Nazar(2024)

Storyline

A boy finds his late father's broken camera and tries to fix it by selling a family ring, which causes a fight with his mother. With his grandfather's help, he learns what family truly means. After his camera bag is stolen, a rainbow appears, showing his shift from sadness to hope.

“A broken camera. A family's hidden story.”

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Cast & Crew

Trivia

• The film's director, Atul Chaugule, is also a practicing architect, making 'Nazar' a passion project blending his artistic and structural sensibilities.
• The story is inspired by a real-life incident from the director's childhood involving a broken family camera and the emotional weight it carried.
• The rainbow seen in the film was not digitally added; the crew waited for days to capture a natural rainbow at a specific location in Maharashtra.
• The vintage camera used as a key prop was a real, non-functional model sourced from a collector's market in Mumbai to ensure authenticity.
• To portray the young protagonist's bond with his grandfather, the actors spent a week together off-set, sharing meals and stories to build chemistry.
• The film was shot entirely on location in a small town in Maharashtra to capture the authentic, grounded feel of a middle-class Indian household.
• Despite being a drama, the film subtly incorporates elements of magical realism through visual motifs like the rainbow and the camera's perspective.