Noblemen is an Indian English language drama film directed by Vandana Kataria. The film stars Kunal Kapoor, Ali Haji, Ivan Rodrigues, Mohommad Ali Mir, Ankit Kukreti, Muskkaan Jaferi, Shaan Groverr, Soni Razdan, 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, 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 25 May 2018 and the film's Asian Premiere followed closely on 26 May at Kashish.
Noblemen premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival in 2018 and Ali Haji won the ‘Best Child Actor’ award. It was released theatrically in India on 28 June 2019.
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 on 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....
Cast
Ali Haji as Shay Sharma
Kunal Kapoor as Murali
Muskaan Jaferi as Pia
Ivan Rodrigues as Deputy Headmaster
Hardik Thakkar as Ganesh
Mohommad Ali Mir as Arjun
Shaan Grover as Baadal
Soni Razdan as Shruti Sharma
M. K. Raina as Headmaster
Abhay Narang as Abhishek
Manav Chauhan as Manav
Parag Gupta as Parag
Ankit kukreti as Ankit
Aryaman Mihir Seth as House Captain
Marketing and release
The official teaser was released on 24 May 2018. The official trailer of the film was released on 17 June 2019 by Yoodlee Films.
The film was released theatrically in India on 28 June 2019.