Akshay Tanksale

Chandrakant Deshpande is an old man, who is retired and feels neglected by his family. His life changes when he receives a letter from none other than Amitabh Bachchan himself, who claims they were best friends in college. All of a sudden, Chandrakant becomes the centre of all attention.

The story of the film is set in the 1990s. The film narrates the tale of a set of students who are residing in a hostel which is located in Kopargaon, Satara. How they bond with each other and how hostel becomes a home away from home for them forms the crux of the film.

Baglya (Nikhil Wairagar) and Rangya (Akshay Tanksale) move to a city for their studies only to find that the college is full of people seeking love. To help these lovelorn couples, the duo starts a matchmaking service called Gatmat. Rangya and Baglya are a couple of small-townees, moving to a city in pursuit of education. In this completely unfamiliar place, the duo is in for a culture shock. Quick to recover, Baglya and Rangya decide to float a matchmaking service and help those in search of true love.

Settled at the foothills of a fort is a quaint village ‘Kharbujewaadi’. This village is a land of many a ‘Mavla’ who served Shivaji Maharaj with great valour. The courage, grit and sacrifice that this village had to offer, played a major role in King Shivaji’s fight for ‘Hindavi Swarajya’. But… those were the days. Today, Kharbujewadi is a much developed modern town. Their eternal loyalty to the great Maratha king Shivaji, forever on exhibit, the village is strewn with shops named: Shivaji Vada Pav Centre, Jijamata Saree Corner, Sambhaji Pan Shop, Tanaji Medicals etc. Unfortunately, their love for their beloved king is limited to the signboards, slogans on the cars and saffron coloured tilak on the foreheads. The most important symbol of the Hindavi Swajaya, the forts of Shivaji Maharaj are long forgotten. The once majestic fort overlooking this buzzing town lays in ruins, tainted with tobacco laden spit, garbage, empty beer bottles and lovers declaring their love for each other on the same walls where the brave mawlas spilt their blood for Swarajya. But there is a ray of hope… Suryabhan Tanaji Deshmukh aka Nanasaheb is the current Sarpanch of Kharbujewaadi, with two cronies Pandurang Tukaram aka Panda and Shivram Abaji Vahadne aka Shiva. Nana, an ardent follower of Shivaji Maharaj wants to restore the decaying fort for the people to remember their legacy in all its glory. He has designed a plan. What is this outrageous plan? Is it going to work? Will their dream to restore this fort become a reality?

The title is not just a slang word but a hip new attitude, importantly a fresh perspective on life. A coming-of-age comedy but for a 33-year-old who is trapped between the identity of a boy and a man. YZ tells the story of Gajanan, who ends up in Pune, and how his friendship with an 18-year-old called Battees, opens him up to a new world around him. When the most under confident person in the world meets the most confident one, a series of maddening events is bound to happen. YZ is an incredible journey of friendship, innocence, happiness, love, true spice of life and the beauty within. YZ is all about discovering our own real, mad and bold YZ version.