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Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002)

Mondo Meyer Upakhyan poster
Original title
মন্দ মেয়ের উপাখ্যান
Directed by
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young girl grows up in a rural Bengali village, facing everyday challenges and changes. The film follows her story and the lives of people around her over time.

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What happens

Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (Bengali: মন্দ মেয়ের উপাখ্যান) is a 2002 Indian Bengali-language film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta based on a short story of Prafulla Roy. The film was also released under the English title A Tale of A Naughty Girl and French title Chroniques Indiennes. The film stars Samata Das in the title role. It also stars Tapas Paul, Rituparna Sengupta, Sreelekha Mitra, Sudipta Chakraborty and June Malia. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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