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Superboys of Malegaon (2025)

Superboys of Malegaon poster
Original title
सुपरबॉय्ज़ ऑफ मालेगाँव
Directed by
Reema Kagti
Genre
comedy, drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends in the small Indian town of Malegaon make amateur films together. The story follows Nasir Shaikh and his fellow local filmmakers as they pursue their dream of creating movies.

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What happens

Superboys of Malegaon is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age drama film directed by Reema Kagti and written by Varun Grover. Inspired by the 2012 documentary Supermen of Malegaon, it is based on the life of Nasir Shaikh and other amateur filmmakers in the small town of Malegaon. The film stars Adarsh Gourav, Vineet Kumar Singh, Shashank Arora, and Anuj Singh Duhan. The film premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2024. It was theatrically released in India on 28 February 2025, and received positive reviews from critics. Superboys of Malegaon was selected as the Opening Night Film at the 2025 National Indian Film Festival of Australia (NIFFA), where it was also awarded Best Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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