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Nil Battey Sannata

Nil Battey Sannata

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Nil Battey Sannata

2016

1h 40m

7.3(50 votes)

Drama

Family

Overview

Behind the magnificent Taj Mahal lies a cluster of dingy homes where Chanda (35), a domestic help, lives with her 14-year-old daughter Appu. Chanda aspires and dreams that her daughter will study and embrace a better fate. When Appu tells her she wants to quit school and become a maid like her, Chanda takes a strong decision: she will herself go back to school, and even join the class of her daughter.

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Production Companies

Colour Yellow Productions

Sandman Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Swara Bhasker

Swara Bhasker

Chanda Sahay

Ratna Pathak Shah

Ratna Pathak Shah

Dr. Diwan

Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi

Principal Shrivastava

Riya Shukla

Riya Shukla

Apeksha Sahay

Sanjay Suri

Sanjay Suri

District Collector

Vishal Nath

Amar

Neha Prajapati

Sweety

Prashant Tiwari

Pintu

Creative team

Directed by: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Written by: Nitesh Tiwari
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Produced by: Alan McAlex
Aanand L. Rai

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