The
story
of
Superboys
Of
Malegaon
is
so
heartening
that
the
film
—
in
the
hands
of
an
accomplished
director
like
Reema
Kagti
—
is
bound
to
be
a
worthy
watch,
feels
Deepa
Gahlot.
In
2008,
Faiza
Ahmad
Khan
made
a
wonderful
documentary
called
Supermen
Of
Malegaon,
about
the
small
film
industry
that
sprouted
in
the
nondescript
town
of
Malegaon
in
Maharashtra.
For
a
short
while,
the
media
glare
turned
on
them
but
was
soon
switched
off.
The
tiny
budget
films
made
by
dreamers
of
the
town
were
made
for
their
own
theatres
and
video
parlours,
they
obviously
could
not
compete
even
with
indie
films
from
Mumbai
or
elsewhere.
Films
like
Malegaon
Ke
Sholay,
Malegaon
Ka
Don,
Malegaon
Ka
Rangeela,
Malegaon
Ki
Lagaan
were
hardly
suitable
for
urban
multiplexes
but
meant
something
to
those
who
made
them
and
watched
them.
Today,
anyone
with
a
mobile
phone
can
shoot
a
film
but
back
then,
it
was
difficult
to
acquire
even
the
most
basic
of
equipment.
However,
what
they
lacked
in
resources,
they
made
up
with
ideas
and
energy.
Still,
it
took
very
long
for
the
Hindi
film
industry
to
take
note
of
this
Malegaon
phenomenon.
Now,
Reema
Kagti
has
used
the
true
story
of
Nasir
Shaikh
and
his
crazy
film
ambition
that
made
him
a
local
hero
for
a
while,
for
her
feature
film,
Superboys
Of
Malegaon.
They
could
not
make
it
to
Mumbai
but
they
took
Mumbai
to
Malegaon,
so
that
Mollywood
actually
became
an
entity.
The
talent
from
Malegaon
did
not
get
breaks
in
the
established
film
industry
of
Mumbai,
and
now
that
video
parlours
are
also
a
thing
of
the
past,
the
enterprising
filmmakers
have
shifted
to
YouTube.
In
the
trailer
of
the
film,
Adarsh
Gourav
and
Shashank
Arora
are
the
two
financially
strapped
young
men
—
one
is
a
weaver
and
the
other
is
a
small
shopkeeper.
They
collect
a
bunch
of
friends
and
others
with
showbiz
ambitions
to
make
a
film.
There
are
funny
auditions,
an
older
brother
berating
them
for
their
foolishness,
but
nothing
can
wipe
off
the
stardust
in
their
eyes.
These
two
are
the
most
familiar
faces
in
the
film,
OTT
viewers
might
recognise
Muskaan
Jaferi
and
Gyanendra
Tripathi.
The
actors
have
to
look
like
they
belong
to
a
poor,
dusty,
backward
town,
and
the
casting
is
spot
on.
Written
by
Kagti
and
Varun
Grover,
the
scenes
chosen
for
the
trailer
look
a
bit
overdramatic
but
the
real
story
is
so
heartening
that
the
film
—
in
the
hands
of
an
accomplished
director
like
Kagti
and
a
top
production
company
like
Excel
Entertainment
—
is
bound
to
be
a
worthy
watch.
