Samaira (film)

Samaira
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rishi Deshpande
Written by	Sumit Vilas Tambe
Produced by	Jagannath Surpure Ratan Surpure Shashikant Panat Yohesh Alandkar Rishi Deshpande.
Starring	Ketaki Narayan Ankur Rathee
Production companies	Global Sewa LLC Aadyot Films
Distributed by	Sunshine Studios
Release date	26 August 2022 (2022-08-26)
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Samaira is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by Rishi Deshpande and produced by Aadyot Films and Global Sewa. The film stars Ketaki Narayan and Ankur Rathee in lead roles and Satish Pulekar, Rohit Kokate, Madhav Abhyankar in supporting roles. ^[1]

The film was theatrically released on 26 August 2022. ^[2]

Cast

• Ketaki Narayan
• Ankur Rathee
• Satish Pulekar
• Rohit Kokate
• Jui Pawar
• Manasi Joshi
• Madhav Abhyankar
• Vinamra Babhal
• Nitin Bhajan
• Aparna Desai
• Mahesh Joshi
• Rohit Kokate
• Radhika Nanivdekar ^[3]

Production

Filming for Samaira began in 2017, originally titled Nirmal Enroute. Ketaki Narayan joined the project after Prasad, a Facebook friend who worked in casting, noticed her blog posts and reached out to her about the film. He encouraged her to audition, and she decided to go for it. Talking about her decision to join the film, Narayan shared,

"I felt that 'Samaira' is not a very heroic character. It was a more internal journey and that was very interesting for me. I am a big fan of Iranian cinema. I felt that this film goes in that kind of zone. So, I decided that I want to be a part of it." ^[4]

Release

The film was theatrically released on 26 August 2022. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Reception

Critical reception

Mihir Bhanage of The Times of India rates 2 out of 5 praised acting performances of Ketaki and Ankur. ^[8]

Music

Samaira
Soundtrack album by Nihar Shembekar
Released	28 August 2022
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	22:18
Language	Marathi
Label	Zee Music Company
Official audio
Samaira - Full Album on YouTube

All music is composed by Nihar Shembekar.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer (s)	Length
1.	"Ala Re Hari Ala Re"	Nihar Shembekar, Julie Joglekar	4:17
2.	"Sundar Te Dhyan"	Julie Joglekar	3:20
3.	"Sajun Dhajun"	Aarti Ankalikar-Tikekar, Julie Joglekar	3:05
4.	"Pundalik Warde"	Julie Joglekar	4:49
5.	"Nirmal Prarthana"	Sai Kunte, Sai Godbole, Janhavi Gawkar, Megh Rane, Ruchi Gadgil	3:51
6.	"Jason's Theme"	Ankur Rathee	1:42
Total length:			22:18

Accolades

Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
Canada International Film Festival	Excellent in Interactive Feature	Won	[9]
Festigios International Film Festival, Los Angeles	Best Narrative Feature	Won
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival	Best Produced Screenplay	Won

References

1. "'Nirmal En Route': Rishi Deshpande unveils the first look poster of his next". The Times of India. 11 March 2020. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 12 May 2025.
2. "ketaki narayan film samaira releasing on 26 august rishi deshpande | The story of an extraordinary journey that 'Samaira' will unfold, the exhibition date has also been decided". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
3. "Superhit SAMAIRA 2022 | Bollywood Hit SAMAIRA 2022 - Indian Film History". www.indianfilmhistory.com. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
4. "Ketaki Narayan opens up on working in 'Samaira': Getting a chance to play a title role in Marathi films is very rare -Exclusive!". The Times of India. 26 August 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 12 May 2025.
5. "Trailer of Ketaki Narayan's Samaira Out And It Looks Promising". News18. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
6. "Samaira is visiting on 26th August, why do the makers say this is an extraordinary thing?". eSakal - Marathi Newspaper (in Marathi). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
7. "Ketaki Narayan opens up on working in 'Samaira': Getting a chance to play a title role in Marathi films is very rare -Exclusive!". The Times of India. 26 August 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 12 May 2025.
8. "Samaira Movie Review : Good story marred by poor execution". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 27 April 2023.
9. "Las Vegas Resident/Movie Producer Dr. Jagannath Surpure Invites the Community to the Grand Viewing of Samaira". Vegasdesi.com. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

External links

• Samaira at IMDb