Overview
- Nukkad Naatak is now on Netflix, giving the small Indian indie reach in 190-plus countries after a limited theatrical run.
- The film is a self-funded debut by Tanmaya Shekhar and Molshri with an all first-time team, starring Molshri, Shivang Rajpal and Danish Husain.
- After rejections from distributors and streamers, the makers built demand with a 25-episode series called How To Enter Bollywood that drew about 15 million views and a hand-painted caravan tour across 15 cities.
- The movie opened in India on February 27 across roughly 100 screens, played for three weeks with some sold-out shows, and earned about Rs 0.19 crore net on a reported Rs 2.5 crore budget.
- The story focuses on enrolling slum children in school and includes LGBTQ+ representation, and it won a Special Jury Award at the 2024 Kolkata International Film Festival and Best Debut at Indo-German Film Week 2025.