SAIRAT TRAIL
ON THE SAIRAT TRAIL
SAIRAT (the wild thing) is Nagraj Manjule’s epic love story set in rural Maharashtra. I spent three days in Jeur and Karmala, two small towns in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, where Sairat was filmed. I walked around to discover the filming locations in the countryside, and met so many people who were part of the Sairat story. They are immensely proud of the heritage that their little towns have left behind. I will always remember their heartfelt hospitality for me, a person who does not even speak Marathi. I hope to go back to Jeur/Karmala someday to relive the Sairat story again.
Special mention of Ravi Kharade and his brother Manoj. They were my guides and auto drivers. We got along great, and I was invited to their house for dinner the day I was leaving.