Sairat

Sairat

Theatrical release poster
Marathi सैराट
Directed by Nagraj Manjule
Produced by Nittin Keni,
Nikhil Sane
Story by Nagraj Manjule
Starring Rinku rajguru
Akash Thosar
Music by Ajay−Atul
Cinematography Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Edited by Kutub Inamdar
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 April 2016 (2016-04-29)
Running time
 174 minutes
Country India
Language Marathi
Budget ₹4 crore[1]
Box office est. ₹110crore [2][3][4][5][6]

Sairat (English: wild, unrestrained) is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language musical romantic drama starring Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar. It is directed by Nagraj Manjule and produced by Nagraj Manjule, Nitin Keni, and Nikhil Sane under the banner of Aatpat Production, Zee Studios and Essel Vision Productions. The music, produced by Ajay-Atul, was released on 6 April 2016. The film was released in India on 29 April 2016.[7] It emerged as the biggest weekend opener for a Marathi film breaking record previously held by Natsamrat.[8] Sairat was the first Marathi film to cross ₹50 crore (US$7.8 million) mark.[9] The film has become the first Marathi film to gross over ₹100 crore (US$16 million) worldwide.[10] Also it ran for more than 100 days in many centres of Maharashtra.

The film was remade into Bengali (India — Bangladesh joint production) as Noor Jahaan in 2017 by Abhimanyu Mukherjee with Adrit Roy and Puja Cherry portraying the lead roles.  It will be remade in Kannada, Telugu, Hindi and Punjabi and later in Malayalam and Tamil.[11][12] Punjabi version titled Channa Mareya was directed by Pankaj Batra.[13] The remake rights for the four southern languages are acquired by Rockline Venkatesh with the Kannada version titled Manasu Mallige with Rinku Rajguru reprising her role.[14][15][16] The remake rights for Hindi are acquired by Karan Johar.[17]

Plot

The film follows the story of Prashant Kale aka Parshya, a low-caste young boy, and Archana Patil aka Archi, a daughter of a rich "upper caste landlord". Parshya, although poor, has a good academic record,is good at reading and is the captain and the star player of the local cricket team. Archi is a strong willed girl, who is also academically proficient, but more importantly, known as a headstrong girl who enjoys ‘masculine’ tasks like driving a tractor or riding a Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle. As they both study in college together, it is observed that they slowly start falling for each other. Early on, Archi’s large and muscular maternal cousin Manya tries to intervene and beat up Parshya, but is ordered to stay away by Archi. They slowly find ways to spend time with each other and fall in love.

At a celebration of Archi’s misbehaved younger brother, Prince’s birthday, they are discovered by Archi’s family. Archi’s father, being politically connected proceeds to thrash Parshya and his friends. Eventually realizing that there is no way out, Archi and Parshya make an attempt to elope. However, they are discovered by police and taken into custody. There, Archi’s father forces the police to register a false complaint alleging that Archi was gang raped by Parshya and his friends. Realizing this, Archi intervenes and destroys the complaint, insisting that Parshya and his friends be released. Soon after they are released, however, Archi’s father’s goons begin to thrash Parshya and his friends. Seeing this from a distance, Archi intervenes and seizes a pistol from the goons, threatening to fire unless they are released. Soon Parshya and Archi catch a running train and escape the confines of the small town to Hyderabad.

In the city of Hyderabad, Archi and Parshya are broke and desperate. Surviving off what little they have, they try for accommodation in a lodge but they are refused accommodation. In frustration, they sleep at the railway station, contemplating their next move. One night, a few men come and awaken them, insisting that they come to the police station. On the way, they begin to drag Parshya and beat him up, while another attempts to rape Archi. However, a lady from the nearby slum, Suman Akka bravely intervenes, brandishing a stick, stepping in and saving the duo from the rogues. Akka stays with her young son, Sanket.

Akka offers Parshya and Archi a spare shanty to live in, and helps Archi find employment in a nearby bottling factory, while Parshya starts working as a cook at Akka's Dosa stall. Archi gradually picks up Telugu with the help of her factory colleague Pooja. Archi and Parshya start to make a meagre hand to mouth existence, trying to make the most of the situation with mutual love. Initially, Archi misses home terribly and at one point she leaves Parshya to return to her home by train, but she changes her mind and returns to Parshya. In due course, Archi and Parshya get married in the Registrar's office where Akka and Pooja stand as witnesses. Subsequently, Archi is shown pregnant and the story moves forward by a few years.

Parshya and Archi are now living in a better location and are more well-off. Archi phones her mother from an under construction flat complex, which they have come to see and then hands the phone to her young son Aakash. After the phone call, Archi's brother Prince and his relatives arrive, carrying gifts from her mother, hinting at reconciliation. Aakash goes to visit a neighbour while Archi and Parshya invite Prince and the other visitors into the flat and serve them tea.

