Feature FilmReleased Hindi

Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa

Dir.:ected by Govind Nihalani | Rated: A (CBFC) | 3h 6min | 20 Mar 1998

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Based on a story by Mahasweta Devi, the film captures the human angle of the Naxalite movement in Calcutta of the 1970s, where people are charged with revolutionary fervour against State injustice. Sujata Chatterjee (Jaya Bachchan) is a traditional housewife who receives news of her 22 year old son ..

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Jaya Bachchan

Sujata Chatterji

Seema Biswas

Somu's Mother

Anupam Kher

Dibyanath Chatterji (Brati's Father)

Joy Sengupta

Brati Chatterji (Introduced)

Nandita Das

Nandini Mitra (Introduced)

Milind Gunaji

Saroj Pal (Police Officer)
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