Piccolo is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language musical drama film directed by Abhijeet Mohan Warang and produced by Fortigo Motion Pictures. Pranav Raorane and Ashwini Kasar in pivotal roles. The film was scheduled to be theatrically released on 26 January 2023. Piccolo won Best Feature Film at the Celluloid Kolkata Film Festival. Plot A local band led by Victor and Preeti is set in a small picturesque fishing village in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The Hindu and Christian communities of this village live together in brotherhood. One day there is a fight between the two groups over a property issue and the consequences are so high that it affects Preeti and Victor's music band and members. When matters escalate, the two groups decide to have a deep sea competition, two boats set out to see which group can catch the biggest fish amid news of an impending storm at sea. The villagers, blinded by hatred, do not heed these warnings and leave despite protests from the village women and elders. According to the forecast, a severe storm will hit the village in a few hours with heavy rain and strong winds. The departed boats do not return the next day, and some more able-bodied men go out to sea to search for these fishing boats, the storm continuing. The rest of the village waits anxiously for their men to return, but there is no news for several days, until the police come to the village and tell them that some bodies have been found on the beach 10 km away, but cannot be identified. Big damage from fish bites. Unfortunately the worst is confirmed, the bodies are those of dead men from the village. Although they were strong swimmers, they could not withstand the wrath of the sea. An entire village becomes orphaned in an instant. Only the youth, women and elders are left to pick up the pieces of the destroyed village. Victor, who has always dreamed of going to Goa with his band and performing there, gives up the dream along with Preeti. Deciding that he will stay in his village and help as best he can, he adopts Dasharatha, a young orphan boy, to take care of him. He is in his music and his "piccolo" is a flute-like instrument made of metal. He also decides to teach Dasharatha the instrument. We see the entire village mourning