Natrang 2010

Natrang is a 2010 Indian Marathi drama film released on Jan 01, 2010. The film is produced by Nikhil Sane.
Guna Kagalkar (played by Atul Kulkarni), a poor village labourer, establishes an obsession for Tamasha - a popular theatrical group art form of Maharashtra. An unforeseen situation lead him to lose his job as labourer and lands him in situation where he sets up a theatre company along with his buddies and mentor Pandba (played by Kishor Kadam). Guna is prompted that his troupe cannot take off unless it has a female dancer. After painstaking find, Pandba finds Naina (played by Sonalee Kulkarni), the girl of his lover Yamunabai (played by Priya Berde), who is able to dance for the company on the terms that it has a "Nachya", a panzy feature. As no one is willing to take up the character, due to the eunuch troop, Guna takes it upon himself to play the art. The strongly built Guna takes up the challenge of doing the role due to his affection for the art.Despite lack of association from his family, Guna works hard to get the character right, and his play becomes dignified in a very short while. However, due to their advancement, the play gets entangled in the power war between two local politicians who wish to use its success for political space. During this, Guna's dad dies in his village, and his beau and son are subject to exploitation from other villagers. Rival political troop attack Guna's play and torch his theater. Guna is harrassed of being a eunuch and gang-raped. However, despite being neglected by his family and discouraged by his buddies, Guna continues with his stage profession, where he is attached only by Naina. It is shown that Guna and Naina get wed, and that their play gathers national and international honors. The film shows it’s last with an aged Guna, now known as Gunvantrao Kagalkar wins the lifetime achievement award at major awards celebrations. Check out this page for more updates on Natrang.