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Natsamrat

Name: Natsamrat
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016-01-01
Duration: 166 min
Rating: 8.3

★ 8,3 /10 (35 Votes)

2016 MR 166 min

Overview

A veteran Shakespearean actor steps off the stage and into the painful tragedy of old age, facing ungrateful family and his fleeting legacy. Based on a play of the same name written by playwright Kusumagraj (V. V. Shirwadkar).

Release date

01/01/2016

Votes

Popularity

1.8

The King Of Theatre

Genres

Drama

Status

Released

Original title

नटसम्राट

Language

Runtime

166 min

Nana Patekar

Ganpat Ramchandra Belwalkar

Medha Manjrekar

Kaveri Ganpat Belwalkar

Vikram Gokhale

Rambhau

Mrunmayee Deshpande

Vidya Ganpat Belwalkar / Vidya Rahul Barve

Sunil Barve

Rahul Barve / Vidya's Husband

Ajit Parab

Makrand Ganpat Belwalkar

Neha Pendse

Neha Makrand Belwalkar

Nilesh Divekar

Raja

Sarang Sathaye

Siddharth

Sandeep Pathak

[Drunkard]

Jitendra Joshi

Mr. Dixit's Son

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Shridhar Limaye

Mr. Dixit

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This is quite the incredible movie. Not being versed in Indian culture, the title didn't warn me about the journey I was taking here. My first impressions connected this movie to the Peruvian "Eternity". But it didn't go there at all - not even close. If you like Kurasawa's "Ran", Shakespearean tragedy, or King Lear specifically, you will love this film. It's a Marathi retelling of King Lear. And it's brilliant, touching and tragic.

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