The toddler returns with the neighbour and is left at their doorstep. The door is open and the baby enters and discovers that his parents have been hacked to death. Visibly troubled and unable to comprehend the gruesome nature of the honor killing, he walks off and the movie ends.

Cast

Production

Nagraj Manjule wrote Sairat as a "classic love story" and aimed for it to be more commercial than his previous films. It was based on his own experiences and so he chose his own village Jeur in Karmala Taluka of Solapur district as the setting. Filming commenced in February 2014 and concluded in May 2015.[18]

Release

The film was released with English subtitles in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Kolkata, Bhilai, Raipur, Bhiwadi, Karnataka, and Telangana.[19] The film screened at more than 450 theatres.[20] Due to the film's popularity, additional shows at midnight and at 3 a.m. were introduced at a theatre in Rahimatpur in Satara district.[21] The film was released in about 200 screens in other parts of India with English subtitles.[22][23] It was the first Marathi film to get a cinematic release in the United Arab Emirates[24] and South Korea.[25]

Piracy

In April 2016, Manjule filed a case with the Mumbai Police after the film was leaked online two days ahead of its release. The copy had a watermark indicating that it was a "censor copy", a copy intended for censor board officials to review prior to the release.[26][27][28] In May 2016, a mobile shop owner in Pune was arrested for allegedly indulging in piracy.[29] The cyber crime police arrested a Byculla (Mumbai) based cable operator for broadcasting the pirated version of Sairat on his network.[30]

Critical reception

In addition to challenging the caste system in India, Sairat casts Archi (the main female character) in a leading role in the action scenes.[31] In an article for DNA, Pratik Ghosh stated: "Manjule (movie director) has gone in for a role-reversal to challenge gender stereotypes and yet imbued the character with vulnerabilities to keep it real." [32] Ganesh Matkari of Pune Mirror rated the film with four star saying, "The word I will use to describe Sairat is 'significant'."[33] Lalitha Suhasini, in an article for Indian Express stated the score of the movie is as audacious as its plot.[34] In 4.0 star review for Times of India, Mihir Bhanage stated, "Sairat is not just a beautifully woven film; it also has elements of a mass entertainer".[35]

Box office

Sairat collected ₹3.60 crore (US$560,000) on its opening day, ₹3.95 crore (US$620,000) on its second day and ₹4.55 crore (US$710,000) on its third day, with a total of ₹12.10 crore (US$1.9 million) on its opening weekend and ₹25.50 crore (US$4.0 million) in first week.[36] The film emerged as Blockbuster as it collected ₹12.57 crore (US$2.0 million) in its second weekend,which is higher than its first weekend collections.It collected ₹38.07 crore (US$5.9 million) in 10 days and ₹52 crore (US$8.1 million) in 14 days. It has collected more than ₹65 crore (US$10 million) in 3 weeks and enters 4th week at more than 525 screens,[37] making it the best performing Marathi film of all time and the first to pass ₹50 crore (US$7.8 million) and ₹100 crore (US$16 million).The film received overwhelming response at overseas box office, and collected $22,000 at the US box office.[38][39][40]

Awards

The film was selected for the 66th Berlin International Film Festival under its Generation 14 Plus section.[41][42] Rinku Rajguru was awarded a National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2015 "for her effective portrayal of a lively girl who defies societal norms but ultimately has to face the wrath of her family".[43][44]

Soundtrack

Sairat
Soundtrack album by Ajay-Atul
Released 5 April 2016 (2016-04-05)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 20:55
Language Marathi
Label Zee Music Company
Ajay-Atul chronology
Nilkanth Master
(2015)Nilkanth Master2015		 Sairat
(2016)		 Jaundya Na Balasaheb
(2016)Jaundya Na Balasaheb2016

The songs and background score for the film are composed by composer duo Ajay−Atul, who had earlier worked with director Nagraj Manjule on his debut film Fandry (2013).[45] The soundtrack includes western classical pieces recorded at Sony Scoring Stage in Hollywood, California, a first for an Indian film.[46] The orchestra of 66 musicians – including a 45-piece string section, 6-piece woodwind section, 13-piece brass section, 6-piece horn section, and 1 harp – was conducted by Mark Graham.[7]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yad Lagla"Ajay−AtulAjay Gogavale05:14
2."Aatach Baya Ka Baavarla"Ajay−AtulShreya Ghoshal05:34
3."Sairat Zaala Ji"Ajay−Atul, Nagraj ManjuleChinmayi Sripada, Ajay Gogavale06:09
4."Zingaat"Ajay−AtulAjay−Atul03:46
Total length:20:43

See also

References

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