Noblemen (film)

Noblemen
Official poster
Directed by	Vandana Kataria
Written by	Sonia Bahl Sunil Drego Vandana Kataria
Starring	Kunal Kapoor Ali Haji Ali Mir Muskaan Jaferi Ivan Rodrigues Abhay Narang Ankit kukreti Shaan Grover Manav Chauhan Parag Gupta
Country	India
Language	English

Noblemen is an Indian English language drama film directed by Vandana Kataria. The film stars Kunal Kapoor^[1][2][3][4], Ali Haji, Ivan Rodrigues, Mohommad Ali Mir, Ankit Kukreti ,Muskkaan Jaferi, Shaan Groverr,Manav Chauhan,Parag Gupta and Abhay Narang in major roles. The story is about a 15-year-old boy, struggling with his adolescent years, who is terrorized by a gang of bullies in a posh boarding school. This sets forth a chain of events that leads to a loss of life and innocence. The film is backed by Yoodlee Films^[5][6][7], a production venture of Saregama. The film is a thematic representation of “The Merchant of Venice. The official teaser of the film was launched on the 25th of May and the film's Asian Premiere followed closely on the 26th of May at the 'Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival.”

Cast

• Ali Haji as Shay
• Kunal Kapoor^[8] as Murali
• Muskaan Jaferi as Pia
• Hardik Thakkar as Ganesh
• Mohommad Ali Mir as Arjun
• Shaan Grover as Baadal
• M. K. Raina as Headmaster
• Ivan Rodrigues as Deputy Headmaster
• Abhay Narang as Abhishek
• Manav Chauhan as Manav
• Parag Gupta as Parag
• Ankit kukreti as Ankit

Plot

It is winter in a prestigious all boys’ boarding school, where children continue to practice age-old rituals and codes bound by years of hierarchy of the popular norm. Shay is picked at constantly, the main perpetrators being Arjun, the tall athletic sports captain and his best friend Baadal. Shay and Pia; the spunky daughter of the new Junior School history teacher, are cast as Bassanio and Portia in the Founders Day production of Merchant of Venice. But Baadal the son of a feigning movie star wants Pia and thus the role opposite her. Murali, the charismatic drama teacher unknowingly adds salt to Baadal’s wounds by casting him as Shay’s understudy. Indignant, Baadal vows to get Shay’s part at any cost and turns to his buddy Arjun, the school Sports Captain, to help him secure the role by ousting Shay. It is a battle of wit against brawn, endurance against torture, courage against disgrace. The bullies brutally victimize Shay hoping to break him so he willingly relents his role. But Shay needs this role and will not budge, no matter what they do. Events take a sinister turn when Murali notices Shay's condition and intervenes to help him out. Now the whole school scorns upon him for being a RAT. Humiliated beyond repair Shay starts resenting Murali and begins to harbour a desire for revenge. This is the first step to his own undoing....

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