Many successful Indian films
have surfaced addressing caste issue in India, Ankur (1974), Samar
(1999) to name a few. ‘Fandry’ is one such attempt to address the caste
issue. Directed by Nagraj Manjule, the film tells the story of ‘Jabya’
who lives in the rural area of Maharashtra with his family, father, mother
& two sisters, belonging to a low caste. They are poor & Jabya
has to manage between work and school. The film exploits the caste system where
Jabya’s family is given all sorts of possible humiliation by the rest of
the high class villagers. Nagraj maintains a balanced narrative by carrying Jabya’s
infatuation about Sahlu, one of his classmates belonging to a higher
class. The love story of Jabya and in ways he tries to
perceive Shalu has been portrayed well. This provides space for enough
humour in the film to keep us intrigued.
The film gets pretty bold in the end with its execution style. But if we
glance at couple of recent Marathi films, they have been on similar lines.
Nagraj, who also directed Pistulya (a short film), gives a similar treatment considering the script. The film certainly does create an effect in its last
moments, appealing to take stand.
-Izaz Ansari.
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