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Nidaan (2000)

Nidaan poster
Directed by
Mahesh Manjrekar
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with AIDS struggles to get proper treatment for her disease. The story shows her family and the failures of India's medical system.

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What happens

Nidaan is a 2000 Indian family drama film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and produced by R. V. Pandit. Shivaji Satam, Reema Lagoo, Nisha Bains, and Sunil Barve appeared in the main roles. The plot involved the ordeal of an AIDS-infected patient in getting her disease treated against the backdrop of India's "substandard medical facilities." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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