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Meherjaan

 Director: Rubaiyat Hossain

Language:  Bengali

Runtime: 119 mins

Cast: Jaya Badhuri, Victor Banerjee and Omar Rahim.

Synopsis: During the war in 1971, Meher falls in love with a soldier from the enemy side. When her love is discovered, she is shamed and silenced by her family and society. Today 38 years after the war, Meher has a visitor she cannot turn down. Sarah-a ‘war-child,’ Meher’s cousin Neela’s daughter, who was given away for adoption has come back to piece together her past. Together, these two women must re-tell history through their stories in order to cut through the stigmas and walk into light

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The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Rubaiyat Hossain.