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Dahan (1997)

Dahan poster
Original title
দহন
Directed by
Rituparno Ghosh
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 25m
Rated
18
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A middle-class woman in Kolkata helps a stranger who is being harassed on the street. Her well-intentioned action sets off a chain of events that exposes the pressures and prejudices in her family and society.

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What happens

Dahan (Crossfire) (1997) is an Indian Bengali social drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. It is based on a story of the same name by Suchitra Bhattacharya. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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