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Varnapatala

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Country
India
Runtime
1h 55m
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How it feels

A couple raises their autistic daughter, learning to understand her unique way of seeing the world. The story is based on real events and focuses on their daily joys and struggles.

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What happens

Varnapatala (or Spectrum) is a 2020 Indian Kannada-language family drama film directed by Chethan Mundadi. The film is inspired by real life incidents and stars Dhanika Hegde as an autistic child and Jyothi Rai and Anoop Sagar as her parents. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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