Sairat

Sairat
Theatrical release poster
Marathi	सैराट
Directed by	Nagraj Manjule
Produced by	Nittin Keni, Nikhil Sane
Story by	Nagraj Manjule
Starring	Rinku Rajguru Akash Thosar
Music by	Ajay−Atul
Cinematography	Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Edited by	Kutub Inamdar
Production company	Essel Vision Productions, Aatpat Production, Zee Studios
Release date	29 April 2016 (2016-04-29)
Running time	180 Minutes
Country	India
Language	Marathi
Budget	₹40 million (US$590,000)
Box office	est. ₹1.1 billion (US$16 million)

Sairat (English: Wild) is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language musical romantic drama starring Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar. It is directed by Nagraj Manjule and produced by Nagraj Manjule, Nitin Keni, and Nikhil Sane under the banner of Aatpat Production, Zee Studios and Essel Vision Productions. The music, produced by Ajay-Atul, was released on 6 April 2016. The film was released in India on 29 April 2016. It emerged as the biggest weekend opener for a Marathi film breaking record previously held by Natsamrat. Sairat was the first Marathi film to cross ₹50 crore (US$7.4 million) mark. The film has become the first Marathi film to gross over ₹100 crore (US$15 million) worldwide.

It will be remade in Kannada, Telugu, Hindi and Punjabi and later in Malayalam and Tamil. Punjabi version will be directed by Pankaj Batra. The remake rights for the four southern languages are acquired by Rockline Venkatesh with the Kannada version titled Manasu Mallige. The remake rights for Hindi are acquired by Karan Johar.

The film follows the story of Parshya, a low-caste young boy, and Archi, a daughter of a rich "upper caste landlord". Parshya, although poor, has an excellent academic record and excels at reading and is the captain and star player of the local cricket team. On the other hand, Archi is a strong willed girl, who is also academically proficient, but more importantly, known as a headstrong girl who enjoys ‘masculine’ tasks like driving a tractor or riding a Royal Enfield motorcycle. As they both study in college together, it is observed that they slowly start falling for each other. Early on, Archi’s large and muscular cousin tries to intervene and beat up Parshya, but is ordered to stand down by Archi. They slowly find ways to spend time with each other, and fall in love.