CHALLENGING COLOUR COMPLEX AND CINEMATIC AESTHETIC: A STUDY OF NAGRAJ MANJULE’S FANDRY AND SAIRAT

He portrays the challenges faced by marginalized sections, the humiliation, injustice, discrimination, pitiable conditions, and lowly status against the backdrop of Dalit identity, illustrating the most oppressed existence on Earth, devoid of any wrongdoing. His films strive to counter stereotypical representations and highlight the lives and issues of socially excommunicated and marginalized individuals. Drawing from his own experiences as a Dalit in rural Maharashtra, he tackles issues of caste, class, gender, and religion-based discrimination. In all his works, he incorporates Ambedkar's 'Idea of India' and challenges the entrenched myths of cinema.