A Tale of a Naughty Girl

aka: Mondo Meyer Upakhyan
India 2002, 91 minutes
Dir. Buddhadev Dasgupta
In Bengali with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Girl-centric

Topics: Period 1960s.

Feat. Samata Das, Rituparna Sengupta, Arpan Basar

Aroview: Caught between the push of tradition and the pull of the promise of a new life, a bright prostitute's daughter runs away to Calcutta to escape a similar fate and the arranged marriage to a lecherous older man.

Based on a short story by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, this weaves a gripping, colorful tapestry out of the lives of the socially marginalized.

NZ International Film Festival 2003