''Nirob'' () is a 2007

Marathi film Marathi cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Marathi language, which is widely spoken in the state of Maharashtra. It is based out of Mumbai. It is the oldest film industry in India an ...

directed by

Sachin Kundalkar Sachin Kundalkar or ''Sacin Kuṇḍalakar'' is an Indian film director and screenplay writer who mostly works in Marathi cinema. He is known for his directorial works of '' Nirop'' (2007) and '' Gandha'' (2009). He has also written for the thea ...

and produced by Aparna Dharmadhikari under the banner Salaam Cinema. The film stars

Sameer Dharmadhikari Sameer Dharmadhikari is an Indian film and television actor and model known for playing the role of Samrat Bindusara Maurya in ''Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat''. He played the male lead in the Marathi film '' Nirop'' that won the National Award f ...

and

Devika Daftardar Devika Daftardar is an Indian actress who works in Marathi theatre and films. She is known for her mother roles in ''Pari Hoon Main'' (2018) and '' Naal'' (2018). Career Devika started her career in Marathi plays before moving on to films. She ...

in the leading roles. The film won the Best Feature Film in Marathi Award at the

55th National Film Awards The 55th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2007. Three different committee ...

. The award citation mentions the film as ''"An original offbeat film that gives a fresh perspective of the internal landscapes of the human mind"''.

Plot

Shekhar (

) and Jui (Devika Daftardar) are married for three years and are a relatively happy couple. Shekhar is a

flautist The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

and has a music assignment in France. Before leaving for France, he wants to visit his hometown one last time. So he takes a short trip to

Konkan The Konkan is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to Anjediva Island next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau to the eas ...

, along with Jui. On their holiday, they are joined by their friends; Shekhar’s bold and forward friend and MTV Producer Tara, his French music companion Per Barrow and Jui's brother Ishant who aspires to be a music director. In the tranquility and peacefulness of the place, each character recognises their inner discontent. Everyone realises the unhappiness behind their seemingly happy lives. Finally when they are ready to leave, several of them realise that the trip has been life-altering for them.

Cast

as Shekhar *

as Jui * Gauri Kulkarni as Tara * Astad Kale as Ishant * Seema Deshmukh as Sarita * Cyrille Larrieu as Pierre Bérault * Shreeram Ranade * Ujwala Jog

Awards

;

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

* Won -

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi The National Film Award for Best Marathi Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Ka ...

References

{{Sachin Kundalkar 2007 films Best Marathi Feature Film National Film Award winners 2000s Marathi-language films Films directed by Sachin Kundalkar