Reema Kagti: ‘Nasir and I are film-crazy people from small towns’

Updated On: 28 February, 2025 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Director Reema Kagti says she made Superboys of Malegaon, despite a documentary on Nasir Shaikh’s filmmaking journey already existing, as his love for movies deeply resonated with her

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Adarsh Gourav plays Nasir Shaikh in the film

In a way, the trigger for Reema Kagti and Nasir Shaikh’s journeys was the same. The filmmaker-writer grew up in the tiny village of Borhapjan in Assam, and Shaikh in Malegaon, Maharashtra. But both believed that their true place was in the vibrant world of movies. That’s why Kagti’s latest directorial venture, Superboys of Malegaon—which chronicles the story of Shaikh, who made low-budget films with and for the people of his town, creating a filmmaking culture unique to Malegaon—feels personal to her.

Reema Kagti