Fandry

Fandry 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 14 February 2014. At the 61st National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director.

Plot

Fandry is a story of an intense revolt against caste discrimination by the most unexpected individual - a 13yr old boy of innocence.

Jabya (Somnath Awghade), a pre-teen lives in a makeshift house on the outskirts of a caste segregated village with his parents and 2 sisters(one a widow with a toddler). The family belongs to a low caste community and earns its living by doing menial jobs. The boys father has a fearful and submissive personality which is exploited by the inland villagers.