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Dattak (2001)

Dattak poster
Directed by
Gul Bahar Singh
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 05m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man deals with the challenges and emotions of raising an adopted child. The story follows his efforts to build a family bond against societal and personal obstacles.

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What happens

Dattak (The Adopted) is a 2001 Hindi film directed by Gul Bahar Singh with Rajit Kapoor, Anjan Srivastav and A.K. Hangal in the lead roles. The film was in competition at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival, China and was also screened at the 20th Fazr International Film Festival, Tehran (Iran). It was recently shown in IFFI, Goa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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