Represents the ultimate projection of upper-caste filth and prejudice onto the bodies of the lower caste.

The climax occurs during a school festival where Jabya has painted a white horse for a play. Shalu rejects him publicly after a group of upper-caste boys smear his face with pig blood. The film ends on a devastating note: Jabya kills the piglet his family was trying to sell, symbolizing the death of his innocence and dreams.

The film follows (Somnath Awghade), a young teenager from the "untouchable" Kaikadi tribe living on the fringes of a village in Maharashtra. Fandry (2013) - Movie Review

Background murals featuring revered national icons like B.R. Ambedkar and Savitribai Phule.

Manjule uses silence, long takes, and close-ups to show how upper-caste characters look at Jabya. The most powerful tool of caste oppression in the film is not violence but —a separate glass for water, a separate seat in the classroom, a separate lane to walk.