Nagraj Manjule was born and brought up in Karmala, a small town in Maharashtra’s Solapur district, Nagraj Manjule has witnessed at close quarters what a struggle it is for someone from a poor family to obtain an education in rural India. His first National Award-winning short film, Pistulya, was a reflection of his ‘felt experience’. He pursued a Masters in Marathi Literature from Pune University and in Communications Studies from the art, science and commerce college Ahmednagar. He is one of the most significant and best-known Marathi poets of the last decade.
