| Natarang (2010) Also Known As: Natrang Country: India Language: Marathi Year: 2010 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description Natarang is the struggle of a creative mind that dares to think different. A young artist who who decides to go beyond his family, his friends, the society and above all his own imagination to achieve a dream unthinkable.
A story set in the 1970s in a small village of a Maharashtra in India, digs into the deep-rooted gender politics revealed through incidents in an artist's life. Guna, a poor village laborer, nurtures an obsession for 'Tamasha' - a theatrical folk art form of Maharashtra. It is his dream to play the king once in his life. Unforeseen circumstances land him in situation where he sets up a theater company. But its survival now depends on inclusion of 'Nachya', (A man who performs a woman's role in theater) a mandatory in the Tamasha. Strongly built Guna takes up the challenge of doing the role due to his passion for the art. A decision that puts his life in turmoil inside out. He is deserted by his wife, teased for performing feminine roles, abused and declared a eunuch and gay by the society that fails to understand the creativity involved in the art form.
Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Sonalee Kulkarni, Guru Thakur, Yaqub Sayed, Milind Shinde, Kishor Choughule, Mangesh Satpute, Sunil Deo, Ganesh Revdekar, Siddheshwar Zadbuke, Rajesh Bhosle, Vibhavari Dixit Deshpande, Uday Sabnis, Sandesh Jadhav, Santosh Shinde, Kishore Kadam |
