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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• 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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