Fandry
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| Directed by | Nagraj Manjule |
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| Cinematography | Vikram Amladi |
| Edited by | Chandan Arora |
| Music by | Songs: Ajay–Atul Score: Alokananda Dasgupta |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
| Budget | ₹1.75 crore (US$210,000) |
| Box office | ₹7 crore (US$830,000) (Lifetime) |
Fandry (The Pig) is a 2013 Indian Marathi-language film, written and directed by Nagraj Manjule in his directorial debut. It stars Somnath Awghade, Suraj Pawar, and Rajeshwari Kharat. The story focuses on a young boy's love amidst caste-based discrimination. The film, set in Akolner, a village near Ahmednagar, revolves around the issue of discrimination in India's caste system and narrates the story of a teenager from a Dalit family who lives at the village fringe, and falls in love with an upper-caste girl.
The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the MAMI Film Festival. The film was released theatrically on Valentine's Day 2014. At the 61st National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.