Maati is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay and starring Paoli Dam & Adil Hussain in the lead roles.
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Synopsis
Meghla 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 occupies her house.
'Maati' traces Meghla's trials with truth and humanity, while tackling issues of migration, human displacement and relationships.
Cast
Paoli Dam as Meghla Chowdhury
Adil Hussain as Jamil Bhai
Sabitri Chatterjee as Amina, Jamil's 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
Koushik Roy as Jigir Ali
Monami Ghosh as Jiniya
Anusuya Majumdar as Dadi, Jiniya's grandmother
Rishi Koushik as Angshu, Meghla's boyfriend
Bharat Kaul as Celina's father
Sagarika Roy as Bina
Goutam De as Jiniya's father
Maya Ghosh as Jiniya's mother
Suman Banerjee as Asif, Jiniya's husband
Diganta Bagchi as Ranjit's father
Rupsha Bhaduri as Celina
Aniruddha Ghosh as Ranjit
Manjushree Ganguly as Jamil's sister
Debolina Mukherjee as Jiniya's friend
Prapti Chatterjee as Jiniya"s friend
Debjani Chakraborty as Jiniya's friend
Sonal Mishra as Jiniya's friend
Music
The music and the background score is by Debojyoti Mishra.
The film comprises 7 tracks and the lyrics are written by Debojyoti Mishra, Anirban Mukhpadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore and Hason Raja. The album rights of the film were acquired by Zee Music Bangla.