We have seen Marathi stars Sachin Khedekar & Swapnil Joshi hosting different editions of Marathi KBC on Colors Marathi previously. Now a surprising name is being attached to this show & that is of the star filmmaker & actor Nagraj Manjule! Nagraj Manjule has become a cultural icon after making films like ‘Fandry’, ‘Sairat’ & the recent ‘Naal’.

His films both entertain the audiences & make a very strong social connect. And hence him hosting ‘Kon Honar Karodpati’ makes total sense! This edition of ‘Kon Honar Karodpati’ is brought to us by the new entertainment channel in Marathi ‘Sony Marathi’. Sony Marathi in no times has created a connect with the Marathi audiences through their variety of fiction & non-fiction shows!

Nagraj Manjule has recently worked with KBC’s biggest icon Amitabh Bachchan in his debut Hindi film as a director ‘Zund’. And ‘Zund’ might be ready for release while Nagraj is hosting this season of ‘Kon Honar Karodpati’! Which means at some point of time in the show we might see Amitabh Bachchan make an appearance in the show for the promotion of their film! This could be a great moment in the history of Marathi entertainment!

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Nagraj Manjule starer, Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti directorial ‘Naal‘ has collected 14 Crores in its opening weekend which is the biggest opening a Marathi film has received post ‘Sairat’! It has also become this year’s highest grossing Marathi film! Zee Studios have released the film across the country including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Surat, Vadodara, and Chennai with subtitles for non-Marathi viewers!

Producer and actor Nagraj Manjule said, “ I’m overwhelmed with the response by the audience. It is almost as if there is a renaissance across the Marathi cinema; the success of this film is definably a triumph of the art.”

Mangesh Kulkarni, Business Head, Zee Studios Marathi said, “It’s heartening to see Naal become this year’s highest grosser. Zee Studios and Nagraj Manjule have always created magic on screen and will continue our journey together to reach newer heights each time. We at Zee Studios want to thank the audiences and our partners on the film for their support as the movie continues its dream run at the box office with houseful theatres”.

The film is produced by Mrudgandha Films and Aatpat, presented by Zee Studios and Nagraj Manjule, Naal is running successfully across India.

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• Review : Naal (2018)
• Cast: Nagraj Manjule, Devika Daftardar, Shrinivas Pokale, Om Bhutkar & Deepti Devi
• Director: Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti

Quick Viewpoint: After the super success of ‘Sairat’ Nagraj Manjule (as actor & producer) & Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti (cinematographer & director) have again collaborated through ‘Naal’, though in different roles! And in my opinion they have altogether given a complete cinematic experience that also connects emotionally with the audiences taking Marathi cinema to new heights!

What Fails?

• Absolutely nothing fails here!!

What Works?

• Naal dwells on the meaning of motherhood. While doing so it keeps the audiences with the boy & not with the mother. Letting us understand what the boy is going through! And how he perceives his mother & motherhood in a larger way!

• Naal captures the essence of childhood curiosity & innocence in a way which was never seen before in a Marathi film.
• Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti succeeds magnificently in executing film’s each & every aspect. Including acting of the little kid (Shrinivas Pokale) & every other aspect!
• Up until the first half the film reaches the most beautiful form of simplicity. But in the later half it goes places where very few Marathi films manage to go! It creates an everlasting bittersweet emotionally ambiguous atmosphere using the same setting that was explored for a sweet little feel good film!
• It now dwells on life in a larger way creating a symphony between birth & death. It understands the meaninglessness of life yet embraces it with both hands, lovingly! The last Marathi film that I was reminded of that gave a similar experience, was Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir.
• Though different from films of this kind, it doesn’t question the norms of life & hence it is never about finding answers. Those films don’t provide specific answers either, but they dwell on questions more specifically. In Naal, both the question & the answers are blurred & the film still beautifully acknowledges their existence.

Final Verdict: ‘Naal’ has opened to a great response from the audiences & it succeeds in enthralling them & also encouraging them to interpret cinema on their own. Knowing things on their own, without being spoon feed, which is a rare achievement in our films!

Rating: 5/5

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The much awaited trailer of upcoming Marathi film ‘Naal‘ produced by & starring Nagraj Manjule is finally out. At first we saw the song from the film that introduced us to the protagonist of the film, the little boy! We saw him pleading to his mother to play outside with his friends. Now in the trailer we see something so unique that it is never even heard before!

The little boy notices how a mother cries for her child. He is even curious about animals if they cry for their little ones. And then he asks his mother whether she even cries or not! His father too finds his little kid’s curiosity fascinating. We are then shown the other side of the story.

The little boy seems to embark on a long journey on his own! Why exactly does he take this brave step? Why does he want his mother to cry for him? All this countless questions arise in our mind after watching the trailer & we get extremely excited to watch the film! So for all the answers, remember the release date of ‘Naal’ which is 16th Novemeber brought to us by Zee Studios & Nagraj Manjule!

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The much awaited Zee Mahrashtra Kusti Dangal commencing from 2nd November to 18th November to be telecasted on our very Zee Talkies now has the glamour of the Marathi film industry! Out of the 6 team owners 3 are from the Marathi film industry which include; Swapnil Joshi, Sai Tamhankar & Nagraj Manjule! Swapnil Joshi’s team is ‘Vidarbhache Wagh‘, Sai’s team is Kolhapuri Mavle & Nagraj Manjule owns the team ‘Veer Marathwada‘!

The rest of the teams; ‘Puneri Ustad‘, ‘Mumbai Astra‘ & ‘Yashwant Satara‘ are owned by Shantaram Manve, Rakesh Dhake & Purushottam Jadhav respectively. Nagraj Manjule said that he is very happy to be associated with this initiative & he believes that this mega tournament will bring our tradition sport of ‘Kusti’ in focus on a big level!

