She auditioned with dialogue and dancing, and was selected as the female lead.[9] Manjule gave her a year to work on her personality.[10] She played the role of Archana Patil, an upper-caste girl who is the daughter of a wealthy village politician.[1] Twenty-year-old graduate student Akash Thosar was cast as Prashant Kale after he met Bharat Manjule at a railway station and showed him some of his photos.[4] It was shown to Nagraj; Thosar was summoned for auditions and eventually selected for the role of a lower-caste fisherman's son.[1] Tanaji Galgunde and Arbaz Shaikh played supporting roles in the film, and Manjule made a cameo appearance as a cricket commentator.[11]