After playing two young lovers forced to fight caste discrimination in the hit Marathi movie Sairat, there’s a strong buzz that the lead pair — Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru — might soon fight the caste divide in real life as well. There is a strong buzz that the duo could be appointed brand ambassadors of the government’s scheme to encourage inter-caste marriage. However, if this proposal is approved, it could go on to court controversy, as the female lead is a minor.

Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru played a young, inter-caste couple in the Marathi film Sairat