The last shot of the film shows Jabya the school-going protagonist throwing stone at his upper-caste tormentor with intense anger and at that very moment,
screen blackens...the film, one wonders, comes to an abrupt end…
the abruptness hits you hard…not because the story remains incomplete but because you also have developed equal rage inside you as you go through Jabya’s ordeal and you feel an immensely compelling need to throw your anger through symbolic stone…
but you are in AC hall of the multiplex and all you can do is sympathize with the protagonist…
you leave the hall with benumbed senses and still feel Jabya’s pain…
that’s the success of the film… Fandry is an experience…A masterpiece in every aspect of cinema…
cinematography, editing, background score, direction and acting…
Film based on simple script…
about Jabya - a teenager dark-skinned boy from lowly untouchable Kaikadi community who is besotted by Shalu – a fair-skinned upper caste girl in his school who is oblivious to Jabya’s feelings…the story unfolds on the canvas of rebel Jabya’s daydreaming about Shalu on one hand and his abysmal poverty and lowly status on the other…
but you know from the start that there is not even a remote possibility of any happy ending...reality strikes hard in last 15 minutes as the inevitable happens…As Jabya’s family is responsible for catching the pigs (Fandry) and keep their nuisance at bay, he grapples with inescapable social stigma with no hope of any victory… Writer-director Nagraj Manjule has done an excellent job in his first film…His nuanced direction clearly shows he’s worked hard to do his homework…Acting of the whole cast is top-notch to say the least…it’s hard to believe that all of them except Kishor Kadam are amateur actors…Somnath Awaghade as Jabya is brilliant…Watch this one if realistic meaningful cinema is your thing…stay away if nach-gana-stunts kinda polished films get you going and if you are looking for only entertainment…Undoubtedly, this will prove to be the best work of year 2014….Five Stars for sure !!!
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