Nagrik | |
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Directed by | Jaypraad Desai |
Screenplay by | Mahesh Keluskar Jaypraad Desai |
Produced by | Arti Sachin Chavan |
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Cinematography | Devendra Golatkar |
Edited by | Gorakshnath |
Music by | Tuby-Parik Sambhaji Bhagat |
Production company | Sacchi Entertainment & Ronak Bandelkar |
Distributed by | Om Rajat Enterprises |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Marathi |
Nagrik is a 2015 Indian Marathi language mystery political film, directed by Jaypraad Desai and produced by Arti Sachin Chavan and co-produced by Dr.Sunil Chavan presented by Sachhi Entertainment and Ronak Bandelkar. The film is released on 12 June 2015. [1] [2]
Nagrik is set against the political backdrop of Maharashtra. [3] Shyam Jagdale, the chief political correspondent of a leading Marathi daily called 'Aaj Mumbai' does an important exposé in his political column 'Nagrik'. This triggers off a series of events that uncovers the unholy nexus between politics, business and the media. Plans of Vikas Patil, the new rising star on the political horizon, are thwarted. Shyam becomes suspicious at the turn of events and smells a bigger conspiracy. But treading the path of truth has never been easy or forgiving.
Ganesh Matkari of Pune Mirror wrote "Success, I believe, is not all that matters, sometimes it is enough to see that you have given it all you’ve got". [4] Mihir Bhanage of The Times of India gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "We rarely see a film that has a strong balance of good content and technical acumen. Nagrik is one of those rare one. Do give it a watch". [5]
Nagrik won five awards at the 52nd Maharashtra State Awards including Best Social Film, Director, Dialogue, Lyrics and Cinematography. It also won the award for the Best Actor in a Negative Role for Milind Soman and Special Jury award for director Jaypraad Desai at MICTA 2016, Sydney. Other awards include Prabhat Puraskar, Sahyadri awards and others.
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