Swapnil Joshi believes no matter which teams & which doesn’t, ultimate the victory will be of the ‘Kusti Sport’! Sai Tamhankar shared her childhood connection with the sport of ‘Kusti’. She said as she grew up in ‘Sangli’ where the sport was played almost everywhere, she had always been fascinated by it! Now as a team owner she is both excited & nervous about what happens in the competition!

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The sudden news of Nagraj Manjule’s first film as a producer ‘Naal‘ came in as a pleasant surprise to his fans! It was directly during the teaser launch that the audiences knew about it! Now the first song ‘Jau De Na Va‘ from the film Naal has been revealed & feels like pure childhood bliss! It will remind all of us of our childhood days & the memories we have of playing with our friends.

Along with Nagraj’s ‘Aatpat’ productions, Zee Studios too is associated with this film. This film is directorial debut of Suddhakar Reddy Yakkanti who was the director of photography in Nagraj Manjule’s ‘Sairat‘! The visuals of this song truly are splendid & they completely immerse us into the film’s world.

This beautiful song is sung by Jayas Kumar & the music & lyrics is credited to AV Prafullachandra. While we can’t make out anything about the plot of the film, we still know that the film is about this little boy who lives in small village & enjoys the beauty of the village life!

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After the super success of ‘Fandry’ & ‘Sairat’, Zee Studios & Nagraj Manjule are again together for a new film! Though this time the film isn’t directed by Nagraj but it is produced by him. ‘Naal’ is the directorial debut of Sudhakar Reddy who was the cinematographer of ‘Sairat’! The teaser of the film was revealed on social media recently.

With this film, Nagraj has entered the new world of film production! Nagraj even said on social media account while sharing this teaser, that this story is from his own heart & Sudhakar is telling the story in his way!

The only character we can spot in the film’s teaser is of a young boy who is bathing in the river! Though the visuals & the music of this teaser have excited us for the film! Moreover, we also want to know more about the cast of the film. The film releases very soon on 16^th November in theatres!

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• Movie : Naal (2018) | नाळ
• Producer : Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti, Viraj Londhe, Nikhil Varadkar, Nitin Prakash Vaidya and Prashant Madhusudan Pethe
• Director : Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
• Studio : Aatpat and Mrudgandha Films
• Star Cast :
  • Nagraj Manjule as Savkar
  • Devika Daftardar as Mother (Aai)
  • Shrinivas Pokale as Chetya
• Story and Screenplay : Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
• Dialogues : Nagraj Popatrao Manjule
• Singer : Jayas Kumar
• Lyrics : AV Prafullachandra
• Music : AV Prafullachandra
• Sound Design : Anthony Ruben
• Background Score : Advait Nemlekar
• Cinematography (DOP) : Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
• Editor : Sanchari Das Mollick
• Art Director : Satish Potdar and Prashant Deshmane
• Costume : Sachin Lovalekar
• Make-up : Sameer Kadam
• Executive Producer : Laxmikant Kalgutkar and Tushar Tupe
• Creative Producer : NA
• Presenter : NA
• Choreography : NA
• VFX : Lalit Khachane (Aatpat)
• VFX Artist : Mahesh Kadam (Aatpat)
• Publicity Design : Aatpat and Visual Junkies
• Visual Promotions : Kutub Inamdar and Vaibhav Dabhade (Aatpat)
• Digital Marketing : Visual Junkies
• Guest Composer : AV Prafulchandra
• Colorist : Ashirvad Hadkar
• DI Lab : Prime Focus
• Marketing : NA
• Genre : NA
• Release Date : 16th November 2018

Synopsis : NA

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Zee Talkies’ ‘Zee Maharashtra Kusti Dangal’ is a huge platform for Kusti players from Maharashtra. Our players will get a chance to play against the national & international Kusti players! And we as audiences can enjoy all of that sitting in our homes, watching Zee Talkies! The competition begins from 2^nd November & will continue till 18^th November! So this is Zee’s Diwali gift to the audiences this year!

The new promo of ‘Zee Maharashtra Kusti Dangal’ stars Nagraj Manjule where he inspires us to watch the tournament with full spirit & celebrate the local game of Maharashtra. The promo has also been directed by Nagraj Manjule! He also clarifies that Kusti isn’t just a game of physical strength but also demands intelligence & mental strength!

Nagraj Manjule’s association with Zee Talkies’ ‘Zee Maharashtra Kusti Dangal’ gives tremendous credibility to the competition & as many youngsters today look up to him they can get inspired to play the game of Kusti!

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Marathi cinema over the years has always made it’s presence felt at the National film awards. Last year Marathi cinema bagged all the big prizes from best director to best film. This year though we have bagged less awards we have still made our presence felt.

Prasad Oak directorial ‘Kaccha Limbu’ has bagged the prestigious Best Marathi film award. Ravi Jadhav has expressed his happiness regarding the same through his social media handle & has also mentioned that his film was ignored completely at the State film awards! Nagraj Manjule has bagged his second national award for a short film for his film ‘Pavsacha Nibandh’, he was awarded Best Director (Short Film).

Nipun Dharmadhikari too was awarded in an important section. His first film ‘Dhappa’ (he made this film before Baapjanma) has bagged the Nargis Dutt award for best film on National Integration. Along with that Best children film went to Marathi film ‘Mhorkya’, the director of ‘Mhorkya’ Yashraj Karhade also got a special mention for his direction.

Best Editing award also went to a Marathi film called ‘Mrutyubhog’. Best Non-feature Short Film award went to ‘Mayat’ by Suyash Shinde & Best Promotional Film went to ‘Chanderimama’ by Rajendra Jangle.

We congratulate all the winners & we hope our films keep on winning National awards every year & the audiences too get to savour these films in theatres.

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