Naal (English: Bond) is a 2018 Marathi film written and directed by Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti and produced by Nagraj Manjule.

[2][3] Chaitanya, nicknamed Chaitya is an eight-year-old mischievous boy living in a remote village in Maharashtra.

Chaitanya's mother asks her husband to take the grandmother to their village as she interferes too much and she needs a break from her; she also wants to spend time alone with their son, feeling that he has become distant.

This plan fails as the grandmother quickly throws away the tampered food, so Chaitanya spills marbles on the ground, hoping to make her fall.

His mother gives him a tray of tea to pass around relatives, so he carries it around, hoping to find Parvati.

When he finds her, he tries to get her attention, but Parvati does not make eye contact with him, let alone talk to him, perhaps out of respect for Chaitanya's mother.

The stuffed calf is brought to the house and father sets it up by the cow, who now lets others to come close enough to milk her.

Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti ace cameraman of Deool, Nautanki Saala!, Sairat, Veere Di Wedding debut as a director of this film.

He also wrote story and screenplay as a "small world of a boy, his clumsy nature and ultimate an unexpected turns of event.

[6] All music is composed by AV PrafullachandraAdvait Nemlekar.Naal earned ₹2.2 crores gross on the opening day.

[8] The Times of India review said, "Naal' is a beautiful piece of work, mostly because of its emotional story and performances.

While Chaitanya's adventures border on the comic, it's advisable to keep a box of tissues handy when the boy confronts the confounding world of grown-ups.