manjule. He was also cast in '' 1962: The War in the Hills'' as an army officer. In 2023 he was starred ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ajay–Atul
Ajay-Atul is an Indian music composer duo comprising brothers Ajay Ashok Gogavale and Atul Ashok Gogavale. Known for their works in Cinema of India, Indian cinema; predominantly in Marathi cinema, Marathi and Hindi cinema, Hindi films. They are recipient of a National Film Awards, National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards Marathi, three Maharashtra State Film Awards, twelve Mirchi Music Awards, and two Zee Cine Awards. They made their debut in the 2015 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List securing a position of 82 and were placed 22nd in 2019. They began their career with the devotional album ''Vishwa Vinayak'', which combined traditional Mantra, Ganpati mantras with Orchestra, symphonic music. Over the years, they have worked on notable films such as ''Natarang'', ''Sairat'', ''Agneepath (2012 film), Agneepath'', ''Dhadak'', and ''Tumbbad''. Their compositions often feature Live instrumentation, live instruments and draw from a mix of Folk music, traditional and Contemporary music, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zee Studios
Zee Studios is an Indian film production and distribution company, that specializes in film, streaming, and television, content development and production. It also specializes in film marketing and distribution. It is based in Mumbai, India, and it was established in 2012 as the content engine for Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. History Zee Studios was founded in 2012 and was formerly known as Essel Vision Productions. Before the establishment of Zee Studios, films were produced under the name Zee Telefilms. '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'', released in 2001, directed by Anil Sharma and starring Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel, was one of the first films produced by Zee Telefilms. The film was declared an All-Time Blockbuster by Box Office India and ranked among the top 3 Indian films in all-time highest footfalls since the 1990s. 2015–2020 The first-ever film produced under the banner of Zee Studios was Sanjay Gupta’s thriller suspense '' Jazbaa'' in the year 2015, w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kutub Inamdar
Kutub Inamdar is an Indian film editor and cinematographer mostly edited Marathi films. He is best known for ''Sairat'' (2016), '' Jhund'' (2022), '' Ghar Banduk Biryani'' (2023). He was nominated for Best Editing at the 3rd Filmfare Awards Marathi for ''Sairat''. Career Kutub Inamdar began his career in 2009 with a short film, '' Pistulya'', his first collaboration with Nagraj Manjule before ''Sairat ''Sairat'' () is a 2016 Indian Marathi language, Marathi-language Romance film, social romantic tragedy film directed and co-produced by Nagraj Manjule under his banner Aatpat Production, along with Nittin Keni and Nikhil Sane under Essel Visi ...''. In 2022 Kutub Inamdar was the editor of the miniseries ''Unpaused: Naya Safar'' (''a sequel to Unpaused'')''.'' Nandini Ramnath of '' Scroll.in'' stated "Writers Manjule and Sudhir Kulkarni, cinematographer Harshvardhan Waghdhare and editor Kutub Inamdar build up a hypnotic rhythm before opening out the story to Vikas’s w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Channa Mereya (film)
''Channa Mereya'' () is a 2017 Indian Punjabi-language romantic drama film directed by Pankaj Batra. It is a remake of the Marathi film '' Sairat'' (2016). The film's title is inspired by a song of the same name from Bollywood film ''Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'' (2016). Synopsis The film follows Kainat ( Payal Rajput), a girl from a wealthy family who falls in love with her poor classmate Jagat (Ninja). They start seeing each other secretly, but when their relationship is exposed, they face trouble from Kainat's brother Balli ( Amrit Maan) and father (Yograj Singh). Cast *Ninja as Jagat * Payal Rajput as Kainat Dhillon * Amrit Maan as Balli Dhillon * Yograj Singh as Kainat's father Production ''Channa Mereya'' is an official remake of the 2016 Marathi film '' Sairat''. While remaining largely faithful to the original film, director Pankaj Batra took a few liberties: while the male lead of ''Sairat'' had a younger sister, the character was replaced with a younger brother in ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manasu Mallige
''Manasu Mallige'' () is an Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by S. Narayan and produced by Rockline Venkatesh and Akash Chawla. The film, a remake of Nagraj Manjule's Marathi film ''Sairat'' (2016), features Rinku Rajguru, reprising her role from the original, and Nishanth (Nataraj). The original soundtrack by Ajay–Atul has been re-used with Kannada lyrics, and the cinematography is by Manohar Joshi. Plot The film depicts a love story between a girl of an upper caste and a boy from a lower caste; thus it comments on the caste system in India. This commentary culminates into honour killing; honour killing is prevalent in few parts of rural India as well as urban India. Cast * Rinku Rajguru as Sanjana "Sanju" Patil * Nishanth as Parashu * Tanaji Galgunde * Sourabh Kulakarni Soundtrack The songs and background score for the film are composed by composer duo Ajay–Atul, who had scored for the original Marathi film. This marks their debut in the Ka ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti is an Indian film cinematographer, turned director, screenwriter, and producer known for his works in Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu, and Marathi language, Marathi cinema. In 1999, Reddy made his foray into cinema as an assistant cinematographer under Ajayan Vincent. In 2018 he directed the Marathi feature film ''Naal (film), Naal'', for which he fetched the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director, National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director. Background Reddy was born on 23 March 1976 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh into a Telugu speaking family. Reddy holds A Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Hyderabad, and post graduate diploma in Cinematography from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Career Reddy's script was selected by UNESCO and funded a 2003 short film ''Ek Aakash'' for which Reddy received the National Film Award – Special Jury Award (non-feature fil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Noor Jahaan
''Noor Jahaan'' is a 2018 Indo-Bangla joint production romantic thriller film written and directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee, produced by Raj Chakraborty under the banners of Raj Chakraborty Production of India and Jaaz Multimedia of Bangladesh and co-produced by SVF Entertainment. The film features newcomer Adrit Roy and Puja Cherry in the lead roles. It is a remake of the 2015 Marathi film ''Sairat'' and was shot in Krishnath College School, Berhampore. Plot ''Noor Jahaan'' is the story of two young lovers, Noor (played by Adrit Roy) and Jahaan (played by Puja Cherry). Noor is a boy from poor family who got the highest percentage in HSC exam in his district. Jahaan is a girl from rich family who is the daughter of a famous politician. Her mother, Amina Begum (played by Aparajita Auddy), They meet in college and fall in love with each other .Jahan mothers finds them out and they get in trouble.Noor and Jahaan dance the night away and she gets pregnant at their nuptial ni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |