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Fandry (2013)
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Add to a movie listFandry is a 2013 Indian Marathi-language film, written and directed by Nagraj Manjule in a directorial debut. It stars Somnath Avghade and Rajshree Kharat as the film leads. The story focuses on a romance amidst caste-based discrimination. The film set in Akolner, a village near Ahmednagar is about a teenager from a Dalit (lower caste) family, who lives at the village fringe, and falls in love with an upper caste girl.
The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Mumbai International Film Festival. The film released theatrically on Valentine's Day February 14, 2014. At the 61st National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director.
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Fandry is story of a teenage boy from a village of state Maharashtra, the film focuses on the problem of caste discrimination by incorporating a love angle in it. The plot opens where the lead role Jabya (Somnath Awghade) and his school friend hanging around the village trying to catch a bird (The Black Sparrow). However, the bird call that punctuates the film is that of the Red Wattled Lapwing (titawi), which is supposed to bring bad luck. The black sparrow, with its distinctive forked tail, and the call of the red wattled lapwing occur repeatedly throughout the film. The reasons for the mismatch between the call and the bird shown are unclear. The duo kept trying to catch the bird in entire film for an unknown reason which is later explained in the film. Jabya and his family lives in a differentiated part of the village as they are categorized as untouchable by the people of their village. The family depends on the random stuff of the village but mainly they get their bread and butter by catching the pigs and putting them off the village. Jabya too helps his family by working after school with his friend by selling ice candies in his neighbor villages. While in school, jabya falls in love with a girl named Shalu (Rajeshwari Kharat). Shalu is born in an upper-class family unlike jabya, so he always tries to hide it from her that he's lower caste and the work he and his family does. Being born in a lower caste family, jabya and his family suffers a lot and goes under a lot of pain to survive. The story then revolves around jabya, his family, love, and the discrimination. The film sums up a life of a person born with a lower caste and his sufferings as a result of caste discrimination.Actors
Kishor Kadam
(Kachru 'Nana' Mane)
Jyoti Subhash
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