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Meherjaan is a Bangladais film of genre Drama with Jaya Bachchan

Meherjaan (2011)

Meherjaan
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Length 1h59
Genres Drama,    Historical
Rating33% 1.668431.668431.668431.668431.66843

Meherjaan (Bengali: মেহেরজান) is the feature-length début film of Bangladeshi director Rubaiyat Hossain. The film was pulled from theatres due to the hostile response of some segments of the audience after its release in January, 2011. Meherjaan claims to be a women's "feminine" re-visiting of the Bangladesh Independence War with Pakistan in 1971, while many feel discomfort with the deconstructive representation of the '71 conflict.

Actors

Jaya Bachchan

(Meher)Victor Banerjee

(Khwaja Saheb)Humayun Faridi

(Khonker (Razakar))Shaina Amin

(Young Meher)
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