Maati is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay and starring Adil Hussain & Paoli Dam in the lead role.
Synopsis
Meghla (Paoli Dam) finds out her grandmother had been killed in her ancestral home in East Pakistan by a trusted retainer of the family. Many years after the tragedy, Meghla goes back to Kutubdia to trace her roots and faces the murderer’s family who now occupy her house.
‘Maati’ traces Meghla’s trials with truth and humanity, while tackling issues of migration, human displacement and relationships.
Cast
Adil Hussain as Jamil
Paoli Dam as Meghla Chowdhury
Sabitri Chatterjee as Amina – Jamil’s Maa (mother).
Shankar Chakroborty as Meghla’s father
Laboni Sarkar as Meghla’s mother
Chandan Sen as Satyabrata Chowdhury – Meghla’s grandfather.
Aparajita Adhya as Kumudini devi – Meghla’s grandmother.
Monami Ghosh as Jiniya
Anusuya Majumdar as Jiniya’s grandmother “Dadi”
Rishi Koushik as Angshu – Meghla’s boyfriend.
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