Netflix brings festival favourite ‘The Disciple’ for viewers

Director Chaitanya Tamhane’s much-acclaimed Marathi drama The Disciple has started streaming on Netflix this weekend. The film starring Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhide Bhagwat, and Kiran Yadnyopavit has iconic Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón serving as the executive producer.

The Disciple has already toured film festivals around the globe. It had entered the main competition section at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, becoming the first Indian film since Monsoon Wedding (2001) to compete at the same. At Venice, the film won FIPRESCI International Critics Prize presented by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique) and the best screenplay award.