Sairat was a Bollywood style promoted Marathi movie. On Kapil Sharma's show (de rigeur promotion for all Bollywood releases), the Sairat team without any filmy airs, endeared themselves to the audience. This would have ensured viewership at least in Mumbai from a lot of people who normally do not see Marathi movies. And rightly so - Sairat should be subtitled in all Indian languages.
The acting is superb, especially considering the newcomer cast without any filmy background. Hats off to Nagaraj Manjule for excellent casting and introducing this wonderful new talent.
When you watch the film you feel you are watching a real life sequence of events with real people in real places. The people, the language, the village, the rural Maharashtra setting, the slums, life for the poor in a big bad city; everything is straight out of reality. The songs are the only thing that bring you back to cinema. No complaints mind you, the music is good and has in fact hit the charts.
Effectively in brief, this is about a lower class - lower caste boy loves upper caste rich politically connected girl in a rural society where such relationships are taboo. They somehow elope and start a new life in a big bad city where through various ups and downs and huge lessons in harsh reality beyond the rose tinted hues of young love, they manage a reasonable family life. But fate has other plans and the ending is what the real news usually portrays of a feudal Haryana khap, light years removed from rural Maharashtra. Or is it?
The last scene of the blood stained footsteps of the toddler as he leaves the house, is bloodcurdling. This is Manjule's masterstroke and a lesson to other film makers that graphic scenes have better effect in implied rather than express depiction. The finale hits hard because of the strong current of reality throughout the film. The cast is completely believable as the people they portray.
Everything was perfect about this film. I hope Indian cinema moves more towards realistic depiction as the trend seems to indicate. I also hope that such movies help our feudal regressive mindset change for the better.
The acting is superb, especially considering the newcomer cast without any filmy background. Hats off to Nagaraj Manjule for excellent casting and introducing this wonderful new talent.
When you watch the film you feel you are watching a real life sequence of events with real people in real places. The people, the language, the village, the rural Maharashtra setting, the slums, life for the poor in a big bad city; everything is straight out of reality. The songs are the only thing that bring you back to cinema. No complaints mind you, the music is good and has in fact hit the charts.
Effectively in brief, this is about a lower class - lower caste boy loves upper caste rich politically connected girl in a rural society where such relationships are taboo. They somehow elope and start a new life in a big bad city where through various ups and downs and huge lessons in harsh reality beyond the rose tinted hues of young love, they manage a reasonable family life. But fate has other plans and the ending is what the real news usually portrays of a feudal Haryana khap, light years removed from rural Maharashtra. Or is it?
The last scene of the blood stained footsteps of the toddler as he leaves the house, is bloodcurdling. This is Manjule's masterstroke and a lesson to other film makers that graphic scenes have better effect in implied rather than express depiction. The finale hits hard because of the strong current of reality throughout the film. The cast is completely believable as the people they portray.
Everything was perfect about this film. I hope Indian cinema moves more towards realistic depiction as the trend seems to indicate. I also hope that such movies help our feudal regressive mindset change for the better.