Ravi Bhagchandka, co-producer of Sitaare Zameen Par (2025), is adapting Marathi film Funral for Hindi audiences. Moved by its emotional honesty, he has secured rights and begun writing. A writers’ room is set up, with casting and direction in progress

Raj Thackeray questions autorickshaw drivers refusing to speak Marathi, asking where they get the courage, amid a growing language row and debate in Maharashtra