Sthal

I have heard that when Fandry released in 2013 there was this wave in Marathi film industry to make films like Fandry and lots of movies were made with that in mind and majority of those films failed but Sthal is an exception which has worked pretty good.

After watching Sthal it felt like something I needed to watch on Women's day. It was filled with good performances by non-actors so some here and there in few scenes is expected but still they all did a good job especially the main lead and her father. The thing which stood out to me the most was the production design and cinematography. The way they have captured the village in Maharashtra and the small details of the behaviour of people living in it is praise worthy. The writing did felt off at times, like they explored so much subplots/characters and the ending was not great but still hard hitting. The first half is filled with funny and beautiful moments but somewhere the second half could've been better still Sthal is one of the best film came out of Marathi film industry in recent times. I can see this being one of my favourite film's of the year 2025.