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Nagraj Manjule
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He hails from a small village in Maharashtra and has written and directed his first Feature film called Fandry. Born and brought up in Jeur Tal village in Karmala taluka, a small town of Solapur district in Maharashtra, Manjule has closely seen how one has to struggle while getting an education if one belongs to a poor, backward family of a rural India. He has pursued his Master of Arts in Marathi literature from University of Pune, followed by Masters in communication studies from New Arts, Science and Commerce College, Ahmednagar.
His first National Award winning short film Pistulya is a reflection of his "felt experience", Thereafter he made his debut feature film, Fandry in 2014, which was commercially released in February 2014.
Fandry" literally means pig in the Kaikadi language, spoken by nomadic Kaikadi tribe, which is considered untouchable in Maharashtra and film deals with the issue of caste system-based discrimination. He is one of the important poets in Marathi literature in the last decade.
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