Natarang 2010

Natarang is a 2010 Indian Marathi film released on Jan 01, 2010. The film is directed by Ravi Jadhav, produced by Nikhil Sane.
The story revolves around Guna Kagalkar. He is a village labourer. He hails from a very poor village where people are striving to meet their basic needs. This guy has an obsession of doing a Tamasha (folk dance). Situations put him in the worst conditions and leave his job as a laborer and then he decides to start a Tamasha company along with his friends. Guna is sure that his theatre company won’t work unless there is a lead female dancer. So, he starts searching for a female dancer and one day he meets with a famous lavani dancer. She is the daughter of his former lover. Her mother agrees to let her participate in this company only on the condition that there should be "e in his theatre. So, Guna agrees to this and he himself decides to take this character. He works day and night and his theatre works out. But somewhere in his play, he leaves back his wife, father and his child. There are two political leaders, who decide to use this theater for their own purpose. But Guna is focused only on making his theatre company more successful. In the middle of the movie, Guns is left all alone and he is blamed to be an eunuch. But still, he decides to move ahead and here everyone leaves him except the dancer. These two get marry and their theater company wins national and international award. Gunvantrao Kagalkar aka 'Guna' (Atul Kulkarni), a poor village labourer, nurtures an obsession for Tamasha - a popular theatrical folk art form of Maharashtra. Unforeseen circumstances lead him to lose his job as labourer and lands him in situation where he sets up a theatre company along with his friend and mentor Pandba (Kishor Kadam). Guna is convinced that his troupe cannot take off unless it has a female dancer. After painstaking search, Pandoba finds Naina (Sonalee Kulkarni), the daughter of his former lover Yamunabai (Priya Berde), who is willing to dance for the company on the condition that it has a "Nachya", a "pansy" character, a man who acts in an effeminate manner. As no one is willing to take up the role, due to the eunuch taboo, Guna takes it upon himself to play the character. The strongly built Guna takes up the challenge of doing the role due to his passion for the art. Despite lack of support from his family, Guna works hard to get the role right, and his play becomes successful in a very short while. However, due to their success, the play gets entangled in the power struggle between two local politicians who wish to use its success for political mileage. Meanwhile, Guna's father dies in his village, and his wife and son are subject to harassment from other villagers. Rival political gangs attack Guna's play and torch his theater. Guna is accused of being a eunuch and gang-raped. However, despite being rejected by his family and discouraged by his friends, Guna continues with his stage career, where he is joined only by Naina. It is implied that Guna and Naina marry, and that their play gathers national and international fame. The film ends with an aged Guna, now addressed as Gunvantrao Kagalkar wins the lifetime achievement award at a major awards ceremony. Check out this page for more updates on Natarang.