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Thanks Maa (2010)

Thanks Maa poster
Directed by
Irfan Kamal
Genre
comedy, drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h
Rated
UA
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young boy is abandoned in a big city and must survive on his own. The film focuses on his struggles and the kindness of strangers.

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What happens

Thanks Maa (transl. Thanks mother) is an Indian Hindi language drama film, directed by Irfan Kamal, distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment India. The film focuses on child abandonment in India. It has been officially selected to be screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Pusan International Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the International Film Festival of India and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The debut child actor Master Shams Patel has also won Best Child Artist for the film, at the 56th National Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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