Following a group of small-town, DIY Indian filmmakers, Reema Kagti‘s “Superboys of Malegaon” is a moving crowd-pleaser that constantly reaffirms its importance through its central theme. Although the film,

He and his friends are loom workers, fruit sellers and "professionally unemployed," so they figure they have nothing to lose. Their first effort, a satire of the 1975 Hindi classic "Sholay," is overseen by Nasir and written by his buddy Farogh (Vineet Kumar Singh).

Faiza Ahmad Khan made a documentary, Supermen Of Malegaon, that focused on the making of a parody-style movie by amateur director Nasir Shaikh who found success with his friends in the poor small Indian city of Malegaon where they used their hometown to copy popular movies,

Tired of superhero franchises but up for watching a group of larger-than-life misfits with no superpowers but big Bollywood dreams? If so, Superboys of Malegaon may be just for you. The heartfelt Hindi-language comedy from Amazon MGM Studios,

First things first: to all the Doubting Thomases out there, Reema Kagti’s Superboys of Malegaon does give due credit to Supermen of Malegaon, Faiza Khan’s much-loved documentary on the spoof film industry of Malegaon and the making of its homegrown Superman.