Veteran filmmaker Nagesh Darak started out in Marathi cinema as an assistant director four decades ago. Ponga Pandit (1975), the 1983 Amitabh Bachchan starrer Coolie and the action drama Mard (1985) are some of the films he worked as an assistant director in. Notable movie credits as an independent director include Maratha Battalion (2002), Kunku Zale Vairi (2005) and the 2018 romantic drama Odh - Maitritil Avyakt Bhavna.