Known for some of his path breaking films, film maker Mahesh Manjrekar has offered some good subjects to Marathi and Hindi film industry. Some of his film’s titles were very long, like ‘Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai’,’ Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye,’Me Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy’ and so on. Now, his new Marathi film with intriguing title ‘Nay Varanbhaat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha (नाय वरनभात लोन्चा कोन नाय कोन्चा!)’ has been the talk of film lovers on social media.

The poster of this film is a glimpse of contemporary times and the tagline on the poster reads “the collapsed existence of the concrete jungle”. Does this remind the horrors of today’s times ? Misery is writ large on the decadent faces of mill-workers families’ brutalized for over three decade. They represent oppression on three generation. Viewers above eighteen ”Come and watch the film in the theatre if you have guts only…..”, This is the catch line on the poster.

The star cast of this film comprise of Prem Dharmadhikari, Varadh Nagvekar, Chhaya kadam, Shashank Shende, Rohit Haldikar, Kashmira Shah, Umesh Jagtap, Ganesh Yadav, Atul Kale, Ashwini Kulkarni, Savita Malpekar and Isha Divekar. It is understood that Mahesh Manjrekar was fascinated by the soul-stirring drama depicting the struggle for survival after the strike of the mill-worker. Moreover, the heart wrenching writing style of veteran writer Jayant Pawar has led to the production of ‘Nay Varanbhaat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha’. Produced by Narendra Hirawat and Shreyans Hirawat, this film is set for release coming Friday i.e. 14th January 2022.