Nagraj Manjule’s Sairat has broken all records in Marathi cinema, collecting a staggering Rs 60 crore in the first three weeks. Not bad for a film that cost only Rs 4 crore to make.
The producers are now thinking of remaking the film into various languages. There are rumours of the film being remade into a plethora of languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi.
However the film’s co-producer Nittin Keni cuts down all rumours and states that only two remakes of Sairat have been finalised. “Yes, we are doing remakes in Telugu and Gujarati, ” says Keni.
Adds director Nagraj Manjule, “There are offers to do remakes in several languages. We’re looking at the possibilities. I wouldn’t like this film to become an endlessly renewable commercial vehicle. Sairat came from a very personal space in my heart. I never expected it would reach out to so many people.”
Story wise
The movie tells the tale of a fisherman’s son, a Kale, and a landlord’s daughter, a Patil, who fall in love. To escape the violence and trauma from their neighbours, they run away to Hyderabad. After getting married and having a child together, the story focuses on their marriage and the way their roles in the relationship evolves.