Sairat 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.
Cast
Rinku Rajguru as Archana Patil (Archi)
Akash Thosar as Prashant Kale (Parshya)
Tanaji Galgunde as Pradeep Bansode (Langdya/Balya)
Arbaz Shaikh as Salim Shaikh (Salya)
Chhaya Kadam as Suman Akka

etc…

The film was released with English subtitles in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Kolkata, Bhilai, Raipur, Bhiwadi, Karnataka, and Telangana. The film screened at more than 450 theatres.Due to the film’s popularity, additional shows at midnight and at 3 a.m. were introduced at a theatre in Rahimatpur in Satara district. The film was released in about 200 screens in other parts of India with English subtitles. It was the first Marathi film to get a cinematic release in the United Arab Emirates and South Korea.