Top 5 Marathi Movies on Netflix Till 2022

The online streaming platform is slowly but steadily expanding its regional content library. We put together a list of the best Tamil movies on Netflix last week. This week, we've selected the best Marathi movies on Netflix for you to stream and watch (in reverse chronological order). 

1•The Follower

Chaitanya Tamhane's second feature film has arrived on Netflix after screening at prestigious film festivals around the world. The Disciple tells the story of Sharad, a gifted vocalist, and his struggle to break into the Hindustani music industry. You don't have to be an expert on classical film to appreciate what Chaitanya has accomplished here. You can immediately identify with the difficulties of being a true artist in an age when our interests are dictated by an algorithm. Aditya Modak transforms into Sharad right before your eyes in his debut performance. It should come as no surprise that The Disciple won Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival, which should come as no surprise.

2•Muramba 

Varun Narvekar's new film is a sweet, comical look at modern relationships. The humor in this film isn't over-the-top but rather stems from the interactions of the characters, who are separated by a generation's worth of ideological change. Amey fits right in as the boy next door who is afraid to leave his little bubble. Despite her limited screen time, Mithila Palkar shines. The older couple, played by Sachin Khedekar and Chinmayee Sumeet, is a joy to watch. Muramba is known for its outstanding performances and beautiful music.

3•Sairat (2016)

Because of their popularity, emotionally engaging appeal, love stories are a celluloid staple. Their trite portrayal may have robbed the genre of its inventive potential, but now and then, a filmmaker comes along and resurrects our fading hope. Nagraj Manjule adapts the well-worn premise of adolescent love (an upper-caste, political leader's daughter Archie and a fisherman's son Parshya). The plot follows the beginnings of first love, the escape, the difficulties, parental and societal pressures. But it's the treatment that sets Sairat apart from the usual crop of romantic comedies. It directs romantic flights of fancy 

Fantasy is transformed into a real, relatable terrain that our films rarely explore. Sairat, a forward-thinking, realistically grounded film, thrives on its minimalist storytelling and raw, natural performances.

There are many charming performances, but Rinku Rajguru (Archie) and Akash Thosar (Parshya) are the film's heartbeat. Through the chemistry between its protagonists, Sairat earnestly captures the innocence of first love. And Ajay-sublime Atul's score, which has its personality, adds to the chemistry.

4•Natsamrat (2016)

Remakes are difficult, and a remake of a legendary Marathi play is treacherous. The portrayal of a tragic stage actor by Shreeram Lagoo will never be replicated. The only way Nana Patekar could have passed the test would have been to give it a distinct voice. Ganpat Belwalkar, Dr. Lagoo's patriarch, was a victim of circumstance. Nana's interpretation is more of a flawed father who does not understand the new world rules.

Nana played to his strengths, and the dejected father's rage was palpable and heartbreaking. Medha Manjrekar's understated performance perfectly complemented this rage. Medha provided the much-needed stability of a loyal, loving wife in a no-holds-barred Nana show.

Natsamrat brings to life the iconic moments from VV Shirwadkar's play. Belwalkar's loneliness is brilliantly mounted through his soliloquies, from asking for a roof over his head to contemplating whether or not to be, to the breaking point where he becomes lost in the characters he played on stage.

The audience shared the writers' and director's love and passion for attempting to recreate the magic of Natsamrat on film. Few risks in the film industry have paid off so well.

5•Harishchandrachi Factory  (2009)

This film depicts the process of creating the first Indian film (by Dadasaheb Phalke) in the early twentieth century.

Dadasaheb Phalke is a quirky but enterprising Marathi gentleman who falls in love with the art of filmmaking the first time he sees a moving picture. Dadasaheb, with a meager wage, ventures with a dream to create an Indian film Raja Harishchandra in British-ruled India, where poverty was rampant.

The ridiculousness of a common Indian man's dream is treated with the same lack of seriousness. It deals with themes like superstition, societal pressure, inequality, and a regressive mindset about women in a way that never feels like a moral science lecture. The India of 1913 is depicted as it was — regressive, naive, poor, but human.

Given that the film was made on a shoestring budget, the art and cinematography are commendable.

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