User Reviews

The film begins with great cinematigraphy , and then establishes little world of a little boy .. The strength of marathi film makers has always been their ability to recreate atmosphere . In this movie also , the cameraman who is director as well creates a beautiful canvas of landscapes and characters .. but the first half is repetitive and later on the film underlines nuances and symbolisms of adoption and related issues .. great performances , great dialogues .. but the plot is too tiny .. its a great one time watch and certainly much superior marathi film compared to many .

Right to the point..! What happens to his grand parent (& calf) because of his actions, his behavior after that appears unacceptable. Taking that in mind it is a script handled on dual terms.

Other than that, a good encounter.

I just stumbled upon this title while browsing various channels on television .even though it was marathi channel and i didn't understood the language the acting done by chaitanya kid was flabbergasting the cinematography, background music and the symbolism made me stick till the end . There was no need for me to understand the language and i was i able to completely understand the plot. The movies would have been a cult classic if it was a little fast paced.

The story of naal touches your heart.if you are tired of watching bollywood crap like love stories.Then the naal is a kind of movie you are looking for.It shows the bonding of mother and son without any overdramatization and the kid chaitya has done amazing work.cinematography is beautiful.Movie also has message.The movie is shown through the point of view of boy.overall there is nothing to dislike about this film.

From first scene to climax of the movie everything is great in the movie...story screenplay editing direction dialogue and acting outstanding

I think this movie will get national award & other respected awards. Because of the script and the movie is based on social factors, according to these reasons this movie touches the hearts of everyone. Nagraj Manjule had written a great story. I already thought that Nagraj sir will show his talent by this (NALL) movie in front of marathi as well as bollywood industry aslo. I suggest to everyone that please take the experience of high quality picture and dolby on multiplexes to see this movie without taking any doubt. Paisa wasul movie...

The story.. The background score.. Cinematography.. Acting.. Casting.. Everything is just flawless and keeps the audience hooked.. Along with tears and smiles.. A masterclass..

An eight years old Chaitanya realizes that his real mother is different and then what unfolds is the saga of love and motherhood! Naal - is the excellently directed story of a young boy in the search of his real mother. Srinivas pokale, an eight year boy has excellently acted. Nagaraj manjule has done yet another marvel in this movie! Great and must watch!

Its an amazing movie!! I can't believe I watched it too late. Very impressive acting and story. Its each and every part including story, music, main character, everyone's natural acting is unique. Must must must watch!!!

A beautiful movie with splendid views of Vainganga river.Amazing performance special recognition for Shrinivas Pokale as Chetya. Feel the bond between mother and son relationship beyond placenta. Every single personal that show in movie justify the local language and accents of Bhandara District. Shot at remote location Mundri of Bhandara District Vidharbha Region of Maharashtra. Another masterpiece from Nagraj Manjule production house Aatpat Production.

NAAL's story is heartfelt but not meant for full length feature film or it's a failure of screenplay writer who does not bother to create noteworthy scenes and sub-plots. Unlike FANDRY and SAIRAT narrative of film is not societal but it's set in the same locale which interferes in recitation of story. Director hints at social issues in rural area through visuals and dialogues but does not emphasize it (resulting less impact or worthless scene) because he suddenly realizes genre of film is family-drama and invest himself more in creating exciting, emotional family scenes. In this process director avoids or is short of creativity to take this story in maze of protagonist's environment and instead tries to fill such shortcomings with monotonous and irrelevant kaleidoscope images, landscapes, and slow-mos.

In the end NAAL is a package, targeted at "Family Audience" to earn cries, cheers and cash.

Fantastic movie to watch. Its kept very simple and the story is presented in a very simple way. Some scenes with the village background are very pleasant to the eyes. It shows the true picture of Indian villages and how people live their life over there. The movie is centered around the kid who does a great unbelievable job with his acting. Story is very realistic. Looking at the movie it gives me the content and direction which you mostly see with Oscar winning movies.

This movie is so beautiful!!! Be it the script , the cinematography, the child protagonist and all other actors, the music everything just blends into a beautiful poetic melody.

Such beauty such simplicity!! This movie touched my soul.

Wow!!! Chaitanya you are child prodigy

From cinemetograhy to music,acting all is at it's best..chetya is best...it tells the story between realation of mother and son .one of yhe best movie this year.

Must watch! Very rarely films are natural , realistic and simple but yet powerful un portraying its strong content effortlessly! Naal is one of them

Awesome movie by nagraj .after fandry and sairta . 😎

Great Screenplay....Great Story....dialogues are good specially in local language. Another Master Piece from Nagraj Manjule....His style of story telling is great as always... Excellent Camera work...movie is little bit slow...but We must appreciate director of this movie as Hi stick to want he want to show..not what people want to see.... This movies shows strong bond between Mother and Son without word..only expression....and last half hour is performance of Oscar Level... Must Watch...one of the best marathi movie...

So natural film, Debutant director Vyankat Reddy of Naal is Cameraman of Nagraj Manjule. He does excellent job as a director. Nagraj also acts in film for longer period, his acting skill are also descent. Naal is touching story of Mother & a child. Main child is very sweet & his acting skills excellent & natural. Everyone in theator is slightly emotional trying to hold tear drops from eyes. Film has Nagraj Manjule's Midas touch as usual, Worth watching.

Just rolls around few good shots and some irrelevant storyline just 4 stars for cinematography

Go to the theaters and watch this masterpiece the climax really gets your heart it shows every aspect of life. music is mesmerizing watch this movie carefully it has a very deep meaning. I am speechless after watching this movie, a must watch for all people.

This is not only movie..its a real truth between mother and child

I don't know why it took me so long to watch this movie even though I always had wanted to.

If you've known Marathi cinema and the kind of work Nagraj Manjule has done in this past, you'll know what a gem of a movie this is even only by watching the trailer.

The character of Chaitanya has been very well portrayed and played by the child actor. All actors in the movie have done a great job of keeping it simple to accurately depict rural Indian life (Rural life in Maharshtra)

The emotions the child goes through is almost like a complex work of art and full marks to the director for it.

The length of the movie could however be slightly smaller. A must watch for every Marathi cinema lover.

Wow what a movie ,,, Direction , Acting , cinematography, music to depict the emotions perfectly..... one of the best movies of recent times ...

As I am music lover ,Music is excellent ,and concept of movie is unique story was good written , child actor done good acting and the part Bachan was too good due to his language ..overall I can say pura paisa wasul movie , must watch with family

Nagraj Manjule is mordern century director who knows the meaning of pure drama. The best part of movie is ending, where the child actor show a great feeling towards her true mom. A kind of a film which present in front of you like poetry.