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Pravin Tarde is an Indian writer, director, actor, producer, and filmmaker working in Marathi Cinema.He grew up in Jateda in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He was born and brought up in Pune and completed his education in Pune.He completed his schooling from Bharti Vidyapeeth More Vidyalaya, Pune and completed his junior college from Yashvantrao Mohite College, Pune. Later, he went on to do his graduation in Law from the ILS Law College, Pune. During his college, he was also active in sports and has been a national level athlete in Kabbadi.

Nagraj Popatrao Manjule is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker who works primarily in Marathi cinema. He hails from Jeur, a small village in Maharashtra. Strongly inspired by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the emancipator of downtrodden and the drafting chairman of the Indian constitution, Manjule's work is deeply rooted in his own experience growing up as a Dalit in rural Maharashtra. His films have focused on the plights faced by members of these communities, including social discrimination at the hands of forward caste communities as well as the resulting economic hardships. After marking his debut with the coming-of-age drama Fandry (2013), Manjule directed the romantic drama Sairat (2016), which emerged as the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time and received rave reviews from critics.