Nagraj Popatrao Manjule

Directing

Nagraj Popatrao Manjule

Born 1977-08-24

Nagraj Popatrao Manjule is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker who works primarily in Marathi cinema. He hails from Jeur, a small village in Maharashtra. Strongly inspired by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the emancipator of downtrodden and the drafting chairman of the Indian constitution, Manjule's work is deeply rooted in his own experience growing up as a Dalit in rural Maharashtra. His films have focused on the plights faced by members of these communities, including social discrimination at the hands of forward caste communities as well as the resulting economic hardships. After marking his debut with the coming-of-age drama Fandry (2013), Manjule directed the romantic drama Sairat (2016), which emerged as the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time and received rave reviews from critics.

Acting credits

Highway poster
5.0

Highway is a film of that escape which all of us yearn for. It is an attempt to see our own reflections in today’s time.

Highway

2015

Naal poster
7.4

Pampered by his loving and caring parents, an eight-year-old boy's life takes a turn for the worse when he learns a hidden truth about himself. Soon, he begins to distance himself from his mother.

Naal

2018

Frame poster
6.5

Bound by the profession but divided by their beliefs, two journalists face a life‑changing reckoning.

Frame

Sairat poster
7.6

Archi, a local politician’s daughter, and Parshya, a fisherman’s son, fall in love resulting in violence between the families due to the stringent casteism in the village.

Sairat

2016

Jhund poster
6.8

A retired sports teacher transforms a bunch of teenage slum goons into disciplined football players against all odds.

Jhund

2022

Fandry poster
6.8

Set in contemporary times, Fandry ('Pig') tells the story of teenager Jabya and his family, who are Dalits. While Jabya is struggling in his love life, having fallen for Shalu, a rich upper caste girl in his class, his family is on the lookout for a way to hunt down a wild pig to earn some money.

Fandry

2013

Taar poster
NR

The story revolves around the postman delivering his last letter set in the period of 1971 during the Indo-Pak war. The postman in the film is impatient carrying the terrible news of the war. He is muddled between the war he is fighting within himself and the war with his duty because of the pessimistic dilemma around him.

Taar

2020

Naal 2 poster
3.0

Chaitanya comes to terms with his real mother and father, but it starts to cause a great rift between him and their son.

Naal 2

2023

Ghar Banduk Biryani poster
2.0

Ghar Banduk Biryani is witty and thrilling story of one who is longing for a home, another who is struggling for his right and a third person with a hunger for ambition.

Ghar Banduk Biryani

2023

Baji poster
NR

It is an action-adventure-romance laced superhero vigilante film that transcends both folklore and present day. It is based on the legend of a man who took upon himself to protect the common man against oppression and injustice.

Baji

2015

The Silence poster
7.2

Late at night on a local train in Mumbai, young Chini witnesses a woman being sexually abused. This experience forces her to face up to demons from her past. Based on a true story, the narrative revolves around a little girl growing up in poverty with her father in a rural area. When he’s unable to manage caring for her himself, he sends Chini to her uncle in a nearby town, where life-changing events occur. Blending past and present and with forceful drama, the film tackles crucial, taboo topics, tracing the recurring question of responsibility – or silence.

The Silence

2015

Pistulya poster
NR

Pistulya focuses on the desire of a dalit boy to attend school, and his inability to do so because of his family's poverty and a deep seated disdain for formal education within his community.

Pistulya

2010

Sairat - Making of the Masterpiece poster
NR

4 chapters in making of Sairat

Sairat - Making of the Masterpiece

Behind the camera

Naal poster
7.4

Pampered by his loving and caring parents, an eight-year-old boy's life takes a turn for the worse when he learns a hidden truth about himself. Soon, he begins to distance himself from his mother.

Naal

2018

An Essay of the Rain poster
10.0

Raja, a 10 year old boy lives in a land blessed in abundance by rain, romance and poetry. He sets out to write an essay about rain as a school assignment.

An Essay of the Rain

2017

An Essay of the Rain poster
10.0

Raja, a 10 year old boy lives in a land blessed in abundance by rain, romance and poetry. He sets out to write an essay about rain as a school assignment.

An Essay of the Rain

2017

Khashaba poster
NR

Biopic on freestyle wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, making him the first athlete from independent India to win an individual medal at the games.

Khashaba

Khashaba poster
NR

Biopic on freestyle wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, making him the first athlete from independent India to win an individual medal at the games.

Khashaba

Khashaba poster
NR

Biopic on freestyle wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, making him the first athlete from independent India to win an individual medal at the games.

Khashaba

Sairat poster
7.6

Archi, a local politician’s daughter, and Parshya, a fisherman’s son, fall in love resulting in violence between the families due to the stringent casteism in the village.

Sairat

2016

Sairat poster
7.6

Archi, a local politician’s daughter, and Parshya, a fisherman’s son, fall in love resulting in violence between the families due to the stringent casteism in the village.

Sairat

2016

Jhund poster
6.8

A retired sports teacher transforms a bunch of teenage slum goons into disciplined football players against all odds.

Jhund

2022

Jhund poster
6.8

A retired sports teacher transforms a bunch of teenage slum goons into disciplined football players against all odds.

Jhund

2022

Jhund poster
6.8

A retired sports teacher transforms a bunch of teenage slum goons into disciplined football players against all odds.

Jhund

2022

Jhund poster
6.8

A retired sports teacher transforms a bunch of teenage slum goons into disciplined football players against all odds.

Jhund

2022

Fandry poster
6.8

Set in contemporary times, Fandry ('Pig') tells the story of teenager Jabya and his family, who are Dalits. While Jabya is struggling in his love life, having fallen for Shalu, a rich upper caste girl in his class, his family is on the lookout for a way to hunt down a wild pig to earn some money.

Fandry

2013

Fandry poster
6.8

Set in contemporary times, Fandry ('Pig') tells the story of teenager Jabya and his family, who are Dalits. While Jabya is struggling in his love life, having fallen for Shalu, a rich upper caste girl in his class, his family is on the lookout for a way to hunt down a wild pig to earn some money.

Fandry

2013

Ghar Banduk Biryani poster
2.0

Ghar Banduk Biryani is witty and thrilling story of one who is longing for a home, another who is struggling for his right and a third person with a hunger for ambition.

Ghar Banduk Biryani

2023

Ghar Banduk Biryani poster
2.0

Ghar Banduk Biryani is witty and thrilling story of one who is longing for a home, another who is struggling for his right and a third person with a hunger for ambition.

Ghar Banduk Biryani

2023

Pistulya poster
NR

Pistulya focuses on the desire of a dalit boy to attend school, and his inability to do so because of his family's poverty and a deep seated disdain for formal education within his community.

Pistulya

2010

Pistulya poster
NR

Pistulya focuses on the desire of a dalit boy to attend school, and his inability to do so because of his family's poverty and a deep seated disdain for formal education within his community.

Pistulya

2010

Pistulya poster
NR

Pistulya focuses on the desire of a dalit boy to attend school, and his inability to do so because of his family's poverty and a deep seated disdain for formal education within his community.

Pistulya

2010